West Everett Estates

The West Everett Estates is an overrun fortified settlement in the Commonwealth in 2287, located north from downtown Boston across the Charles River.

Background
This suburb of Malden was under construction when the bombs fell, built to be a picturesque suburban community similar to Sanctuary Hills its construction with homes of tomorrow. Already partially completed, the development was occupied for at least a year. On October 23, 2077 the radiation from the nuclear detonations would kill all but one of the construction workers where they were.

The Great War wasn't the end for its occupants, as some of the original residents would survive into the next year. They would be Ron Cobb, the Ames family (Leon, Lance, Janet and their children) and the Tournquist family, Wayne, Michael, and David, but not mother Bonnie.

The survivors
Cobb was a member of the construction crew when the radiation blanketed the vicinity. While the other workers died where they were, he mutated, becoming a ghoul. The Tournquists, by fortunate circumstance and lots of preparation and hard work managed to get advanced warning and retreat back home to their hidden shelter, while the Ames were away at the time, returning from a family vacation in New York.

Life in the shelter was a combination of fear and sorrow. All the Tournquists could do was listen to the radio and gunfire, which was outside their shelter for three days straight. Sometime between October 26 and November 9 Wayne tried to contact Bonnie at the Mass Bay Medical Center. Unbeknownst to him, the radio message partially made it through, although another nurse would hear the message. She left a holotape with her friend Marcie and tried to sneak out to get home, but did not make it through the fighting in the city. Unable to leave the children alone he was unable to go and look for her.

Wayne Tournquist would finally emerge from the shelter the night of January 27, 2078. Their plan to tap into the main from the water tower worked, but the piping took more duct tape than expected and was leaking pretty bad. They didn't have any more in the house so he tried to sneak over to the Cobb's house across the street. Ron Cobb was working with the construction crew in the neighborhood so Wayne figured he might have some. Wayne was in the Cobb's den and must not have heard him over the distant gunfire and explosions. To Wayne's surprise there was a cold gun barrel pushed up against the back of his head. Ron told Wayne to turn around slowly, and he was shocked at the level of radiation poisoning he had. It hit him hard, his hair was falling out and half his face looked melted; he was a ghoul. Wayne begged him to stop, but he put the gun in his mouth and cocked back the hammer. He heard the gunshot, but when Wayne opened his eyes, Ron was falling to the ground, and Wayne spotted Lance Ames from down the street up on Wayne's roof. He saw the whole thing and saved Wayne's life.

For the next three months Tournquist and Ames worked together to barricade and fortify the neighborhood. To get the biggest part done in a night, together Wayne, Lance and Leon Ames stole a couple of trucks from the Irish Pride Industries shipyard nearby. Lance had him pull them around to the edges of the yards to start the wall. Wayne however flipped his and almost crushed his house. It was another month before they had the rest of the wall ready. Since then they were keeping watch in shifts, and the kids all enjoyed getting to come outside.

On April 30, Wayne celebrated his wife's birthday with his children, trying to bake a cake but ultimately opening a can of frosting and writing in his journal. However, this was the end of their good fortune, as on March 27, Leon made the fatal mistake of blabbing about the settlement to one of a dozen of armed former rioters when he and his brother were scouting. They let the pair go and followed them home.

Lance knew they would be seeing them again real soon. While he was on watch on the roof he was killed, and the settlement was overrun. Leon joined the raiders after they overran the settlement, but not before urinating in his pants. They later planning to use him as a shield for when they went back into the city. In the commotion Wayne and Michael grabbed David and ran away under fire.

Centuries later...
Some time around late 2287 this fortified settlement, now a major raider stronghold in the area, was overrun by a super mutant band led by Hammer. Hoping to use the location as a position to raid more, he would make a trade offer via holotape to Fist, weapons for more mutants.

Layout
There are two entrances to the compound in the northeast and southeast corners. Several of the buildings are destroyed, though most are accessible ruins. There are several radioactive barrels right next to the fast travel spawn point. Raider corpses are sprawled out over the area, with a number of them concentrated near the cooking station in the center of the camp. What used to be Lance Ames' house is located just outside the fortifications in the northeast corner, and what used to be Wayne Tournquist's house is by the water tower to the southwest. This is where the super mutant leader Hammer resides. The entrance to the Tournquist backyard bunker is in the shed adjoining the house. It contains an armor workbench and is the source of the separated family radio signal created by Wayne.

Exterior

 * A leveled suit of power armor - To the south of the estate near some military vehicles.
 * Super mutant cage helmet - To the right of the northern entrance, inside the red semi-truck.
 * Super mutant chains - On the southern entrance lookout.
 * Boston mayoral shelter bathroom key - In the blue house (close to a bridge/Megaloader), inside a dresser in the room with a crib in it.
 * Hammer's holotape - In the house with the recording computer, on the counter close to the fridge.
 * A Nuka-Cola Quantum - Inside the fridge, near the recording computer.
 * A Ripper - Next to the entrance to the backyard bunker, lying on the cabinet.
 * A Vault-Tec lunchbox - In the house next to the backyard bunker, in the living room by the fireplace.
 * A complete collection of all six types of Gwinnett beer: Gwinnett ale, Gwinnett stout, Gwinnett pale, Gwinnett lager, Gwinnett pilsner and Gwinnett brew - On a shelf in the easternmost house.
 * Seven bags of cement scattered around the neighborhood.
 * A silver bar in an exploded safe behind a collapsed house.

Appearances
The West Everett Estates appears only in Fallout 4.

Behind the scenes
The West Everett Estates is based on the real life location of Everett, Massachusetts, north of Boston.

Bugs

 * It is possible the raiders will spawn after clearing out the super mutants as well as the brother attacking. This can cause the game to freeze.
 * Fast traveling to this location can cause falling through the map in some cases.