Pipboy (character)

PIPBoy is a joke character that could be encountered by the warrior. He may join the squad and fight alongside normal members. It means he becomes a member of the Midwestern Brotherhood of Steel, however, they, while use him as a warrior, do not count him even as initiate.

It could be assumed that PIPBoy is some sort of bio-robot (or android), that escaped a pre-war theme park, or just was created for promotional reasons. Thus, he wandered the wasteland before the warrior finds him. The fact the Brotherhood don't see him as a member could be explained by the fact he is a strange, never-seen-before creation, and they merely study him or use as a military device.

Availability
PIPBoy becomes available after you find him in the Pipboy (special encounter). He joins the group when you speak with him if you have fewer than 5 members. He will go away and appear in the recruits pool if you have 5 members. If you have 6 members, he will do nothing.

He will join you even if you are lower level than he when you discover him.

Attributes
He has a Perk Rate of 3 yet at the time he is discovered, he is level 8 with 3 perks. This is likely due to the fact that PIPBoy cannot change stance; by granting Flexible as a freebie, the player is protected from later wasting a gained perk on it.

He moves considerably slower than other characters when not in turn-based mode.

He has no biographical text in the character screen or in the recruitment pool.

Appearances
PIPBoy as a recruit (actually, Vault Boy) appears only in Fallout Tactics. As a mascot of VaultTec, he appears in all games.