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Big MT was a scientific research center intended to "create a new world, fueled by technology, for the benefit of all mankind."<ref name="ending1" /><ref name="intro1" /> It attracted the "the brightest minds of the 21st century" to solve the technological challenges and in the process, succeeded in discoveries related to sonic emitters, space age alloys, DNA hybridization, force field particle research, and Auto-Doc advances in cranial, cardiac, and trauma surgery.<ref name="intro1">[[Old World Blues intro]]: ''"In the years before the Great War, Big Mountain had been the home to the brightest minds of the 21st century. Scientists of vision were drawn to the facility to tackle the greatest technological challenges of the era. They sought to create a new world, fueled by technology, for the benefit of all mankind. Sonic emitters, space age alloys, DNA hybridization, force field particle research, Auto-Doc advances in cranial, cardiac, and trauma surgery... ...the hopes and dreams of a century became realities in the electronic forges of Big Mountain. The nucleus of this research was the Dome, a huge stone facility that held the labs of every science known to man. It was a think tank where no problem could not be solved, where no question could not be answered. The Great War brought a new energy to Big Mountain and its scientists. Although sheltered from the frontlines, the scientists waged their own war, fighting their battles at the atomic level. Equations and calculations marched endlessly across chalkboards and computer terminals toward one solution: Winning the war. For years, the minds and computers of Big Mountain were a blaze of trajectories, weapon schematics, and nuclear theories. The problems began to outpace the solutions, first geometrically, then exponentially. As the war escalated, so did the questions."''</ref>  
Big MT was a scientific research center intended to "create a new world, fueled by technology, for the benefit of all mankind."<ref name="ending1" /><ref name="intro1" /> It attracted the "the brightest minds of the 21st century" to solve the technological challenges and in the process, succeeded in discoveries related to sonic emitters, space age alloys, DNA hybridization, force field particle research, and Auto-Doc advances in cranial, cardiac, and trauma surgery.<ref name="intro1">[[Old World Blues intro]]: ''"In the years before the Great War, Big Mountain had been the home to the brightest minds of the 21st century. Scientists of vision were drawn to the facility to tackle the greatest technological challenges of the era. They sought to create a new world, fueled by technology, for the benefit of all mankind. Sonic emitters, space age alloys, DNA hybridization, force field particle research, Auto-Doc advances in cranial, cardiac, and trauma surgery... ...the hopes and dreams of a century became realities in the electronic forges of Big Mountain. The nucleus of this research was the Dome, a huge stone facility that held the labs of every science known to man. It was a think tank where no problem could not be solved, where no question could not be answered. The Great War brought a new energy to Big Mountain and its scientists. Although sheltered from the frontlines, the scientists waged their own war, fighting their battles at the atomic level. Equations and calculations marched endlessly across chalkboards and computer terminals toward one solution: Winning the war. For years, the minds and computers of Big Mountain were a blaze of trajectories, weapon schematics, and nuclear theories. The problems began to outpace the solutions, first geometrically, then exponentially. As the war escalated, so did the questions."''</ref>  


The facility was located under a mountain, where the stone building held laboratories of every type of scientific study.<ref name="intro1" /> A concentration camp was built to detain "Communist infiltrators" and Chinese citizens and use them as research subjects, creating and utilizing [[Slave collar (Fallout: New Vegas)|total pacification collars]] to control them.<ref>[[Little Yangtze terminal entries#Log Entry 01|Little Yangtze terminal entries; Log Entry 01]]</ref><ref>[[Little Yangtze terminal entries#Log Entry 02|Little Yangtze terminal entries; Log Entry 02]]</ref><ref>[[Little Yangtze terminal entries#Elijah's Journal - Day 2|Little Yangtze terminal entries; Elijah's Journal - Day 2]]</ref> After the [[Great War]], the company's facilities were damaged, exposing the building's dome within a crater.<ref>[[Courier]]: ''"Can you tell me about this facility?"''<br />[[Doctor 0]]: ''"*Big {{Tooltip|MT|{Mountain} }} used to be a mountain. Then there was a... slight mishap. Now it's a crater - the Dome used to be buried, now it's exposed to the sky.* *Don't get me wrong. Makes the sky light up like a planetarium at night. All those spectra... so soothing.*"''<br />([[Doctor 0/Dialogue|0's dialogue]])</ref><ref>[[Courier]]: ''"What was this explosion?"''<br />[[Doctor Borous]]: ''"-BOOM! Yes. Quite unexpected. And embarrassing. All better now after the landscaping, though. MUCH more pleasing to our monitors.- -And the Crater helps keep everything inside. Because it is BOWL shaped.-"''<br />([[Doctor Borous' dialogue]])</ref><ref>[[Courier]]: ''"Why have you leveled this place?"''<br />[[Doctor Borous]]: ''"-It was not our first choice of testing grounds. BUT... we no longer have the luxuries of our TEST CITIES.- -Then, we LOST the MOUNTAIN! After the explosion, we couldn't find it anymore. So the Crater became our testing grounds. For SCIENCE!-"''<br />([[Doctor Borous' dialogue]])</ref> The [[Y-0 Research Center]] was also damaged in an explosion, and an event referred to as the [[Great Static]] caused additional damage to the facility.<ref> [[Doctor Mobius]]: ''"{{Tooltip|Klein... remember the time you forgot to carry the 2 and nearly blew up the {{Tooltip|Y-0|{why-zero} }} Research Center? {{Tooltip|Oh, wait, you did!|{Klein did blow up the lab so now he's mocking} }} {{Tooltip|Or|{beat} }} was that me?}}"''<br />([[Doctor Mobius/Dialogue|Doctor Mobius' dialogue]])</ref> [[Elijah]] described it as a "treasure box" and a "scientific graveyard of Old World misery," including technology such as Saturnite alloy, holograms, hibernation chambers, [[Holorifle]]s, bomb collars, and [[Securitron]]s.<ref>[[Elijah]]: ''"The Holorifle, the Saturnite alloy... the hologram technology, hibernation chambers, Securitrons, the collars... ...even the suits attached to those things stalking the Villa... that's only the surface of what's there."''<br />([[Father Elijah/Dialogue]])</ref> The location inhibited travel, as [[Legion explorer]]s reported the Big MT may as well have been "a wall to any living thing approaching it."<ref>[[Courier]]: ''"The Divide blocked all of their northern land routes?"''<br />[[Joshua Graham]]: ''"Not all of them. But they couldn't take 127 north to get around the mountains. As if Death Valley weren't enough, they had the Divide and Big Empty to deal with. From what the Legion's explorers reported, the Big Empty may as well have been a wall to any living thing approaching it."''<br />([[NVDLC02Joshua.txt|Joshua Graham's dialogue]])</ref>
The facility was located under a mountain, where the stone building held laboratories of every type of scientific study.<ref name="intro1" /> A concentration camp was built to detain "Communist infiltrators" and Chinese citizens and use them as research subjects, creating and utilizing [[Slave collar (Fallout: New Vegas)|total pacification collars]] to control them.<ref>[[Little Yangtze terminal entries#Log Entry 01|Little Yangtze terminal entries; Log Entry 01]]</ref><ref>[[Little Yangtze terminal entries#Log Entry 02|Little Yangtze terminal entries; Log Entry 02]]</ref><ref>[[Little Yangtze terminal entries#Elijah's Journal - Day 2|Little Yangtze terminal entries; Elijah's Journal - Day 2]]</ref> After the [[Great War]], the company's facilities were damaged, exposing the building's dome within a crater.<ref>[[Courier]]: ''"Can you tell me about this facility?"''<br />[[Doctor 0]]: ''"*Big {{Tooltip|MT|{Mountain} }} used to be a mountain. Then there was a... slight mishap. Now it's a crater - the Dome used to be buried, now it's exposed to the sky.* *Don't get me wrong. Makes the sky light up like a planetarium at night. All those spectra... so soothing.*"''<br />([[Doctor 0/Dialogue|0's dialogue]])</ref><ref>[[Courier]]: ''"What was this explosion?"''<br />[[Doctor Borous]]: ''"-BOOM! Yes. Quite unexpected. And embarrassing. All better now after the landscaping, though. MUCH more pleasing to our monitors.- -And the Crater helps keep everything inside. Because it is BOWL shaped.-"''<br />([[Doctor Borous' dialogue]])</ref><ref>[[Courier]]: ''"Why have you leveled this place?"''<br />[[Doctor Borous]]: ''"-It was not our first choice of testing grounds. BUT... we no longer have the luxuries of our TEST CITIES.- -Then, we LOST the MOUNTAIN! After the explosion, we couldn't find it anymore. So the Crater became our testing grounds. For SCIENCE!-"''<br />([[Doctor Borous' dialogue]])</ref> The [[Y-0 Research Center]] was also damaged in an explosion, and an event referred to as the [[Great Static]] caused additional damage to the facility.<ref> [[Doctor Mobius]]: ''"{{Tooltip|Klein... remember the time you forgot to carry the 2 and nearly blew up the {{Tooltip|Y-0|{why-zero} }} Research Center? {{Tooltip|Oh, wait, you did!|{Klein did blow up the lab so now he's mocking} }} {{Tooltip|Or|{beat} }} was that me?}}"''<br />([[Doctor Mobius/Dialogue|Doctor Mobius' dialogue]])</ref> [[Elijah]] described it as a "treasure box" and a "scientific graveyard of Old World misery," including technology such as Saturnite alloy, holograms, hibernation chambers, [[Holorifle]]s, bomb collars, and [[Securitron]]s.<ref>[[Elijah]]: ''"The Holorifle, the Saturnite alloy... the hologram technology, hibernation chambers, Securitrons, the collars... ...even the suits attached to those things stalking the Villa... that's only the surface of what's there."''<br />([[Father Elijah/Dialogue]])</ref> The location inhibited travel, as [[Legion Explorer]]s reported the Big MT may as well have been "a wall to any living thing approaching it."<ref>[[Courier]]: ''"The Divide blocked all of their northern land routes?"''<br />[[Joshua Graham]]: ''"Not all of them. But they couldn't take 127 north to get around the mountains. As if Death Valley weren't enough, they had the Divide and Big Empty to deal with. From what the Legion's explorers reported, the Big Empty may as well have been a wall to any living thing approaching it."''<br />([[NVDLC02Joshua.txt|Joshua Graham's dialogue]])</ref>


Pre-War scientists inhabit the facility, having been transformed into robotic [[Think Tank]]s. These robots attempt to capture and lobotomize some who approach the facility, utilizing a pacification field to keep both [[Lobotomite]]s and creatures within the facility from leaving. Visitors who are not lobotomized, such as [[Christine Royce]], [[Elijah]], and [[Ulysses]], fought through hostile inhabitants, and the latter two were able to speak with the Think Tank.<ref>[[Ulysses' logs]]</ref>
Pre-War scientists inhabit the facility, having been transformed into robotic [[Think Tank]]s. These robots attempt to capture and lobotomize some who approach the facility, utilizing a pacification field to keep both [[Lobotomite]]s and creatures within the facility from leaving. Visitors who are not lobotomized, such as [[Christine Royce]], [[Elijah]], and [[Ulysses]], fought through hostile inhabitants, and the latter two were able to speak with the Think Tank.<ref>[[Ulysses' logs]]</ref>

Latest revision as of 12:25, 28 April 2024

FO76 publicteam xpd.pngFor the company, see Big MT (company).

Big MT, also known as the Big MT Research Facility or Big Empty, was a pre-War scientific research center and defense contractor located south of Hopeville in Fallout: New Vegas.[1][2][3] The facility and surrounding area serves as the game world for the Fallout: New Vegas add-on Old World Blues.

Background

Big MT was a scientific research center intended to "create a new world, fueled by technology, for the benefit of all mankind."[3][4] It attracted the "the brightest minds of the 21st century" to solve the technological challenges and in the process, succeeded in discoveries related to sonic emitters, space age alloys, DNA hybridization, force field particle research, and Auto-Doc advances in cranial, cardiac, and trauma surgery.[4]

The facility was located under a mountain, where the stone building held laboratories of every type of scientific study.[4] A concentration camp was built to detain "Communist infiltrators" and Chinese citizens and use them as research subjects, creating and utilizing total pacification collars to control them.[5][6][7] After the Great War, the company's facilities were damaged, exposing the building's dome within a crater.[8][9][10] The Y-0 Research Center was also damaged in an explosion, and an event referred to as the Great Static caused additional damage to the facility.[11] Elijah described it as a "treasure box" and a "scientific graveyard of Old World misery," including technology such as Saturnite alloy, holograms, hibernation chambers, Holorifles, bomb collars, and Securitrons.[12] The location inhibited travel, as Legion Explorers reported the Big MT may as well have been "a wall to any living thing approaching it."[13]

Pre-War scientists inhabit the facility, having been transformed into robotic Think Tanks. These robots attempt to capture and lobotomize some who approach the facility, utilizing a pacification field to keep both Lobotomites and creatures within the facility from leaving. Visitors who are not lobotomized, such as Christine Royce, Elijah, and Ulysses, fought through hostile inhabitants, and the latter two were able to speak with the Think Tank.[14]

Layout

Big MT is dominated by the central dome, the the Think Tank, which is connected to outlying facilities by numerous walkways, pipes, and conduits.

To the north lies the rail line that passes into Big MT via the Big MT North Tunnel before splitting into two lines that run toward the east and west tunnels. Near the north tunnel is the X-42 robo-warfare facility, an important facility even with a dome; later known as the "Forbidden Zone" of Doctor Mobius. Other facilities include the Signal Hills Transmitter, the Saturnite alloy research facility, the X-22 Botanical Garden, and the X-17 Meteorological Station. Just north of the western train tunnel is the Little Yangtze concentration camp and the Construction Site.

To the east, along the eastern railway, several facilities are located including the X-8 Research Center, the X-7b "Boom Town" Target Zone, the Securitron De-Construction Plant, the Hazmat Testing Ground, and the Waste Disintegration Platform.

The X-66 Hexcrete Archipelago is on the western portion of the crater. Among the hexcrete structures are several facilities, including the X-13 testing facility, the Z-43 Innovative Toxins Plant, the Z-38 Lightwave Dynamics Research building, and the X-7a "Left Field" Artillery Launch. In the southern portion of the crater is Higgs Village, which contains the former homes of the Think Tank. It is flanked by the X-12 Research Center and Y-17 Medical Facility.

Facilities

Image Name Cell
Big MT east tunnel.jpg Big MT East Tunnel NVDLC03SLTunnelEast
FNVOWB Location Big MT North Tunnel.webp Big MT North Tunnel NVDLC03SLTunnelNorth (ext.)
NVDLC03SLTunnelNorthINT (int.)
Big MT west tunnel.jpg Big MT West Tunnel NVDLC03SLTunnelWest (exterior)
NVDLC03SLTunnelWestINT (int.)
FNVOWB Location Forbidden Zone Dome Entrance.webp Forbidden Zone Dome Entrance NVDLC03DomeForbidden (ext.)
NVDLC03X42 (warfare facility)
NVDLC03ForbiddenZone (dome)
FNVOWB Location Hazmat Testing Ground.webp Hazmat Testing Ground NVDLC03SLHazmat
Higgs Village interior.jpg Higgs Village NVDLC03SLVillage
NVDLC03SLVillageOINT (#00)
NVDLC03SLVillageKleinINT (#101)
NVDLC03SLVillageMobiusINT(#102)
NVDLC03SLVillageBorousINT(#103)
NVDLC03SLVillageBorousBINT (#103 bas.)
NVDLC03SLVillageDalaINT (#104)
NVDLC03SLVillage8INT (#108)
FNVOWB Little Yangtze.png Little Yangtze NVDLC03SLLittleYangtze (exterior)
NVDLC03SLLittleYangtzeTowerINT (tower)
FNVOWB Location Magnetohydraulics Complex.webp Magnetohydraulics Complex NVDLC03SLMHC (exterior)
NVDLC03SLH2OINT (interior)
FNVOWB Location Saturnite Alloy Research Facility.webp Saturnite Alloy Research Facility NVDLC03SLSaturnite (exterior)
NVDLC03SLSaturniteINT (interior)
FNVOWB Location Securitron De-Construction Plant.webp Securitron De-Construction Plant NVDLC03SLSecuritron (exterior)
NVDLC03SLSecuritronINT (int.)
Signal Hills transmitter.jpg Signal Hills Transmitter NVDLC03SLCommunications (ext)
NVDLC03SLCommunicationsINT (interior)
The sink1.jpg The Sink NVDLC03TheSinkBalcony
NVDLC03TheSink
FNVOWB Location The Think Tank.webp The Think Tank NVDLC03DomeThinkTank (dome)
NVDLC03TheSink (The Sink)
NVDLC03ThinkTank (Think Tank)
NVDLC03TheSinkBalcony (balcony)
X-13 VR simulation room.jpg VR Simulation Room NVDLC03X13
FNVOWB Location Waste Disintegration Platform.webp Waste Disintegration Platform NVDLC03SLDisintegration
X-12 Research Center.jpg X-12 Research Center NVDLC03SLX12 (exterior)
NVDLC03SLX12INT (interior)
FNVOWB Location X-13 Research Facility.webp X-13 Research Facility NVDLC03X13Site (exterior)
NVDLC03X13 (testing facility)
NVDLC03X13RepconHQ03 (stealth testing lab)
X-17 meteorological station.jpg X-17 Meteorological Station NVDLC03SLWeatherStation (ext.)
NVDLC03SLWeatherStationINT (int.)
FNVOWB Location X-2 Transmitter Antenna Array.webp X-2 Transmitter Antenna Array NVDLC03SatelliteStation (exterior)
NVDLC03SLSatelliteStationINT (int.)
X-22 botanical garden.jpg X-22 Botanical Garden NVDLC03SLBotanical
X-66 hexcrete archipelago.jpg X-66 Hexcrete Archipelago NVDLC03SLHex
FNVOWB Location X-7a "Left Field" Artillery Launch.webp X-7a "Left Field" Artillery Launch NVDLC03SLArtilleryLaunch (ext.)
NVDLC03SLArtilleryLaunchINT (command center)
FNVOWB Location X-7b "Boom Town" Target Zone.webp X-7b "Boom Town" Target Zone NVDLC03SLArtilleryLanding
FNVOWB Location X-8 Research Center.webp X-8 Research Center NVDLC03X8Site (exterior)
NVDLC03X8Cave (res. test fac.)
NVDLC03X8Main (central facility)
NVDLC03X8School (inst. test fac.)
NVDLC03X8Tunnel (testing fac.)
Y-0 research center.jpg Y-0 Research Center NVDLC03SLRuins
Y-17 Medical Facility.jpg Y-17 Medical Facility NVDLC03SLMedCenter (exterior)
NVDLC03SLMedCenterINT (int.)
FNVOWB Location Z-14 Pepsinae DNA Splicing Lab.webp Z-14 Pepsinae DNA Splicing Lab NVDLC03SLCazador (exterior)
NVDLC03SLCazadorINT (interior)
FNVOWB Location Z-38 Lightwave Dynamics Research.webp Z-38 Lightwave Dynamics Research NVDLC03SLHologram (exterior)
NVDLC03SLHologramINT (int.)
FNVOWB Location Z-43 Innovative Toxins Plant.webp Z-43 Innovative Toxins Plant NVDLC03SLChemical (exterior)
NVDLC03SLChemicalINT (int.)
FNVOWB Location Z-9 Crotalus DNA Preservation Lab.webp Z-9 Crotalus DNA Preservation Lab NVDLC03SLNightstalker (exterior)
NVDLC03SLNightstalkerINT (int.)

Exterior

Image Name Cell
Big MT east tunnel.jpg Big MT East Tunnel NVDLC03SLTunnelEast
FNVOWB Location Big MT North Tunnel.webp Big MT North Tunnel NVDLC03SLTunnelNorth (ext.)
NVDLC03SLTunnelNorthINT (int.)
Big MT west tunnel.jpg Big MT West Tunnel NVDLC03SLTunnelWest (exterior)
NVDLC03SLTunnelWestINT (int.)
Construction site.jpg Construction Site NVDLC03SLConstruction
ElijahsWatch.jpg Elijah's Watch NVDLC03SLElijahsWatch
FNVOWB Location Forbidden Zone Dome Entrance.webp Forbidden Zone Dome Entrance NVDLC03DomeForbidden (ext.)
NVDLC03X42 (warfare facility)
NVDLC03ForbiddenZone (dome)
FNVOWB Location Hazmat Testing Ground.webp Hazmat Testing Ground NVDLC03SLHazmat
Higgs Village interior.jpg Higgs Village NVDLC03SLVillage
NVDLC03SLVillageOINT (#00)
NVDLC03SLVillageKleinINT (#101)
NVDLC03SLVillageMobiusINT(#102)
NVDLC03SLVillageBorousINT(#103)
NVDLC03SLVillageBorousBINT (#103 bas.)
NVDLC03SLVillageDalaINT (#104)
NVDLC03SLVillage8INT (#108)
FNVOWB Little Yangtze.png Little Yangtze NVDLC03SLLittleYangtze (exterior)
NVDLC03SLLittleYangtzeTowerINT (tower)
Loading station.jpg Loading Station NVDLC03SLLoading
FNVOWB Location Magnetohydraulics Complex.webp Magnetohydraulics Complex NVDLC03SLMHC (exterior)
NVDLC03SLH2OINT (interior)
Mojave Drive-in.jpg Mojave Drive-in MojaveDriveIn
FNVOWB Location Mysterious Cave.webp Mysterious Cave NVDLC03SLBloatfly (exterior)
NVDLC03SLBloatFlyCave (int.)
FNVOWB Location Saturnite Alloy Research Facility.webp Saturnite Alloy Research Facility NVDLC03SLSaturnite (exterior)
NVDLC03SLSaturniteINT (interior)
FNVOWB Location Securitron De-Construction Plant.webp Securitron De-Construction Plant NVDLC03SLSecuritron (exterior)
NVDLC03SLSecuritronINT (int.)
Signal Hills transmitter.jpg Signal Hills Transmitter NVDLC03SLCommunications (ext)
NVDLC03SLCommunicationsINT (interior)
FNVOWB Location The Cuckoo's Nest.webp The Cuckoo's Nest NVDLC03SLCuckoosNest (ext.)
NVDLC03SLCuckoosNestINT (int)
The sink1.jpg The Sink NVDLC03TheSinkBalcony
NVDLC03TheSink
FNVOWB Location The Think Tank.webp The Think Tank NVDLC03DomeThinkTank (dome)
NVDLC03TheSink (The Sink)
NVDLC03ThinkTank (Think Tank)
NVDLC03TheSinkBalcony (balcony)
Ulysses Point.jpg Ulysses' Point NVDLC03SLUlyssesPoint (exterior)
NVDLC03SLUlyssesPointINT (int.)
X-13 VR simulation room.jpg VR Simulation Room NVDLC03X13
FNVOWB Location Waste Disintegration Platform.webp Waste Disintegration Platform NVDLC03SLDisintegration
X-12 Research Center.jpg X-12 Research Center NVDLC03SLX12 (exterior)
NVDLC03SLX12INT (interior)
FNVOWB Location X-13 Research Facility.webp X-13 Research Facility NVDLC03X13Site (exterior)
NVDLC03X13 (testing facility)
NVDLC03X13RepconHQ03 (stealth testing lab)
X-17 meteorological station.jpg X-17 Meteorological Station NVDLC03SLWeatherStation (ext.)
NVDLC03SLWeatherStationINT (int.)
FNVOWB Location X-2 Transmitter Antenna Array.webp X-2 Transmitter Antenna Array NVDLC03SatelliteStation (exterior)
NVDLC03SLSatelliteStationINT (int.)
X-22 botanical garden.jpg X-22 Botanical Garden NVDLC03SLBotanical
X-66 hexcrete archipelago.jpg X-66 Hexcrete Archipelago NVDLC03SLHex
FNVOWB Location X-7a "Left Field" Artillery Launch.webp X-7a "Left Field" Artillery Launch NVDLC03SLArtilleryLaunch (ext.)
NVDLC03SLArtilleryLaunchINT (command center)
FNVOWB Location X-7b "Boom Town" Target Zone.webp X-7b "Boom Town" Target Zone NVDLC03SLArtilleryLanding
FNVOWB Location X-8 Research Center.webp X-8 Research Center NVDLC03X8Site (exterior)
NVDLC03X8Cave (res. test fac.)
NVDLC03X8Main (central facility)
NVDLC03X8School (inst. test fac.)
NVDLC03X8Tunnel (testing fac.)
Y-0 research center.jpg Y-0 Research Center NVDLC03SLRuins
Y-17 Medical Facility.jpg Y-17 Medical Facility NVDLC03SLMedCenter (exterior)
NVDLC03SLMedCenterINT (int.)
FNVOWB Location Z-14 Pepsinae DNA Splicing Lab.webp Z-14 Pepsinae DNA Splicing Lab NVDLC03SLCazador (exterior)
NVDLC03SLCazadorINT (interior)
FNVOWB Location Z-38 Lightwave Dynamics Research.webp Z-38 Lightwave Dynamics Research NVDLC03SLHologram (exterior)
NVDLC03SLHologramINT (int.)
FNVOWB Location Z-43 Innovative Toxins Plant.webp Z-43 Innovative Toxins Plant NVDLC03SLChemical (exterior)
NVDLC03SLChemicalINT (int.)
FNVOWB Location Z-9 Crotalus DNA Preservation Lab.webp Z-9 Crotalus DNA Preservation Lab NVDLC03SLNightstalker (exterior)
NVDLC03SLNightstalkerINT (int.)

Characters

Assistant Paris
Barb (Old World Blues)
Boney
Captain Hamm
Dr. Adam Figgis
Dr. Calis
Dr. Gail Richardson
General Wellesley
Jenkins (Old World Blues)
Ohlen
Parsons
Researcher Brazos
Researcher Butz
Researcher Chayanov
Researcher Kael
Researcher Mendoza
Researcher Mori
Researcher Redding
Skippy (Old World Blues)
Specialist Akers
Technician Skinner
Technician Slough

Think Tank

Image Name Dialogue Editor ID Form ID
Doctor 0.jpg Doctor 0 Doctor 0/Dialogue NVDLC03DoctorOLVL xx006873
Doctor 8.jpg Doctor 8 Doctor 8/Dialogue NVDLC03Doctor8LVL xx006874
Doctor Borous.jpg Doctor Borous Doctor Borous/Dialogue NVDLC03DoctorBorousLVL xx006875
Doctor Dala.jpg Doctor Dala Doctor Dala/Dialogue NVDLC03DoctorDalaLVL xx006872
Doctor Klein.jpg Doctor Klein Doctor Klein/Dialogue NVDLC03DoctorKlein01 xx00D628
Doctor Mobius.jpg Doctor Mobius Doctor Mobius/Dialogue NVDLC03DoctorMobius01 xx00C1CF

Notes

  • Some of the pipes crisscrossing the Big Empty are booby-trapped with Frag Mines.
  • All enemy creatures and characters in Big MT are part of the same faction, and will not attack each other.
  • Venturing beyond the perimeter of Big MT will result in a warning. Staying beyond the perimeter will result in being automatically teleported back to the Sink balcony. This happens even when over-encumbered with no penalty incurred and no health damage.
  • The only three radio stations that can be listened to in Big MT are the Mysterious Broadcast, the Happy Trails Expedition Broadcast, and the Sierra Madre Broadcast; all others are blacked out. These are the three add-on radio stations.

Appearances

Big MT appears in the Fallout: New Vegas add-on Old World Blues.

Behind the scenes

Big Empty or Big Mt was originally conceptualized for Van Buren and described by Chris Avellone during Van Buren's pre-production as a military boot camp, still manned by training robots.[Dev 1] In later development it was merged with the Leavenworth Prison into the Tibbets Prison facility.[Dev 2] Tibbets is referred to the Big Empty in design documents.[Doc 1][Doc 2][Doc 3][Doc 4][Doc 5]

Gallery

  • Big MT map

  • Big MT at dawn.png
  • Big MT night view.png
  • Old World Blues External 5.jpg
  • Old World Blues External 1.jpg
  • BigMTChainOfRocks.png
  • BigMTChainOfRocks2.png
  • BigMTChainOfRocks3.png
  • BigMTChainOfRocks4.png
  • BigMTChainOfRocks5.png

  • Intro slide

  • FNVOWB Big Empty Birds Eye View.png

  • Schematic

  • Concept art

  • Concept art

  • Texture file

  • Nvdlc03ttankelevatorsign01.png

References

  1. ↑ Third Street Municipal Building terminal entries; Office of the Treasurer terminal, Memo from Commander Devlin
  2. ↑ Y-0 Research Center terminal entries; terminal, Dispenser Funding Update
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Old World Blues endings: "As it had been in the years before the Great War, Big MT... the Big Empty... became home to one of the brightest minds of the 23rd century. The Courier watched over the Big Empty for years to come, caring for it, and keeping its discoveries safe until they were needed to help others. Which had always been Big MT's purpose. Past the laboratories and Science, it had always been intended as a place to build the future of all mankind."
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Old World Blues intro: "In the years before the Great War, Big Mountain had been the home to the brightest minds of the 21st century. Scientists of vision were drawn to the facility to tackle the greatest technological challenges of the era. They sought to create a new world, fueled by technology, for the benefit of all mankind. Sonic emitters, space age alloys, DNA hybridization, force field particle research, Auto-Doc advances in cranial, cardiac, and trauma surgery... ...the hopes and dreams of a century became realities in the electronic forges of Big Mountain. The nucleus of this research was the Dome, a huge stone facility that held the labs of every science known to man. It was a think tank where no problem could not be solved, where no question could not be answered. The Great War brought a new energy to Big Mountain and its scientists. Although sheltered from the frontlines, the scientists waged their own war, fighting their battles at the atomic level. Equations and calculations marched endlessly across chalkboards and computer terminals toward one solution: Winning the war. For years, the minds and computers of Big Mountain were a blaze of trajectories, weapon schematics, and nuclear theories. The problems began to outpace the solutions, first geometrically, then exponentially. As the war escalated, so did the questions."
  5. ↑ Little Yangtze terminal entries; Log Entry 01
  6. ↑ Little Yangtze terminal entries; Log Entry 02
  7. ↑ Little Yangtze terminal entries; Elijah's Journal - Day 2
  8. ↑ Courier: "Can you tell me about this facility?"
    Doctor 0: "*Big MT used to be a mountain. Then there was a... slight mishap. Now it's a crater - the Dome used to be buried, now it's exposed to the sky.* *Don't get me wrong. Makes the sky light up like a planetarium at night. All those spectra... so soothing.*"
    (0's dialogue)
  9. ↑ Courier: "What was this explosion?"
    Doctor Borous: "-BOOM! Yes. Quite unexpected. And embarrassing. All better now after the landscaping, though. MUCH more pleasing to our monitors.- -And the Crater helps keep everything inside. Because it is BOWL shaped.-"
    (Doctor Borous' dialogue)
  10. ↑ Courier: "Why have you leveled this place?"
    Doctor Borous: "-It was not our first choice of testing grounds. BUT... we no longer have the luxuries of our TEST CITIES.- -Then, we LOST the MOUNTAIN! After the explosion, we couldn't find it anymore. So the Crater became our testing grounds. For SCIENCE!-"
    (Doctor Borous' dialogue)
  11. ↑ Doctor Mobius: "Klein... remember the time you forgot to carry the 2 and nearly blew up the Y-0 Research Center? Oh, wait, you did! Or was that me?"
    (Doctor Mobius' dialogue)
  12. ↑ Elijah: "The Holorifle, the Saturnite alloy... the hologram technology, hibernation chambers, Securitrons, the collars... ...even the suits attached to those things stalking the Villa... that's only the surface of what's there."
    (Father Elijah/Dialogue)
  13. ↑ Courier: "The Divide blocked all of their northern land routes?"
    Joshua Graham: "Not all of them. But they couldn't take 127 north to get around the mountains. As if Death Valley weren't enough, they had the Divide and Big Empty to deal with. From what the Legion's explorers reported, the Big Empty may as well have been a wall to any living thing approaching it."
    (Joshua Graham's dialogue)
  14. ↑ Ulysses' logs
Design Documents
  1. ↑ Blackfoot Tribe design document, p. 88
  2. ↑ Mesa Verde design document, pp. 9, 13, 21
  3. ↑ Reservation design document, pp. 36, 60-61
  4. ↑ Bloomfield Space Center design document, pp. 2, 3, 8, 17, 52
  5. ↑ B.O.M.B.-001 design document, p. 9
Developer Statements
  1. ↑ Fallout Developers Profile - Chris Avellone (Archived): " the “Big Empty” (“Big Mt” military boot camp, still manned by training robots – get the word twist? Isn’t that clever? Oooooh.)"
  2. ↑ PRACTICE 2015: Chris Avellone: "... So a lot of the work I had done for Boulder, Colorado in Van Buren had actually ended up mutating and actually becoming a part of the work that ended up being in Old World Blues, which was the Big Empty Research Facility, had a lot to do with the Boulder Dome that was in Van Buren."
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QuestsA Brain's Best Friend •  All My Friends Have Off Switches •  Coming Out of Her Shell •  Field Research •  He Came... And Went •  Influencing People •  Midnight Science Fiction Feature! •  Old World Blues •  On the Same Wavelength •  Picking Your Brains •  Project X-13 •  Sonic Emitter Upgrade •  Welcome to the Big Empty •  What's in a Name? •  When Visitors Attack! •  X-13: Attack of the Infiltrator! •  X-2: Strange Transmissions! •  X-8: High School Horror! •  X-8 Data Retrieval Test
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LocationsBig MT •  Big MT East Tunnel •  Big MT North Tunnel •  Big MT West Tunnel •  Construction Site •  Elijah's Watch •  Forbidden Zone Dome Entrance •  Hazmat Testing Ground •  Higgs Village •  Little Yangtze •  Loading Station •  Magnetohydraulics Complex •  Mojave Drive-in •  Mysterious Cave •  Saturnite Alloy Research Facility •  Securitron De-Construction Plant •  Signal Hills Transmitter •  The Cuckoo's Nest •  The Sink •  The Think Tank •  Ulysses' Point •  VR Simulation Room •  Waste Disintegration Platform •  X-12 Research Center •  X-13 Research Facility •  X-17 Meteorological Station •  X-22 Botanical Garden •  X-2 Transmitter Antenna Array •  X-66 Hexcrete Archipelago •  X-7a "Left Field" Artillery Launch •  X-7b "Boom Town" Target Zone •  X-8 Research Center •  Y-0 Research Center •  Y-17 Medical Facility •  Z-14 Pepsinae DNA Splicing Lab •  Z-38 Lightwave Dynamics Research •  Z-43 Innovative Toxins Plant •  Z-9 Crotalus DNA Preservation Lab
ItemsWeaponsBig Mountain Transportalponder! •  Christine's COS Silencer Rifle •  Corrosive Glove •  Dr. Klein's Glove •  Dr. Mobius' Glove •  Elijah's Advanced LAER •  Elijah's Jury-Rigged Tesla Cannon •  FIDO •  K9000 Cyberdog Gun •  LAER •  Proton Axe •  Proton Throwing Axe •  Protonic Inversal Axe •  Protonic Inversal Throwing Axe •  Saturnite Fist •  Saturnite Fist Super-Heated •  Scientist Glove •  Sonic Emitter - Gabriel's Bark •  Sonic Emitter - Opera Singer •  Sonic Emitter - Revelation •  Sonic Emitter - Robo-Scorpion •  Sonic Emitter - Tarantula •  Sterilizer Glove •  X-2 Antenna
Apparel?
ConsumablesBattle Brew •  Black Blood Sausage •  Blood Sausage •  Mutant Cave Fungus •  Nightstalker Squeezin's •  Preserved Meat •  Salient Green •  Spore Plant Pods •  Thick Red Paste •  Thin Red Paste
Misc itemsBlank Book •  Broken Detonator •  Damaged satellite dish •  Deactivated Bomb Collar •  Gabe's Bowl •  Primer and Powder Pack •  Prototype X-13 Boots •  Prototype X-13 Chest Plate •  Prototype X-13 Gloves •  Snow Globe - Big MT •  Spare component •  Walkie-Talkie •  X-13 Document •  Your Brain •  Your Heart •  Your Spine
World objectsAmerican High School Network •  Big Mountain High School Network •  Big Mountain Research Network •  Blue Ribbon •  Crystal •  Dancer Cage •  Deluxe Chemistry Set •  Dried Banana Yucca Fruit •  Dried Barrel Cactus Fruit •  Dried Broc Flower •  Dried Honey Mesquite Pod •  Dried Jalapeño Pepper •  Dried Maize •  Dried Nevada Agave Fruit •  Dried Pinto Bean Pod •  Dried Prickly Pear Fruit •  Dried White Horsenettle •  Dried Xander Root •  Easel •  Electric Hot Plate •  Hexcrete •  Pacification Field •  REPCONN Poster •  REPCONN Poster •  REPCONN Poster •  Radar Fence •  Saturnite Artillery Shell •  Seed Package •  Sink Auto-Doc •  Starlet Picture •  Stealth Suit Poster •  Stealth Suit Poster •  Stealth Suit Poster •  Stealth Suit Poster •  Stealth Suit Poster •  Strange Still •  Tank •  Think Tank Photo •  Trophy •  Trophy •  Walking Eye •  X-8 Splicing Facility Terminal •  X-Ray Light Box
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Mentioned-only charactersAssistant Paris •  Barb •  Betsy Bright •  Boney •  Captain Hamm •  Cherie O'Bannon •  Christine •  Doc Mitchell •  Dr. Adam Figgis •  Dr. Gail Richardson •  Father Elijah •  Frederick Sinclair •  General Winters •  Jenkins •  Ohlen •  Oppenheimer •  Parsons •  RALPHIE •  Researcher Brazos •  Researcher Butz •  Researcher Chayanov •  Researcher Kael •  Researcher Mendoza •  Researcher Mori •  Researcher Redding •  Richie Marcus •  Saxomotron version 4.0 •  Skippy •  Specialist Akers •  Technician Skinner •  Technician Slough •  Tiny Lester Lutton •  Vera Keyes
CreaturesCazador •  Dionaea Muscipula •  Gabe •  Legendary Bloatfly •  Lobotomite •  Nightstalker •  Patient Zero •  Roxie •  Shadis •  Specimen 73 •  Spore Carrier •  Spore Carrier Scavenger •  Spore Plant •  Stripe
Robots and computers010011110110111001100101 •  Biological Research Station •  Blind Diode Jefferson •  Book Chute •  Construction Drone Foreman •  Doctor 0 •  Doctor 8 •  Doctor Borous •  Doctor Dala •  Doctor Klein •  Doctor Mobius •  Doctor Orderly MD PHD DDS •  Ironbelly •  Light Switch 01 •  Light Switch 02 •  Mister Orderly •  Muggy •  RY-589 Ultimo Bot •  Robo-Scorpion •  Robo-Scorpion Blaster •  Robo-Scorpion Bomber •  Robo-Scorpion Pincer •  Roxie •  Sink •  Sink Auto-Doc •  Sink Central Intelligence Unit •  Sparks •  Super-Ego •  The Custodian •  Think Tank •  Toaster •  Walking Eye •  X-42 Giant Robo-Scorpion
Perks and TraitsPerksBig Brained •  Brainless •  Cardiac Arrest •  Heartless •  Implant C-13 •  Implant GRX •  Implant M-5 •  Implant Y-3 •  Implant Y-7 •  Mile in Their Shoes •  Reinforced Spine •  Spineless •  Them's Good Eatin'
TraitsClaustrophobia •  Early Bird •  Hoarder •  Hot Blooded •  Logan's Loophole •  Skilled
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