Whitley

Dr. Whitley was an Enclave scientist stationed at Adams Air Force Base in 2277.

Background
Whitley was the head of the Enclave Eyebot Duraframe project. One of the goals of this project was to create a universal interface override system which could remotely hack any computer system in a timely fashion. It was only a partial success, as they could only hack up to military-grade encryption levels before key systems became overloaded. However, the tests were stopped before any of the robots were destroyed. The project lagged on because of Whitely's tendency to treat the robots under his auspice with the same ethical treatment and humane procedures as as one would if they were alive and/or artificial intelligence. His attachment was to the point of treating the robots, particularly the one designated ED-E, like his children. He even showed ED-E old children's television programs, like RALPHIE the Robot's Incredible Odyssey!.

This frustrated his superiors who replaced him after a particularly unnecessary confrontation with Dr. Grant: Colonel Autumn gave orders to Dr. Grant to improve Whitley's favorite robot, ED-E, but the procedure, which improved the navigation systems by 65% in a very short time, was done while ED-E was active, which damaged the robot and infuriated Whitley. Whitley's outburst, ordering Dr. Grant out of his lab, was met with an almost mocking placation, and a vague threat of removing his authority once she gave her report to Colonel Autumn.

After this confrontation, Dr. Grant's efficiency guidelines had gotten approval: "All experiments will be carried out with the test subject fully active, to reduce iteration time." This disgusted Whitley, as it was the antithesis of his ethical and humane ideologies, making him have some serious misgivings about his leadership.

With the cancellation of the Duraframe Eyebot project and its assets redirected for Hellfire power armor, Whitley was ordered to immediately begin disassembly of the Duraframe prototypes. Naturally, he could not bring himself to disassemble ED-E. After remembering that Dr. Grant upgraded its navigational systems, he had an idea, one that would make ED-E just like RALPHIE. His plan was to send ED-E to the Enclave outpost at Navarro, unaware that the outpost fell to the combined forces of the New California Republic and Brotherhood of Steel decades ago. ED-E's departure was a sad day for Whitley, and he hoped that one day he would see ED-E again.

Appearances
Whitley appears in voice-only form in Fallout: New Vegas and in its add-on Lonesome Road.