Broken Steel encounters New buildings in existing locations . Jury Street Metro station . At Jury Street Metro station , Hank ' s Electrical Supply has a roof access , available only after Broken Steel is installed . There are a few raiders on the roof in addition to the three raiders normally found inside the shop . The added rooftop raiders stalk around protecting a few stolen Aqua Pura barrels . Encounters in fixed locations . Arlington Library . South of Arlington Library , there is a triangular building to the west of the Talon Company outpost . In between two buildings , there is an abandoned Aqua Cura barrel with tin cans around it . Upon approaching the barrel , you will be ambushed by 3 - 4 Talon Company mercenaries coming from a corner to the south - east . Big Town . Encounter a little north of Big Town involving four or more slavers ambushing a water caravan . Slavers are not hostile towards the player . There might be a large group of raiders as well , probably from the camp along the river , but not always . Chevy Chase East . Just outside Chevy Chase East station , there is a super mutant overlord guarding several barrels of Aqua Pura . Evergreen Mills . Evergreen Mills now has empty Aqua Pura crates in the front of the entrance with a sign that says " Free Water " . There are several raiders ready for an ambush on the cliff above , and there may be a new corpse trap ( a wastelander ' s body rigged to explode like a baby carriage ( which can be disarmed ) ) . Note that the empty crates appear before " Take it Back ! " has been completed . The wastelander can sometimes be found alive , with 1 - 2 bars of health left . He still explodes if you approach him though , and can be disarmed as per normal . If you try to talk to him he tells you that he has nothing to say to you . Fort Bannister . At Talon Company ' s headquarters in Fort Bannister , Brotherhood of Steel member Paladin Jensen can be found being held captive in the outside tents . Rescuing him causes him to charge the fort ' s defenses . Shortly afterward , a Brotherhood of Steel squad will launch a large - scale attack on Fort Bannister and its Talon Company defenders . This encounter may not occur if Talon Company ' s Commander Jabsco is killed before finishing the " Take it Back ! " quest . Jefferson Memorial . On the end of the catwalk in front of the Jefferson Memorial heading towards Rivet City , the player may find a Brotherhood Initiate burning mirelurk corpses . If spoken to , the Initiate will inform the player that all of the mirelurks in the basin are suddenly dying and he has been given the task of burning the " floaters " . Apparently , mirelurks can ' t survive in the Tidal Basin ' s non - radiated water . There is also a Brotherhood Initiate to the right of the Tidal Basin shooting any living mirelurks remaining . Kaelyn ' s Bed & Breakfast . Between Kaelyn ' s Bed & Breakfast and VAPL - 58 power station three non - hostile , but not welcoming , female wastelanders wait around a small shack . On a table inside the shack is a holotape labeled " Wasteland holotape # 1 " . This holotape details their role in ambushing caravans . If one of them is attacked , the others don ' t become hostile but instead say " better him than me . " Megaton . In front of Megaton a group of residents are trying to take the rest of a water shipment from a caravan bound for Big Town . If left alone , the Megaton residents will pull guns and get killed in short order by the Brotherhood of Steel , as will Stockholm , Deputy Weld , and any other non - player character in front of Megaton . A successful speech challenge will avoid the bloodshed and provide Good Karma . Of course , you can also tell Megaton ' s residents you ' ll back them up if they try to make a move for the water , at which point they will promptly attack the Brotherhood of Steel caravan guards , the caravan driver , and strangely enough the brahmin carrying the Aqua Pura . ( Also the residents can sometimes be attacking the caravan upon exiting Megaton without being able to talk to them . ) If a giant ant spawns , the residents will attack it before turning on the brahmin , and only the brahmin ; neither the scavenger nor the Brotherhood of Steel troops will react . The caravan will continue along its merry little way , one Paladin will follow the scavenger while one will stay put . Alternatively , the residents will follow the caravan without attacking while one Paladin still remains at Megaton . Springvale School . In the Enclave outpost by the river North - East of Springvale School , the Enclave officer can be found executing his / her own men ( who , similar to the ones at the Nuka - Cola plant outpost , are helmetless and apparently trainees or recruits ) . Both the Officer and the Enclave soldiers ( if they are somehow saved by the player ) remain hostile towards the player . Seward Square . Talon Company camp outside the Capitol Building in Seward Square with one or more Talon Company mercs depending upon the PCs level and a holotape Talon Company merc log # 1 . Tenpenny Tower . West of Tenpenny Tower there is an encounter involving a water caravan approaching a non - hostile raider , disguised as a wastelander dying of thirst . When the caravan is close enough , the raider becomes hostile , taking out a missile launcher and the caravan is ambushed by four more raiders . The Brotherhood Knight will likely kill the raiders , but the merchant may die . Moving encounters . Water caravans . Water caravans travel through the Wasteland and can be seen along their route :