Blind Diode Jefferson

Blind Diode Jefferson is an automated personality AI in the Big MT in 2281.

Background
Blind Diode Jefferson was forced offline when Dr. Mobius abandoned The Think Tank and left for the Forbidden Zone. Once his personality backup is retrieved from House #108, he speaks with a slow 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 change the sonic waves of sonic emitters.

Quests

 * All My Friends Have Off Switches: Blind Diode Jefferson is one of the appliances that the Courier 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 MT from "sonic invasion" in 2910.

Notable quotes

 * "I ever tell you about Saxomotron version 4.0? That cat was the best trumpet player I ever met."
 * "Here and now got its ups and downs, but... focusing on the past like it was way better? That's just Old World Blues"
 * "You heard of Doc Boney? Sang with the staff band till his wife caught him in bed with a nurse. Now he haunts the Med Center, still singing the blues."
 * "Some day, I'd like to meet the man who's got no blues to sing"
 * "You ever heard of Tiny Lester Lutton? Best jazzy harmonica I ever heard. Mind you, being a Super-Mutant with no lips... don't ask me how he played."

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

Behind the scenes
This character is strikingly similar to the famous Texas Blues artist Blind Lemon Jefferson, with a diode simply being a component of a jukebox, just like a lemon (bitterness) could be seen to be a component of the blues.

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