Christine (Fallout: New Vegas)

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 Perception or Intelligence in order to understand her properly.

Background
Little is known of Christine Royce prior to the capture. It is, however, known that she used to be a Brotherhood of Steel Scribe, and that her baldness and facial scarring were not caused by the malfunctioning Auto-Doc. In fact, they were caused by Elder Elijah, who had captured her and forced cybernetic modifications upon her brain. She was rescued by Ulysses, and set out after Elijah in search of revenge.

It is later revealed that her time in the Big Empty was not the only reason she sought Elijah. She tells the player that he cut her off from her lover, who is implyed to be Veronica.

Like the Courier, Christine Royce was captured by Dog and God and forced to work for Elijah in breaking into the Sierra Madre Casino. At some point prior to the Courier's arrival, Dean Domino locked Christine in an Auto-Doc in the Villa's Medical District, programming it to alter her voice to that of Vera Keyes in order to gain access to the Sierra Madre's vault.

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.

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.
 * Verified on Xbox 360 - 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.


 * After obtaining all audio logs needed to unlock the Sierra Madre vault and returning to Christine in Vera's suite, you can re-initiate a "Perception" speech check continually, only having to wait for her to open the door and walk to the intercom and then re-initiating a conversation. YOU MUST INITIATE A CONVERSATION BEFORE SHE REACHES THE INTERCOM! this can be repeated for infinite XP.

Appearances
Christine appears in the Fallout: New Vegas DLC, Dead Money.