The X-17 meteorological station is a location in Big MT in the Fallout: New Vegas add-on Old World Blues.
Background[]
Sometime before 2281, during his travels as a courier, Ulysses came to the Big Empty after recognizing the strange weather patterns surrounding it were the result of something man-made, rather than nature, similar to the phenomenon of the violent storms that blanket the Divide.[1] After making it through the radar fence and entering the crater, he came upon the X-17 meteorological station and saw how it continued to influence the weather around the area "with electricity and generators."[2]
Later, after having a meeting of his own with the Think Tank to ask questions, during which he managed to reawaken their memories of pre-War America and learn about the secrets still dormant in the Divide, Ulysses returned to X-17 and used its cartographical suite to locate the largest of the still-intact missile silos in the region, then departed the crater taking the knowledge with him.
Layout[]
Situated between the construction site to the west and the Signal Hills transmitter to the southeast in the ordinal northwest side of Big MT, the location entrance leads into a small office area, with an exit leading into a large warehouse. The warehouse perimeter, catwalks and staircases are patrolled by a unique Mister Gutsy enemy, Ironbelly as well as a number of Mister Gutsy Mk variants.
On a raised central platform, a small-scale model of Higgs Village can be found. There is also a lab containing a terminal that can initiate a weather test, causing rain to fall on the model village. Once the weather test has been performed the dirt underneath the model is washed away to reveal a soggy duffle bag which contains random loot. Activating the weather test will also activate the fountain inside Higgs Village.
On the east wall of the warehouse is an elevator that leads to the roof. On the roof is a large container, a table, several filing cabinets, and several Y-17 trauma override harnesses.
Notable loot[]
- Five protonic inversal throwing axes - Carried by Ironbelly.
- Snow globe - Big MT - Found in the control station adjacent to the model village on the raised platform.
Notes[]
- The location contains a couple of Old World flag symbols left by Ulysses, with one on the door of the facility and one inside the control room for the weather test, on the floor in front of the map on the wall.
- The map in the station is that of the Divide, with a moving targeting reticle marking a spot 8 rows down from the top and 4 columns in from the left, the location of Ulysses' Temple in the Lonesome Road add-on.
- On one wall of the facility, there is a faded poster for the television series "RALPHIE the Robot's Incredible Odyssey!" mentioned numerous times in Lonesome Road.
- Southeast of X-17, on the path towards the Signal Hills transmitter, there is a filing cabinet with a red Old World flag on its side also left by Ulysses.
- Looking straight up or down inside the active "weather test" will show the droplets always face the same direction relative to the player character.
Appearances[]
The X-17 meteorological station appears only in the Fallout: New Vegas add-on Old World Blues and is mentioned in the add-on Lonesome Road.
Gallery[]
See also[]
- ATLAS Program, another weather control project that occurred in Appalachia.