Vault-Tec Rep



The Vault-Tec representative (known as Vault-Tec rep in-game) was a door-to-door salesman working for Vault-Tec in 2077. After the Great War, he became a ghoul, eventually settling down at Goodneighbor's Hotel Rexford in 2287.

Background
The Vault-Tec representative calls on the Sole Survivor shortly before the bombing of the Boston area in 2077, when he asks them to fill out paperwork to complete their family's vault reservation. During this conversation, one may note despite his cheerful behavior, the representative is clearly anxious about the possibility of a nuclear war.

Upon completion, he thanks the Sole Survivor before being cut off by the door abruptly closing. After the sirens ring out, he is then at the front of the crowd of people pleading for access to the vault but being denied entry by the soldiers, despite him being a Vault-Tec employee. He tries to force his way through, but backs down as a power-armored soldier prepares to fire at him. He then speaks out telling the soldier registering the citizens that he will report this incident before fleeing the area to take shelter elsewhere.

He survived the War, but became a ghoul, due to the radiation afterward. Since then, he has taken up residence in Goodneighbor and can be found in Hotel Rexford. If met, the representative expresses shock that the Sole Survivor has not changed since they last met from over 200 years ago. In stark contrast to his mood at the beginning of the game, he expresses depression and is resentful of how Vault-tec had abandoned him as he was not on the "list." The representative also mentions he had no idea about the experiment that Vault 111 had conducted as he was only meant to "roll call" the potential occupants.

Furthermore, he claims after the Great War, he struggled with the psychological trauma and bias as a ghoul as he could not live in Diamond City, did not want to live in Sanctuary Hills due to the "insane" behavior of Codsworth and has given up hope since. Upon finishing his rant, the rep hints that the Sole Survivor was the last friendly person he had met right before the Great War altered his life. From there, the Sole Survivor can convince him to move back to Sanctuary Hills, as long as they pass an easy speech check. If given an occupation, he partially regains his cheerful behavior from prior to the War.

Quests

 * War Never Changes - Interacting with the Vault-Tec rep prompts the player character to choose their SPECIAL stats for the first time and enter a name for the Sole Survivor.
 * Familiar Faces - He can be recruited and sent to a settlement.

Other interactions

 * When the Sole Survivor talks to him about Vault 111, he will say that he didn't know anything about the Vault's cryogenic stasis and that he was supposed to "win a pack of steak knives," a reference to the popular stage play and film Glengarry Glen Ross by David Mamet. The knives were, ironically enough, the second place prize in the sale contest.
 * Piper and MacCready like recruiting the Vault-Tec rep. Hancock, Strong, and Cait dislike recruiting him. Danse will hate it if you recruit him.
 * Cait "loves" when answering his question with "blood of your enemies."
 * He can be assigned as a level 4 merchant for the trading emporium and will start selling rare junk items, such as the clean broom, military ammo bag and military grade duct tape. He also sells a unique armor piece, the Apocalypse left greave.
 * If recruited and sent to a settlement, the Vault-Tec rep will say lines about how Vault-Tec kept him in the dark about their experiments.
 * After being sent to a settlement, he will continuously repeat similar dialogue sentences about his hardships over the years, the Sole Survivor having it easy and that things will be looking up.

Appearances
The Vault-Tec rep appears only in Fallout 4.

Behind the scenes
From The Art of Fallout 4, for character gen storyboards in the preproduction chapter, "The rep looks like Fredo Corleone, smooth but obviously nervous."