San Francisco

 is a city in Northern California. After the Great War, its population consists mostly of the Shi, who are the descendants of the crew of a Chinese submarine that crashed there, and of the members of a religious cult known as the Hubologists.

Location
San Francisco can be found seven squares east and twenty-four squares south of Arroyo.

Groups
San Francisco is populated mostly by the Shi and governed by the Emperor. The Emperor and his aides live in a steel palace on the east side of San Francisco. The palace contains vast and advanced scientific labs of various fields and the scientists working there are some of the best in the wasteland. Their main opposition are the Hubologists who have scientists of their own, yet have proven to be significantly behind the technological innovation of the Shi.

The Shi have managed to keep many of their old traditions and customs alive, which is more than many American groups can say. They also run an extensive weapons trade, offering many technologies usually only available to the Brotherhood of Steel. Where they manage to get these items is unknown.

There is also a population of vagrants, artists, disenchanted people from various cities, and ex-military personnel that have taken over an old oil tanker still floating in the harbor. They will usually trade expertise for goods, although they prefer to be left alone.

The third major group, which does not trade, is a religious community called the Hubologists. They are obsessed with an old space shuttle they found parked at the airport and are attempting to make it fly again, so they can join their gods in the heavens above.

The Brotherhood of Steel has a large outpost in San Francisco, although it is outwardly indiscernible from other Brotherhood outposts. Its distinguishing feature is an extensive basement stocked with Brotherhood technology and armaments. The Brotherhood maintains a low profile in San Francisco, though whether it is intentional or a byproduct of waning influence is not known.

Relationships with other settlements
During the time of Fallout 2, the New California Republic had little influence in San Francisco, and the Shi are quite happy to keep it that way. The Hubologists don’t concern themselves with such things.

There are few foreigners in San Francisco and newcomers are easily noticed. Due to its location in between the military base, Navarro, and a desolate expanse of wasteland, it is logical to assume that few (but well-armed) caravans traverse these paths. Remnants of the Master's army, Enclave patrols, press gangs, Hubologists, and mutated animals plague the surrounding area making it inaccessible to weak or crudely armed travelers.

Quests

 * The tanker needs fuel
 * The navigation computer needs the NavComp part to work
 * You need to use a FOB to access the navigation computer
 * Kill the Shi Emperor
 * The Hubologists need plans for a vertibird from Navarro
 * Steal the vertibird plans from the Shi
 * The Hubologists need fuel for their spaceship
 * Kill Badger so the tanker vagrants will embrace the Hub
 * Kill the AHS-9
 * The Shi need plans for a vertibird from Navarro
 * Steal the vertibird plans from the Hubologists
 * Find Badger's girlfriend in the hold below the ship
 * The Dragon wants you to take out Lo Pan - hand to hand
 * Lo Pan wants you to take out the Dragon - hand to hand, if possible
 * Get Chip's spleen
 * Get some hardened power armor from Crockett
 * Get the vertibird plans for the Brotherhood of Steel

Appearances in games
San Francisco appears only in Fallout 2 and is mentioned in Fallout: New Vegas.

San Francisco Сан-Франциско