Talon Company

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The Talon Company is an organisation of Mercenaries in the Capital Wasteland. They're like a higher class of Raiders, because they will pretty much kill anyone who's not a Talon Merc. They appear to make exceptions for certain characters in the wasteland if they have enough money. If you decide to save Megaton during The Power of the Atom quest, Mr. Burke will hire a special team of Mercenaries who will sometimes be waiting to attack you when you arrive at a location by fast-traveling.

The Talon Company have a main base at Fort Bannister, this is also the location of their leader Commander Jabsco who is one of the toughest human characters in Fallout 3, he's also the only person in the game who has a Talon Combat Helmet.

For a unknown reason the Talon Company seem to be at war with the Super Mutants. A major battle between the two can be seen in and around the Capitol Building as well as the Takoma Industrial area. If you sit back and watch the battles, the Super Mutants will usually win because they have a Super Mutant Behemoth in both areas.

Notes

When you kill a special team of hired Talon Mercs, one of them will usually have a note on them saying why they are hunting you. If Mr. Burke put a bounty on your head, you'll find the following note:

"Find (name) and show how we treat people that fail to live up to Mr. Tenpenny's expectations. Do not fail me. You know what will happen if you arouse my displeasure.

-B"

A special team of mercs will also track you down if your Good Karma gets too high. An unknown source will put a 1000 cap bounty on your head. When you kill these mercs they should have the following note on their corpse:

"Boys and girls, we've got ourselves another holier-than-thou white-knight who needs putting down. Here are the details:

Name: (Name)
Race: (Race)
Sex: (Sex)

The bounty is 1000 caps this time around. And for a change of pace, they want the head this time.

Good hunting!"