Initiate Reddin

Paladin Reddin is an initiate with the elite Lyons' Pride, having Paladin Vargas as her tutor. She dies when a super mutant behemoth ambushed the Brotherhood of Steel at GNR. Before the battle, Sarah Lyons mentions that she is a local who joined the Brotherhood, and seems to imply she isn't the best trooper, due to her arrogance.

Background
During the quest Following in His Footsteps she will wander to the end of the Galaxy News Radio Plaza approximately a minute after the battle with the initial force of super mutants is over. The explosion of the barrier of vehicles that heralds the arrival of the super mutant behemoth kills her instantly. The concussive force of the explosion can make her body challenging to locate after the behemoth battle, since her body is launched several meters from her original position. There seems to be no way to save Reddin, due to the scripted nature of the scene.

After the behemoth battle, Sarah Lyons tells Paladin Vargas that she will tell the Brotherhood of Reddin's courage, and that she will now be known as Paladin Reddin.

In the Citadel, the player can access terminals informing of Reddin's funeral cancellation, presumably due to the sudden reappearance of the Enclave.

Another possibility, as the same computer suggests, is that the increase in Super Mutant activity will delay any funeral proceedings. However, her body never disappears, and will stay forever in front of GNR building, where she died.

NOTE: If you proceed to Rivet City and speak to Doctor Li without going to GNR first, and then later go to GNR, you won't encounter the Lyon's Pride, Paladin Reddin, or either of the two dead Brotherhood of Steel initiates, and play through the encounter by yourself. Note that this also means that you won't have access to the Fat Man that is on the corpse of one of the dead Initiates. This has no damaging affect to the story line, as Bethesda expected for this to happen on occasion. The Lyon's Pride will introduce themselves at the Citadel, minus Redding.

Related quests

 * Following in His Footsteps

Appearances
only appears in Fallout 3.