Vic

Vic the Trader is the character the Chosen One is originally dispatched to find in Fallout 2, he is found in the Den in 2241.

Background
Vic sold the tribals of Arroyo a number of Vault 13 water flasks as holy relics. He originally purchased them from a trader in Vault City. He resides in Klamath, but naturally things aren't going to be easy if the Chosen One wants to talk to him. Metzger, the Slaver leader, has taken Vic prisoner after he sold him a busted radio and is holding him in their compound.

Vic has a daughter who lives and works in Vault City, who is the fruit of love between him and a Vault City citizen. He never loved her much, often calling her the Desert Viper. It seems his child has inherited her mother's genes.

Interactions with the player character
The player may either buy or bust him out. Once freed, he tells the player what he knows and then offers to join. Low intelligence characters are given a dialogue choice to recruit Vic but nothing results from the choice.

If the player kills Metzger and his slavers without freeing Vic, he will somehow escape the locked room and take refuge at Mom's Diner.

Behind the scenes
Vic's name is most likely a double-entendre. There is a famous restaurant called "Trader Vic's", and Vic is often referred to as "Trader Vic". Vic was also the name of the titular boy from the post-apocalyptic film A Boy and His Dog.

Related quests

 * Find Vic the Trader

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