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Cricket is a traveling merchant operating in the Commonwealth in 2287.
Background[]
Cricket is a roving weapons dealer, based out of Bunker Hill. She appears to be a rather heavy chem addict, suggested by her gaunt appearance and wavering tone of voice. The wares of her caravan include a well-chosen selection of melee weapons and firearms, including the legendary weapon Spray n' Pray. Her sales territory covers the southern portion of the Commonwealth, which includes Diamond City, Vault 81 and the Quincy area.
She is also secretly an informant on runaway synths for the Synth Retention Bureau.[1]
Itinerary[]
Cricket's caravan moves through the southern part of the map according to an apparently random route that varies each trip. Each trip may stop at, or simply pass any or all of the following locations:
- Outside Vault 81, by the cooking station.
- Outside Diamond City, by the brahmin troughs.
- Outside Warwick Homestead, near the cooking station.
These halts may be visited in any order and approached from a variety of directions. If trade caravan posts are built at player character-controlled settlements in the area, these may also be visited. At each of the halt locations, she will normally stop for 8 in-game hours.
In addition to these possible halts, the caravan may pass close to other locations (without stopping), including:
- Hangman's Alley
- Boston Police Rationing Site
- Fairline Hill Estates
- Milton General Hospital
- Fallon's department store
- West Roxbury station
- Gunners Plaza
- Suffolk County Charter School
- Quincy Quarries/Vault 88
- Wilson Atomatoys
- Quincy ruins
- Quincy police station
- Peabody House
- Poseidon Energy
- Wreck of the FMS Northern Star
Hostile interactions are likely in many of these locations, and at random encounter points, if the player character is present.
If she is encountered as she leaves Bunker Hill, she will first transit to Vault 81, where her normal circuit then begins. Her transit route is quite complex. She leaves Bunker Hill by the east door like the other caravan merchants. Unlike the others, however, she heads south to the river, west along the north bank of the river to Monsignor Plaza, north through Cambridge to the Collegiate administration building, west to College Square, south back to the river, crosses the river at the wreck of the USS Riptide, passes Diamond City without stopping until reaching Vault 81. An alternative transit route goes south via Cabot Square and around Boston Common to halt outside Diamond City. These transit routes provide ample opportunities for hostile encounters.
If the player character fast travels back from another cell to the location where Cricket is currently halted (including Bunker Hill as well as her circuit stops) or sleeps in or near one of these locations, her departure will be delayed until shortly after they arrive, or wake up.
As with the other Bunker Hill traveling merchants, her appearances there are entirely random, and she will not leave Bunker Hill if the player character waits, only if they sleep or leave the cell and re-enter it. As such, it is possible to follow her out from, but not to, Bunker Hill from another cell.
Interactions with the player character[]
Interactions overview[]
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This character is a merchant. | Sells: weapons, armor, ammo and junk; shipments of gears, lead, silver and springs, Spray n' Pray |
Inventory[]
| Apparel | Weapon | Other items |
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| Hooded rags |
Notes[]
When at a farm location, she often remarks on how she wishes farmers would purchase more heavy weaponry from her rather than just pipe weaponry.[2]
Notable quotes[]
- "What this place just has farmers? Shit, all they want are pipe pistols and stupid ammo. Where's the maniacs slobbering for a mininuke, am I right.
" - "A part of every big purchase goes to planting little bitty trees that I'll blow up in your honor."
- "I got so many flavors of mayhem for sale."
Appearances[]
Cricket appears only in Fallout 4.
Behind the scenes[]
Rink in the TV series
The appearance of Rink in the Fallout TV series was based on Cricket. This was explicitly intended as an Easter egg by Michael Harvey, the TV show's makeup department head: Harvey found that Amy Westcott, the wardrobe designer, had dressed one character almost identically to Cricket, and he took the opportunity to "lean into this character in the game a little too hard." Harvey noted it was the only material that was copied exactly from the games (which Jonathan Nolan had said not to do; Harvey said that Nolan did not notice the resemblance).[3][4]
Bugs[]
Her brahmin, Spot, and her guards may be seen walking her route without her. It seems the bug persist as days later, she can be seen traveling alone.[verified]
References[]
- ↑ Institute SRB terminal entries; SRB terminal, List of Informants
- ↑ Cricket: "What this place just has farmers? Shit, all they want are pipe pistols and stupid ammo. Where's the maniacs slobbering for a mininuke, am I right."
(Cricket's dialogue) - ↑ IGN: "Jonathan Nolan and the writers didn't catch it, 'but boy, Reddit caught it': Fallout's makeup department hid a sneaky easter egg in one episode that fans 'jumped on' immediately" (archived)
- ↑ Awards Daily: "‘Fallout’ Emmy Nominees Mike Harvey, Rich Krusell On Creating Unique Make-Up, Prosthetic Designs For the Video Game-Inspired Series" (archived)
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