South Gate Outposts

	South Gate Outposts;
Caves containing series of small outposts once used by South Gate Station.
Location information
Music	Subterra
Located in	Lower Caves
Areas	Northwest outpost; West outposts; South outposts; East outposts; West tunnel; East tunnel
Connections	Crossroad Watch (south); Caves (northeast, blocked)
NPCs	M'lan Ratula, Gritsko, Litsko
Technical
Map file(s)	ForlornStations1; ForlornStations2; ForlornStations3; ForlornStations4

South Gate Outposts is a location in Lower Underrail.

Description

A vast cavernous area, sprawling multiple map areas, containing 5 small outposts with electric power and some smaller tunnels beneath them. These outposts used to be controlled by Omega Station's border guard. They were left abandoned after SGS-Omega war.

This area is accessible from Crossroad Watch. There are some tunnels leading to caves from the east outpost, but they are blocked by rocks that can be cleared with TNT Charges later on. This area may contain entrances to random dungeons.

Areas

South outposts

On the north side there are some breakable rocks.
The outpost in the NW corner
- The door can be opened with 10 Lockpicking (but the outpost can be reached through the tunnel using the trap door in the other outpost of the area, without requiring the Lockpicking skill)
- Has a trap door that can be spotted with 10 (or less?) perception. It leads to the South Tunnels area, linking both outposts
- Has a power switch for the quest Retake the outposts. The flux controller must first be used on the Power Generator in the West outposts area before it can be activated.
- Has shelves containing a Border Guard Orders oddity
The outpost in the NE corner
- Has a trap door that can be spotted with 6 Perception. It leads to the South Tunnels area, linking both outposts
- Has a power switch for the quest Retake the outposts. The flux controller must first be used on the Power Generator in the West outposts area before it can be activated.
- Has a locker containing a Border Guard Orders oddity

South Tunnel

Empty tunnel linking both outposts from the South outposts area

West outposts

The central outpost
- Has shelves containing a Border Guard Orders oddity
- Has the Power Generator for the quest Retake the outposts. Using the Flux Controller will reactivate it, allowing you to unlock the Power switches in all the other outposts
The NE outpost
- Has a box containing a Border Guard Orders oddity
- Has a power switch for the quest Retake the outposts. The flux controller must first be used on the Power Generator in the West outposts area before it can be activated.
- Has a box requiring 15 Hacking

East outpost

On the north side there are some breakable rocks.
The eastern path of the area leads to a trap door that can be spotted with 8 Perception
The outpost
- The door can be opened with 12 Lockpicking (but the outpost can be reached through the East tunnel using the trap door in the east side of the area, without requiring the Lockpicking skill)
- Has a power switch for the quest Retake the outposts. The flux controller must first be used on the Power Generator in the West outposts area before it can be activated.
- Has a trap door that can be spotted with 7 Perception. It leads to the East Tunnel area, linking the outpost to the tunnels
- Has shelves containing a Border Guard Orders oddity
- Has shelves containing an Omega ID Card oddity and a Blueprint: Leather Armor
- Has a box requiring 15 Hacking

East tunnel

Links the outpost from East outpost area to the outside and to the Northwest tunnel' area
Has a rock pile to the south that can be climbed with Agility, leading to a small area with:
- A rubble pile containing a Trilobite Fossil oddity
- 2 mindshrooms

Northwest outpost

One of the rathounds has the Old Watch for the quest Find Old Jonas's watch
M'lan Ratula and his 2 rathounds will likely attack unless you can intimidate him
Has a junk pile containing a Chew Toy oddity
Has two boxes requiring 17 Hacking each
Has a power switch for the quest Retake the outposts. The flux controller must first be used on the Power Generator in the West outposts area before it can be activated.
Has an elevator leading to the Northwest tunnel area, but the power switch needs to be turned on before it can be used

Northwest tunnel

Links the Northwest outpost and the East tunnel areas
Accessing the outpost from the tunnel is not possible until power has been restored to the outpost
Has a locker containing a Border Guard Orders oddity
Has a locker requiring 14 Lockpicking and which contains an Omega ID Card oddity
Has a respawning Mindshroom

Enemies

Rathounds are a very common sight in this area, often met in packs of a few individuals. The chainlink fences found around the outposts can be easily used against them by any ranged characters.

A single crazed hermit, M'lan Ratula, and his trained pet rathounds, Litsko and Gritsko, can also be found in the largest outpost to the northwest.

Quests

One of your first larger missions is retaking the outposts for South Gate Station.

Map Gallery

South outposts
South tunnel
West outposts
East outpost
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East outpost with random dungeon entrance fragment
East tunnel
Northwest outpost
Northwest outpost with random dungeon entrance fragment
Northwest tunnel