I noticed that too, when I read it. They made it very obvious that it was because he was the first, not because it was just the caps.
I've since decided to replay Fallout 3 (went out and bought the GOTY edition this time) and make sure to get 100% achievements.
I will say, to perhaps start a discussion, one thing I've really loved about Bethesda's series, like TES (up until a couple years ago) and Fallout is that they've basically said "F it" to multiplayer. We don't need it to be an MMO. So many games now force MP down your throat, especially when RPGs play better MOST of the time as a singleplayer adventure.
I mention this because I heard speculation that they might open some sort of MP / Online aspect. Not so much gameplay, I don't think, but for sharing creations, buildings, etc.... Thoughts?