Albert Cole

Albert Cole (VID 208-206-49-227) is an inhabitant of Vault 13 in 2161 and one of the three pre-made player characters available during character creation at the beginning of Fallout. He is designed to provide a diplomatic, as opposed to a combative or stealthy, approach to solving the central conflict in the game: the Master.
==Background==
Cole is a master of persuasion, often able to convince others to see matters his way. He is dedicated to being a negotiator, mediating between different parties, and even professes an occupation that would be known before the Great War as a lawyer. He is also a charismatic leader of a small, but vocal group of dwellers advocating for leaving the Vault and living outside.Albert Cole's character selection menuVault Dweller's Survival Guide p. 3-2
==Notes==
* A render depicting the Vault Dweller in the Vault Dweller's Survival Guide bears a strong resemblance to Albert Cole.
** The magazine ad for Fallout also depicts the Vault Dweller as bearing a resemblance to Cole. The illustration was produced by a contracted artist without input from developers.
* In preview screenshots for Fallout 3, the player character was named Albert, an allusion to Albert Cole.
* The seventh default face preset for the male protagonist in Fallout 4 bears a strong resemblance to Albert. 
** The list of names Codsworth will say out loud includes "Cole," but not "Albert."
* In Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel, an aging man sometimes called "the Vault Dweller" appears at the bar in Carbon, and can be unlocked as a playable character. His given background comports with the life of the Vault Dweller, and his ownership of the Vault 13 flask evidences his identity as the player character from Fallout.Wasteland stranger: "What's that you've got there, kid? Is that a... a vault 13 flask? Heh. Call me a sentimental old fool, but I'll give you a few caps for it."(Wasteland stranger's dialogue) The old man plausibly resembles Albert Cole.
** Chronologically, the flask later passed into possession of the Chosen One in Fallout 2, and would reappear among the Courier's initial belongings in Fallout: New Vegas Ultimate Edition.
==Appearances==
Albert Cole appears only .
==Behind the scenes==	 
* The name of Albert may be a reference to the post-apocalyptic novel by Harlan Ellison, A Boy and his Dog. The dog in question is psionically-gifted, and often calls the boy "Albert" despite this not being his real name.
** The film adaptation of A Boy and his Dog was shown at A Post-Apocalyptic Film Festival, a film festival held to promote the release of Fallout 3.
* Troika Games' Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura features a small quest referencing the main plotline of Fallout. Here, Albert is a magick practitioner from the secluded city of Tulla, sent on a quest to retrieve a water gem for the community. When the player encounters him, he has been cast out of the city, due to the influence the outside world has had upon him during his travels. Fallout creator Tim Cain and co-creators Jason D. Anderson and Leonard Boyarsky were the founders of Troika and primary designers on Arcanum.
==Gallery==
Fo1 Albert Manual.png|Albert as depicted in the Vault Dweller's Survival Guide
FO1 Albert character selection.jpg|Albert's character selection screen in Fallout 
Albert Cole1.jpg|Albert depicted in color in the Platinum PC Ultimate 01 magazine
FO1_Albert_Color_PC_Ultimate.png|Higher resolution and losless compression
==References==
Non-game
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