Ibsen

	Fallout: New Vegas character Ibsen
	Biography and appearance Race Human, Caucasian Gender Male Hair Style Balding Hair Color Brown Eye Color Grey Affiliation Brotherhood of Steel (Mojave chapter) Role Data analyst Rank Scribe Location Hidden Valley bunker Dialogue File Ibsen's dialogue Gameplay Quests Still in the Dark Hidden Valley computer virus Combat Style Default aggression Aggressive confidence Cowarldy assistance Help friends and allies Statistics Alignment Neutral SPECIAL Strength: 5 Perception: 5 Endurance: 5 Charisma: 5 Intelligence: 5 Agility: 5 Luck: 5 Derived Stats Health: 70 Fatigue: 160 Tag Skills VaultDweller none Level 1 Technical Editor ID HVScribeIbsen Base ID 0010af1b Ref ID 000e3488 Editor Factions HVBrotherhoodScribeFaction vDialogueBrotherhoodFaction BrotherhoodSteelFaction VBOSSnifferFaction Actor Yuri Lowenthal

 

“

Yeah, some Pre-War jackass with too much time on his hands apparently decided to inflict his misery on those around him. It's scrambling all the terminals here at the moment. Luckily, we only use this section for storing historical data.

”

Scribe Ibsen is a Brotherhood of Steel Scribe stationed at Hidden Valley bunker in Fallout: New Vegas.

Background

The bespectacled scribe Ibsen is in charge of the data storage at Hidden Valley. He keeps the datastore up and running, but has recently had some major complications. A disk retrieved by one of the tech recovery patrols before the lockdown contained a nasty virus that scrambled the terminals and Ibsen has been unable to purge it. Luckily, the virus has been contained to historical data terminals, limiting the headache. He is a very hard worker, despite Veronica's insistence that he take it easy.

Interactions with the player character

Interactions overview

	This character starts quests.	Hidden Valley computer virus
	This character is involved in quests.	Still in the Dark

Quests

• Hidden Valley computer virus: The Courier can help Ibsen with purging the virus.
• Still in the Dark: The datastore provides information on the history of the Brotherhood.

Inventory

	Apparel	Scribe robe Reading glasses
	Weapon	Laser pistol OR Laser RCW OR Zap glove
	Carried items	-
	Drops on death	empty

Notable quotes

• "[A virus?] Yeah, some Pre-War jackass with too much time on his hands apparently decided to inflict his misery on those around him. It's scrambling all the terminals here at the moment. Luckily, we only use this section for storing historical data."
• "You actually did it! If you don't mind my saying so, I didn't think you had a chance in hell of pulling it off. But I'm glad to be wrong for once! Thank you, my friend. Please, feel free to access the datastore at your leisure. I'm only allowed to give you access to non-classified topics, but it's better than nothing, right?"
• "Hello again, my friend. I hope you've been finding the information in the datastore useful."
• "Look, this isn't a great ti- oh, what the hell, it's not like we're making any progress. I'm Ibsen, and I hope your day is going better than mine is."
• "[You could just delete all the files. That would get rid of the virus, right?] [FAILED] Along with all of the crucial data contained within. That'd be like throwing the baby out with the bathwater."
• "[What do you think of Hardin trying to get McNamara dismissed?] I don't have time to think about silly things like politics right now. My main concern right now is getting this blasted datastore up and running."
• "The virus just jumped! Find which terminals it went to!"
• "That's it! We got it! The virus has been purged!"
• "Damn, it's jumped! I thought we might have had it that time."

Bugs

• Ibsen, Nolan McNamara, Lars Taggart and Oliver Swanick have the same goodbye voice file.

Appearances

Ibsen appears only in Fallout: New Vegas.

References

Hidden Valley Locations Hidden Valley · Hidden Valley bunker · Scorpion gulch Characters Named characters Elder McNamara · Head Paladin Hardin · Head Scribe Taggart · Senior Paladin Ramos · Senior Knight Lorenzo · Senior Scribe Schuler · Knight Torres · Scribe Ibsen · Apprentice Watkins · Initiate Stanton Ranger Dobson Generic characters Paladin · Knight · Scribe · Initiate · Quests Main For the Republic, Part 2 · Wild Card: Side Bets · Render Unto Caesar · The House Always Wins Side Still in the Dark · Tend to Your Business · Eyesight to the Blind · ED-E My Love · I Could Make You Care Unmarked Hidden Valley computer virus · Missing Laser Pistol · Brotherhood Bond Related Hidden Valley bunker terminals · Candle fusion power system · Dervish camouflage system