Recon Craft (Fallout 3)

A recon craft is a small alien ship with a disc-shaped rear body used for stealth operations that houses only 1 pilot.

Theta
In 2277, a vessel designated Theta was on a mission to Earth. Due to unknown causes, the ship crashed in the Capital Wasteland, north of Minefield and northwest of Greener Pastures Disposal Site, leaving the vehicle heavily damaged and the pilot dead. Some time later, the crashed shuttle began broadcasting a radio signal, the Recon Craft Theta Beacon.

Once the Lone Wanderer approaches the ship for inspection, (s)he is immediately abducted by the mothership Zeta. Shortly after the kidnapping, Theta is presumably beamed up for repairs by Zeta and stored in one of the mothership's hangar bays.

2281 Mojave recon craft
By 2281, another recon craft can be located north of Horowitz Farmstead in the Mojave Wasteland.

Appearances

 * Fallout 3 (Theta as a crashed vehicle in the wasteland)
 * Mothership Zeta (Theta as a repaired shuttle onboard the mothership and no longer found on Earth)


 * Fallout: New Vegas (a recon craft can be found at the Crashed Alien Ship).