GNR Building Plaza (Fallout 3)



Galaxy News Radio is a building in Washington, D.C. It is home to the radio broadcast of the same name, and also functions as a Brotherhood of Steel base.

Exterior
The Galaxy News Radio building and GNR Plaza are located in the Chevy Chase district. The first and easiest way there is to find Farragut West station and go through the utility tunnels. After a brief fight with some ghouls, the Lone Wanderer should find themselves in the Tenleytown/Friendship station tunnels. Following the tracks to the Tenleytown half (go right) leads to two super mutants fighting Lyons' Pride in an alley.

GNR Plaza is the focus point of a battle between super mutants and the Brotherhood of Steel. The area consists of a sculptured fountain in the center and a caved-in metro entrance. The entrance to the station is fortified with sandbags. Several Brotherhood members stand guard at the steps and on balconies off to the side. During this quest, one of the five known super mutant behemoths will spawn behind a wrecked bus that blocks the alley from which the behemoth spawns in. It will then proceed to destroy the bus, taking out Reddin as well, before attacking you and the surviving Brotherhood members; for many players, this will be their first encounter of such enemy.

Interior
The main lobby of GNR is heavily fortified with sandbags and other barricades as well as several named Brotherhood of Steel members armed with flamers, missile launchers and laser rifles. To the left and right are doors leading to the balconies outside as well as some bathrooms. There are some first aid boxes and ammunition boxes scattered throughout the lobby.

Upstairs, there are some offices and the recording studio in which Three Dog resides. Another door leads to the back exit, which is inaccessible from the exterior.

Notable loot

 * Big Book of Science located in the GNR Studios near a red chair.
 * There are five pieces of scrap metal in the GNR Studios area: One on some shelves directly across from the top of the stairs, three among the shelves to the right of the stairs, and one more on a fallen fridge by the west wall.
 * If Sarah Lyons is currently a companion, a dead Brotherhood of Steel knight carrying a Fat Man and eight mini nukes can be found outside GNR during or after the encounter with the super mutant behemoth. He will still be there even without Sarah Lyons, but he will be carrying standard Brotherhood equipment.

Related quests

 * Following in His Footsteps
 * Galaxy News Radio

Appearances
The GNR building plaza appears only in Fallout 3.

Behind the scenes
On a real-world map, south-southwest of the Tenleytown Metro Station is a building with broadcast towers called NBC4 (4001 Nebraska Ave NW, Washington D.C. 20016) that currently houses Channel 4 NBC Washington. This is most likely the real-world counterpart of the GNR building plaza.

Gallery
Galaxy News Radio Здание «Новости Галактики» Galaxy News Radio（地点） Plaza des GNR-Gebäudes Plaza del edificio de RG GNR Building Plaza Будівля «Новини Галактики»