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Jet is a highly addictive form of metamphetamineIn-game spelling that appears in Fallout 2, Fallout 3, Fallout: New Vegas, Fallout 4, and Fallout: The Board Game.[1]

Background[edit]

Jet was used in the vault experiment of Vault 95 to determine if former drug addicts would stay clean or relapse.[2] The drug is a type of metaphetamine that stimulates the central nervous system, causing a euphoric rush that lasts a few minutes.[3][4] Jet can be tainted, causing sickness days afterward.[5]

The drug is derived from the fumes of brahmin excrement, caused by a contaminated pre-War protein extract in their digestive system.[6] The contaminated proteins were the result of pre-War meat companies' experiments with cheap extracts used for growing food.[7] It acted like an amphetamine when ingested, and the pre-war protein contamination proliferates in excrement, resulting in fumes that cause the desired product.[7]

The Jet Antidote and endorphin blockers are used as a cure for the addiction, the latter utilized before the war to combat drug addiction.[8] Jet can also be used via hypodermic needles.[9] Using Jet creates an altered state of consciousness where one's perception of time slows down, allowing more actions to be performed for a short duration.[10]

Post-War[edit]

In the late 2230s, a more addictive version of Jet nicknamed Jet Stream[11] was researched by Myron and manufactured in New Reno by the Mordinos, shipped in bulk, and then processed into user-ampoules.[12][13] Myron explained that before Jet, the Mordinos were using peyote to attract tourists as pre-War barbiturates could no longer be produced due to the change in the climate.[14] Big Jesus Mordino wanted to control Redding, and planned to use the addictive drug to do so.[15][16] Testing was conducted on slaves, and initial variants caused heart attacks, cerebral hemorrhages, and psychotic episodes.[17] The Chosen One with high enough Intelligence may question Myron's claim to be the inventor of Jet.[18]

The manufacture of Jet spread across the wasteland, including to places like Red Rock Canyon.[19] The Great Khans manufacture the drug as a form of income and sold to nearby customers such as the Fiends.[20][21] Gangs such as the Omertas offer Jet to girls that work at Gomorrah, causing addiction, referred to as "slavery through a needle" by Sweetie.[22] The same situation occurred in Appalachia, where gangs like the Blood Eagles used drugs such as Jet to addict recruits, forcing them to continue service to their gang.[23]

Ultrajet is a form of Jet created by Murphy, for use by ghouls who are barely affected by normal Jet. By combining the drug with Sugar Bombs and two other ingredients, the result had double the potency of Jet.[24][25]

Publications[edit]

“Jet is an inhaled stimulant which creates an altered state of consciousness where time appears to slow, heightening reflexes and allowing the user to act more quickly during a moment of crisis.”— Fallout: The Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook

Variants[edit]

Image Name Appears
Jet.png | | | | Dixon's Jet | | | | Fallout: New Vegas

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Jet.png | | | | Jet | | | | Fallout: New Vegas

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| Wasteland Warfare JetEffect.webp | | | Jet | | | | | Fallout: Wasteland Warfare

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Chem jet.png | | | | Jet | | | | Fallout 2

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Jet.png | | | | Jet | | | | Fallout 3

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Fallout4 Jet.png | | | | Jet | | | | Fallout 4

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Infobox coming soon.png | | | | Jet Beta | | | | Fallout 2

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Fallout4 Jet.png | | | | Jet Fuel | | | | Fallout 4

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Gametitle FORPGRF.webp | | | | Jet Stream | | | | Royal Flush

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Fallout4 Jet.png | | | | Ultra Jet | | | | Fallout 4

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Jet.png | | | | Ultrajet | | | | Fallout: New Vegas

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Jet.png | | | | Ultrajet | | | | Fallout 3

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  1. ↑ Chosen One: "{453}{}{Is there any cure for Jet?}"
    Renesco: "{490}{}{A CURE for metamphetamine addiction?! Ha! I only know two: one is death. The other is locking yourself in a cage for a year without Jet and sweat it out of your system. Hmmmph. "Cure," my ass! What nonsense!}"
    (Renesco's dialogue)
  2. ↑ Vault-Tec Regional HQ Terminal Entries; Dr. Reid's terminal, 09/29: "So we just shipped 15 cases of psycho and jet to Vault 95. Of course, that makes total sense...let's give these addicts more of what put them in this situation to begin with. Davidson says it's to force them to make the hard choice, chems or getting clean. I say it's to cause a bloodbath..."
  3. ↑ Fallout 2 Item description: "{25900}{}{Jet}"
    "{25901}{}{Jet is a powerful metamphetamine that stimulates the central nervous system. The initial euphoric rush rarely lasts more than a few minutes, but during that time, the user is filled with a rush of energy & strength.}"
    (PRO ITEM.MSG (Fallout 2))
  4. ↑ Chosen One: "{316}{}{I'm not a guard; I'm one of the new researchers. Do you have an assignment for me?}"
    Marjorie Reed: "{325}{}{You're a RESEARCHER...? Hmmmm. I've never seen you before. How much do you know about pharmaceutical research?}"
    Chosen One: "{327}{}{I know a fair amount about the composition and manufacture of base neurochemical compounds, and I think I could be of some assistance in your studies.}"
    Marjorie Reed: "{345}{}{Hmmmm. All right then. Let me give you a run-down on what we do here: we test the effects and potency of a metaphetamine called Jet.}"
    (Marjorie Reed 's dialogue)
  5. ↑ Chosen One: "{141}{}{What happened to you?}"
    Madame Modjeska: "{153}{}{I flew a bit of Jet a few days back and it made me feel quite unwell. Must have been a tainted batch. I'm not eager to try that again. Oh well, back to the bottle, I suppose.}"
    (Madame Modjeska's dialogue)
  6. ↑ Chosen One: "{185}{}{You know, I don't think you really want to inhale that... crap. Trust me.}"
    Troy: "{187}{}{What are you talking about?}"
    Chosen One: "{189}{}{Well, they make that stuff from brahmin shit.}"
    Troy: "{196}{}{I think you must be... mistaken.}"
    Chosen One: "{199}{}{No, really. They were originally growing hallucinogens in brahmin shit, but then they discovered that the *fumes* were actually making the workers high. See, it turns out there's this contaminated pre-war protein extract in the brahmin systems...}"
    Troy: "{205}{}{That's... fascinating. Hmmmmm. Perhaps I could take blood samples from the brahmin in the courtyard, then... thank you, my friend. Thank you very much, indeed. I was curious about the manufacturing process.}"
    (Troy's dialogue)
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Chosen One: "{778}{}{Right. Go on.}"
    Myron: "{790}{myn118}{Well, wasn't too hard to come up with a good upper. A sample of that pre-war protein extract, corrupt it and bam -- decent amphetamine.}"
    Chosen One: "{792}{}{Uh, "protein extract?"}"
    Myron: "{820}{myn121}{Before the Big One some meat companies were experimenting with a cheap protein extract for growing food, but they had to ditch it. One little skin bacteria contaminates it, and it's all screwed.}"
    Chosen One: "{821}{}{Screwed? How?}"
    Myron: "{830}{myn122}{The contaminated version acted like an amphetamine when ingested. Little side effect. Don't ask. It's, uh, technical.}"
    Chosen One: "{831}{}{So…did you somehow get a hold of this protein extract?}"
    Myron: "{840}{myn123}{I didn't have to. When they first screwed up, they contaminated tons of that shit. And rather than ditch it, they fed it to their brahmin herds to try and recoup their losses.}"
    Chosen One: "{843}{}{So you used brahmin shit as fertilizer for the shrooms, except the pre-war protein contamination gives whatever shrooms grown in brahmin shit…certain extra ingredients?}"
    Myron: "{850}{myn124a}{Close...}"
    Chosen One: "{5851}{}{Yes...?}"
    Myron: "{851}{myn124b}{See, we start experimenting with the brahmin shit as fertilizer for the shrooms, except get this; then, we noticed the slaves working fertilizer vats were getting high from the fumes…}"
    Chosen One: "{853}{}{So the fumes were enough to produce the effect?}"
    Myron: "{860}{myn125a}{Riiiight...}"
    Chosen One: "{5861}{}{I thought so.}"
    Myron: "{861}{myn125b}{By putting tons of brahmin shit in the vats, we found out that the fumes give more than enough of a kick. Eureka. Literally. 'Course, we had to test to get the mix right…}"
    (Myron's dialogue)
  8. ↑ Chosen One: "{659}{}{Is there any cure for it?}"
    Myron: "{900}{myn129a}{How quaint. A cure. Sure. You go cold turkey. Course, I made sure that was a reeeal difficult option with Jet.}"
    Chosen One: "{903}{}{Myron, you're a pretty smart fella. Consider it a challenge. What would it take to make a cure for Jet?}"
    Myron: "{910}{myn130}{Ah for fuck's sake, it can't be done, all right? It's a goddamn drug, not a bacterial infection.}"
    Chosen One: "{911}{}{It's basically a highly addictive meta-amphetamine, right? Couldn't you use a nervous system suppressant to break the addiction?}"
    Myron: "{920}{myn131}{Nice try, no dice. Jet ain't blocked that easy. Once it's in your system, it ain't coming out.}"
    Chosen One: "{921}{}{What about using some kind of endorphin blocker? That would repress the chemical and psychological additionIn-game spelling, wouldn't it?}"
    Myron: "{930}{myn132}{Kee-rist. That has got to be the dumbest...hmmmm...}"
    Chosen One: "{931}{}{Well?}"
    Myron: "{940}{myn133}{Well...maybe it would work, but I'm pretty sure Jet would just chew right through that shit. Now wh-wh-why the hell are we even talking about this?! Wh-where would you get your hands on endorphine blockers anyway?}"
    Chosen One: "{941}{}{You tell me, Myron. You're a bright guy.}"
    Myron: "{950}{myn134}{Maybe Vault City. They have a pretty good medical warehouse. A lot of old pre-holocaust bases also used to stock them to prevent combat drug addiction.}"
    (Myron's dialogue)
  9. ↑ Marjorie Reed: "{242}{}{Myron, sir, please...we need a new shipment of hypodermics from Vault City. We can't keep re-using these.}"
    (Marjorie Reed's dialogue) - Myron is an active companion}}
  10. ↑ Fallout 4 loading screens: "Using Jet creates an altered state of consciousness where time appears to slow, allowing you to perform more actions than normal for a limited period of time."
  11. ↑ Fallout: The Roleplaying Game - Royal Flush pg. 131:
    "In the late 2230s, the Mordino crime family rapidly grew in power due to the development of an even more addictive form of Jet. They ruthlessly exploited any who became addicted to the drug and attempted to use it to take over the mining town of Redding. The specifics of the Mordinos’ Jet formula — commonly named Jet Stream — were believed to be lost when the family’s fortunes collapsed in 2241."
  12. ↑ Chosen One: "{344}{}{Yeah, it's getting pretty hard. Can you help me with that?}"
    Angela Bishop: "{361}{}{Look: I got some Jet in my room… and NOT that crappy shit they give the dimestore hookers and junkies. Y'wanna fly?}"
    Chosen One: "{362}{}{Sure. Buckle up, baby.}"
    Angela Bishop: "{810}{}{(Angela leads you up to her room on the third floor. There, she opens a little door in the wall, takes out a strange plastic bottle, and offers it to you.) Want some, baby? There's more than enough for both of us to fly.}"
    (Angela Bishop's dialogue)
  13. ↑ Chosen One: "{184}{}{Where does the Jet come from?}"
    Johnson: "{213}{}{All of the Jet here in town is shipped here from the Mordino family in New Reno. It comes mostly in bulk packages, and then I process it into user-ampoules...so I end up selling all of it right here.}"
    Chosen One: "{214}{}{You must make a tidy profit out of that.}"
    Johnson: "{234}{}{I fill the user-ampoules with Jet and then distribute it purely as a service to the people of Redding. I don't make a profit doing it. If I didn't do it, then some other quack would be preparing the drug with germ-encrusted, rusty equipment. I'd never get this population disease-free after that.}"
    (Johnson's dialogue)
  14. ↑ Chosen One: "{658}{}{How did you create it?}"
    Myron: "{680}{myn108}{Uh, in my lab. Next question?}"
    Chosen One: "{681}{}{HOW did you develop it, smart guy?}"
    Myron: "{690}{myn109}{Ah, Christ. Well...when I came across the Mordino family way back when, they were farming peyote cacti and trying to sell it to tourists as the 'Reno experience.' Total bullshit.}"
    Chosen One: "{691}{}{Go on.}"
    Myron: "{700}{myn110}{I mean, peyote? C'mon. It isn't even half the strength of, say, old school LSD.}"
    Chosen One: "{701}{}{Uh, about the Jet --?}"
    Myron: "{710}{myn112}{Plus, a peyote trip is too long. The profit's in fast turn around and high addiction. Like, uh, barbitutates before the Big One, y'know?}"
    Chosen One: "{714}{}{You mean barbiturates…like old school cocaine, crank, all that?}"
    Myron: "{725}{myn113a}{Right. Can I finish? }"
    Chosen One: "{5725}{}{Fine, fine. What was the problem with making barbiturates?}"
    Myron: "{726}{myn113b}{Problem is, in the new climate, we can't grow most of the veggies needed for the best drugs.}"
    Chosen One: "{728}{}{I'm with you.}"
    Myron: "{740}{myn114a}{Couldn't grow coca plants, opium poppies -- and man did we try -- so we figured our best bet was shrooms. }"
    Chosen One: "{5741}{}{Why?}"
    Myron: "{742}{myn114c}{You can grow 'em if you use plenty o' brahmin shit as fertilizer.}"
    Chosen One: "{743}{}{Speaking of plenty of shit...Go on.}"
    Myron: "{755}{myn115}{Plus, hallucinogens have low overhead, so I start experimenting with derivatives of lysergic acid diethylamide and psilocybin. Still…}"
    Chosen One: "{756}{}{Still...?}"
    Myron: "{765}{myn116}{Still, I really wanted to whip up a hard-hitter that didn't rely on veggie extracts. Man, was I an idiot, 'cause the answer turned out to BE the extracts, or, more precisely, what they were growing IN.}"
    Chosen One: "{767}{}{How do you mean?}"
    Myron: "{775}{myn117}{See, old Jesus Mordino wanted something that the Redding miners would get addicted to fast AND make them work harder. So, I said, 'no prob,' right?}"
    (Myron's dialogue)
  15. ↑ Chosen One: "{200}{}{What did New Reno have to do with it?}"
    Johnson: "{209}{}{New Reno sells Jet pretty cheap. Jet's real addictive, like nothing you've ever seen before. They figure that if they get enough people in an area using it, those people will do anything to get more. That gives them de facto control of an area - like Redding.}"
    (Johnson's dialogue)
  16. ↑ Chosen One: "{791}{}{Explain to me about Redding, again?}"
    Myron: "{800}{myn119}{Redding? Town full o' gold diggers. Mordino wants to control it all. So he comes to me in his wheezing voice and says, 'Myron, Myron, make me something that'll give me Redding.'}"
    Chosen One: "{801}{}{And you say…}"
    Myron: "{810}{myn120}{And I say, 'okay, what timeframe we looking at?' He goes - of course - 'yesterday.' Crime lords. Want everything done fast and sloppy. Least they don't have a marketing department.}"
    (Myron's dialogue)
  17. ↑ Myron: "{861}{myn125b}{By putting tons of brahmin shit in the vats, we found out that the fumes give more than enough of a kick. Eureka. Literally. 'Course, we had to test to get the mix right…}"
    Chosen One: "{862}{}{Uh, how much testing?}"
    Myron: "{870}{myn126}{Hmmm...about a hundred slaves? Mostly heart attacks, cerebral hemorrhages, psychotic episodes...that sort of thing.}"
    Chosen One: "{871}{}{Are you insane? You killed a hundred human beings just for drug testing?!}"
    Myron: "{880}{myn127}{Well, not on purpose. I mean, slaves are expensive. Still, we made the money back in the first few months, so the Mordino Family wasn't too pissed at me.}"
    (Myron's dialogue)
  18. ↑ Chosen One: "{1472}{}{I think you'd be surprised about how much I know about your amateurish hallucinogenic-amphetamine hybrid. I'm not convinced a child like you didn't just STUMBLE across it, Myron.}"
    (Myron's dialogue)
  19. ↑ Cass: "God, you can smell the Brahmin shit from the jet all over this place."
    (Cass' dialogue)
  20. ↑ Diane: "I've got a shipment of Jet and Psycho that needs to be delivered to Motor-Runner at Vault 3."
    (Diane (Fallout: New Vegas)/Dialogue)
  21. ↑ Jack: "We make the happy stuff. What do you need? Jet, Psycho, a little Med-X to ease the pain?"
    (Jack (Great Khans)/Dialogue)
  22. ↑ Courier: "Wouldn't you make more money working on the Strip?"
    Sweetie: "I got my start at the Gomorrah, good money, but I saw how those Omertas hook girls on free Jet or Med-X - then start charging. Slavery through a needle is what that is. I earn less out here, but I keep more."
    (Sweetie's dialogue)
  23. ↑ Vault Dweller: "How did you fall in with the Blood Eagles?"
    Beckett: "When I was with Edwin's gang, I thought I was King Shit. I was popular with the gang, rolling in caps... I was untouchable. Then I got hooked on the chems. Psycho, Buffout, Jet, you name it, I probably used it. At that point, I was a marked man. See, the Blood Eagles were the ones seeding the gangs with the chems. That's how they recruit. They get you hooked, then they pounce. One morning I woke up, mind totally obliterated, flying Blood Eagle colors. That was all it took. I was their property now."
  24. ↑ Lone Wanderer: "Ultrajet? That some sort of super chem?"
    Murphy: "I suppose you could say that. Ultrajet is almost double the potency of Jet... perfect for Ghouls. Jet barely affects us you see. Only trouble is it's almost impossible to gather the ingredients together. Say, you might be able to help me with that!"
    (Murphy's dialogue)
  25. ↑ Lone Wanderer: "Yeah sure, what do you need?"
    Murphy: "It takes 3 things to make Ultrajet. Two of the ingredients I got plenty of. The other one is a little harder to find: Sugar Bombs. I distill it down to its base contents and add that to the formula then presto... Ultrajet. For every box of Sugar Bombs you bring me, I'll pay you 15 caps. So you in?"
    (Murphy's dialogue)
  26. ↑ Ace the Raider: "If I don't get more Jet soon, I'll blow a fuse."
    (Ace the Raider/Dialogue)
Developer Statements
  1. ↑ Chris Avellone: "Scripting Cassidy to die when he gets stims, trying to figure out what form "Jet" could take, then being reminded of my brother's asthma inhaler when we were younger, and using that as the drug dispenser idea."
    (Chris Avellone IGN article)
  2. ↑ Fallout Bible 0: "2241 January The first samples of Jet begin to arrive in Redding, courtesy of the Mordino family."
  3. ↑ Fallout Bible 9; Jet? When? Myron? How old? Huh?
  4. ↑ Q&A session with Josh Sawyer during a live charity stream, reference begins at 8:37:23
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