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Revision as of 21:13, 8 August 2013

 
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I love to hear you breathe.

Doctor Dala is a pre-War scientist operating the Think Tank in the Big MT.

Background

Doctor Dala was the first head chief researcher of mineralogy who became a think tank to continue her work at the Big MT, such as studying Saturnite. When the Courier meets her, she's the expert on humanology and Lobotomite behavior, and has 211 doctorates from mineralogy and humanology to medicine and holotape eidetic. Possessing a degree in Curiosity and Advanced Curiosity, Dala also has a fascination with the human body.

Interactions with the player character

Interactions overview

Interactions
Icon quest starter
This character starts quests.
FO76 ui icon quest
This character is involved in quests.
FO76 vaultboy firstaid
This character is a doctor.
FO76 ui trading team
This character is a merchant. Bottle cap -
Sells: -
2d20 Jury Rigger
This character can repair items. Max Repair condition: -
40 Weaponsmith
This character can modify weapons.

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12 The American Dream
This character rents beds. Bottle cap -.
Probability colored
This character plays Caravan. They can bid caps.

Quests

  • Old World Blues: If Klein can't be convinced otherwise, Dala, along with 2 other members of the Think Tank, are needed to convince Klein to give up trying to escape the Big MT.
  • Picking Your Brains: After completing Welcome to the Big Empty, the player needs to talk to Dala and the rest of the think tanks to complete this quest.
  • Welcome to the Big Empty: The player has to talk to Dala as with the rest of the Think tank to complete the quest.
  • Coming Out of Her Shell: Dala would like to monitor your "biorhythms" and observe you as an organism.
  • He Came... And Went: Dala can start this quest by picking the right speech choices in conversation.

Effects of player action

  • As long as the player completes "Coming Out of Her Shell" before confronting the Think Tank at the end of Old World Blues, she will side with the Courier if the option to have Klein consult with his colleagues is taken.

Other interactions

  • Speech options can infer that she shows more emotion than the other doctors, especially if the Courier has the Lady Killer or Cherchez La Femme perk.
  • After completing Coming Out of Her Shell, you can return to Dala once a day for a "breather" (literally letting her watch you breathe) for some ammunition in return.
  • If the Courier has an actual teddy bear in their inventory, new dialogue will be available.

Inventory

Notable quotes

Notes

  • Dala appears to have an obsession with teddy bears: she both admits to this and evidence can be seen in Higgs Village, in House #104.
  • Apart from Doctor 8 she is the only one carrying a distinctive item.
  • Other members of The Think Tank refer to Dala's collection of Formography—explained as obsession with the human body—as if it were a hoard of fetish material.
  • When Doctor Mobius comments on the things the scientists have forgotten, masturbation is probably aimed at Dala, due to her fascination with the human body and tendency to make noises of ecstasy.
  • If the Courier brings Dala a teddy bear, she will decline and explain that lobotomites are her teddy bears. Despite this, her home in Higgs Village and her room in the Think Tank are both filled with teddy bears.

Appearances

Dala appears only in the Fallout: New Vegas add-on Old World Blues.

Behind the scenes

  • You have the option of telling her "The Quick Scribe jumped over the Lazy Paladin" which is clearly a reference to what Christine says in Dead Money. This is itself a reference to a typing exercise used because it uses every letter of the English alphabet: The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
  • Dala is a shortened form of Mandala, which means 'circle' in Sanskrit, another looping and infinite figure which follows the naming convention of the other members of the Think Tank.

Bugs

  • PCPC It is possible that you won't be able to initiate another "Breathing Session" with Dala after you have already done so once before. [verified]

Gallery

References