Lucas Simms

Lucas Simms is the sheriff and occasional mayor of Megaton, a town built around an unexploded nuclear bomb. He would like the bomb disarmed, despite the fact that it is worshiped by a local cult known as Children of the Atom. If you disarm the bomb, Simms will give you the keys to the Empty House in Megaton. If Lucas Simms is dead his son Harden Simms will give you your reward.

If you inform Simms of Mr. Burke's plan to destroy Megaton, he will attempt to arrest Mr. Burke. This prompts Burke to try to kill Simms and will if you don't stop him.

He carries the key that unlocks the Megaton Armory, and a unique hat and duster that offer stat increases.

Related quests

 * The Power of the Atom

Known Bugs
Lucas Simms can disappear and could be found dead due to game engine's pathing lack on stepped routes. Check Disappearing NPCs for help.

When killed by Mr. Burke, a floating blood splatter can some times be found walking the same path that Simms once did. It can cause the game to freeze and you will need to restart the console (xbox 360).

If you try to disable and reenable him after he is killed via console command the game freezes. (PC version)

Can be killed by Radiation only if he somehow gets pushed near Atomic Bomb, he will freeze there and die.(xbox 360)

also he can fall off the perch above his house he sometimes goes to and die ending up on the ramp leading to Moria's (xbox 360)

Corpse Loot

 * 5.56mm Round (12)
 * Chinese Assault Rifle
 * Housekey to the Lucas Simms' House (where the Bobblehead: Strength is located). The housekey also unlocks the Megaton Armory
 * Sheriff's Duster
 * Sheriff's Hat

Quotes

 * "These are my people. This is my town. You so much as breathe wrong and I'm gonna fucking end you."
 * "I'll be damned, you're from that vault, Vault 101. *chuckles* I ain't seen one of those jumpsuits in a long time."
 * "You staying out of trouble? I'd hate to have to waste bullets on your sorry hide."
 * "You looking for the mayor, or the sheriff?"

Appearances
Lucas Simms appears only in Fallout 3.