Veronica

Veronica Renata Santangelo is a Brotherhood of Steel Scribe who can be found at the 188 Trading Post in 2281.

Background
Born in 2254, Veronica is a Brotherhood of Steel journeyman scribe who has been indefinitely assigned to the role of "procurement specialist", responsible for venturing out of the Brotherhood bunker to find and acquire resources that the Brotherhood cannot create on its own. Irritated by what she sees as the Brotherhood’s unrealistic and uninformed views of themselves and the world, Veronica is a perpetual outsider caught between her loyalty to the Brotherhood and troubling doubts about the validity of their current course.

She seems to be obsessed with the idea of obtaining a dress, though her default apparel is too strong to allow her to equip any dresses given to her. Veronica will thank the player for giving her a dress even though she will not equip it. She says "Thank you. I'll be sure to try it on later." Note that (Dirty) Pre-War Spring outfit counts as a dress.

You can give her the White Glove Society Attire (Dress) found from the members in the Ultra-Luxe, which will prompt her to thank you by teaching you a new melee move. She will still not wear this dress, however. As a Brotherhood of Steel member she has had power armor training and will wear it if equipped.

Interactions with the player character
As a companion, Veronica prefers to use unarmed weapons, and grants the Scribe Assistant perk.

If you give Veronica Formal wear (by putting it in her inventory) she will teach you Scribe Counter, an unarmed move like Ranger Takedown.

Inventory
Veronica also comes equipped with a pistol for use in ranged combat, though she is much more useful while using her power fist.

She can be equipped with any weapon surpassing the damage of her initial equips. Although this might be difficult with her Power Fist, her high Energy Weapons score in comparison to her Guns means she will equip nearly any well-maintained Energy Weapon you give her. For melee, the Ballistic Fist is the most notable upgrade for her Power Fist. A Displacer Glove can also work wonders.

Quotes

 * If you walk into Cottonwood Cove, she will say this : "Ordinary guys with knives and bullets, and they're taking over Nevada."

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Appearances
appears in Fallout: New Vegas.

Bugs

 * Veronica, unlike other companions does not level up with you and will begin to be slaughtered at higher levels. A fix for the PC version can be found here.
 * If you go to hidden valley she may glitch and stay at the intercom which will force you to return to a earlier save.


 * When the player first encounters Veronica, she will be completely unarmed and only carry her clothing and 3 doctor bags.


 * Unlike other companions Veronica will not heal herself after battles. Even if you leave her and travel with another companion she will still have her damage from her last fight.


 * When entering the Ultra-Luxe Casino Veronica's Power Fist will be confiscated and returned to the Courier upon exit of the casino. Veronica retains her 10mm Pistol in the casino.


 * After completing 'I Could Make You Care' she may become completely passive, although still responding to the player's attempts to talk with her. She won't follow the player except for through certain loading doorways, upon which she will immediately initiate direct conversation. She won't move from this spot, or attack any enemies. Even upon removing her as a companion and returning to 188 and re-enlisting her, she will still be unmoving. Possibly could have to do with the ending fight of 'I Could Make You Care'. You can also make her appear in Gibson's shack if you use the terminal to download the research notes. One workaround for this bug is to ask her to leave right before she would become frozen. When she initiates a conversation with the player along the lines of "I just wanted to thank you...", ask her to go to the Lucky 38. She will start walking in the direction of New Vegas. You can immediately stop her and ask her to rejoin your party, and she will be able to move as normal.
 * [EDIT] After she has frozen, go to Gibson's Shack, she will instantly appear when you enter, use the computer and download the notes again. Walk outside (I did first) and talk to her in normal dialog, tell her again what tech you will go for, and end the conversation.  This seems to reset her and she will start to follow you as normal again.


 * I second the above action, as this is what I did, the quest is still finished all it does is enable her to move as normal again.


 * When the player equips faction-specific armor with Veronica in their party, she will initiate conversation. She will say, "Ok, listen. The Brotherhood, they're not always the friendliest bunch. But I won't have you fighting them. This is your last chance." After that, her greetings change to the default ones, as if the player initiated the conversation with her.


 * If during your first conversation with her, you do not choose to ask her to join the first time, it is possible that the dialogue option for her to join never appears after that.


 * Under unknown conditions she will teach you the scribe counter and you will gain neither the perk nor its benefits (will update when more is known).


 * When entering and exiting certain areas, Veronica will randomly die upon zoning in.


 * Sometimes after fast travelling, Veronica seems to disappear and does not show up back at 118 trading post, and seems to be impossible to find.