Cass

Rose of Sharon Cassidy (aka Cass), is a water merchant and owner of Cassidy Caravan in 2281.

Background
Born in 2244, Cass is the daughter of John Cassidy, a companion of the Chosen One in Fallout 2.

Worn down by years of hard luck and a recent rash of terrible misfortunes, Cass is a despondent merchant who's about to get out of the caravan business. She's smart, tough, and steady with a gun, but she hasn't been savvy enough to survive the ruthless caravan wars that have flared up in Nevada since NCR's expansion. Though she's quick to join up with the player for some easy money(you do NOT have to pay her), she's still interested in finding out if she's been suffering from bad luck or something more sinister.

She claims she was once followed by a king, who she eventually had to "chase off with a shotgun."

Interactions with the player character
Cass can be recruited by the Courier as a companion during the course of the Heartache by the Number quest. Cass must be persuaded to part with the ownership of her Caravan company, requiring either a Speech skill of 50 or a Barter skill of 50, with additional options if the player has a Speech or Barter skill of 75:
 * With a Speech skill of 50, the Courier will point out that Cass is stuck at the Mojave Outpost because she cannot get clearance to leave as a Caravan owner. The Courier will then have to "deal" with Jackson, either by killing him or by completing his quest.
 * With a Speech skill of 75, the Courier will tell Cass that since she created the Caravan company, she has to "kill" it. This will earn Cass' anger, at first, but then her respect.  The Courier will not have to deal with Jackson.
 * With a Barter skill of 50, the Courier will bribe Cass with 750 caps.
 * With a Barter skill of 75, the Courier will challenge Cass to a drinking contest, which will start once the Courier has 12 bottles of Whiskey. How well the Courier does depends on the player's Endurance and whether or not the player is currently suffering from alcohol addiction.

Inventory
Cass comes equipped with both a Combat Knife, and a Caravan Shotgun. She also has 13 Bottle Caps, and an Empty Whiskey Bottle in her inventory (Although combat knife, and caravan shotgun are not included in her inventory)
 * Cass' shotgun is a companion variant (id 00176E55) Same with her Combat Knife (00176E56). Useful if a casino robs her and gives it to the PC.

Appearances
only appears in Fallout: New Vegas.

Behind the scenes
Rose of Sharon is a common name that applies to several different species of flowering plants that are highly valued throughout the world. The name originates in the Bible and is also the name of a character in John Steinbeck's novel ''The Grapes of Wrath. She was named for the latter, "some old Pre-War book about dirt farmers" as she calls it.

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Bugs

 * sometimes for no reason she will keep talking to you as if you selected to talk and she will repeat this every few seconds and sometimes even reloading the game cannot correct this error.


 * Like with all companions on New Vegas, sometimes when a script which empties your inventory takes effect, such as when entering casinos, it will will remove their "companion only" weapon, and upon leaving you will receive it in your inventory. If you happen to drop it on the ground, you cannot pick it back up when you click it - it will only say "steal" with no weapon name shown.


 * If you kill the Van Graffs before recruiting her she will talk to you about the quest "Heartache by the number", but you will not be able to recruit her.


 * Cass has no wrists. Her hands float about an inch away from the cuffs of her jacket.


 * Sometimes you start hearing her voice from the player even though she is nowhere near you.


 * If you equip her with a Metal Helmet she will have a masked voice, as if talking through a Power Helmet. Even though the female model of the Metal Helm does not cover her face.


 * The Calm Heart perk is bugged. The added health bonus is 50/0 which means that she gets a health boost of 50 points but her max.Health limit is the same as before (ex. 270/270 HP (default) 320/270 HP (with Calm Heart perk)). It is highly recommended that you to wait until a patch fixes this so the award for completing this quest makes sense. (need confirmation on PS3) However, this can be worked around in the 360 version by simply getting her to full health and useing your weakest attack to damage her enough to where a stimpack would bring her up to her 320 health. The  game raises her health above the 270 to 320, but still it reads her hp as 320/270.


 * She is not needed to get "the whole gang" trophy.(confirmed on xbox 360 and ps3)


 * When attempting to reload a weapon with an internal box or tubular magazine, such as the cowboy repeater or hunting shotgun, she may get 'stuck' in a loop of the reloading animation indefinitely. Telling her to switch to melee weapons, and then back to ranged via the companion wheel will 'fix' the problem, with the weapon now fully loaded.


 * Occasionally in underground locations such as the Ruby Hills Mine, if using a weapon such as the hunting shotgun or cowboy repeater that load an internal magazine one shell at a time, Cass will suddenly display a graphical glitch that looks like a pair of enormous fleshy wings sprouting from her back or elbows. Telling her to switch weapons does not fix this glitch, but reverting to a previous save or exiting the cavern will.


 * After recruiting Cass, if you try to speak to Lacey, the game will freeze but the start menu is still available.


 * If she was sent to Lucky 38 before starting sub-quest from the Van Graffs brother, quest mark will indicate that she is located close to the Mojave Outpost, but player won't be able to actually see her there. Then quest mark will guide the Courier to the Silver Rush where player can tell Jean-Baptist that she is dead. She seems to disappear from the game at this point.