Unfortunately, she was caught by security and brought before her father for questioning. Risking everything, Amata stole her father's sidearm and made her way through the locked down Vault, rousing the Lone Wanderer and helping them get out of the Vault. When James decided to flee Vault 101 to restart Project Purity, the overseer went crazy, letting his security force off the leash. Her opportunity would come sooner than she'd have liked. placed her on the supervisory track, a path to replacing her father as overseer. Īmata refused to leverage her father's position, leaving her with only her friend as a source of help and support. In fact, he was keeping close tabs on her troubles with the Tunnel Snakes, with their harassment of Amata a major factor in deciding whether to tolerate their continued existence or not. Her father was well aware of her situation. The worst were the Tunnel Snakes, a "gang" that formed with her father's tacit approval under Butch DeLoria, though they shifted from insulting her familial ties to mocking her body image issues (apparently Amata was overweight in puberty) and making lewd suggestions. Apart from independence and responsibility, the fact that most male teenagers in the shrinking population of Vault 101 were picking on Amata, rather than making serious advances. James, as the Vault's physician, considered it sad, as Amata was growing up to be a mature, responsible young woman, with minimal chances of contracting syphilis or becoming pregnant. A lack of trust was likely a factor: While he did not use his position to her advantage, he used it to keep close tabs on her, up to and including being present during Amata's routine medical examinations even in her teenage years. While she embraced the virtues he taught her (loyalty, honesty, commitment, hard work), growing into a fine young woman in Alphonse's eyes, she saw him less as a father figure, and more as the aloof, distant overseer. He was puzzled and frustrated by Amata pushing him away as she grew older. This independent streak was reinforced by Alphonse's controlling behavior. This included coming up with ways to manage Butch DeLoria, as she realized at a young age that relying on her father's position would only lead to ostracism and worse. Amata didn't actually mind it: Growing up as the omnipotent overseer's daughter led to a substantial amount of bullying, and she preferred to tackle challenges and resolve problems on her own. Another was that he simply didn't like the Lone Wanderer, in part due to their father's stubborn, insubordinate personality. Part of the reason was that the overseer didn't want to appear as compromising his position as overseer and play favorites by granting his daughter special privileges. Amata worked hard on the decorations on her own, with Alphonse providing only "appropriate parental support" and a permit for a short break in the usual daily work routine. Amata organized the Wanderer's 10th birthday party, when they became a full Vault 101 citizen and received the PIP-Boy 3000. The bond between Amata and the Lone Wanderer developed into a deep friendship over the years, with the two becoming inseparable, best friends. The burden of leading the Vault and enforcing his isolationist policy slowly drove Amata and Alphonse apart, despire her deep love for her father and an innate sense of loyalty. They bonded over many things, from Grognak to being raised by single fathers after their mothers passed away at a young age: Amata lost her mother at two, leaving her father, the overseer, to raise her on his own. The only daughter of the overseer, Amata is around the Lone Wanderer's age and the two grew up together ever since James arrived in the Vault with his child in tow.
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