Engineering Core

The  is a location on board Mothership Zeta.

About
The Engineering Core is the third area that the player encounters aboard the Mothership, and serves as a hub between numerous other locations aboard the ship, including the Steamworks, Hangar, Cryo Lab ,Robot Assembly and Engine Room. Here, one can also find several other captives who will assist the player aboard the ship. As the player progresses through the Mothership Zeta quest, the Engineering Core changes. Defenses are put up and barricades made by the other captives. Eventually a broken Nuka Cola Machine will show up. Teleport to Bridge appears near the Steamworks entrance down a corridor to the left of the Nuka Cola machine.

The Core is one of the only rooms left available to explore after This Galaxy Ain't Big Enough... is complete as the other rooms beyond the core are inaccessible. At this point, aliens will also begin to spawn occasionally in the room.

Third Home
It should be noted that the Engineering Core is an excellent place to store items and anything else worth keeping that you will not want to always have in your inventory and it is alot safer than finding abandoned houses to do so. Aliens do not steal items, so leaving unique weapons in cases or even on shelves do not come with the risk of thievery. This comes into play after This Galaxy Ain't Big Enough... is complete and you are given control of the ship. The ship is simply an alternative and only for asthetic purposes.

Notable loot

 * A buttercup toy pony on the table next to where the samurai can usually be found
 * A minigun in good condition can be found agianst the wall to the right of the door to the decompression chamber
 * Several amnunition boxes with various non-alien amno like 10mm, 5mm, or 5.56mm
 * After the quests have been completed 2 Aliens can be found there, wielding an Atomizer and Disintegrator respectively, along with alien food/ammo. This can be a good way to to replenish your supply of Alien Power Modules. They respawn every few ingame days. ( Xbox 360 Unconfirmed ).
 * In the hall leading to the Engineering core 1st floor there is a chinese commando hat if you didn't take it from the taft tunnels.

Appearances
only appears in the Fallout 3 add-on Mothership Zeta.

Bugs

 * A floating turpentine can be found in the room where the captives wait for you near the door at the bottom of the stairs. It is supposed to be ontop of the generator that appears here later. (PC, Unconfirmed)