“Walk a hundred miles if I knew there was a pile of caps waiting for me at the end.”
Robert Joseph MacCready is a character in Fallout 3, Fallout 4, Fallout Shelter Online, and Fallout: The Board Game. He is the mayor of Little Lamplight in Fallout 3 and a possible companion in Fallout 4.
Background[edit]
Capital Wasteland[edit]
Main article: Mayor MacCready
Robert MacCready was born in the Capital Wasteland.[1] He grew up as orphan and lived at Little Lamplight,[2][1] a settlement populated entirely of children, where adults were barred entry.[3] At the age of ten, MacCready learned how to use sniper rifles, developing into a skilled sharpshooter.[4] He served as mayor of Little Lamplight, a position he earned by punching the previous mayor in the face.[5][6]
At sixteen, he left Little Lamplight,[1] wandering and taking odd jobs[7] before settling as a mercernary.[8][9] He met his wife Lucy and told her he was a soldier, fearing he'd lose her if he told the truth. She carved him a toy soldier as a gift.[9] They lived at a homestead and had a child together named Duncan.[10][11] MacCready swore off cursing as a promise to Duncan that he'd clean up his act.[12] After spending a night inside a metro station, Lucy was swarmed by Feral Ghouls and killed. He says that "they were on her before I could even fire a shot" and that it "took everything I had to escape with Duncan in my arms."[13] At their homestead, Duncan contracted an illness that caused a severe outbreak of blue boils with an intense fever.[10] MacCready travelled north to the Commonwealth to search for a cure.[7]
Commonwealth[edit]
Main article: Robert MacCready
In the Commonwealth, MacCready met Sinclair, who told him that his partner broke out in blue boils similar to Duncan's. He informed MacCready about a potential cure being housed at Med-Tek Research and provided him with the building's lockdown security codes.[14] With the lockdown codes, he tried to breach the building, but was nearly killed by Feral Ghouls.[15]
MacCready joined the Gunners when he heard their need for sharpshooters. He says it was the "biggest mistake of my life" and later quit, fearing it was catching up to him. He comments that they "were animals" and "killed anything that moved if it got in their way".[7] MacCready offered his mercenary[8] services in Goodneighbor, saying the town is known to "not to ask too many questions".[16] He made a deal with Hancock and waited for the "caps to roll in."[16] Two of his former Gunner colleagues, Winlock and Barnes, threatened MacCready for operating within their territory, driving away clients due to his prior affiliation with the Gunners.[17]
Publications[edit]
“He has served as the mayor of Little Lamplight for two years (since he was 10), when he was chosen by the other residents due to his smarts, toughness, and the fact that he doesn’t take guff from anyone. He has no fear of adults and is a perfect representative. He is belligerent, small (even for his age), very distrustful of adults, and willing to blow someone’s head off to defend his young charges, but MacCready is also very loyal to those he considers friends.”— Fallout 3 Official Game Guide/Wasteland Census
“A Commonwealth mercenary scouring the wasteland for a cure to an unknown disease. It’s been a while since he left Little Lamplight. He’s an expert with weapons, particularly the sniper rifle. He prefers to hang back in times of combat, but don’t mistake that for cowardice; he’s an exceptional help if you provide him with markers from where he can cover you.”— Fallout 4 Vault Dweller's Survival Guide
“MacCready was the former mayor of Little Lamplight in the Capital Wasteland. After he came of age, he followed the rules and became a mercenary. After MacCready's wife died in a Ghoul attack, he came to the Commonwealth Wasteland in search of a way to cure his son of an unknown illness.”— Fallout Shelter Online Character Descriptions
“When he first entered the Wasteland, MacCready chose the life of a mercenary. The mission assigned to him by his employers was to "go to some place and kill someone". He never questioned this kind of work... MacCready was a favourite of his employers because he was efficient and showed apathy toward his targets. But at the behest of one woman, MacCready gave up his life of killing forever.”— Fallout Shelter Online Character Descriptions
Quotes[edit]
Fallout 4[edit]
- "And what about you? How do I know I won't end up with a bullet in my back?"
- "Walk a hundred miles if I knew there were a pile of caps waiting for me at the end."
- "Look pal. If you're preaching about the Atom, or looking for a friend, you've got the wrong guy. If you need a hired gun... then maybe we can talk."
- "Let's be careful. No human being would possibly pile books this way."
- "Took everything I had to escape with Duncan in my arms. Maybe it would have been better if we'd died there with her"
- "I never knew you could do that with Mutfruit"
Fallout 3[edit]
- "Of course, I've kept this place going strong for three years. To most of these kids, that makes me Mayor For Fucking Life. Fine by me, I say."
- "Don't take another step, or we'll blow your fucking head off!"
- "Stay in line and everything'll be a-oh-fucking-kay."
- "Stay away, mungo, I don't wanna catch old from you!"
- "Mungo, mungo, smells like dung-o!"
- "You can go take a hike, you insane mutant-fucker. Get out of my town!"
Appearances[edit]
Robert MacCready appears in Fallout 3, Fallout 4, Fallout Shelter Online, and Fallout: The Board Game.
Gallery[edit]
From The Art of Fallout 4
Concept art by Adam Adamowicz, The Art of Fallout 3 (p. 20)
MacCready's icon from the Killshot perk
MTG Card
Extended Art
References[edit]
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