Hannibal Hamlin

Hannibal Hamlin is the leader of the Temple of the Union. He dreams of creating a safe haven for runaway slaves. This place turns out to be the Lincoln Memorial.

Appearances
appears only in Fallout 3. His name is an obvious reference to Abraham Lincoln's Vice-President during the Civil War, Hannibal Hamlin.

Purchasing Lincoln Items
Hannibal also purchases Lincoln historical items found in the Museum of History. These items can be sold to other characters, but the bonus with Hannibal is he will pay double what they will in most cases, by passing a speech check. This speech check must be passed individually for each item sold to get that item's bonus and increases with difficulty with each item sold, but is independent of the order in which the items are sold. To maximize your profits, sell the most expensive items first to have the best chance of getting their more substantial bonus reward.

It appears before completing Head of State your chance of passing the speech check is more difficult. An example for one player being 48-57% chance to pass when speaking to him at the Temple of the Union, and 74-78% chance of passing the speech check once he has taken residence at the Lincoln Memorial.

He offers 50 caps (100 speech check) for the John Wilkes Booth Wanted Poster.

He offers 150 caps (300 speech check) for Lincoln's Repeater.

He offers 50 caps (100 speech check) for Lincoln's Voice.

He offers 15 caps (30 speech check) for the Antique Lincoln Coin Collection.

He offers 100 caps (200 speech check) for the Lincoln's Diary.

He offers 10 caps (20 speech check) for the Action Abe Action Figure.

Bugs

 * If you tell Hannibal to wait until after you kill the slavers at the Lincoln Memorial, his band may depart and wander the wasteland without occupying the Memorial. Hannibal's group will keep wandering with no apparent objective.  Fast travelling to his location is impossible, as the group will have moved on long before you arrive.  Make sure to remove all booby traps like grenades and tripline death traps to trigger completion of mission.


 * After telling Hannibal that Caleb is ready. You go to the Monument and he will not be there. This is because he can fall through the ground near the monument. After he falls he will not return.


 * Check for Hannibal NE from the Monument you will see the sign "Metro Station" if he and his group is not there you can do the following if you got the PC version. Open the console with ^ then type prid 000239DD followed by moveto player and Hannibal should be right next to you.

Check http://planetfallout.gamespy.com/wiki/Fallout_3_PC_Cheats#PlaceAtMe for more info.