Gloria Van Graff

Gloria Van Graff is the manager of the energy weapons store located at the Silver Rush

Background
Gloria's mother expanded the family's operations from the home office in Redding into the Mojave Wasteland, placing Gloria and her older brother Jean-Baptiste Cutting in charge of their store inside the Silver Rush. Gloria and Jean-Baptiste are from a family including 10 children, all by different fathers, who run all of the Van Graff branches. Their sister Frieda ran the branch previously, but left to pursue "the opportunity of a lifetime."

Jean-Baptiste tells the Courier that his sister is crazy, and that he would "bet on Glory if she were facing down a deathclaw with a plastic spoon." He comments that Gloria and their mother do not get along, so although his sister has the "smarts to do whatever she wants" she gets all the "shit jobs" including her current assignment, far away from her parents.

She states that when the Van Graffs arrived in Freeside, they forcefully evicted the occupants on the Silver Rush, killing members of the the Kings who objected. Since then, the two groups avoid interacting with one another. She is now is responsible for the energy weapon business. This includes general strategy including secretive deals to wipe out the competition, such as the Gun Runners and Cassidy Caravans. Gloria orchestrates this with the help of Crimson Caravan Company branch manager Alice McLafferty. Gloria successfully brokered a deal with the New California Republic to lure members of the Legion into a trap disguised as a weapons transaction. In exchange, the NCR agreed to buy from the Van Graffs, resulting in earning five times more from the NCR than from the Legion.

Gloria had a previous relationship with an employee named Jacob who was both stealing from the business and cheating on her with a sex worker at Gomorrah. She has him killed as as part of an intimidation tactic against customer Mr. Soren who attempted to pay less for a recent order. Jean-Baptiste expresses his disapproval in his sister's relationship with an employee, stating "Damn it, girl, what has mama always said about tipping the help?" Jean-Baptiste expresses irritation with Pacer spreading rumors about Gloria following a fling that ended badly. Pacer states that "she's still got it bad" for him, and Gloria states it is just a rumor.

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Appearances
Gloria Van Graff appears

Bugs
Gloria drops drained microfusion cells in place of drained small energy cells. This bug is present with every plasma pistol user, as the particular leveled list ("WithAmmoPlasmaPistolLoot") for equipping a non-player character with a plasma pistol and ammunition calls for microfusion cells in place of energy cells.