BADTFL regional office

The BADTFL regional office is a location in the Charlestown neighborhood of Boston in 2287. 
==Background==
The regional office for the Bureau of Alcohol, Drugs, Tobacco, Firearms and Lasers, this location was where those responsible for investigations worked. It was also used for holding and detaining suspects. Its evidence locker, still brimming with contraband, has attracted Sparta's crew of raiders, who are keen to loot it.Fallout 4 Vault Dweller's Survival Guide Collector's Edition p. 423: "[8.01] BADTFL REGIONAL OFFICEThis is the local office for the Bureau of Alcohol, Drugs, Tobacco, Firearms, and Lasers (BADTFL). This location was responsible for investigations and was used as a holding cell and evidence locker housed in the facility. The locker has attracted Raiders, keen to loot it."(Fallout 4 Vault Dweller's Survival Guide Map) As the Sole Survivor arrives, they are actively scouring the facility for a way to shut down the turret guarding the evidence room.
Before Sparta's raiders arrived at the office, it was previously used by a group of Enclave remnants who had come to the Commonwealth looking for a suit of X-02 power armor stolen by a defector. They used the office to detain a wastelander named Connie who had information on the defector, but despite repeated torture were unable to get it out of him, not realizing he had actually hidden the clues nearby. Seeing it as a dead end, the remnants left the building, leaving Connie to die from his wounds or to be finished off by the approaching raiders.FM 52.7 music catalogue
==Layout==
The BADTFL regional office is located in Charlestown, northwest of Bunker Hill and south of Poseiden Energy Turbine 18-F along the southern bank of the river.
Through the reception area are a few raiders pinned down by a turret that is guarding the evidence room. To the west is what used to be an interrogation office, now containing a weapons workbench. A hallway on the opposite end leads to a stairwell going down to the holding cells. That hallway also has a locked door to the bathroom, contains the skeleton of Sergeant Dave Mallory, still holding the chief's key. The walls of the basement holding cells have been destroyed, leading to a records room, which also contains an armor workbench.
The records room can also be directly accessed upon entering the building by a door on the right side of the entrance area. Inside the room, a Protectron robot is located inside the charging station, and one can activate it via an adjacent terminal. Further inside this room, there is a hole in the wall that leads to the holding cells. Forward and to the right from the entrance one will find the evidence lockup, which contains a Fat Man and a mini nuke among other loot. 
To the left of the entrance, one will find an office area and the chief's office, which is locked and requires the chief's key to access. In the office area there is an evidence terminal where one can learn a bit more about Nick Valentine and the name of his fiancée, Jennifer Lands. On one of the computers in the building is a list of people jailed in September 2077.
==Notable loot==
* Eddie Winter Holotape 0 - On a short filing cabinet near the locked terminal in the basement.
* Guns and Bullets Issue #10 - On a desk in the chief's office to the west.
* Cell key - In the file cabinet in the chief's office, opens cell doors.
* Evidence locker key - In the safe that is opened with the chief's terminal, opens evidence locker cell.
* Chief's key - In the Novice locked bathroom in the left stall. It opens the chief's office.
* We are done - Holotape, in a Novice locked evidence room where the Fat Man and Stealth Boy are located.
* Fat Man and mini nuke - In a Novice locked evidence lockup upstairs. This is also where the Stealth Boy and the We are done holotape is located.
* Stealth Boy - On the bottom of a shelf in the room defended by a gun turret. This is also where the Fat Man and We are done holotape is located.
* Fusion core - On the roof of a building due south across the road, when exiting the building look on the roof of the building across the street. Behind the buildings where one can see the fusion core generator is a staircase to gain access to it.
* FM 52.7 music catalogue - On Connie's table, during Speak of the Devil.
* Connie's confession - On the same table.
* Cigarette paper - In a niche behind Connie.
==Related quests==
==Notes==
* Upon entering the office for the first time, a special scene with two raiders will occur. The two will be trying to get into the evidence lockup but are taking cover from the turret.
===Companion comments===
* When at this location, companions make comments, which are activated at the evidence lockup.
Location comments	Location comments
Character 	Comment
Cait 	
Codsworth 	
Curie 	We must be careful. We don't want to tamper with evidence, yes?
Danse 	
Deacon 	All the makings for one hell of a party.
John Hancock 	
Nick Valentine 	
Piper Wright 	
Preston Garvey 	
Robert MacCready 	
X6-88 	
 	
==Appearances==
The BADTFL regional office appears only in Fallout 4.
==Behind the scenes==
* On the chief's terminal, one can find one of his log entries where he complains about two "loose cannons" named Willison and Gibbs; references to Bruce Willis, who acted as John McClane in Die Hard, and Mel Gibson, who acted as Martin Riggs in Lethal Weapon.
* On the computer in the cell area are the files of the people incarcerated in the month of September 2077. The prisoners in the uncorrupted terminal entries are references to fictional characters from other media whose stories involve their being jailed.
** The first is Luke Paul Jackson, a reference to the character Lucas Jackson from the film Cool Hand Luke, played by Paul Newman.
** The next file is on Opie Hurst, a reference to the character Opie Winston from the FX television series Sons of Anarchy, played by Ryan Hurst.
** Lastly is Jake Redds, a reference to the character Jake Blues from the film The Blues Brothers, played by John Belushi.
==Bugs==
 Upon entering the station for the first time, the special scene of two raiders attempting to enter the armory does not play. In at least one case, the player enters and there is one dead raider body in the room with the turret and no scripted sequences are happening. 
==Gallery==
BADTFL Regional Office front.jpg|Front of the BADTFL regional office
FO4-GunsNBullets-BADTFL.jpg|Locations of the Guns and Bullets magazine
FO4 Chief's key.png|Chief's key
FO4 Eddie Winter Holotape 0.png|Eddie Winter holotape 0
FO4 We Are Done holotape.png|We are done
FO4 BADTFL Regional Office chems in basement.png|Chems
FO4 BADTFL Regional Office evidence room 1.png|The camera with the evidence. Fat Man and mini nuke
FO4 BADTFL Regional Office evidence room 2.png|Safe in the chamber with the evidence
FO4 BADTFL Regional Office storage.png|A small store with a safe
FO4 Police Protectron in BADTFL Regional Office.png|Police Protectron
FO4 Fusion Core near BADTFL Regional Office.png|Fusion core
Armor workbench BADTFL regional office.jpg|Armor workbench
Chemistry station BADTFL regional office.jpg|Chemistry station (outside)
SignBADTFL d.png|Sign
Connie corpse.jpg| Connie's corpse
Cigarette paper.jpg| Cigarette paper
==References==
Non-game
Category:Charlestown
Category:Bureau of Alcohol, Drugs, Tobacco, Firearms and Lasers
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