As I had just finished looting Dunwitch I decided to go a little north. I happened to stumble upon a place where random encounters are being used frequently. This time it was 2 gouls vs 2 escaped slaves who were fighting over a fridge filed with purified water.

This little ordeal reminded me of how much i love these random encounters. Feel free to post your most favorite/bizarre encounter.

Amata and the Enclave was the most distinct random encounter I have been in.

I used to call Talon Company Mercs a random encounter, but now with a recent patch, I encounter them every 20 ft.

The slaves fighting over the fridge was quite interesting as well...

But my favorite is definitely Uncle Leo, one of the two friendly super mutants in Fallout 3.

I don’t know if this is my favorite random encounter, but it sure was the most exciting. I fast traveled to Takoma Park along with 3 companions. We landed in the middle of a Talon Merc Patrol. Bullets started flying, then their robot cut loose with missiles, then the cars started to explode . . . We won, but it was touch and go for a while.

Takoma Park is probably my favorite location in Fallout 3.

IMHO, it would've been the place to be before the great war. It has restaurants, bookstores, a bank, general stores, bars, and with the interiors mod, there's even an arcade in the back.

Steward Square is one of my favorites as well.

I have never seen the one with Amata and the Enclave... ever. I like getting the location of the comic book stash. And speaking of locations, I like the one after BS is loaded where there is a sign advertising for free water. Go on... take one.

My favorite random encounter would either be the Firelance one, or the one where there are a group of raiders trying to find Oasis.

I have never seen Amata and the Enclave either but I have seen Freddie Gomez's body fly through the air and land at my feet. So much for the Tunnel Snakes ruling.

Tunnel snakes are the most badass mofo's in the capital wastes! XD
They never reached the capital wastes though.

Butch did.

With just a switchblade and a pistol too.

Butch made it to Rivet City. He could have formed a new faction of Snakes there. Or he could have just become an alcoholic.

The Deathclaw outside the Super Mart always shocks me. Especially when I am only 2nd level and using harcore rules. Lol.

I saw a scavenger once that started preaching all this church stuff at me and then fell over dead.

Uncle Leo. Yeah, that guy is really cool.

Im not sure if this is a random encounter, but ive seen outcasts fighting in the city, with there robobrains and bodies hanging off something, I fought with the outcasts, I remember who they were fighting now, ugh

I remember the first time I encountered the spaceship exploding, I actually thought I was being bombarded with mortars, until I noticed firelance and a load of ammo on the floor

Well i don't know if it's a random encounter, but I was observing this giant radscorpion swimming across a lake and was wondering what the hell it was doing. I thought it was going to drown but it made it across unscathed only to start a fight with a Yao Guai. The fight lasted all of 5 seconds if that. It ended badly for the giant radscorpion despite his valiant swim.

This scenario also happens up near Old Olney, when you're on the road going to the truck with the Nuka Cola Quantum.

I like running into Donovan, however, I only seen him do this 3 separate times. He got killed once, so I looted his body, poor guy.

I seen LEO once or twice wandering around the wasteland.

I once found one of the Rangers (Donovan I think it was) out northeast in the wastes somewhere battling some robots. So I help him out and then talk to him to ask what he's doing all the way out here. Apparently he came all that way to give my character an item. I'm like, "Right on!" when he passes over a mini-nuke.

I also was north of Tenpenny Tower one time to here a flying object go overhead and suddenly explode, only to find a bunch of that alien weapon ammo scattered around. Of course I then try to find the downed craft, with no success. I then reload trying again hoping this time I'll be able to salvage some stuff from the craft perhaps, only to find out that it was a random encounter... And after reading this post I see I missed something significant in terms of loot.

Came across that one not too long ago. Definitely fun.

I guess I got lucky. I didn't come across any Deathclaws until ~level 25.
Didn't know Uncle Leo was a random encounter. I found him not to far from Megaton.

1st time encountering unc Leo just after a recent battle wary from the battle I was crouched...for sum reason I spun around and there he was standing right behind me so close I wouldeve smelt his breath (it was my first close up view of a mutant face also)..of course I freaked and took him out with a single shot with terrible as I checked his body I noticed his name. So I decided 2 reload(since I usually save right after an epic battle with huge experience points). That was the nearest I came 2 ******* my pants during the game I remember laughing out loud for reals. Totally unforgettable

Mel. Haha. He comes up to you and tries to rob you, until then, noticing that he did not have any bullets in his 10mm pistol(Like he would kill me with it, anyway). So, you can either let it slide or kill him. Being the humble man that the *New* Town Sheriff, that Gabriel Simms, is..he let it slide and let Mel go on his way.

Victoria Watts kinda irks me though, as she came up to me, wanting to talk about androids, when I was in the middle of the big fight, involving Liberty Prime. I'm surprised she evaded Prime's foot, when he was walking.