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淨水計劃（英文名：Project Purity）是大約在2278年的首都廢土的一個水淨化工程，位於傑佛遜紀念堂。
背景[]
2250s[]
“"為每個人提供新鮮、乾淨的水。"如此簡單的想法，卻又如此難以實現。計劃是建造一個能一次淨化潮汐盆地所有水的設施。沒有放射線，沒有淤泥，只有乾淨的水。”— 麥蒂森·黎醫生
作為詹姆斯和嘉芙蓮的心血結晶，淨水計劃早在[1]2257年之前就成立了。靈感來自嘉芙蓮最喜歡的聖經一段，這是一個雄心勃勃的嘗試，創造一個淨水器，能夠淨化儲存在封閉的潮汐盆地中的水，為廢土提供數百萬加侖的飲用水。經過多年的工作和準備，項目團隊選擇了傑斐遜紀念堂作為淨化器的所在地。[1][2]
然而，建造一個能夠處理水池並過濾掉無處不在的輻射的大型淨水器被證明是極具挑戰性的。小規模的測試取得了一致的成功，但詹姆斯和他的團隊無法將其擴展到期望的輸出。[3]再加上大量的超級變種人的出現，這個項目幾乎失敗了。然而，一支由鋼鐵兄弟會士兵組成的分遣隊[4]在紀念堂處建立永久駐軍救了局勢，這多虧了詹姆斯與新晉升的歐文·里昂斯長老的談判。士兵們維護的崗哨槍對於維持安全的邊界是必不可少的。麥蒂森·黎不喜歡軍隊的存在，拒絕相信兄弟會。[5]
嘉芙蓮的懷孕進一步改善了這種情況。她拒絕放慢或減少工作量，鼓勵項目的其他成員繼續他們的工作。該團隊很快發現了一種效率極低的淨化方法，但與他們之前嘗試過的大多數方法不同，這種方法很有效。[6]儘管取得了明顯的突破，但進展很快就停止了，而超級變種人的攻擊加劇了。由於缺乏具體的結果，再加上超級變種人的攻擊造成的損失不斷增加，此時每周都會有兩名士兵死亡，三名受傷，這使得團隊與兄弟會的關係變得緊張。[7]這些問題預示着嘉芙蓮在2258年7月13日分娩時去世後，工程的崩潰。詹姆斯完全退出了這個項目，決定完全放棄它，帶着他的孩子逃往安全的101號避難所，而超級變種人的攻擊升級到了兄弟會每天都要擊退幾次攻擊的地步。[8]為了表示感謝，歐文·里昂斯長老允許克羅絲星光聖騎士護送詹姆斯和他的孩子去避難所，[4]然後把他的所有軍隊從紀念堂撤出，讓科學家們自己照顧自己。[8]遭到背叛後,[Non-game 1]麥蒂森·黎和剩餘的研究團隊回收了他們所能回收的東西，然後將他們的業務轉移到鉚釘城，在一個安全、有庇護的環境中專注於水培和淨化。[9]
2277[]
在接下來的19年裏，這些設施完全被廢棄了。詹姆斯在被101號避難所接納為住院醫師後，繼續完善淨水計劃的準則。他每晚的例行公事包括潛入禁區，仔細研究記錄，尋找實現夢想的方法。在一次半醉的旅行中，他發現了提到斯坦尼斯勞斯·布勞恩和伊甸園創造套件，這是他的謎題中缺失的元素。[10]在嘗試使用101號避難所的技術(和喬納斯·帕爾默)複製結果失敗後，他意識到他必須找到GECK或布勞恩本人才能取得實際進展。[11]
在他的孩子成年後，詹姆斯決定做最後的努力來實現淨水計劃的目標。他逃離了101號避難所，引起了監督者和他的安全部隊的殘酷鎮壓，迫使他的孩子也離開了101號避難所。他首先拜訪了廢棄的設施，[12]裝配了幾個核聚變發電機來啟動應急照明和基本系統。然後他去了鉚釘城，請黎幫忙給主機供電，重新啟動計劃。[13]黎毫不含糊地告訴他，她對詹姆斯不感興趣，她覺得詹姆斯在近20年前背叛了她，沒有任何回報就來向她求助。[14]這更堅定了詹姆斯找到布勞恩和GECK的決心。[15]他再次離開了設施，這次是去尋找112號避難所。[16]
獨行者追隨父親的腳步，清理了紀念堂，救出了詹姆斯，並幫助他說服黎再給計劃一次機會。然而，隨着設施重新上線，團隊準備重新開始他們的工作，奧古斯特·奧特姆上校領導的英克雷大規模部署到紀念堂。在制服了這支隊伍之後，奧特姆上校當面質問詹姆斯，要求他將設備連同所有現有的文件一起交給英克雷，並幫助英克雷的科學家將設備上線。詹姆斯不服，拒絕了，這讓珍妮絲·卡普林斯基付出了生命。之後，他假裝服從，結果卻破壞了輻射屏蔽，使控制室充滿了致命水平的輻射。奧特姆上校活了下來，詹姆斯沒有，而其他隊員通過塔夫脫隧道安全地到達了大本營。[17]
英克雷用力場發生器在淨化器周圍建立了防禦防線，併集中精力修理淨化器，等待獨行者清除進入87號避難所的道路，並獲得GECK。在奧特姆上校和他的突擊隊在避難所俘獲獨行者之後，GECK被安裝在傑斐遜紀念堂，等待正確的密碼。[18]當英克雷希望激活淨化器並利用乾淨的水供應來建立他們對廢土的統治時，里昂斯的鋼鐵兄弟會激活了他們的王牌，自由至尊，並在最後的勝利嘗試中以其為先鋒攻擊淨化器。這個絕望的計劃成功了，自由至尊在紀念堂周圍的防線上挖了一條溝，驅散了正在集結的英克雷部隊，讓獨行者和莎拉·里昂斯潛入淨化器，與奧特姆對峙，並在它爆炸前激活了它。[19][20]
生命之水[]
“同樣的殺戮，只是成分不同。”— 鷹爪組織僱傭兵
激活的淨化器
隨着淨化器上線並按預期運行，兄弟會獲得了一筆強大的經濟資產。然而，里昂斯長老決定向廢土上的所有主要聚落提供水，完全免費。[21]里昂斯長老堅持免費提供水，這使得為該行動尋找資源和資金變得極其困難。事實上，這迫使整個經營項目的負責人畢格斯利學士違背他的命令去賣水，以便能夠完成他被命令做的事情。[22][23]另一個問題是，瓶裝水必須手動完成，因為兄弟會太專注於逆向工程英克雷技術設計裝瓶機。[24]由於普遍缺乏資源和規劃，整個行動也受到嚴重阻礙。[25][26]
相關任務[]
注釋[]
- 當進入布拉德利-赫拉克勒斯時，可以獲得淨水計劃的坐標，但由於衛星不在正確的軌道路徑上，該地點無法成為目標。[27]
- 在沒有插入FEV的情況下激活淨化器可能會導致某些植物在斷鋼中出現綠色。
- 在密碼輸入板後面的水容器里，獨行者可以看到托馬斯·傑斐遜的雕像，這個實驗室就是圍繞着它建造的，並以它命名的。[28]
- 一般來說，獨行者確實淨化了水，就像輻射4中的迪耿這樣的角色評論說，首都廢土的水是如何可飲用的。[29]
- 這個決定做出後，首都廢土的水終於得到了淨化，首都廢土上的生命也重新開始了。如果他們願意，獨行者也可以什麼都不做，讓淨化器自毀，從而毫無理由地犧牲設施中每個人的生命。接下來的結局比正常的結局短。
- 在斷鋼淨水器被激活，鋼鐵兄弟會和鉚釘城安全部隊開始向首都廢土的各個聚落分發純淨的水(純淨水)。此外，傑佛遜紀念堂(大橋前的區域)前面的小水域被稱為潮汐盆地，沒有輻射。
- 橋外的水仍然受到輻射，因為淨化工程需要一些時間來淨化波托馬克河的所有水。如果將改良型FEV插入淨化器中，則會感染純淨的水。
登場[]
淨水計劃出現於輻射3, 斷鋼以及迪耿在輻射4和輻射:避難所任務Game Show Gauntlet中簡要地提到了一個掠奪者。
錯誤[]
偶爾，(在啟動淨水計劃後)潮汐盆地的水仍會受到輻射，即使它被認為是"乾淨的"。[已驗證]- 在某些情況下，一隻死去的泥沼蟹可能會站在水面上。如果出錯的泥沼蟹被任何武器擊中，它都會掉進水裏。需要斷鋼擴展包。[已驗證]
- 莎拉·里昂斯會繼續說"在我們做任何事之前先把這地方封鎖起來。"在對着對講機說話後，即使所有敵人都死了，也會繼續這樣做。[已驗證]
- 偶爾，在玩家開始相關任務之前，GNR會宣佈淨水計劃已經從英克雷中取出。[已驗證]
- 玩家實際上可以在奪回!之前進入紀念堂，跳上這個區域最西邊的力場發生器，然後從裏面滑出來。英克雷內部的士兵被編碼為友好，但內部的角色不是。進入圓形大廳會將玩家鎖在裏面，意味着玩家只能在奪回!期間進入。
圖庫[]
奧特姆上校在淨水計劃中與詹姆斯對峙
參考[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Lone Wanderer: ""Your responsibility"? What does that mean?"
James: "Project Purity was underway long before you were born. There were many of us, including your mother, who devoted our lives to it. The idea of free, clean water for everyone drove us to succeed. So many sacrifices were made for that idea. My responsibility is to see it through to the end, to make sure those sacrifices mean something."
(James' dialogue) - ↑ The Lone Wanderer: "What exactly is this "Project Purity"?"
James: "It started as an idea, really. Remember the Bible passage your mother loved so much? Free, clean water for everyone. What a difference it could make in the lives of everyone here in the Wastes. Over time, that idea took the form of a purifier. Not like the one in the Vault, though. This one was gigantic, capable of purifying millions of gallons of water at once. We used the old Jefferson Memorial for the location, right on DC's Tidal Basin. Someday soon, I hope you'll see it work."
(James' dialogue) - ↑ The Lone Wanderer: "Why didn't it work?"
Madison Li: "We had the basic principles down; we understood most of the science behind it. But the radiation in the area is so pervasive... Small-scale tests were fine. But any time we tried to test the process on a larger scale, it was just too much. Maybe if we'd had more time, or better equipment..."
(Madison Li's dialogue) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 The Lone Wanderer: "You knew my father?"
Cross: "I did. And you as well! Long ago, I helped guard the water purifier against the Super Mutant horde. When your father left, I escorted the two of you to Megaton. He was... a noble man. I was saddened to hear of his passing. But from what I've heard, he died with honor. He died for you. I only pray that my own death has such meaning."
(Cross' dialogue) - ↑ Project Purity Journal: Entry 1: "We're back at work after a full week of delays. The Brotherhood soldiers were able to repair the sentry guns, much to my relief. I know Madison isn't comfortable having them here, but there's no denying that we'd be lost without them. We're still waiting on the full analysis of the last three small-scale purification tests. Catherine hasn't been feeling well, and it's slowing down our research. I don't mind, but I can tell it's bothering some of the others."
- ↑ Project Purity Journal: Entry 3: "Well, there's no more mystery behind Catherine's health problems. The news of her pregnancy has lifted the spirits of everyone here, and given us a renewed interest in making the purifier work. We now have a future generation to provide for. The latest tests show that our methods are horribly inefficient, but I think we're on the right track. Catherine refuses to rest; she insists on spending all day in the lab. I've never seen her more driven. She's determined to resolve the power problems before the baby is born. I've tried to reason with her, but it's no use."
- ↑ Project Purity Journal: Entry 5: "The team has made plans to scale back our work once the baby is born. We're also trying to compensate for the increase in mutant attacks; no one is really talking about the implications of it. There are more of them than before. We know it, and the Brotherhood soldiers know it. Our relationship with the Brotherhood is straining. They're concerned by the lack of concrete results from the project, especially in light of the mutant attacks. They haven't come out and said it, but we all know what's going on. They're questioning whether their involvement in our project is worth the trouble it's causing them. They lost two good men this week, with three more injured."
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 The Lone Wanderer: "Why did you stop working on it? What happened?"
Madison Li: "You happened. It wasn't just you; we had more problems than we could handle already, but your birth is what finally pushed it over the edge. Your father decided that you were more important than everything we'd been working for, and he left. He left all of us. Once he was gone, the Brotherhood decided we weren't worth their time anymore. Without their protection, we had to abandon the purifier."
(Madison Li's dialogue) - ↑ The Lone Wanderer: "So, you used to be in charge? How did you end up here?"
Horace Pinkerton: "That lasted until 'bout 18 years ago, when those ambitious backbiters like Li and her little team showed up. She came in with her big "Purity Project" pipe dream, and my whole staff started working with her, those traitors! She even took my seat on the council. By then, I was glad to leave it behind. But hell if I'm leaving the city I made great!"
(Horace Pinkerton's dialogue) - ↑ Project Purity Personal Journal: Entry 5: "Even in Vault 101, my work on Project Purity never really stopped. Soon after we arrived, my nightly routine included sneaking into the restricted areas, searching for... I don't know. Whatever I could find. It was a Vault-Tec facility, after all. The place was built with some of the most advanced technology this country had ever developed. Those excursions never turned up anything particularly useful. So... one night, after half a bottle of scotch, I broke into the Overseer's office. It was easy enough to hack his console, gain access to the restricted files. Most of it was garbage. Propaganda, spy reports, just plain rambling bullshit, really. But there was one thing, one name that stood out amongst all the others -- Doctor Stanislaus Braun. I knew of Braun's work, of course. He was a celebrity in his day, Vault-Tec's "Sorcerer Scientist," leaving his peers in awe of his technological wizardry. But it was in Vault 101, that night in the Overseer's office... I first learned of Braun's involvement in Vault-Tec's Societal Preservation Program, and his work on something called the G.E.C.K. The Garden of Eden Creation Kit."
- ↑ Project Purity Personal Journal: Entry 8: "To be honest, the G.E.C.K. sounded like pure fantasy, even for someone of Braun's capabilities. It was nothing short of a miracle -- a terraforming module, capable of producing life from complete lifelessness. But not only was this thing a reality, it was actually distributed to several vaults, to be used after an atomic war. Vault 101 was, sadly, not on that list. I did some digging, and discovered Braun's name on the reservation list for a Vault 112. I'm no slouch, but this man... He could have easily succeeded where I failed. Does his collected knowledge remain within the halls of Vault 112? Journals, holotapes, computer records, maybe even experiments... If I could gain access to just a fraction of Braun's genius, Project Purity would become a reality."
- ↑ Project Purity Personal Journal: Entry 1: " So here I am, back where it all began. Project Purity. God, we wanted to change the world. We really thought the "waters of life" could be a reality. And that's why this is a momentous occasion. Because even after nineteen years, I still believe it. Project Purity can and will be operational. This is just the beginning."
- ↑ Project Purity Personal Journal: Entry 2: "This is day two of my attempt to resurrect this project. I've got one of the portable fusion generators up and running, but it's just enough to power the emergency lighting and a couple of other systems. That will serve for now, but I'll need help powering up the mainframe. Time to visit Madison at Rivet City."
- ↑ The Lone Wanderer: "If he was here, then do you know where he went?"
Madison Li: "Yes, I do. I told him repeatedly that it's too late, that the project is too far gone to be revived. He insisted he can just pick up where we left off 20 years ago, and said he could prove it to me. So he headed off to the old lab. I advised against it, but he went anyway."
(Madison Li's dialogue) - ↑ Project Purity Personal Journal: Entry 3: "I spoke with Doctor Li... Madison... at Rivet City. It went about as well as I expected. That is to say, she thinks I'm completely mad. How can I blame her? She's got her own life, her own team, and is making real, tangible scientific progress. And here I come again, the very paragon of failure and false promises. But the reality is I need Madison, and whatever scientific team she may have assembled. I can't do this myself. Project Purity is bigger than me. It always was. And without Catherine... God, I can't let this die. Not again. Not like this."
- ↑ Project Purity Personal Journal: Entry 10: "I'm off to Vault 112 to search for anything of Braun's that might help me get this purifier up and running. All I know is that it's west of someplace called Evergreen Mills, and it's well-hidden in some sort of garage, but I'll find it. I have to. It's so close, but that's the story of Project Purity, isn't it? An eternity of "almost theres." Let's see if Braun has the missing puzzle piece."
- ↑ Waters of Life
- ↑ Finding the Garden of Eden
- ↑ Take it Back!
- ↑ Elder Owyn Lyons -- Personal Log 3: "I cannot -- I will not -- allow the Enclave to control the one thing that could bring even the slightest spark of hope to these people. Project Purity would mean millions of gallons of pure, clean water for the people of the Capital Wasteland. James never got the damned thing to run. Neither did we, for that matter. But the Enclave... If they controlled that much clean water... they would control the entire Capital Wasteland. I simply cannot allow that to happen."
- ↑ The Lone Wanderer: "Seems like a lot of trouble giving it away. Why don't you just sell the water?"
Bigsley: "Many of us keep asking that same question. The Brotherhood isn't a postal service. We have IMPORTANT things to do, and we need caps and technology to do it! Lyons is on some kind of mission. Has he forgotten about the Enclave? That's our priority... But yeah. Things are being done to "offset" the cost of Lyons' little pet "Purity" project."
(Bigsley's dialogue) - ↑ The Lone Wanderer: "Griffon's up to something with the Aqua Pura. What do you know about it?"
Bigsley: "Not that it's really any of your business, but we have an arrangement. He buys water, I send him some. I use the caps and tech he pays me to fund the other water deliveries. I send my men with the water to the Museum Authority in the Mall. Griffon sends the payment back with my men. So far, so good. Lyons wouldn't approve, but I don't really care anymore. I need the resources and there's certainly plenty of water to go around."
(Bigsley's dialogue) - ↑ Scribe: "They're a week late, sir. Should we send out a search party?"
Bigsley: "For a couple of Wasteland hustlers and a pack Brahmin?"
Scribe: "What about our men?"
Bigsley: "I'm not wasting any more resources."
Scribe: "Yessir."
Bigsley: "If Lyons wants to chase after his deliveries, fine. Let HIM do it. But I'm done wasting resources and risking lives on this pet project of his."
Scribe: "For what it's worth, you aren't the only one who feels that way."
Bigsley: "Thank you. Now, kindly get the hell out of here. I need to think."
(Scribes' and Bigsley's dialogue) Note: The following prompts and responses are selected randomly in DLC03WQBigsleyScribeConv07. - ↑ The Lone Wanderer: "Is it hard bottling all that water? Or is it all done by machines?"
Bigsley: "You take a bottle, you dunk it under water, and glug glug glug, it fills up. Amazing. But you're right a machine would help. But all the Scribes are busy reverse engineering Enclave gear. A machine that puts water in bottles just isn't on anyone's priority list at the moment."
(Bigsley's dialogue) - ↑ The Lone Wanderer: "Sounds like you have your hands full."
Bigsley: "Everyone was so excited about that Purifier: "Project Purity this," and "Project Purity that." But did anyone stop to ask, "Hey, what are we going to DO with all that clean water?" Well, guess who gets to fill in that tiny detail. It'd be one thing if I had support, but that little war with the Enclave has depleted much of the Brotherhood's resources. And to top it off, I have to be mommy to a bunch of lab coats."
(Bigsley's dialogue) - ↑ The Lone Wanderer: "You're not the only one with problems."
Bigsley: "Right. I heard about your dad. Sorry kid. I don't mean to sound unsympathetic, really. But, if you understood the pressure... You know the Wasteland. Imagine trying to get fresh water to every known settlement, without getting it stolen by Raiders or Mutants. Now imagine doing that without any trained soldiers or military resources because they've all been exhausted fighting a little war with the Enclave. Yeah. That's MY job. Not to mention the mountain of crap I get from all the lab coats running around underfoot."
(Bigsley's dialogue) - ↑ Adams Air Force Base terminal entries; satellite control tower, satellite uplink terminal, PAYLOAD COMMITED, Preset Target 02: Project Purity
- ↑ Statue of Jefferson inside the purifier
- ↑ Deacon: "I miss Capital Wasteland. You can actually drink the water there."
"Capital Wasteland. Exports: purified water, some decent tech, oh, and an insane suicidal cult that worships radiation. Thanks, guys."
(Deacon's dialogue)
非遊戲
- ↑ Fallout 3 Official Game Guide Game of the Year Edition p.69-70: "Doctor Madison Li
Doctor Madison Li, 48, was a young, idealistic scientist who fully bought into the notion of Project Purity. She worked tirelessly with your father, and hid her growing romantic feelings while respecting his marriage to another scientist. When your mother was killed, Doctor Li was filled with remorse, but when the player's father decided to abandon Project Purity to keep his child safe, her sadness was replaced with a powerful sense of betrayal. Eighteen years later, she is older, wiser, and much more cynical."
(Fallout 3 Official Game Guide Game of the Year Edition Wasteland Census)
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