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“The Star Father will love you if you let him.”— A Hubologist

Hubology is a religion headquartered in the former city of San Francisco, and followers can also be found at Nuka-World. It was founded before the Great War by Dick Hubbell and follows his teachings.[1] Followers are known as Hubologists.

Background[edit]

The religion began when Hubbell invented a process for expanding the human mind.[2][3][4] It holds that existence is based on the Great Wheel, with the Hub at the center, Hubologists as the spokes and non-believers as the rim.[5][6] Eventually, all Hubologists will be called to the heavens to live with the "Star Father" on the planet Quetzel; they plan to get there through the use of the ESS Quetzel.

Hubology belief holds that by purifying the Neurodynes in one's body, a person can ascend to greater levels of spiritual power and eventually transcend the material world.[7] In order to get help purifying these neurodynes, Hubologists will use scientific spirituality methods in exchange for a fee.[8][9] Through a cleansing process offered at Hubology centers called 'alignment', zeta scans remove these negative influences from members, allowing them to gain greater powers as an 'Aligned Hub Seeker' (or AHS).[10]

New recruits must donate all their worldly possessions to the Church as a sign of good faith.[11][12] The cult has a hierarchy based off the degree to which a member has devoted their time and efforts to Hubology, and the longer or more active a role, the higher the numerical rank granted.[13] Donating large sums of money to the Church of Hubology can also help one raise their AHS levels.[14] In addition to their main base in San Francisco, they also have an outpost in New California Republic.

San Francisco[edit]

Shi townspeople often remark that the Hubologists give them the creeps[15] and the Shi Emperor's head advisor Ken Lee accuses them of abducting and brainwashing the Shi,[16] leading to more tensions between them. The Hubologists hold the same disdain for the Shi, saying that the Shi are oppressives and by contesting the Hubologist's power, they wreak havoc among our brethren with their neurodyne-influencing ways.[17]

According to Hubologists, "'real' science is all a pack of lies," and people should not listen to what "scientists" say; only the Hub and AHS-9 have the answer.[18] Despite these sentiments, Dr. Crockett installed a nuclear reactor on board the ESS Quetzel as well as developed techniques to harden Power Armor.[19]

Nuka World[edit]

Instructed by the Star Father, a small group of Hubologists were lead by Dara Hubbell to Nuka-World, with the goal of controlling a UFO to escape Earth and live on the planet Quetzel.[20] The plan afterward was to return to earth to rule over mankind.[21]


Members[edit]

Image Name Dialogue Editor ID Form ID Ref ID Location
Fo2 AHS7.png AHS-7 Fcoz7.msg Golden Gate, San Francisco
Fo2 AHS9.png AHS-9 Fcoz9.msg Golden Gate, San Francisco
FO4NW Cleansed.png Cleansed Cleansed/Dialogue xx00CC97 xx00CC9C Hubologist's Camp
Random encounter
Nuka-World Junkyard (optional)
Fo2 Crockett.png Crocket Fccrocke.msg Golden Gate, San Francisco
FO4NW Dara Hubbell.png Dara Hubbell Dara Hubbell/Dialogue xx00CC90 xx00CC9D Hubologist's Camp
Nuka-World Junkyard (optional)
Fo2 Dave Handy.png Dave Handy Fcdaveh.msg Golden Gate, San Francisco
Infobox coming soon.png Dick Hubbell
Fo2 Enlightened One.png Enlightened One Scenlone.msg Church of Hubology, NCR Downtown
Fo2 Harry.png Harry Fcrocman.msg Golden Gate, San Francisco
Hubologist guards.png Hubologist guard Fcelgrd.msg Hubologist compound, San Francisco
Fo2 Juan Cruz.png Juan Cruz Fcjuavki.msg Golden Gate, San Francisco
Maurice Turner.png Maurice Turner Maurice Turner/Dialogue xx00CC98 xx00CC9E Hubologist's Camp
Nuka-World Junkyard (optional)
Phil Roller.png Phil Roller Phil Roller/Dialogue xx00CC94 xx00CC9F Hubologist's Camp
Nuka-World Junkyard (optional)
Rolanda Hooper.png Rolanda Hooper Rolanda Hooper/Dialogue xx00CC96 xx00CCA0 Hubologist's Camp
Nuka-World Junkyard (optional)
Infobox coming soon.png Star Father
Tula Spinney.png Tula Spinney Tula Spinney/Dialogue DLC04_TulaSpinney xx00CC99 xx00CCA1 Hubologist's Camp
Nuka-World Junkyard (optional)
Fo2 Vikki Goldman.png Vikki Goldman Fcjuavki.msg Golden Gate, San Francisco

Appearances[edit]

Hubology is mentioned in Fallout 2 and the Fallout 4 add-on Nuka-World.

Behind the Scenes[edit]

Internally, assets and scripts regarding Hubologists are named "Elronologists" in Fallout 2[22]. They are mentioned by the same name in the Fallout Bible 8 where Chris Avellone mentions "You might think that the Elronologists were the original name for the Hubologists, but any relationship between the groups is purely coincidental"[Dev 1]. They are mentioned as Elronologists in the Fallout 2 post release chat log as well[Dev 2].

References[edit]

  1. ↑ Hubologist teachings
  2. ↑ Sole Survivor: "Can you tell me more about this Hubology Cleansed mentioned?"
    Dara Hubbell: "Before the great war, a brilliant writer named Dick Hubbell invented a process for expanding the human mind. Through the process of alignment he was able to give his followers great mental powers. I am his direct descendant and keeper of all his secrets, collectively know as Hubology. If you really are interested in joining us, go speak to Phil about having an alignment. We can help you find inner peace and happiness. We can help you master the amazing powers of the mind."
    (Dara Hubbell's dialogue)
  3. ↑ Chosen One: "{124}{}{Who cares if YOU endorse it? Shouldn't I make my own choices?}"
    Juan Cruz and Vikki Goldman: "{127}{}{Her: Oh, yes, you should definitely make your own choices. Him: And with the Hub's latest book, you can learn how to make the RIGHT choice!}"
    Chosen One: "{128}{}{His latest book? Isn't he dead?}"
    Juan Cruz and Vikki Goldman: "{143}{}{Him: Dead? Ha ha! Perhaps. We like to think that he aligned all his neurodynes and went to join the Star Father. Her: We have extensive use of his jotted notes and barely-begun manuscripts to spread the word of the Hub. Him: For example, we found a scrap that said: "2 doz. eggs/Milk/TP". Obviously this is significant. It needs to be heard.}"
    Chosen One: "{144}{}{Err... right. I have more questions.}"
    (Juan Cruz and Vikki Goldman's dialogue)
  4. ↑ Chosen One: "{145}{}{What, because some crackpot wrote something down you feel the need to publish EVERYTHING?}"
    Juan Cruz and Vikki Goldman: "{156}{}{Her: You dare call the Hub (praise his vision) a crackpot? Here? In a stronghold devoted to his study? Him: Get out of here. If you talk to anyone on the way out, you will be attacked. Infidel. Both: Good riddance.}"
    (Juan Cruz and Vikki Goldman's dialogue)
  5. ↑ Juan Cruz and Vikki Goldman: "{229}{}{Lesson 1: Here we have eternity, the Great Wheel. [points at something] And here is where we are. [points at something] Now all we have to do is walk really far and meet our starry brethren there.}"
    "{230}{}{Man, we're going to need a lot of shoes.}"
    (Juan Cruz and Vikki Goldman's dialogue)
  6. ↑ Enlightened One: "{118}{}{Please don't mock the Church of Hubology. It's oppressives like you who make things hard for the rest of us. Oh, dear. I'm all turbulent!}"
    "{165}{}{The Church of Hubology exists to free mankind from the chains that have kept his full spiritual potential in shackles.}"
    "{179}{}{So you're saying there's some higher power who creates us with a purpose and then just abandons us? I can't believe any being would be so callous. Come, embrace the Church of Hubology. Let us show you the true way.}"
    "{182}{}{Without control of your own life, though, what's the point? Nothing you do has any value. Did you choose to get up this morning? No, you're just a puppet by your own philosophy. Now, we at the church of Hubology have a true answer.}"
    "{185}{}{Oh, what a sad and empty philosophy that is! Even if it were true, the only course for you is to seek to develop yourself. It is the only thing you have any control over. The Church of Hubology can help.}"
    "{209}{}{There is nothing you can say to gain favor in the Church of Hubology, blasphemer.}"
    (Scenlone.msg)
  7. ↑ Hubologist teachings
  8. ↑ Enlightened One's dialogue: "{158}{}{Neurodynes?}" (The Chosen One)
    "{155}{}{Neurodynes are the psychic centers of the body. They become polluted by the spiritual remnants of the people who died in the War. Their psi-energies imprint into our neurodynes at birth and hold us in an oppressive state. Alignment erases these imprints.}"
    "{156}{}{As long as your brain chemistry is affected by negative psychic energy, your true spiritual potential is oppressed. Worse still, oppressives can transmit this energy unless they are very, very strong-willed.}"
  9. ↑ Chosen One: "{152}{}{Neurodynes? What are they?}"
    Juan Cruz and Vikki Goldman: "{160}{}{Her: Neurodynes are the essence of souls destroyed in the Great War, polluting your spiritual essence and guiding you astray. Him: If you want to know more about our teachings, you'll have to join our church.}"
    (Juan Cruz and Vikki Goldman's dialogue)
  10. ↑ Enlightened One's dialogue: "{159}{}{Enlightened?}" (The Chosen One)
    "{157}{}{Enlightenment happens when all your neurodynes are aligned. Then you become an AHS, Aligned Hub Seeker, which is the goal of all Hubonites.}"
  11. ↑ Hubologists computers: "{106}{}{Welcome to HubLink.}"
    "{112}{}{Research.}"
    "{116}{}{[After wading through the religious gobbledygook, it appears that the Hubologists have created a means of hardening power armor. They have also found a way to compute launch trajectory, orbits, and spatial destinations. Further, it appears they're working on weather control.]}"
    "{113}{}{Future goals.}"
    "{119}{}{[You spend about half an hour reading about the goals AHS-9 is trying to achieve. In addition to enlightenment and reunion with the Star Father, it appears that he's also got no qualms about destroying humans who weren't with him from the beginning. He's a little crazy.]}"
    "{114}{}{Finances.}"
    "{122}{}{[The Hubologist Church appears to be hugely wealthy. The standard approach is to ask a new recruit to donate all his or her worldly possessions to the Church as a sign of good faith. When someone isn't asked to do this, apparently it means the Hubologists aren't intending to deal fairly. They have a huge cache of loot stashed somewhere in the desert. You can't quite figure out the coordinates.]}"
  12. ↑ Sole Survivor: "Why do you want to capture the spaceship?"
    Dara Hubbell: "It is central to Hubology. We are destined to make it fly. More than that I cannot tell you. It is secret knowledge reserved for AHS-7 members."
    (Dara Hubbell's dialogue)
  13. ↑ Enlightened One's dialogue: "{106}{}{Well, I am the Chosen One.}" (The Chosen One)
    "{119}{}{Chosen One? Don't you mean AHS-One? Just what text are you working from?}"
    "{115}{}{Oh dear, a Level One. Still trapped in primitive state. Perhaps a zeta-scan alignment would help. Would you like that?}"
    "{211}{}{There. We erased a few nasty imprints! You are now an AHS-1. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to tend my church.}"
    "{212}{}{Greetings, fellow seeker. There is nothing more I can do for you. You must continue your journey as an AHS-1 on your own.}"
  14. ↑ Juan Cruz and Vikki Goldman's dialogue: "{223}{}{If you donate lots of money, you can be AHS-5 even faster.}"
  15. ↑ Fcbadpea.msg and Fcgudpea.msg
  16. ↑ Ken Lee's dialogue: "{170}{}{You must complete a second test: the Hubologists are our enemies. Their leader, AHS-9, has been abducting and brainwashing our children. Kill him for the good of the Shi and I shall tell you how to speak to the Emperor.}"
  17. ↑ AHS-7's dialogue: "{165}{}{The oppressive Shi have been contesting our power and wreaking havoc among our brethren with their neurodyne-influencing ways. We believe that if their Emperor is killed, they will see the error of their ways. Will you kill the Emperor?}"
  18. ↑ Hubologist's dialogue: "{163}{}{"Real" science is all a pack of lies.}"
    "{164}{}{Don't listen to what "scientists" tell you.}"
    "{165}{}{Only the Hub and AHS-9 have the answer.}"
  19. ↑ Chosen One: "{124}{}{What new tech have you developed?}"
    Crockett: "{157}{}{Let's see... I built a nuclear reactor for the spaceship. I created the hardening process for power armor. And I fix things that are broken.}."
    (Fccrocke.msg)
  20. ↑ Sole Survivor: "Why do you want to capture the spaceship?"
    Dara Hubbell: "The Star Father left instructions with The Hub for us to find the ship and repair it. The Star Father will guide us to our new home on the planet Quetzal, where we will live with him. Praise be to the Star Father."
    (Dara Hubbell's dialogue)
  21. ↑ Sole Survivor: "What is this final mystery?"
    Dara Hubbell: "The Star Father can free our minds of all restraints. We will be like gods, able to do unimaginable things. Then we will return to Earth to rule over mankind. It is a glorious task the Star Father has given us. Yes. We will end the scourge of neurodynes once and for all. The human race will reach it's full potential under our benevolent guidance."
    (Dara Hubbell's dialogue)
  22. ↑ ECELRON.SSL
Developer Statements
  1. ↑ 4. And the last one is – Why is the Hubologists base in some files called the Elronologists base? I don´t know – it´s maybe some kind of "US only" joke, but could you please make it clear for the rest of the non english speaking world? I know about the Hubologist = Scientologists thingie (OK-OK – to be politically correct – Hubologist ≠ Scientologists ...of course not ...oh where is the free hippie spirit of the USA? :) So, who or what are the Elronologists?
    You might think that the Elronologists were the original name for the Hubologists, but any relationship between the groups is purely coincidental.
    (Fallout Bible 8)
  2. ↑ Feargus_BIS - Elronologists...
     Chris_BIS - elrono....
    (Fallout 2 post release chat log)
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