Officer Kendall

 is a resident of Vault 101. He is the husband of Mary Kendall and the father of Christine and Monica. John is an officer in Vault security. Officer Kendall is a loyal security officer and will obey the Overseer without question. Officer Kendall believes he is the law. He likes whistling.

On July 13, 2268, Officer Kendall is patrolling the Cafeteria corridor. On a stairway to the Upper Level, the Overseer speaks with Officer Kendall during the Lone Wanderer's tenth birthday party. The Overseer expresses feelings of contempt for the Lone Wanderer. The Overseer had been at the party only for his daughter's sake. Officer Kendall is assigned by the Overseer for supervising the cleaning of the Cafeteria and ensuring the celebrants are sent back to their work duties or home after the party ends.

Kendall is the first Vault 101 Security Guard encountered during the Escape! quest. He is found in the corridor just outside the player character's room; he will yell at the player character to "Halt!", but will be attacked by 3 or 4 Radroaches before being able to confront the player. This gives the Player Character the opportunity to either flee or kill the officer. There is also a chance the Radroaches will kill Kendall. Notably, Kendall is not initially hostile while fighting the Radroaches, but will become hostile towards the player once they are dead, even if the player saves him from the Radroaches. He is armed with a Police Baton.

Though it is very challenging Kendall can be "saved" from the Radroaches and death by killing two and running away. Kendall will then wander the entire Vault searching for the player and attack the player when found. If the character manages to successfully hide from him several interesting dialogues occur between him and the other officers and with the overseer. Furthermore if the player helps saves Butch's mother, Butch can be heard covering for the player if Kendall wanders into Butch's apartment. If the player achieves avoiding Kendall, he can later be interacted with on Trouble on the Homefront.

At your birthday party when getting an Pip-Boy 3000 if pickpocketing people you will notice no one have anything in their inventory. Officer Kendall is the only one carrying something. When pickpocketing him he will have 2 stimpaks. It's not easy to pick the stimpaks and it's unknown if they will show up later if stolen.

On Trouble on the Homefront Kendall may be found dead, possibly due to the ongoing violence between both sides in his efforts to serve the overseer and cracking down on the rebels, or the fact that he wasn't meant to be "saved" by the Lone Wanderer.

IDs
Like most inhabitants of Vault 101, Officer Kendall has multiple Base and Reference IDs during various quests:

Related quests

 * Escape!

Appearances
Officer Kendall appears only in Fallout 3