Moira Brown

	Fallout 3 character Moira Brown
	Biography race Human, Caucasian Ghoul (If Megaton is destroyed) affiliation Megaton role Store owner location Craterside Supply in Megaton Underworld Gameplay appearances Fallout 3 quests The Wasteland Survival Guide The Replicated Man Statistics karma Good SPECIAL 4 ST, 5 PE, 4 EN, 6 CH, 7 IN, 4 AG, 5 LK Technical actor Karen Carbone base id 0002d3c0 ref id 0002d2bc
	Ghoulified Moira, after Megaton blown up

 

“ Take care, it's a big Wasteland. But you'd know that better than me, right? ” —Moria Brown

Moira Brown is the eccentric owner of Megaton's Craterside Supply in 2277.

Background

Moira was born in 2253 in the trading community of Canterbury Commons, but has moved to Megaton by 2277.

Daily schedule

Moira is the owner of Craterside Supply. She spends the day sweeping and trading as well as conducting odd experiments. She opens the store at 8:00am and closes at 8:00pm. She sleeps in the store as well. The only time she will leave is if Megaton is destroyed in the quest The Power of the Atom. If The Wasteland Survival Guide is completed before Megaton is destroyed, she will instead stay near the entrance to the ruins, and only be able to repair, lacking an option to buy or sell items.

Interactions with the player character

Interactions overview

General	Services	Quests
Essential: No Enslavable: No Companion: No Bounty: Yes Drops ear	Merchant: Yes Sells weapons, apparel, aid, miscellaneous, ammunition, house improvements Caps: 160-3000 Repairman: Yes Repairs up to 54-72% Doctor: No Rents bed/room: No	Starts quests: Yes The Wasteland Survival Guide Involved in quests: Yes The Replicated Man

Quests

• The Wasteland Survival Guide: Moira wants you to do some dangerous research for a book she is writing.
• The Replicated Man: Moira is in possession of a Replicated Man holotape.

Effects of player actions

• If you decide to blow up Megaton, she will not die; instead she will become ghoulified. If you started the Wasteland Survival Guide quest, or met her to receive an armored Vault jumpsuit, you will have to visit the Megaton Ruins to find her. If you hadn't started it, she can be found in the Underworld, whereupon she will claim she was 'out-of-town' during the detonation, and apparently unaware of her recent affliction. Depending on how you break the news to her, she will either fall into despair or remain positive. Eventually, she will leave for Rivet City and finally Underworld.
• Convincing her that writing The Wasteland Survival Guide is a bad idea will result in a 30% discount on her wares and increase her repair skill to 54 (72% condition). You will also lose karma and gain the Dream Crusher perk.

Merchant items

Ammo	Armor and clothing	Drugs and edibles	Weapons	Misc
Energy cells 10mm round 5.56mm rounds .32 caliber rounds .308 caliber rounds Missiles	Metal armor Radiation suit Leather armor Combat armor Combat helmet	Stimpaks Med-X Jet Mentats	N99 10mm pistol Silenced 10mm pistol(Rare) Shanxi type 17 pistol .32 pistol Missile launcher Schematics - Rock-It Launcher AEP7 laser pistol Frag grenade	variety of junk items Themes for your house

Inventory

Apparel	Weapon	Other item	On death
RobCo jumpsuit	-	1 Mentat 1 Abraxo cleaner 10mm ammunition	Craterside supply key Moira's terminal password

Notes

• Moira's voice does not change after becoming ghoulified.
• Even though Carol in Underworld says it takes months or years to become ghoulified, Moira will instantly become a ghoul if you destroy Megaton.
• If you look into her terminal, you can track her current experiments.
• Moira wonders if mole rats can be tamed and domesticated. Although she will never know it, Pumpkin in Fallout 3 and Snuffles of Fallout: New Vegas prove that they can.
• Moira Brown does not have a shop in Underworld, although she will still sell things to you and offer the Wasteland Survival Guide quest.
• Despite her origins from Canterbury Commons, there is no history of her or her family in said town.
• Moira has a second Repellent Stick in her desk upstairs.
• Her inventory replenishes on Monday and Wednesday.
• She appears in Point Lookout in the Sacred Bog during the hallucination.

Notable quotes

• "Could you come back? ahh (yawn) ugh in an hour or two, even geniuses need their sleep."

• "Good luck with that research."

• "Take care, it's a big Wasteland, but you know that better than me, right."

• "Hey, book's coming along well, thanks to you, what's next?"

• "Keep up the great research, super assistant."

Appearances

Moira Brown appears in Fallout 3.

Bugs

• PC PlayStation 3 Xbox 360 Occasionally, Moira will not move from the Megaton ruins after the town has been destroyed if you have completed the quest The Wasteland Survival Guide. She will stand in front of Megaton and can only repair. This will happen also if you complete the quest by depressing her. She will only say usual things like "Oh good. Someone who doesn't have a brahmin to wash up. That's a nice change."
• PC PlayStation 3 After killing Moira, opening her Craterside Supplies container, and stealing an item, a voice clip of her saying "Hey, that's valuable junk!" will play, even though she's dead.
• If you kill Moira and then decide to blow up Megaton, her body can be found outside of the Underworld entrance.
• PlayStation 3 Xbox 360 In a very rare occasion if you save, kill Moira, and reload the save she will not be there and therefore rendered completely lost.
• PlayStation 3 In a very rare occasion when the player kills Moira using an explosive or using the bloody mess perk would find (if afterwards detonated the Atom bomb) Moira Brown floating outside Megaton in her 'corpse' pieces and any interaction with the lone wanderer is ignored.
• PC Attempting to trade with Moira Brown after she closes Craterside Supply each night results in her telling you that she's closed for the night. However, if you tell her "I'm looking to buy some things for my house," and then "Okay, let me take a look at your stuff," you can trade with her as if her store were open.

References

Major characters of Fallout 3 Player Character Lone Wanderer Brotherhood of Steel Owyn Lyons · Sarah Lyons · Rothchild · Tristan Enclave Augustus Autumn · John Henry Eden Project Purity scientists James · Madison Li Companions Dogmeat · Fawkes · Cross · Sergeant RL-3 · Butch · Jericho · Clover · Charon Other major characters Harold · Amata Almodovar · Three Dog · Lucas Simms · Colin Moriarty · Moira Brown · Allistair Tenpenny · Burke · Alphonse Almodovar · Stanislaus Braun · Ashur · Wernher · Desmond Lockheart · Calvert · Eulogy Jones · MacCready

Megaton Locations Armory · Atomic Bomb · Billy Creel's house · Brass Lantern · Church of the Children of Atom · Clinic · Common house · Craterside Supply · Jericho's house · Lucas Simms' house · Lucy West's house · Mister Burke's house · Moriarty's saloon · My Megaton house · Nathan and Manya's house · Water processing plant Characters Andy Stahl · Billy Creel · Burke · Doc Church · Colin Moriarty · Cromwell · Deputy Steel · Deputy Weld · Gob · Harden Simms · Jenny Stahl · Jericho · Leo Stahl · Lucas Simms · Lucy West · Maggie · Manya Vargas · Maya · Megaton refugee · Megaton settler · Mercenary · Micky · Moira Brown · Nathaniel Vargas · Nova · Patient · Rory Maclaren · Rosa · Stockholm · Wadsworth · Walter Quests Main Following in His Footsteps Side Blood Ties · Holy Water (Broken Steel) · The Power of the Atom · The Wasteland Survival Guide Unmarked Leo's Drug Habit · Treatment · Walter's Scrap Metal

Underworld Places Carol's Place · The Chop Shop · The Ninth Circle · Underworld Outfitters Characters Ahzrukhal · Carol · Cerberus · Charon · Doctor Barrows · Ethyl · Greta · Griffon · Meat · Mister Crowley · (Moira Brown) · Nurse Graves · Patchwork · Quinn · Reilly · Snowflake · Sydney · Tulip · Willow · Winthrop Quests You Gotta Shoot 'Em in the Head · Reilly's Rangers · (The Wasteland Survival Guide) · Hired Help · This Old House · The Amazing Aqua Cura! (Broken Steel)