Gravestone or Gravestone Cathedral is a location within Kansas City in Fallout Tactics. It is a small Ghoul settlement that can be reached from Bunker Gamma.
Background[edit]
A major nuclear launch site before the Great War, the location is inhabited by a peaceful Ghoul community, of which General Dekker believes that they are direct descendants of the personnel tending to the launch silos.[1] Under the leadership of Bishop Defcon the Second, son of T-Minus, the ghoul acolytes consider the area to be their holy land and worship a nuclear bomb they refer to as their god Plutonius.[2][3][4]
Gameplay[edit]
A group of Super Mutants, led by Juggoknot, has taken an interest in Plutonius and started laying siege to the town. The Brotherhood of Steel dispatches the Warrior and his squad to fend off the invaders, preferably with minimal casualties of the local Ghoul populace, and the goal to safely transfer Plutonius to the Brotherhood.[5][6]
Appearances[edit]
Gravestone appears in Fallout Tactics.
Behind the Scenes[edit]
According to the speech file for the location, a "stockpile of nuclear weapons" is buried underneath it.[7]
References[edit]
- ↑ General Dekker: "At ease Brother. Scouts have followed one of the fleeing mutant groups to Kansas City. As we suspected, we have discovered another mutant base. But, an assault on this compound will have to wait, for our scouts have made quite a discovery. One of our scouts stumbled upon the ghoul town of Gravestone. What little is known about the town suggests that it was a major nuclear launch site before the war. The peaceful ghoul population, which resides there, are suspected to be directly descended from the original silo staff. [...]"
(Kansas City mission briefing) - ↑ Defcon the Second: "Greetings. I am Defcon the second, son of T-minus, welcome to the holy land of Gravestone. Your Elder's want Plutonius, our idol of the supreme nuclear power. The mutants want Plutonius too, but they have no respect for our launch."
(Defcon the Second's dialogue) - ↑ Defcon the Second: "Blessed are those who understand the Divine Release of Charged Atomic Particles. For those who do not shall be plagued with incapacitation and forceful vomiting. 'Welcome' to the radiant silos of Plutonius. Defend his irradiated flock of devoted gamma caretakers and be rewarded with an idol containing his heavenly fire."
(Defcon the Second's dialogue) - ↑ Defcon the Second: "And Plutonius said to Atom, 'He who collides with another particle will, in turn, split the air asunder with shimmering power until his enemies are vanquished!!!' By purging our lands of the decadent, you will prove yourself worthy of taking the sacred mortal form, of our god 'Plutonius', and deliver the flesh of my mighty Lord to your 'Bunker of the Holy Brotherhood!' This is how He decrees His Will be done!"
(Defcon the Second's dialogue) - ↑ General Dekker: "[...] They are seeking our help due to Super Mutant attacks. These attacks mean the Super Mutants are after something the ghouls have. This leads us to believe that "something" might be an intact nuclear bomb. I shudder to think what the Super Mutants would do with such a destructive device. You will go to Gravestone and talk with the ghoul Bishop. Assure him that we will defend him and his town in exchange for the very bomb coveted by the Mutants. An attack is imminent and it will take some time to get enough squads to fully safeguard the town. Your squad must hold off the mutants until Smear and Shadow Squads arrive. Protect the ghouls of Gravestone and don't let the Bishop die. His knowledge of the nuke will be all we have. We will send Repo Squad to collect the Nuke when the Bishop consents.[...]"
(Kansas City mission briefing) - ↑ Defcon the Second: "As Bishop of Gravestone, I am the sworn caretaker of the sacred idol of Plutonius. You wish to remove our idol to within the confines of the Brotherhood, yes? If you are mighty enough to stop the Pagan-Mutant threat to my flock, you may take our divine patron of atomic fission. Can I have a Hallenneutron?!!"
(Defcon the Second's dialogue) - ↑ MIS 11 Speech.txt