Fallout Tactics special encounters

Amelia Earhart
A reference to Amelia Earhart who attempted to circumnavigate the world in a Lockheed Model 10 Electra aircraft in 1937. Unfortunately Earhart's plane disappeared mysteriously while she attempted to fly over the Pacific Ocean. In this encounter it appears that you have discovered the long lost ship and pilot's remains.

B1000 Terminator Brahmin
A silver-colored Brahmin with sparks flying off of it. This is a reference to The Terminator movie. The B1000 floating text is a play on quotes from the Terminator movie. For example: "Hasta la vista, calfy."

Additionally this NPC has 999hp and an Uzi.

Bazaar Day
This encounter contains a number of NPC traders who sell various items and a gag item called the 'Devilthorn Jacket.' The jacket itself is presumably unusable by the player and is a reference to the game Diablo. The floating text here contains references to phrases commonly used by players from the MMORPG Everquest.

Brahmin Armor
A Brahmin guarded by four turrets. By defeating the turrets and the Brahmin you will find the 'Brahmin Amour' which turns the wearer into a Brahmin.

Brahmin Poker
This is a parody on Dogs Playing Poker a painting by Cassius Marcellus Coolidge. The original painting contains dogs dressed in suits, smoking cigars, and playing poker. Prior to walking towards the group of Brahmin the floating text is humorous allusion to what would normally be said during a poker game. If the player gets too close the Brahmin run from the scene: "Holy Cow! Its the feds!" implying that their poker game is illegal.

The money left on the table about 10,000 ring pulls.

Brahmin tipping
During this encounter a sign posted nearby reads: "Do NOT tip the Brahmin." By interacting with the Brahmin the player can tip them over. This is reference to the more rural past-time of cow tipping.

Brother Grimm
This encounter contains two super mutants named Jim and Joe Grimm. Joe stands over his injured brother, Jim- who has had the misfortune to step on a landmine. If the player helps heal Jim both Joe and Jim will later be available in the recruitment pool.

Joe and Jim Grimm are a reference to Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm who are popularly known for publishing a number of German folk tails during the early 19th century (Hansel and Gretel, Cinderella, etc. to name a few).

Canadian Invasion
A group of people defending the America-Canadian border. Comically these individuals believe that Canada intends to invade and thus they stand ever vigilant against the threat.

Coppertops
This is a play on the The Matrix movie, in which humans were essentially batteries that fueled a robot empire. Ironically several humans (called 'Human Battery') are running on treadmills while a task-master robot oversees the entire operation. On the far side of each pair of treadmills is a locker that you can lockpick and obtain 200 Small Energy Cells (each).

CPF vs. PFC
Two groups of Canadian hate each other. An American joke on Canadians?

This is a joke from Monty Python´s film, "The life Of Brian". In the film, there are two groups fighting the rommans, the Popular Front of Judea (PFO) and the Judean Popular Front (JPF). In the game, CPF (Canadian Popular Front) and PFC (Popular Front of Canada).

Deathclaw liberation
A Greenpeace-woman thinks deathclaws are cute. They are not. This encounter doesn't means that much danger as there are grids to prevent the monsters reaching you.

Eveready bunny
This encounter doesn't really have a name. This is a remark on Duracel-bunnies. It is sad you can kill them with splash damage, and each leave bhind a small energy cell, but costs a lot of karma.

Farmer
You can trade 1 .50 DU ammo from him. Kinda stupid encounter if you ask me.

Four Horsemen (of the Post-Apocalypse)
The four horsemen from the Bible. If you manage to kill them it seems that no-one cares (i.e. no karma penalty), but they have 10,000hp each, and worse only 250exp or so, so don't bother. You can heal them with some doctors bags, meaning your doctor get tons of exp. This encounter will forced upon you after finding a certain number of other encounters.

Gas station
You can buy the elixir of life here. If you drink it you get +1 EN.

Hermit
You can trade with him.

Invasion recreationists
This one is fun. Some American people take a few steps over the Canadian border, and so they claim that Canada has been overrun (but they come back after a second, being really excited)

Komodo Man
A crocodil farm, but now with komodo dragons.

L33Tists
The title means "eliteist". It is spelled using the letter replacment language popular on the internet. The name of the two men here are "Littleboy" and "Fatman" which are the same as the atomic bombs dropped on Japan during WWII. You can steal some afterburner gum from one of them.

Merchant
You can trade with him.

Mir
Yes, this is the actual space-station. Sad, you can not enter...

Morte
You can talk with it, but has no other meaning. This skull came from Sigil, the Cage, from the game Planescape: Torment.

Phil, the Nuka Cola guy
Killing him is actually a bad thing. �?ou can steal his items: 100 classic nuka-cola, and a unique fusion nuka-cola, with 20-30 molotov coctail. It is said you can take his bike with the bike key, you find in the latest bunker.

-->However, this just seems to be a fan myth, as no-one seems to have found a way to make it work. Some suggest that the "Jet Bike Key" is actually a referance to the SNES game Chrono Trigger.

PipBoy
If you come here with a full squad you can't recruit him. If your team has 5 men he wanders away if you talk to him. If you have less than that, he joins you. Abilities: ST 7, PE 6, EN 6, CH 5, IN 6, AG 6, LK 10, level: 8, Bloody Mess, Tag!, Stunt Man, Flexible (useless as he can not change stance), small guns (100), big guns (33), energy weapons (75), sneak (80), can wear any aromur.

Pitch Black
This encounter is buggy, as no matter what you do you will HAVE TO fight many deathclwas. There is absolutly no light, so carry small-range weaponry with hollowpoint bullets. If you manage to save Riddick (i.e. reach the exit grid with him) he should be appear in the recruit pool. This is the perfect situation to use drugs and valuable healing-equipment (on Riddick too). His stats are: 8,5,7,4,5,7,4, unarmed/melee weapons/sneak, night person, bonus HtH damage, faster healing, silent running. Becomes recruitable in the Gamma bunker (no quest needed). His rank is knight, or 1 rank below (what you should have that time). Personaly, I don't think he worse the effort. It seems he never leaves the encounter, just stands on the exit grid. Don't worry abut that, just leave, and do not return until you can recruit him.

Reaver Dance
See anyone can Riverdance! Other than that no point to this. Can't be killed.

Sixth sense
Again a brahmin farm, but now filled with ghost-brahmins, and a living one, what says "I see dead brahmins". Remarkable. Spoof of the movie "The Sixth Sense".

Titanic
You found Jack Dawson. He has the "Heart of the Ocean" and an 'artistic' drawing of a girl.

Trader
You can trade with him.

Uprise
An F1 bunker, but you can not go in. One of the dead civilian carries an afterburner.