Courier

"Enjoy your stay."

The Courier is the player character in Fallout: New Vegas.

Background
"Your face does the thinking - two to the skull, yet one gets up. Odds are against you... but they're just numbers after the two-to-one.

You're playing the hand you've been dealt, but you don't let it rest, you shuffle and stack, and a gamble... a gamble that may pay off? But how?

Forecast: Rapidly changing conditions."

- The Forecaster

One of six couriers hired by the Mojave Express to deliver strange packages to the New Vegas Strip, the Courier was carrying the parcel containing The Platinum Chip from Primm. However, the courier was intercepted by Benny, who then shot the Courier in the head and left them for dead; buried alive in a shallow grave in the Goodsprings Cemetery. The Courier was dug out by Victor, a friendly Securitron under Mr. House's control. The player was then nursed back to health by Doc Mitchell, the resident doctor of Goodsprings.

Not much is known about the Courier's background, apart from they have some sort of a relationship with Ulysses, the original "Courier Six". For reasons unknown, Ulysses pulled out of the delivery job when he learned that the Courier's name was next on the list, seemingly convinced that the job would kill the Courier - and his assumption was almost right. Notably, Ulysses expressed shock when he learned that the Courier was still alive, implying he may have tried to kill the Courier prior to the events of Fallout: New Vegas.

When Ulysses rescued Christine Royce from the Big Empty, he encouraged her to continue her pursuit of Elijah, stating that he knew what it was like to search for someone who had such an impact on his past life.

Other background information
The player can make several suggestions about his or her past through in-game dialogue options. Since these are, as the name suggests, optional, it can be assumed that these are down to player choice and as such, do not form part of the player's background until they have been selected.

Below is a non-exhaustive list of elements of the character's past which can be explicitly expressed by players during gameplay:


 * During a conversation with Bruce Isaac in Novac, the Courier can state that he/she has been to New Reno before.
 * If the Courier is male and has the Lady Killer perk, he can make a joke during conversation with the Lonesome Drifter that he impregnated a woman in Montana in 2264, seventeen years before the game takes place.
 * It can be suggested during dialogue with Veronica Santangelo that the Courier does not know where he/she was born.
 * While listening to the conversation between Ulysses and Christine Royce on the 17.9 Patient Log, Ulysses refers to the Courier as a she.
 * The Courier can tell Cass that he/she does not know what a fish is. Or, on the contrary: an intelligent Courier may test her knowledge about fish, clearly aware of their nature although they are practically non-existent in California or the Mojave Wasteland and may only be found in Lake Mead or Zion Canyon.
 * During Dead Money, choosing to tell Dean Domino that you found one of his stashes prompts him to teach you a recipe for the Sierra Madre Martini and the Courier can choose to respond with "Always in the mood for another drink, what's the recipe?", which suggests that the Courier likes to drink alcohol regularly.
 * The Courier appears to be immune to the otherwise contagious spores found in Vault 22.
 * Before setting off to New Canaan, the Courier can tell Jed Masterson that he/she has not been to Utah in some time, suggesting that they have been there before.
 * Dialogue choices throughout Honest Hearts heavily imply that the Courier has never heard of Christianity or may not believe in the religion.

Appearances
The Courier appears only in Fallout: New Vegas.

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