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John-Caleb Bradberton's dialogue
Game Information
NPCJohn-Caleb Bradberton
Technical
Data FileDLCNukaWorld.esm
Editor IDDLC04Bradberton_Holotape
VoiceDLC04NPCMJohnCalebBradberton
 
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Full dialogue table[]

CATEGORY TYPE SUBTYPE PROMPT DIALOGUE BEFORE RESPONSE TEXT DIALOGUE AFTER SCRIPT NOTES SCENE
Scene SceneDialogue Custom Player Default: Yeah, if our places were reversed, I'd probably want the same thing. Then I trust you will honor my wish. Sierra: You can't kill him! He's a great man! He invented Nuka-Cola, the best thing in the world! DLC04MS01_BradbertonPlayerScene
Scene SceneDialogue Custom Player Default: There's got to be a better solution than killing you. That's easy for you to say, standing there on your own two legs, able to go where you wish and do what you want. Sierra: You can't kill him! He's a great man! He invented Nuka-Cola, the best thing in the world! DLC04MS01_BradbertonPlayerScene
Scene SceneDialogue Custom Player Default: Come on, you're a disembodied head trapped in a vault. You've got so much to live for! Despite your obvious sarcasm, you clearly recognize my situation for the living hell that it is. Sierra: You can't kill him! He's a great man! He invented Nuka-Cola, the best thing in the world! DLC04MS01_BradbertonPlayerScene
Scene SceneDialogue Custom Player Default: Are you really sure that you want to die? I've had plenty of time to think about it. Sierra: You can't kill him! He's a great man! He invented Nuka-Cola, the best thing in the world! DLC04MS01_BradbertonPlayerScene
Scene SceneDialogue Custom Player Default: I'm not shutting off the power. With Sierra to keep you company, I think you'll both be happier. What?! Will you not respect the wishes of a man who has suffered the way I have? Please, I beg you to reconsider! Surprised and disappointed / Angry DLC04MS01_BradbertonDecideScene
Scene SceneDialogue Custom Player Default: I'll do it. I'll shut off the power. Thank you. Grateful DLC04MS01_BradbertonDecideScene
Scene SceneDialogue Custom Now please do get on with it. I'm ready. I've been ready for a long, long time. DLC04MS01_BradbertonDecideScene
Scene SceneDialogue Custom Player Default: I haven't decided yet. I see. I can only hope your sense of compassion compels you to do the right thing. I've been a prisoner long enough. Weary, helpless / Tired DLC04MS01_BradbertonDecideScene
Scene SceneDialogue Custom Player Default: What about Sierra's offer to keep you company? Wouldn't that help? I admit I'm flattered by her admiration, but I'm so tired, in ways that words could not explain. Weary, despondent / Tired DLC04MS01_BradbertonDecideScene
Scene SceneDialogue Custom I've lived far too long already, and I'm prepared to move on. Tired DLC04MS01_BradbertonDecideScene
Scene SceneDialogue Custom I await your decision. Player Default: I'm not shutting off the power. With Sierra to keep you company, I think you'll both be happier. Tired DLC04MS01_BradbertonDecideScene
Scene SceneDialogue Custom Sierra: You can't kill him! He's a great man! He invented Nuka-Cola, the best thing in the world! Young lady, you don't know what a torment it is, being trapped here alone and staring at the same wall, decade after decade. Bitter, sad / Sad DLC04MS01_BradbertonPlayerScene
Scene SceneDialogue Custom Now please shut up while I talk to your more rational friend here BradbertonsHead: I realize that what I'm asking isn't easy, but there's something in it for you. Getting annoyed / Irritated DLC04MS01_BradbertonPlayerScene
Scene SceneDialogue Custom BradbertonsHead: Now please shut up while I talk to your more rational friend here I realize that what I'm asking isn't easy, but there's something in it for you. DLC04MS01_BradbertonPlayerScene
Scene SceneDialogue Custom When the power is cut, the door to the prototype storage room will open automatically. Take anything you want. I don't care anymore. Despair, sadness / Sad DLC04MS01_BradbertonPlayerScene
Scene SceneDialogue Custom Just... please... set me free at last. I can't bear this loneliness any longer. Sierra: Wait, wait, wait! I have an idea! DLC04MS01_BradbertonPlayerScene
Scene SceneDialogue Custom Sierra: It's one of my most treasured possessions, but... well... I'm willing to let you have it. A Nuka-Cola jumpsuit? Hah! That's a paltry prize compared to what I'm offering. DLC04MS01_BradbertonPlayerScene
Scene SceneDialogue Custom The choice is yours, but I beg you to honor my wishes. There is noone else who can help me. DLC04MS01_BradbertonPlayerScene
Scene SceneDialogue Custom Sierra: That's John-Caleb Bradberton! Or at least, it's his head. Wow! Who... who are you? I haven't seen a real human face in so long. I had given up all hope. Sierra: Oh my God! It's alive! He's alive! Surprised, seeing humans for the first time in decades / Surprised DLC04MS01_SierraEnterHeadRoom
Miscellaneous Miscellaneous SharedInfo DLC04NPCMJohnCalebBradberton: You there, with the Pip-Boy. What are you doing here? You there, with the Pip-Boy. What are you doing here? Player Default: We solved your Hidden Cappy contest. Stern, demanding / Stern DLC04MS01_BradbertonPlayerScene
Miscellaneous Miscellaneous SharedInfo Player Default: We solved your Hidden Cappy contest. The Hidden Cappy contest... it all seems so long ago. Another lifetime. Lost in memory, wistful / Irritated DLC04MS01_BradbertonPlayerScene
Miscellaneous Miscellaneous SharedInfo That was before I became this monster. Before I was trapped here for centuries to suffer in solitude. BradbertonsHead: This was General Braxton's plan all along. Damn the man! Bitter / Irritated DLC04MS01_BradbertonPlayerScene
Scene SceneDialogue Custom Player Default: This has to be a joke. You trespass in my private vault in my office in my amusement park, and you have the gall to treat me like some joke? Angry, indignant / Angry DLC04MS01_BradbertonPlayerScene
Scene SceneDialogue Custom Oh, what's the use. Look at me. Look at me! I'm a monster, trapped in a prison of my own making. BradbertonsHead: This was General Braxton's plan all along. Damn the man! DLC04MS01_BradbertonPlayerScene
Scene SceneDialogue Custom Player Default: We used the contest code to get in. What the hell happened to you? I made a devil's bargain, though I didn't know it at the time. BradbertonsHead: This was General Braxton's plan all along. Damn the man! DLC04MS01_BradbertonPlayerScene
Scene SceneDialogue Custom Player Default: That was before I became this monster. Before I was trapped here for centuries to suffer in solitude. This was General Braxton's plan all along. Damn the man! Bemoaning your fate / Irritated DLC04MS01_BradbertonPlayerScene
Scene SceneDialogue Custom He called it Project Cobalt. In exchange for my weapon design, he would give me access to life-extending technology. DLC04MS01_BradbertonPlayerScene
Scene SceneDialogue Custom I'm such a fool for taking him at his word. He never told me that this would be the price! Player Default: I can't imagine what you must have gone through. I'm truly sorry, Mister Bradberton. Irritated DLC04MS01_BradbertonPlayerScene
Scene SceneDialogue Custom Player Default: When something sounds too good to be true, it usually is. You don't think I know that? You don't think I've contemplated my folly for decades on end? Irritated DLC04MS01_BradbertonPlayerScene
Scene SceneDialogue Custom I do not need some interloper to remind me of my greatest tragedy! Sierra: A... a weapon? I don't believe it. Why would the genius who brought so much joy to the world want to make something destructive? DLC04MS01_BradbertonPlayerScene
Scene SceneDialogue Custom Player Default: Smart enough to invent Nuka-Cola, but you still fell for that? Yes, make your jokes, but I've still accomplished ten times more in a single lifetime than anyone I've met, including you! Arrogant pride / Stern DLC04MS01_BradbertonPlayerScene
Scene SceneDialogue Custom As long as one person in this world still enjoys Nuka-Cola, my legacy remains intact, no matter what I've been reduced to! Sierra: A... a weapon? I don't believe it. Why would the genius who brought so much joy to the world want to make something destructive? DLC04MS01_BradbertonPlayerScene
Scene SceneDialogue Custom Player Default: Who was General Braxton? He was one of the top men in the Army Research Laboratory's Weapons and Materials division. Irritated DLC04MS01_BradbertonPlayerScene
Scene SceneDialogue Custom He'd taken a keen interest in my quantum mechanics research, and offered me a trade. DLC04MS01_BradbertonPlayerScene
Scene SceneDialogue Custom In exchange for my assistance on a top-secret weapons project, he gave me access to an experimental process tthat would artificially extend my life. DLC04MS01_BradbertonPlayerScene
Scene SceneDialogue Custom Like a fool, I leapt before I looked. I've certainly paid the price for my short-sightedness. Sierra: A... a weapon? I don't believe it. Why would the genius who brought so much joy to the world want to make something destructive? DLC04MS01_BradbertonPlayerScene
Scene SceneDialogue Custom Sierra: A... a weapon? I don't believe it. Why would the genius who brought so much joy to the world want to make something destructive? Genius is restless, madam! It must expand, seek new challenges, and explore new frontiers. So yes, a weapon. haughty DLC04MS01_BradbertonPlayerScene
Scene SceneDialogue Custom It was going to be a quantum-enhanced variant of the standard portable tactical warhead. DLC04MS01_BradbertonPlayerScene
Scene SceneDialogue Custom In fact, the prototypes are stored in this very chamber. You can have them, on one condition. DLC04MS01_BradbertonPlayerScene
Scene SceneDialogue Custom I want you to shut off the power to this machine that's keeping me alive. I want to die. Sierra: What?! No! DLC04MS01_BradbertonPlayerScene
Miscellaneous Miscellaneous WaitingForPlayerInput I realize my appearance is disturbing, but do try to focus. Impatient, the player has stopped responding
Miscellaneous Miscellaneous WaitingForPlayerInput It seems both of us have become frozen. Impatient, the player has stopped responding
Miscellaneous Miscellaneous Greeting So. Have you made up your mind? Player Default: I'm not shutting off the power. With Sierra to keep you company, I think you'll both be happier. DLC04MS01_BradbertonDecideScene
Scene SceneDialogue Custom In regards to Nuka-Cola Clear production, I think it's obvious that we need to take a step back and examine the facts. as if dictating for records purposes / Confident DLC04Holotapes_Bradberton01
Scene SceneDialogue Custom Project Cobalt dropped Quantum in our laps, so I think it's best we leverage its potential popularity before someone else beats us to market. as if dictating for records purposes / Concerned DLC04Holotapes_Bradberton01
Scene SceneDialogue Custom Additionally, installing the equipment to produce both flavors would cost us a pretty penny and I'd rather use the funds to promote Quantum. as if dictating for records purposes / Confident DLC04Holotapes_Bradberton01
Scene SceneDialogue Custom We also have our Lemon-Lime flavor debuting soon, and need to work out how to market two clear-colored flavors simultaneously. as if dictating for records purposes / Concerned DLC04Holotapes_Bradberton01
Scene SceneDialogue Custom With all these factors taken into account, I have no choice but to hold off Nuka-Cola Clear production for at least the next two fiscal years. as if dictating for records purposes / Confident DLC04Holotapes_Bradberton01
Scene SceneDialogue Custom Player Default: You either sign off on Project Cobalt, or I can walk right out that door. This isn't like deciding what color bottle to pick for our next flavor, General. Irritated DLC04Holotapes_Bradberton02
Scene SceneDialogue Custom You're asking me to take my laboratories and my Beverageers, and basically turn them over to your team. Concerned DLC04Holotapes_Bradberton02
Scene SceneDialogue Custom I need assurances that my people and my facilities are going to be treated with the respect that they deserve. Player Default: You and I both know that's a load of horse shit. Irritated DLC04Holotapes_Bradberton02
Scene SceneDialogue Custom Player Default: I already told you you'd be well compensated. Now, cut the crap and tell me what you're really after. Fine. I want in on the military's LEAP-X Program. Player Default: What? How the hell did you know about that? Leap-Ex say it like a word / Confident DLC04Holotapes_Bradberton02
Scene SceneDialogue Custom Player Default: What? How the hell did you know about that? Let's just say you're not the only one in this room that can throw his weight around in Washington, General. almost gloating / SinisterSmile DLC04Holotapes_Bradberton02
Scene SceneDialogue Custom I've been following the program ever since its inception, and I have to say that I'm impressed. Confident DLC04Holotapes_Bradberton02
Scene SceneDialogue Custom The ability to keep a human in a state of veritable immortality using a machine? Now that's something that I didn't expect from the military. Confident DLC04Holotapes_Bradberton02
Scene SceneDialogue Custom Look. You want me to agree to this proposal, then get me on the LEAP-X list, and I'll sign whatever you want. Player Default: I always knew you were a greedy son-of-a-bitch, John. But the last thing I expected to hear is that you were afraid of death. say "Leap-Ex" like a word. / Confident DLC04Holotapes_Bradberton02
Scene SceneDialogue Custom Player Default: It isn't as easy as throwing a switch and suddenly you can live forever. Stop trying to talk me out of it. Confident DLC04Holotapes_Bradberton02
Scene SceneDialogue Custom We both know the enemy is developing chemical and biological weapons and that my Beverageers are the top organic chemists in the world. Defiant DLC04Holotapes_Bradberton02
Scene SceneDialogue Custom Our countries are in a race where no one comes in second, General. Defiant DLC04Holotapes_Bradberton02
Scene SceneDialogue Custom So you need to ask yourself: can you really afford to stand here and say "no." Player Default: You had this all figured out before I even arrived, didn't you? Confident DLC04Holotapes_Bradberton02
Miscellaneous Miscellaneous Hello I won't deny that it's nice to have some company again. Grudging admission
Miscellaneous Miscellaneous Hello I commend your diligence. It can't have been easy to find your way in here. Impressed / Impressed
Miscellaneous Miscellaneous Hello I'm pleased to know that even now, the legacy of my work is still appreciated. Sierra has made that very clear to me. Pleased / Happy
Miscellaneous Miscellaneous Hello Help yourself to anything that you think is useful. None of it means much to me anymore. Indifferent
Miscellaneous Miscellaneous Hello You can't know how wonderful a real conversation can be until you've gone without one for a few hundred years. Grateful, relieved, a weight has been lifted
Scene SceneDialogue Custom Finally... free at last... Sierra: No! Mister Bradberton... I'm sorry. A death gasp DLC04MS01BradbertonDies_Scene
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