Operation: Anchorage

Operation: Anchorage will be the first downloadable content (DLC) pack for Fallout 3, and is set to be released on January 27, 2009 for the Xbox 360 and Windows versions. The DLC will cost 800 Microsoft points.

Story
In this DLC pack, the Brotherhood of Steel Outcasts are trying to acquire advanced military tools, and the only way to enter the vault containing these relics is by completing a military simulation only the player can enter. In the simulation the player will fight in one of the greatest battles of the Fallout universe: the liberation of Anchorage, Alaska from invading Red Chinese troops. The simulation is set between June 2076, when the T-51b Power Armor was first introduced, and January 2077, when Chinese forces were completely driven out of Alaska.

Once the DLC is downloaded, the quest objective for Operation: Anchorage will be activated and a marker will appear on the world map, allowing the player to fast-travel to the location and begin the simulation. The DLC can be played at any time after the player exits Vault 101 at the beginning of the game. The player can command other groups of soldiers at certain points of the simulation. After completing the simulation, new equipment will be unlocked for the player to use in the rest of the game.

It is not confirmed, but is highly likely that you will not be able to take some or all of your inventory into the simulation, due to the fact that items such as the plasma rifle, plasma pistol and Enclave power armor are all post-war pieces of equipment, which would create a time paradox in the simulation. It is also very likely the player will have a Pip-Boy, as seen in the latest screenshots.

Jeff Gardiner: In Operation: Anchorage the player will find themselves able to re-live the famous liberation of Anchorage from Fallout lore -- inside a simulation similar to one found along the main quest of Fallout 3. Once the player finds their way into the simulation, they'll be stripped of their resources and have to survive within the rules set up by the simulation's creators.

The Chinese red army is everywhere, and the player will first have to secure the surrounding mountain side and then fight their way into the Chinese base. The player will have to use a lot of their standard combat skills, along with several new tools that will only be available in the downloadable content. These include interactive Strike Teams under the player's command and unique armor, weapons, and other exotic gadgets.

New features
New equipment:
 * Confirmed:
 * Gauss Rifle
 * Trench Knife
 * A winter-color variant of Combat Armor
 * A non-rusted T-51b Power Armor
 * The Hei Gui Chinese Stealth Suit


 * Speculated:
 * The unused Army Power Armor
 * The M199 Backtalker, the U.S. Army standard issue Rifle

New perks:
 * Covert Ops

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 Image:Fallout-3-20081210103254094.jpg|An artillery battery firing Image:Fallout-3-20081210103221985.jpg|An American general surveying a map Image:Fallout-3-20081210103247375_(1).jpg|Mechanics and a soldier in a T-51b Power Armor suit Image:Anchorage_Gauss.jpg|A soldier with a Gauss Rifle Image:Fallout-3-20081210103232438.jpg|The Trans-Alaskan Pipeline Image:Fallout-3-20081210103229031.jpg|A Chimera tank Image:Chinese Stealth Suit.jpg|A Chinese Stealth Suit Image:Chinese Base.jpg|The Chinese base