Hubris Comics (Fallout 3)

Hubris Comics is a location in the Capital Wasteland. The building houses the offices and printing presses of the company of the same name.

Layout
Hubris Comics is located in the north end of the Mason District, next to the Falls Church/Mason Dst Metro tunnels. It can be reached from Falls Church via those tunnels, from the other end of Mason District via the Flooded Metro tunnels and from a sewage grate leading to a drainage culvert nearby Wilhelm's Wharf.

An easy way to get to Hubris Comics is via the Hubris Comics utility tunnels. These can be entered via a sewer grate at the edge of the water just northwest of Wilhelm's Wharf, directly north of the outhouse. There is radiation and great number of feral ghouls in the tunnels.

Interior
The complex consists of Hubris Comics publishing, Hubris Comics printing and Hubris Comics utility tunnels. The building is infested with feral ghouls. There are also many traps set up throughout the area.

The apparent source of all the traps in the building is a hostile wastelander named Mad Johnny Wes who is holed up in the fortified foreman's office overlooking the printing area, shooting at the feral ghouls who wander into the printing room floor. He is armed with a minigun, and has very high health, on par with that of a super mutant master. He is also protected by 2 automated turrets, a number of frag mines, and traps.

A "pre-war printing press" is also located in this area but breaks down as soon as it's activated. On the second floor landing, there is a terminal that indicates, when hacked, that the press is short on red ink. Or, the cause could be a skeleton blocking the machinery, which cannot be dislodged. The smoke that rises from the printing press as it breaks down obscures the vision of the turrets, causing them to stop firing, and interferes with Mad Johnny Wes's aim.

A terminal in the "beta testing" area of the publishing area runs a mini-text-adventure called "Reign of Grelok".

The AntAgonizer
A letter to the editor, which you can read from the receptionist terminal, reveals that there was a Hubris Comics character called the AntAgonizer, an "orphaned girl raised by ants and instilled with a bitter hatred of humanity", who was a villain in the Grognak the Barbarian comics. The letter complains that the current run of comics, written by a Mr. Neptura, treats the AntAgonizer as a two-dimensional villain, and demands the return of a Mr. Moorellis (most likely a portmanteau of comic writers Alan Moore and Warren Ellis).

Appearances
Hubris Comics appears only in Fallout 3.

Behind the scenes

 * "Hubris" is from an ancient Greek word, ὕβρις (hybris), meaning excessive self confidence, pride or arrogance.

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