Moira Brown

Moira Brown is the owner of Megaton's Craterside Supply $$

Background
Originally from Canterbury Commons, Moira Brown held an unusual curiosity for the world around her. She has lived in Megaton at least ten to twelve years. Although Moira is intelligent, she lacks actual experience in the wasteland. She has recently decided to write a survival guide following an incident with a domesticated centaur. A task she will recruit the Lone Wanderer into helping her complete.

She spends the day sweeping and trading as well as conducting experiments. She opens the store at 8:00 a.m. and closes at 8:00 p.m. The Megaton Craterside Supply store is also her home. She sleeps upstairs and if the Lone Wanderer is caught trespassing after hours she will be upset. The only time she will leave her shop is if Megaton is destroyed in the quest The Power of the Atom. If the Wasteland Survival Guide quest is completed before Megaton is destroyed she will instead stay near the entrance to the ruins and only has the option to repair equipment, lacking an option to buy or sell items.

Effects of player's actions

 * If the Lone Wanderer blows up Megaton she becomes ghoulified. If the Wasteland Survival Guide quest is started, or she is met and gives the armored vault jumpsuit to the Lone Wanderer, she can be found at Megaton ruins. If the quest was not started she can be found in the Underworld, whereupon she will claim she was 'out-of-town' during the detonation and is apparently unaware of her recent affliction. Depending on how the Lone Wanderer breaks the news to her she will either fall into despair or remain positive.
 * Convincing her that writing The Wasteland Survival Guide is a bad idea will result in a 30% discount on her wares and an increase of her Repair skill from 24 to 54 (72% condition). Karma will be lost but the Dream Crusher perk is given to the player character. This will also make her considerably less positive and more gloomy.

Merchant items

 * Inventory replenishes every Monday and Wednesday.

Appearances
Moira Brown appears in Fallout 3, Fallout Shelter, and Fallout Shelter Online.

Behinds the scenes

 * According to Fred Zeleny, Moira Brown was named Lea Marsh in early drafts, though the team decided she "needed a different name." Zeleny stated that he doesn't "remember the precise reason" why, but that the change was made early in development.
 * In Moira's dialogue, a dialog topic named makes reference to her old name. Script notes also refer to Moira as "Lea".

Bugs

 * Occasionally, Moira will not move from the Megaton ruins after the town has been destroyed if you have completed the quest Wasteland Survival Guide. She will stand in front of Megaton and can only repair. This will happen also if you complete the quest by depressing her. She will only say usual things like "Oh good. Someone who doesn't have a brahmin to wash up. That's a nice change."
 * When stealing an item from her Craterside Supplies container while she is dead, she will still respond with "Hey, that's valuable junk!"
 * In a very rare occasion if you save, kill Moira, and reload the save she will not be there and therefore rendered completely lost.
 * In a very rare occasion when Moira dies from an explosive or the Bloody Mess perk one could find (if one had detonated the atom bomb) Moira Brown floating outside Megaton in her 'corpse' pieces and any interaction with the Lone Wanderer is ignored.
 * Attempting to trade with Moira Brown after she closes Craterside Supply each night results in her saying she's closed for the night. However, if told "I'm looking to buy some things for my house," and then "Okay, let me take a look at your stuff," she can be traded with as if her store was open.