Fens Way station

Fens Way station (named Subway Station in-game) is an unmarked location in The Fens neighborhood of Boston in 2287. It is west of Hangman's Alley.
==Background==
Shortly before the Great War, a military shipment of radioactive waste was sent in secret through Boston's commuter subway lines in order to prevent possible interception by the enemy.Shipping manifest #TKB-0681 This shipment derailed during the War at Fens Way station, causing the waste to leak radiation.
Centuries later, sometime after 2277, the station's tunnels were occupied by the Tunnel Snakes, an offshoot of a gang from Vault 101 in the Capital Wasteland, founded by Wally Mack, a member of the original gang.Fens Way station terminal entries; first week The gang knowingly exposed themselves to the radioactive waste, as Wally believed it would give them superpowers.Fens Way station terminal entries; super powers Things went well for the gang for a while, and after a skirmish with the Gunners the Tunnel Snakes managed to capture and hold one of the Gunners hostage as leverage.Fens Way station terminal entries; hostage However, shortly afterwards, the gang's exposure to radiation led to its demise, with the members succumbing to radiation sickness or turning into feral ghouls.Fens Way station terminal entries; radio
As of 2287, the station has been occupied by a single raider who has since died, but not without having a last smoke.
==Layout==
Upon entering there is a staircase going down to a short hallway that ends at a door chained from the other side. The only way to get through is a hole in the wall opening into a maintenance tunnel that leads to the platform. Most of the platform is caved in, and it is occupied by several bloatflies. A subway car is partially derailed at the platform, and a single dead raider who had one last smoke before dying, with a cigarette positioned in his mouth and a flip lighter and pack of cigarettes next to his hand.
Just down the platform are the turnstiles that lead to the foyer containing a sleeping bag and a cooking station as well as the chained door to the exit. With "Tunnel Snakes Rule!" the door to the subway maintenance access can be found in the corner near the metro car.
===Subway maintenance access===
The maintenance access is a set of two subway tunnels connected by maintenance hallways. Upon first entry, the only way forward is by heading down the first subway tunnel, either via a gate, a locked door into a side hallway, or by jumping into a crashed metro car. The latter two methods allow one to sneak behind a campsite occupied by feral ghouls, though the other parts of the tunnel are filled with radroaches. Two dead Tunnel Snakes are in this tunnel. At the end of this tunnel, a hole in the wall leads to a maintenance room with a terminal and the ham radio which deactivates the faint radio signal, connected to a restroom. A single feral ghoul and a dead Tunnel Snake are in this room.
On exiting the hall, the next area is reached via a metro train at the platform, which leads to the Tunnel Snakes' main camp occupied by feral ghouls including Wally Mack. A dead Gunner is locked in a cage here just outside the train car. The camp itself has a bar and a pool table, with two dead Tunnel Snakes scattered around. South of the camp is a overturned shipping container with many radioactive barrels which holds five Fusion cores near the back. A number of these barrels are also stacked up south of the entrance to the maintenance hall out of this platform, hiding another area with a dead Tunnel Snake, five bottles of Nuka-Cola Quantum, and a plasma gun with ammo scattered around. The radiation here reaches up to 13 rads/sec around the standing barrels.
In the maintenance hallway leading back to the entrance, a storage cage with various items is locked behind an Expert-locked security gate (or a Novice-locked terminal).
==Notable loot==
* Overdue book - Two, both found in the subway train.
* Vault-Tec lunchbox - One in the subway train.
** Another can be found in the north of the eastern metro tunnel, in a platform section concealed behind the cage with the dead Gunner.
* Tunnel Snakes cell key - Key, behind the bar counter near a Nuka-Cola machine. Unlocks the cell with the dead Gunner.
* Shipping manifest #TKB-0681 - Holotape, in the back of the shipping container full of radioactive barrels.
* Fusion core - Five, in the back of the shipping container full of radioactive barrels.
* Nuka-Cola Quantum - Five bottles, in a small crate hidden behind the standing radioactive barrels.
* Classic 10mm pistol - Six, next to the bodies of dead Tunnel Snakes.
* Tunnel Snakes outfit - Several, on the bodies of dead Tunnel Snakes, plus one on Wally Mack and one in his footlocker.
* Ultimatum - On Wally Mack.
* Wally's footlocker key - Key, on Wally Mack. Unlocks a footlocker on the wooden platform with the bed, containing a Tunnel Snakes outfit and other random loot.
==Related quests==
* Tunnel Snakes Rule! Left of the subway car from the entrance is a door to the station's maintenance area. Inside is the abandoned hideout of Wally Mack's offshoot of the Tunnel Snakes.
==Appearances==
Fens Way station only appears in Fallout 4.
==Gallery==
FensWayStation-Tickets-Fallout4.jpg|Counter
FensWayStation-Main-Fallout4.jpg|Foyer
FensWayStation-Interior-Fallout4.jpg|Platform
FO4 Fens station sign.jpg
Overdue book Fens Way station.jpg|Overdue book
VT lunchbox Fens Way station.jpg|Vault-Tec lunchbox
Cooking station Fens Way station.jpg|Cooking station
Subway_maintenance_access_map.jpg| Subway maintenance access map
FO4 Fens Way station sign.jpg|Station sign
SubSignFensWay01 d.png|Texture file
==References==
Category:Fallout 4 unmarked locations
Category:The Fens
Category:MTA stations
ru:Станция метро (Фенс)
uk:Станція метро (Фенс)