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.
Thus text can be found in a terminal on the Prydwen, sent by Ingram to Maxson. The question is, what is that “aircraft carrier wreckage?” Seems this isn’t often addressed as it’s such a minor mention that’s not detailed further. On the one hand, why bother bringing it up if it isn’t a location we’ve visited before? On the other, Danse’s backstory has him living in Rivet City and making a happy living there, before choosing to join the brotherhood on a recruitment mission. If the brotherhood he joined effectively destroyed his former home by taking its power supply, I would certainly expect him to mention it, and be frustrated by it. And if not him, Li should list her life’s work being destroyed as a reason for leaving the brotherhood.
What do you guys think? Rivet City, or an unnamed aircraft carrier the brotherhood found outside the FO3 map?