Mod:Fallout: The Frontier/Fort Braxton

Fort Braxton is an underground U.S. military facility, hidden underneath the Keres Enterprises Office Building.

Background
Fort Braxton was a testing facility that worked on the Brucella virus under the direction of Dr. Rupert Avery, a Nobel Prize nominee. It was a part of the U.S. War Department's Project BADI (Biological Assault and Defense Initiatives), which focused on the development aerosols to disseminate biological agents as an alternative to current generation nuclear weapons. After seeing the effectiveness of Limit 115 and the ensuing New Plague in 2052, Project BADI officially began in spring 2063. The live tests would be conducted on a large scale at "floating test sites" in the Central Pacific Ocean. At least 50 trials were conducted utilizing a variety of agents including, Anthrax, Brucella, Q-Fever, Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus and Tularemia. Only a handful of tests, however, were performed before the Great War began on October 23. Each of the dozen strategically placed Keres Enterprises’ buildings held a secret biological weapons research development area several stories beneath it.

Entrance Zone
The entrance to Fort Braxton is hidden behind a holographic wall in the Keres Office building. A door leads to a small room with multiple tables and listening devices, with a door in the corner leading to the rest of Fort Braxton.

Fort Braxton Stairwell
The door from the listening room leads to a stairwell leading down into Fort Braxton. A non-functional elevator rests at the top, with multiple military crates and a Frontline Machine Gun. A switch inside the pod at the top of the stairwell toggles the floodlight at the top of the stairwell. Roughly half way down the catwalk stairs, a broken patch is bridged by wooden planks.

A door at the bottom of the stairwell leads to a large hallway, with only two doorways still accessible, as the rest of the hall is caved in and collapsed. Three ghouls wander around the hallway. The left door leads to the Bio-Research Area, and the right door leads to the Weapon Manufacturing wing.

Cleanroom
The door to the Bio-Research Area leads to a Cleanroom. Two ghouls will be present, and on both sides of the Cleanroom are locker rooms with environmental suits. A door behind the desk in the main room leads to a hallway going into the main Bio-Research Labs.

Bio-Research Labs
The Research Labs has multiple ghouls in the opening room, which has been thrown into disarray by fighting. When walking in, gunfire can be heard from the Vivisection Suite ahead. There are four doors on the left and right sides of the room. One is Animal Supply, one is Maintenance, and two are Medical Supplies. A Biohazard Teddy Bear can be found on the desk in front of the Vivisection Suite door.

The Vivisection Suite has a large medical machine suspended from the ceiling in the middle of the room. At the end of the room is a research lab, where Jolene can be found surrounded by dead feral ghouls.

Notable Loot

 * 15 All-Purpose Science Suits, 8 in the locker rooms of the Cleanroom, 7 in the Armory.
 * Biohazard Teddy Bear, on the desk in front of the Vivisection Suite door
 * 3 Scientist Gloves, on the tables in the Vivisection Suite
 * Biological Agents & Aerosols, on a table in the Vivisection Suite
 * The G-13 Rifle, on a table in the Weapons Manufacturing Armory.

Behind The Scenes

 * The Fort Braxton interiors were designed by Agent Fuse, and the concept was made by Odinsword.
 * The vivisection machine hanging from the ceiling in the Bio-Research Labs is modeled after a similar machine seen in the game Black Mesa, the modern remake of Half Life. The machine can be found in the chapter "Questionable Ethics", where the player has to dodge automated saw arms.