Dad

 was a resident of Washington, DC. He was a widower and father of the child later known to the Capital Wasteland residents as the Lone Wanderer. James was the project lead of Project Purity and the vault physician of Vault 101.

In the 2250's, James, a former medical doctor, was the project leader of Project Purity. Project Purity was a costly, risky attempt at converting the Jefferson Memorial into a centralized water purifier. During his time at the Memorial as project leader, James befriended and fell in love with Catherine, a fellow scientist. In late 2257, the two lovers conceived a child. On July 13, 2258, Catherine gave birth to the Lone Wanderer. After seeing her child, Catherine suffered cardiac arrest and, despite attempts at saving her by James, died. Overwhelmed by grief, James abandoned Project Purity and traveled to the safe haven of Vault 101 with his child.

By mid-2259, James is hired by the recently appointed Overseer Alphonse Almodovar as the vault physician. Though the two men disagreed on their interpretation of a physician's role in the Vaults, this acrimony didn't prevent their young children from starting and forming a friendship. Over the next ten years, the relationship between the two men grew more contentious. The Oversser felt that James abused his position as physician and devoted precious Vault resources for unnecessary experiments. ("Birth", "Baby Steps")

In 2268, James with the aid of his child's best friend, Amata Almodovar, arranged a surprise birthday party for James' child in the Cafeteria. At the party, James gifted his child with a BB gun. ("Growing Up Fast")


 * A player's character can enthusiastically or grudgingly accept the father's gift.

James was appointed an assistant by the Overseer in an attempt aimed at curbing the excesses of the vault physician by having the assistant acting as a devil's advocate and as a spy. The assistant was named Jonas Palmer and he and James forged a friendship very quickly. Together as partners they worked at examining and treating patients, and conducting routine experiments. For an unknown length of time, James deliberately kept his assistant in the dark on covert experiments aimed at reviving Project Purity. Eventually, Jonas grew suspicious of the physician's activities. Sometime, in mid-2274, for the first time, Jonas aided James in the experiment PP216.

James, on August 3, 2274, examined his child for sickness after they visited the clinic complaining of not feeling well. James determined their child was in good health and ordered them to class for the G.O.A.T.. ("Future Imperfect")


 * A player's character could engage in small talk with James by asking if it was true that all residents were born or had died in the Vaults, and what kind of person was the Lone Wanderer's mother.

Nearly twenty years after his child's birth, he abruptly escapes from Vault 101, sealing the fate of his friend Jonas Palmer as the Vault 101 Overseer decides that he, James and the latter's child must die to preserve the secret of the Vault. James left because he learned of the G.E.C.K.'s creator, Doctor Stanislaus Braun, and was determined to locate him. In his travel, he sought out Three Dog of Galaxy News Radio and returned to Rivet City, finally ending back where it all began, at Project Purity in the Jefferson Memorial. Going over all his gathered information, he was able to discover the location of Doctor Braun at Vault 112 and quickly makes his way there.

Confronting Doctor Braun in his virtual reality, James annoys him with his questioning, for which Braun forces James into the amusing form of a dog. He is rescued by his progeny, who manages to defeat the Tranquility Lane programming. Surprised by his offspring's presence (though not ungrateful for the rescue), he brings the former up to speed. Meeting again at Rivet City, he requests help in rebuilding Project Purity. His child obliges, and after several errands (including Commando Pest Eradication, Fed-Ex fixing and pipe-plumbing) they manage to bring Project Purity back to operational status.

At this point, Enclave verti-assault squads arrive on location and secure the perimeter, headed by Colonel Augustus Autumn himself. The Colonel confronts James and demands control of the purifier. After witnessing the death of scientist Janice Kaplinski, murdered by The Enclave Commander, James begrudgingly agrees to activate the purifier... but what he really does is activate a devastating flood of radiation that fills the control room. James dies almost immediately, with only enough time to tell his child and Doctor Li to run, while Colonel Autumn, having injected himself with a special drug, is rushed to Raven Rock and resuscitated.

Behind the scenes
The father's voice is provided by actor Liam Neeson.

"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. Your father's facial features and race will vary based on the ones you choose for your character.

- For PC users, Dad can even take the appearance of mod-added races (IE the Golden Saint or Dark Seducer races) or mods that unlock otherwise unplayable races (such as ghouls or child races) if the player chooses them.

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.

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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