Forum:Megaton bomb question

Why is Megaton located in a crater when the bomb never went off?

I couldn't find the forum where this was discussed, but I believe it was decided that a plane or the bomb itself crashing into the ground from very high up caused it. Don't quote me on that though. Knight Captain Ski (radio) 01:53, June 11, 2010 (UTC)

Damn, that is stupid. How high up did it fall from? Orbit?24.186.180.48 02:56, June 11, 2010 (UTC)

I'm probably wrong. Knight Captain Ski (radio) 03:07, June 11, 2010 (UTC)

1.The U.S. and China we're probably focusing more on high altitude bombers, since there wern't any ICBM's yet ( or they wern't advanced enough).2. Also, I think they just decided to live there because it was close to Vault 101......-MerchantofDeath 03:14, June 11, 2010 (UTC)

just adding this but who ells think its funny that you cant see megaton from tinpinny. and yes it is stuped to put a town arond a bomb what were that thinking? MrDot01 05:09, June 11, 2010 (UTC)

To answer the dude on top of me; they did it because they needed help making the town, so if they didn't move it or disarm it, the Children of Atom would help them out. And to answer the orginal question, the crater was either somehow already there (unlikely) or a airplane made it (possible?). And the dude on top of the dude on top of me, they probably did have ICBMs, as they do have (or had) nuclear missles, robots, stealth systems (china), power armor(U.S.), robots that are capable of heavy fighting, want me to continue? Redaueron 06:04, June 11, 2010 (UTC) Briareus the Sniper

Perhaps the crater was formed by a nuclear bomb that hit and exploded prior to the current undetonated one? Remember the bombing lasted for two hours straight, thats alot of nukes. Goyoshkatraz 04:10, June 16, 2010 (UTC)

That is a possiblity, but I personally have to disagree. If a nuclear bomb went off right there that made a crater THAT big, wouldn't Spirngvale be destroyed or something? And please don't say that since the megaton bomb went off and Springvale didn't blow up, techincally I would be wrong. That bomb didn't make that crater. Redaueron 06:04, June 16, 2010 (UTC) Briareus the Sniper

The atomic bomb in the center of the town was a dud, (hence it not blowing up) but even though the bomb didn't go off doesn't mean when it hit it didn't make some sort of crater...Lord Vontavious 14:01, June 17, 2010 (UTC)

Or maybe the Children of Atom dug the crater around it for some weird ritualistic purposes? Or maybe the founders of Megaton dug the crater because they wanted to use that shape as a layout for their town? So many possibilities... Goyoshkatraz 17:59, June 17, 2010 (UTC)

I like Lords version. The bomb landed and made a big ol' hole. Just as meteors do when they hit sometimes. The Lone Kobold 18:09, June 17, 2010 (UTC)

Between a huge bomb and a huge plane around the bomb, there is enough mass for the impact to have caused a crater. Maybe the game designers exaggerated the size of the crater, but there's no reason to doubt something crashing into the ground would cause a crater. Plane crashes and other impacts often cause craters. Wickedjacob 18:14, June 17, 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for trying, but I'm not buying any of these theories. What, did the plane or bomb have a drill on the front? Did it do a few laps around the Earth to gain speed and momentum? Sure it would leave an impression, but one big enough to house dozens of people and their residences? Nope, don't buy it. Think Bethesda just thought it was a cool idea. Still a wonderful game though. And that's what matters.24.185.250.236 14:21, June 19, 2010 (UTC)