Talk:Laszlo Radford

Locations
Where he can be found:
 * He seems to spawn more frequently at Meresti Trainyard (unconfirmed).
 * Laszlo has been found outside Anchorage Memorial.
 * Spawned once upon arrival at Robot Repair Center.
 * Has been spotted twice at Temple of the Union after end of Head of State Quest and siding with slavers.
 * Spotted outside the entrance to Rockopolis, where a Sentry Bot proceeded to make him very dead.
 * Found him west of Smith Casey's Garage
 * I found him at MDPL-05 Power Station (South of Raven Rock)
 * Found him near Old Olney


 * I sure hope not. There is (so far) no reason to expect that any random encounter is more likely to occur in a particular place. Until there is more information about how the game chooses which random encounter comes up when you hit the spawn trigger, I think lists like the above should stay in discussion pages. BTW I saw him once in a rocky alcove in the mountains east of Oasis. But who cares? Jdw 04:28, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
 * I saw him outside the entrance to Rockopolis, as listed above. Jakkhali 21:03, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
 * I have seen every other random encounter except for this one. Do you have to trigger it in some specific way by doing some quest, like with the wasteland survival guide person? (360 by the way) Tehuberleetmaster 19:59, 22 August 2009 (UTC)

--212.145.184.174 01:36, 23 March 2009 (UTC)i have also found him in that rocky alcove in the mountains east of Oasis


 * I just saw him at Meresti Trainyard.


 * I have found him in a couple of locations(one being by the Pitt and the other near Rockopolis), but because I don't know what his purpose is I just walked away. However I did manage to speak to him once which just has a short dialoge saying "I have to go now." which is the only dialoge option I had; and after you speak to him he attacks.

Finding Laszlo
I think he will only show up when you have found one of the schematics for the railway rifle. I have tried finding him without the schematic, and I never see him; then I get the schematic now I do. Can anyone else confirm you only find him when you find the schematic(s)?98.202.246.177 04:07, September 16, 2009 (UTC)

Nope. He can be found regardless of how many schematics you have (including 0). He is not linked to the schematics in any way (even though he DOES have a Railway Rifle). Suspicious? Yes. But you don't need any of them to find him. If you just go to enough random encounter locations, you'll eventually find him. He's not a special encounter that is triggered by having some item (like the autograph kid) or finishing a quest a certain way (like Burke's hitmen).

So you can find him without any schematics. I've done it before, though I don't have a video or anything to "confirm" this. You'll just have to take an insane Fallout 3 fan's word for it. Just keep searching if you REALLY want to find him (without the schematics presumably?).

Don't know why anyone would really care enough to find him, though. He doesn't carry anything worthwhile, and he's pretty weak... Maybe if you wanted his head wrap or something...Xuanlong 04:54, September 16, 2009 (UTC)

Enslaving Laszlo Radford
Added to the article that he can be mezzed (XBOX 360). That's a better use for him than just killing him and looting what he has, imnsho... by mezzing him you'll get his stuff and 250 caps. - Fembot G.g3 23:18, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

Quotes?
He says, during combat, "The right to bear arms shall never be infringed!"

Why does he have unique quotes, if he's just some random dude? Jakkhali 21:05, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

"You misunderstand what you hear, troglydyte."

That's the problem, he ISN'T just some random dude, he has a name. Wastelanders are just random dudes.--Master of cheeZ 19:31, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

When he saw me, he just stood there, facing me, and uttered a very dramatic "You'll never take me alive!" So I didn't. Wunengzi 05:46, November 17, 2010 (UTC)

FO3 NPC Overhaul Project
I think that for the sake of legit-ness of the overhaul project, I'd give a summary of the revision.

For the one-liner description, I put that he is a wastelander livin' in '77. That's basically what he is.

It was pretty hard giving an occupation or activity to Radford, so I just put what he does when you encounter him (hostility, combat, etc.).

For affiliations, I put 'none' since he does not associate himself with anyone as far as I can see. There is, however, someone who put that they have seen him talking to Sam Warrick. I cannot say that I truly believe this claim since I have encountered Radford some twenty times now and have failed to see Warrick when doing so. It could be that the claimy person may have witnessed two ran-encs crossing paths due to their ran-enc cells overlapping or so close that Radford and Warrick actually notice each other.

As in the previous versions, I just left the location as Capital Wasteland. It's impossible to put a location on a guy that randomly spawns. And for those who are still in denial: ALL RANDOM ENCOUNTERS HAVE AN EQUAL CHANCE TO APPEAR IN ANY RANDOM ENCOUNTER LOCATION!!!

As for that Quotes? entry on this Talk page...Well I've never heard Radford say anything beyond the generic "Bring it!" and whatnot. If he actually does say the infringing tidbit, it can go in his background maybe. The infringing-ness may be the reason for the Railway Rifle (he has to create his own weapons since he was infringed). But who the hell would infringe his rights? Non-existent police? Imaginary court systems? Made-up government? It's called the Wasteland for a reason. In any case, I left quotes out. If someone can actually prove that he says such things, feel free to add it to Background and Quotes, and proceed to point and laugh at me.

I set karma to neutral since he does not drop an ear or finger (yes, I tested both perks). His death does not yield any karma loss or gain which only strengthens the argument that he is neutral. Now, I am playing from a PS3 (forgive me), so I may be wrong. If someone can find in the GECK that he's something besides neutral, change it please.

I described the glitched Leather Armor and how you can't get both of them. I also added in one glitch that I've encountered that wasn't listed (omg!). When I come up to him, he's just standing there. He's not frozen, but he won't move or attack me. Only after I have tried to talk to him, he will attack me (and, shortly after, die thanks to Xuanlong!).

I couldn't get a better image since I use a PS3 (please! I'm sorry!). Someone else has to pick up the trail and get that HQ mugshot for good ol' Radford.

I added the inventory box. I wasn't sure if I should have added Railway Spikes as a 'other' or 'death' item, but after seeing the Owyn Lyons page, and not seeing Energy Cells, I decided to leave the spikes out completely.

The notes for Radford are general enough. He can be mezzed (quite easily actually), and he won't drop any body parts, and that he is pretty much one of the only NPC to have custom weapons like Vance, or those fools in Fairfax with the bottlecap mine. If anyone knows any others, please share.

I think it's pretty much complete/organized (not to brag or anything). Some things needed to be attended to:


 * Does Radford actually blather about gun rights?
 * Need a better image (get up you lazy PC users!)
 * Does he really share an alliance with Sam Warrick? Or are we all insane?
 * Is Radford truly Neutral?
 * Need to add in that there is no karma gain or penalty for killing this fool (which will be done right nao!

I think I'm done for now. I'll move on to other FO3 characters that I think are OG. Maybe Jaime, Strayer, or Canning. I hope I get a nice, shiny, gold star from Porter21 to put on my user page after this... and that they'll let me buy a house in Megaton someday.

...bleh

On a random note, I found the ran-enc description for Radford in Prima's FO3 guide. I thought I'd share...

''pg. 255-05''

start:

0.15 RIFLE MAN


 * Threat Level: 3
 * Rare Or Powerful Item
 * Faction: Wastelander

A lunatic crosses your path and attacks you with a weapon that fires some deadly and strange projectiles. Slay the madman and take his weapon.


 * Railway Rifle



I really like how they use words like lunatic and madman to describe Radford. I also find humorous the fact that they call the Railway Rifle rare or powerful (it being neither).

I'm not one to go against David Hodgson's work, but... I think I'd choose fallout wikia over the guide.

All right. Imma shut up now.

forgot the john hancock :P Xuanlong 02:33, September 7, 2009 (UTC)

One way to find out about the alliance between radford and werrick is for a PC player to use the console and spawn them next to each other while hidden. Then we can see the results. JerichoRCDF 19:05, December 2, 2009 (UTC)

article needs some changes
he actualy does say "the right to bear arms shall never be infringed" and "die commie scum" but it takes forever since most of the time he's just saying generic battle dialogue like "bring it" or "want some more". he eventually says it but youll be there for a while. i never saw him say "a mans home is his castle". im guessing its some dialogue he has to say to another npc that he wont attack (dont know how that will ever happen unless you use the geck or something) because he doesnt say anything if you are hidden and hes not attacking you. even if you mezz him, enslave him, and then take the collar off, he wont say anything when he sees you, and when you talk to him, hell just say you saved me from those bastards etc. like any other person you enslave and then free. also he has a LOT of ammo. out of curiosity, i let him shoot at me. he got about 100+ before i got bored and put him down. i guess the article is talking about the amount of ammo on his dead person? and whoever said he quickly pulls out his knife was wrong unless their lazlo had a rifle that broke down quickly (which is possibls since his weapon is in poor condition).98.150.113.196 00:08, January 18, 2010 (UTC)

Railway rifle
Is it worth mentioning in the article the Laszlo is one of the few (only?) NPC's to weild a crafted weapon?

Quest Related
How is he related to Strictly Profitable? Hal10k 23:08, October 3, 2010 (UTC)

He can be enslaved. Nukey (talk) 23:14, October 3, 2010 (UTC)

Like hundreds of others. Just Sayin'74.77.132.100 04:17, March 9, 2011 (UTC)

My First Encounter With Mister Laszlo Radford.....
When my character first encountered him, he was Yellow rather than Red to my girl, as we were both encountering bad guys at the same time. My girl just exited from a subway station into a gunfight in progress. She took sides with the man because the bad guys were Super Mutants. After we won the fight, she and he began talking. However, I should note that during the fight he was spouting those quotes that have been in question. Now, the talk was okay. He didn't turn Red, until she innocently looted something nearby that was free to be looted and he took offense as if it was something of his. Now he's been shooting at her on sight until just a moment ago when he tried to kill Dogmeat, so my girl shot him dead. I didn't want to kill him in case he was needed for a quest. So I came here to learn more about him. It seems like he isn't important other than for his Rail-Gun. I'll also had, that she encountered a Scavenger who was nice enough until she began to loot what must have been his shelter, filled with Yellow tagged items, not Red tagged items.

I think I'll resurrect him anyway, just in case. Like I'll have to do for Arkansas when I find him again. Then my girl will "bravely run away" and "live to fight another day". Leo Star Dragon 1.

REF ID is wrong
possibly swapped with the base ID?

Alas poor Radford.
I had just ran into Donavon of the Rangers a moment before and he had given me a mini-nuke, I just so happened to have a Fatman recovered from Constantine, I ran into this poor sap when I was level 21, was a great explosion.

--71.70.219.78 20:16, February 22, 2011 (UTC) Random Guy

Quest
Shouldn't the name of the quest be underneath the info box for 'Quests started' like on other pages? Right now it says 'yes'. Yes-Man 07:29, June 21, 2011 (UTC)