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This page is about the items. For the unmarked quest, see Keller Family Refuge.

The Keller family transcripts tell of a pre-War family that tried to communicate to each other about how they planned to get into the underground bunker at the National Guard depot when the first bombs dropped on October 23, 2077. All together the four digit password is made of the numbers 4, 5, 6 and 7.

The family members consisted of:

The father
The mother
Candace
Alex
Tina
Ralph

It is implied they had a strained relationship. Alex was a U.S. Army National Guardsman who was able to steal the access code to a bunker, and sent a single digit of it to each family member, forcing them to be together to survive the bombs. However, he was arrested for stealing the codes, and can be presumed not to have joined his family in the bunker. Ralph refused to join the family, stating that he had "a mushroom cloud to walk into" - he would rather die than spend the rest of his life cooped up with his father.

The other four family members, Mom, Dad, Candace and Tina, took shelter in the underground National Guard depot, where it is presumed they met their end. In the bunker, there are three bodies and a glowing one; it seems probable that this is what became of the father as a result of his many trips to the outside, searching for supplies in the irradiated wasteland, and explains why there are three bodies in the bunker instead of four. It is also possible that the Kellers were killed by him, due to him becoming feral, or from old age, leaving the father alone.

Main article: Keller Family Refuge

Tape 1 of 5 — Travel to the VAPL-58 power station, directly southwest of Arefu, then head north following the electric towers until reaching the pylon shack (it's more like a fenced-in area at the last electric tower), where the tape can be found on the bottom shelf of the bookcase

Tape 2 of 5 — Travel to Hallowed Moors Cemetery north of Big Town. Go in the front entrance of the church, and the Keller family transcript will be on the left on top of the podium.

Tape 3 of 5 — Travel to the Grisly diner and head inside, then go to the right and out the back. The third Keller tape is located on a desk at the back outside (watch out for traps and raiders).

Tape 4 of 5 — Travel to Rockbreaker's Last Gas and look to the west. On top of the hill, one will see the abandoned shack at the top of a cliff; head around the cliff on the southwest side of the cliff (there may be some super mutants/centaurs along the way). Inside the shack, the tape will be on the workbench on the left.

Tape 5 of 5 — Travel to the Anchorage Memorial and head north-northeast. Across the river there is a semi-truck and a tent behind it with centaurs guarding outside as well as a super mutant. Its level depends on the Lone Wanderer's, if a high enough level with Broken Steel installed, they may be facing a super mutant overlord. Inside the tent on the table is the fifth Keller tape, along with a wasteland captive.

Tina, it's me. Your brother? Alex? Listen, mom would kill me if she knew I was contacting you, but she's being an impossible bitch right now.
You have to come home. Do you understand me? This thing with China... it's not going away. We're going to try to get into one of those Vaults.
If that doesn't work, well... I have a backup plan. There's this secure bunker... another sort of vault... inside the National Guard depot, and...
Look, no matter what it takes, the whole damn Keller family's gonna ride this storm out, but you've got to get your ass home. Now!

Paul, it's me. Tina. I heard back from my sister Candace. We couldn't get into a Vault. 101, 87, didn't matter -- all full to capacity.
But my brother Alex is a soldier and... he sort of stole the pass code for a secure Army bunker. He did it for the family. But they caught him.
Before they took him into custody, Alex he sent each of us one number of the four-digit code. That way, we all have to be together to get in.
He gave me number "5" -- the day of my birth. So I guess what I'm saying is... I'm still leaving. It's been fun. Kind of.
Oh, and I'm not pregnant! So no worries.

Mom, it's Candace. Oh my God, it's really happening. I can see the cloud... it's so big... Mom, I'm so scared.
I'm heading to the Vault now. I'll do whatever I can to get inside. My number of the passcode was "7", right? (static)

Ralphie, son, this is your father! We can't get into the goddamn Vault without you! Get your ass over here now! My "4" is useless without you, boy...

Candace, it's Ralph. Tell dad there's no way in hell I'm spending nuclear Armageddon trapped with him in a fucking closet.
You can have my number. It's "6." Now if you'll excuse me, I've got a mushroom cloud to walk into. Have a happy holocaust!

Capital Wasteland

Almost home... · As requested · Bounty notice · Checking out · Dead end · Dearest Grace... · Enclave field report · Fuck this · Internment orders · Loving life! · Marry me! · Mesmetron manual - summary page · Oasis coordinates · Partial CB radio backup · Patrick's farewell · Private contract

Burn this goddamn jumpsuit · Eulogy Jones' password · Fort Constantine launch codes · Fort Independence field reports · Fort Independence terminal access password · The Guardians of Gillyfrond · Highwater Trousers' activation code · Jaime's personal journal · January 26, 2077 -- Little Lamplight! · Journal of Carrie Delaney · Kidnap order · Lamplight fungus trade · Littlehorn and Associates · Love letter · Love letter from Burke · Medic power armor manual · Moira's terminal password · My diary, by Jason Grant · Password for lockdown computer · Research notes · Replicated Man holotapes · Rollings -- We're done · Song of the Lightman · SatCom array coordinates · Springvale raider mining log · Yao guai den note · ZAX destruct sequence

Cloning log · Home sweet home · Jail cell password · Note from dad · Professor Malleus audio logs · Vault 101 door password · Vault 101 maintenance password

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+|formid       ={{ID|0003d7f9}} (tape 1)<br />{{ID|0003d7fa}} (tape 2)<br />{{ID|0003d7fb}} (tape 3)<br />{{ID|0003d7fc}} (tape 4)<br />{{ID|0003d7fd}} (tape 5)
+}}
-'''{{PAGENAME}}s''' tell of a pre-war family who were all alive when the first bombs have been dropped in October 23, 2077.
+The '''Keller family transcripts''' tell of a pre-[[Great War|War]] family that tried to communicate to each other about how they planned to get into the underground bunker at the [[National Guard depot]] when the first bombs dropped on October 23, 2077. All together the four digit password is made of the numbers 4, 5, 6 and 7.
+==The Keller family==
-The family members consisted of Alex, Tina, Kansas, Dad and Ralph (Dad's name is not disclosed in the transcript). The relations with each other are unknown due to the fact that there is little knowledge on each individual. Alex, Tina and Ralph may be the children of Dad and Kansas, but there is no solid evidence.
+The family members consisted of:
+* [[Keller (Fallout 3)|The father]]
+* The mother
+* [[Candace Keller|Candace]]
+* [[Alex Keller|Alex]]
+* [[Tina Keller|Tina]]
+* [[Ralph Keller|Ralph]]
+It is implied they had a strained relationship. Alex was a U.S. Army National Guardsman who was able to steal the access code to a bunker, and sent a single digit of it to each family member, forcing them to be together to survive the bombs. However, he was arrested for stealing the codes, and can be presumed not to have joined his family in the bunker. Ralph refused to join the family, stating that he had "a mushroom cloud to walk into" - he would rather die than spend the rest of his life cooped up with his father.
-All of the family members (except Ralph) unfortunately died in the underground [[National Guard Depot]] (one turning into a glowing feral ghoul know as a [[Glowing One]]). Ralph is the only one of the family members who did not enter the bunker. Instead he had walked into a nuclear mushroom cloud, presumably killing himself.
+The other four family members, Mom, Dad, Candace and Tina, took shelter in the underground [[National Guard depot]], where it is presumed they met their end. In the bunker, there are three bodies and a [[glowing one]]; it seems probable that this is what became of the father as a result of his many trips to the outside, searching for supplies in the irradiated wasteland, and explains why there are three bodies in the bunker instead of four. It is also possible that the Kellers were killed by him, due to him becoming feral, or from old age, leaving the father alone.
+==Locations==
-The {{PAGENAME}} consist of five transcripts located around the [[Capital Wasteland]].
+{{main|Keller Family Refuge}}
-The tapes are used to gain entry into the [[National Guard Depot]] armory bunker where the [[Experimental MIRV]] [[Fatman]] is located.
+* '''Tape 1 of 5''' — Travel to the [[VAPL-58 power station]], directly southwest of [[Arefu]], then head north following the electric towers until reaching the [[pylon shack]] (it's more like a fenced-in area at the last electric tower), where the tape can be found on the bottom shelf of the bookcase
+* '''Tape 2 of 5''' — Travel to [[Hallowed Moors Cemetery]] north of [[Big Town]]. Go in the front entrance of the church, and the Keller family transcript will be on the left on top of the podium.
-===Locations===
-# Fast Travel to [[VAPL-58 Power Station]] and head North following the power lines, the 3rd power line down will be surrounded with boards on 3 sides, head inside and on the North wall will be a bookcase with the 1st Keller tape.
+* '''Tape 3 of 5''' — Travel to the [[Grisly diner]] and head inside, then go to the right and out the back. The third Keller tape is located on a desk at the back outside (watch out for traps and [[Raiders (Fallout 3)|raiders]]).
-# Fast Travel to [[Big Town]] and head North up to the [[Hallowed Moors Cemetary]], going in the front entrance, the 2nd Keller tape will be on the left on top of the podium.
-# Fast Travel to [[Grisly Diner]] and head inside, then goto your right and out the back, the 3rd Keller tape is located on a desk at the back.
-# Fast Travel to [[Rockbreaker's Last Gas]] and turn to the east, you will see an abandoned shack at the top of a cliff, this shack is the location of the 4th Keller tape. Make your way around the cliff from the left side of the mountain. Enter the shack and the tape will be on the workbench on the left.(Note: After the [[The Waters of Life]] quest is completed, an Enclave soldier with a sentry bot will be vertibird dropped across from the shack)
-# Fast Travel to [[Anchorage Memorial]] and head to the North, quickly you will get to the edge, across the chasm you will see a broken down truck and a tent. Make your way across the river to the tent, inside the tent on the table is the location of the 5th Keller tape. Note, there is a [[Super Mutant]] or [[Super Mutant Master]] and 2 [[Centaur]] there. If you are a first time visitor, there is also a [[Captive]] inside.
+* '''Tape 4 of 5''' — Travel to [[Rockbreaker's Last Gas]] and look to the west. On top of the hill, one will see the [[sniper shack|abandoned shack]] at the top of a cliff; head around the cliff on the southwest side of the cliff (there may be some super mutants/centaurs along the way). Inside the shack, the tape will be on the workbench on the left.
-Also inside of the shack containing the 4th tape, inside the locker is the [[Victory Rifle]] .
+* '''Tape 5 of 5''' — Travel to the [[Anchorage Memorial]] and head north-northeast. Across the river there is a semi-truck and a tent behind it with [[Centaur (Fallout 3)|centaurs]] guarding outside as well as a [[Super mutant (Fallout 3)|super mutant]]. Its level depends on the Lone Wanderer's, if a high enough level with ''[[Broken Steel]]'' installed, they may be facing a super mutant overlord. Inside the tent on the table is the fifth Keller tape, along with a wasteland captive.
-==Apperances==
-The Keller family and their tapes only make an appearance in [[Fallout 3]].
+==Transcripts==
-[[Category:Fallout 3 items]]
+===Keller family transcript 1 of 5===
+[[File:FO3 Keller family transcript1.ogg|noicon|center]]
+{{Transcript|text=
+Tina, it's me. Your brother? [[Alex Keller|Alex]]? Listen, mom would kill me if she knew I was contacting you, but she's being an impossible bitch right now.
+You have to come home. Do you understand me? This thing with China... it's not going away. We're going to try to get into one of those Vaults.
+If that doesn't work, well... I have a backup plan. There's this secure bunker... another sort of vault... inside the National Guard depot, and...
+Look, no matter what it takes, the whole damn Keller family's gonna ride this storm out, but you've got to get your ass home. Now!
+}}
+===Keller family transcript 2 of 5===
+[[File:FO3 Keller family transcript2.ogg|center]]
+{{Transcript|text=
+Paul, it's me. [[Tina Keller|Tina]]. I heard back from my sister Candace. We couldn't get into a Vault. [[Vault 101|101]], [[Vault 87|87]], didn't matter -- all full to capacity.
+But my brother Alex is a soldier and... he sort of stole the pass code for a secure Army bunker. He did it for the family. But they caught him.
+Before they took him into custody, Alex he sent each of us one number of the four-digit code. That way, we all have to be together to get in.
+He gave me number "5" -- the day of my birth.  So I guess what I'm saying is... I'm still leaving. It's been fun. Kind of.
+Oh, and I'm not pregnant! So no worries.
+}}
+===Keller family transcript 3 of 5===
+[[File:FO3 Keller family transcript3.ogg|center]]
+{{Transcript|text=
+Mom, it's [[Candace Keller|Candace]]. Oh my God, it's really happening. I can see the cloud... it's so big... Mom, I'm so scared.
+I'm heading to the Vault now. I'll do whatever I can to get inside. My number of the passcode was "7", right? (static)
+}}
+===Keller family transcript 4 of 5===
+[[File:FO3 Keller family transcript4.ogg|center]]
+{{Transcript|text=
+Ralphie, son, this is your [[Keller (Fallout 3)|father]]! We can't get into the goddamn Vault without you! Get your ass over here now! My "4" is useless without you, boy...
+}}
+===Keller family transcript 5 of 5===
+[[File:FO3 Keller family transcript5.ogg|center]]
+{{Transcript|text=
+Candace, it's [[Ralph Keller|Ralph]]. Tell dad there's no way in hell I'm spending nuclear Armageddon trapped with him in a fucking closet.
+You can have my number. It's "6." Now if you'll excuse me, I've got a mushroom cloud to walk into. Have a happy holocaust!}}
+==Gallery==
+<gallery widths=200>
+st Keller family transcript bottom shelf.jpg|Transcript 1, [[Pylon shack]]
+Hallowed Moors Cemetery Day.jpg|Transcript 2, [[Hallowed Moors Cemetery]]
+Grisly diner Keller family transcript 3.jpg|Transcript 3, [[Grisly diner]]
+FO3 Sniper Shack Keller.jpg|Transcript 4, [[Sniper shack]]
+FO3 Keller family transcript 5.jpg|Transcript 5, super mutant camp near the [[Anchorage Memorial]]
+</gallery>
+==See also==
+* [[Diary of Candace Keller]] {{Cut}}
+{{Navbox holotapes FO3}}
+[[Category:Fallout 3 holotapes]]
+[[Category:Fallout: New Vegas legacy content]]
+[[ru:Семейный архив Келлеров]]
+[[de:Transkript der Familie Keller]]
+[[es:Transcripción de la familia Keller]]
+[[uk:Родинний архів Келлерів]]