Alfreda "Freddie" Lang is a glowing one at Blackwater Mine in Appalachia, in Fallout 76. She is a part of the diverse representation of LGBT people in the game.
Background[]
Shortly before the Great War, Freddie travelled to the Appalachian mountains, having heard ski season was beginning and the resorts were turning on their snowblowers. Since her girlfriend, Lucie, did not like skiing, Lang left without telling her to avoid arguing with her about the trip. While Lang was away, the War occurred, and Freddie believed that Lucie died. She felt guilty for Lucie's death, wishing that she had told her about the ski trip so they could have died together.[1]
Lang survived the war, and remained in the mountains. She became the leader of the Blackwater Bandits, one of the gangs that made up the first wave of Appalachia's raiders. The Bandits made their home in the Blackwater Mine and were known for their stealth, being skilled enough to steal mini nukes from the Brotherhood of Steel.[2] Lang did not trust her gang well enough to let her guard down or reveal too much of her personality beyond the rough facade of raider boss, so she used the former supervisor's terminal as a diary to confide thoughts which she felt would show too much vulnerability.[1][3]
Rob, another member of the gang, tinkered with the uranium pump inside the mine. Over the course of several months, Rob accidentally and unknowingly released a substantial amount of radiation into mine as a result of his drunken tinkering.[4] The gang remained unaware of the radiation leak, and Lang believed it was an illness which had not subsided in a world without medical care. Lang traded the stolen mini nukes to the Cutthroats for additional chems, so that the Bandits could continue to offset the effects of the "illness."[2][5]
By 2096, the effects of radiation exposure were visible on Lang when she visited the raiders at the Top of the World, being described by Rose as "Not her usual bright and spirited self. Real sick. Her hair looked awful." After continued exposure, the Bandits died or ghoulified as a result of the radiation, and Freddie turned into a glowing one. Freddie left a final message on her terminal, with visible signs of mental decline, stating she intended to go deeper into the mine, where the radiation felt good.[6][7] Freddie remained in the mine until confronted by a Vault Dweller searching for the Blackwater Bandits key fragment.
Interactions with the player character[]
Interactions overview[]
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This character is involved in quests. | |
Quests[]
- Key to the Past: The player character must kill Freddie to retrieve the Blackwater Bandits' piece of the raider stash code. Freddie is a leveled glowing one, with the name applied by script.
Inventory[]
| Apparel | Weapon | Other items | On death |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackwater Bandits key fragment | Random glowing one loot |
Appearances[]
Freddie Lang appears only in Fallout 76.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Freddie Lang's holotape
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Blackwater Mine terminal entries; Blackwater Bandits terminal, Low on chems
- ↑ Blackwater Mine terminal entries; Blackwater Bandits terminal, Finally in!
- ↑ Blackwater Mine terminal entries; Blackwater Bandits terminal, Radiation Leak
- ↑ Blackwater Mine terminal entries; Blackwater Bandits terminal, People gettin' sick
- ↑ Rose: "Ah whatever, it's not like you can radio back. Anyhoo! If I recall, we completely lost track of the Blackwater Bandits back in '96. Freddie wasn't looking too good last time we saw her alive. Not her usual bright and spirited self. Real sick. Her hair looked awful."
(Rose's dialogue) - ↑ Blackwater Mine terminal entries; Blackwater Bandits terminal, Help
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