Harold Clark

Harold K. Clark Jr., though he would use the identity of Clayton Ward as a Vault 51 dweller. The original Clayton Ward failed to turn up at the Vault on October 23, 2077, so Clark took his place. A former executive of Clark, Clark, Clark & Associates of West Virginia, he witnessed the board run his company into the ground and considered the Vault as a learning experience. As an exemplar of US executives of the late 21st century - Brutal, relentless, and sans scruples - he got ahead by any means necessary and inadvertently set in motion events that led to Vault 51's failure. In April 2078, he forcibly removed Reuben Gill from one of ZAX's luxury bedrooms, claiming it as his own. Although ZAX was suspicious of Ward/Clark, in the light of his numerous visits to the server room (to gain information on ZAX for the board of his company, in case it still existed), his initiative and aggression proved inspiring - as was his condemnation of those unwilling to resort to violence to get ahead.

His determination backfired. Although he did earn a cushy new bedroom and weathered ZAX's crises well, he was one of the first to go when Reuben Gill, distraught by the loss of Helen Marks, went on a rampage through the Vault on August 6, 2078.

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is mentioned only in Fallout 76.