Myron

Myron is a scientist working at the Stables for the Mordinos and a potential companion

Background
Myron's in-game description describes him as a "pasty-faced teenager" with greasy hair and a faint smell of formaldehyde, as well as a "weasely, know-it-all attitude." Myron works in a lab at the Stables with its lead researcher, Marjorie Reed. Myron was responsible for laying the groundwork for the creation of Jet, a highly-addictive methamphetamine. At the Stables, he also experiments with creating new drugs and new forms of Jet.

Jet
Prior to the creation of Jet, the Mordinos had been farming peyote cacti to sell to tourists as the "Reno experience." When Myron joined the Mordinos, they provided him with a lab at the Stables to produce a drug that the miners in Redding could easily become addicted to, in order to control the town. Coca plants and opium poppies, or "veggie extracts," were experimented with initially before it was determined that the climate following the Great War rendered them impossible to grow. They moved onto shrooms as a testbed, as "hallucinogens [had] low overhead" and could be grown with enough Brahmin manure.

Myron tested derivatives of lysergic acid diethylamide and psilocybin, though states that he wanted it to be a "hard-hitter" that did not rely on veggie extracts. After experimenting with shrooms, it was discovered that the fumes from the Brahmin manure in the fertilizer vats caused the slaves to become high. This was due to a protein extract that Pre-War meat companies were testing. However, the extract was dropped, as it was discovered that skin bacteria easily contaminated it, making it act as an amphetamine when ingested. As a result, much of the contaminated extracts were fed to the Pre-War cows, causing the fumes from the Brahmin manure to act as an amphetamine.

Following this discovery, about a hundred slaves were tested to refine the Jet formula, with most passing away from heart attacks, cerebral hemorrhages and psychotic episodes. Myron states that the Mordinos don't give him the "R-E-S-P-E-C-T," instead telling him to "shut up" or to "go back to the lab." He is able to create Antidote, Stimpaks and Super Stimpaks for the Chosen One if given the proper materials.

Endings
If Myron was spoken to, an ending slide for Myron mentions that he was stabbed to death by a Jet addict less than a year after the defeat of the Enclave, while he was drinking at a bar in the Den. His discovery of Jet was "quickly forgotten," with no one remembering his name.

Interactions overview
1 One must first mention super stimpaks when selecting how many regular stimpaks to make with Science 76% and INT 8.

Appearances
Myron appears

Behind the scenes

 * Myron's voice actor is Jason Marsden, who later also voiced Craig Boone in Fallout: New Vegas.
 * Myron was the first character that Chris Avellone ever designed, and one of his favorites overall.
 * According to the Fallout Bible, Myron is supposed to be 17-20 years of age.