Frederick Sinclair

Dead Money / Fallout Television Series Character
Frederick Sinclair
"The Founder's Remains" in the Sierra Madre vault
Frederick Sinclair's likeness on the Begin Again mosaic
Status	Dead
Affiliation	Sierra Madre Big MT Dean Domino Vera Keyes
Pre-War	Sierra Madre Big MT
Role	Founder and owner of the Sierra Madre Representative of Big MT
Episodes	S1E8 - The Beginning
Gender	Male
Location	Sierra Madre Vault
Played By	Michael Mulheren
Appears	Dead Money Fallout Television Series
Mentions	Old World Blues
Race	Human

“The door has sealed, the elevator has left. Even Vera's voice will not unlock it. Know that on the night of the Gala Event I shall raise my glass and whisper, "Fortunato".”— "Sinclair's Personal Accounts" entry on Sierra Madre Vault terminal

Frederick Sinclair was a pre-War businessman as well as the founder and owner of the Sierra Madre casino in 2077.

Background

Sinclair was a wealthy businessman with a boastful and egotistical disposition who suffered many crippling financial losses in the 2070s. Nonetheless, he managed to hold on to the remainder of his fortune and expand it. He then remained obsessed with security for years to come. Sinclair was friends with Dean Domino, who introduced Vera Keyes to him. From that moment, he fell in love with the starlet.

The Sierra Madre Casino was to be his ultimate gift to her, a shelter from the inevitable nuclear war with China that he predicted was to come, its vault serving as a bunker. But events did not pan out the way he had hoped. Dean Domino introduced Sinclair to Vera Keyes, with whom Domino once had a torrid affair if the tabloid press was to be believed. Sinclair was suspicious, and rightly so.

Sinclair discovered evidence of a plot by Domino and Vera that involved breaking into the casino vault and taking the treasures that lay within. Sinclair set about preparing a trap, and had the builders design the casino so that the vault, once accessed, would be impossible to escape. Vera eventually confessed her betrayal to him, overcome by guilt, and Sinclair decided enough was enough and it was the time that the casino returned to its original purpose.

Although he no longer loved her and he was left hollow by her betrayal, Sinclair could not bear to condemn her to death after hearing her confession, so he returned to the vault and removed the entry intended for her, replacing it with an apology. Subsequently, Sinclair attempted to jury rig the shelter's electronics to remove the trap by directly accessing them from the pipes, but due to a leak in the system, he succumbed to a poison cloud. All that remains is the trap itself and a message to Dean Domino that he left behind.

S1E8 - The Beginning

Sinclair is seen in a flashback attending a secret meeting representing Big MT at Vault-Tec HQ with other prominent company heads Robert House, Leon Von Felden and Julia Masters. Here he is accused by House of being able to lose money running a casino. When brainstorming ideas for Vault experiments, Sinclair suggests intentionally overcrowding a vault, so that people would have to compete to survive inside it, and pumping psychotropic drugs into the air supply.

Notes

• Sinclair is mentioned in numerous terminals across the Big MT as most of his technology was being developed there. In the Fallout Television Series, he appears as a representative for Big MT.
• Sinclair was nostalgic of the Art Deco era, which factored into the design and aesthetic of the Sierra Madre.

Appearances

Frederick Sinclair's remains appear in the Fallout: New Vegas add-on Dead Money. He is mentioned in Old World Blues, and appears in the Fallout Television Series episode The Beginning.

Behind the Scenes

• The quote "Know that on the night of the Gala Event I shall raise my glass and whisper, 'Fortunato.'" is a reference to "The Cask of Amontillado", a short story by Edgar Allan Poe.
• Sinclair's last name was a nod to Upton Sinclair.

References

Dead Money Quests Big Winner, Sierra Madre •  Curtain Call at the Tampico •  Find Collar •  Find Collar 12: Christine •  Find Collar 14: Dean Domino •  Find Collar 8: "Dog" •  Fires in the Sky •  Heist of the Centuries •  Last Luxuries •  Mixed Signals •  Put the Beast Down •  Sierra Madre Grand Opening! •  Strike Up the Band •  Trigger the Gala Event Achievements Assemble Your Crew •  Cash Out •  Having a Ball •  Safety Deposit Box •  Sierra Madre Souvenir Aficionado Locations Sierra Madre Abandoned BoS Bunker •  Campanas del Sol •  Cantina Madrid •  Dead Money Locations •  Executive Suites •  Medical District •  Paris •  Puesta del Sol •  Puesta del Sol Switching Station •  Residential District •  Ruined Building •  Ruined Cafe •  Ruined Store •  Salida del Sol •  Salida del Sol Courtyard •  Service Route •  Sierra Madre •  Sierra Madre Casino •  Sierra Madre Lobby •  Sierra Madre Vault •  Tampico •  Villa •  Villa Clinic •  Villa Police Station Items Armor ? Consumables Ghost People Flesh •  Pre-War Steak Miscellaneous Auto. Rifle Upgr. Internals •  Bear Trap Fist HD Springs •  Caravan Card •  Complimentary Voucher •  Dean Domino's "Saw Her Yesterday" song •  Electric Box Fuse •  Embalming Fluid •  Entertainer Pass •  Ghost Harvester Remains •  Gold Bar •  Holorifle Adv. Calibration •  Holorifle Focus Optics •  Jar of Cloud Residue •  Maintenance Pass •  Sierra Madre Chip •  Snow Globe - Sierra Madre •  Suites Password Reminder •  Suites Security Pass •  Torn Journal •  Vera's Partitures •  Vera Keyes' "Begin Again" song •  Vera Keyes' "Go to the Faraway" song •  Vera Keyes' "Let the Bright Tomorrow in" song Weapons Automatic Rifle •  Bear Trap Fist •  Cosmic Knife •  Cosmic Knife Clean •  Cosmic Knife Super-Heated •  Dean's 9mm Pistol •  Demolition Charge •  Gas Bomb •  Hologram Beam •  Holorifle •  Knife Spear •  Knife Spear Clean •  Police Pistol •  Starlet's Hand Wraps •  Throwing Knife Spear World Objects Ali-Din Poster •  Art Deco Desk •  Bed •  Begin Again Poster •  Bienvenidos Sign •  Blue Force Field •  Casino Hotel Single Door •  Chair •  Clinic Sign •  Cosmic Knife Poster •  Danny Parker Poster •  Dead Money Containers and Storage •  Dead Money Miscellaneous World Objects •  Dead Money World Objects •  Dean's Secret Stash •  Dean's Secret Stash Graffiti •  Dean Domino Poster •  Dean Star Sign •  Dresser •  Electrical Diagram •  Ennis's Locker •  Gracias Por Su Visita Sign •  Hologram Emitter •  I Am Not Your Mummy •  Joey Baxter Poster •  Love Sets Sail Poster •  Lover's Mark Stash •  Maxis Poster •  Metal Casino Single Door •  Night Stand •  Police Sign •  Puesta del Sol Sign •  Radio •  Restaurant Reception Desk •  Restaurant Reception Stand •  Rug •  Rug •  Rug •  Rug •  Rug •  Rug •  Salida del Sol Sign •  Sealed Door •  Sierra Madre Clinic Network •  Sierra Madre Control Network •  Sierra Madre Exterior Sign •  Sierra Madre Mosaic •  Sierra Madre Poster •  Sierra Madre Vending Machine •  Sofa •  Speaker •  Suites Double Door •  Suites Elevator Door •  Suites Single Door •  Vent •  Vera's Dresser •  Vera Star Sign •  Villa Door 1 •  Villa Door 2 •  Villa Sign •  Wilfred the Wizard Poster Characters Christine •  Dean Domino •  Dog and God •  Evelyn Sainz •  Father Elijah •  Frederick Sinclair •  Headless Corpse •  John Lester •  Starlet •  Starlet Corpse •  Vera's Skeleton •  Vera Keyes Perks And Stay Back •  Coin Operator •  Elijah's Last Words •  Elijah's Ramblings •  Ghost Hunter •  Heavyweight •  Hobbler •  In My Footsteps •  In Shining Armor •  Junk Rounds •  Light Touch •  Old World Gourmet •  Ravenous Hunger •  Sierra Madre Martini •  Signal Interference •  Unclean Living