Ted Strayer

Ted Strayer is a laid-back character living inside Rivet City in Fallout 3.

He does not have any significant purpose in the city and is addicted to Chems. His favorite Chem seems to be Psycho. He lives off the money his father, Jeff Strayer, earned while doing a job for Allistair Tenpenny.

Appearances
appears only in Fallout 3.

Locations
This character can be found in The Muddy Rudder Bar or in the Common Room. Sometimes he also wanders around the Flight Deck. This is the best place to snipe him from the upper decks, if you wish to kill him.

He may be found wandering the Capital Wasteland with Mister Lopez on the road near the Vault 101 entrance, this happens while doing You Gotta Shoot 'Em in the Head and the objective waypoint indicates his position.

You Gotta Shoot 'Em in the Head
He doesn't necessarily need to be killed for you to receive Ted Strayer's Special Key. You can buy it from him for 25 caps, acquire it by passing a speech check, or, if you have 6 or more Strength or the Toughness perk, you can intimidate him into giving you all of his stuff, including his bottlecaps and his key. It is also possible to stealthily kill Ted by giving him Psycho for free so that he will overdose.

Suicide Watch
If you wish to assist the suicidal Mister Lopez and convince him not to kill himself, ensure that you do not kill Ted Strayer until after you have done so. Lopez will teach Ted how to read if you stand around them for a while

Trivia

 * Ted Strayer and Dr. Preston, both of whom are residents of Rivet City, may be references to the protagonists of Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, Bill S. Preston and Theodore (Ted) Logan. Ted Strayer's addiction to Chems and his laid-back attitude seem to back up this theory.