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Fallout 3 Hints
Meet President Eden in his office.
1 of 18: Quicksave before you exit your cell, since an ignorant officer will immediately demand that you reenter your cell. (Not that that's an option.)
2 of 18: From the cell exit, turn right and go along the corridor until you go through a doorway with a blue "3A" sign above it.
3 of 18: Turn left and move along until you can go through another "3A" doorway, then move forward to the large vat with a super mutant in it.
4 of 18: Go up the stairs left of it, then turn left and go forward to the door to level 2.
5 of 18: Right before you reach that door, Colonel Autumn will broadcast an order to shoot you on sight, so have a weapon out and ready to start fighting Enclave soldiers with.
6 of 18: There are a lot of soldiers on level 2, so hang back and blast the ones that run into view (or set mines for them), then heal up and go after the others in the immediate area.
7 of 18: In the SW of the four starting rooms, go through the door in the west wall, then down the stairs.
8 of 18: Turn right and go through another door to reach an area with several scientists who won't fight you despite the fact that they all have laser pistols. (You can easily kill them for their pistols and energy cells if you want.)
9 of 18: Go through the doorway in the west wall, then turn right after going down a short hallway.
10 of 18: Move forward (north) until you come to a large door, then open it and kill the two Enclave soldiers that are in the area past it.
11 of 18: Open the left door in that area to find a room with supplies in it, including the Energy Weapons bobblehead on a table. Be sure to pick open the footlocker at the foot of the bed if you can, since it has a useful destruct code in it.
12 of 18: Leave the bedroom and go through the other nearby door to find the war room.
13 of 18: Go through the west door in the war room to reach the Control Room area, where you'll see sentry bots blowing away Enclave soldiers. (Apparently, the bots are still loyal to the president.)
14 of 18: After that's over, go through the door the robots are guarding, and then down a short corridor to reach a very tall room.
15 of 18: Move around the central structure until you find the first set of stairs, then keep climbing until you reach the top.
16 of 18: Try to use the door to level 1, then turn around to find a large computer console behind you.
17 of 18: After quicksaving, walk up to the console to talk to President Eden, who turns out to be a computer.
18 of 18: Talk to the computer to get it to explain why it brought you here, and what it wants you to do.
