Nova

Nova is one of the residents of the Capital Wasteland town of Megaton. She works as the local prostitute at Moriarty's Saloon. For 120 Bottlecaps, you can rent a room with her. It is possible that she may take over the Bar later in the game if Colin is killed.

Background
Nova was born in 2252.

Daily schedule
Nova works at Moriarty's Saloon as a prostitute to pay back the debt she owes Colin Moriarty. She hangs around the Saloon's first floor talking to the locals and the Lone Wanderer. For 120 caps you can rent a bed for the night.

If Moriarty is killed, Nova announces that she has quit her service, and will find a better job. She is implied to have taken over Gob's job as she still hangs out inside the Pub, and sleeps there as well. It is also implied that she and Gob have a romantic relationship, judging by their special dialog.

Interactions with the player character
After inquiring about Moriarty and completing a successful Speech check, she will give you the password for Colin's terminal, which contains valuable information about your Father. A male player with the Lady Killer Perk can aquire the password as well.

When you inquire about hiring Nova's services she advises you to rent a room. When you inquire about the cost of the room she replies "Well... for you? A room and some company will run you 120 caps. Up front". After paying for the room she directs you to the room with the "big bed" and straight after finishing your conversation she walks up the stairs to the room, lies down on the bed and appears to fall asleep. Attempting to speak with her at this point will result in the usual dialogue choices. However from this exchange you do get access to sleep in that bed for a period of time.

Nova is not picky, both male and female players can acquire her services. If the player is male and possesses the Lady Killer Perk, the dialogue and innuendo from her becomes more evidently playful and suggestive. Some of Nova's dialogue, and comments from other Megaton dwellers, suggests she may have considered leaving the job and trying to move on with her life even though she supposedly owes Moriarty some caps, but no quest or dialog options exist to try and convince her to do this beyond a single mention.

Bugs

 * On the PS3 version of the game, there is a glitch where, occasionally, Nova will start going down into the floor, and it will appear that she is spinning, up to the point where only her neck and above can be seen. At this point, the PC can still talk to Nova, and she usually just goes up and down and most likely will not stay there for the rest of the game and such.


 * On the Xbox 360 version of the game, a glitch may occur when you ask to "get a room" with Nova. She will make her way towards the stairs and instead of walking up the stairs and into the room with the "big bed", she will walk directly through the stairs and get stuck on the wall behind them.


 * On the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of the game, there is a glitch where Nova will be engaged in conversation with various residents of Megaton, and as Nova replies, her neck will turn a set amount of degrees downwards, whilst still facing them. She does this without any change in expression, and it doesn't effect any of the Megaton residents either. Jericho will make her do a 180, while Moriarty will make her head turn about... 170 degrees, and get stuck in that obtuse angle with her body.


 * Nova can occasionally be found dead near the bomb in Megaton for no apparent reason. This is likely due to the radiation around the bomb, as other NPCs are occasionally found dead in the same spot.

Appearances
Nova appears only in Fallout 3.