Horace Pinkerton

Dr. Horace Pinkerton is a mysterious and elusive inhabitant of Rivet City's broken bow in Fallout 3. He is also a former council member of Rivet City who was replaced by Madison Li.

Background
Horace Pinkerton was born in 2217, descendant from the remnants of the Naval Research Institute that survived the Great War. In 2237, the twenty year old Horace was chosen to lead an expedition to find new lab space for the Institute. The expedition found a derelict carrier with an intact science bay and established the Rivet Station Science Outpost after clearing out the Mirelurks, using the intact bay as nucleus of their science efforts. By April 2239, a burgeoning civilian settlement sprung up around the station on the carrier. As a result, on April 25th, Rivet City was formally established by Pinkerton, Annette Holmes and Brad Danvers, to better protect and organize this growing community.

The settlement prospered and Pinkerton held his seat on the council as science officer until 2258, when Madison Li and her science team arrived at Rivet City after abandoning Project Purity, when the man in charge abandoned the project. Li took over Pinkerton's science teams, with the prospect of activating Project Purity as incentive. Furious, Pinkerton left the city into self-imposed exile in the broken-off bow. What made him particularly angry was the fact that the shift in focus prevented work on more meaningful project, like defensive systems or even making the carrier seaworthy.

Horace spends the remainder of his days isolated in his workshop in the bow, which also serves as his quarters. Most of the residents would be surprised to find he is still on the ship, let alone living there. Belle Bonny knows he lives here. Doctor Li and Seagrave Holmes remember him from the early days but assume he left Rivet City decades ago.

His skills were still prized by a select few in the wastelands. As the only person capable of performing facial surgery without killing the patient (a testament as much to his skill as to his equipment) and with a natural understanding of electronics, he was contacted to perform facial modification and memory wiping on A3-21, a runaway android from the Institute. Pinkerton helped the Railroad out of curiosity, eager to take a look inside the machine. Though personally he considers the Railroad misguided at best, he appreciates the fact that they continued to bring him interesting technology over the years.

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 surgery free of charge.

Appearances
Horace Pinkerton appears only in Fallout 3.

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. Verified
 * 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. Verified