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| “ | Oh, you startled me! | „ |
| ~ Lesko upon meeting the Lone Wanderer for the first time. |
Weston Lesko is a minor antagonist in Fallout 3, appearing as the main antagonist of the quest "Those!"
He was voiced by Mike Rosson.
History[]
When a young boy named Bryan Wilks approaches the Lone Wanderer, usually outside of the Quick-E-Mart, they will tell the Lone Wanderer that his town of Grayditch is being overtaken by "monsters" and asks them to find his father, to which the Lone Wanderer agrees.
Once the Lone Wanderer makes it to Grayditch, they find the town overrun with dozens of giant fire breathing ants. After the Lone Wanderer finds Fred Wilks dead inside of his home, they tell Bryan the bad news and then they can ask him who else lives in the town, where Bryan will first mention the scientist Dr. Lesko who lived alone experimenting all day long.
The Lone Wanderer investigates the nearby Marigold Station and eventually finds Lesko himself and asks what's going on with the ants, to which Lesko will answer that he has been using the Forced Evolutionary Virus to try and genetically engineer the giant ants of the Capital Wasteland to eventually be as small as they once were before the Great War over the course of a few decades. Telling Lesko that he is responsible for all the death and destruction in Grayditch will reveal that he has very little to no remorse at all for his actions, believing they are worth it in the pursuit of science.
Lesko will then ask the Lone Wanderer to kill the ant queen's guardians and activate an inhibitor pulse to make the queen docile towards him, allowing Lesko to perform experiments on it. The Lone Wanderer can either agree, or kill the ant queen as well as convincing him it was for the best for the wasteland.
At any point in the mission, the Lone Wanderer can murder Weston Lesko for his atrocities and he will try to flee if not killed in the first attack.
Victims[]
- Fred Wilks - Killed by Lesko's giant fire ants.
- William Brandice - Killed by Lesko's giant fire ants.
- Three unnamed people - Killed by Lesko's giant fire ants.
- Total - 5
Trivia[]
- Ironically, despite all the horrible things Lesko is responsible for, the game lists him as having Good Karma and killing him deducts Karma.
- Of course, this is debunked by the fact that Weston does not stand out in terms of heinousness and is still shown to be overall friendly to the Lone Wanderer.
- Lesko shares his name with the main protagonist in the 1974 horror film Phase IV, which also has scientists fighting giant mutated ants. The quest name "Those!" is also a reference to the Giant Carpenter Ants from the film Them!.
- Lesko's lab coat is a unique item that provides the wearer +10 Science if worn, the highest bonus for Science out of all the clothing items in the game. The only way to obtain his coat is to ask him for "some serious incentive" to kill all the guardian ants that protect the giant ant queen. Otherwise, killing him will only provide a generic lab coat.
External links[]
- Weston Lesko - Fallout Wiki
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