Lucy examines a family-sized bottle of Plan D.
Plan D was a cyanide product, designed by Vault-Tec and characterized as the "most humane product" of the company.
Background
Created under contract WS021, it was a banana-flavored cyanide product intended to give people the ability to commit suicide quickly and painlessly, rather than face a nuclear apocalypse. A single dose was enough to kill an adult quickly and was made available both as pills and presumably pre-mixed vials. It was marketed as Vault-Tec's "Econo Savings Package," being much cheaper than a place in a Vault.[RPG 1] It was not a particularly popular product before the Great War, though it evidently still found some customers. Wilzig considers it the "most humane product" that Vault-Tec made, presumably based on its causing death quickly and painlessly and actually working entirely as advertised, compared to the sadistic experiments orchestrated in most of the Vaults.[1][2]
Uses
- Lucy MacLean finds the mummified remains of a family of four (including two toddlers) around an empty family-sized bottle of Plan D vials in the first days out of Vault 33.[2]
- Siggi Wilzig takes a Plan D "cyanide pill"[1] to kill himself, to make it easier for Lucy to remove his head for delivery to Lee Moldaver, as losing his left foot to the Ghoul made it impossible for him to complete his journey.[2]
- In the lobby of the Vault-Tec headquarters, Norm MacLean and the Vault 31 dwellers find three skeletons sitting at a table, with some glasses and what appears to be a Plan D bottle between them. Pete assumes one of them was the building's janitor.[3]
Fallout: The Roleplaying Game
| Name | Effect | Duration | Addictive? | 
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| Vault-Tec Plan D | Tastes like bananas, causes a quick and painless death | Instant | No | >1 | 166 | 5 |
Appearances
Plan D appears in the Fallout TV series episode "The Target" and the Vault Seller's Survival Guide. It also appears as an item in the Fallout: The Roleplaying Game NPC pack Hollywood Heroes.
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Siggi Wilzig: "No, you see, I've just taken a cyanide pill."
Lucy MacLean: "What?"
Siggi Wilzig: "Vault-Tec Plan D. It was the most humane product that Vault-Tec ever made. It was quick, painless. T-Tasted like banana. I... I was surprised it wasn't more popular."
("The Target") - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Fallout TV series, Season 1, Episode 2: "The Target"
- ↑ Fallout TV series, Season 2, Episode 5: "The Wrangler"
RPG
- ↑ Fallout 2d20: NPC Pack - Hollywood Heroes p. 31: Vault-Tec Plan D
"A surprisingly unpopular Vault-Tec line of products for those who couldn’t afford a place in a Vault. These cyanide capsules will cause a quick and painless death, with the added bonus of tasting like bananas."