Sink Central Intelligence Unit

Sink Central Intelligence Unit is a computer operating in the Big Empty in 2281.

Background
The Sink Central Intelligence Unit is the human-accessible computer responsible for the Big MT's data storage. It can act as a merchant and repairman when in the Big Empty. Although he is artificial intelligence, he denies this himself, saying he is nothing more than drivers and software with a voice chip.

Once his personality back-up is retrieved from Dr. Klein and re-integrated into the system, the CIU speaks with a stiff, overly-verbose and faintly British accent, in the manner of a stereotypical butler or personal valet. Out of dialogue, the Sink's CIU may make passing remarks about the Courier, offering suggestions of refreshments and the like.

Quests

 * All My Friends Have Off Switches: Your first objective is to install the SCIU into the Sink.
 * Influencing People: You must retrieve and install upgrades for the CIU.

Other interactions

 * Through dialogue, the Sink Central Intelligence Unit can be used to disable the personality AIs of the other appliances. He can also reactivate them if you want it to.

Notable quotes

 * "Might sir care for an apéritif to balm the weariness of the sirs manifold journeys?"
 * "A most rapturous good morrow on your return to your domicile, sir. I trust you shall find things in order and the riffraff contained."
 * "Will sir be staying for any considerable length of time during sir's visit?"
 * "Perhaps sir would like to put sir's feet up, and I might serenade sir with the dulcet tones of a light opera?"
 * "Might I say that sir is looking exceptionally good today, if sir will permit the compliment."

Appearances
The Sink Central Intelligence Unit appears in the Fallout: New Vegas add-on Old World Blues.

Bugs

 * All vendors suffer from a bug where their caps will not reset or transfer to the player during purchases if the vendor's current cap count exceeds approximately 32,000 to 33,000 caps. This has been a vendor bug since the point release of New Vegas. Caution should be used when any purchase may cause the a vendor's standing cap count to exceed 30,000. See bugs page for details.
 * The Sink Central Intelligence Unit occasionally would not reset the amount of caps or the items in the inventory regardless of the number of days spent in the Big MT. Needed to reset to an earlier save in order to allow the CIU to reset the inventory.