Mercenary (Fallout 3)

Mercenaries are guns for hire in the Capital Wasteland. Their bodies are scattered throughout the wasteland in places, such as Old Olney, Rock Creek caverns and the deathclaw sanctuary. They are not affiliated with Reilly's Rangers, Talon Company, or any other known mercenary group.

Each mercenary found dead is typically equipped with leather armor in poor condition. Unlike many other NPCs, they can also be carrying a bobby pin.

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Interactions
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One in a bathtub near the map's center in Bethesda Offices East.
One in the Corvega factory.
Two in the County sewer mainline.
One near the entrance to the deathclaw sanctuary.
A dead merc lies among a pile of corpses and gore in the deathclaw sanctuary.
One near a wastelander in the deathclaw sanctuary.
Three in deathclaw sanctuary.
One in Fort Bannister's CO quarters.
One in the hazmat disposal site L5.
One in a crater west of Gold Ribbon Grocers.
One at L'Enfant plaza, near the bridge.
One south of MDPL mass relay station, at a yao guai den.
One south of MDPL-16 power station, at an Enclave post (After The Waters of Life).
One in Mirelurk nesting hole's main area in the south.
One near a sentry bot in the National Archives east wing.
One in Old Olney, with a dead wastelander.
One in Old Olney, near the sewer entrance.
One with a combat shotgun in Old Olney.
One in Old Olney, near a dropdown sewer entrance.
One in the Olney sewers, near a dead wastelander.
One in the raider outpost, north area.
One in the Rock Creek caverns, near a power fist.
One against a barrier in the Vernon Square sewer.
One found at Takoma Industrial, near the auto shop.
Three inside Tenleytown/Friendship station.
One in the yao guai den.
One in Warren, near some vicious dogs.

Apparel	Weapon	Other items
Leather armor	Frag mine or laser pistol or laser rifle	Bobby pin

All characters named "mercenary" in-game are dead with the exception of one found in Craterside Supply.
Resurrecting a mercenary will cause them to be hostile towards the Lone Wanderer.
The notes Takoma Park artillery note and Pennsylvania Ave explosives note are found on the bodies of mercenaries.

These mercenaries appear only in Fallout 3.

The following is based on Fallout 3 cut content.

A character titled "Dead mercenary," seen in an early gameplay video, was cut from Fallout 3 near the end of development. She was intended to spawn dead outside of Super-Duper Mart. This character was equipped with combat armor, biker goggles, a bandana, a Chinese assault rifle, and 214 5.56mm rounds.^[1]