Zimmer

Dr. Zimmer is the director of the Institute's Synth Retention Bureau, who is temporarily staying at Rivet City in 2277.
==Background==
The 58-year-oldFallout 3 Official Game Guide Game of the Year Edition p.70: "Doctor ZimmerZimmer, 58, is a very serious, very straight-forward scientist who has traveled to Rivet City from the Commonwealth (Massachusetts) and is in town on business for "the Institute." Zimmer is looking for an escaped robot, an experiment that, in Zimmer's words, is "unstable, and a danger to himself and others." He is, without exception, always in the company of his bodyguard, Armitage."(Fallout 3 Official Game Guide Game of the Year Edition Wasteland Census) Dr. Zimmer is the head of the Synth Retention Bureau circa 2277. That year, Zimmer personally ordered for testing on the Forced Evolutionary Virus from the Institute's FEV lab lead scientist C. Syverson. Syverson was unsure of why Zimmer had ordered the tests to begin with, and noted he was annoyed with the results.FEV lab terminal entries; terminal, 2277.7.10 Later that same year, Zimmer left the Commonwealth and journeyed south to the Capital Wasteland in search of a missing android. Accompanied by his android bodyguard, Armitage, he made his way to Rivet City in the hopes that fellow scientist Dr. Madison Li could assist him in his search for his missing property.
Upon arrival to Rivet City and its science lab, Li personally refused him the right to speak with her,The Lone Wanderer: "What do you know about Zimmer?"Madison Li: "Sigh. That man doesn't have you looking for his pet android, does he? I've already told him to lay off it. He's distracting my entire team."(Madison Li's dialogue) a conversation that had to be reiterated by her assistant, Anna Holt, citing that his constant interruptions were interfering with Li's hydroponic developments. Despite being refused assistance he remains within the lab, refusing to leave until Li "stops playing with her chemistry set and starts talking real science."Dr. Zimmer: ""Anna Holt: ""Dr. Zimmer: ""Anna Holt: ""Dr. Zimmer: ""Anna Holt: ""Dr. Zimmer: ""Anna Holt: ""Dr. Zimmer: ""Anna Holt: ""(Zimmer's and Anna Holt's dialogue) He later asks for help from the Lone Wanderer to help him find his missing android.Zimmer: " Are you by any chance... for hire?"The Lone Wanderer: "That depends. What exactly are we talking about, here?"Dr. Zimmer: ""The Lone Wanderer: "Missing property? What kind of property?"Dr. Zimmer: " And... occasionally they get confused and wander off."The Lone Wanderer: "Interesting... But what's this got to do with me, exactly?"Dr. Zimmer: ""(Zimmer's dialogue)
As of 2287, Zimmer remains missing in action, with Justin Ayo filling his position at the SRB. According to Ayo, Zimmer is reclaiming "high profile" units in an unspecified location.Justin Ayo: ""(Justin Ayo's dialogue)
==Interactions with the player character==
===Interactions overview===
===Quests===
The Replicated Man: Zimmer wants the Lone Wanderer to hunt down a rogue android.
===Other interactions===
If Zimmer is convinced the android is dead, he will leave Rivet City and disappear from the game.
==Inventory==
==Notable quotes==
==Appearances==
Zimmer appears and Fallout Shelter Online, and is mentioned .
==Behind the scenes==
A voice type exists for Zimmer in the game files of Fallout 4, though it is not used anywhere and no voice lines are found in the files.Editor ID: NPCMZimmer, form ID: . Other Institute NPCs' voice types' form IDs begin with "0693."
==Gallery==
FSO UI C ShopIcon DrZimmer.png|Zimmer's hero card in Fallout Shelter Online
FSO UITex YS C Bg HeroShare qimoer.png|Zimmer's maxed hero card in Fallout Shelter Online
==References==
Non-game
Category:Rivet City characters
Category:Institute characters
Category:Fallout 3 human characters
Category:Fallout 3 scientists
Category:Fallout 4 mentioned-only human characters
Category:Fallout Shelter Online characters
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