Valence Radii-Accentuator

The valence radii-accentuator is a piece of headwear in the Fallout: New Vegas add-on Old World Blues.

Characteristics
It is a bright blue holographic halo resembling an electron orbital floating above the head of the wearer that moves according to their movement. While wearing valence radii-accentuator, the player appears bald. The valence radii-accentuator fills the same slot as a pair of glasses, and thus may be worn with certain hats.

Variants

 * Atomic-valence tri-radii-oscillator

Locations

 * One can be found in the Z-38 Lightwave Dynamics Research
 * Another can be found on a Doctor Orderly MD PHD DDS in the Y-17 medical facility
 * Another can be found on Gabe, the unique cyber dog in the X-8 research center
 * Another can be found on the very top of the crane in the Construction site.
 * Another can be found on top of a fountain near Signal hills transmitter, worn by a skeleton in the stone fountain near the Dionaea Muscipula.
 * One can be found on the corpse of the Giant Robo-Scorpion.

Behind the scenes
An "accentuator" is a circuit or network inserted to provide less loss or greater gain to certain frequencies in an audio spectrum, as a preemphasis spectrum. The valence radii-accentuator may have been designed to resemble an electron orbital in this case with a valence of 2 such as those elements listed in Group IIa of the periodic table.

Bugs

 * When switching between another Valence, you will become fully healed.
 * When equipped without a helmet/hat, your hair will disappear.
 * If the rebreather is equipped, then the Valence radii-accentuator, the rebreather will be unequipped, but the water-breathing effect will remain until the radii-accentuator is removed.
 * As Veronica is not prone to wear hats, equipping her with this item can cause her to appear bald. She can wear Daniel's hat with this item.  She is not bald in this case; her short dark hair is visible below the hat.