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{{for|the location in ''[[Fallout 76]]''|Mama Dolce's Food Processing}}
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|terminal =[[Mama Dolce's terminal entries]]
 
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{{Quotation|The Republic people of [[China]] salute [[Chinese remnants|your]] braveries. Find established cover operation of "Mama Dolce" food creation factory. Priority to rendezvous with selected team in covert operations of local area. Job and wage are secured for each within cover operation. Required to inform when first stage of operation is completed. Hail the People's Republic!|The [[People's Liberation Army|Chinese remnant team's]] [[Mama Dolce's terminal entries|orders]].}}
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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' marks '''Mama Dolce's Food Processing Plant''' on your Pip-Boy's [[Fallout 3 map|map]] in ''[[Fallout 3]]''. This place can be reached either through the [[Flooded Metro|Flooded Metro Station]] then east through [[Arlington Cemetery]], or through the [[Arlington/Falls Church Metro]] in [[Falls Church]].
  
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Mama Dolce's Food Processing Plant is divided into three parts:
  
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*'''Mama Dolce's Processed Food'''
  
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*'''Mama Dolce's Food Distribution'''
  
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*'''Mama Dolce's Loading Yard'''
  
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Between the entry-side Processed Food, and Food Distribution, lies the Loading Yard.
  
   
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'''Mama Dolce's''' is a location in ''[[Fallout 3]]''. It can be reached either through the [[Arlington/Wasteland Metro]], then east through [[Arlington Cemetery]], or through the [[Arlington/Falls Church Metro]] in [[Falls Church]].
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==Project Invade Mama Dolce's==
  
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A terminal in the Food Distribution section can only be used by looting [[Mama Dolce's Encryption Key]] from the body of the [[Chinese Remnant]] Captain.The terminal reveals that Mama Dolce's was, in fact, a front for Chinese intelligence and espionage throughout the DC area, and would undoubtedly serve as the base of operations for the other outposts scattered in the surrounding Wasteland.
 
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It seems that their front, in the end, came back to bite them, as when the bombs dropped they became the [[Ghouls]] you fight in Mama Dolce's.
  
   
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==Notable Loot==
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==Background==
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An encrypted file in the [[Terminal#Fallout_3_and_Fallout:_New_Vegas|terminal]] located in the upper section of the food distribution center can be decrypted by looting [[Mama Dolce's encryption key]] from the body of the [[Chinese remnants]] [[Chinese remnant soldier#Chinese remnant captain|captain]]. The terminal reveals that Mama Dolce's was a front for [[China|Chinese]] intelligence and espionage throughout the [[Washington, D.C.|D.C. area]], and would most likely have served as the base of operations for other outposts scattered in the surrounding region.
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===Books===
  
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*[[Tales of a Junktown Jerky Vendor]] is outside just north of the entrance behind some barrels, next to a dead [[Wastelander]], in a boxcar.
  
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*[[Chinese Army: Special Ops Training Manual |Chinese Army: Spec. Ops. Training Manual]] is next to one of the snipers in the Loading Yard area.
  
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*[[Guns and Bullets]] is next to the other sniper on the opposite side of the Loading Yard.
  
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*[[Guns and Bullets]] is in a bathroom stall on the ground floor in the Processed Foods area.
  
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*[[Dean's Electronics]] is on a shelf in the middle of a stairway in the Processed Food area; it's next to a phone, a toolbox and a broken computer.
  
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*[[Tumblers Today]] is in the Food Distribution area. Drop down through a hole(s) in the floor to the lower “cave” area to find the book next to two safes and a skeleton.
  
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*Two [[Pre-War Book]]s can be found - one is in the Food Distribution area, on an upper level next to a terminal. The second book can be found on/under a small table in the upper level in the Processed Foods area.
  
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A sniper rifle and large amounts of .308 ammo is on one of the loading yard balconies (perhaps put there to allow the player to snipe enemies in the courtyard itself). Silently attack the Chinese Remnant sniper up there (Chinese Officer's Sword is perfect), then take out the guy on top of a railcar with a missile launcher.
  
   
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==Layout==
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This is also a very helpful place for those looking to stock up on sugar bombs. As many as ten can be found within the factory.
  
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Mama Dolce's food processing plant is divided into three parts, the first two of which can be entered from outside:
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* Mama Dolce's processed food
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* Mama Dolce's food distribution
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* Mama Dolce's loading yard
   
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Between the entry-side of processed food and food distribution lies the loading yard, which is patrolled by several [[Chinese remnant soldier]]s. This map also contains two elevated corridors connecting the other two areas, each of which contains a Chinese remnant sniper. This wealth of connections and doors can make the local map confusing.
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===Misc===
  
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*[[Nuka-Cola Quantum]] is on the upper level in the Food Distribution area. It's on a desk next to a terminal.
  
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==Notable loot==
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*On the ground floor in the Food Distribution area there is a ramp that leads downwards to two safes which require average and hard [[Lockpick|Lockpicking Skill]] respectively.
  
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{{Notable content
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*Good place to pick up ''[[Chinese Assault Rifle|Chinese Assault Rifles]]'', [[Sugar Bombs]], and [[Books]], as well as the otherwise hard to find [[Dirty Chinese Jumpsuit]].
  
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| ''[[Chinese Army: Special Ops Training Manual (Fallout 3)|Chinese Army: Special Ops Training Manual]]'' is next to one of the snipers in the loading yard area.
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*Two [[Stealth Boy]]s can be found in the building. The first is located in the upper levels of the Food Distribution area under the desk which holds the Chinese Commander's computer. The second is in the Processed Foods area through a set of double-doors, located on a table to the right as you enter the room.
  
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| Two ''[[Guns and Bullets (Fallout 3)|Guns and Bullets]]'', one is next to the other sniper on the opposite side of the loading yard and one is in a bathroom stall on the ground floor in the processed foods area.
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*A [[Power Fist]] is in a locked (Very Easy) footlocker in the Food Distribution area just inside of the door to [[Arlington Cemetery]].
  
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| ''[[Dean's Electronics (Fallout 3)|Dean's Electronics]]'' is on a shelf in the middle of a stairway in the southwest corner of the processed food area. It's next to a phone, a [[Toolbox (Fallout 3)|toolbox]], and a broken terminal.
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*In the Loading Yard, you can jump from a boxcar onto a large open-topped garbage bin. (Run down the side of the top of the boxcar to jump; don't run across the boxcar's end to jump. The downslope of the roof prevents an effective jump.) The bin has 4 metal boxes and a garbage can, but they only have common loot.
  
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| ''[[Tumblers Today (Fallout 3)|Tumblers Today]]'' is in the food distribution area. Drop down through two holes in the floor to the lower "cave" area to find the book next to two [[safe]]s and a [[skeleton]].
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*Instead of repairing the Chinese Assault Rifles, you can give them to Pronto in Paradise Falls for a 20% discount on a newly expanded inventory. See [[Economics of Violence]] for more details.
  
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| ''[[Tales of a Junktown Jerky Vendor (Fallout 3)|Tales of a Junktown Jerky Vendor]]'' is outside just north of the Mama Dolce's food distribution entrance behind some barrels, next to a dead [[Wastelander (Fallout 3)|wastelander]], in an overturned storage container.
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*In one of the two main building contains a Fat Man, but you have to activate 'tcl' in the command console, because the Fat Man is inside the foundation of the building(below the floor you normally walk on).At the same time you can see a some sort radio receiver(same level as the Fat Man)and a connection with one of the radio frequencies you hear when you are outside the Citadel. You can activate it but you can only reply 'See you later'.(Confirmed only for PC).
  
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| One [[Nuka-Cola Quantum (Fallout 3)|Nuka-Cola Quantum]] on a desk in an office in the upper level on the food distribution area.
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*"Dolce" is Italian for sweet.
  
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| [[Mama Dolce's encryption key]] - on the [[Chinese remnant captain]] in Mama Dolce's food distribution; unlocks desk terminal.
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*At the basement of the Food Distribution area, among the rubble just below the two stories drop from the top floor, there's a sign labeled ''CAUTION Trip Hazard''. A nice little welcome message for those just having arrived from above.
  
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| A few [[Stealth Boy (Fallout 3)|Stealth Boys]] can be found in the building. The first is located in the upper levels of the food distribution area under the desk which holds the Chinese captain's computer. The second is on the ground floor of the processed foods area through a set of double-doors (in the north near the [[Arlington Cemetery]] exit) located on a table to the right as you enter the room. There is a Stealth Boy beside the turret control terminal when first walking into the food distribution area from the Arlington Cemetery south area. Another may be found inside the hard-locked safe down in the cavernous space beneath the food distribution area.
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| 11 boxes of [[Sugar Bombs (Fallout 3)|Sugar Bombs]] can be found in the food distribution section. These can be used in the unmarked quest ''[[Murphy's Bombing Run]]''.
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| Two [[pre-War book (Fallout 3)|pre-War books]] can be found - one is in the food distribution area, on an upper level next to a terminal. The second book can be found on/under a small table in the upper level in the southeast portion of the processed foods area.
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==Notes==
  
==Notes==
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* In the loading yard there is a gate that requires a key to open, but there is no corresponding key in the Mama Dolce's location, because the gate doesn't lead to anywhere. The other side of the gate was not intended to be accessed, and the alley is unfinished beyond line of sight which leads into a wasteland abyss of nothing.
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*Ironically, on the Chinese Captain's terminal, the heading reads: Mama Dolce's Processed Foods - An All-American Business.
  
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* There is a switch in Mama Dolce's processed foods which can be activated, but does nothing (its sole function is to be used by one of the Chinese ghouls to open the door beside it for an ambush). When entering from Arlington, it is in a room to the right, through the large elevated utility door.
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*There is a gas leak in the room you first encounter them in, if you entered in the Arlington side. To set it off, you have to be on the top catwalk shooting towards where you came in. Although on some occasions it can be activated by a companion directly underneath the catwalk.
  
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* In Mama Dolce's food distribution, in the cavernous section where the copy of ''[[Tumblers Today (Fallout 3)|Tumblers Today]]'' is located, standing on one of the safes gains access to a sewer grate which can be opened and closed.
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*When exploring the factory there will be boards with Chinese characters carved on them.
  
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* On the encrypted computer it can be noted that the food flavorant is the same as the printer ink.
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*In the Loading Yard there is a gate that requires a key to open, but there is no corresponding key in the Mama Dolce's location, possibly because it doesn't lead to anywhere. The other side of the gate was not intended to be accessed, and the alley is unfinished beyond line of sight. The letters seen on the wall through the fence start at the 'E' in "ERIES". Because of the nature of Mama Dolce's, the writing on the wall probably is "Deliveries".
  
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* Mama Dolce's loading yard is not in the same area on the world map as the Mama Dolce's building. This explains why the "[[People's Republic of America Radio]]" station can not be heard here.
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*This simple exploration can be achieved (without the use of the console) by stacking 2 barrels on top of one another and use one of the barrels as a "step". However climbing the barrels requires some frantic jumping. These images were taken from Fallout 3 on an Xbox 360. Also note that a button exists on the ground level of the right hand side of the building's back right corner (where guard opens the door). The light on the button turns green or red when activated yet no changes to the area occur. There is also a sewer gate that can be opened and closed, but it doesn't lead to anything. It's above the 2 chests in the "cave" area.<br />
  
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* One can find out what the Chinese ghouls are saying when they shout in Chinese by turning on the subtitles. (Noted quotes: "DIE AMERICAN", "Victory at last", [When killed] "Not by you...")
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* In food distribution, a catwalk on the intermediate level of one of the large factory areas connects only two Very Hard locked doors that open onto blank walls. It can only be accessed by jumping from the top catwalk.
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* This place is ideal for the unmarked quest ''[[Economics of Violence]]'' given by [[Pronto]] in [[Paradise Falls]]. There are many Chinese assault rifles to be found.
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Image:The_Setup.jpg|The 3 Barrel Setup
  
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* While in the loading yard, if a quest marker is active (for example: The Citadel), it will show a highlighted route, with Mama Dolce's loading yard showing up as located west-northwest of [[Falls Church]].
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Image:Over_Fence.jpg|Over the fence
  
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* There is a car on the roof of Mama Dolce's with no explanation or inference as to how or why it is there.
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Image:First_Step.jpg|Entering the Area
  
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* There are 3 ammunition boxes that are smaller than average to the right of the door to food distribution from the processed foods section.
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Image:Reality.jpg|"[DELIV]ERIES"
  
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* The inside of the factory is actually incorrectly oriented with the real world outside. For instance, if you are in the food distribution area, about to walk outside through the door to the Arlington Cemetery, and you are facing the door, you will notice that your compass is pointing directly east. If you walk outside and stay facing the same way, your compass will be pointing north in the cemetery. Although unexplained, this discrepancy is completely consistent throughout the factory.
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Image:Mile_Out.jpg|An outside prespective
  
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==Appearances==
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Mama Dolce's appears only in ''[[Fallout 3]]''.
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==Behind the scenes==
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In Italian, one of the meanings of the word "dolce" is "sweet", which is fitting, considering the abundance of Sugar Bombs throughout the factory.
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==Gallery==
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<gallery widths=210>
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MD loading yard.jpg|The loading yard
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FO3MDSneakSkillBook.jpg|A copy of [[Chinese Army: Special Ops Training Manual (Fallout 3)|Chinese Army: Special Ops Training Manual]] and sniper rifle
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Mama Dolce's safes and a Tumblers Today.jpg|Safes and a [[Tumblers Today (Fallout 3)|Tumblers Today]]
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Mama Dolce's Nuka-Cola Quantum and more.jpg|Nuka-Cola Quantum and more
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Mama Dolce's Tales of a Junktown Jerky Vendor.jpg|[[Tales of a Junktown Jerky Vendor (Fallout 3)|Tales of a Junktown Jerky Vendor]] outside
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Mama Dolce's Sniper with a Guns and Bullets.jpg|Sniper with a copy of [[Guns and Bullets (Fallout 3)|Guns and Bullets]]
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Mama Dolce's Crapper with a Guns and Bullets.jpg|Toilet with a Guns and Bullets
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Dean's_Electronics_Mama_Dolces.jpg|[[Dean's Electronics (Fallout 3)|Dean's Electronics]]
 
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*Fast travel is available from Mama Dolce's Loading Yard.
  
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*On the encrypted computer it can be noted that the food colorant is the same as the printer ink.
  
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*When entering Mama Dolce's at higher levels, it turns into a good source for high-condition [[Chinese Assault Rifle]]s.
  
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*The interior of the building (including the loading yard) is larger then the entire building as viewed from the outside, which contains no area for the loading yard to have been, and is rectangular rather then square (as the building is when viewed through the loading yard).
  
   
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*Outside the front entrance to Mama Dolce's, there is a dead (supposedly) wastelander next to a book... Although he appears dead, every several seconds... he blinks! (Confirmed on Xbox 360).
  
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*In Food Distribution there are two [[Very Hard Doors]] (require 100 [[Lockpick]]ing to open) that open onto blank walls. These can be accessed by jumping from the top catwalk onto the middle catwalk in the largest room of the food distribution area.
 
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*Sometimes when you enter the Loading area and kill one of the ghouls, but didn't like how it turned out and then reload your save, you can't move the targeting reticule around. The only way is to reload an actual save like 001 or 1125 to get it back to normal. (confirmed on Xbox 360)
  
   
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Revision as of 12:35, 26 March 2020

 
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“The Republic people of China salute your braveries. Find established cover operation of "Mama Dolce" food creation factory. Priority to rendezvous with selected team in covert operations of local area. Job and wage are secured for each within cover operation. Required to inform when first stage of operation is completed. Hail the People's Republic!”— The Chinese remnant team's orders.

Mama Dolce's is a location in Fallout 3. It can be reached either through the Arlington/Wasteland Metro, then east through Arlington Cemetery, or through the Arlington/Falls Church Metro in Falls Church.

Background

An encrypted file in the terminal located in the upper section of the food distribution center can be decrypted by looting Mama Dolce's encryption key from the body of the Chinese remnants captain. The terminal reveals that Mama Dolce's was a front for Chinese intelligence and espionage throughout the D.C. area, and would most likely have served as the base of operations for other outposts scattered in the surrounding region.

Layout

Mama Dolce's food processing plant is divided into three parts, the first two of which can be entered from outside:

  • Mama Dolce's processed food
  • Mama Dolce's food distribution
  • Mama Dolce's loading yard

Between the entry-side of processed food and food distribution lies the loading yard, which is patrolled by several Chinese remnant soldiers. This map also contains two elevated corridors connecting the other two areas, each of which contains a Chinese remnant sniper. This wealth of connections and doors can make the local map confusing.

Notable loot

  • Chinese Army: Special Ops Training Manual is next to one of the snipers in the loading yard area.
  • Two Guns and Bullets, one is next to the other sniper on the opposite side of the loading yard and one is in a bathroom stall on the ground floor in the processed foods area.
  • Dean's Electronics is on a shelf in the middle of a stairway in the southwest corner of the processed food area. It's next to a phone, a toolbox, and a broken terminal.
  • Tumblers Today is in the food distribution area. Drop down through two holes in the floor to the lower "cave" area to find the book next to two safes and a skeleton.
  • Tales of a Junktown Jerky Vendor is outside just north of the Mama Dolce's food distribution entrance behind some barrels, next to a dead wastelander, in an overturned storage container.
  • One Nuka-Cola Quantum on a desk in an office in the upper level on the food distribution area.
  • Mama Dolce's encryption key - on the Chinese remnant captain in Mama Dolce's food distribution; unlocks desk terminal.
  • A few Stealth Boys can be found in the building. The first is located in the upper levels of the food distribution area under the desk which holds the Chinese captain's computer. The second is on the ground floor of the processed foods area through a set of double-doors (in the north near the Arlington Cemetery exit) located on a table to the right as you enter the room. There is a Stealth Boy beside the turret control terminal when first walking into the food distribution area from the Arlington Cemetery south area. Another may be found inside the hard-locked safe down in the cavernous space beneath the food distribution area.
  • 11 boxes of Sugar Bombs can be found in the food distribution section. These can be used in the unmarked quest Murphy's Bombing Run.
  • Two pre-War books can be found - one is in the food distribution area, on an upper level next to a terminal. The second book can be found on/under a small table in the upper level in the southeast portion of the processed foods area.

Notes

  • In the loading yard there is a gate that requires a key to open, but there is no corresponding key in the Mama Dolce's location, because the gate doesn't lead to anywhere. The other side of the gate was not intended to be accessed, and the alley is unfinished beyond line of sight which leads into a wasteland abyss of nothing.
  • There is a switch in Mama Dolce's processed foods which can be activated, but does nothing (its sole function is to be used by one of the Chinese ghouls to open the door beside it for an ambush). When entering from Arlington, it is in a room to the right, through the large elevated utility door.
  • In Mama Dolce's food distribution, in the cavernous section where the copy of Tumblers Today is located, standing on one of the safes gains access to a sewer grate which can be opened and closed.
  • On the encrypted computer it can be noted that the food flavorant is the same as the printer ink.
  • Mama Dolce's loading yard is not in the same area on the world map as the Mama Dolce's building. This explains why the "People's Republic of America Radio" station can not be heard here.
  • One can find out what the Chinese ghouls are saying when they shout in Chinese by turning on the subtitles. (Noted quotes: "DIE AMERICAN", "Victory at last", [When killed] "Not by you...")
  • In food distribution, a catwalk on the intermediate level of one of the large factory areas connects only two Very Hard locked doors that open onto blank walls. It can only be accessed by jumping from the top catwalk.
  • This place is ideal for the unmarked quest Economics of Violence given by Pronto in Paradise Falls. There are many Chinese assault rifles to be found.
  • While in the loading yard, if a quest marker is active (for example: The Citadel), it will show a highlighted route, with Mama Dolce's loading yard showing up as located west-northwest of Falls Church.
  • There is a car on the roof of Mama Dolce's with no explanation or inference as to how or why it is there.
  • There are 3 ammunition boxes that are smaller than average to the right of the door to food distribution from the processed foods section.
  • The inside of the factory is actually incorrectly oriented with the real world outside. For instance, if you are in the food distribution area, about to walk outside through the door to the Arlington Cemetery, and you are facing the door, you will notice that your compass is pointing directly east. If you walk outside and stay facing the same way, your compass will be pointing north in the cemetery. Although unexplained, this discrepancy is completely consistent throughout the factory.

Appearances

Mama Dolce's appears only in Fallout 3.

Behind the scenes

In Italian, one of the meanings of the word "dolce" is "sweet", which is fitting, considering the abundance of Sugar Bombs throughout the factory.

Gallery

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