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|leaders =[[Mayor Vickstrom]] (deceased)<br/> [[Sean Bergin]] or [[Kate Preston]] |
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| − | + | '''Highpool''' is a small settlement located South East from the [[Ranger Citadel]] that was a popular camping ground before the war as well as the site of a large water reservoir that supplies drinking water to the region. It comes under raider attack early in the game and the Rangers have to choose between saving it or the [[Agricultural center (Wasteland 2)|agricultural center]]. |
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| + | Entering Highpool automatically destroys the ag center. Note that if the Rangers enter Highpool to save it, they cannot withdraw from the location. Leaving Highpool and entering the world map will cause it to be destroyed by the Wrecking Crew automatically. |
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==Background== |
==Background== |
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| + | {{main|Highpool}} |
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| + | In the years after Highpool and its water reservoir would become an important part of the new society the Desert Rangers would be trying to build up in West Arizona, it providing a lot of the water needed by the various communities and farms. Part of this arrangement was continued protection by the Desert Rangers against the raiders and wildlife of the wasteland. However, a group of raiders called themselves the [[Wrecking Crew]] became a scourge to the inhabitants, intercepting and raiding travellers and caravans moving from and to Highpool and launching the occasional raid on the settlement itself. The Rangers at the time had moved their headquarters from the old [[Prison]] to the new Ranger Citadel and no longer patrolled the general area as much any more, giving the raiders free range for their activities. |
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| ⚫ | Conditions became so bad for the inhabitants that their leader, [[Mayor Vickstrom]], made a deal with the [[Red Skorpion Militia]] to take over protection of Highpool from the Desert Rangers, but the RSM proved to be simply a different type of raider, demanding high sums of protection money while doing little in return while being another source of annoyance and problems for the Highpool settlers. When the Wrecking Crew launched a major assault on Highpool in [[2102]], the RSM troops stationed at the town could not defend it (on the account of being dead, torn apart by a robot reactivated by [[Tinker]]), forcing mayor Vickstrom, and later [[Sean Bergin]] after the mayor was killed, to contact RSM's base to send in reinforcements. The Ranger Citadel intercepted the general call for help and contacted the nearest ranger team, [[Team Echo]] to respond to the distress signal and render aid to the besieged civilians. |
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| − | Before the war Highpool was known for its camping grounds and hosted many local summer camps each year for schools throughout the state and even outside it. |
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| + | When the Desert Rangers arrived at Highpool they found the town in chaos, the Wrecking Crew had taken over the lower section of the settlement and those survivors who had not been able to evacuate to the higher terraces in time had either been killed or were forced to flee into the wasteland to escape the raiders. The raiders were now trying to move up while bombarding the remaining settlement defender at the upper dam and terrace with a self made mortar. Other raiders were busy looting the buildings that were mostly abandoned by now. The Wrecking Crew's intention was to plant explosives at the dam wall that would cause it to collapse in order to reach the settlers. But this action would also release the water in the reservoir that would flood the lower lands, sweeping away everything such as houses and even land suitable for planting. Furthermore the raiders' mortar attacks has caused damage to the pumping station, causing a pressure build up in the reservoir that could also destroy the dam if it was not released in time. |
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| − | It was also the site of a massive water engineering project to create a large water reservoir for the region which was to be a reserve for the dry seasons and periods of droughts. |
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| − | The reservoir was created by damming off a narrow hilly pass with massive concrete dams that sealed off the underground reservoir, filled up with water from the nearby Lake Highpool by diverting the water through underground channels. |
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| − | Water from the reservoir could then be redirected to various other locations through a pumping station that controlled the entire facility. |
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| + | ==Points of interest== |
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| − | At the time the nuclear war happened Highpool's camp was in full season, hosting several school classes of children who had come with their teachers to spend the summer there. |
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| − | Highpool was spared from the nuclear exchange as it was to minor and unimportant to be targeted by Soviet missiles and it suffered little from the following after effects. |
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| − | But the camp goers were now stranded, their families most likely killed when the rest of the US was hit and no other place to turn to. |
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| + | File:WL2_Highpool_Map.png|right|600px|thumb|Interactive map |
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| − | The residents of Highpool would continue to care for the homeless children and some were adopted by the local families while the others would grow up in the camp that would become their permanent home. |
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| + | circle 403 949 45 [[Wasteland 2 map#Arizona|World map exit]] |
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| − | <br/>In the decades after Highpool remained a relative quiet place though sometimes the juvie population would occasionally cause problems. |
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| + | circle 350 826 28 [[#|Corpse with slingshot for the juvies]] |
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| − | Some commotion happened in [[2087]] when a group of [[Desert Rangers]] came through Highpool. They assisted the population by repairing the water purifier the town's economy depended on at the time, but gained the town settlers' ire after their dealings with Bobby [[Commander Danford|Danford]]. |
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| + | circle 212 759 20 [[Wormy Jim]] |
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| + | circle 285 666 33 [[Jess-Belle|Jess-Belle's house]] |
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| + | circle 246 640 20 [[Wasteland 2 toaster items|Toaster containing contact lenses for Dr Baum in the Temple of Titan]] |
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| + | circle 154 493 20 [[Alexey Chuklin]] |
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| + | circle 379 620 37 [[#|Wrecking Crew's mortar - can be adjusted to fire on the raiders; without the adjustment, it will kill Highpoolers]] |
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| + | circle 483 503 44 [[#|Raider battle]] |
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| + | circle 567 316 31 [[#|Escape tunnel from Highpool]] |
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| + | circle 585 270 20 [[#|Adam Doochin's pooch]] |
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| + | circle 715 241 28 [[#|A damaged pump that can be used to put out the nearby blazing house]] |
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| + | circle 816 145 20 [[#|Alexey's love]] |
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| + | circle 882 188 26 [[#|Entrance into the subterranean section with Jess-Belle's dowry; Also, a skill point statue]] |
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| + | circle 787 92 20 [[Vulture's Cry]] |
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| + | circle 865 53 20 [[Harold Adler|Harold Adler's shop and hospital]] |
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| + | circle 821 26 20 [[Adam Doochin]] |
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| + | circle 688 44 39 [[#Underground|Highpool underground entrance]] |
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| − | Bobby had asked the Desert Rangers to help him find his missing dog Rex. The Desert Rangers found the dog in an underground cave network but were forced to put the dog down when they discovered it had caught rabies and and became hostile to their presence. |
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| − | Bobby did not react well to this resolution and tried to attack the Rangers who might have overreacted to the young man's hostility by returning fire. |
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| + | * Highpool is half a combat area. The area between the entrance and the dam is littered with Wrecking Crew raiders and requires getting through them to reach the base of the dam, where Jackhammer is trying to blow it up. Just before the dam approach is a small enclave to the side, where [[Alexey Chuklin]] resides and will ask you to find his love. The approach can be made easier to fight through if you adjust the mortar and decide to direct it against the raiders (firing it without adjustment will kill Highpool denizens on top of the dam). |
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| − | Soon after the Rangers left Highpool to continue their adventures in the wasteland but the inhabitants would carry on the memories of that day, causing a general dislike of the Desert Rangers. |
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| + | ** Note that one of the enterable buildings in the lower area contains [[Jess-Belle]] and a toaster that contains lenses for Dr Baum at the [[Temple of Titan]]. |
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| + | * Once Jackhammer is dead, he will let the Rangers up and be nonplussed that they aren't the RSM, but will eventually grudgingly allow them to roam around. The upper terrace is centered around the massive pumps and offers several methods to help Highpool, including helping [[Mark Stachowiak]] put out his burning house, finding [[Adam Doochin]]'s dog, and finding Jess-Bells' dowry. The real work is below the ground, where the Rangers have to help [[Kate Preston]] save the town's reservoirs from exploding. |
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| + | {{-}} |
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| + | ===Underground=== |
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| + | File:WL2_Highpool_Underground.png|600px|right|thumb|Interactive map |
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| + | circle 715 108 33 [[#Surface|Entrance from the surface into the cave with the dowry]] |
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| − | <br/>In the years after Highpool and its water reservoir would become an important part of the new society the Desert Rangers would be trying to build up in West Arizona, it providing a lot of the water needed by the various communities and farms. |
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| + | circle 876 232 27 [[#|Jess-Belle's dowry]] |
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| − | Part of this arrangement was continued protection by the Desert Rangers against the raiders and wildlife of the wasteland. |
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| + | circle 819 456 20 [[Wasteland 2 toaster items|Toaster]] |
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| + | circle 724 463 39 [[#|Tunnel collapse]] |
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| + | circle 616 606 30 [[#|Power generator necessary to turn on power for the radio tower]] |
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| + | circle 142 408 38 [[#|Pump the Rangers need to turn on to stop the reservoir from exploding.]] |
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| + | circle 817 579 37 [[#|Pump the Rangers need to turn on to stop the reservoir from exploding.]] |
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| + | circle 333 654 30 [[#|Pump the Rangers need to turn on to stop the reservoir from exploding.]] |
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| + | circle 505 816 32 [[#|Valve for pump #10]] |
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| + | circle 642 360 33 [[#|Pump the Rangers have to activate; requires spare valve found in pump room #2]] |
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| + | circle 444 855 34 [[#|Control panel governing the air locks in the facility]] |
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| + | circle 469 978 33 [[#Surface|Exit to the surface]] |
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| − | A group of raiders called themselves the [[Wrecking Crew]] became a scourge to the inhabitants, intercepting and raiding travellers and caravans moving from and to Highpool and launching the occasional raid on the settlement itself. |
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| + | </imagemap> |
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| − | The Rangers at the time had moved their headquarters from the old [[Prison]] to the new Ranger Citadel and no longer patrolled the general area as much any more, giving the raiders free range for their activities. |
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| + | * The underground is fairly maze-like. The goal here is to find and activate four pumps to prevent the reservoir from overflowing and taking the topsoil with it on top of draining the aquifier, which would be bad news for the whole of Arizona. The area is numbered, so it should be easy to get around. You need to reach pumps #4, #5,#9 and #10 to deal with the problem. The valve for pump #10 is in the chamber with valve #2. The rest of the area has various foes and goodies, like cockroaches (#1). |
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| + | * To repair the generator and access the tower to attach the repeater, you need to flip the breaker in the central section, number six. |
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| + | * The section to the northeast is not accessible from the main area, but rather through a hidden access door next to the Alexey Chuklin's statue. Inside, you'll find what remains of the RSM garrison, torn apart and the [[Children of the Citadel]] logo painted on the walls. The perpetrator is found in the collapsed tunnel connecting to the main underground. You can remove a synth component from its body with Computer Science (somewhat difficult check) and pilfer the toaster at the end of the tunnel. Mind the mines. |
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| + | * The RSM camp also contains a difficult safe with Jesse-Bells' dowry. |
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| + | {{-}} |
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| ⚫ | Conditions became so bad for the inhabitants that their leader, Mayor |
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| + | ===Highpool citizens=== |
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| + | * [[Adam Doochin]] |
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| + | * [[Alexey Chuklin]] |
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| + | * [[Jess-Belle]] (damsel in distress) |
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| + | *[[Kate Preston]] (reservoir engineer) |
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| + | *[[Mark Stachowiak]] (house owner) |
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| + | *[[Wormy Jim]] (trader) |
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| + | ===[[Wrecking Crew]]=== |
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| + | * [[Jackhammer (Wrecker)]] (leader) |
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| + | * [[Pry Bar]] |
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| + | * [[Pole Axe]] |
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| + | * [[Dump Star]] |
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| + | * [[Maul]] |
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| + | * [[Dead Fall]] |
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| + | * [[Blasting Cap]] |
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| + | }} |
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| + | ===Deceased=== |
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| + | ==Quests== |
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| + | * [[Protect Highpool from the Wrecking Crew]] |
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| + | * [[Restore power to the radio tower]] |
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| + | * [[Talk to Kate Preston in the tunnels under Highpool]] → [[Help Kate Preston fix Highpool's irrigation system]] |
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| + | * [[Find the Wrecking Crew stronghold and wipe them out]] (only if Highpool was destroyed) |
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| + | ===Side quests=== |
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| − | '''Spoiler Alert, the following depends on the choice players make during the game''' |
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| + | * [[Help save a burning house]] ↔ [[Find a use for a scorched valve wheel]] |
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| + | * [[Help a man find his dog]] |
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| + | * [[Take Alexey's note to his 'soul mate' in Highpool]] |
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| + | * [[Stop the wreckers attempting to break into Jess-Bell's safe]] → [[Locate and recover Jess-Bell's "dowry"]] |
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| + | ==Notable loot== |
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| + | * [[Akita figurine]]: Two, one buried in the enclosed area at the base of the dam, another in the locked safe in the underground. |
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| + | ==Gallery== |
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| − | When the Wrecking Crew launched a major assault on Highpool in [[2102]], the RSM troops stationed at the town did little to defend it, forcing mayor ########, and later [[Sean Bergin]] after the mayor was killed, to contact RSM's base to send in reinforcements. |
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| + | <gallery> |
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| − | The Ranger Citadel intercepted the general call for help and contacted the nearest ranger team, [[Team Echo]] to respond to the distress signal and render aid to the besieged civilians. |
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| + | Highpool_ss2.jpg |
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| + | </gallery> |
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| + | {{Navbox_Locations_WL2}} |
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| − | When the Desert Rangers arrived at Highpool they found the town in chaos, the Wrecking Crew had taken over the lower section of the settlement and those survivors who had not been able to evacuate to the higher terraces in time had either been killed or were forced to flee into the wasteland to escape the raiders. |
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| − | The raiders were now trying to move up while bombarding the remaining settlement defender at the upper dam and terrace with a self made mortar. |
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| − | Other raiders were busy looting the buildings that were mostly abandoned by now. |
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| − | The Wrecking Crew's intention was to plant explosives at the dam wall that would cause it to collapse in order to reach the settlers. |
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| − | But this action would also release the water in the reservoir that would flood the lower lands, sweeping away everything such as houses and even land suitable for planting. |
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| − | Furthermore the raiders' mortar attacks has caused damage to the pumping station, causing a pressure build up in the reservoir that could also destroy the dam if it was not released in time. |
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| − | The settlement comes under attack from raiders in the early stages of the game. |
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| − | Bobby [[Commander Danford|Danford]]<br/> |
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Latest revision as of 01:26, 5 January 2022
Highpool is a small settlement located South East from the Ranger Citadel that was a popular camping ground before the war as well as the site of a large water reservoir that supplies drinking water to the region. It comes under raider attack early in the game and the Rangers have to choose between saving it or the agricultural center.
Entering Highpool automatically destroys the ag center. Note that if the Rangers enter Highpool to save it, they cannot withdraw from the location. Leaving Highpool and entering the world map will cause it to be destroyed by the Wrecking Crew automatically.
Background[ | ]
Main article: Highpool
In the years after Highpool and its water reservoir would become an important part of the new society the Desert Rangers would be trying to build up in West Arizona, it providing a lot of the water needed by the various communities and farms. Part of this arrangement was continued protection by the Desert Rangers against the raiders and wildlife of the wasteland. However, a group of raiders called themselves the Wrecking Crew became a scourge to the inhabitants, intercepting and raiding travellers and caravans moving from and to Highpool and launching the occasional raid on the settlement itself. The Rangers at the time had moved their headquarters from the old Prison to the new Ranger Citadel and no longer patrolled the general area as much any more, giving the raiders free range for their activities.
Conditions became so bad for the inhabitants that their leader, Mayor Vickstrom, made a deal with the Red Skorpion Militia to take over protection of Highpool from the Desert Rangers, but the RSM proved to be simply a different type of raider, demanding high sums of protection money while doing little in return while being another source of annoyance and problems for the Highpool settlers. When the Wrecking Crew launched a major assault on Highpool in 2102, the RSM troops stationed at the town could not defend it (on the account of being dead, torn apart by a robot reactivated by Tinker), forcing mayor Vickstrom, and later Sean Bergin after the mayor was killed, to contact RSM's base to send in reinforcements. The Ranger Citadel intercepted the general call for help and contacted the nearest ranger team, Team Echo to respond to the distress signal and render aid to the besieged civilians.
When the Desert Rangers arrived at Highpool they found the town in chaos, the Wrecking Crew had taken over the lower section of the settlement and those survivors who had not been able to evacuate to the higher terraces in time had either been killed or were forced to flee into the wasteland to escape the raiders. The raiders were now trying to move up while bombarding the remaining settlement defender at the upper dam and terrace with a self made mortar. Other raiders were busy looting the buildings that were mostly abandoned by now. The Wrecking Crew's intention was to plant explosives at the dam wall that would cause it to collapse in order to reach the settlers. But this action would also release the water in the reservoir that would flood the lower lands, sweeping away everything such as houses and even land suitable for planting. Furthermore the raiders' mortar attacks has caused damage to the pumping station, causing a pressure build up in the reservoir that could also destroy the dam if it was not released in time.
Points of interest[ | ]
Surface[ | ]
Interactive map
- Highpool is half a combat area. The area between the entrance and the dam is littered with Wrecking Crew raiders and requires getting through them to reach the base of the dam, where Jackhammer is trying to blow it up. Just before the dam approach is a small enclave to the side, where Alexey Chuklin resides and will ask you to find his love. The approach can be made easier to fight through if you adjust the mortar and decide to direct it against the raiders (firing it without adjustment will kill Highpool denizens on top of the dam).
- Note that one of the enterable buildings in the lower area contains Jess-Belle and a toaster that contains lenses for Dr Baum at the Temple of Titan.
- Once Jackhammer is dead, he will let the Rangers up and be nonplussed that they aren't the RSM, but will eventually grudgingly allow them to roam around. The upper terrace is centered around the massive pumps and offers several methods to help Highpool, including helping Mark Stachowiak put out his burning house, finding Adam Doochin's dog, and finding Jess-Bells' dowry. The real work is below the ground, where the Rangers have to help Kate Preston save the town's reservoirs from exploding.
Underground[ | ]
Interactive map
- The underground is fairly maze-like. The goal here is to find and activate four pumps to prevent the reservoir from overflowing and taking the topsoil with it on top of draining the aquifier, which would be bad news for the whole of Arizona. The area is numbered, so it should be easy to get around. You need to reach pumps #4, #5,#9 and #10 to deal with the problem. The valve for pump #10 is in the chamber with valve #2. The rest of the area has various foes and goodies, like cockroaches (#1).
- To repair the generator and access the tower to attach the repeater, you need to flip the breaker in the central section, number six.
- The section to the northeast is not accessible from the main area, but rather through a hidden access door next to the Alexey Chuklin's statue. Inside, you'll find what remains of the RSM garrison, torn apart and the Children of the Citadel logo painted on the walls. The perpetrator is found in the collapsed tunnel connecting to the main underground. You can remove a synth component from its body with Computer Science (somewhat difficult check) and pilfer the toaster at the end of the tunnel. Mind the mines.
- The RSM camp also contains a difficult safe with Jesse-Bells' dowry.
Characters[ | ]
Highpool citizens[ | ]
- Adam Doochin
- Alexey Chuklin
- Jess-Belle (damsel in distress)
- Kate Preston (reservoir engineer)
- Mark Stachowiak (house owner)
- Sean Bergin (militia leader)
- Vultures Cry (potential recruit)
- Wormy Jim (trader)
Wrecking Crew[ | ]
Deceased[ | ]
Quests[ | ]
- Protect Highpool from the Wrecking Crew
- Restore power to the radio tower
- Talk to Kate Preston in the tunnels under Highpool → Help Kate Preston fix Highpool's irrigation system
- Find the Wrecking Crew stronghold and wipe them out (only if Highpool was destroyed)
Side quests[ | ]
- Help save a burning house ↔ Find a use for a scorched valve wheel
- Help a man find his dog
- Take Alexey's note to his 'soul mate' in Highpool
- Stop the wreckers attempting to break into Jess-Bell's safe → Locate and recover Jess-Bell's "dowry"
Notable loot[ | ]
- Akita figurine: Two, one buried in the enclosed area at the base of the dam, another in the locked safe in the underground.
Gallery[ | ]
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