Wrench (character)

 is a Westside character cut from Westside.

Background
There is a cut NPC called 'Wrench' who would be used extensively in this quest. References to him exist in VMS10QuestScript:

short bWrenchRepair	 ; 1 = Player knows Wrench can repair stuff. short bWrenchWaterShortage	 ; 1 = Wrench mentioned he knows something about the water shortage.

He also has the following single dialogue line, which is unused:

VMS101EWrenchTopic009 - "I've got the whiskey." (the player is saying this line)

It's interesting that this is topic 9 - he must have had a lot more dialogue originally.

According to the quest objectives, the player would have to investigate the East Pump station to find evidence of a water shortage. In the final game this area was repurposed for a different quest instead (Hard Luck Blues). From here the player would have to talk to Wrench who it seems would either be located in the Sharecroppers farm, or more likely in Westside. It can be assumed from what little remains that he was some kind of down on his luck type - he firstly wants the player to give him whiskey (as seen above), but also seems to have sold his "super tool kit" (really?) to Angelo's Pawn Shop in Westside, which the player must buy back. It's not clear if Wrench actually fixes anything or not, but perhaps his input merely reveals the fact someone is stealing the water, as you must next catch someone doing so as in the final game quest. Finally, Anderson is confronted as in the eventual version of this quest.

Appearances
was to appear in Fallout: New Vegas.