Christine (Fallout: New Vegas)

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Christine Royce is a mute human prisoner trapped in the Sierra Madre in 2281. She is difficult to communicate with, and the player must have a high PER or INT in order to understand her properly.

Background
Although Christine's past remains largely unexplained, aspects of it are revealed throughout the course of Dead Money. For example, it is known she was once a Scribe in a California chapter of the Brotherhood of Steel (and as such is competent with most forms of weaponry). It is heavily suggested that she and Veronica Santangelo had a romantic entanglement, and Elijah's intervention ended it.

When Elijah abandoned the Brotherhood after the disastrous Operation: Sunburst, he left a trail of crimes across the wasteland. Word eventually reached Christine's chapter, and she was among those dispatched to find him and bring him to justice. She eventually tracked Elijah down to the Big Empty, where he managed to gain the upper hand and trap her, imposing cybernetic modifications upon her brain and causing her facial scarring and lack of ability to read and write words properly, all though she can still do equations and math. After a time, she was rescued by a courier who wore the flag of the Old World on his back. This courier said he knew Elijah, and encouraged her to continue her pursuit. The courier sympathized with her, and told her that he "knew what it was like to track someone who had such an... impact on your past life".

Christine tracked Elijah to the Sierra Madre Casino, where she was captured by his slave Dog and forced to work for him in breaking into the Sierra Madre with an explosive collar. At some point, she was also locked in an Auto-Doc in the Villa's Medical District by Dean Domino, where her vocal cords were torn out. She later regains use of her voice when the operation is completed by the Auto-Doc in Vera Keyes' hotel room, where it is revealed that her capture was part of Domino's plan to break into the Sierra Madre Casino Vault, as the elevator could only be activated by the voice of the long-dead Keyes.

Interactions with the player character
Dead Money

Old World Blues

Quests

 * Find Collar 12: Christine: The player has to travel to the Villa Clinic to find her. Once inside the player has to release her and take her to the fountain in front of the Sierra Madre.


 * Mixed Signals: The player has to escort Christine to the Puesta del Sol switching station to get her ready for her part of the Trigger the Gala Event quest.


 * Last Luxuries: The player has to find, and confront, Christine in the Sierra Madre Casino.


 * Heist of the Centuries: Christine can use her new voice to unlock the elevator to the Sierra Madre Vault.

Other interactions
When the player travels with Christine, she will be able to block out radio signals that interfere with the collar's exploding mechanism for a short time. She will also increase the amount of time taken for the collar to detonate.

She knows how to counterfeit Sierra Madre chips, and can give the player the Coin Operator perk with the right dialogue options.

Qore episode 36 reveals that she can be interacted with during the events of Old World Blues, and that this will present altered lines during the events of Dead Money.

Endings

 * If Christine completes her mission, she finds new purpose as the Sierra Madre's warden. She watches over it silently - by choice. Over time, the Ghost People come to see her as one of the Holograms. They watch, silently, as she walks among them. At times, Christine thinks of the Courier, who had kept Elijah's hand from her throat. The Courier had reminded her of the other courier she had met in the Big Empty, and wonders if the two had found each other at last. She does not think of them again until she hears the legends of the Divide. The Divide, where the two messengers, the two couriers, fight beneath an ancient flag, at the edge of the world.
 * If Christine is scarred by her hunt for Elijah and unable to let him go, she perishes in the Sierra Madre Casino. She never completes her mission, nor does she stop to consider what had made her accept the mission in the first place. Obsession is another form of greed, a lesson that Christine never learned.

Inventory
Dead Money

Old World Blues

Quotes

 * The quick Scribe jumps over the lazy Paladin.

Appearances
Christine Royce appears in the Fallout: New Vegas add-ons, Dead Money and Old World Blues.

Bugs

 * It is possible to initiate the first conversation with Christine without opening the auto-doc. You may open it afterward, but your character will be stuck in place and you will need to load a previous saved game to continue. Using 3rd person view, you are able to peek into the auto-doc and initiate dialog with Christine before opening the door. Once the door is finally opened, the bug occurs.

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