The radioactive tumbleweeds were inspired by the tumbleweeds in Hanford, Washington. Sydney Wolfram (former Obsidian designer) on Radioactive Tumbleweeds: They will absorb a surprisingly large amount of radiation and then just roll all over the place." Apparently radioactive tumbleweeds are a real-life problem, too. I think the issue was that they were all marked as persistent references so they didn't cause some odd loading problems whilst they rolled around the wasteland, but that caused additional bugs. "They wound up causing some terrible problems (though they weren't "really" enemies). This creature is derived from the Wind Brahmin and shares most of its statistical properties with it. Unlike regular tumbleweeds, it is classified as a creature and not a world object, so rolls around of its own accord and can be killed. It's a tumbleweed, except it's green and radioactive. There are two incomplete and unused dialog topics directed at Betsy, each with no response. These stats may have been modified if she was completed. Her usefulness as a mobile storage device would have been offset by her uselessness in combat and very low HP (only 40, similar to a regular Brahmin). There are no remaining dialog files for either Kevin or Tom, so it is unknown what would have occurred after this point or how the situation would have been resolved, but her script file does have a variable state for hiring her permanently.īetsy is a member of Kevin Hargrove's faction, but as Kevin himself is not a member of this faction (it is only named after him) she will not become hostile if he is attacked. These items would appear in the merchant inventory of Tom Dooley and Betsy would return to her pen outside Freeside. However, once the player went to sleep, she would have disappeared along with all the items the player had her carry.
Betsy's primary purpose as a companion was as a pack mule, and she has a 600 lb.
The player would have encountered Betsy in her pen outside of Freeside's north gate, where they could purchase her from her owner, Kevin Hargrove. Betsy is a pack Brahmin the player could have hired as a companion.
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