American war correspondent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All right boys, I'm going to make you famous. Get yourselves into a heroic pose. Okay. That's it. Just like that. Hold still. Excellent! The Capital Post thanks you! Who knows, maybe someone will turn this photo into a statue one day. All right, you boys try not to die out there, okay? God bless you, and God bless the U.S. of A!
”The American war correspondent is a reporter in the Anchorage Reclamation simulation in 2277.
Background[]
Recently, the premiere daily periodical of Washington, D.C., the Capitol Post, dis-patched a journalist to the front lines for a piece on the brave soldiers and their fight against Communism. Appearing inside the confines of the Field Headquarters, the Correspondent talks with troops and places them in a pose so heroic, he’s certain that one day someone might carve a memorial from the photograph.[1]
Interactions with the player character[]
Interactions overview[]
 |
This character is essential. Essential characters cannot be killed. | |
Working for the Capitol Post, he is present at the U.S. Army field headquarters to take a photo of three soldiers for the newspaper. Following the picture, he remarks, "Who knows, maybe someone will turn this photo into a statue one day". Someone did, in fact, make a statue of it. It stands at the Anchorage War Memorial.
Other interactions[]
- If you speak to him, he will give a generic "Thanks for serving" or something of that nature.
Inventory[]
 |
 |
Grimy pre-War businesswear Pre-War hat |
|---|---|---|
 |
- | |
 |
Camera | |
 |
empty |
Notable quotes[]
- "Excellent, the Capital Post thanks you! Who knows, maybe someone will turn this photo into a statue one day."
- "All right, you boys try not to die out here, okay? God bless you, and God bless the U.S. of A!"
Appearances[]
The American war correspondent appears only in the Fallout 3 add-on Operation: Anchorage.
References
- ↑ Fallout 3 Official Game Guide Game of the Year Edition p.102: "War Correspondent
Recently, the premiere daily periodical of Washington, D.C., the Capitol Post, dispatched a journalist to the front lines for a piece on the brave soldiers and their fight against Communism. Appearing inside the confines of the Field Headquarters, the Correspondent talks with troops and places them in a pose so heroic, he's certain that one day someone might carve a memorial from the photograph."
(Fallout 3 Official Game Guide Game of the Year Edition Wasteland Census)
