Gatorclaws are a genetically engineered mix of Jackson chameleon and American alligator that were created centuries after the Great War by Dr. Darren McDermot, a biologist working at the Safari Adventure Replication Facility.[1] Mutated, he sustained himself using the Nuka-Gen replicator to clone tissue samples and grow them for food.[2]
When scavangers begin to arrive near his home, McDermot became determined to create a specimen that could protect him, as well as the facility.[3] Even after admitting that he was going against his better judgement, he spliced a few of the more dangerous tissue samples he had left in the refrigeration storage at the facility.[3]
While scavenging for food and supplies, the doctor stumbled across the remains of a mutated green humanoid that had been killed by bullet wounds.[4] Taking a sample which he dubbed Sample Q334, the doctor set to work trying to incorporate it into his new guardian despite the sample's admitted instability.[4]
After a few years filled with mathematical and chemical research, Dr. McDermot was able to incorporate the sample into his project and finally created something that could protect the Nuka-Gen Replicator: the gatorclaw. However, they could not be tamed as Dr. McDermot had hoped. They were too ferocious, impossible to control.[5]
In the end McDermot was mortally injured by the gatorclaws before he could shut the replicator down, leaving it intact and creating new gatorclaws at "an alarming rate."[5] Before he died though he managed to record a final message pleading with anybody who found it to access the cloning lab and deactivate the replicator before it was too late.[5]
Characteristics
Once their related quest is completed, gatorclaws will completely disappear from the game, as the cloning machine will endlessly spawn gazelles with no way to end the process.
Variants
Gatorclaw
The most common variety of the gatorclaw, a total of 19 can be found all over Safari Adventure.
