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"Industrial Junk
The pump station is pretty run down, you could go take a look around the place, see if you find anything strange going on. What do you say?Morgan Blake

The east pump station is a location in the Mojave Wasteland in Fallout: New Vegas.

Background[]

The intact pump station serves as a vital link in the NCR's agricultural efforts in the Mojave, as it is responsible for filtering the water being pumped up from Lake Las Vegas, and then back into the fields that grow sustainable crops to feed the troops.[1] In recent years, however, despite the pump station's continued productivity, the soil quality has been worsening due to radiation seeping in.

Layout[]

Situated between Vault 34 and the NCR sharecropper farms, just west of the McCarran monorail, there are two rooms inside the pump station itself, including an office room where the Courier can find a damaged terminal that can be used as one way to initiate the quest Hard Luck Blues. The terminal requires a Science skill of at least 50 to repair the network connection. The second room is through an unlocked door, serving as a reactor room containing no interesting items.

The pump station is connected by a pipe to the east cistern, which is accessible by a western facing door. Inside is a single room containing junk items, supplies, a few bottles of Nuka-Cola, and a copy of Fixin' Things, found on the desk against the north wall, next to a broken computer terminal.

Related quests[]

Appearances[]

The east pump station appears only in Fallout: New Vegas.

Behind the scenes[]

Inside on a wall, is a poster advertising the Sierra Madre casino, the setting of the Dead Money add-on. It also has "DEAD" written on a cubicle wall opposite it. A poster in the opposite corner for Dean Domino and two postcards on the tack board next to the computer also reference the Dead Money add-on.

Bugs[]

  • PCPC Playstation 3Playstation 3Playstation 3 Xbox 360Xbox 360 The trigger for marking this location as visited is not at or near the door. Instead, it is between the east pump station itself and the adjacent east cistern, in the area where the pipe passes between the two buildings.[verified]
  • Xbox 360Xbox 360 When the Courier tries to look at the computer, the image will just be blurry and then when exiting out, all of the Courier's scoped weapons (when zooming in) will just show a computer screen. This can easily be fixed by resetting the console.[verified]

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References[]

  1. Fallout: New Vegas Official Game Guide p. 315
    "This location is of paramount importance to the NCR because it is responsible for filtering the water being pumped along the giant water pipe from Lake Las Vegas, and then into the sharecropper farms."
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