Major Ragnarsdottir was a member of Thomas Eckhart's division of the Enclave at the Whitespring bunker in Appalachia until his death circa 2085. He is mentioned in Fallout 76.
Background[]
Ragnarsdottir was a military officer under President Thomas Eckhart in the Appalachian Enclave at the Whitespring bunker. Ragnarsdottir's background is unclear; he may have either been present in the Whitespring bunker ever since the Great War, or he may have been a member of then-Colonel Ellen Santiago's unit in the United States Armed Forces in Washington, D.C. who chose to follow her to Appalachia to search for surviving government forces before discovering (and subsequently joining) the Enclave circa 2081.[2][3](Note)
In any case, Ragnarsdottir was known to be a major in the Appalachian Enclave's military command structure after the arrival of Ellen Santiago's unit to the Whitespring bunker.(Note) By the time that Eckhart declared himself president, Ragnarsdottir had become responsible for managing various military and scouting assignments and liasing with MODUS and other staff. When Sergeant Donnelley nearly fell to his death while installing survey communications dishes in Charleston, Ragnarsdottir agreed to Captain N. Jackson's request to ask if MODUS could install the dishes with its own robots.[4] In another instance, Ragnarsdottir assigned Ltc. Felix Parson to investigate the disappearance of the research team at Remote Lab 1.2, on request from Dr. Norris from the science team.[5][6] The major also made frequent ammo requisitions to the bunker's production team, but these were denied due to the inability for plasma cartridge production to match his demands, and the major was instead reprimanded by President Eckhart to have his men be more sparing with ammo.[7]
Revolt[]
After Santiago was promoted to general, Ragnarsdottir and his men were put to work on accessing the Appalachian Automated Launch System to retaliate against China.[8] This included work to ensure safe passage through Site Alpha,[9] decode the Silo Alpha launch codes (not Ragnarsdottir's specialty, as he and his brothers were self-admittedly "recess men"),[1] and elevate DEFCON to gain access to the nuclear keycards. After he heard Agent Jefferson Grey's idea to trick DEFCON by spreading Chinese Liberator robots, Ragnarsdottir had his first doubts about Eckhart's plans: if even this turned out not to work, how much further would they be willing to go? Per his report to Santiago, Ragnarsdottir did not like "putting Appalachia through hell," but felt it was their best way to "win [the] war" at this point... but only if it could be done in a "managed way."[10]
As Eckhart scaled up the plans to achieve DEFCON 1, unleashing super mutants and other creatures on Appalachia, General Santiago broke ranks, threatening to leave with her men, but was instead pacified with an injection and kept in a medically-induced coma by Eckhart.[11] Eventually, once Eckhart took the final step of unleashing the scorchbeasts (inadvertently dooming the region via the Scorched Plague), Ragnarsdottir, Jackson, and all the others unwilling to destroy Appalachia revolted, with the major and the captain waking Santiago to inform her of the situation and regain her leadership.[12]
On Santiago's orders, Ragnarsdottir and the others placed Eckhart under arrest and moved to destroy MODUS and the bunker's systems to prevent them from being used against Appalachia in the future. Ragnarsdottir went to secure the bunker entrance, while Donnelley and others were sent to plant explosives on MODUS' memory banks. However, while Ragnarsdottir succeeded, the others only managed to damage, not destroy, MODUS.[13] MODUS retaliated and destroyed the weapons lab, causing a deadly biological agent to leak into the air circulation system, then placed the bunker under quarantine, fatally suffocating Ragnarsdottir and all other human inhabitants of the bunker.[14]
Notes[]
- ^ (Note) Ragnarsdottir's origins are unclear. The following notes on chronology are made using the estimated Whitespring dating system; thus, the date numbers may be slightly off, but the relative order of events should be correct.
- The earliest confirmable source in which Ragnarsdottir's name appears, chronologically, is in the terminal entry "RE: Ammunition Requisition," at which point Thomas Eckhart had already become president (circa October 2082, based on Whitespring surveillance recording 6.1.0), postdating Ellen Santiago's arrival.
- There is one other possibly earlier source, but it is based on removed content: The missing Enclave lab at Tanagra Town has a removed terminal which references the Enclave's discovery of scorchbeasts[15] circa January 2082 (dated based on Whitespring surveillance recording 5.4.8). This is the earliest time that the lab's failure which Ragnarsdottir was tapped to investigate, mentioned in the entry "RE: Remote Lab 1.2," can have occurred, and it still postdates Ellen Santiago's arrival.
- In Whitespring surveillance recording 2.9.6, a much earlier recording circa 2079, an Enclave officer is heard talking, and Eckhart refers to him as a major. This character is most likely not Ragnarsdottir, as their voices are completely different (the officer is voiced by Dave B. Mitchell, while Ragnarsdottir is voiced by Jason Linere-White).
Appearances[]
Major Ragnarsdottir is mentioned in Fallout 76.
Behind the scenes[]
The surname "Ragnarsdottir" follows patronymic Icelandic naming conventions, being a combination of the father's first name and the suffix -son for a male child and -dóttir for a female child. However, the character of Ragnarsdottir is referred to with male pronouns, while "Ragnarsdottir" literally means "Ragnar's daughter."
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Whitespring bunker terminal entries; archival terminal, The Code Pieces
- ↑ Whitespring surveillance recording 5.2.4
Corresponding to November 27, 2081, based on the Whitespring dating system - ↑ Whitespring surveillance recording 5.3.1
Corresponding to December 24, 2081, based on the Whitespring dating system - ↑ The Whitespring bunker terminal entries; military work station, RE: Surveillance Dishes
- ↑ The Whitespring bunker terminal entries; military work station, RE: Remote Lab 1.2
- ↑ [[The Whitespring bunker terminal entries#{ERROR!} RE: Remote Lab 1.2 Access Code|The Whitespring bunker terminal entries; military work station, {ERROR!} RE: Remote Lab 1.2 Access Code]]
- ↑ The Whitespring bunker terminal entries; military work station, RE: Ammunition Requisition
- ↑ [[The Whitespring bunker terminal entries#ARCHIVE: Ellen Santiago {Gen.}|The Whitespring bunker terminal entries; archival terminal, ARCHIVE: Ellen Santiago {Gen.}]]
- ↑ The Whitespring bunker terminal entries; archival terminal, Accessing the Silos
- ↑ The Whitespring bunker terminal entries; archival terminal, Tricking DEFCON
- ↑ Whitespring surveillance recording 6.9.7
Corresponding to June 30, 2083, based on the Whitespring dating system - ↑ Whitespring surveillance recording 8.5.2
Corresponding to February 25, 2085, based on the Whitespring dating system - ↑ Whitespring surveillance recording 8.5.4
Corresponding to February 27, 2085, based on the Whitespring dating system - ↑ Whitespring surveillance recordings; Assaultron
- ↑
Tanagra Town terminal entries; terminal, 2.5
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