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Fallout 3 - Broken Steel Guide

Who Dares Wins - Launch Platform Base

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|ITEMS: [] Enclave Crate x2, [] First Aid Box, [] Composite Recon Helmet,      |
|       [] Precision Gatling Laser, [] Armor Case, [] First Aid Box, [] Ammo   |
|          Box x13, [] Heavy Incinerator, [] Minigun, [] Gatling Laser,        |
|       [] Gun Case, [] Med-X, [] Slow-Burn Flamer, [] Flamer Fuel (x50) x3,   |
|       [] First Aid Box, [] First Aid Box, [] Enclave Crate, [] Enclave       |
|          Crate x3, [] Ammo Box x3, [] Enclave Crate, [] Gun Case.            |
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Head east and enter the dormitory to your left (north) which contains two [ENCLAVE CRATES] and a [FIRST AID BOX].  The room to your south only houses a .44 Scoped Magnum.

From the hallway, turn around the corner and head south into the Armory.  You’ll come across the Armory Master somewhere around this area, as well as several turrets.  The Armory Master comes equipped with the [COMPOSITE RECON HELMET] (a unique and more durable Recon Armor Helmet), and the unique [PRECISION GATLING LASER], so be sure to loot his sorry ass.  Watch out for a Sentry Bot that you may also encounter in this room.

Either way, proceed through the repulsion field in the room and unlock the (Hard) door to the armory for another sickly supply of whatever you’d like:

[ARMOR CASE], [FIRST AID BOX], [AMMO BOX x13], [HEAVY INCINERATOR], [MINIGUN], [GATLING LASER], and a [GUN CASE].  One of the lockers may contain Stealth Boys.

Note: The three averagely locked Ammo Boxes contain Alien Power Cells.  Without Scavenger Perk I found 7, 7 and 10 respectively in these Ammo Boxes.  The Gun Case with the Hard lock always contains an Alien Blaster and ammo for it.  I personally found 13 Cells in the Gun Case.

Unlock the (Easy) door and make your way into the Robotic Defensive Control Center.  Go upstairs, kill the Enclave Officers, Scientists and Sentry Bots, then make your way to the blue mainframe in the center and hack it (Hard).  If you have Robotics Expert then you can turn all robots against the Enclave.  Otherwise, just shut them down.  The other terminal allows you to release several locks, some of which you’ve already unlocked.

Head for the western hall (grab a [MED-X] from the desk with the terminal) and proceed into the Medical Bay to your right (north).  The Medical Bay, Dorms and Restroom don’t contain any items, although the restroom does provide us with clean water.

Backtrack to either the area with the mainframe terminal and go through the door that says ‘Warning Live Deathclaws’, or proceed from the adjacent room to the armory.  Either way, make your way over to the southern area from here.

In this large hall you can in fact encounter a Deathclaw, but it frenzies and turns to your side, so that’s a plus!  The most important item to currently retrieve from this area is the [SLOW-BURN FLAMER], which is located upstairs in the center area surrounded by force fields.  [3x FLAMER FUEL (x50)] are lying right next to it.

You can grab a [FIRST AID BOX] from the kitchen past the dining room north, and if you return to where you were - the storage room also contains another [FIRST AID BOX] and an [ENCLAVE CRATE].  Besides those, I’d say you’ve pretty much explored every last corner of this large and complex area.  Make your way over to the Launch Pad by heading for the marker to the north (for walkthrough purposes).

Head upstairs.  Depending on whether or not your forced the bots and turrets to be on your side (or deactivated them), the upcoming battle varies significantly in difficulty.  At any rate, pull out your .. surprise! Tesla Cannon and start wasting any Enclave agressors around the area.  Head south over the pipes and loot the three [ENCLAVE CRATES], then check the cabin for three [AMMO BOXES].

Continue west, then south, and face off against several more Enclave Soldiers and a Hellfire Trooper.  I pray to the gods that the Sentry Bots are at least not against you, or it’ll be another tough fight .. without the Tesla Cannon, that is. ;)  Try and destroy the Vertibirds before they lift off to prevent them from attacking.

Step inside the cabin and loot the [ENCLAVE CRATE] and [GUN CASE], then enter the final area.