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Fallout 3 Hints

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  • * Falls Church East (Zone 9/14): L.O.B. Enterprises building, in L.O.B. Enterprises (5) & in East Wing (2) & in Archives (7)
    * Roosevelt Academy (Zone 4/1): in Roosevelt Academy (4) & in Maintenance and Evacuation Tunnel (1) & Arts and Athletics Hall (4)
    * Vault 108 (Zone 6/6): in Living Quarters (7)
    * Arlington Library (Zone 9/20): in Lobby (2) & in Children's Wing (2) & in Media Archive (2)
    * Vault 92 (Zone 3/1): in Vault 92 (1) & in Living Quarters (3) & in Sound Testing (2)
    * Minefield (Zone 3/10): in Gibson House (1) & in Gillian House (2) & in Benson House (2)