Malden Center

Malden Center is a location within Malden in the Commonwealth .
==Background==
While pre-War, it served as an underground station of the Boston MTA with a surface-side park and playground for family recreation, by 2287, the location had been taken over by raiders led by Helter Skelter. Their raiding of caravans eventually attracted the attention of the Institute who sent a group of synth attackers to storm the raider stronghold, managing to purge the upper levels of the station before the Sole Survivor arrived.Fallout 4 Vault Dweller's Survival Guide Collector's Edition p. 286: "[2.21] MALDEN CENTERA public park surrounds the entrance to the subway, an attempt by the city to brighten up the area. The station park was clear and clean and a great place for families and children. Previous to your arrival, a band of roving raiders moved into the subway, creating a small community of shacks and a broken subway car. They've lived here for a while, stealing from and murdering nearby caravans and living the good raiding life. As you arrive, you may see synth units on the prowl, systematically removing all Raiders from the vicinity. Remember to carefully navigate the interior of this station; there are elevators to use if you wish to reach the main Raider base and the trunk."(Fallout 4 Vault Dweller's Survival Guide Map)
==Layout==
The Malden Center subway station is divided into two levels linked together via two elevators. The top level is inhabited by synths and dead raiders, while the bottom level is inhabited by both groups fighting one another. Upon entering, escalators and stairs descend to the main subway platform. The east side of the platform has a room to the north containing an elevator, while the tunnel also leads north through the subway car before reaching a small raider outpost. To the east is the hallway to the side which leads south to an Advanced-locked door concealing the room with the elevator.
The elevator leads down to a maintenance sublevel. A hole in the wall leads into a cavernous hallway that leads back into a luxurious railway station under Malden, which has been converted into a raider camp. The western end of the camp has a cooking station and a weapons workbench in a shack, as well as a hallway leading to another elevator. This elevator leads up to the entrance to the metro, through a chained door.
==Inhabitants==
* Synths
* Raiders
** Helter Skelter
==Notable loot==
* Tumblers Today issue #4 and an overdue book - In the easternmost red/orange freight train car on the lower level, in the same room where the synths and raiders are fighting.
* Fat Man - South of the subway train on the eastern track next to a bed.
* A mini nuke - In the southwest corner of the main lower subway tunnel, under some scaffolding on a pile of rubble, in the same room as the room where synths and raiders are fighting (Helter Skelter room).
* Three fusion cores - One in the generator just after descending in the elevator on the main level, one in the cardboard box next to the generator and one on the ground in front of the generator.
* Bottlecap mine - Unarmed, on the floor in the room where the synths and raiders are fighting, in the west. In the area with the weapons workbench and trunk/Helter Skelter.
* Nuka-Cherry - In a cabinet near a breakthrough wall to the east.
==Related quests==
* Quartermastery: Scribe Haylen has identified the location of a piece of technology she wishes to retrieve and catalog. She asks the Sole Survivor for help in bringing back the technology in one piece.
* Memory Interrupted - The Railroad sends the Sole Survivor to Malden Center to wipe out the Gen 1 synths occupying the station. Outside, they will encounter Glory, and can either team up with her or go alone.
* Cleansing the Commonwealth: Knight Rhys gives the Sole Survivor an assignment to clear the location of what he calls "abominations" to further the aims of the Brotherhood of Steel.
==Notes==
If the Sole Survivor is allied with the Institute upon arriving, there will be no combat until reaching the lower level where Helter Skelter resides, as all the other raiders are dead and the synths will not be hostile.
==Appearances==
Malden Center appears only in Fallout 4.
==Behind the scenes==
The real world Malden Center is an elevated station served by the Orange Line.
==Bugs==
 Sometimes on the power armor's minimap line, its icon is replaced with the icon of a metro station.
==Gallery==
MaldenCenter-Exterior-Fallout4.jpg|Entrance
FO4 Tumblers Today in Malden Center Station.png|Tumblers Today
Malden_Center_Fat_Man.jpg|Fat Man
Mini_nuke_Malden_Center.jpg|Mini nuke
Fo4 fusion core Malden Center.jpg|Three fusion cores
Nuka Cherry Malden Center.jpg|Nuka-Cherry
Overdue book Malden Center.jpg|Overdue book
Bottlecap mine Malden Center.jpg|Bottlecap mine
Frag mine Malden Center.jpg|Armed frag mine
Frag grenades Malden Center.jpg|Fragmentation grenades
Cooking station Malden Center.jpg|Cooking station
Weapons workbench Malden Center.jpg|Weapons workbench
FO4 Malden Center 1.png
FO4 Malden Center 2.png
FO4 Malden Center 3.png
FO4 Malden Center 4.png
FO4 Malden Center 5.png
FO4 Malden Center Station sign.jpg
SubSignMaldenCenter01 d.png|MTA sign texture file
==References==
Category:Malden
Category:MTA stations
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