Professor's radscorpion

Fallout 2 character
Professor's radscorpion
Lore
Race	Radscorpion
Affiliation	Professor
Role	Test subject
Gameplay
Location	Broken Hills Residential
Quests	Defeat the professor's radscorpion in three challenges
Other
Dialogue	HCSCORP.MSG
Appearances	Fallout 2
SPECIAL	5 ST, 2 PE, 6 EN, 1 CH, 1 IN, 3 AG, 2 LK
Tag skills	Unarmed: 75 Melee Weapons: 36
Misc stats	Hit Points: 10 Experience Points: 60 Armor Class: 3 Action Points: 5 Carry Weight: 150 Melee Damage: 4 Sequence: 4 Healing rate: 2
Prototype ID	00000005

 

The Professor's radscorpion is an intelligent radscorpion genetically engineered by the insane Professor from Broken Hills.

Background

The scorpion is an avid chess player who wears wire-rimmed glasses. It communicates by clicking its pincers together.

Interactions with the player character

Interactions overview

Interactions
	This character is a permanent companion.
	This character is a temporary companion.
	This character has a talking head.
	This character starts quests.	-
	This character is involved in quests.	Defeat the professor's radscorpion in three challenges
	This character is a doctor.	Restores health. Removes radiation.
	This character is a merchant.	Sells: no
	This character can modify weapons.	-

Quests

• Defeat the professor's radscorpion in three challenges: The radscorpion can be challenged by talking to the professor and taking three different tests. The Intelligence test, a chess game, is won only by using the "Flying Liver Attack" learnt from Seymour, regardless of stats. The other two tests, which test Perception and Agility, are mere rolls against that attribute. You don't actually win, because the radscorpion always succeeds, but instead you get the experience when you tie.

Inventory

Apparel	Weapon	Other items
-	-	Spectacles Tool Scorpion tail

Notes

• If failing to steal any items from the radscorpion, the scorpion will warn the Chosen One like a regular citizen.
• The scorpion's tail can be stolen from it while it is still alive. Unless caught, it will not react to this.

Appearances

The Professor's radscorpion appears only in Fallout 2.

Behind the scenes

• The Flying Liver Attack is a reference to a real chess opening called fried liver attack.

References

Broken Hills Characters Super mutants Marcus · Francis · Zaius · Elmo · Feuding couple · Mutant miner · Old mutant · Bank guard Ghouls Brian · Eric · Lumpy · Phil · Typhon · Refinery supervisor Humans Jacob the Chemist · Aileen · Bill · Chad · Manson · Micky · Doc Holliday · Dan · Phil · Chuck Stodgers · Liz · Henchmen · Steve · Broken Hills citizen Creatures Seymour · Professor's radscorpion Locations Downtown (General store · Broken Hills caravan office · Broken Hills hospital · Broken Hills tavern) · Residential · Mine · Underground Quests Fix the mine's air purifier · Find the missing people for Marcus · Break Manson and Franc out of prison · Blow up the mine's air purifier · Divert more electrical power to Eric's home · Beat Francis at armwrestling · Defeat the professor's radscorpion in three challenges · Typhon's Treasure · Become an Expert Excrement Expeditor Factions Unity · Anti-mutant conspiracy