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* Two [[Fusion core (Fallout 76)|fusion cores]] - One in a generator in a room at the western end of the lower level, and the other in a generator in the flooded room at the eastern end of the same floor.
 
* Two [[Fusion core (Fallout 76)|fusion cores]] - One in a generator in a room at the western end of the lower level, and the other in a generator in the flooded room at the eastern end of the same floor.
 
* [[Key to Holbrooke's stash]] - In [[Tanner Holbrook]]'s room on the third floor. The key opens Holbrook's stash in a flooded generator room in the basement.
 
* [[Key to Holbrooke's stash]] - In [[Tanner Holbrook]]'s room on the third floor. The key opens Holbrook's stash in a flooded generator room in the basement.
* {{icon|FO76WL}} [[Vigilant citizen's note to Blackwell]] - Note, on a shelf behind the desk in [[Sam Blackwell]]'s office.
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* {{icon|FO76NW}} [[Package for Sam Blackwell]] - Folder, on a shelf behind the desk in [[Sam Blackwell]]'s office. Adds the notes [[Vigilant citizen's note to Blackwell]], [[Holland Chase invoice 9021|Holland Chase invoice # 9021]] and [[Holland Chase invoice 9033|Holland Chase invoice # 9033]] to the player character's inventory.
* {{icon|FO76WL}} [[Holland Chase invoice 9021|Holland Chase invoice # 9021]] - Note, on a shelf behind the desk in Sam Blackwell's office.
 
* {{icon|FO76WL}} [[Holland Chase invoice 9033|Holland Chase invoice # 9033]] - Note, on a shelf behind the desk in Sam Blackwell's office.
 
   
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==

Revision as of 16:10, 14 December 2019

 
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The Charleston Capitol Building is a location in the city of Charleston in Appalachia in 2102.

Background

The State Capitol building was dedicated in 1932, and served as the seat of power for the Appalachian government. The Charleston Capitol Building survived the Great War intact, as no bombs were dropped directly on Charleston. In the immediate aftermath of the war, surviving members of the West Virginia state government formed the Charleston Emergency Government in the Capitol Building under the leadership of a Provisional Council headed by Speaker of the House Abigale Poole while they waited for instruction from Washington, D.C.. No word from the Federal government ever came. By 2082, the Charleston Emergency Government had formed an alliance with the Responders and attempted to establish peaceful relations with the Brotherhood of Steel, Free States, and even the raiders. A flood caused by the destruction of Summersville Dam occurred on Christmas Day in 2082, devastating Charleston and presumably wiping out the members of the Charleston Emergency Government.

Layout

Charleston Capitol Building is the easternmost location in the ruins of the city of Charleston, the former capital of West Virginia. Mud and debris carried by the floodwaters unleashed by the broken Summersville Dam have buried the central plaza and blocked the building's front entrance. A large bell in the plaza has been marked with the Responders' emblem. There is a weapons workbench in a flooded generator room in the basement. The Charleston Capitol DMV and courthouse can be accessed from separate doors above ground, and the two buildings are also linked underground.

The Charleston Capitol complex is one large dungeon, although on the surface it appears divided into three major sections: The central building, the courthouse (west) and the Department of Motor Vehicles (east). The middle courtyard contains an historic bell, but is otherwise bereft of loot.

The courthouse wing centers around the partially collapsed courthouse. The collapsed roof leads to the press briefing and conference room upstairs, which were converted into a triage and cooking area after the War. adjacent to the courthouse is the Office of the Registrar and the Capitol Police offices, which include a small jail with holding cells (and Rosalynn Jeffries, killed by the flood intended to avenge her apparent death). It's also a major stop during Key to the Past. In the back is the judge's office, which contains the location's steamer trunk and another locked safe.

At the western end of the central part of the Capitol is the office of the governor of the Appalachian territory, complete with a press briefing room where the governor would make televised appearances. Right before the rotunda are the offices that once served the governor, now filled with mud and trash after the flood wave threw a truck in through the wall.

The eastern part of the rotunda contains more ruined offices and a partially collapsed corner hallway. More importantly it contains a staircase that leads to the two upper floors of the rotunda. The second floor is derelict, with mostly abandoned offices. The third floor is more interesting, as it includes the offices of high ranking members of the pre-War government of Appalachia: Speaker Poole's and Senator Blackwell's office west of the rotunda and Tanner Holbrook's office in the east.

The Department of Motor Vehicles is rather straightforward: There's one main chamber for visitors, together with a terminal that activates the bots (used to obtain a valid ID for registering with the Brotherhood) and the Overseer's stash.

The basement is accessible through the derelict elevator shafts or the staircase by the rotunda, the basement contains a flooded generator room in the west, complete with a weapons workbench, an abandoned food court in the center that served as a food rationing spot before the flood, and the filing, archives, and facilities rooms to the east, just by the stairwell. There's an armor workbench in the machine room.

Courthouse

Notable loot

Notes

  • A special notice can be found hanging in several places in the buildings, but cannot be taken; one is in the rotunda hanging on a pillar.
  • Patch 1.2.2.9 (patch 12) introduced significant changes to the Capitol Building's layout, including moving the courthouse to a separate interior cell and changing enemy level ranges in both sections.

Appearances

The Charleston Capitol Building appears only in Fallout 76.

Behind the scenes

The Charleston Capital building is based on the West Virginia State Capitol, which is the seat of government of the state of West Virginia.

Bugs

[platforms tag needed] The terrain in the surrounding area can deal collision damage which can cause loot bags to be unable to be retrieved. [verification overdue]

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