Richards (Vault 101)

Officer Richards is a member of Vault 101 security . He guards the locked atrium door to the Vault 101 entrance together with Officer O'Brian.
==Background==
A little more stable than his sadistic partner, Richards is nonetheless perfectly willing to open fire on hapless dwellers, as per his standing orders. The posting at the atrium door, separating the entrance from the rest of the Vault, is a perfect spot for this.Fallout 3 Official Game Guide Game of the Year Edition p.88: "Officer RichardsA little less relentless than Officer O'Brian in his beating of those milling about Vault 101 during the escape of the Lone Wanderer, Officer Richards is still under orders to stop those from breaching the Vault door."(Fallout 3 Official Game Guide Game of the Year Edition Wasteland Census)
==Interactions with the player character==
===Interactions overview===
===Quests===
* Escape!: O'Brian and Richards will immediately open fire on the player when they notice them. They will also kill Tom and Mary Holden, who try to make a run for it - unless the player character is spotted first, causing both officers to attack them instead of the Holdens, who will flee to safety. If Richards isn't killed, he'll later appear again at the Vault door and immediately attack.
==Inventory==
==Behind the scenes==
* In Escape!, the CG04SecurityRichardsKendall topic suggests that John Kendall would meet with Richards at the atrium, if Kendall wasn't killed by the player or the roaches:
**Richards: "Hey, John. What did you find?"
**Kendall: "He/She was leaving his quarters just as I got there, but then I got jumped by some roaches and he/she got away."
**Richards: "Don't worry, we'll find that little punk/bitch. He/She can't hide forever."
**Kendall: "Righto. Give a yell if you see anything. I'm going to head down this way."
* Originally, if he was left alive in Escape! he would appear in Trouble on the Homefront.
==Appearances==
Officer Richards appears only .
==References==
Non-game
Category:Fallout 3 human characters
Category:Vault 101 characters
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