Ronald Laren

 is Sierra Petrovita's neighbor in Girdershade. He has on his person a unique sawed-off shotgun called the "Kneecapper". Ronald is obsessed with Sierra and the prospect of having sex with her (although he proclaims to the player that she is "nutty as a fruitcake"), and states that the only reason he stays in the obscure little settlement is for her. When asked about the surrounding area, he tells the Lone Wanderer to stay away from the nearby Dunwich Building to the south of Girdershade, claiming the place is "bad mojo".

The Nuka-Cola Challenge
Should you accept Sierra's mission to obtain Nuka-Cola Quantum for her, Ronald will attempt to convince you to give all the Quantums to him, so he can win her heart. Should your (female) character have the Black Widow Perk, you can convince him to fetch the Nuka-Cola Quantums for you with the promise of a threesome with yourself and Sierra. Excited, Ronald will run off to the distant Nuka-Cola Plant, resulting in his death(script effect).

If you give the Nuka-Cola Quantums to Ronald, he will attempt to woo Sierra with all the subtlety of a sledgehammer, but she fails to notice his obvious innuendo-laced words and instead interprets his behavior as an imminent marriage proposal.

If you kill Sierra and then speak with Ronald, you have the option of convincing him (with a speak check) that it was at the hands of the Nuka-Cola Corporation. On success, he attributes this to the Nuka-Cola machine he got her, which possessed a warning label declaring that anyone caught tampering with the unit would answer to the Nuka-Cola Corporation. This obviously is a nod to the movie "Dr. Strangelove" where in one scene a colonel is ordered to shoot the lock off of a Coca Cola machine. He responds by telling his senior officer that if he's wrong about it he'll have to answer to the Coca Cola Company.

Unmarked quest: Grady's Package
Ronald is also the recipient of Grady's package, the Naughty Nightwear found in Marigold Station. Depending on your Speech/Barter skills you can get him to pay up to 300 caps for it.

Related Quests

 * The Nuka-Cola Challenge
 * Grady's Package

Appearances
only appears in Fallout 3.

Trivia
If you kill Petrovita mid-quest, you can speech challenge (lie) to Ronald that the Nuka-Cola Corp. killed her.

Ronald Carries a devastating shotgun, the Kneecapper. For no karma loss, you can go into VATS mode and shoot it, breaking the weapon. Put away your weapon and he will forgive you. You can now pickpocket the broken shotgun off him!

Sometimes, a giant radscorpion will come to Girdershade. Ronald will attack the scorpion, and if you do nothing, the scorpion will kill him. Then you can take the Kneecapper off his body for no karma loss.

An easier more simple way of obtaining the kneecapper is by killing him, you will lose karma but the nuka cola quest will not be affected and you can still give the quantum to Petrovita.