Courier Strife

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## Appearance

Courier Strife has silvery hair and a patchy grey beard with sun kissed skin, he is usually seen wearing glasses as he does not have 20/20 vision.

## Personality

From the very start of the series Strife is shown to be a bit of a deadpan snarker, doubting the scientific nature of the vig-o-matter machine. He's a bit of a loner who is somewhat aggressive if cautious. He tends to keep his head down most of the day, ignoring conflict not directly in his way and often considers it none of his business when he hears trouble or gunfire in the distance. He struggles with dealing with other people, unable to easily convince or barter with others despite his best efforts, thanks to his loner nature he rarely takes up companions on his quest through the wasteland, however there are a few exceptions to this rule and at times he can even be a bit of a flirt with guys at times.

Strife also seems shocked and mildly put off by random or cruel amounts violence, though he has no trouble reaping the rewards when others do it despite not approving of the method. While cold he is not heartless, and will often portray a sympathetic side to victims of immense suffering and abuse. Despite often asking for compensation for any job no matter how charitable, when it comes to victims of trafficking and abuse he will often offer to help free of charge for the victims, though if a third party is involved he may try and squeeze extra payment out of them, but never the victims.

While Strife is easily annoyed, he can be hard to actually piss off, one of the few things that regularly gets him actually angry is human trafficking, especially if it's sexual trafficking and *especially* if it involves kids. He also has a rather sadistic side at times, though rare to actually see, if someone pisses him off enough he will happily ruminate on ways to make them suffer even if he doesn't tend to actually do it or think of it after the matter is settled. He also seems to see nothing wrong with lying to others if it gets him his way easier or faster and rarely if ever shows remorse about it. Normally Strife is good at keeping his cool and staying civilized even when frustrated or angry, though one now completely dead vault of fiends may disagree with this after a very upbeat but horrifying massacre that.

An unrepentant kleptomaniac, Strife always seems to always have an eye open for something to steal. While he prefers to not steal worthless items, if your back is turned he'll absolutely swipe some bottlecaps and sunset sarsaparilla. This doesn't mean he's a skilled thief though, showing lacking skills in pickpocketing and struggling at times to actually be stealthy. However, he at times languishes how much he steals, finding it hard to stop even when he knows he should, along with showing remorse for stealing a star bottlecap from Goodsprings as he feels like as the town nursed him back to town he should be trying to support Goodsprings and help it grow. He also found it taxing to loot the bodies of dead members of the followers of apocalypse, while he showed no remorse for the thugs that killed them, even as he justifies it as them not needing their supplies anymore, it still leaves a bad taste in his mouth. While it's unlikely he'll ever stop stealing, it's certainly not something he always feels good about.

## Relationships

Veronica-Despite being a loner in nature, Strife finds himself intrigued and curious by the companion Veronica, breaking his loner nature to allow her to accompany him. Strife seems to find her incredibly funny, often snickering at her jokes and prodding for more. Strife considers Veronica a good friend and was horrified and saddened at how she was left traumatized and guilt ridden for the death of several innocents she couldn't stop. However after her questline finished, he decided it was best they split up, though he is certain with her sense of humor, she'll be okay on her own.

FISTO-Though common fandom memes may have you thinking otherwise, Strife actually is somewhat freaked out and repulsed by FISTO, regretting deciding to test it out and mentioning feeling unclean afterwards.

Raul-While Strife was not intending to get a companion, Raul quickly ran circles around Strife verbally until Strife accidentally volunteered to let Raul come with him, to Strife's complete and utter bewilderment.

## Stats

Starting SPECIAL stats are Strength: 5 Perception: 7 Endurance: 5 Charisma: 5 Intelligence: 6 Agility: 7 Luck: 5

Ending SPECIAL stats are Strength: 6 Perception: 7 Endurance: 6 Charisma: 5 Intelligence: 7 Agility: 8 Luck: 6

Tags Barter, Explosives, and Survival as his main skills and picks up Four-Eyes and Small Frame as his two traits. Hardcore.

## Perks

1. Confirmed Bachelor
2. Educated
3. Mad Bomber
4. Strong Back
5. Lord Death
6. Demolition Expert
7. Bug Stomper Rank 2
8. Hit The Deck
9. Logical Co-Processor
10. Adamantium Skeleton
11. Nociception Regulator
12. Comprehension
13. Demolition Expert 2
14. Hypertrophy Accelerator
15. Probability Calculator
16. Optics Enhancer
17. Pack Rat
18. Demolition Expert 3
19. Nuka Chemist
20. Splash Damage
21. Burden to Bear

## Reputation

* Powder Gangers - Vilified
* Goodsprings-Idolized
* Novac-Idolized
* NCR-Liked
* Greak Khans-Idolized

## Quotes

* "War...war never changes"
* "Scientific.. Yeah right."
* "Running... like a crazy gecko... off into the sunset... I don't think I'm gonna judge."
* "Almost counts in horseshoes and hand grenades."
* "I'll keep making use of this stealth boy and I'll crack into this guys butt."
* "No one mess with the courier."
* "We'll speak of the incident in Black Rock Cave as an incredible victory! According to the bards and the tale that's going to be told, I uh, I uh went in with uh, a knife, bare fists, and uh three bits of string, and I came out with their eyeballs and their tongues and uh not a scratch on me!"
* "Veronica! Don't watch!"
* "I'm not gonna be clean for a long time...hoo boy..."
* "Lets go collect our fee from uh, a fee, from uh, Mcg.. What's his name?"
* "I know my legs are there, but I can't feel, and yet they're still working, because I'm standing on them, it's a horrifying sensation!"
* "I have gone for broke and broke I am!"
* "Oh uh, good to see you again, too, baby?"
* "And what do they do? They confront me like I'm some sort of a criminal or something! ...I mean in all honestly I am a criminal I steal shit wherever I got but STILL!"]
* "The dog? I'm going to shoot the dog. I'm going to shoot the dog dead, because I don't like dogs. I hate dogs."
* "Veronica you can't look at it like that! You don't control the people who did this!"
* "I don't like disrespecting the dead, but these guys dont need any of it."
* "Veronica, I can't change what's happened to your life. Meeting me has altered your path, and there's no getting around that. I can't help but feel responsible for what you just experienced. You're a hell of a friend, but, after everything that has happened, I, I feel it's time that we part ways."
* "I don't have an insurance policy called Veronica anymore!"
* "I'm still evil, instrument of ruin. Let's fix that! Chainsaw Time! Hey pal! Just coming down here spreading some red glory!"
* "Oh she liked my toy, she put blood all over the place!"
* "Oh hey another playmate! Ah she loved it, she lost her head she was so happy! Him too!"
* "You guys have the right idea! Just hopping up on psycho and maiming people? This is fun! I should have taken a clue from you ages ago! ...Jeez this is really dark."
* "Oh there's no reason to eat my spleen! I just want to munch on your intestines Hee hee! Oh you two? I'm going to nibble on you a bit while I'm down here! Don't worry, it will be the best experience of your lifetime, or, well, mine at least, eh?"
* "Friends? I'm on psycho again!"

## Trivia

* Strife chose to give the character the Confirmed Bachelor perk for the attack bonus, however after touching on what the name means and finding the new dialogue choices interesting, he decided he wanted to use them and that if was going to do that he was going to stick to it and be as honest as he could with it. 1 2
* Really likes coffee
* Developed an addiction to Party Time Mentats during his playthrough