Blind Diode Jefferson

"Ooh-ee! Yeah, dig that sweet music! Damn, it's good to be back on-line!"

Blind Diode Jefferson is a character in the Big MT in 2281. If you bring different programs for the Sonic Emitter, Blind Diode Jefferson can change your Sonic Emitter to any of the programs you have brought to him.

Background
Blind Diode Jefferson is an intelligent and talking jukebox, similar to the Big Empty's Toaster. Like the Toaster and other appliances in The Sink, he was sent offline when Dr. Mobius abandoned the Think Tank and left for the Forbidden Zone.

Once his personality back-up is retrieved from House #108, he speaks with a slow, 'ebonic' drawl, similar in style to a stereotypical Deep South Blues musician. When left alone, he may continue to ramble, spouting mostly-useless advice and anecdotes of by-gone times. When asked if he can play music, he says that he used to before Dr. Mobius took out his music drives - hence exacerbating his feeling of 'the blues'. Mobius used him to prototype his sonic emitter designs.

Quests

 * All My Friends Have Off Switches: Blind Diode Jefferson is one of the appliances that the player must retrieve a module for.
 * Field Research: All Audio Samples must be recovered and installed. The final upgrade is located in the Forbidden Zone Dome Entrance.

Effects of the player's actions

 * If Diode Jefferson is fully upgraded when Old World Blues is completed, he saves the Big Empty from "sonic invasion" in 2910.

Appearances
Blind Diode Jefferson appears in the Fallout: New Vegas add-on Old World Blues.

Behind the scenes

 * This is most likely a reference to the famous Delta Blues artist Blind Lemon Jefferson.


 * His voice tone and speech patterns seem to be yet another reference to Wolfman Jack, with an even closer sound than Three Dog from Fallout 3.