NPC's special skills

[Flamekebab]

This has been irritating me for quite a while - most NPC's have a special skill.
BUT how do you utilise, for example, Vic's science skill?
Do you use their skill instead of yours for the task or something?
Can someone explain.

 

[Rogue Hex]

I can't totally remember how it works, but i think they automatically use their skill for you. For example if you use the repair skill on somthing, Vic steps forward by himself to have ago. I don't know if you can actually tell them to do it. I could be wrong though.

 

[Azael]

Vic's special skill is Repair, not Science (that would be Myron, MYRON BABY!)

Basically, if you try to repair something and Vic's skill is higher than yours he'll say something like "Let me give it a try boss" and attempt to repair it himself. The same should be true for the other NPC skills.

 

[Flamekebab]

Thanks.
Yeah - I couldn't remember off the top of my head.
Well, it figures. I've played Fallout 1 all the way through without cheats, though I have yet to play Fallout 2 without cheats. As I've always had insanely high skills this has never come up, I was just curious.
Before you say - "Why play it with cheats?" I don't know. It seemed like a good idea at the time. Fallout 1 was awesome without cheats though.