Crashed Anomaly

The Crash Site is what appears to be the remains of an alien craft called "Recon Craft Theta" that has crashed through a house and come to rest in a cliff side. It is possible that during the Great War, an extraterrestrial civilization picked up the massive radiation spikes that were a result of the nuclear holocaust, and sent one of their own to investigate this activity. Upon arrival, all it finds are the bombed out remains of a civilization destroyed by its own strife. It is also completely possible that is was shot down (as a terminal in the Citadel archives mentions a reported UFO sighting; though considering the date on the computer and the freshness of the Theta alien it could be another crash site!). It is noteworthy both for its uniqueness and for the similarly unique loot found in the vicinity. It is also the source of one of the Capital Wasteland's radio signals.

Locating the Site
The crash site is just west of the Greener Pastures Disposal Site valley, straight north of MDPL-13 Power Station.

The crash itself was through a house on the slope overlooking Greener Pastures Disposal Site. The MDPL-13 Power Station and Old Olney is also visible from this location. The house and the craft is just west of the road north from the MDPL-13 Power Station.

When within 5,000 meters of the crash site, a radio signal is found by the Pip-Boy. This signal, the Recon Craft Theta Beacon, is an unintelligible language interrupted by bursts of static. The signal is on a loop, like an automated distress beacon. Thanks in large part to its limited range, a player can easily track the signal to its source.


 * If that really doesn't help and you still have a hard time looking for the aircraft, you may want to use the console and enter . This spawns you in front of the craft (the ID is the alien).

Low-level radiation surrounds the crash site, so as the player draws near, the Geiger counter will begin registering very low activity, typically in the 1 Rad/sec range. Walking through the adjacent house will typically register Geiger counter activity, making the counter the last needed tool to home in on the crash site. Since exploration of the area takes very little time and the rad levels are very low, radiation precautions are not typically necessary.

The easiest way to locate the Alien Craft is to do the following: Head to the MDPL-13 Power Station, and find the power lines heading north. Follow the power lines until you get you pick up the radio signal. Turn to face East (turn to face the right) and keep following the power lines for one or two more stanchions - one you start to take Radiation damage, you should be able to see the Alien Craft just slightly down the hill, in a pile of rocks. This is easier done during the day than the night.

Typically, a number of leveled creatures will be loitering near the crash site; Radscorpions, Yao Guai and Deathclaws have been reported around the wreckage.

YouTube video for location:
 * http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJmkfidkFY0

The Wreck and Its Loot
Roughly twenty meters behind the house lies the wrecked spacecraft. It is badly damaged and leaking an unspecified yet slightly radioactive liquid. No access points are available to the spacecraft's interior. The only point of interest is at the front of the ship, the side opposite the ruined house.

At the front of the vessel, the cockpit dome has shattered. The pilot's body lays outside against a pile of rocks. When grabbed with 'Z', it behaves almost weightless. In the cadaver's hand is a unique weapon, the Alien Blaster. This one-handed pistol is one of Fallout 3's superweapons. Main article: Alien Blaster

The ammunition for the weapon is also nearby, scattered about the body. Called Alien Power Cells, these small power packs are extremely rare and can only be found in a handful of locations in the world: the crash site, in a derelict military convoy east of Fort Bannister, inside an ammo crate inside a locked armory at Fort Independence and in the rare random encounter that also spawns the Firelance, a named Alien Energy Pistol weapon.

Due to the small size of the cells, they can be difficult to find. The cells are luminous, however, and can be located more easily at night using their glow. Additional information about the crash can be found at the Brotherhood of Steel Citadel, in the library to the very left of the left room there is a terminal called "pentagon Library Terminal". On this terminal there is what appears to be secret military files, the first of which is entitled "report on U.F.O codenamed "paladine". It outlines the report of an alien spaceship crashing but being unable to find the wreckage. But it may appear on the XBOX360 there is no weapon to be found near the corpse.
 * Additionally, Dogmeat can be ordered to find the ammo.

Appearances
The Alien Crash Site appears in Fallout 3. However, crashed alien spacecraft are not new to the Fallout series. A crashed flying saucer appears in Fallout 1 as a special encounter. In the original encounter, it is clear that the spacecraft had been at least known to Earth, as it bore a "Property of Area 51" sticker. Like the Fallout 3 encounter, it was also the source for the unique Alien Blaster.

In Fallout 2, the Alien Blaster can be bought off a random encounter merchant provided the player has a high enough luck stat. No flying saucers or alien crash sites are part of the Fallout 2 game world, however a crashed spacecraft of a sort does exist as the Federation Crash Site special encounter.

Influences

 * Recon Craft Theta got it's name partly from the Church of Scientology, which believes in Thetans. (Or, it could be referring to theta, the Greek letter, which is another possibility.)


 * The skidding crash at the edge of a cliff is reminiscent of the crashed Alien Fighter in the film Independence Day.


 * Close proximity of high tension lines may also be a subtle nod to the Disney film Flight of the Navigator, wherein an alien vessel is disabled and crashes after colliding with a high-tension tower.


 * When the message is slowed down and played backwards, it sounds like "The Alien is never alive" which is a reference to pop culture and how aliens in movies are never found alive.


 * The alien itself bares a striking resemblance to the character Cryptosporidium, from the Destroy All Humans game series, published by THQ.

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