The Cathedral

"Acolytes of the New God"

The Cathedral is the holiest site of the Children of the Cathedral and the seat of power for Morpheus and other leaders of the faith. It doubles as a facade for the Los Angeles vault, concealing the Master's headquarters. The Cathedral can be found one square west and nineteen squares south of Vault 13, or just south of the Boneyard.

Background
<!--The building that would become the Cathedral dates back to the pre-War times. It likely belonged to the Vault-Tec Corporation and was used in conjunction with the technology demonstrator vault built below its foundations. The vault was fully functional and when the Great War came, it was used to full effect. The survivors would emerge after 15 years, in 2092, helping found the Los Angeles Boneyard.

In 2152, after Morpheus and his doomsday cultists pledged allegiance to the Master, the Cathedral was turned into the central church of the newly formed public face of the Unity. The Children were formally established in 2156, starting to spread out into the wastelands from their new Cathedral, adapted from its pre-War role.

As the heart of the Children's religion, the Cathedral was frequented by numerous visitors, chanters, enforcers, and even zombies failed candidates for Servitors, brainwashed and released into the Cathedral to support the cause with what remained of their minds. The massive main chapel, with its ceiling lost in darkness, was used to display holographic images of the Master to the faithful, inspiring awe in the assembled. The holo-projector, hidden beneath the podium, was not common knowledge and most interpreted it as a supernatural apparition. Father Morpheus, the leader of the Children, would occasionally give sermons in the main nave, though most of the time the faithful had to contend with a giant monochrome display reciting dogma at a feverish pace.

Visitors could purchase souvenirs at the Cathedral shop, receive treatment from the infamously foul-mouthed Dr. Wu, and even seek spiritual guidance from the many thinkers meditating inside rooms and chapels... Or at the end of Father Lasher's prod. All of this ceased when the Cathedral was destroyed on March 3, 2162, as the Vault Dweller assassinated the Master and the vault, together with the building above, was engulfed in nuclear fire. -->

Entrance
Various children devotees, enforcers, and chanter can be found in front of the entrance. Named characters include Slummer, Zark, and Calder. If one convinces Nicole to aid in the attack on the Cathedral, four Follower scholars will appear from the west. They all wear metal armor (unlootable) and are equipped with two spears, a sledgehammer, and a Ripper.

Interior
Laura is in the chapel to the west, while Viola is in the meditation room to the south of the chapel. The main chamber is filled with benches facing the central altar with a podium used by Morpheus. Sister Francis and Ton, who leads the Children's forces, stand by the locked entrance to the tower, requiring a red badge to enter.

To the northwest is Father Lasher's quarters. South of it is the dormitory and the infirmary staffed by Dr. Wu. The opposite end contains the gift shop and a small maintenance chamber with a nuclear generator hooked into the power grid. The storage room in the back is only accessible with the black badge and contains the stairs leading down into the basement and the hidden vault entrance.

Tower
They will attack if the player character has any followers, or trespasses (as in, does not have a red badge or does not wear the purple robes). Fighting on one floor does not turn characters on other floors hostile and will not affect relations with people on the main cathedral map.

The first floor has Dane, a servitor, and two nightkin in the chamber to the west. The next one has two bedrooms and a library with Mach IV computers, and three nightkin. One of them faces the stairwell. The top floor has Morpheus in the easternmost chamber and a large barracks for nightkin. The footlocker contains the unique Tesla armor.

Los Angeles vault


Located in the basement of the Cathedral, which requires a black badge to access. The entrance to the vault is hidden behind a fake bookcase. The bookcase in the southeastern corner can be used to activate the door with a lockpick, traps, or waiting until Jeremiah opens the door. The access cavern contains several floaters and centaurs, with mutants standing watch over the entrance.