Red Racer Factory

The Red Racer Factory is an abandoned tricycle factory in the Capital Wasteland.

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Situated just a bit northeast of the Nuka-Cola Plant, it is where you will meet Goalie Ledoux and two members of his gang, Sudden-Death Overtime.

The factory is infested with Feral Ghouls and Super Mutants. If the player's hacking skill is high enough, they can find a terminal in the CEO Offices area of the plant. From here, the player can select the option of disabling chips. Doing so will cause all the enemies in the facility, except for two, to have their heads explode.

Further inside the CEO offices, the player will encounter a mad scientist called The Surgeon who is armed with a Missile Launcher.

There is also a Glowing One named Stefan, who is revealed from the notes of the Surgeon to be a ghoul under his/her control. The Surgeon's notes also reveal that he/she placed chips inside the brains of the super mutants and ghouls in the plant, which is why disabling them made their heads explode. On The Surgeon's body is a key that will will open up two safes nearby and the cage holding Stefan, as well as a Missile Launcher and the Surgeon's Lab Coat.

If you are wearing the Ghoul Mask, you don't need to kill a single enemy here as all appear green. Furthermore, you will be able to talk to The Surgeon albeit he will tell you that they're busy and you should leave him/her alone.


 * Note: The Surgeon could either be a man or a woman, but this has no effect on any possible dialogue or combat.

Notable Loot
Goalie Ledoux wears a unique mask named Ledoux's Hockey Mask that gives the wearer +25 Action Points and has a damage resistance of 5.

You can find Nikola Tesla and You behind a locked door (Lockpicking 50 required) in CEO offices.

A copy of Dean's Electronics is well hidden near a toolbox in the first assembly room straight forward from the main entrance. Jump up onto some barrels to get onto one of the machines and find it.

A Nuka-Cola Quantum can be found in the same room as Stefan (locked gate)

South of the factory is a small Raider grouping. Usually one is out patrolling and the other is behind with three Vicious Dogs. There is free bed along with a locked gun case. Inside was a mint Flamer along with fuel. A copy of Tumblers Today was also found on shelves near the bed. (Unable to find this location, please confirm)

In an alley to the east, up the hill that goes around the retaining wall across from the factory entrance. The alley can be recognized by a pile of tires by the front. Contained 1x missile raider, and later on, when returning to confirm, 3x raider guard dog. Notable loot included said Missile Launcher, flamer, ammo, 1x guns and bullets, and 1x U.S. Army.

North of the factory, along the highway is a Random Encounter under an overpass. On top of the overpass is a scavenger, with three skill books (1x chinese spec ops, 1x duck and cover, and 1x grognak the barbarian). They cannot be purchased, only stolen. Overpass can be recognized by a wrecked cargo truck underneath and can also be accessed by following the road starting from the grayditch sewer.

Immediately south of the factory in an overturned, radioactive trucking container with barrels and a dead body is a copy of Grognak the Barbarian.

Related Quests
Finding the Formula