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===Story===
{{Main|Fallout 3 plot}}
The player character, known as the [[Lone Wanderer]] in-game, is a young inhabitant of [[Vault 101]], a fallout shelter in the Washington, D.C. area. The vault has reportedly been sealed for 200 years, until the player's father, [[James (Fallout 3)|James]], opens the only door to the outside world and disappears without any explanation. The [[Alphonse Almodovar|Vault Overseer]] believes that the Lone Wanderer was involved in James' escape, and sends the vault's security force to arrest the player character. This leaves the player little choice but to follow James by escaping the vault, with the hope of locating James and finding out why he left.
Abandoned to rust, decay, and creeping vegetation, monuments from before the [[Great War]] still stand amidst the ruins of [[Washington, DC|Downtown DC]]: the [[The Capitol Building|Capitol Building]], the [[Jefferson Memorial]] and the battered remains of the [[The Washington Monument|Washington Monument]]; this desolate area is known as the [[Capital Wasteland]]. A central hub of civilization in the ruins of the former capital is [[Rivet City]], based in and around the remains of an aircraft carrier carried far inland and beached by a catastrophic tidal wave whose waters have long since receded. Other large settlements include the towns of [[Megaton]], [[Canterbury Commons]], [[Big Town]], [[Arefu]], [[Tenpenny Tower]] and [[Paradise Falls]]. Movement between towns is done on foot through the wastes. In the Metro area rubble blocks the streets, but one can use the DC [[Metro]] tunnels.
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