L.O.B. Enterprises

L.O.B. Enterprises is the headquarters of the company of the same name in Fallout 3. Located in Falls Church, it can be reached by traveling through Grayditch, then to Marigold Metro Station, to reach the Falls Church/Mason Dst Metro, then head east, where it's right next to the Falls Church East map marker.

Background
Located at 18527 Fairford, L.O.B. Enterprises was a pre-War weapons manufacturer involved with the People's Republic of China before the war, and spent a lot of time and resources developing a new incendiary sidearm for them (known as "Project Zhu-Rong"). Rumors arose and subsequently spread of their activities, as one would expect, and L.O.B. Enterprises soon came under federal scrutiny, as political tensions rose between the United States and China. As a result of this, its employees were required to carry low-grade military weapons at all times, and received training in the event of a federal invasion, or nuclear exchange.

They were discovered by the authorities just hours before the Great War, and their the headquarters was invaded by government agents and local police. The assault robots are the only ones left, doomed to keep the building secure for all eternity. "The sovereign L.O.B. republic"

Layout
It is divided into three areas: the main area, east wing, and enterprises archives. The building continues to be occupied by military robots after it was invaded by federal security agencies.

In 2077, shortly after Project Zhu-Rong's completion, the building was invaded by U.S. military security forces, comprised mostly of robots. Most of the employees of L.O.B. Enterprises safely evacuated the building in time, forcing a lock-down of the facility pending further federal investigation. However, the Great War broke out on October 23, and the U.S. military robots remained inside, keeping the premises secure for over two hundred years since that time.

Notable loot

 * It should be noted that this building (especially the archives section) contains a large number of components for custom weapons.

L.O.B. Enterprises

 * Pugilism Illustrated: On a shelf in the store room, northeast of the L.O.B Enterprises entrance.
 * Nuka-Cola Quantum: On a shelf in the big office above the boiler room in the L.O.B. Enterprises area. There is one more directly below the staircase leading to the L.O.B. Enterprises East Wing Door in a Nuka-Cola Machine south of the one on the shelf.
 * Laser rifle: Beside a locked ammunition box in a room right right next to the L.O.B. Enterprises East Wing door. It can be found with a skeleton near the Rifle.
 * 10mm submachine gun: In a room directly east of the L.O.B. Archives entrance and North-North-East to the L.O.B. Main entrance. The room looks much like a cafeteria complete with many tables, a refrigerator and a Nuka-Cola Machine. A lot of Skeletons can also be found within the room, with the 10mm submachine gun found atop one of the tables.

East wing

 * Stealth Boy: As soon as you enter the East Wing, there is a reception area consisting of an alcove on the right with two desks, a coffee machine, filing cabinets and shelves. There are two terminals, one functioning security operations terminal, and another non-functioning terminal with the Stealth Boy.
 * 2 pre-War books: Both of them are on the desk by the R&D Operations terminal but have also been seen in various places on the floor. The R&D room is the first accessible door on the left after reaching the top level of the east wing, same hallway as the CEO office.
 * The R&D operations terminal is a very hard hack. If you hack it, you can read the progress reports on the prototype pistol.
 * Zhu-Rong v418 Chinese pistol: East wing in the CEO's office in a secure case on a desk (hard lock, the key is in the CEO's desk and also unlocks the very hard door back to the hallway).
 * Tumblers Today: Next to the computer monitor on the desk in the CEO's office.
 * Mini nuke: On a light rafter in bathroom of CEO office, above toilet on the light.
 * Combat armor and helmet: Follow the hallway to the left of the security operations terminal to a large pile of rubble with a small path between some filing cabinets. Turn to the right, it's in a metal box labeled Armor Case between two skeletons. There's also a 10mm SMG here with some ammunition.

Archives

 * Chinese Army: Special Ops Training Manual: Beside the employee terminal in the archives. Best way to get here is to head north from the entrance. Keep heading down the hallway until you see a Nuka-Cola machine to the left. Right next to it is a door that will head down to the archives. Once you enter the archives, go around the long cubicle wall, turn left. The book is next to the terminal on the desk. Looking at your local map, it's the east-northeast most room.
 * Stealth Boy: In the generator area of the archives past the bathrooms. It's on a shelf on the eastern wall.

Appearances
L.O.B Enterprises appears only in Fallout 3.