The Cuckoo's Nest

The Cuckoo's Nest is a location in the southwest of Big MT in 2281.

Layout
Situated east of the X-7a "Left Field" artillery launch, The Cuckoo's Nest is a circular cave with a large outcropping in the center. The cave appears to be a lobotomite den and is littered with corpses, piles of flesh, makeshift shelters and beds and what appears to be a shrine to The Toaster. There are several hostile lobotomites within the cave including the unique lobotomite, Test Subject 1.

Notable loot

 * The Sink Project: Toaster holotape can be found to the right immediately upon entrance on the bottom of a shelf on a makeshift toaster shrine.
 * A protonic inversal axe is on the body of Test Subject 1.
 * Several proton throwing axes at the west corner of the main cave beside the cage.

Related quests

 * All My Friends Have Off Switches

Appearances
The Cuckoo's Nest appears only in the Fallout: New Vegas add-on, Old World Blues.

Behind the scenes

 * This area is a reference to the 1962 novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, where the main character had electroshock "therapy" conducted on him to render him docile.
 * In addition, there is a much more (and somewhat comically) literal reference to the title "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" in that the giant artillery gun is aimed to fire a shell almost directly over this area.