Tabitha

Tabitha is the supreme commander of the State of Utobitha at Black Mountain in Fallout: New Vegas.

Background
Tabitha is a former commander of the nightkin of the Unity. Following the fall of the Master, she and her kin wandered the wasteland for over a century. In the course of her travels, she found a Mr Handy designated Rhonda, who became her constant companion and aide. She was responsible for saving several super mutants from suffering at human hands, including Mean Sonofabitch back in New California.

The mutants arrived at Black Mountain around 2275. Although her Stealth Boy-induced dissociative personality disorder was kept stable by Rhonda, the Mr Handy suffered catastrophic damage at Black Mountain and went into hibernation mode. Her state deteriorated over time. Marcus attempted to distract her with a journal project, however, the plan backfired when Tabitha realized the terminal was part of the radio station at Black Mountain and would allow her to broadcast her own words on the airwaves. Within a week of fixing the radio and entering the radio business, her personality split into Tabitha and ersatz-Rhonda, convincing the second-generation super mutants she was a prophet. Gentle attempts to coax her out of the radio building failed.

The situation only deteriorated from there. As the nightkin and second-generation mutants clashed with Marcus' fellow first generation super mutants, he found himself unable to broker a peace. Rather than aggravate the conflict, he chose to leave and found another community in 2279. This left Tabitha free to implement her utopian project: The State of Utobitha, complete with its own radio station, broadcasting a rather peculiar (insane and rambling) radio message throughout the wasteland, once the radio transmitter that Marcus smashed on his way out was repaired. Raul Tejada was instrumental in restoring the radio. The ghoul mechanic from Mexico was captured by the nightkin and used as a slave to repair anything and everything around the complex, under the constant threat of execution. Of course, it was always delayed by 24 hours in order to have him fix up whatever was broken at the time.

Quests

 * Crazy, Crazy, Crazy: Dealing with the threat posed by the Utobithans is the center of the quest. Depending on the player's decisions, Tabitha and Black Mountain can turn out in a variety of ways:
 * Fixing Rhonda and allowing it to leave with Tabitha leads to them becoming legends of the wasteland, with stories eventually becoming popular childrens' books.
 * Killing Tabitha will remove Utobitha from the map and leave super mutant survivors who come to Black Mountain broken and disheartened.
 * Saving Raul, but not completing the quest will cause Tabitha to take the nightkin and become a pestilence upon nighttime travelers in the Mojave.
 * Not starting the quest at all will maintain the status quo.

Behind the scenes

 * GECK coding suggest Tabitha was once called Bridget. Due to an oversight, she does not have the 30% damage resistance bonus other mutants receive.
 * A preview in the Official Xbox Magazine suggested that Tabitha was a male super mutant pretending to be female due to its insanity. This was confirmed by J.E. Sawyer on Something Awful forums as not the case: Tabitha is female.
 * Tabitha lacks the 30% damage resistance possessed by most other nightkin enemies.

Appearances
Tabitha appears only in Fallout: New Vegas.