Mama Dolce's

Mama Dolce's is, on face value, a regular food processing plant, with typical goings on, imports and exports. However, immediately after entering the area, the player will encounter Ghoulified Chinese Remnants, who still seem to believe the war is still being fought - as they are clearly not feral, but nevertheless hostile to any and all other NPCs, also shouting commands in Chinese, indicating that they are still, for wont of a better term, sentient.

Further investigation of the premises will uncover a terminal with a 'corrupted' file. Retrieving the Encryption Key from the body of the Chinese Remnant Captain will unscramble the message, revealing that Mama Dole's was, in fact, a front for Chinese intelligence and espionage throughout the DC area, and would undoubtedly serve as the base of operations for the other outposts scattered in the surrounding Wasteland.

It seems that their front, in the end, came back to bite them, as the security system warns of excessive radiation levels, suggesting that the spies, despite being highly trained, failed to maintain their nuclear-powered machinery and suffered the radiation poisoning that turned them into Ghouls.

Located just east of Arlington Cemetery South Metro, it is a good place to pick up Chinese Assault Rifles, Sugar Bombs, and Books, as well as the otherwise hard to find Dirty Chinese Jumpsuit.

The interior has three parts:
 * Mama Dolce's Processed Food
 * Mama Dolce's Food Distribution
 * Mama Dolce's Loading Yard (mapped a few kilometers from the actual plant (bug?)

In Food Distribution there are two Very Hard Doors (which require 100 Lockpicking to open) that open onto blank walls. These can be accessed by jumping from the top catwalk onto the middle catwalk in the largest room.

In the Loading Yard there is a gate that requires a key to open, but there is no corresponding key in the Mama Dolce's location, possibly because it doesn't lead to anywhere (bug?).

Loot - Books

 * Tales of a Junktown Jerky Vendor is outside just northeast of the entrance behind some barrels.
 * Chinese Army: Spec. Ops. Training Manual is next to one of the snipers in the Loading Yard area.
 * Guns and Bullets is next to the other sniper on the opposite side of the Loading Yard.
 * Guns and Bullets is in a bathroom stall on the ground floor.
 * Dean's Electronics is on a shelf in the middle of a stairway in the Processed Food area; it's next to a phone, a toolbox and a broken computer.
 * Tumblers Today is in the Food Distribution area. Drop down through a hole(s) in the floor to the lower “cave” area to find the book next to two safes and a skeleton.