The Burrows

The Burrows is a location in Appalachia, added by the Wild Appalachia add-on.

Background
The Burrows is a term referring to the Harpers Ferry stormwater management system, operating since 2057, stretching beneath the entire town. The spacious underground areas are some of the oldest parts of the city and by 2072 were partially falling apart due to a combination of lack of funds, general neglect, and sheer age. However, this also made them a welcome refuge for people who had very little, with communities regularly emerging beneath the town and just as quickly dispersed by work crews in accordance with anti-trespassing laws.

In September 2072, renovations were started on the oldest parts of the stormwater system, which were on the verge of collapse. Due to potential infrastructure issues, plans were approved to bypass water flow around these sections and preserve access for future work. Work continued, with squatters continuously removed by the work crews. They usually left without causing much of a fuss, used to drifting out of society's sight. Even if they were sympathetic towards their plight, the engineers enforced the law. The worst came when Public Works decided to solve the situation permanently, installing automated security turrets in the network, loaded with stun rounds and programmed to attack any non-employees so that they would be collected.

Once the renovations were completed, the stormwater network was significantly improved and expanded, with equipment installed to measure and test various substances in water. The project was completed 2 months overdue and 1.4 million dollars overbudget due to a historical society's complaint of construction occurring in one of the oldest sewer chambers. In the words of one of the engineers: "When society's getting nostalgic over their own shit you know something's went wrong." The completion of renovations was followed by complete automation in 2075, with the workers tasked with monitoring the network told to vacate the premises within a week and sacked. Some took it poorly, like John Welch, who rigged the turrets to attack everyone while leaving his post. Military fabricators were installed within the network, giving it military-grade security. To the soon-to-be unemployed workers, it felt like an excuse to funnel even more money into the coffers of RobCo.

After the Great War, the situation changed dramatically. The Harpers Ferry stormwater tunnels became a refuge for those who lost everything, continuing the tradition established by the squatting communities. The neighborhoods that formed in the tunnels invited the unlucky, the broken, and the destitute to join and help them form a society beneath Harpers Ferry. Its role was elevated especially after the Christmas Flood of 2082, when the Burrows welcomed everyone who was in need of a home, opening arms to those who needed a new start.

However, the peace did not last the test of time. Eventually, Marcus, the son of one of the Public Works employees, decided to take over the Central Chamber neighborhood and institute his own, despotic rule. His gang, the Burrows Boys, decided that everyone had to earn their keep - and everyone was limited to people strong enough to take what they need. They mandated biweekly scavenging runs to keep food reserves high, used the water station as a source of water to purify and boil and maintained the old turret network - now loaded with live ammunition and gunning down anyone who wasn't them. Most of the denizens vacated the stormwater network, including the infamous Doctor Ken, who ran a chem den in one of the neighborhoods, feeding the addiction of visitors with Med-X, Psycho and for those on a budget, glue, paints, Buffout and booze. He also dabbled in treating people coming in with health problems as a sideline. Ken picked Mosstown as his next stop.

The turrets and robots did not escape the notice of the Brotherhood of Steel, back when they were still exploring Appalachia. A team was dispatched to investigate reports of military grade robots in the area, eventually disappearing in the vast network of tunnels.

In October 2101, MODUS accessed the network and redirected water from the network to the Whitespring Bunker, with over 600,000 gallons of water sent to the resort by that date.

Notable loot

 * Burrows mission brief - Holotape, on the body of a Brotherhood corpse immediately after entering from both sewers.
 * Burrows old tunnel key - On a nightstand in the Burrows Boys' throne room.
 * Burrows warning - Note, on a table in the mess hall.
 * For Maude - Holotape, inserted into the control terminal in the pump room.
 * Maude's journal page - Note, on a table near a sleeping bag north of the market.
 * Marcus' speech - Holotape, inserted into the Burrows Boys' terminal.
 * To Pete - Note, at the old tunnel gate entrance (cannot be taken).
 * Warning for Dylan - Holotape, on a metal shelf near the riverway of lights.
 * Random recipe - Next to the cooking station in the central chamber, on a cinder block.
 * Random armor plan - On a metal shelf near the riverway of lights, on the lower row.
 * Random magazine - On a red barrel near the riverway of lights.
 * Raider power armor - In the corner of a flooded side room before the riverway of lights.

Appearances
The Burrows appears only in the Fallout 76 add-on Wild Appalachia.

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