A Thousand Feet Of Terror

A Thousand Feet Of Terror is the fourth main story quest $$

Quest Objectives

 * Defend the settlements attacked by the gigapede and learn where it will strike next.
 * Discover how the Children control the gigapede.
 * Rally their allies for a final battle to defeat the gigapede.

Detailed Walkthrough
As the winter coldens, the Last Children try to keep wastelanders occupied by attacking settlements in order to distract from their excavation efforts in the Glowing Sea.

Scene One: The Gigapede Rises
As the player characters explore a settlement, alarms and other sounds of panic begin to ring out, as wounded civilians rush past them, stating that the settlement is under attack. As they do so, one of the settlement's walls collapses with a large bang, and a large insectoid creature climbs over the wreckage, flinging rubble aside effortlessly. Accompanying the creature is a small group of Atomites, aiding it in its goal of striking fear into the settlers. Should the player characters interviene the Last Children will fight, but eventually flee, followed shortly after by the creature itself. Regardless of if the player characters take steps to do so, they or the settlement will have succeeded in capturing one of the Atomites as a prisoner, whom they can interrogate. The prisoner will stand by the strength of his beliefs, and if encouraged to will begin to preach that the creature, called a Gigapede, is a holy weapon of Atom, and that the Commonwealth will soon face a great trial where Atom will present infinite universes of paradise to some of his most faithful servents. He will then claim that this first attack was merely a celebration of the Gigapede's power, and that the next attack shall be a true demonstration of all it can do. The prisoner will then go on to tell the player chatacters which settlement the Gigapede will attack, before refusing to say anything else beyond that. News of the attack travels fast throughout the Commonwealth, placing every community on edge as they wait for the Gigapede to strike.

During this time, problems in various communities become worse due to the stress, allowing the player characters to either participate in side-quests, or to begin preparations for the upcoming battle against the Last Children by petitioning armies from various settlements, or following leads to weapons, equipment, or other materials which may turn the tide of the fight.

During this preparation time is when the side quests We Need Bigger Guns and The Blow-Off take place.

Enemies

 * Gigapede
 * Children of Atom Soldier
 * Children of Atom Protectron
 * Children of Atom Fanatic
 * Children of Atom Sentry Bot
 * Children of Atom Shock Trooper