Dad

 (2226-2277) is a resident of Washington, DC. He is a widower and father of the child later known to the Capital Wasteland residents as the Lone Wanderer. James is the project leader of Project Purity and the vault physician of Vault 101.

Behind the scenes
The father's voice is provided by actor Liam Neeson who the character is modeled after also

"This role was written with Liam in mind, and provides the dramatic tone for the entire game," said Todd Howard, Executive Producer of Fallout 3. "Liam is absolutely amazing to work with". "It’s been a pleasure bringing the father to life and working with the wonderfully talented people at Bethesda on Fallout 3", said Neeson. “I hope the fans of the franchise and the game will be excited by the results."

Appearances
James appears only in Fallout 3. As your father, his facial features and race will vary based on the ones you choose for your character.


 * While the above picture depicts a Caucasian James, depending on the player's selections when creating the Lone Wanderer, James may also appear as Black, Hispanic, or Asian.
 * For PC users, James can even take the appearance of races added by mods (i.e. the Golden Saint or Dark Seducer races of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion) or otherwise unplayable races (such as Ghouls or child races) unlocked by mods if the player chooses them.
 * Regardless of race and facial structure that the player chooses, his hair and eye colors do not change, as well as hair and beard style (though his facial hair changes with his age). This indicates that the player character's mother is the hereditary source for the Lone Wanderer's hair and eye color (which is easily explained by James being a recessive gene carrier in those regards since he has hair and eye colors typically associated with dominant genes).

Items
There actually is a way of getting your father's outfit. One way to get this item is to reverse-pickpocket an outfit with more protection onto your dad either when he is talking with Doctor Li, or while he is standing in the Jefferson Memorial Rotunda. After that leave the room and return, your father should be wearing whatever you put on him, as long as it has more protection. After that pickpocket it off of him, if you don't mind the slight Karma loss.

SPOILER WARNING:

Another way to get this outfit is by standing directly in front of the airlock door in the Jefferson Memorial Rotunda right after his death, so that you are right in front to your dad's corpse, then hold down the camera button and slowly rotate the camera about half-way until you see the message "Search Dad" on the bottom of the screen. This is easiest to accomplish if his body falls close to the door but if you do this quick enough you can actually talk to Dad while he dies, he gets up, talks, walks a little bit and then dies again.


 * Dad's Wasteland Outfit
 * .32 Pistol

Related quests

 * Following in His Footsteps
 * Scientific Pursuits
 * The Waters of Life

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