Allistair Tenpenny
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Allistair Tenpenny is the owner of Tenpenny Tower in 2277.
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[edit] Background
Tenpenny was born in 2197 in what used to be known as England. He somehow managed to cross the Atlantic Ocean and came to the Capital Wasteland to seek his fortune. He became quite rich, took over a pre-War hotel, and named it after himself after he and a bunch of mercenaries cleaned out the abandoned hotel. He is famous across the wasteland, although infamous amongst the ghoul population.
Though Tenpenny is nominally in charge of Tenpenny Tower, Chief of Security Gustavo takes care of all security and administration matters, and Mister Burke (an employee with undefined responsibilities) seems to be more in charge of the place than either of them.
[edit] Daily schedule
Tenpenny is a recluse, never leaving his penthouse suite.
He carries a sniper rifle which he uses to shoot at things in the wastes during what he calls "Wasteland Safari."
[edit] Interactions with the player character
During the quest The Power of the Atom, the player can stand on Tenpenny's balcony with Tenpenny and Mister Burke and together witness the destruction of Megaton in a nuclear explosion. If you choose to blow up Megaton for Tenpenny and Burke, Tenpenny will give you a suite in the tower.
During the quest You Gotta Shoot 'Em In The Head, Mister Crowley wants to hire the player to kill Tenpenny. If confronted, Tenpenny will make a counter-offer, hiring the player to kill Crowley.
During the Tenpenny Tower quest, the player can convince Tenpenny to give his permission for the ghouls to move in.
[edit] Inventory
| Apparel | Weapon | Other item | On death |
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| Tenpenny's Suit | Sniper Rifle | Allistair Tenpenny's Suite Key |
[edit] Notes
- Killing Tenpenny yields good karma.
- If you help the ghouls move in during the Tenpenny Tower quest, the tower will be turned into another ghoul city like Underworld.
- Killing both Allistair Tenpenny and Mr. Burke before you detonate the nuclear bomb at Megaton will prevent you from ever acquiring a room at Tenpenny Tower.
- You can kill Allistair Tenpenny and Mr. Burke after you receive your key and deed to the Tenpenny Suite. Be sure to talk to Burke after you use the detonator in order to complete the quest and receive the key and deed.
- If you disarm the bomb, the Contract for Extermination put out on the player character will mention his/her name directly.
- If you kill Allistair Tenpenny before finishing the Tenpenny Tower (quest), you will not be able to work out an amicable resolution between the ghouls and the Tenpenny Tower residents unless you kill Gustavo (he says that the ghouls can move in over his dead body).
- If you frenzy Burke and he attacks Tenpenny and is killed you can not receive the reward for blowing up Megaton but is still possible to blow it up but Tenpenny does not say his well done speech.
[edit] Appearances
Allistair Tenpenny appears only in Fallout 3.
[edit] Behind the scenes
- Tenpenny brings to mind Howard Hughes.
- Both men are wealthy recluses.
- Tenpenny's suite is littered with milk bottles; Hughes also amassed milk bottles in his rooms.
- There is a row of empty Nuka-Cola bottles next to Tenpenny's door; Hughes urinated in his emptied milk bottles and lined them up near the door.
- Tenpenny's "Wasteland Safari" is reminiscent of Amon Goeth, the concentration camp leader in the film Schindler's List. Goeth spends parts of his day sitting on the balcony of his large house looking out over his work camp and occasionally shooting workers.
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