Pinkerton

Dr. Horace Pinkerton is a mysterious and reclusive inhabitant of Rivet City's broken bow in 2277. He is also a former council member of Rivet City who was replaced by Madison Li.

Background
Horace Pinkerton was born in 2217. Later in life, he lead the remnants of the Naval Research Institute in a search for new lab space until they came across an Abandoned Aircraft Carrier. After clearing out several Mirelurks, he and his team moved into the carrier and set up their science lab. Eventually, the population began to grow, leading Pinkerton to form a council and name the aircraft carrier and its inhabitants Rivet City. After many years passed, Pinkerton became annoyed with the people of the city and suddenly moved into the broken bow of the ship. Most of the inhabitants of Rivet City aren't aware of the location of Pinkerton's hidden science lab; to many, his existence is only a legend.

Pinkerton is the doctor who performed facial reconstruction surgery and a mind wipe on the android Harkness, in order to help him hide from the Institute. Pinkerton is the only known person in the Capital Wasteland who has the skills to perform such a complicated surgery.

Quests

 * The Wasteland Survival Guide: Pinkerton will give information on the origins of Rivet City, to satisfy an optional part of The Wasteland Survival Guide for the history of the city.
 * The Replicated Man: Pinkerton will give information about the android.

Other interactions

 * During and after "The Replicated Man" quest, he will offer the player facial reconstruction surgery free of charge.

Bugs

 * When the player chooses to get a facial reconstruction, there is a possibility that the Lasergrafter will not center on the character's face; it will only show the top half of it. When the player clicks "Done", the character view is shifted properly, but if the player selects "no" (to return to the facial editor), the view will shift back to only showing the top half of the face.
 * Making your skin darker to look like an African American using a Facial Reconstruction, not saving the game, and loading the previous save will result in you having a dark skin color, but a much lightered colored face.

Appearances
Pinkerton only appears in Fallout 3.