The Galactic Zone is a location in Nuka-World in 2287.
Background[]
The Galactic Zone opened in 2072, being the last of the park areas to open before the bombs fell in the Great War. John-Caleb Bradberton wished to bring customers a taste of the future with the Galactic Zone, which became the most popular attraction at Nuka-World upon its opening. The area featured a unique collaboration between Nuka-Cola Corporation, RobCo Industries, Vault-Tec Corporation, and other companies.[1][2]
Nuka-Cola Corporation's Nuka-Galaxy attraction took guests on a space adventure through a roller coaster spanning a galaxy while helping Nuka-Girl fight off aliens. RobCo's RobCo Battlezone attraction demonstrated the latest and greatest in robot technology to guests in an arena pitting various robot models against each other. Vault-Tec's Among the Stars attraction showed guests a glimpse of preparing for the future with Vault-Tec vaults used to colonize distant planets.[3]
After the Great War, this section of the park became an area where traders from Nuka-Town USA would scavenge scrap materials for use and trade. Eventually the traders came across the Star Control Mainframe and its star cores. Kendell Alston, thinking his daughter Tiana Alston's explanation that the cores were 'redundant' meant they were okay to take and sell, started gathering the cores. However, it was around this time that Colter and his raider gangs took over Nuka-Town, leading to Alston's idea that Star Control's defensive mode would be able to save them.
The Alstons soon realized they had not obtained enough cores to safely activate the defense setting. Despite Tiana's warning, Kendell activated Star Control. As the robots and defenses in the park came online, they began attacking the traders within the Galactic Zone. Tiana and the remaining traders perished while trying to escape the zone. Their remains now lie just outside the main entrance to the east.[4][5]
Layout[]
The Galactic Zone is an enclosed section of the park filled with advanced robots, including eyebots, Mr Frothies, and Nukatrons, all of which are hostile to the Sole Survivor until they are pacified using the Star Control mainframe terminal. The main entrance is to the east, and a secondary entrance is to the north. Directly across from the main entrance is the Starport Nuka ride, with the Starlight Interstellar Theater to the south, Vault-Tec: Among the Stars to the southwest, Nuka-Galaxy to the northwest, and the RobCo Battlezone to the north. A Nuka-mixer station is in a small concession alcove at the bottom of the east ramp leading to Vault-Tec: Among the Stars, southeast of the second level of Starport Nuka.
Attractions[]
Notable loot[]
- Thirty star cores - See the linked page for details.
- Tiana's log - At the main entrance on the east side of the zone, on Tiana's body. Used to advance the quest Star Control.
- Emerson's holotape - Near the Nuka-Galaxy entrance, next to the body of a dead trader lying against the concessions stand.
- Three Nuka-Cherries, one in the Mr Frothy dot dog stand, another two in a Nuka-Cola machine.
- Nuka-Cola lunchbox - On the roof to the north of Blast Off!, behind the Nuka-Cola Quartz billboard.
Notes[]
- If one has the Robotics Expert perk, they can turn off the robots. After completing Star Control to the midway point, turning the robots back on will make them friendly. This will work in any area except Vault-Tec: Among the Stars as there are invisible tripwires that turn the robotic actors back on in the area. Saving that location for last will allow for no Galactic Zone robotic deaths.
- After every five installed cores, the player character has the option to disable a certain type of robot, making exploration of the Galactic Zone and searching for more cores easier with each disabled line of robots. With at least 20 cores installed, the rogue robots can be taken off defense mode.
Appearances[]
The Galactic Zone appears in the Fallout 4 add-on Nuka-World. It is also mentioned in the Fallout 76 update Nuka-World on Tour.[6]
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ Nuka-Town USA terminal entries; information terminal, Galactic Zone
- ↑ Nuka-World loading screens: "The Galactic Zone opened to the public in 2072, making it the last of the Nuka-World parks to open before the bombs fell."
- ↑ Nuka-World loading screens: "Vault-Tec, RobCo, ArcJet and Starlight Theaters were just a few of the corporations that featured attractions or exhibits in Nuka-World's Galactic Zone."
- ↑ Tiana's log
- ↑ Emerson's holotape
- ↑ Tales from Nuka-World
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