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X6-88
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Biography and appearance
RaceSynth, 3rd Gen
GenderMale
Hair StyleDishonorable discharge (hair)
Lazy morning (beard)
Hair ColorJet black
Eye ColorSteel
AffiliationThe Institute
Synth Retention Bureau
RoleCourser
LocationThe Institute
Libertalia
Dialogue FileX6-88's dialogue
Gameplay
QuestsSynth Retention
aggressionAggressive
confidenceAverage
assistanceHelps Allies
Statistics
SPECIALStrength: 8
Perception: 10
Endurance: 9
Charisma: 7
Intelligence: 9
Agility: 10
Luck: 7
Tag SkillsCourserClass
Technical
Editor RaceHumanRace
Editor IDCompanionX6-88
MQ203MemoryH_Courser
Base ID000bbee6Ref ID000e210a
Editor FactionsCurrentCompanionFaction
Voices_CompanionsFaction
InstituteFaction
Synth Faction
HasBeenCompanionFaction
CrimeInstitute
PotentialCompanionFaction
CompanionCrimeFaction_X6-88
ActorDavid Paluck
 
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X6-88 (also referred to as simply X6) is an Institute courser and potential companion of the Sole Survivor in 2287.

Background[]

One of the most capable synthetic Coursers in the employ of the Institute, X6 is used for the most delicate assignments by Father, usually related in some way to his own parent, the Sole Survivor. X6-88 was the Institute courser that was assigned to the retention of B5-92 or "Gabriel" at Libertalia[1].

Interactions with the player character[]

Interactions overview[]

Perk nociception regulator
This character is essential. Essential characters cannot be killed.
FriendlyFoe
This character is a permanent party member. They grant the Shield Harmonics perk.
Perk empathy synthesizer
This character is involved in quests.

Synth Retention The Nuclear Option

Quests[]

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Effects of player actions[]

X6-88's loyalty actions
X6-88 likes...
  • ...when the Sole Survivor enters power armor.
  • ...crafting armor and weapon modifications
  • ...assisting Institute scientists
  • ...passing dialogue checks that result in more caps
  • ...threatening people in dialogue
  • ...hacking terminals
  • ...telling Elder Arthur Maxson that Danse deserves a chance to explain himself during Blind Betrayal
X6-88 loves...
  • ...putting the mutineers on probation at the conclusion of A House Divided
  • ...preventing Bill Sutton from killing synth Roger Warwick in Building a Better Crop
X6-88 dislikes...
  • ...selflessness, including donations to the less fortunate
  • ...public nudity
  • ...entering vertibirds that have been called in
  • ...the use of chems
  • ...executing the mutineers at the conclusion of A House Divided
  • ...telling Jack Cabot, in The Secret of Cabot House, that your sorry for his loss if the option of killing Lorenzo was chosen
X6-88 hates...
  • ...

Other interactions[]

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Comments[]

X6-88's location comments
Location/Requirement Comment
Diamond City, entrance "Good place to stock up on supplies, if you can stand the smell."
Goodneighbor, entrance "A lot of runners come through here. They think it's a safe place."
Combat Zone, exterior "If you ask me, this place is a waste of time."
Cabot House, exterior by the shrubbery "We've got very little intel on this place. The more we can learn, the better."
Parsons State Insane Asylum, entrance foyer on the rug just past the front door; during the quest The Secret of Cabot House. "In the Institute, mental disorders are a thing of the past."
Jamaica Plain, northwest road entrance, by the diner "Rumor has it there's a treasure buried here somewhere. People have died searching for it. Greed and materialism don't exist in the Institute."
Vault 81, entrance walkway "So Father came from a place like this? Fascinating."
[[]] "The Advanced Systems division had plans for a vehicle like this. It ended up being more trouble than it was worth."
[[]] "Not much cover on the walkways here. Best defense is to keep moving."
[[]] "Once we're on the higher floors, we'd better make sure our escape route isn't cut off."
[[]] "Good defenses here. I can see why the Minutemen once used this as their headquarters."
Covenant, gate exterior "This is the place with the so-called synth detector test. That's almost funny."
Bunker Hill, base of stairs to the monument - before the gate "I've had more than one runner's trail go cold in Bunker Hill. There's a high probability of Railroad involvement."
[[]] "No ghouls? I don't like it..."
[[]] "The old Institute. We've come so far from this."
Sentinel site Prescott, bomb storage room entrance "Look at all of this ordnance. This is not good."
Sentinel site Prescott, gantry just inside the main entrance "This has to be a launch site of some kind. How did we not know about this?"
Sentinel site Prescott, exterior entrance "That's definitely not pre-war. What the hell is it?"
[[]] "Damn... every one of these cars is a bomb waiting to go off."
Ticonderoga, penthouse foyer "The Railroad learned a hard lesson here."
Old North Church, catacombs "Good place for a synth to hide."
Old North Church, nave "I suppose people stopped caring about churches and religion after the bombs fell."
[[]] "This place doesn't feel steady. I think it's shifting in the wind. We should get back down."
[[]] "Trinity Tower. If we're going in there, we should stick to the lower floors. We don't want to get cut off."
Hubris Comics, shop floor "These images are a poor representation of reality. It's as if a child drew them."
Hubris Comics, top floor studio "The Institute's founders frowned on television. They thought it was a detriment to science."
[[]] "I admit it, I didn't think this would actually work."
[[]] "If we ever need to disable this vessel, this is the place to do it."
Yangtze-31, bridge "This craft is remarkably well-preserved."
Starlight Drive-In, in the projection room "The images must have been controlled from here. Not a bad way to conduct a large-scale briefing."
Starlight Drive-In, at the screen "Some of the scientists enjoy filmed entertainment. I have no use for it."
Wilson Atomatoys corporate HQ, Arlen Glass' office "Pristine. How is that possible?"
Wilson Atomatoys corporate HQ, foyer display "The horse looks cleaner than it should."
Wildwood Cemetery "Why store corpses? This space could be put to more efficient use."
[[]] "I don't like it. Who knows what might be in this water."
West Everett Estates, backyard bunker "I doubt this saved anyone when the bombs fell."
[[]] "If Super Mutants have claimed this place, we might want to avoid it."
[[]] "The most efficient farm in the Commonwealth."
Walden Pond, just in front of said cabin. "I was told a great writer once lived here. I'm not sure how anyone that wasn't a scientist can be considered great."
Milton General Hospital, basement morgue "Corpse storage. Pleasant."
Milton General Hospital, waiting foyer "The medicine that was practiced here is almost barbaric compared to the Institute's advances."
Vault 95, Overseer's office The Overseer's office has been repurposed into a briefing room of some kind.
[[]] "These must be the Vault's primary power systems."
Museum of Witchcraft "Get ready for a fight."
Museum of Witchcraft "Something heavy up there. Might be a Deathclaw."
Vault 75, combat training room "A training area of some kind. Not bad."
Vault 75, entrance "This was well-hidden."
Vault 114, entrance construction "This area was still under construction."
Vault 111, cryonic stasis room "This was your spouse? My condolences."
Vault 114, exterior tunnel construction "I know this architecture. This is a vault."
Trinity Church, theatrical rigging "This is an excellent vantage point if anyone attacks."
Trinity Church, nursery "A place for infant humans. I've only seen one once. It was unsettling."
Thicket Excavations, near the waters edge; before the conclusion of the quest Pull the Plug. "Perfect spot for a mirelurk den."
[[]] "More reliable than a human brewer, I guess."
[[]] "The future of mankind has never looked brighter. It makes me proud to serve."
Gwinnett Brewery, brewing floor "I've seen men kill each other for a single swig of this stuff. Pathetic."
[[]] "I've seen a lot of people up here try to drown their troubles. They all end up as radroach food."
[[]] "The little people just eat this up."
Combat Zone, front row "This is where the separate the weak from the strong."
[[]] "With the water gone, we could take a closer look."
[[]] "Looks like the Minutemen have put in some work here."
[[]] "Fighting mirelurks in close quarters like this is dangerous, but at least this area is easier to fortify."
[[]] "What a mess."
[[]] "I wonder if he was already dead when the insects started eating him?"
Boston Common, just in front of the infantry fighting vehicle "I've heard rumors about this place. People come here and are never seen again."
[[]] "I advice that we not engage the Brotherhood here."
South Boston military checkpoint "I just tune it out."
Skylanes Flight 1981 "I can't think of a worse way to die."
[[]] "We sometimes find older-model synth parts in places like this. Scavengers are a constant threat to our surface work teams."
[[]] "Let's keep our distance from that machinery."
[[]] "Power armor. Recommend heavy armaments."
Sandy Coves Convalescent Home, captain's room "More relics of the pre-war world."
[[]] "This monitoring station must have been built from trees so it would be invisible to enemy radar. Clever."
Robotics disposal ground, in front of the sentry bot "That robot is military spec. Maybe we should just avoid it."
[[]] "Doctor Karlin thinks the world's oceans are probably filled with huge, mutated sea creatures."
Revere Beach Station, end tunnel raider encampment "Raider strongpoint. Might not be worth the trouble."
"Thankfully, the concept of sibling rivalry is alien to me."
"Look at the calcification. These remains are centuries old."
Quincy ruins, Freeway stronghold bridge to roof catwalks "I hope we won't be up here for long."
Boston Police rationing site, in front of the trailer kiosk "People killed each other for food here. The Institute will never have those kinds of problems."
[[]] "Water power isn't as efficient as you might think."
Poseidon Energy, generator room - the part past the raider defenses. "It's unusual to find this much machinery intact. The scavengers typically tear these things to pieces."
[[]] "Were they performing some kind of research?"
[[]] "Gas of some kind... *cough* Possibly dangerous... *cough*"
Pickman's Gallery "I've used some of these techniques."
[[]] "You see a lot of abandoned camps in the Commonwealth. They're easy picking for raiders."
[[]] "An old waste-processing station... as if that wasn't obvious from the odor."
Fiddler's Green Trailer Estates, entrance "I wonder what crimes a person had to commit to be be forced to live here?"
Neponset Park, "Where's there's water, there are always Mirelurks."
[[]] "If those stations have power, that's a valuable asset."
Nahant Oceanological Society, second floor "I've heard all of these facts a dozen times, at least."
Nahant Oceanological Society, research laboratory "Strange. Why smash the tanks?"
[[]] "I'll have to remember this place. I might be able to make use of it someday."
Gorski Cabin, root cellar workshop "We should make sure nobody ever finishes building this."
[[]] "Many of these ghouls were thrown out of Diamond City. I suppose this is the best they could do."
[[]] "I always found it strange that pre-war surgery was performed with a live audience. Was it really that exciting?"
[[]] "Solid construction. These walls could withstand almost any attack."
[[]] "If we're going to hit that stronghold, we should try to lure them out and pick them off."
University Point, just inside the gate "I heard about the battle here. It must have been impressive to see an army of synths in action."
[[]] "Excellent sight lines here."
[[]] "Not much concern for public safety."
Mass Fusion disposal site "Those geysers... Some kind of pressure release system?"
[[]] "We should monitor radiation levels carefully."
[[]] "I try not to look up when I'm in here. It's disorienting."
[[]] "I've always felt more at home in places like this."
Mahkra Fishpacking, basement store room "We should find a way to weaponize this odor."
[[]] "It's a trap!"
[[]] "Downright primitive by Institute standards."
Vault 81, observation room "Did they interrogate people here?"
[[]] "It looks like they were planning to expand the vault here."
[[]] "We're exposed here. We should head back down."
[[]] "That water is heavily irradiated. We should keep away from it."
Kingsport Lighthouse, at the top beacon "A lighthouse... good vantage point. I can see why the Glowing Ones came here."
WRVR broadcast station, control room "The SRB monitors all radio broadcasts in the Commonwealth. We think the Railroad might be sharing coded messages that way."
Jamaica Plain, treasure room "Worthless. All of it."
Jamaica Plain, security room "That might be more trouble than it's worth."
Jalbert Brothers Disposal, at the barn with the barrels "If you have any Rad-X, I suggest you take it now."
Super-Duper Mart, front counters "Better watch our step. More of the roof could fall without warning."
Irish Pride Industries shipyard, at the corpse of Rory Rigwell "Trying to live with Mirelurks? That's insane."
[[]] "I wonder what the doctors were hoping to learn?"
Cambridge crater, edge "A few well-placed grenades could clear out that crater with minimal effort."
Cambridge crater, edge "I wouldn't advise getting too close to that crater."
[[]] "We should get back down to the ground. Or better yet, beneath it."
[[]] "A single Institute holotape could hold all of the text in this library."
[[]] "Real technological advancement means making things smaller, not larger."
Hester's Consumer Robotics, entrance: showroom floor "I'll have to mention this place in my next report. It's a perfect location for a scavenger team."
[[]] "This must have been their fall back point. They should have reinforced it better."
Collage Square, the square "College Square used to be a raider stronghold. That was a long time ago."
[[]] "Some of this might be useful. We should take an inventory."
[[]] "We're not alone here."
[[]] "All of these computers put together wouldn't match the processing power of one Institute terminal."
Greater Mass Blood Clinic, basement storage "That's real blood. Interesting."
[[]] "Clever, using the pool like that."
Not available due to bugsRadroach Atom Cats' garage, unable to determine due to bugged content. Not available due to bugsRadroach "It's looks like one of them is chasing the other one. Must be a fight."
Gunners Plaza, cafeteria – before the staircase "Some of this glass is still sharp. Be careful."
Gunners Plaza, main entrance of the atrium writer's room "What a meaningless life, pushing papers around all day."
When walking on a mirelurk infested beach, between Reeb Marina and Gibson Point Pier. "I don't know why anyone would live near the ocean. Who knows what might crawl out of it?"
General Atomics factory, quality assurance test chamber "It seems likely that the robots at Graygarden were produced here."
Back Alley Bowling, at the lanes "I've never understood this game. If the objective is to destroy the pins, why not just shoot them?"
General Atomics galleria, at the gate "We sent up a team up to try to repair that robot, only to find it was hollowed out."
[[]] "They must be preparing for a fight."
Fort Strong, sublevel in the room before the main mini nuke storage room. "We should take these shells. Better to have them in our hands than someone else's."
West Roxbury station, platform "Does that engine have power?"
[[]] "These structures won't be around much longer."
Federal surveillance center K-21B, gantry overlook "An old surveillance center. It could have been concealed better."
Faneuil Hall, the hall "Impressive structure. At least, it was."
[[]] "Concord should be just above us. I'll bet the Railroad uses these tunnels to move runaway synths."
[[]] "Keep quiet, unless you want to wake up a Deathclaw."
Fairline Hill Estates, at the fortified house "Good place for a runaway synth to hide. We should look into it."
Fairline Hill Estates, at the entrance to the cul-de-sac "Strange. People were living here the last time I came through. Now, nothing."
[[]] "Dangerous place to fight. Can't exactly flee into the ocean."
[[]] "This must be where they work on the robots."
Easy City Downs, northern corner fence hole to the racetrack, next to the stands "The Robotics division did something like this once."
East Boston Preparatory School, third floor torture chamber "An interrogation chamber. Rudimentary, but effective."
[[]] "I don't like the look of that water."
[[]] "Why dig this here? Were they looking for something?"
[[]] "This technology seems too sophisticated for a mental hospital. Something else was going on in here."
[[]] "Every minute we spend in here makes me appreciate the BioScience division a little bit more."
[[]] "These old hulks have been washing up here for decades."
[[]] "I'm not sure that's an improvement."
Weatherby Savings and Loan, before the completion of the quest Last Voyage of the U.S.S. Constitution "One of the scientists in Advanced Systems tried to figure out how this boat could have ended up here." "Eventually, he just gave up"
[[]] "Someone's been hitting the chems a little hard."
[[]] "Something big punched through this wall. Deathclaw maybe?"
Croup Manor, basement "How did all these Ghouls get down here?"
Crater House, edge of crater "Sheltering in a crater? Where's the sense in that?"
[[]] "Looks like Raiders have claimed the tunnel."
Corvega assembly plant, entrance of the assembly line room "The older sections of the Institute look a lot like this."
Not available due to bugsRadroach Coast Guard Pier, either at the corner of the pier by the tower, or the center of the building. The super mutants were supposed to be wearing Coast Guard hats. Not available due to bugsRadroach "That's... not normal super mutant behavior."
[[]] "The boat's pilot was probably blinded by the atomic blast."
Chestnut Hillock Reservoir "That overturned boat... I wonder if that was really an accident."
[[]] "In the Institute, we've advanced far beyond books. Children learn from interactive terminals."
Shaw High School, cafeteria "There must have been a lot of children here to require a commissary of this size."
Charles View Amphitheater "I used to come here for target practice."
[[]] "Look at this place. Talk about humble beginnings..."
Cabot House, laboratory "Is this what passes for science on the surface?"
Cabot House, living room "It must take an army of robots to keep this house so clean."
Bunker Hill, entrance - base of the monument "I believe this commemorates a battle that took place here."
Breakheart Banks, at the building "Super Mutant attack. These people were probably eaten."
Boston Public Library, hall where defenses are "Learning from books? Not exactly efficient."
Boston Public Library, main entrance "These creatures must have been impressive in person."
Boston mayoral shelter, at the basketball court "This looks like a combat arena, but I'm not sure what the hoops were for."
[[]] "Watch for snipers."
[[]] "This unit could have been saved with a memory reset."
Beantown Brewery, bottling room floor "We send scavenger teams to places like this to collect chemicals."
Fallon's Department Store (West Roxbury township), by the fountain "It must have been quite a chore to keep this communal drinking basin clean."
Fallon's Department Store (West Roxbury township), by the escalators "Maybe we should install these in the Institute. They look useful."
Joe's Spuckies (Southie speakeasy), speakeasy stairway "A secret room for drinking? Strange."
The Switchboard, the foyer of the agency "This place reminds me of the SRB office."
BADTFL regional office, evidence lockup "These weapons could be useful."

Inventory[]

MadeMan
Icon armored vault suit
Apparel
Courser uniform
Patrolman sunglasses
Assault carbine icon
Weapon
Institute rifle
Icon briefcase
Carried items
Synth uniform
Icon male severed head
Drops on death
empty

Appearances[]

X6-88 appears only in Fallout 4.

References

Institute flag
Fo4 Institute Seal
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