Presidential metro

The Presidential metro is a network of metro tunnels under Washington, D.C. in the Capital Wasteland.

Background
The Presidential metro was once used by the President of the United States and other government officials in the event that their life was in danger and they needed to be securely and quickly transported to Adams Air Force Base for extraction. It connects the Presidential sub level beneath the White House with Adams Air Force Base and the United States Capitol building's east wing. Naturally, information concerning this highly secure metro's internal layout was for authorized personnel only; failure to identify oneself will result in security units being summoned. Even after two centuries of disuse, the metro is still overseen by M.A.R.Go.T., a learning computer system. In accordance with U.S. Security Statute A567/B, M.A.R.Go.T. ensures that all passengers have Senatorial identification at all times to be permitted in the metro. The train system was designed to be fully automated, but will only take authorized personnel to their desired destination.

At the time the Lone Wanderer enters the metro, however, the presidential metro system has become swarmed with feral ghouls and is functioning at only 22% capability, with the main fuse having been forcibly removed, but the metro cars are still functioning. The security breach in the southeast tunnels have made traveling to Adams AFB impossible, but sentry bots are currently attempting to eliminate the threat. The metro's main sentinel unit has a replacement fuse, but M.A.R.Go.T. cannot risk making the repair until the breach of security has been dealt with.

Layout
The metro branches into a triangular network. The west rail is caved in and has the remains of a police officer against the corner. The north rail is also caved in and has a skeleton with some RadAway and Mentats nearby. The southbound rail is clear but leads to a mildly radioactive dead end. The equipment room earlier on the rail leads to another southbound rail filled with sentry bots and ghouls. Near the end of the rail to the west is an exit to the United States Capitol building and to the east is the metro car that goes directly to Adams Air Force Base.

Notable loot

 * A Nuka-Cola Quantum is in the equipment room, which connects the western and eastern lines.
 * A scoped .44 magnum is at the top of a flight of rubble covered stairs.
 * A police hat can be found near M.A.R.Go.T. in the room you first meet her.

Related quests

 * Who Dares Wins
 * The Sorrowful Suitor

Behind the scenes

 * The system concept and station design is based on the Capitol Subway.
 * The train is never actually used by the game: Instead, the camera is snapped to an NPC "wearing" the train and running along a pre-set track. Yes, this is the case.

Bugs

 * Occasionally when the Reaver is killed it may fling back down the hall where it came from.
 * The feral ghoul reaver invulnerability glitch is especially common in the presidential metro.
 * Occasionally in V.A.T.S. mode, if you are standing near an npc or follower, upon exiting V.A.T.S., you may become stuck in the ceiling, and be unable to get back down. Reloading a save will fix this, or for PC users you can use console commands.
 * Every now and then when you have Fawkes with you he will glitch out of the train when you go to Adam's Air Force Base.

Appearances
The Presidential metro appears only in the Fallout 3 add-on Broken Steel.