Colonel Hartigan is an astronaut found dead in Mothership Zeta's Engineering Core in Fallout 3.
Background[edit]
In a recorded log, Hartigan introduces himself and explains that the United States had been conducting manned spaceflight tests and did not anticipate finding aliens.[1] Aboard Clarabella 7, he was returning from a low-orbit mission when he was abducted, his disappearance covered up by U.S. government and the United States Space Administration.[Pub 1] He states to the aliens that he believes the two species can learn a great deal from one another, but is then shocked by his captors.[1] He was placed in a cryogenic stasis pod, where he is found deceased.
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Inventory[edit]
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Notes[edit]
His space pod can be found in the Research Lab.
Appearances[edit]
Hartigan appears in the Fallout 3 DLC Mothership Zeta.
References[edit]
- ↑ Fallout 3 Official Game Guide Game of the Year Edition p. 66: "Colonel Hartigan (deceased)
Hartigan was returning from a low-orbit mission in his capsule Clarabella 7, but he never made it back to its ocean splashdown rendezvous point. The mystery was soon covered up by the U.S. government and the United States Space Administration, who claimed the craft crash-landed after becoming entangled in high-altitude weather balloons. Hartigan himself soon made first contact with the Aliens and attempted to calmly explain his mission. His screams can still be heard echoing through a Recorded Log on the ship. He was placed in cryogenic stasis pod, but complications and pod malfunctions, plus the stress he endured during his Alien encounters, caused the colonel to expire. His Spacesuit is still useful, however."
(Fallout 3 Official Game Guide/Wasteland Census)
