Pinkerton

 is an inhabitant of Rivet City, mysterious and elusive. He can give you facial reconstruction surgery, and is rumored to have been one of the founders of Rivet City.

He lives in the broken bow of Rivet City, and can only be reached by picking the Very Hard lock to the door above the water, or alternatively by entering the ship by underwater means. The path to his office is heavily rigged with vastly effective explosive traps. He will give you information in the The Replicated Man quest, telling you that he gave the android a new face and new memory so he could start a new life.

He may also give you information on the origins of Rivet City, to satisfy an optional part of The Wasteland Survival Guide for the history of the city.

If you kill Pinkerton after both The Replicated Man and The Wasteland Survival Guide quests are complete (killing him before that point is impossible, as he is considered Quest Essential and will only go unconscious), his body contains an Android Component raising suspicion regarding whether he is human or android.

Note: Pinkerton is not necessarily an Android. The sole reason he is believed to be one is because he has an Android Component in his inventory. It is foolish to assume though, that this is taken from inside him, as it is highly unlikely that the player character has any idea not only how to remove it, but where the thing is even located in the first place. A more likely scenario is that because these characters all have worked with Androids in the past, that they have this component in their inventory.

In order to get facial reconstruction surgery from Pinkerton you must first get up to a certain point in the quest The Replicated Man.

Appearances
Pinkerton only appears in Fallout 3.

Related quests

 * The Replicated Man
 * The Wasteland Survival Guide