 | For the character from the Broken Steel DLC for Fallout 3, see Mother Curie III. |
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“My entire life has been in this vault. I have analyzed and learned everything there is to know here. So now I must see the rest of the Commonwealth. Consult with scientists. Unearth more data to challenge my hypotheses.”
Contagions Vulnerability Robotic Infirmary Engineer, or Curie (stylized as Cvrie),[1] is a Miss Nanny found in Vault 81 in Fallout 4. She is also a character in Fallout Shelter Online and Fallout: Wasteland Warfare.
Background[edit]
The state of the art Curie was designed to be the guardian of Vault 81, responsible for preserving the knowledge amassed by the Vault 81 scientists, as well as ensuring that every single one is aware of the significance of the mission undertaken within the halls of the vault.[2] However, the current Curie is not the same robot as when she was deployed to the vault. Due to the overseer's sabotage, none of the science staff received a notification about the drill that would have allowed them to enter Vault 81 in time to carry out the experiment.[3] However, three researchers showed up: Kenneth Collins and Jim Flint reached the vault from the Fens with the general population, while the overachiever M. Burrow was already on site. They reported to the research area and were sealed inside. This meant that the danger to the residential population still existed.[4]
Although there were only three of them, ensuring that the generations-long research plan would die out, they had state of the art equipment, centuries' worth of supplies and the Contagions Vulnerability Robotic Infirmary Engineer (CVRIE), meaning that with even their limited manpower, they could still be a threat to the residential population.[2] To compensate, Collins upgraded and modified Curie, from a customized Mr. Handy into a fully fledged lab assistant.[5] He wrote a suite of custom personality settings for the robot based on his friend Liza and his 2046 grad school fling from Versailles. He also loaded the databanks with every great body of work he had (Kant, Einstein, Born, Darwin, Curie, Faraday, Turing, Braun) to make her more lifelike and human.[6] With her help, the work picked up the pace and quite soon, the Phase I trials began. When notified of it, Overseer O. Olivette was mortified and played for time,[7] while maintaining an aura of camaraderie, taking care to not reveal her intentions. While the mood among the three researchers remained stable thanks to Collins and Curie, they still had access to the nozzles and could release the pathogens for a Stage III trial, or worse. When a minor mishap with the mole rat population was resolved and stage II was progressing rapidly, Olivette made her decision.[8]
The overseer personally sabotaged the delivery nozzles inside every residential quarter and room on their side of the vault. Then, when the researchers began to notice (Burrow, specifically), they disconnected the only terminal that could communicate with the science team and dumped it in the reactor chamber, near the sealed backup entrance into the science section.[9] Sealed in the research wing, the scientists grimly continued their work, never to see the light of day again. Curie became their inheritor,[10] watching as they fell one-by-one. Flint was killed when a mole rat named Clyde escaped his cage,[11] while Collins and finally Burrow both died of old age. She interred them and continued the work.[12]
Curie states that 83 years ago, it finished the broad-spectrum cure that would be capable of curing every pathogen developed and analyzed in the captive mole rats.[13] She spent the remaining time scanning the same four walls over and over again, until the Sole Survivor arrives, allowing her to exploit a loophole in her programming and escape from the vault.
Publications[edit]
“Curie is a robot programmed by the isolated scientists inside Vault 81. After the scientists died out, Curie completed the R&D on the wonder-antidote and obtained the body of a 3rd-gen Synth as her new body. She is curious about everything in the Commonwealth Wasteland.”— Fallout Shelter Online Character Descriptions
Interactions Overview[edit]
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| This character is essential. Essential characters cannot be killed. | ||
| This character is a permanent companion. They grant the Combat Medic perk. | ||
| This character starts quests. |
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| This character is romanceable. |
Requires maximum affinity. | |
| This character can be sent to a settlement. | ||
Range of interests[edit]
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Inventory[edit]
Miss Nanny[edit]
Synth[edit]
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| Flannel Shirt and Jeans (can be given other clothes and armor) | Laser Rifle |
Notes[edit]
- As a Synth, Curie's aggression and confidence change, from unaggressive to aggresive and from average to brave, respectively.
- Curie's affinity towards the player character will not increase any further from the value 499 before the quest Emergent Behavior is completed, even if the game states that "Curie liked/loved that."
- Upon reaching maximum affinity with Curie, she will tell the Sole Survivor about a breakthrough she has made with Mutfruit that enhances the effect of Stimpaks, and will give the Combat Medic perk, which heals the Sole Survivor for 100 Hit Points once a day when falling below 10% health. Curie is a also potential candidate for romance.
- Curie will occasionally give the player character Stimpaks.
- Unlike Codsworth, Curie is armed with a laser weapon instead of a flamer.
- Curie has fixed amounts of Hit Points, 440 as a Miss Nanny and 670 as a Synth.
- Curie will often talk to the various doctors in the Commonwealth while she is traveling with the Sole Survivor.
- Curie replies in Japanese to Takahashi in Diamond City.[14]
- Curie will express hunger and tiredness when a Synth.[15]
Quotes[edit]
- "We must find the men of science and institutes of learning, surely they are out there still."
- "I find myself... humming inside. I feel so very... happy, this is the word!"
- "My systems are eager to acquire new data. I find that traveling agrees with me."
- "Perhaps you have missed your calling. With skills like this, you could be a Mr. Handy." – When using a workbench.
- "What a contradiction a human is. To be lacking in so many capabilities, but being blessed with such a tapestry of emotions."
- "Someone is nearby. Perhaps they are friendly." – When near an enemy.
- "I believe we are supposed to file a police report, yes? And all the little things go in baggies for evidence." – When looting a deceased enemy.
- "I believe not wearing clothes is considered taboo? But maybe that data is old.." – When not having any apparel equipped.
Appearances[edit]
Curie appears in Fallout 4, Fallout Shelter Online and Fallout: Wasteland Warfare.
Behind the Scenes[edit]
Curie is named after Marie Curie, the physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity. Curie will acknowledge this when starting the quest Emergent Behavior.
Gallery[edit]
First sighting with Curie in Vault 81 during the quest Hole in the Wall
References[edit]
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