Myron

Myron is a teenage pharmacologist and sexual predator in New Reno, credited with the invention of a cheap, mass-produced variant of Jet for the Mordino crime family. He serves as a potential companion for the Chosen One in 2241.

Background
A pasty-faced teenager with greasy hair and the faint smell of laboratory formaldehyde hanging seemingly permanently about him, Myron is a intellectually gifted teen responsible for the (alleged) invention of Jet for the Mordino crime family of New Reno. In reality, Myron lied about inventing Jet (which was created pre-War), but in modifying the manufacturing process to be faster and cheaper. The first samples arrived in Redding in January 2241 and began addicting miners en masse, bringing the strategic town closer to Reno. The Mordinos rewarded Myron lavishly, with a steady supply of luxurious goods, prostitutes, money, and an entire dedicated laboratory and manufacturing plant located at the Stables north of the city.

His adolescent accomplishments left him with numerous personality flaws. He is boastful, arrogant, self-centered, and has seemingly unmitigated sex drive many prostitutes servicing him find unpleasant. His efforts to refine his "pet project" are motivated not so much by greed, but by his desire to prove to himself that he was, is and will be a genius in the field of entertainment chemistry. In addition, he also had taken to developing a new type of mild hallucinogen, although it was less addictive than Jet. He cares little for others, least of all slaves, who he treats like objects rather than human beings. Mutants earn even less respect from him.

Myron was stabbed to death by a Jet addict less than a year after the defeat of the Enclave, while he was drinking at a bar in the Den. His name was quickly forgotten, as was his claim of the invention and the development of a refined manufacturing process of the infamous drug.

Quests

 * Find some endorphin blockers to make a cure for Jet: Myron thinks he may be able to cure Jet addiction, but needs some endorphin blockers to do it.

Other interactions

 * He will join the Chosen One if they play to his ego and convince him that leaving town might make the Mordinos realize how valuable he is to them.
 * He is more of a 'Medic' companion than a fighter as he possesses a high Science skill. Myron can make antidotes, stimpaks and super stimpaks if the Chosen One gives him the proper ingredients.
 * He can get the Chosen One the cure for jet addiction if their Speech skills and Intelligence are high enough.
 * A female charismatic (or Porn Star) will change his dialogue tree to a sexual tone with the Chosen One.
 * If the Chosen One is female and has an INT score of less than 4, Myron will offer a drink spiked with drugs in their initial meeting. Accepting with an END score of 5 or less will result in the Chosen One falling unconscious; upon waking, their sex counter will have increased by one. Accepting with an END score of 6 or higher will result in Myron complaining that the drugs were ineffective and dismissing the Chosen One. This dialog can only happen before he is recruited as a party member.
 * If the Chosen One comes to the Stables by car, Myron will comment on it.

Chems
Myron can make the following chems if given the ingredients he needs to make them:


 * Poison antidote:
 * 1 scorpion tail


 * Stimpak:
 * 1 broc flower
 * 1 xander root
 * 1 empty hypodermic

To get the option, one must first mention super stimpaks when selecting how many regular stimpaks to make with Science 76% and INT 8.
 * Super stimpak:
 * 1 fruit
 * 1 Nuka-Cola
 * 1 stimpak

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

Behind the scenes

 * Myron was designed by Chris Avellone.
 * After convincing Myron to follow the Chosen One, they have the option of saying an altered quote from the movie The Blues Brothers: "It's 106 miles to Arroyo, we got a full fusion cell, half a pack of Radaway, it's midnight, and I'm wearing a 50-year old Vault 13 jumpsuit. Let's hit it."
 * Myron's voice actor, Jason Marsden, also voiced Craig Boone in Fallout: New Vegas.

Videos
Myron explains the history and chemical properties of the highly-addictive drug Jet.