Atomic Bomb (Fallout 3)

The Megaton atomic bomb (called Atom by a couple local religions) is the undetonated Vault-Tec Industries C-23 Megaton nuclear weapon sitting at the center of Megaton. The fate of the bomb and the whole settlement is determined in one of the adventures of the Lone Wanderer.

Background
The bomb was dropped on Washington, D.C. during the Great War in 2077; however, it remained undetonated in its crater. The founders of Megaton discovered the bomb, and a group of people calling themselves the Children of the Atom started worshipping it. Both groups teamed up, and, using airplane parts from a demolished airport, built Megaton's walls and structures and settled in the area.

The bomb is active, and, in 2277, the Lone Wanderer is given the choice to detonate it (and destroy Megaton) in a cloud of nuclear dust or disarm it and save the town's population. Mister Burke is the person who is looking for help detonating it, as his employer, Allistair Tenpenny, considers it "a blight on the landscape" of the Capital Wasteland. Megaton's sheriff Lucas Simms offers a reward for disarming the bomb. The fate of the town lies in the Lone Wanderer's hands.

Characteristics
The atomic bomb itself is in the center of the town, since Megaton was built around the crater in which it sits. It lies in a puddle of radioactive water from which Confessor Cromwell is constantly making speeches about his religion.

The bomb can be rigged to detonate with a fusion pulse charge.

Located near the tip of the bomb (facing the Church), a biological hazard symbol is barely recognizable.

Outside of Megaton
After consuming some punga seeds, the Lone Wanderer sees the bomb sitting next to Mister Break during the hallucination in Point Lookout's Sacred Bog. Although similar to the Megaton bomb, it is much larger. After an interaction with Mr. Break, the bomb explodes and the Lone Wanderer wakes up outside of the Sacred Bog.

Appearances

 * The Megaton atomic bomb only appears in Fallout 3.

Behind the scenes

 * The Megaton bomb is modeled after the "Fat Man" bomb, one of the world's first two functional nuclear weapons which were dropped on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of World War II.