Beatrix Russell

Beatrix Russell is a ghoul who works for the Followers of the Apocalypse at the Old Mormon Fort

Background
Beatrix Russel is a gun-for-hire for the Followers of the Apocalypse and is responsible for protecting supply shipments from thugs. She joined to find a decent-paying job, but says it's "getting rather dull". She states that she's been around long enough to "observe patterns of human behavior", finding physical and mental anguish fun to explore.

She has a love for booze and liquor, and expresses disappointment that the Followers won't let her "kick back and slog a brew at the end of the day". She can be convinced to join Francine and James Garret at the Atomic Wrangler Casino if offered the prospect of booze at a discount. She also loves Absinthe and states that she hasn't "had a taste of that in decades". She mentions that the one Follower that she could talk to about liquor was transferred, with the rest of the doctors being "uptight about [her] kind of fun".

She offers her opinions on the various factions and groups of the Mojave Wasteland. She says the Followers are "like saints" and the lack of charges for services "warms [the] heart". She thinks that the NCR only care about obtaining water and electricity from Hoover Dam and resources from the region, viewing the locals as an inconvenience to stomp on. She states that Mr. House was famous in the robotics industry prior to the war and that he seemed "charming in interviews" before he "became a recluse". She mentions that after he woke up nearly two-hundred years later, he "came back strong and killed a lot of people". She thinks the Kings are like any other gang except with "better clothes", but states that The King has something special about him. She describes the two Van Graff siblings as a "couple of Radscorpions".

Appearances
Beatrix Russell appears

Behind the scenes

 * Her advice "time you enjoy wasting isn't wasted time" is a quote from the 1912 novel Phrynette Married by Marthe Troly-Curtin.
 * Her advice "the only thing I know for certain is that I don't know nothing" is an adaption of Socrates' quote "One thing only I know, and that is that I know nothing."

Bugs

 * Sometimes when you pay her for sex she won't get off of the chair and won't move, which means having intercourse with her is impossible. This seems to occur after you've completed Debt Collector and have been given a free room at the Atomic Wrangler. Exiting the atomic wrangler, and reentering might fix this problem, but if exiting and entering doesn't work the first time on PS3 it won't work ever and neither will switching outfits, sleeping for any amount of time, or reloading the save. Nothing will work unless you happen to have a manual save during the short amount of in-game time between when you convince her to work for them and getting your permanent room.
 * She will follow you to your room after being paid for sex but then simply stand by the bed. There are no dialogue options offered to try to fix this, but if you look at the bed and select sleep, then exit once it asks you how long you want to sleep, she will be on the bed.
 * It is possible to get infinite experience using the Speech check about the Atomic Wrangler.
 * If she is killed, and the player has the Bloody Mess perk, it will appear that her boots will be attached to her without her legs actually being there.