Where Is Rivet City
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While skulking around the Prydwen I found Elder Maxson's terminal and one entry in particular raises a question (emphasis mine):
'Fr: Proctor Ingram IG-444PR
To: Elder Maxson MX-001E
As you know, in order to get the Prydwen rapidly to the Commonwealth, I had my engineering team pull her older power plant and replace it with an updated fusion plant we pulled from that aircraft carrier wreckage. I was able to squeeze almost one hundred percent efficiency from the new reactor, but the system is burning through our coolant supply faster than expected.
As we've been docked over the airport, I've been able to deactivate the main engines to cool down the reactor, but we're still eating up coolant when we're in hover mode. We're eventually going to hit a point where we'll run out of coolant. If that happens, we'll need to put the Prydwen on the ground. I desperately need your help if you want to prevent that from happening. I'll be certain to provide you with the details at our next briefing.'
We know Elder Maxson is much more traditional in his leadership of the Brotherhood rather than Lyons peace & love version, so would he rip out the energy systems of a human city?
Steps
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- Learn the history of Rivet City.
- (Optional) Check other sources to confirm Rivet City's history.
- (Optional) Uncover Rivet City's true history.
- Return to Moira.
Rivet City Hitory Lesson[edit]
Chapter three will then begin, and this is the final chapter. You can do the three things here in any order you so desire (you'll be greeted with three choices representing the three sections of the final chapter). We opted to do the historical aspect of the chapter first, which will bring us to Rivet City. Rivet City is far away, tucked in the southeast corner of the map. Don't attempt this until you can teleport there automatically, because it's a long road from Megaton, and not one that's easy to do. You should also be familiar with Rivet City, because you can bang out the first objective (and only mandatory one) almost immediately. How? Well, first, speak with Bannon in Rivet City's marketplace, and then go speak with Belle down in her bar. Talk to them about history, and boom, you're good to go.
But are you? Well, you really aren't, because there's an important piece of history you've yet to uncover, and when you do, the prize for doing so is well worth the trouble. Belle will tell you of a recluse in Rivet City named Pinkerton, and this guy roams around in the part of the large aircraft carrier that's split off from the main part of the ship. Getting there requires that you swim there, so head out of the main entrance of Rivet City and look to the side of the entrance, where a lone old plane can be seen. Jump into the water next to the plane and get ready to swim.
Keep an eye on your oxygen and be careful not to become too irradiated, as you will be exposed as long as you're in the water. Swim alongside the ship until you get to the split, and then dive under the water towards the far end of the ship (on the split), looking for a door into the split half. Open it, then retreat back to get some air, then go forward through the tunnel, opening door after door, getting air at the top of the room. You'll eventually be able to push forward to areas of the broken half of the ship where you won't be touching water anymore (thank god), but watch your back. Powerful Mirelurks roam about and will require you to fell them to proceed.
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We won't instruct you on how to get through this ship, because it's extremely confusing. One thing you're going to want to do is have the light at the end of your gun on so you can see where you're going, and you're going to want to watch your back for any more Mirelurks. Most important is avoiding Pinkerton's many traps, some of which can be disarmed if you're discrete (and powerful) enough. Generally, though, you can set the grenade, mine and shotgun traps off before you get to them. Just keep an eye out for tripwires and switches, and if you hear that distinct beeping sound letting you know a bomb is about to go off, run!
After thorough exploration (you'll need to hit an electrical switch to open the far door where Pinkerton is located), you'll reach Pinkerton's vast living quarters. As long as you don't fire on him or act aggressively (such as stealing his stuff), you can talk to him easily, and get plenty of information on Rivet City's actual history from him, as opposed to the crap you were fed back at Rivet City. He'll even give you evidence that you can show Moira Brown back at Megaton to verify his story of the history of Rivet City, which he w
as instrumental in. As you leave thereafter, you can grab all of the goods you want anywhere but his living quarters, but you may not want to worry about that. After all, getting out of the half-sunken ship is adventurous enough for many.
Once you leave the ship with Pinkerton's documents, you can teleport instantly back to Megaton, where you can go to Craterside Supply Shop and speak with Moira Brown. She'll be most interested in your story about Pinkerton and the rest of Rivet City's interesting people, and you can hand over the documents Pinkerton gave you to prove what he was saying. Most impressed with your intensely studious adventure, Moira will give you four Mentats. But more importantly, since you uncovered the real history of Rivet City by speaking with Pinkerton, you'll now get a permanent 10% discount from all goods at Rivet City. And that, my friends, is huge.