Old World Blues character Sink Auto-Doc
	Biography race Auto-Doc AP gender Male programming affiliation Mobius (formerly) role Auto-Doc location Big MT Sink Gameplay appearances Old World Blues quests All My Friends Have Off Switches Influencing People Old World Blues

 

Sink Auto-Doc is an automated personality found in the Sink in 2281.

Background

The Sink's Auto-Doc is a prototype Auto-Doc built by Dr. Mobius before he left the Think Tank and all of The Sink's systems were disabled. When its personality back-up is recovered from the Y-17 medical facility, the Auto-Doc speaks in a stereotypical 1940s military drawl. When inactive the unit may: snore loudly, apparently ramble on about patient injuries such as; 'shoe lung' while 'asleep', or make passing comments on the player's general health.

The Auto-Doc was responsible for removing the Courier's brain. Usually this procedure would result in a Lobotomite. However, due to the cranial injury from being shot in the head the Auto-Doc was forced to adjust the operation routine and was successfully able to perform the intended operation.

Interactions with the player character

Interactions overview

General	Services	Quests
Essential: no Companion: no Plays Caravan: no	Merchant: no Repairman: no Doctor: yes Restores HP Purges radiation Cures addictions Rents bed/room: no	Starts quests: no Involved in quests: yes All My Friends Have Off Switches Influencing People Old World Blues

Quests

• All My Friends Have Off Switches: You must retrieve the personality matrix for the Sink Auto-Doc.
• Influencing People: You must locate and install various upgrades to the Sink Auto-Doc.
• Old World Blues: Optionally, it may be used to restore your heart and spine.

Other Interactions

• The Sink Auto-Doc will heal all of your hit points/limbs and remove all rads for free.
• It will change your traits (only once) as part of a "psychological evaluation" (an exploit relating to the Skilled trait exists, see below).
• It gives a haircut (after installing the barber upgrade).
• It provides facial reconstruction (after installing that upgrade).
• It installs 4 different implants of varying price after you have found the modules.
• All interactions take no in-game time.

Notes

• The Sink Auto-Doc only heals base level HP, bonus HP from the Thought You Died perk is not restored.

Notable quotes

• "Zzz... Forceps nurse! This man's got a severe case of shoe-lung!"
• "Zzz... Three angry deathclaws make for a lot of reconstructive surgery."
• "Zzz... Not that scalpel, the fish scalpel!"
• "Zzz... The foot bone's connected to the... leg bone.. The leg bone's connected to the... purple bone."

Appearances

Sink Auto-Doc appears in the Fallout: New Vegas add-on, Old World Blues.

Bugs

• pc ps3 xbox360 Even with all the holotapes located & installed, the only options available while interacting with the Sink Auto-Doc are heal yourself & respec your traits. This bug is related only to the Spanish version of the game. The 3rd option in the menu it's left blank (error in the translation), so the game motor "thinks" that there are only two options.
  • It may be worked around by temporarily switching the game's language to any different language than Spanish.
• pc ps3 xbox360 If the Sink Auto-Doc is used to remove the Skilled trait, the trait's bonus remains (the penalty does not) or if the player re-selects it, they gain an extra 5 more skill points on top of the original 5 point bonus (giving 10 points per skill).