Like her parents before her, Catherine is something of a scientist and a particularly intelligent one at that. Due to the circumstances of her life, however, she was never able to pursue scientific knowledge for very long outside of the Vault. Once outside, while her repertoire expanded to cover more subjects, she wasn’t able to go very deep within them. Even as a member of Project Purity, she wasn’t essential – she was support. They didn’t need her brain, they needed her muscle. This is something of a bone of contention for her; she’s either considered one of the smartest people around, but around other book-smart people, she is quickly outstripped.
However, she was smart in other ways. How many scientists do you know that can wield a minigun with relative ease? For all her intelligent background, she was forced into the Wasteland with little else than the clothes on her back, a weapon with little ammunition, and no home to return to. Her mercenary skills, by necessity more than desire, far exceed her book skills. She’s proficient with small guns and energy weapons, though she shines with explosives and big guns. She's not half bad with a lockpick either.
One of her defining skills is her mechanical aptitude, a skill that was shining through even in the Vault. While it wasn’t her specific job, at the age of sixteen, she took apart a jukebox that was broken for thirty years that maintenance couldn’t get to work and fixed it in no time at all. In the Wasteland, she used that skill to greater heights, able to keep weaponry in near-perfect condition and fix just about any problem that centuries of disuse had caused. Her crowning moment that gave her a recognized name in the Wasteland was disabling a nuclear bomb in a matter of minutes.
Furthermore, she is something of a survivalist; she quite literally wrote the book on surviving outdoors. While Moira Brown actually wrote the book and Catherine provided the research, what’s impressive about this is that the research was all done in the month immediately following her escape from the Vault. In other words, she quite literally wrote the book on outdoor survival after almost twenty years of living indoors. Dealing with issues such as illness, traps, creatures, finding food, or injury come as second nature to her.
Sample Entry:
Of all the... okay, this is getting ridiculous! Where's the Overseer? Who pays maintenance down here? They had better be on strike, because conditions down here are fucking appalling! I mean, okay, the giant spotlight is impressive, but! Who the hell lets the drinking water just spill through the floor on its own? We kinda need that and wasting it isn't exactly setting a good damn example!
And hey, Overseer! You might want to come to terms with them quickly, because the floor is more mold than fucking metal right now! Far as the eye can see! How lazy and incompetent do you have to be!
The Lone Wanderer, 2/2
However, she was smart in other ways. How many scientists do you know that can wield a minigun with relative ease? For all her intelligent background, she was forced into the Wasteland with little else than the clothes on her back, a weapon with little ammunition, and no home to return to. Her mercenary skills, by necessity more than desire, far exceed her book skills. She’s proficient with small guns and energy weapons, though she shines with explosives and big guns. She's not half bad with a lockpick either.
One of her defining skills is her mechanical aptitude, a skill that was shining through even in the Vault. While it wasn’t her specific job, at the age of sixteen, she took apart a jukebox that was broken for thirty years that maintenance couldn’t get to work and fixed it in no time at all. In the Wasteland, she used that skill to greater heights, able to keep weaponry in near-perfect condition and fix just about any problem that centuries of disuse had caused. Her crowning moment that gave her a recognized name in the Wasteland was disabling a nuclear bomb in a matter of minutes.
Furthermore, she is something of a survivalist; she quite literally wrote the book on surviving outdoors. While Moira Brown actually wrote the book and Catherine provided the research, what’s impressive about this is that the research was all done in the month immediately following her escape from the Vault. In other words, she quite literally wrote the book on outdoor survival after almost twenty years of living indoors. Dealing with issues such as illness, traps, creatures, finding food, or injury come as second nature to her.
Sample Entry:
Of all the... okay, this is getting ridiculous! Where's the Overseer? Who pays maintenance down here? They had better be on strike, because conditions down here are fucking appalling! I mean, okay, the giant spotlight is impressive, but! Who the hell lets the drinking water just spill through the floor on its own? We kinda need that and wasting it isn't exactly setting a good damn example!
And hey, Overseer! You might want to come to terms with them quickly, because the floor is more mold than fucking metal right now! Far as the eye can see! How lazy and incompetent do you have to be!