Edmund Medford

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Mentioned-only character
Edmund Medford
Lore
Race	Human
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Nuka-Cola Corporation Beverageer Division
Role	Organic chemist
Gameplay
Location	Secure beverageer lab
Other
Voice actor	? (Meacham recording AB35)
Mentioned in	Nuka-World

Doctor Edmund Medford was an organic chemist in the Nuka-Cola Corporation's Beverageer Division before the Great War.

Background

The second-best organic chemist on the team behind Dr. Ruth Leavitt, the mild-mannered Dr. Medford naturally fell in line behind Lead Beverageer Rex Meacham and his colleagues. When John-Caleb Bradberton formed a partnership with the U.S. military through General C. Braxton to develop chemical weapons, Meacham jumped at the opportunity, and Medford and his colleague Dr. Kevin Bennell accepted without complaint. The team was provided with a cutting-edge laboratory built into the foundations of the Nuka-Cola bottling plant, provided with a dedicated reactor and living quarters, allowing the Beverageers to work around the clock.

However, the military applications of the project did not sit well with Dr. Leavitt, who threatened to leave the team on ethical grounds. To appease Leavitt, Meacham put her to work on the isotope that would ultimately create Nuka-Cola Quantum while he, Bennell, and Medford continued their work on Project Cobalt. Even so, this was a serious blow to the project, as Leavitt's expertise as an organic chemist was second-to-none among the Beverageers. Medford was the closest, but he still could not make up for her departure. The three tried to change Leavitt's mind, with Bennell resorting to flattery and reason and Medford following his lead.

The arguments continued until the Great War struck on October 23, 2077. Medford and the others were all trapped as Bradberton activated his panic button, engaging the automated safety systems and locking down the lab with the Beverageers inside. Within a few weeks, isolation started to take its toll on the research team, and Medford was the first to break under the strain, hanging himself in his dormitory room. His death shocked his colleagues, who each responded differently. Meacham brushed it off, considering Medford's suicide an act of weakness. Bennell instead tried to escape into his work and avoid confronting his fears, while Leavitt angrily contested Meacham and eventually attempted to leave the lab.

His remains can still be found in the Nuka-Cola bottling plant's secret lab in 2287.

Appearances

Edmund Medford's skeleton appears only in the Fallout 4 add-on Nuka-World.

Behind the scenes

Edmund Medford's name is an amalgamation of the names of Dr. Harold Medford, a character in the 1954 science fiction monster movie Them!, and the actor that portrays him, Edmund Gwenn. He shares this trait with his fellow secure beverageer scientists.