James Oberlin

Lieutenant Colonel James Oberlin was the Chief Army Scientific Advisor to the ATLAS Program.

Background
Oberlin replaced the previous advisor of the ATLAS Program, Major Kirk Bentley, after months of lackluster results. Under Oberlin's supervision, the ATLAS Program improved as the project's funding was raised up and Dr. Isaac Hammond invested more research into more high energy weather conditions. Oberlin was impressed with the project's progress and had hoped it would become a valuable asset in the war against China. However, Oberlin was later shocked to learn from his superiors in the Pentagon that they had suddenly decided to shut down the ATLAS Program for being too costly. Although Oberlin was very confused as to why his superiors chose to bury the project, he nevertheless followed their orders and falsified all of the ATLAS Program's data to make it look like a failure.

Appearances
James Oberlin is mentioned only in Fallout 76.