Robotics Expert (Fallout 3)

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Robotics Expert is a Fallout 3 Perk.

With the Robotics Expert perk, you do an additional 25% damage to any robot. But, even better, sneaking up on a hostile robot undetected and activating it will put that robot into a permanent shutdown state.

Notes

• Regardless of what the description states, you may still be able to run up to a robot, enter sneak mode and deactivate it regardless of being detected or not. The first patch seems to fix (but not completely eliminate) this bug.
• Deactivating a robot will award no experience and will prevent the robot from being accepted as a target in V.A.T.S.. However the unit can still take damage and destroying one will give the same experience and loot as normal. Every attack on a deactivated robot while sneaking will register as a sneak attack critical regardless of the player's location or Sneak level.

Additional dialogue

Additional dialogue options with certain robots. These often bypass speech checks or give humorous results.

• Disable Cerberus's combat inhibitor causing him to attack the ghouls in Underworld.
• Force Button Gwinnett to shut down, allowing you to grab the Declaration of Independence without a fight.
• Make Milo in the Nuka-Cola Plant think you are an employee.
• Fix Sawbones' faulty medical circuits so he won't accidentally damage you while attempting to heal your wounds.
• Bypass the RobCo Facility section of The Wasteland Survival Guide quest while getting full credit for the job.
• Talk to Sentry Bot. Friendly Bots will give you their standard dialogue. Enemy bots will do the same and then attack you.

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• Talk to Sentry Bot. Friendly Bots will give you their standard dialogue. Enemy bots will do the same and then attack you.