Joanne Lynette is the current First Citizen of Vault City in Fallout 2.
Background
A stern-looking woman with thick glasses, Lynette's bearing makes it obvious to anyone that she is important.[2] In her position as the First Citizen of Vault City, the pillar of society, as McClure puts it, she enforces the City's underlying elitist and racist policies.[3]
Her primary concern is the town of Gecko, located north of Vault City. Radiation leaking from the damaged nuclear power plant is affecting the City's water supply, leading to an increased mutation rate, stunting births, and even killing citizens.[4] Unlike fellow councilmen, she believes the groundwater contamination is the equivalent of an act of war and wants the power plant to be shut down, permanently. Her hatred for ghouls is just the cherry on top.
Lynette has had no positive romantic relationships up until her potential relationship with Westin from the NCR in the endgame of Fallout 2.[1] She's had little time for anything other than her job, and that's her focus.
Interactions overview
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Quests
- Deliver Lynette's holodisk to Westin in NCR: Lynette asks the Chosen One to take an important holotape and bring it to Roger Westin in NCR.
- Solve the Gecko powerplant problem: Lynette recruits the Chosen One to "solve" the problem of radiation being leaked from the Gecko powerplant, but her idea of "solving" the problem is to shut down the plant and/or killing the ghouls.
Effects of player's actions
It is important to not be rude to Lynette, even questioning Vault City's policies and her decisions can result in the Chosen One being thrown out of Vault City for good, cutting off several important quests. Even if the player character attains citizenship, Lynette will still revoke it and exile them if upset. Therefore, never question Vault City's usage of "servants", claim to agree with Thomas Moore or suggest his murder, do not ask about Vault City's attitude towards outsiders, nor suggest Vault City and Gecko cooperate. Doing any of these things can result in loss of welcome.
Other interactions
- Lynette is at first highly suspicious of the Chosen One's knowledge of the G.E.C.K. and vaults and demands an explanation. Once she finds out the Chosen One is telling the truth, her attitude quickly changes. This can be shown by showing the Vault 13 jumpsuit to her, and then letting her inspect Vic's Water Flask. She takes a somewhat more honorable role in rooting out John Bishop's connections to NCR and the raiders.
- If the Chosen One manages to make a particularly good impression on Lynette and does Vault City and her personally a big enough favor, she may decide to confer upon them the title of Captain of the Guard.
Death animation
- Joanne Lynette notable death animation:
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Inventory
| Apparel | Weapon | Other items |
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| Joanne Lynette's jumpsuit | Mentats Stimpak x2* Super stimpak** $74 |
* One equipped
** Equipped
Notes
- In one of the ending slides for Vault City, her first name is spelled as "Joann",[1] whereas Wallace refers to her as "Joanne" in his dialogue.[5]
- If the player character tells her that they are a Vault 13 descendant and shows her their canteen and jumpsuit, their Reputation with Vault City improves.
- If the Chosen One is Idolized by Vault City, she says "Yes? What is it I can help you with?" instead of "Yes? What is it?".
- She is one of several characters in Fallout 2 that breaks the fourth wall in her dialogue.[6]
- After beating the game, if prompted, Lynette will hug a Chosen One with low Intelligence[7]
- Her scripting includes granting the Chosen One Citizenship for solving the Gecko powerplant problem but it's inaccessible due to mutually-exclusive checks.
Appearances
Joanne Lynette appears only in Fallout 2 and is mentioned in the Fallout Bible.
Behind the scenes
- An unused ending would have it so that in the elections that occurred after the destruction of the remnants of the United States government, Senior Council Member McClure was to be appointed First Citizen. Under his rule Vault City cooperated with the NCR in making laws.[Dev 1]
- Chris Avellone states she is a hypocrite about chem use.[Dev 2]
- In one of the first versions of Fallout 2, Lynette's talking head was supposed to be used for a spokesperson for a group of scientists living in the ruins of Area 51.[Pub 1]
Gallery
Joanne as seen in-game
"We no longer consider ourselves to be "Vault Dwellers"... we refer to ourselves as "Citizens." If you wish to become part of our community, you must first prove your worth."
"The problem IS that all Outsiders wish to join our society, which is simply not feasible. We would undoubtedly sink into the same anarchy which plagues the outside."
"What? You destroyed the plant?! The contamination! You IDIOT. At least those ghouls are gone... Get out of my sight."- "We exited the Vault 120 years ago and, with the help of our Eden kit, began construction of Vault City. Ten years later, the Overseer retired and a Council of Citizens was established. The Council appointed the initial First Citizen."
In-game sprite
Uncompressed Talking Head render
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Vault City independent, Westin and Lynette marry: "... He moved north to Vault City for medical treatment and eventually married Joann Lynette in the following year."
- ↑ Joanne Lynette: "{100}{}{You see a stern-looking woman with thick glasses, wearing a Vault City jumpsuit. Judging from her bearing, she seems important.}"
(Vclynett.msg) - ↑ Mercenary: "{263}{}{Lynette's a good-looking woman. Well, in a aristocratic, domineering, slave-advocating kind of way.}"
(IcMerc.msg) - ↑ Vault City travel log
- ↑ Vcwalace.msg: {297}{}{Our First Citizen is Joanne Lynette. She has done many good things for our city in her ten years of service.}
- ↑ Vclynett.msg: "{108}{}{I don't know what you intend to gain by clicking on me, but I won't tolerate it much longer.}{109}{}{Perhaps you find clicking on me... amusing. Perhaps you will find the Corrections Center just as humorous.}{117}{}{Do you like my little dreadlocks? I think Scott Rodenhizer has a strange sense of humor.}"
- ↑ Vclynett.msg: {119}{}{Wahr? Wahr whar?}{122}{lyn003}{From the simplest things - and that certainly is you - even greatness may grow. Take care, my sweet imbecile... all Vault City thanks you.}{123}{}{Hug her.}{125}{lyn004}{Awwwww... there, there. Anytime you need a hug, you come see Aunt Lynette, all right?}
- ↑ Fallout 2 Official Strategies & Secrets p.334-335: "... A second set of drafts hypothesized the army of the Master (from Fallout 1) roaming the Wastes in a huge, armored land fortress, scooping up muties to use as slave labor. As you can see, neither of these stories made their way into the final game. Although some parts of them did—Lynette's head, for example, was once going to be the spokesperson for a group of scientists living in the ruins of a base in Area 51."
- ↑ Fallout Bible 0: Lynette: "The Vault City that I helped establish was to outlast me and continue on for many more years. In the elections that occurred after the destruction of the remnants of the United States government, Senior Council Member McClure was appointed First Citizen and I retired to honorary council member status. With my new free time, I traveled south to NCR and met the NCR President. I was responsible for much of the legislation that followed in the years between NCR and our City."
- ↑ Chris Avellone Duckfeed.tv interview
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