Springfield Springfield is a location in " " , which can be reached from Bunker Beta . Background . Springfield is a town in Illinois , near the Brotherhood of Steel Bunker Beta . Its population consists mostly of human s with some ghoul s . Around 2197 , the mayor of Springfield was Chris Avellone . The other notable civilians were Carino the town guard , Joe the bartender , and Presnell the shopkeeper . After the previous mayor disappeared under suspicious circumstances , Avellone was voted in as a puppet mayor . But he took to his new power and started causing trouble . The mayor ' s political stance with the ghouls angered some of Springfield ' s far - right , human activists who refuse to acknowledge the " sub - humans " as near equals , so the plot against ghouls and the mayor was started . Normally , the Brotherhood doesn ' t meddle in politics , but this offered them a chance to increase their hold on this resource rich province and the Elders decided to send a Brotherhood squad to Springfield to protect Avellone from a plot uncovered by the Brotherhood ' s Dagger Squad , who captured one of the ringleaders to this plot . He told the Brotherhood interrogators that these resident troublemakers would be dressed as raiders , which was a clumsy attempt to frame the local bandits . The Warrior soon arrived and liberated the town from occupation . These ghoul - hating " raiders " turned out to be quite an organized group consisting of regular members and so called enforcers - much more experienced warriors . Even though they awaited the Brotherhood ' s arrival and had already build some barricades , they were all killed , including their leader - the head assassin . After the BoS squad rescued the mayor , the resources of Springfield helped fuel the Brotherhood war machine . He signed the " Bill of Monster Rights " . Under this bill , there would be no violence against a ghoul . . . unless the ghoul started it . And from now on , a ghoul was entitled to payment equal to , or greater than , half that of a pure bred human . And lastly , no more would " taking a dump " be referred to as " pinching the ghoul " , " making ghoul babies " or " dropping off the ghoul at the pool " . Mission . The mission in Springfield requires finding and rescuing the Mayor of the town , who has been taken hostage by an anti - ghoul group dressed as raiders , as well as killing this group ' s leader . Appearances . Springfield appears only in " " if you have the 4th bonus CD or installed a patch designed for this purpose . It also can be made available manually by using notepad to edit the " bos . cfg " file in the " core " directory . Find this line : codice _ 1 Change the " false " to " true " and save the file . Behind the scenes . Springfield in game has much in common with the fictional town of Springfield in the long - running TV series , such as the two large cooling towers for a nuclear power plant ; the town ' s statue , which looks a lot like the statue of Jebediah Springfield ; and well as the large sign for " Planet Donut " , which is reminiscent of Lard Lad Donuts . Another clear example is " Joe ' s Tavern " , which is a reference to Moe ' s Tavern . In the episode Lemon of Troy , the town of Shelbyville is depicted as a copy of Springfield , even having its own Moe ' s Tavern complete with Moe , only named Joe , owning Joe ' s Tavern .