Joanne Lynette

Joanne Lynette is the current First Citizen of Vault City

Background
A stern-looking woman with thick glasses, Lynette's bearing makes it obvious to anyone that she is important. In her position as the First Citizen of Vault City, the pillar of society, as McClure puts it, she enforces the City's underlying elitist and racist policies.

Her primary concern is the town of Gecko, located north of Vault City. Radiation leaking from the damaged nuclear power plant is affecting the City's water supply, leading to an increased mutation rate, stunting births, and even killing citizens. Unlike fellow councilmen, she believes the groundwater contamination is the equivalent of an act of war and wants the power plant to be shut down, permanently. Her hatred for ghouls is just the cherry on top.

Lynette has had no positive romantic relationships up until her potential relationship with Westin from the NCR in the endgame of Fallout 2. She's had little time for anything other than her job, and that's her focus.

Quests

 * Deliver Lynette's holodisk to Westin in NCR: Lynette asks the Chosen One to take an important holotape and bring it to Roger Westin in NCR.
 * Solve the Gecko powerplant problem: Lynette recruits the Chosen One to "solve" the problem of radiation being leaked from the Gecko powerplant, but her idea of "solving" the problem is to shut down the plant and/or killing the ghouls.

Effects of player's actions
It is important to not be rude to Lynette, even questioning Vault City's policies and her decisions can result in the Chosen One being thrown out of Vault City for good, cutting off several important quests. Even if the player character attains citizenship, Lynette will still revoke it and exile them if upset. Therefore, never question Vault City's usage of "servants", claim to agree with Thomas Moore or suggest his murder, do not ask about Vault City's attitude towards outsiders, nor suggest Vault City and Gecko cooperate. Doing any of these things can result in loss of welcome.

Other interactions

 * Lynette is at first highly suspicious of the Chosen One's knowledge of the G.E.C.K. and vaults and demands an explanation. Once she finds out the Chosen One is telling the truth, her attitude quickly changes. This can be shown by showing the Vault 13 jumpsuit to her, and then letting her inspect Vic's water flask. She takes a somewhat more honorable role in rooting out John Bishop's connections to NCR and the raiders.
 * If the Chosen One manages to make a particularly good impression on Lynette and does Vault City and her personally a big enough favor, she may decide to confer upon them the title of Captain of the Guard.

Death animation

 * Joanne Lynette notable death animation:

Inventory

 * One equipped

** Equipped

Appearances
Joanne Lynette appears only in Fallout 2 and is mentioned in the Fallout Bible.

Behind the scenes

 * An unused ending would have it so that in the elections that occurred after the destruction of the remnants of the United States government, Senior Council Member McClure was to be appointed First Citizen. Under his rule Vault City cooperated with the NCR in making laws.
 * Chris Avellone states she is a hypocrite about chem use.
 * In one of the first versions of Fallout 2, Lynette's talking head was supposed to be used for a spokesperson for a group of scientists living in the ruins of Area 51.