The Pipboy 2000 M.E. (Presumed to stand for 'Military Edition') is a variation of the 2000 series of pipboys constructed for US Military personnel. They were designed to be cheaper versions of their Vault-Tec counterparts, which offered less recreational features but allowed soldiers to use it to control the battlefield.
History[]
The Pipboy 2000 M.E. was still in prototype stage, when the bombs fell. Though the US Army had been basing quite a bit of their equipment around them, such as their VR simulators. Robco bought the contract to mass produce them, once they were perfected, however, not long after perfection, the bombs fell and only the surviving prototypes remained.
Various factions across the USA have found them, the Brotherhood of Steel found several of them and changed them to the 'B.E.' These versions had the screens replaced with a higher resolution and had the speakers replaced to make audio sound better. Several features were also added by the Brotherhood to make them seem more like their Vault Counterparts but the Alarm Clock was removed in the process.
The NCR were later to come across a few and began to produce them, however, they were expensive to make and so, not everyone was able to have one. 10 fully working replicas were sent out with the convicts assigned to Project Cook in Denver.
Features[]
The Pipboy 2000 M.E. is a lot more basic than the regular Pipboy 2000s, it has a map, the facility to record data (though it's hard drive is considerably smaller than it's Vault Counterparts) and the ability to hook up to various interfaces to hack them or transfer data to them.
The Map data is a lot more vast, allowing the wearer to see the entire region as well as interior maps of smaller buildings. Places from before the war are named and can easily be modified in the event that they change.
They also have great radio reception and are able to pick up military signals and even trace them back to their source. This was one of the things that made them more favored than the Pipboy 3000 MK 4 as they were able to trace the radio signals visually on the map, rather than through beeps and bloops.
Criticisms[]
Many who would compare it to the earlier models of pipboy and the later would say that the screen resolution was poor. It also had one speaker that was luicrously small, on the back of the system, pointing away from the user. A tech reviewer at the time was quoted several times, when he posted an article called What were they thinking!? in the New York Times, in 2076.
Appearances[]
The Pipboy 2000 M.E. is seen in Fallout: Brothers in Binds, modified versions of them can be seen in Fallout: Tactics.