波士顿（英文名：Boston）是前新英格兰联邦马萨诸塞州的首府，直到2077年的核浩变。
波士顿市中心的核心是辐射系列中最混乱的地区之一。街道上有各种掠夺者，保镖帮帮派，超级变种人，甚至偶尔还有一群槍手。这就产生了频繁的枪声和爆炸声。找到一条穿过城市的安全路线可能很困难，尤其是在早期阶段。不同群体的直接对抗会导致进展缓慢。然而，波士顿在垂直空间的数量上是这个系列的独特之处。找到一条更安全的路线往往需要抬头看。然而，高架屋顶并非完全安全。在金融区的高架公路上或附近应该注意枪手和超级变种人。
作为美国独立的发源地之一，波士顿拥有无数的主要地标，包括碉堡山，麻薩諸塞州議會大廈，老北教堂等等，还有美国企业辉煌的遗迹，如大核融合厂大樓。与许多其他城市不同的是，波士顿在城市的最西端也有一个非常成功的避难所81号避难所。虽然由于时间的流逝，它遭受了损失，但在2287年，它成为了一个著名的聚落。更大的114号避难所，位于波士頓公園，在公園街地鐵站内，到战争时期还没有完工。
背景[]
战后的波士顿和弹坑
波士顿是美国最古老的城市之一，于1630年由来自大不列颠王国的清教徒定居者在肖穆特半岛上建立。这里是美国独立战争中几个重要事件的发生地，如波士顿大屠杀，波士顿茶党，"午夜骑行"，列星頓和康科德战役，碉堡山战役和波士顿围城。美国从英国独立后，这座城市继续成为重要的港口和制造业中心，以及教育和文化中心。
这座城市位于沙福克县，通过土地开垦和市政兼并，已经扩展到原来的半岛之外。[Non-game 1]波士顿的许多第一包括美国第一所公立学校，第一个地铁系统和第一个公共公园：波士頓公園（1634）。
它丰富的历史吸引了游客，尽管美国整体经济恶化，但那些可以享受各种公园的人，如查尔斯河滨海大道和波士頓公園，游乐园，海滩和各种历史地标，如碉堡山和多切斯特高地纪念碑，以及博物馆，如自由博物館，憲法號和独立要塞。蜿蜒穿过市中心的是自由之路。它主要由砖砌成，蜿蜒在查尔斯镇的波士顿公园和碉堡山纪念碑之间。连接对美国历史有重要意义的历史遗迹和博物馆，如法尼爾廳，旧州议会大厦和Paul Revere House。对于那些喜欢运动的人来说，这里有钻石城芬威球场，自1912年以来，这里一直是美国人最喜爱的娱乐活动，棒球的主场。
在核灾难之前，波士顿的科技产业蓬勃发展。[1] 學院，以前被称为联邦理工学院或CIT，是位于波士顿的一所著名大学，其员工隶属于各种实验室、公司，甚至联邦组织，如美軍，为该市的研究部门做出了重大贡献。羅伯特·豪斯被认为是战前CIT的校友。 在大戰期间，许多CIT人员在校园的地下避难，幸免于难。2110年，幸存者和他们的后代建立了研究所，一个致力于推进战前科学的组织。居住在大学里的科学团体创造的技术远远优于在荒地上看到的任何其他技术。机器人，或者更确切地说，"合成人"，是學院的发明之一。
在21世纪末的资源危机期间，波士顿将过渡到使用核能。Municipal plutonium well被安装在整个城市，大融合在整个城市的家庭和建筑物上安装了被认为是第一个商业聚变动力反应堆。然而，事实上，在大融合承诺的更清洁的明天背后，是更严重的污染。他们革命性的聚变反应堆实际上是屏蔽不良的裂变反应堆，由此产生的核废料超出了公司妥善处理的能力。[2]大融合和其他公司如可伟佳和索格斯鐵工廠的非法倾倒污染了波士顿周围的环境。
泄漏的放射線会像过去的污水一样渗入河流、湖泊和港口。当人们对这些碎石[3]采取法律和物质上的行动时，[4][5] 当地的甲壳类动物首先变得越来越大，越来越毒。所有这些都会被波士顿港务局和媒体所忽视; 前者不再接活动人士的电话，尤其是奈罕海洋學會，[6]而后者则会将传递给他们的故事歪曲成亲政府的宣传。
腐败到核心，当地市政服务大波士顿地区经常蔑视基本的安全协议和错误分配资金。比如整个市政供水系统的情况。尽管有一项长达十年（约2050-2060年）的计划，要使该市陈旧的卫生系统现代化，[Non-game 2]但采购的新设备和更新的设施质量和使用都很差。例如韋斯頓淨水站，由于设备的灾难性和系统性故障，该设施被迫在工时甚至"实验性"废水回收方面进行补偿。这导致了霍乱在2077年爆发；为了掩盖这一点，该设施的工作人员和地区市政公用事业服务机构将与其他工厂串通起来，将受污染的水换成清洁的水，这被称为"韦斯顿健康新闻倡议"。
这一切都与仍在使用的200年历史的污水隧道（当时）相结合；它们的建造是为了将废水直接输送到最近的水道，偶尔会因为污水和雨水的混合而溢出。这些都没有现代化，也没有加固。许多古老的地下墓穴在大戰中被摧毁；没有被压碎的部分要么与系统的其余部分隔绝，要么与港口本身一起淤塞。
随着資源戰爭的持续，食物供应开始减少。在波士顿周围设立了配给点，包括波士頓警方配給站。在1977年10月，一个不知名的人打碎了Roxbury food bank的玻璃。士兵向平民开火，至少4人死亡，8人受伤。这一事件被称为罗克斯伯里食品骚乱。食品骚乱开始席卷整个城市，比如丹佛。[7]
大战[]
大战期间，至少有两枚核导弹被发射到波士顿地区。其中一次袭击发生在波士顿西南地区，对周边地区的损害略有限制。然而，导弹的爆炸地点变成了一个高度危险的区域，充满了高水平的辐射和雷暴，在战后的几年里被称为發光海。[Non-game 3]一枚低当量导弹击中了剑桥，夷平了整个社区，留下了一个放射性弹坑。结果，与华盛顿特区等地区相比，波士顿在战争中相对完整地幸存下来，芬威公园等地方提供了安全的炸弹。[8]然而，政府和基础设施的丧失导致了社会的崩溃，整个城市都发生了抢劫和暴力事件。幸存的武装部队试图恢复秩序，但最终失败了。[9]
战后，联邦被席默博士形容为"饱受战争蹂躏的暴力和绝望的泥潭"。然而，联邦（包括波士顿）似乎是战后美国受破坏较少的地区之一，所以席默的印象似乎主要是基于他可能在学院长大的事实，那里的生活水平要高得多。
社区[]
剑桥[]
剑桥是米德尔塞克斯县马萨诸塞州的一个城市，位于波士顿大都市区。后来的剑桥选址于1630年12月被选中，因为它位于波士顿港的上游，位于查尔斯河的北岸，很容易防御敌舰的攻击。纽镇位于波士顿以西第一个方便的查尔斯河渡口，当时被称为纽镇，是由700名最初的清教徒殖民者马萨诸塞湾殖民地建立的许多城镇之一。 最终，它在英国被命名为纪念剑桥大学，清教徒神学的重要中心，被该镇的创始人所接受。[Non-game 4]
在最终被纳入大波士顿大都会区之前，该镇得到了极大的扩张。在大戰之前，它以位于其中心的联邦理工学院和附近众多著名的研发中心而闻名，如葛林科技基因研究院和劍橋聚合物研究所。随着学生不断涌向CIT寻求更高的教育，学术基础设施构成了该地区的主要部分。Boston MTA的红线通过大學廣場地鐵站提供从剑桥到波士顿市中心的地铁服务，而一些桥梁，如Longfellow Bridge和Ivy League Bridge将该地区与市中心的道路连接起来。
当大戰给世界带来灾难时，剑桥受到的直接打击将整个街区夷为平地，并在其后面留下了一个相当大的弹坑，尽管该地区的大部分地区幸免于难。幸存者中有CIT的教职员工和学生，他们最终于2110年在CIT废墟下建立了學院，并在2180年代与地表共存的尝试和molecular relay的创建失败后，将自己与地表永久隔离。[10]从那时起，剑桥就被留给了自己的设备，分为狂屍鬼聚集在弹坑周围，掠夺者帮派沿着查尔斯河行动，以及奇怪的超级变种人战团。大约在2287年，短剑侦察小队抵达剑桥，作为钢铁兄弟会派出的第三次远程恢复探险队，但由于当地野生动物和其他居民（人类或其他）的无情攻击，他们表现不佳。[Non-game 5]
查尔斯镇[]
查尔斯顿是波士顿最古老的社区。它最初被马萨诸塞州称为米沙瓦姆，位于查尔斯河以北的一个半岛上，对面是波士顿市中心，也毗邻Mystic River和波士顿港。查尔斯镇是在1629年由工程师托马斯·格雷夫斯设计的，他是早期的定居者之一。它最初是一个独立的城镇，也是马萨诸塞湾殖民地的第一个首都。1775年，查尔斯镇是碉堡山战役的所在地，碉堡山战役是美国独立战争中的一场关键战役。
查尔斯镇于1848年成为一个城市，并于1874年1月5日被波士顿吞并。与此同时，它也从1643年起就归属的米德尔塞克斯郡转移到了萨福克郡。自从19世纪40年代爱尔兰大饥荒期间爱尔兰人移民以来，它一直有大量的爱尔兰裔美国人。[Non-game 6]在大战之前，查尔斯镇也是菸酒槍藥及雷射管理局区域办事处的所在地，这是一个联邦机构，参与了大规模的调查波士顿周围的有组织犯罪。
一条高架高速公路将查尔斯镇与剑桥隔开，到2287年，查尔斯镇古老的木制排屋及其殖民时期的建筑结构仍然存在。该地区主要由掠夺者控制，（有时是敌对的）拾荒者在南部和沿河。这里有两座古迹: 碉堡山还有憲法號,[Non-game 7]前者已经成为区域贸易中心，后者（拾荒者的主要目标）现在坠毁在威勒比儲蓄借貸大楼的顶部，它的机器人船员打算完成它的海上航行。
後灣沼澤[]
后湾区以西，这个社区的名字来源于战前的名字，芬威-肯莫尔。後灣沼澤，有时被称为后湾沼泽，是波士顿市中心的一个公园和城市荒野，建于1870年，作为翡翠公园系统的链接。[Non-game 8]到20世纪70年代，该社区通过Fens Way station与地铁绿线相连，该地区由波士顿警察局从警察分局8巡逻。一个被称为Fens Phantom的连环杀手在附近活动，他把自己的巢穴建在下水道里，杀害了数十名平民，并留下了几盒全像卡带，寄给负责此案的侦探。[11] Fenway Park，波士顿棒球队Swatting Sultans的主场就在附近，也是2077年世界职业棒球大赛最后一场比赛的场地，只是因为炸弹落下而中断。
Currently, the Fens is the friendliest neighborhood in all of downtown Boston: it is home to Diamond City, "the Great, Green Jewel of the Commonwealth," the largest and most secure settlement in the Commonwealth, built within Fenway Park; Diamond City security also maintains a relatively safe radius around the city's exterior. The rest of the neighborhood, however, is occupied by various gangs of raider and super mutants (the latter of which are currently forcing out the former).[12][Non-game 9]
東波士頓[]
East Boston, nicknamed "Eastie," is a neighborhood of Boston that was created by using land fill to connect five islands: Noddle's; Hog's; Governor's; Bird; and Apple. It is separated from the rest of the city by Boston Harbor and is bordered by Winthrop, Revere, and the Chelsea River. Directly west of East Boston, across Boston Harbor, is the North End and Boston's Financial District.[Non-game 10]
This new territory was annexed by the city of Boston in 1836. By the mid-1800s, the neighborhood would become an influx point for immigrants to the city for well over a century. This influx in population led to rapid growth in the industrialization of the area and subsequently its infrastructural needs. The neighborhood itself was not directly connected to Boston proper until 1904, with the construction of the first subway tunnel to cross the harbor, connecting East Boston to the Financial District;[Non-game 10] a vehicular tunnel would subsequently be built between these two areas as well.[13] Another immigrant-focused accommodation was the repurposing of East Boston Preparatory School, originally a Catholic prep school, into a secular institution serving the immigrant population by local activists.[Non-game 11]
Prior to the Great War, East Boston was home to Boston International Airport, a major East Coast transportation hub,[Non-game 12] located on the southern end of the peninsula. The airport was connected directly to Downtown Boston via the Boston MTA Blue Line but otherwise had no dedicated transit routes across the harbor. Another major construction project in the neighborhood was RB-2851. Jointly operated by General Atomics and the U.S. Army, this massive underground facility was a clandestine experimental Robobrain production site, with its main entrance hidden as a humble RobCo Industries computer service center.
When the nuclear weapons were launched, East Boston was spared from a direct hit, but not the immediate effects. Planes flying to and from Boston Airport fell and crashed into the land (and the surrounding waters), their gigantic metal hulls now landmarks. As most of the land in the neighborhood was land fill, when the land shook liquefaction took hold, sinking some heavier structures. With time, as with the rest of the conurbation, collapse, detritus and lack of maintenance would cause the water runoff system to become ineffective, flooding the neighborhood's lower areas -- a problem exacerbated by rising sea levels.[Non-game 12] The tunnels crossing the harbor between East Boston and central Boston have also collapsed as a result of the devastation.
As of 2287, East Boston is mostly uninhabited, but not completely. The Triggermen have repurposed Easy City Downs, a former horseracing track, into a (rigged) robot racing track. A significant raider gang in the area is based out of East Boston Preparatory School, and is known for harassing traders from Bunker Hill to the west. Boston Airport is plagued by feral ghouls,[Non-game 12] but is quickly secured by the Brotherhood of Steel once they enter the Commonwealth in force. Finally, RB-2851 has been reoccupied by a costumed character, who made it their lair with the intention of using its long-dormant mechanical production lines to help bring order to the chaotic wasteland.
Esplanade[]
A part of Back Bay, the Charles River Esplanade was a state-owned park along the bank of the Charles River, with the neighborhood including some of the nearby Back Bay urban blocks. The park itself was dedicated as the "Boston Embankment" in 1910, and created as part of the construction of the Charles River Dam. It originally extended to Charlesgate and connected with Olmstead's Emerald Necklace of public parks. However, it went through a major expansion from 1928 to 1936, widening and lengthening the park land.[Non-game 13] Commonwealth Avenue is the main east-west thoroughfare along the southern edge of the neighborhood, parallel to the riverfront Storrow Drive. It runs from the Holy Mission Congregation church in the west to Boston Common in the east. The thoroughfare is divided by a wide median planted with trees, and is lined by pre-War mansions.[Non-game 14][Non-game 15]
Two centuries after the Great War, the Esplanade's waterfront mansions still exhibit the faded grandeur of times gone by. Control of the neighborhood is currently in contest by raiders and Gunners, the latter of which are intent on exploring HalluciGen, Inc., the headquarters of a pre-War biochemical research firm which has since begun leaking chemicals.[Non-game 14] Meanwhile, a secret society calling themselves the Pillars of the Community has made their home within a riverside amphitheater.[14]
Back Bay[]
Originally a tidal bay, Native Americans built fish weirs here; by 1892, however, a filling project would completely fill the area. The project was the largest of a number of land reclamation projects which, beginning in 1820, more than doubled the size of the original Shawmut Peninsula.[Non-game 16] The Esplanade to the north is nominally part of Back Bay; otherwise, the neighborhood is bounded to the west by the Fens and to the east by Boston Common and the Theater District. The Massachusetts Turnpike, a major interstate highway, forms the southern boundary of the neighborhood from the eastern terminus of Mass Pike Tunnel.
This neighborhood was once known for its numerous brownstones, considered one of the best preserved examples of 19th-century urban design in the United States, as well as individual architecturally significant buildings and cultural institutions such as the Boston Public Library or Trinity Church. This, however, didn't stop new construction, such as that of Trinity Tower, which came to dominate the skyline as one of Boston's tallest skyscrapers (second only to the Mass Fusion building in the Financial District).[Non-game 17] Prior to the Great War, the corporate HQ of Wilson Atomatoys (creator of the Giddyup Buttercup) was located here. Another notable storefront was that of Hubris Comics, which doubled as a television studio for the planned adaptation of the locally popular franchise The Silver Shroud.
Trinity Tower survived the Great War relatively intact, but other structures were not so lucky. By 2287, the neighborhood is now divided between bands of raiders, super mutants, feral ghouls, and packs of wild mongrels.[Non-game 17]
Beacon Hill[]
Boston's first European settler, William Blaxton, built a house and orchard on Beacon Hill's south slope in 1625. In 1630, the settlement of Boston was established by the Massachusetts Bay Company in a "preformal arrangement," and Blaxton subsequently sold most of his land on the Shawmut Peninsula to the new settlement before moving away in 1635. The name "Beacon Hill" comes from a signal beacon which was installed by the city on the highest point in Central Boston, part of this area, in 1634.[Non-game 18]
Development of the Beacon Hill neighborhood occurred in the late 18th century to accommodate Boston's growing population, with a plan laid out by Charles Bulfinch. Subsequently, its federal-style row houses, gas-lit streets, cobblestone alleys and brick sidewalks became known as one of the most desirable and expensive neighborhoods in the city. It became home to affluent citizens of Boston such as the Cabot family, who built their ancestral manor in Louisburg Square in 1711.[Non-game 18][Non-game 19]
Beacon Hill continued to be known for its historic architecture, pleasant quality of life, and its status as the "gateway to the Financial District" through the pre-War era. The neighborhood also housed the regional headquarters of the Vault-Tec Corporation, as well as the Boston Bugle building, home of the Boston Bugle newspaper company.[Non-game 20]
Two centuries later, Beacon Hill is a far less desirable place, with bands of raiders jostling for control and many structures decimated by the ravages of war and time. Cabot House, on the other hand, appears almost untouched by the war, and is still occupied by the reclusive Cabot family.
North End[]
The North End was first inhabited in 1630, holding the distinction of being Boston's oldest residential district. In the 18th century, the neighborhood became a fashionable place to live, shared by wealthy families, artisans, journeymen, laborers, servants, and slaves. The district is infamous for its long history of rioting and unrest, from the Stamp Act riots of the early American Revolutionary War to religious and migrant violence throughout the 19th century, punctuated by various epidemics. It wasn't until the late 19th century and intense efforts to eradicate poverty among North End residents that fortunes turned. From the 1880s onwards, many old wooden buildings were replaced by brick and mortar architecture.[Non-game 21] A select few historical buildings were preserved, such as the former home of revolutionary hero Paul Revere (the oldest house in all of Boston),[15] as well as the Old North Church, used in 1775 by Paul Revere and Robert Newman to warn about the British advance on Concord.[16] The Freedom Trail, a tour walking route for historic landmarks of Boston, also ended in the North End, starting from the Boston Common and culminating in a stop at the Old North Church.[Non-game 22]
The North End remained largely unaffected by Boston's later modernization, living in the shadow of the superhighways cutting through Boston and the Financial District's massive skyscrapers reaching towards the sky, continuing to be a district of warm brick buildings and elegant wrought-iron balconies. The wharf continued to serve shipping interests, and life went on all the way until the Great War.[Non-game 22]
In the 2070s, the Italian mafia under Sal Barsconi controlled criminal enterprises in the North End and northern Boston. They briefly collaborated with the South Boston Irish mafia under Eddie Winter in the interest of improving relations, but this soon fell through and only widened the divide. Furthermore, this was actually a trap by Winter, directly implicating Barsconi and his associates as part of a federal investigation.[17][18] This was part of Winter's manipulation of Operation Winter's End, a task force originally set up to bring him down, ending in its complete subversion.[19][20]
Despite superficial damage, the North End weathered the nuclear holocaust surprisingly well. Even two centuries after the War, most of its buildings remain standing and in habitable condition, including the Old North Church, which the Railroad has moved into after the loss of its former headquarters, the Switchboard. The district's densely packed alleyways are also a haven for roving bands of super mutants and raiders, concealing the Railroad from prying eyes. However, other clandestine creatures stalk the night here, such as Pickman, a killer preying on the hapless raiders.[Non-game 22]
Boston Common[]
Boston Common has been called the oldest public park in all of the United States. The common was once owned by William Blaxton (the first European settler of Boston), until it was bought from him by the Puritan founders of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Established in 1634, Boston Common started as a communal grazing ground for their cattle.[Non-game 23][21] This only lasted for a few years, as affluent families bought additional cows, which led to overgrazing. In response, grazing was limited in 1646. The Common would go on to be used for a variety of purposes, including military drills and public hangings.[Non-game 24] Directly prior to the Revolutionary War, Boston Common was used as a camp by the British infantry, from which they left to march on Concord (leading to the Battles of Lexington and Concord and the start of the Revolutionary War).[Non-game 23][21]
The Common's true status as a park seems to have emerged no later than 1830, when the grazing of cows was formally ended and renaming the Common to "Washington Park" was proposed. This did not occur, although the 1804 renaming of the bordering Sentry Street to Park Place (later to be Park Street) reflected the change in perception. By 1836, an ornamental iron fence fully enclosed the Common and its five perimeter malls or recreational promenades, the first of which, Tremont Mall, had been in place since 1728, in imitation of St. James's Park in London.[Non-game 24] Other structures on the Common's perimeter included the Boston Public Garden, officially opened in 1837 as the first public botanical garden in the United States, and the Massachusetts State House, completed in 1798 to house the state government (replacing an earlier building in the Financial District).
As time marched on and Boston grew, the Common became the nexus of the city south of the Charles River, an idyllic park surrounded by historic mansions. The Common's main attraction was its swan pond, which featured ornate swan boats which could be used by parkgoers.[Non-game 25] Another major tourist attraction was the Freedom Trail, a walking route to tour various historical sites around Boston. The trail's origin was at the Common, with its first stop at the State House before continuing further into the city.[Non-game 26]
The Common changed over the years with the advance of time and technology. Some of these changes were beneficial, such as the construction of Park Street station, providing metro service to the area,[Non-game 23] and the installation of a Protectron tour bot for historical engagement and directions for tourists following the Freedom Trail. Others were less so: the city sold so much of the surrounding land to property developers that the Public Garden was forced to merge into the Common. Consequently, the size of the swan pond was reduced several times to become that of a "glorified puddle," to the chagrin of the groundskeeper, who lamented the disappointment to tourists.[22]
Park Street station remained in service well into the 2070s, when it was purchased by the Vault-Tec Corporation to serve as a pre-excavated site to construct one of their Vaults: Vault 114 would house Boston's upper class, including its business and government elites, but in secret, it was an experiment to test said affluent residents' reactions to a Vault with cramped, communal spaces and none of the amenities that might be expected by the upper class.[23] However, the Vault remained unfinished by the time the Great War struck, whether intentionally (perhaps as a product of corruption, a scam job putting union workers on payroll for a project intended to go nowhere)[24] or not. With the Great War, the Common itself was left to decay, abandoned like much of the rest of Boston. This was the state of things until the arrival of Edgar Swann, an Institute worker turned FEV test subject who was exiled to the Commonwealth following undesirable test results. Swann made his home in the groundskeeper's shack near the swan pond. He eventually lost his mind to the effects of the FEV exposure,[25] and by 2287 has mutated into a super mutant behemoth, wearing the former swan boats as armor.
Since Swan's arrival, Boston Common has developed a fearsome reputation as a place to be avoided at all costs (ironically making it appear as one of the most peaceful places in the city). There are widespread stories that no one who enters the Common ever comes out alive, though not many know that Swan is the cause of the danger, and even his existence is subject to rumor.[26][27] This reputation is so strong that even the raiders who dominate the surrounding neighborhoods won't follow their prey into the Common,[28][Non-game 25] and various groups including the Railroad have since built numerous signs around the Common warning visitors to stay away.[Non-game 26][Non-game 23] This has not stopped people from trying, whether they are simply uninformed,[29] out of options,[30] or overly daring[27] (one raider group even set up fortifications in an attempt to take out Swan);[31] their remains are strewn around the Common, a morbid sign of the danger within.
The Common has not remained totally abandoned. For one, the Freedom Trail has been co-opted by the Railroad, who use it to make contact with outsiders who wish to seek them out.[Non-game 23] Meanwhile, despite being unfinished, Vault 114 was possibly still inhabited at some point; by 2287, regardless of any possible former owners, the Vault has since become the hideout of Skinny Malone's crew of Triggermen, who discovered the Vault after being muscled out of Goodneighbor, their old territory.[32]
Financial District[]
The Financial District was the commercial center of Boston, and one of the city's most modernized districts prior to the Great War. Despite the heavy development, some vestiges of historical Boston can still be seen in the district: the Old Corner Bookstore, home to the historic publishing house Ticknor and Fields and visited by many eminent authors of the mid-19th century;[33] Faneuil Hall, a colonial-era merchant hall and a stage for protest activities during the Revolutionary War;[34] and the Old State House in Scollay Square, the oldest public building in Boston and the former seat of Massachusetts' government before the construction of the "new" Massachusetts State House. Each of these landmarks became tourist stops on the Freedom Trail, which runs south-to-north through the Financial District, entering from Boston Common and continuing to the North End.
Surrounded by the elevated freeway (and monorail) providing access through and between downtown Boston, the Financial District was home to some of the tallest skyscrapers of Boston's pre-War skyline. The tallest skyscraper in Boston by height (with Trinity Tower coming close second), the Mass Fusion building (headquarters of Mass Fusion) dominated Boston's skyline with its unique architectural design, accompanied by other, smaller corporate towers such as the Baxter building or 35 Court built along Congress Street. The district was also serviced by two metro stops: Scollay Square Station and Postal Square Station.
Many of these structures did not survive the Great War intact. Over time, parts of buildings if not entire buildings have collapsed, littering the streets with their rubble. What structures are left standing often have gaping holes and whole missing sections, the tallest of which are sometimes no more than skeletal. The end result is that enterprising explorers are just as likely to fall to death as they are to succumb to the hostile super mutants, raiders, or Gunners competing for territory.[Non-game 27] Much of the elevated freeway has survived, and provides vertical access to the rooftops and upper floors of various buildings, as well as a relatively safe method of cutting through the city center.
Meanwhile, the historic Scollay Square has become the site of another settlement, Goodneighbor, founded in 2240 by criminals exiled from Diamond City.[35] It has since grown to be the second-largest settlement in the Commonwealth, home to ghouls, drifters, and outlaws who just didn't fit anywhere else.
Theater District[]
Plays were originally banned by the Puritans until 1792; Boston's first theater opened in 1793, with many more to come over the centuries, concentrated around Boylston Street and Tremont Street.[Non-game 28] One such venue was the Orpheum Theatre,[Non-game 29] first built in the mid-19th century as the Boston Music Hall. By the 2070s, the district was connected to the Boston Metro's Orange Line via the Medical Center metro, located next to the Mass Bay Medical Center which serviced patients from all around the city. After the bombs fell, the Mass Bay Medical Center was quickly commandeered by the remnants of the U.S. military to treat victims of the nuclear detonation and resulting fallout.[36][37]
Since the war, some entertainment has been revived by Southie ghoul Tommy Lonegan, who turned the Orpheum Theatre into a public cagefighting arena called the Combat Zone; it was taken over by raiders in 2285 and has been exclusive to them ever since. Meanwhile, Bosco's gang of raiders, who control much of downtown Boston,[38] are headquartered in D.B. Technical High School. Much of the rest of the district is divided between Gunners and super mutants battling each other for territory, while other locations are quieter but no less dangerous. An example is Hester's Consumer Robotics, an old robotics store close to the freeway,[Non-game 30] which is avoided by scavengers, who believe it to be a "deceptive trap."[Non-game 31]
Boston Harbor[]
Since its discovery by John Smith in 1614, Boston Harbor has been an important port in American history, favored for its depth and its connection to the inland Charles, Mystic, and Neponset Rivers, among other factors. By 1660, almost all imports to the American colonies came to the New England coast through Boston Harbor. In 1773, the district was the site of the Boston Tea Party, a protest against British taxation of the colonies and a key event in the buildup to the Revolutionary War. The harbor was subject to backfilling as more piers and other structures were built alongside the rapid influx of immigrantion to Boston.[Non-game 32] In time, the waterfront district came to possess many landmarks of its own, such as Long Wharf, once (true to its name) the longest wharf in the harbor; The Shamrock Taphouse, one of the oldest public buildings in Boston (1787), a bar rumored to have been patronized by Paul Revere himself;[Non-game 33] and the Custom House Tower, an early 20th-century tower used by the federal government for purposes such as cargo inspection.[Non-game 34]
By pre-War times, the harbor was widely used for both recreational and commercial activities, such as swimming and fishing.[39] However, this was perhaps ill-advised: the citywide adoption of nuclear power, plus unrestricted industrial activity (and illegal dumping) by companies such as Mass Fusion, Corvega, and Saugus Ironworks, had led to radiation and heavy metals contaminating lakes, waterways, the harbor, and even the oceans at large; the Lake Quannapowitt boating incident on July 4, 2077 only served as proof of the contamination. Unlike in earlier centuries when the city actively worked to curb unrestricted sewage dumping, municipal officials turned a blind eye. Although environmental groups such as the Nahant Oceanological Society took legal or physical action[4][5] to spread awareness of how radiation was mutating marine wildlife (local crustaceans), the Boston Port Authority simply stopped taking their calls, while Galaxy News Network spun their warnings into positive news for fishing.[6]
Since the War, Boston Harbor has become littered with the hulks of wrecked ships amid other flotsam and jetsam. Now, past its shallow waters, the harbor is among the most dangerous (and soggy) neighborhoods of Boston, inhabited by mirelurks, super mutants, raiders, and occasionally unfriendly scavengers. Since the War, there have also been stories of a sea monster lurking in the harbor, though the truth is (marginally) less exciting: this "monster" is actually the Yangtze-31, a Chinese submarine which fired its warheads at Boston during the nuclear onslaught and has since been stranded by a naval mine. Over the centuries, its ghoulified captain has come to regret the suffering he helped cause.[Non-game 35]
South Boston[]
Once a densely populated neighborhood of Boston, this neighborhood features some of the most fearsome threats outside of Boston Common. It is separated from the rest of the neighborhoods by the elevated freeway remains (to the west), and Fort Point Channel and abutting Dorchester Bay (to the north and east).[Non-game 36] Geographically, Dorchester Neck was an isthmus, a narrow strip of land that connected the mainland of the colonial settlement of Dorchester with Dorchester Heights. Landfill has since greatly increased the amount of land on the eastern side of the historical neck, and widened the connection to the mainland to the point that South Boston is no longer considered separate from it.[Non-game 37]
During the American Revolutionary War, George Washington placed cannons on Dorchester Heights, thereby forcing the evacuation of British troops from Boston on March 17, 1776. The British evacuated Boston and Fort William and Mary for Halifax, Nova Scotia. Fort William and Mary was replaced with a brick fortification known as Fort Independence. That fort was replaced by a granite fortification (bearing the same name) prior to the American Civil War, and still stands on Castle Island. Once a National Historic Landmark, Edgar Allan Poe was stationed at Castle Island for five months in 1827 and was inspired to write The Cask of Amontillado based on an early Castle Island legend.[Non-game 37]
South Boston gained an identity separate from Dorchester, but the two were annexed by Boston in pieces, from 1804 to 1870. It was once known popularly as a working class Irish American neighborhood,[Non-game 37] with the neighborhood itself most popularly known as Southie.[40] That reputation didn't change in the two centuries that followed. By the 2070s, the neighborhood was serviced by the subway via Andrew station and its locale patrolled by the Boston Police Department from its local precinct.
At this time, the neighborhood was a rough one, with military blockades keeping order. Its police were known to be trigger happy, and looming over it all was the local Irish mafia, controlled by the infamous and monstrous Eddie Winter.[41] At that time, the relationship between his and the North End Italian mafia was sour. Under the guise of improvement, they would operate a job as a joint enterprise, its failure would accelerate the deterioration of their relations and implicate them directly as a part of a federal investigation.[42][43] This was a part of Winter's manipulation of Operation Winter's End, ending in its complete subversion.[44][45] His victory was short lived, as not long afterward, the Great War would occur.
Nearly two centuries later, the neighborhood would have different power brokers. Fort Independence, once again known as "The Castle" was the headquarters of the Commonwealth Minutemen. They would be driven from their stronghold by mirelurks in 2240.[Non-game 38] By 2287, the neighborhood is home to raiders (with Chancer's gang in particular operating from Andrews station), super mutants and mirelurks. A different syndicate, Marowski's, would be operating a chem lab in the Four Leaf Fishpacking plant.
West Roxbury[]
The West Roxbury township is a neighborhood of Boston, founded contemporaneously with the city in 1630. Originally a part of the town of Roxbury, as farmland, West Roxbury seceded in 1851 and was annexed by Boston in 1874, together with Jamaica Plain and Roslindale.[Non-game 39] By 2077, the township was a suburban district, housing the fully automated Milton General Hospital and the flagship Fallon's Department Store, both serviced by a large car park and the West Roxbury station. Prospective buyers could peruse cars at a local dealership just south of Fallon's.
The local living arrangements included a small housing area, overlooking the crossroads with the township's major landmarks, and the Shaw High School.
Notes[]
The city's skyscrapers make Boston viewable from most locations on the map.
Appearances[]
Boston appears in Fallout 4 and Fallout: The Board Game. It is also mentioned in Fallout 76.
Behind the scenes[]
Boston is based on the real-world Boston, Massachusetts. As featured in Fallout 4, Boston features a number of intricate differences from its real appearance. Various post-Divergence skyscrapers fill the same space as real world structures in Boston's skyline, but serve alternate purposes in the world of Fallout.
Big Dig[]
Perhaps the most present piece of alternate history is the avoidance of the infamous Big Dig. A massive multi year construction project spanning from 1982-2007. The purpose of the project was the rerouting of the elevated Central Artery of Interstate 93. The elevated highway in question, constructed between 1951 and 1959, served to connect Charlestown and the South End neighborhood, cutting directly between the Financial District and waterfront. The Central Artery was intended to allow for easier automotive transit into Boston, a city infamous for its vehicle-unfriendly historic streets. Dubbed Boston's "second green monster," the Artery was near unanimously hated by the urban population of Boston. Construction had lead to the demolition of many historic homes and disconnected the neighborhoods of downtown Boston, inconveniencing the otherwise fluid pedestrian routes of the city.[Non-game 40]
The Big Dig Project sought to demolish most of the elevated Central Artery and replace it with an underground tunnel, now named the O'Neill Tunnel. The Big Dig became the most expensive highway project in US history, facing numerous complications ranging from collapses to obstructions from the various criss-crossing utility tunnels and historic building foundations. Such complications are mirrored by the quest "The Big Dig," which follows roughly the same route as the Central Artery tunnels.[Non-game 40][46]
A product of the project was the displacement of 17 million cubic yards of dirt. The immense amounts of soil were used to cap numerous landfills in Massachusetts and Connecticut, including Spectacle Island. Further, the Quincy Quarries were filled in with dirt, resolving the cause of death for numerous teenagers who had attempted to dive into the shallow water at the bottom of the quarry.
In Fallout 4, a reverse construction project has occurred. The highways featured in the game closely follow the 1955 interstate plan for Boston featured in the "Yellow Book,"[Non-game 41] created by the U.S. Bureau of Public Roads, with the exception that they are also elevated similar to the pre-dig Central Artery. As such, Boston in the game resembles what was planned for the city in 1955, taken to an extreme. By extension, many uncapped landfills are featured in the game, the Quincy Quarries are unfilled[47], and the various tunnels built during the project are not featured in the game[48]. Spectacle Island has been covered with dirt despite the project not occurring.
Monorail[]
Hand in hand with the elevated interstate is the presence of a monorail attached on the underside of many such roadways. The monorail serves the same purpose from a transportation perspective as the absent North Station, providing rail access to central Boston.
This recent (2060s/2070s) massive construction project, and the Metro network upgrade, was beset by corruption and incompetence. The city's criminal organizations taking advantage of the situation as they normally did. The scandal was written in the Boston Bugle under the title "Heaven's Highway - Devil's Doing." by Buster Connolly. However, his assertion in the amount of involvement of the various mafia was overstated. His assertion that the safety inspector, Alice Lansky, being murdered was true.[49]
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