Nadia

Nadia is a possible player character in Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel. She is one of the three possible choices to be the Initiate, the others being Cyrus and Cain.
==Background==
Left without parents at an early age, Nadia grew up rough on the dusty streets of one of the urban settlements that litter the wasteland, with few friends and fewer comforts. Life revolved around foraging for food, stealing money, and avoiding the attentions of the thugs that ran the town. Then one day, a troop of Brotherhood soldiers passed through the town. After searching it for salvageable technology, they cleaned out the trash and scum that had been running the place and fed the hungry. And then as quickly as they had arrived, they left. Nadia, seeing the chance for a better life, followed and now they have given her a challenge: an initiation to determine whether or not she shall join their ranks.FOBOS Manual page 11, "The Initiates"Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel Manual p.12: "NADIACHARACTER BACKGROUNDLeft without parents at an early age, Nadia grew up rough on the dusty streets of one of the urban settlements that litter the wasteland, with few friends and fewer comforts. Life revolved around foraging for food, stealing money, and avoiding the attentions of the thugs that ran the town. Then one day, a troop of Brotherhood soldiers passed through the town. After searching it for salvageable Technology, they cleaned out the trash and scum that had been running the place and fed the hungry. And then as quickly as they had arrived, they left. Nadia, seeing the chance for a better life, followed and now they have given her a challenge, an Initiation to determine whether or not she shall join their ranks.CHARACTER TRAITSThe quickest of the three, Nadia is nimble on her feet and has the ability to wield dual weapons, allowing her to make up for her lack of strength."Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel Official Strategy Guide p.4: "NADIAOrphaned Nadia grew up on the streets of a bombed-out urban settlement. Her days were spent searching for food, her nights stealing caps from wandering souls. She made herself invisible, hiding from the thugs and scoundrels that ruled the city by force. But then something happened that changed Nadia's life forever. A band of Brotherhood knights arrived in town. The paladins restored peace and order to the town, fed the hungry, and built amazing weapons from seemingly useless machine parts. Nadia vowed she would one day join the Brotherhood. Her chance to join is now, as the order has sent her on a quest to prove her worth.""Strengths:The quickest of the three, Nadia is nimble on her feet and has the ability to wield dual weapons. This allows her to make up for her lack of strength.""Weaknesses: Nadia is the weakest character, taking more damage from each enemy attack.""Special SkillsMan's Best Friend:When Nadia learns this skill, she in joined in the fight by a canine companion.Sadist:Once Nadia learns this skill, she receives a few health points every time she kills an enemy.Future Woman:Increases Nadia's chances of dealing a critical hit when using energy weapons, like a laser pistol.Desert Soldier:This skill increases Nadia's chances of dealing a critical hit when using conventional weapons, like knives and regular pistols."
===Traits===
The quickest of the three, Nadia is nimble on her feet and has the ability to dual wield weapons, making up for her lack of strength.FOBOS Manual page 11, "The Initiates"
==Notes==
* Nadia is the playable character of the game's tutorial, set in the vault prototype, where she is led by a hologram and becomes trained in weapons and combat.
* Nadia may be role-played or viewed as a sapphic character as she can have sex with Ruby.
* If playing as Nadia, some characters such as Ching Tsun will remark on her beauty, resulting in sarcastic replies from her.
* In a trailer, it is said Nadia likes "guns, big bangs, and men who aren't afraid to die."Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel "Meet Nadia" trailer on YouTube.com
* In a trailer, Nadia mentions she was born "just after the bombs fell" despite that the game takes place over a hundred years since the Great War. On the game's website, it was clarified to be a mistake that slipped through recording, and that "just" should have not been said.Fallout: BoS FAQ
==Notable quotes==
* Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel trailer on YouTube.com
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==Appearances==
Nadia appears in Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel and was to appear in the canceled sequel Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel 2.
==Gallery==
NadiaPortrait.png|Portrait
BoxArt FOB.jpg|Nadia with Cyrus on the finalized cover
Nadia Boxart.png|Nadia on an unfinalized pre-release version of the cover
FOBOS Player characters.png|Nadia with all the playable characters
Nadia in introslide.png|Nadia in her introslide
FOBOS player characters2.jpg|Nadia watching Los' destruction in the ending
WallNadia.jpg|Nadia fighting while wearing armor
Nadia Cyrus wall.png|Nadia and Cyrus
Nadia hiding.png|Nadia hiding from raiders
FOBOS cover.jpg|Nadia fighting with Cyrus
18b Fallout 2 BOS detail.jpg|Nadia fighting
NadiaArt.png|Nadia fighting
Jeff-jumper-nadia1.jpg|Nadia lying down
FOBOS Nadia promo 02.jpg|Nadia with presents as part of a calendar for the month of December
FOBOS Nadia promo 01.jpg|Promotional image by Jeff Jumper
File:FOBOS Nadia Vidya.png|With doctor Vidya
==References==
Category:Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel player characters
Category:Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel human characters
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