Fallout 2/Characters: Difference between revisions

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The head of the Slavers of the Den, he locked up Vic for trying to cheat him with a broken radio.

* [[Foreshadowing]]: He catches himself before he lets slip the whole deal, but lets on that {{spoiler|he knows about the Enclave's interactions with New Reno and the Salvatores. He wanted the radio from Vic to intercept their communications.}}

* [[Foreshadowing]]: He catches himself before he lets slip the whole deal, but lets on that {{spoiler|he knows about the Enclave's interactions with New Reno and the Salvatores. He wanted the radio from Vic to intercept their communications}}.

* [[Video Game Caring Potential]]: Gunning him and his slavers down and freeing their stock.

* [[Video Game Cruelty Potential]]: Joining his Slavers and going out to hunt and enslave innocents for a quick buck...

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* [[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing]]: As with the rest of the Vault City, Lynette appears a nice, civilized woman at first. Talking to her at length will reveal her as a self-righteous tempermental bigot who won't hesitate to banish you from the city if you challenge her opinions.

* [[Completely Missing the Point]]: In-universe, after the end of the game you can tell Lynette about the Enclave's plan to wipe out the wasteland. Lynette is disgusted with their lack of respect for the people of the wastes, and when the player nudges her into realizing Vault City is no better, Lynette's response is to suggest that should they meet remnants of the Enclave, they could be valuable allies.

* [[Completely Missing the Point]]: In-universe, after the end of the game, you can tell Lynette about the Enclave's plan to wipe out the wasteland. Lynette is disgusted with their lack of respect for the people of the wastes, and when the player nudges her into realizing Vault City is no better, Lynette's response is to suggest that should they meet remnants of the Enclave, they could be valuable allies.

* [[Death Glare]]: Piss her off to get one.

* [[Fantastic Racism]]: While most other Vault City citizens are untrusting of or just don't like outsiders, Lynette's hostility when you first meet her makes them look downright hospitable.

* [[Jerkass]]

* [[Kick the Dog]]: She asks you to fix a problem, that being Gecko's power plant is leaking radiation into their water supply. You can report to her you know how to repair the plant to stop the leak and Vaulty City has the technology to do it...she's flat irritated by the idea and makes it clear that by "fix" the problem, she meant killing the ghouls and shutting down the plant.

* [[Kick the Dog]]: She asks you to fix a problem, that being Gecko's power plant is leaking radiation into their water supply. You can report to her you know how to repair the plant to stop the leak and Vaulty City has the technology to do it... she's flat irritated by the idea and makes it clear that by "fix" the problem, she meant killing the ghouls and shutting down the plant.

=== Senior Councilman McClure ===

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* [[Cool Old Guy]]: Unlike Lynette, he's level-headed and reasonable, and open to suggestions to fix the Gecko problem peacefully.

* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]: As a very sharp contrast to Lynette, he'll happily help you repair Gecko's power plant, will go behind her back and give you citizenship for your efforts, and although the ending it was supposed to trigger was [[Dummied Out]] you can get him to talk the city into trading Gecko medical supplies for surpluss elecricity.

* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]: As a very sharp contrast to Lynette, he'll happily help you repair Gecko's power plant, will go behind her back and give you citizenship for your efforts, and although the ending it was supposed to trigger was [[Dummied Out]], you can get him to talk the city into trading Gecko medical supplies for surpluss elecricity.

** Also noted in-game, where the player rubs their dealings with McClure in Lynette's face and remarks he's far better suited to lead the city than she is.

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* [[Fat Bastard]]: Is described as overweight and constantly sweating and gasping for breath.

* [[Resignations Not Accepted]]: If you refuse his offer to become a Made Man, he decides your skills are ''so'' valuable he can't risk you going to work for a rival.

* [[Resignations Not Accepted]]: If you refuse his offer to become a Made Man, he decides your skills are ''so'' valuable, he can't risk you going to work for a rival.

* [[Revive Kills Zombie]]: A keen player will notice that he suffers from a severe heart condition. Feeding him any kind of stimulant, even a Nuka Cola, kills him instantly.

* [[Shotguns Are Just Better]]: His weapon.

* [[Stupid Evil]]: Refuse to become a Made Man after heeding his request to kill the Salvatore family, and he attacks ~~you—keeping~~ in mind the reason he wanted you to kill the Salvatores was because they killed a bunch of the Mordinos and with their laser pistols they were too dangerous for the rest of the family to take down.

* [[Stupid Evil]]: Refuse to become a Made Man after heeding his request to kill the Salvatore family, and he attacks you... keeping in mind the reason he wanted you to kill the Salvatores was because they killed a bunch of the Mordinos and with their laser pistols, they were too dangerous for the rest of the family to take down.

=== John Bishop ===

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* [[Affably Evil]]: Don't piss him off and he's a reasonable, well-spoken guy, though with a bit of a foul mouth and [[Fantastic Racism]] towards tribals, qualities which half the other characters in the game share anyway.

* [[Anti-Villain]]: While his methods are certainly evil, his ultimate goal is to bring Vault City into NCR's jurisdiction and be rewarded for his efforts by getting New Reno annexed with him in charge of it.

* [[Disproportionate Retribution]]: Reportedly he once skinned a boy who got his daughter drunk.

* [[Disproportionate Retribution]]: Reportedly, he once skinned a boy who got his daughter drunk.

* [[Hypocrite]]: He has no loyalty to his wife and constantly cheats on her, but will not take kindly to male characters helping her return the favor.

* [[Kick the Son of a Bitch]]: He hired the Raiders to attack Vault City because its citizens, being self-righteous bigoted isolationists, refused to join NCR peacefully.

* [[Politically-Incorrect Villain]]: He is very prejudiced towards tribals, and that includes the Chosen One.

* [[Resignations Not Accepted]]: Sleep with either his wife or daughter and this becomes the case if you try to refuse his quests. Leave them alone and he's fine with you coming and going as you please.

* [[Resignations Not Accepted]]: Sleep with either his wife or daughter, and this becomes the case if you try to refuse his quests. Leave them alone, and he's fine with you coming and going as you please.

* [[You Are a Credit to Your Race]]: If the Chosen One does some of his dirty work, he warms up a bit, although he does not completely abandon his snide remarks about tribals.

=== Louis Salvatore ===

The head of the Salvatores, they're the smallest New Reno family but are not to be taken lightly due to their usage of "lightbringers", ~~aka~~ laser pistols.

The head of the Salvatores, they're the smallest New Reno family but are not to be taken lightly due to their usage of "lightbringers" a.k.a. laser pistols.

* [[Achilles' Heel]]: Salvatore is an old man and relies on an oxygen tank to breathe. Stealing it or have Renesco the drug dealer rigged up a poisoned tank will kill him.

* [[Batman Gambit]]: Arranged for Richard Wright to die of jet so the Wrights would assume the Mordinos did it, and after they had a mob war the Salvatores would sweep into the power gap they had created.

* [[Batman Gambit]]: Arranged for Richard Wright to die of jet so the Wrights would assume the Mordinos did it, and after they had a mob war, the Salvatores would sweep into the power gap they had created.

* [[Dummied Out]]: At one point the Enclave patrol you witness his dealings with could have their vertibird stolen and flown to the oil rig.

* [[Dummied Out]]: At one point, the Enclave patrol you witness his dealings with could have their vertibird stolen and flown to the oil rig.

* [[He Knows Too Much]]: Salvatore invokes this if you refuse Made Man status after helping with the Enclave transaction.

* [[Video Game Cruelty Potential]]: All the family heads can be killed by indirect means, but Salvatore offers what can easily be considered the most cruel and sadistic ~~one—steal~~ his oxygen tank, and watch as he slowly suffocates while begging for help.

* [[Video Game Cruelty Potential]]: All the family heads can be killed by indirect means, but Salvatore offers what can easily be considered the most cruel and sadistic one: steal his oxygen tank, and watch as he slowly suffocates while begging for help.

=== Orville Wright ===

The leader of the Wright family, his family is actually family, consisting of him, his wife, and many, many children.

The leader of the Wright family, his family is actually family, consisting of him, his wife and many, many children.

* [[Anti-Villain]]: The other three familes deal in shady transactions with other factions, or control some portion of the slave, drug or prostituion rings. The Wrights just concern themselves with the alcohol trade.

** If Orville is the only leader left standing after you've swept through town and you haven't opened the Sierra Army Depot, the Wright family goes legit and transports New Reno from a [[Vice City]] to a nice place to live that triples its population.

** If Orville is the only leader left standing after you've swept through town, and you haven't opened the Sierra Army Depot, the Wright family goes legit and transports New Reno from a [[Vice City]] to a nice place to live that triples its population.

* [[Even Evil Has Loved Ones]]: As said, his family is ''actual'' family, blood relatives, and they fiercely protect and avenge their own.

* [[Hair-Trigger Temper]]: The bluntest and rudest of all the mob bosses, and will fly off the handle and attack you if you insult him or his family in any way. He calms down slightly if you solve his son's murder.

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A member of the NCR congress who wants peaceful, civil expansion into the north. He opposes the forceful methods being used to annex Vault City.

* [[Anti-Hero]]: Type III or ~~IV—he~~ opposes the NCR's aggression and underhanded tactics in regards to annexing Vault City, and is implied to engage in secret deals with Lynette to help keep the city independant.

* [[Anti-Hero]]: Type III or IV: he opposes the NCR's aggression and underhanded tactics in regards to annexing Vault City, and is implied to engage in secret deals with Lynette to help keep the city independant.

* [[Cool Old Guy]]: The man has nerves of ~~steel—tell~~ him Bishop hired you to kill him, and without even flinching or protesting, his response amounts to "oh really? I'll pay you twice what he offered if you kill him instead".

* [[Cool Old Guy]]: The man has nerves of steel: tell him Bishop hired you to kill him, and without even flinching or protesting, his response amounts to "oh really? I'll pay you twice what he offered if you kill him instead."

* [[Cowboy]]: Described as one.