Button Gwinnett is a protectron who runs the National Archives in 2277. Due to a memory malfunction, he believes himself to be the real Button Gwinnett.
Background
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This protectron is programmed to act as Button Gwinnett, the second governor of Georgia. However, after the Great War, he still acts as Button Gwinnett, protecting the Declaration of Independence from the "Reds" with his soldiers (the robots).
RelationshipsEdit
Button is the leader of the security robots in the National Archives basement levels.
Interactions with the player characterEdit
Interactions overviewEdit
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- Stealing Independence: Button Gwinnett has total control over all the robots in the National Archives and addresses them with motivational messages as the player progresses through the basement levels and gets closer to his quarters. When initiating dialogue with him, he will call you a redcoat, and claim that they are surrounded by redcoats.
InventoryEdit
- Unlike the other protectrons, Button Gwinnett's voice sounds human. He speaks with a colonial accent.
- The Lone Wanderer can also find his wig in the corner of the room Button Gwinnett is guarding. Strangely, the wig he is currently wearing can't be looted, even if the robot is destroyed.
- If you can convince him that you are Thomas Jefferson, he mentions that you should give his regards to "Sally". Sally Hemmings was a slave with whom Mr. Jefferson had children with.
- If you help Button Gwinnett by telling him the war is over, he will actually salute.
- He will still believe you're Thomas Jefferson even if your player character is female.
- Destroying him will cause you to lose Karma, while disabling him does not affect your Karma.
- The maintenance terminal near Button's pod mentions previous problems with memory malfunctions, referred to as memory leaks. This causes his tour guide and reenactment subroutines to meld together and caused him to believe he is the real, human, Button Gwinnet who lives in the late 1700s. Telling him it is 2277 and that he is a robot will cause Button to adamantly deny it and get somewhat frustrated with the Lone Wanderer.
- If you choose to help him make a copy of the declaration of independence and go to Arlington Library to retrieve ink, the directions he will give you if asked are completely irrelevant, citing nonexistent landmarks such as a bell-tower and a fish market.
- Due to Buttons memory faults he will continually refer to the player as a "red coat spy" until convinced otherwise.
AppearancesEdit
Button Gwinnett only appears in Fallout 3.
