Big Town

Big Town is a town in Fallout 3

Location
It is far north of Vault 101, near the river bend, and southeast of the Moonbeam Outdoor Cinema. You can see it from a reasonable distance: it is a small town with many houses.

Background
used to be a sprawl of suburban housing, but has been transformed into a makeshift fortress, with walls made of cars, debris and rubble. The dilapidated homes are fortified with barbed wire and sandbags. The residents of Big Town are comprised of former residents of Little Lamplight, who were ushered into the town following either their 16th or 18th birthday (depending on the country/game system).

Big Town was glorified by those of high authority in Little Lamplight, and was made out to be a safe, comfortable area. In fact, Big Town is constantly besieged by slavers and super mutants, whilst the demoralized residents can do little to repel the invasions. When the Lone Wanderer arrives in the settlement for the first time, they are informed that some residents were kidnapped by Super Mutants and taken to the old police station in Germantown.

Related Quests

 * Big Trouble in Big Town
 * A Sticky Situation
 * Bittercup Runneth Over
 * Ticking Timebomb
 * Strictly Business

Important Skill Thresholds

 * With a Medicine skill of 40, you can get a karma bonus and a handful of bottle caps for healing Timebomb, who is found inside Red's house.

Loot

 * Red's Clinic contains a copy of the D.C. Journal of Internal Medicine, lying on her kitchen table. In there adjacent room with the clinic's back door and the door to the base, a holotape on the table. It grants The Replicated Man quest.
 * The Lucky 8 Ball can be obtained from Timebomb here, assuming the player meets the requirements before, during, and after Big Trouble in Big Town.

NPCs
Red and Shorty only appear if you complete Big Trouble in Big Town. Sticky only appears if you complete A Sticky Situation.