Operation: Anchorage (add-on)

For the quest, see Operation: Anchorage! (quest).
For the simulation, see Anchorage Reclamation simulation.

Fallout 3 add-ons
Operation: Anchorage
Developer	Bethesda Game Studios
Publisher	Bethesda Softworks
Size	329.1 MB
Release
PC	January 27, 2009
Xbox 360	January 27, 2009
Playstation 3	October 1, 2009
Availability
PC	Steam
Xbox 360	Xbox Live
Playstation 3	PlayStation Network
Requirements
Patch	Patch 1.1 (PC, Xbox 360) Patch 1.6 (PlayStation 3)

 

“Operation: Anchorage. Enter a military simulation and fight in one of the greatest battles of the Fallout universe – the liberation of Anchorage, Alaska from its Chinese Communist invaders. Gain access to unique armor, weapons, and exotic gadgets while you build and command interactive Strike Teams to win the battle and defeat the Chinese base.”— Official description

Operation: Anchorage is the first add-on for Fallout 3, developed and published by Bethesda Softworks.

Release and availability

Operation: Anchorage was initially released exclusively as downloadable content on Xbox Live and Games for Windows Live on January 27, 2009. It was made available for PlayStation Store on October 1, 2009. For Xbox 360, download codes for Xbox Live are also available in retail.

For PC and Xbox 360, Operation: Anchorage is available as a disc version as part of the first Fallout 3 Game Add-on Pack, released on May 26, 2009. The pack also includes The Pitt as well as a Vault Boy poster.

Like all add-ons, Operation: Anchorage is included in the Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition, released on October 13, 2009 for all platforms, along with a Vault Boy poster and a map of the Capital Wasteland.

For Steam users, Operation: Anchorage, along with all the other Fallout 3 add-ons, are available and were released on July 16, 2010.

As of November 12th 2015 Fallout 3, as well as, all of its add-ons now run on the Xbox One through backwards compatibility. Though the Xbox360 store doesn't work on the Xbox One so you will either need a physical copy of the game or to import a profile that has purchased the copies to the Xbox One in order to play them

Plot

Technicians and a T-51b unit in T-51b power armor.

The Brotherhood of Steel Outcasts have set up in the remains of the VSS Facility, a pre-War compound of Virtual Strategic Solutions, Inc., and are trying to unseal the door of the VSS Armory which they think contains advanced combat gear and weapons. The only way to unseal this door appears to be by surviving a military virtual reality simulation of Operation: Anchorage, and the only way to enter this simulation is via a computer interface device, like the Pip-Boy 3000.

So it comes down to the Lone Wanderer to go inside and complete a simulation of perhaps the greatest battle of the Fallout universe: the liberation of Anchorage, Alaska from occupying Red Chinese troops. The simulation is set during the Anchorage campaign, which occurred between June 2076, when the T-51b power armor was first introduced, and January 2077, when Chinese forces were completely driven out of Alaska. Evidence locatable in the Outcast Outpost makes it clear that the simulation is not an accurate recreation of the battle in many important ways; however, these ways are never detailed but are blamed on General Chase, who was the military correspondent for the simulation program.

Once the add-on is downloaded, the quest objective for Operation: Anchorage will be activated by a radio broadcast stating, "This is Defender Morrill. Any Outcasts listening on this frequency report to sector 7-B, Bailey's Crossroads. This is a high-priority message; backup is needed at our location. Any personnel listening on this frequency, please report at once." A marker will be shown on the world map near the Red Racer factory.

The add-on can be played at any time after the player exits Vault 101 at the beginning of the game. After completing the simulation, the player is free to unlock the armory via the terminal, and also receives Power Armor Training. Also, all of the equipment inside is free for the taking without a Karma penalty.

In the simulation, the player is stripped of any equipment and weapons (excluding quest items) and forced to utilize the resources supplied throughout the simulation's environment. The Chinese Red Army is everywhere, and the player first has to secure the surrounding mountainside and then fight their way into the Chinese base. The player has to use a lot of their standard combat skills, along with several new tools that are only available in the add-on. These include interactive strike teams under the player's command as well as unique armor, weapons, and other exotic gadgets. Throughout the simulation, various pieces of intel are also hidden that yield the Covert Ops perk when all are collected.

Interactive objects are blinking red.

The player is also introduced to a new healing system in the simulation: rather than stimpaks, there are health dispensers that will completely replenish your health. Ammo dispensers can also be found in many places. Corpses cannot be looted, however; all bodies disappear in a blue-static animation a few seconds after death (If you are quick, however, you can devour them with the Cannibal perk). There is no need for looting, however: weapons and armor have extremely high HP values and do not degrade. The player is also unable to pick up clutter or open containers; he/she can only interact with objects that are blinking red and emitting a humming noise. After exiting the simulation, the Lone Wanderer is allowed into the armory and can grab anything he/she wants.

Opening the armory spurs a heated discussion between Defender Sibley and Protector McGraw, which culminates in Sibley and most of the other Outcasts starting a mutiny against McGraw and Olin. This is a battle that the Lone Wanderer can decide with no negative reputation to the Outcasts so long as they do not attack either McGraw or Specialist Olin.

Characters

• Benjamin Montgomery
• General Constantine Chase
• Lieutenant Morgan
• Doctor Adami
• Quartermaster
• Strike Team
• American soldiers
• American snipers
• American inferno units
• American launchers
• American T-51b units
• American power armored soldiers
• American grease-monkeys
• American war correspondent
• Private McKinney
• Defender Morril
• Defender Sibley
• Specialist Olin
• Protector McGraw

Enemies

• Chimera tanks
• Spider drones
• Chinese soldiers
• Chinese inferno units
• Chinese launchers
• Chinese snipers
• Chinese technicians
• Crimson Dragoons
• General Jingwei
• Guard dog

Items

Accessible outside the simulation

• Gauss rifle
• Trench knife
• Chinese stealth armor
• Winterized T-51b power armor
• Jingwei's shocksword
• Neural interface suit
• Outcast Scribe robe

Simulation-only items

Items which do not appear outside the simulation without the use of glitches or console commands:

• Winterized combat armor¹
• Winterized combat helmet¹
• General Chase's overcoat¹
• General Jingwei's uniform
• Army mechanic jumpsuit
• Winterized Chinese jumpsuit
• Winterized Chinese commando hat

¹ Made available in Mothership Zeta

Cut content

• Beta Gauss rifle
• Smoke grenades
• The Peepers
• Signal flare

Locations

• Bailey's Crossroads Metro
• Bailey's Crossroads
• Outcast Outpost
• Anchorage Reclamation simulation

Perks

Name	Level req	Other requirements	Ranks	Description	Code
Covert Ops	-	Gather all 10 Intel suitcases within the Anchorage Reclamation simulation	1	Adds 3 Skill Points each to Lockpick, Science, and Small Guns	xx00BF70

If the player does not already have it, they will receive the Power Armor Training perk upon finishing the simulation.

Quests and achievements

Name	Location(s)	Given by	Reward	Achievement points	Trophy	Quest ID	Image
Aiding the Outcasts	Bailey's Crossroads	Outcast distress signal	100 XP	20	Silver	xx0009BE
The Guns of Anchorage	Anchorage Reclamation simulation (Outcast Outpost)	Sgt. Benjamin Montgomery	100 XP	20	Silver	xx0009BF
Paving the Way	Anchorage Reclamation simulation (Outcast Outpost)	General Chase	100 XP	20	Silver	xx0009C0
Operation: Anchorage!	Anchorage Reclamation simulation (Outcast Outpost)	General Chase	100 XP Gauss rifle, winterized T-51b power armor, trench knife, Jingwei's shocksword, Chinese stealth armor, various items	40	Gold	xx0014F6

Bugs

See: Operation: Anchorage bugs

Gallery

The American camp

An artillery battery firing

General Chase surveying a map

American grease-monkeys and a soldier in a set of winterized T-51b power armor

Grease monkey checking the winterized T-51b helmet performance

An American soldier with a scoped Gauss rifle

The Trans-Alaskan Pipeline

A Chimera tank

A Chinese stealth armor

The Chinese Listening Post. Sign reads "Restricted Area" in Chinese.

A VB-02 Vertibird

Soldiers equipped with winterized T-51b power armor and carrying miniguns

General Chase addressing the player

The Lone Wanderer in winterized combat armor

The american soldiers posing for the future Anchorage Memorial

A reporter is taking the famous shot

Anchorage Loading 1

Anchorage Loading 2

Chinese posters 1 (中国人民解放军万岁)

Chinese posters 2

Enemy Chinese soldier

A T-51b power armored American soldier unit en route to the Pulse Field and Chinese Compound

Original banner

Bethsoft banner

Videos

• Trailer at official site

Operation: Anchorage Quests/achievements Aiding the Outcasts · The Guns of Anchorage · Paving the Way · Operation: Anchorage! Locations Cliffs · Outcast outpost (VSS) · Anchorage Reclamation simulation (U.S. Army field headquarters) · Bailey's Crossroads · Bailey's Crossroads Metro Weapons Jingwei's shocksword · Scoped Gauss rifle · Trench knife · Signal flare · Smoke grenade · Test gun Armor Army mechanic jumpsuit · Chinese stealth armor · General Chase's overcoat · General Jingwei's uniform · Neural interface suit · Outcast scribe robe · Winterized Chinese jumpsuit · Winterized combat armor · Winterized T-51b power armor · The Peepers Other items Operation: Anchorage holotapes · Recruitment marker · Requisition holo Characters Outcasts Protector McGraw · Defender Sibley · Defender Morrill · Specialist Olin U.S. Army Benjamin Montgomery · Constantine Chase · Thomas Morgan · Adrienn Adami · Quartermaster · Strike team · American soldier · American grease-monkey · American war correspondent · Patterson Chinese Army Chimera · Spider drone · Chinese soldier · Crimson Dragoon · Chinese technician · General Jingwei Perks Covert Ops Other Pulse field · Outcast distress signal

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