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 a relationship with Timebomb. If you speak to Timebomb about this, he will have no recollection of it, alluding to Bittercup's fascination with death.

If you choose to heal Timebomb (40 Medicine skill required) you will receive some Good karma. If you pass a Speech challenge, Timebomb will also give you 5 bottlecaps in thanks. Timebomb is rather weak (possibly due to his wounds) and although he is brave enough to fight unarmed, he will easily be killed by Super Mutants or Slavers unless you give them something else to pay attention to.

If the player chooses the option to "put him out of his misery", a message will say "You coldly open an artery. Even to a skilled surgeon it will appear as if Timebomb died as a result of his wounds. You bastard." You will receive Evil karma and can loot the body (and devour it, if one has the Cannibal perk).

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 sometimes yell "Hurra" and clap his hands, and then return to his state of unconsciousness.
 * It's impossible to change Timebomb's clothing. Even after reverse-pickpocketing him, he will still be wearing his wasteland settler outfit. (confirmed XBox360)