Minerva

Minerva is a gold bullion vendor selling rare plans and recipes at discount, working for the Blue Ridge Caravan Company in Appalachia, . She deals in gold bullion and is protected by her bodyguard, Tommy Ten-Toes and her brahmin Minos. She has traveled with the Blue Ridge Caravan Company in the past, and has worked with Aries.Caravan manifest
In gameplay terms, she is a discounted gold bullion merchant, offering a selection of unique plans for purchase at a 25% discount. However, her offer is limited and she rotates between four locations each week. 
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==Background==
Minerva lived in Washington, D.C. as a child before the Great War, managing to survive the bombs inside a library functioning as a secondary shelter. After wandering through the wasteland from group to group, her talents finally caught the attention of a Blue Ridge Caravan group. She joined up and ended up as an apprentice to a bookseller, learning how to copy books by hand. Over time, the bookseller turned into a friend and mentor. After his passing, she took over his caravan and expanded its inventory, switching from selling printed media to more practical items, including schematics and recipes. She considers Blue Ridge to be more than just a business party; to her, the faction is an actual family, and she could not ask for a better one.Vault 76 dweller: "You're with the Blue Ridge Caravan Company?"Minerva: "Sure am. Been with 'em since I was pint sized brainy brat. I'm originally from DC. Survived the bombs thanks to my local library seconding as a bomb shelter. Wound up wandering from group to group, until my talents caught the eye of some Blue Ridge folk passing through. Ended up being an apprentice for a book salesman, rewriting books by hand. He was a dear friend and great mentor. After he passed, I took over his caravan. Switched from books to something a little more catered for the modern survivor's needs, though. But Blue Ridge are my business partners and my family... And I couldn't ask for a better one."(Minerva's dialouge) 
She has one key advantage in her line of work: an exceptional memory and the capability to copy any schematic, plan or recipe she sees in perfect detail, not unlike a human copying machine.Vault 76 dweller: "What sort of things do you sell here?"
Minerva: " My caravan sells recreations of all sorts of rare plans and recipes, at discounted prices no less. "(Minerva's dialouge) She claims she is able to copy them down to 1/100th of a milimeter. Regardless of the truth of this claim, her plans are indistinguishable from the originals.Minerva: ""(Minerva's dialouge) This makes her very popular on the caravan trail, but since she recreates the materials by hand, her offer is limited. Carpal tunnel syndrome is particularly unpleasant in the wasteland, where few treatments survive.Vault 76 dweller: "I thought you make all this from memory. Why can't you just offer everything all the time?"Minerva: " Not many treatments for carpal tunnel syndrome in the Wasteland, you know."(Minerva's dialouge) She primarily relies on observations she makes during her troubles to update and rotate the stock, and remains on the move to keep her stock fresh.Vault 76 dweller: "How long will you be here?"Minerva: "Not long. So if you've got your eye on something act fast. My stock is constantly rotating with new and exciting observations from my travels. But that also means you're unlikely to see the same thing on back to back visits, so grab what you can while I'm here."(Minerva's dialouge) Her talents would make her an excellent preservationist, but she is amused by the suggestion of using it for anything other than making a profit. Trade is the only thing she knows and she likes it that way.Vault 76 dweller: "A photographic memory? Isn't this a waste of your talent?"Minerva: ""(Minerva's dialouge)
She works closely with Tommy Ten-Toes, a ghoulified former mob enforcer. While she calls him a "big goofy teddy bear," she trusts him entirely to keep her and the caravan safe, and may have observed him rip out someone's sternum for stealing from the caravan in the past.Vault 76 dweller: "What's with the big Ghoul in the hat?"Minerva: "Tommy? Well it wouldn't be a caravan without someone riding shotgun. He may seem intimidating, but he's a big goofy teddy bear. Loves to chat, so say hi. "(Minerva's dialouge) Tommy likes Minerva, although his underwhelming intellect makes him unable to understand why Minerva's work is so popular among wastelanders.Vault 76 dweller: "What's it like working for Minerva?"Tommy Ten-Toes: " But... seeing as I only ever gets paired wit Minerva, I guess it don' make much difference. " He appreciates her silver tongue and spirit,Tommy Ten-Toes: ""(Tommy Ten-Toes' dialogue) and the two are considered by Vinny Costa to be an excellent team.Vault 76 dweller: "How about the other members?"Vinny Costa: "Ah, right. There's Minerva and Tommy. Hard to pin down, but when I see 'em, they always seem chipper."(Vinny Costa's dialogue) This is still the case even after the Chattanooga incident, which involved Minerva, Tommy's ten-toed foot, and an unfortunate dog. The two kept working together, but Minerva prohibited Tommy from ever taking shoes off in front of customers again.Vault 76 dweller: "Hold on a second, ten toes... on one foot?"Tommy Ten-Toes: " "(Tommy Ten-Toes' dialogue)
Minerva has mastered the art of sale, styling herself as a merchant who is appreciated primarily by people with a refined, special taste.Minerva: "Aha, you could have gone to any old merchant, but you, my friend, have that special refined taste. Very nice."(Minerva's dialouge) At the same time, she promotes her wares in the manner of a carnival barker, emphasizing the range of her offer, accurate copying and prices well below those of the competition.Minerva: " "(Minerva's dialouge)Minerva: " "(Minerva's dialouge) While her limited selection of goods is primarily to avoid injuring her wrist, she turned it around and integrated it into her marketing, telling prospective buyers that they should make a purchase on the spot, as she likely will not be carrying the item next time.Minerva: " Every component and mechanism, recreated precisely to a fraction of a hundredth of a millimeter! "(Minerva's dialouge) She also has a knack for rhymesMinerva: " "(Minerva's dialouge) and instinctively understanding her target audience. She emphasizes weapons and violence at the Crater (hoping mentions of robbery will not encourage the raiders to actually rob her),Minerva: " "(Minerva's dialouge) casual camaraderie and bad puns at Foundation,Minerva: " "(Minerva's dialouge) and the Brotherhood of Steel's unique jargon at Fort Atlas.Minerva: ""(Minerva's dialouge)Minerva: " "(Minerva's dialouge)
==Interactions with the player character==
===Interactions overview===
===Merchant schedule===
Minerva will set up camp at one of four rotating locations in Appalachia each week: Foundation, The Crater, Fort Atlas or The Whitespring Resort. She will only change locations once per week. Her schedule will run from noon (U.S. Eastern) Monday through noon (U.S. Eastern) on Wednesday for three weeks as part of Minerva's Emporium. The fourth week, she will run from noon (U.S. Eastern) Thursday through noon (U.S. Eastern) on Monday, referred to as Minerva's Big Sale. Her schedule will then start over and repeat the following week.Fallout 76 patch 1.5.4.15 patch notes
===Historical schedule===
==Inventory==
===Equipped inventory===
===Vendor inventory===
The items Minerva sells rotate weekly. During Minerva's Emporium, her inventory will be one of the following lists: 1-3, 5-7, 9-11, 13-15, 17-19 or 21-23. During Minerva's Big Sale, her inventory will be list 4, 8, 12, 16, 20 or 24. All prices will be 25% off the normal prices for these plans at the other vendors. There are no quest, reputation or player-level requirements to purchase any item.
Minerva's Emporium
Minerva's Big Sale
==Appearances==
Minerva appears only .
==Behind the scenes==
* Quest designer Carl McKevitt contributed to Minerva's writing and design. According to Carl, she is a bookworm who loved reading as a child, and Carl compared her character design to the Roman goddess Minerva/Greek goddess Athena.BGS_Carl (Carl McKevitt) on Bethesda Game Studios' official Discord
* Voice actress Erikka J. Veney was nominated for a 2022 One Voice Award for her performance as Minerva, in the "Gaming - Best Performance - Female" category.The One Voice Awards USA 2022 Nominees
==Gallery==
FO76SR Minerva Foundation Location.png|Minerva's location at Foundation
FO76SR Minerva Foundation waster 01.png|At Foundation
FO76SR Minerva Foundation waster 02.png|At Foundation
FO76SR Minerva Foundation waster 03.png|At Foundation
FO76SR Minerva Atlas Location.png|Minerva's location at Fort Atlas
FO76SR Minerva Crater Location.png|Minerva's location at The Crater
Fo76-minerva-whitespring-location.png|Minerva's location at the Whitespring Resort
==References==
Non-game
Category:Steel Reign human characters
Category:Blue Ridge Caravan Company characters
Category:Fallout 76 merchants
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