Timebomb

Timebomb is a badly injured man inside Red's Clinic at Big Town.

Unmarked quest: Ticking Timebomb
If your Medicine skill is 40 you can heal Timebomb, netting you 5 caps if your speech skill is high enough. You also may acquire his Lucky 8 Ball after doing the quest Big Trouble in Big Town.



If the player speaks to Bittercup she will say she had relationship with timebomb,however if you speak to Timebomb about this, he will have no recollection of it, alluding to Bittercup's fascination with death.

If the player chooses to heal Timebomb(40 medicine skill required)he/she will recieve a message saying "after a few close calls you manage to stich up Timebomb" and you will recieve good karma plus 5 caps (with speech).

If the player chooses to "put him out of his misery" he/she will recieve a message saying "you coldly open an artery and even to a skilled surgeon it will appear as if Timebomb died as a result of his wounds.You Bastard." as well as bad karma and the option to loot Timebombs body and devour it if he/she has the cannibal perk. Timebomb is rather weak (this might be because of his woulds still not fully recovering) and although he is brave enough to fight unarmed, when the Super Mutant attack or random Slavers attack Big town, they will manage to kill him quite easily, so if you want to keep all of the residents of Big Town alive, you'll have to make sure they keep their attention focused off of him.

Bugs

 * If you blow Timebomb's head off before healing him and before doing the quest then once you have finished the quest and healed him he will walk around town with a disfigured skull, jaw, eyes, and brain floating behind his actual head position. Not to mention his neck is still ripped in pieces.


 * If you save the town from Super Mutants before you heal him. He will sometime yell "Hurra" and clap his hands, and then return to his state of unconsiousness.