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Blind Diode Jefferson was forced offline when Dr. Mobius abandoned The Think Tank and left for the Forbidden Zone. Once his personality backup is retrieved from house #108, he speaks with a slow drawl, similar in style to a stereotypical Deep South Blues musician. When left alone, he may continue to ramble, spouting mostly-useless advice and anecdotes of by-gone times. When asked if he can play music, he says that he used to before Dr. Mobius took out his music drives - hence exacerbating his feeling of 'the blues'. Mobius used him to change the sonic waves of sonic emitters.
If Blind Diode Jefferson is fully upgraded when Old World Blues is completed, the ending slide show mentions that Jefferson saves the Big MT from "Sonic Invasion" sometime in 2910. This is by far the single furthest date ever posted in the Fallout universe.
If the Courier asks Blind Diode Jefferson to modify a sonic emitter to the same function as is already in the Courier's inventory, it will be returned to you at near full repair.
As mentioned above, the slide show mentions that Jefferson saves The Big Empty from "sonic invasion" sometime in 2910 - whether or not this is a throw-away gag (let alone official canon), is yet to be seen, but if it is, this is by far the single furthest date ever posted in the Fallout universe.
When Old World Blues is completed, Blind Diode Jefferson says that there was only the lonesome road left to walk, which is a reference to the add-on Lonesome Road.
"Ooh-ee! Yeah, dig that sweet music! Damn, it's good to be back on-line!"
"I ever tell you about Saxomotron version 4.0? That cat was the best trumpet player I ever met."
"Here and now got its ups and downs, but... focusing on the past like it was way better? That's just Old World Blues"
"You heard of Doc Boney? Sang with the staff band till his wife caught him in bed with a nurse. Now he haunts the Med Center, still singing the blues."
"Some day, I'd like to meet the man who's got no blues to sing"
"You ever heard of Tiny Lester Lutton? Best jazzy harmonica I ever heard. Mind you, being a Super-Mutant with no lips... don't ask me how he played."
"So you beat the big brains at their own game, huh? Guess you'll be putting on them walking shoes and hittin' that lonesome road."
This character is strikingly similar to the famous Texas Blues artist Blind Lemon Jefferson, with a diode simply being a component of a jukebox, just like a lemon (bitterness) could be seen to be a component of the blues.
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