Cass

Rose of Sharon Cassidy (aka Cass), is a water merchant and owner of Cassidy Caravan in 2281.

Background
Born in 2244, Cass is the daughter of John Cassidy, a companion of the Chosen One in Fallout 2.

Worn down by years of hard luck and a recent rash of terrible misfortunes, Cass is a despondent merchant who's about to get out of the caravan business. She's smart, tough, and steady with a gun, but she hasn't been savvy enough to survive the ruthless caravan wars that have flared up in Nevada since NCR's expansion. Though she's quick to join up with the player for some easy money(you do NOT have to pay her), she's still interested in finding out if she's been suffering from bad luck or something more sinister.

She claims she was once followed by a king, who she eventually had to "chase off with a shotgun."

Interactions with the player character
Cass can be recruited by the Courier as a companion during the course of the Heartache by the Number quest. Cass must be persuaded to part with the ownership of her Caravan company, requiring either a Speech skill of 50 or a Barter skill of 50, with additional options if the player has a Speech or Barter skill of 75:
 * With a Speech skill of 50, the Courier will point out that Cass is stuck at the Mojave Outpost because she cannot get clearance to leave as a Caravan owner.
 * With a Speech skill of 75, the Courier will tell Cass that since she created the Caravan company, she has to "kill" it. This will earn Cass' anger, at first, but then her respect.
 * With a Barter skill of 50, the Courier will bribe Cass with 750 caps.
 * With a Barter skill of 75, the Courier will challenge Cass to a drinking contest, which will start once the Courier has 12 bottles of Whiskey. How well the Courier does depends on the player's Endurance and whether or not the player is currently suffering from alcohol addiction.

Inventory
Cass comes equipped with both a Combat Knife, and a Caravan Shotgun. She also has 13 Bottle Caps, and an Empty Whisky Bottle in her inventory (Although combat knife, and caravan shotgun are not included in her inventory)
 * Cass' shotgun is a companion variant (id 00176E55) Same with her Combat Knife (00176E56). Useful if a casino robs her and gives it to the PC.

Behind the scenes
Rose of Sharon is a common name that applies to several different species of flowering plants that are highly valued throughout the world. The name originates in the Bible and is also the name of a character in John Steinbeck's novel ''The Grapes of Wrath.

Appearances
only appears in Fallout: New Vegas.

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Bugs

 * Like with all companions on New Vegas, sometimes when a script which empties your inventory takes effect, such as when entering casinos, it will will remove their "companion only" weapon, and upon leaving you will receive it in your inventory. If you happen to drop it on the ground, you cannot pick it back up when you click it - it will only say "steal" with no weapon name shown.


 * If you kill the Van Graffs before recruiting her she will talk to you about the quest "Heartache by the number", but you will not be able to recruit her.


 * Cass has no wrists. Her hands float about an inch away from the cuffs of her jacket.


 * Sometimes you start hearing her voice from the player even though she is nowhere near you.


 * If you equip her with a Metal Helmet she will have a masked voice, as if talking through a Power Helmet. Even though the female model of the Metal Helm does not cover her face.


 * The Calm Heart perk is bugged. The added health bonus is 50/0 which means that she gets a health boost of 50 points but her max.Health limit is the same as before (ex. 270/270 HP (default) 320/270 HP (with Calm Heart perk)). It is highly recommended that you to wait until a patch fixes this so the award for completing this quest makes sense. (need confirmation on XBOX360 and PS3)


 * She is not needed to get "the whole gang" trophy.(confirmed on xbox 360 and ps3)


 * Sometimes when using weapons such as the hunting shotgun or cowboy rifle that load an internal magazine one shell at a time, if that weapon is modified with a long tube to increase it's ammo capacity, Cass will get 'stuck' in a loop of the reloading animation indefinitely. It's unknown why this happens sometimes but not others, however telling her to switch weapons to melee and then back to ranged will 'fix' the problem, with the weapon now fully loaded.


 * Occasionally in underground locations such as the Ruby Hills Mine, if using a weapon such as the hunting shotgun or cowboy rifle that load an internal magazine one shell at a time, Cass will suddenly display a graphical glitch that looks like a pair of enormous fleshy wings sprouting from her back or elbows. Telling her to switch weapons does not fix this glitch, but reverting to a previous save or exiting the cavern will.


 * After recruiting Cass, if you try to speak to Lacey, the game will freeze but the start menu is still available.