I am a new player to the game...found it on sale! What are you supposed to do when you throw the switch in the vaults? I have tried to run to the entrance and I can't go anywhere once I get there...please help!

find the elevater the switch activated and find your ship

Dude, after killing the Predalien, you gotta go in door RIGHT Beside the elevator and acces switch in there. Then you can get out.

yeah thats the only way

and im impressed you killed the predalien as a noob

Gee, that was real helpfull, einstien.

what are you on about im the meaning of helpful

I was disturbed that you offered nothing constructive in a HELP post. All of your posts seem to follow suit. You're what's known aas a "spammer" - someone who makes useless posts without contribiting anything usefull for the community.
You also seem to rank yourself rather highly over others who are just getting familiar with the game.
I bet you crapped your diapers when you first ran this game, LOL!
Any great old game needs as many "noobs" as it can get, and when they ask for help with something that to experienced players seems simple or silly we should respond with accurate and definitive information and leave out comments about them being "noobs".
We all wore diapers at one time.