Q Girl

is a legendary member of the Barathrumites located within. She prefers to hang out in the center hub near several gadgets.

Character
Q Girl is a cheerful, energetic Barathrumite. Her favorite word to say is "quetzal", which she says when she wants to express a feeling similar to the one she feels when seeing a bird of the same name. True to her description, she is brightly colored compared to the rest of the Barathrumites who are mostly white and brown. Based on her unique faction relationship reasons, some factions dislike her for that exact appearance.

She is talented in the field of technology as well as philosophy. Along with creating blueprints and instructions for the main story, she also invented the which can be found randomly across Qud. She has also penned two books that can be found in game: and, the latter being a reason why a faction can hate her. A canonical example of this is written about in. Her teachings in 'From Entropy to Hierarchy' influenced twelve wardens to form the Quetzal Caucus. Other wardens were hostile to their proposal and called the ideas of the Caucus and Q Girl "traitorous chattel".

names Q Girl as his "protégé". says of her: "She explodes like gas and dust in a quiet corner of the galaxy. Radiant. Revolutionary. She's a good listener and companion for supper, which you mightn't expect." Hortensa also mentions that Q Girl was responsible for Ereshkigal's creation, or at least her activation, which occurred when she "succeeded at retreading the mainframe's guts".

Wares
Q Girl is notable for selling several gemstones, as well as a special variant of the that is significantly cheaper than normal. She does not restock.

Combat
Q Girl will begin neutral to the player but will become hostile if the player attacks her or any Barathrumites within view of her. She can also become hostile if the player's reputation with the Barathrumites falls low enough, or if the player is seen stealing their belongings or damaging their property.

Life Loop
Q Girl will always come equipped with a, a special item which only she and possess. The life loop is a piece of equipment worn on the arm, granting its wearer no bonuses. The life loop will be permanently equipped on Q Girl's arm (usually her right arm) and cannot be removed; additionally, it will make the arm it is equipped on immune to dismemberment. The loop will always be slotted with a at 100% charge, though it does not require power to function.

The life loop will cause Q Girl to teleport to Barathrum's Study and be healed to full health when her hitpoints reach 0, rather than dying. This will not consume the life loop, meaning it is essentially impossible for Q Girl to die so long as she is wearing the loop. This is intended to prevent the main quest from soft locking since she is required to be alive for several quests and has the chance of dying during A Call to Arms.

Equipment
Q Girl will always come equipped with 2, slotted with at 100% charge. She will never list these items if the player trades with her. She will also come equipped with a and a pair of, slotted with chem cells at 100% charge, in addition to some  and a pair of.

Skills
Q Girl possesses the Akimbo and Steady Hand skills, which will allow her to fire 2 simultaneous shots while wielding her laser pistols, as well as increasing her accuracy when firing them, respectively.

Mutations
Being an urshiib, Q Girl possesses the Quills mutation at mutation level 6 and the Triple-jointed mutation at level 3. Quills provides Q Girl with damage reflection, immunity to the quills of other creatures, and the "Quill Fling" activated ability, which allows Q Girl to fire a portion of her quills to deal damage to adjacent creatures. She will also possess, natural equipment worn on her body that can't be removed, providing her with an additional 4 AV. Triple-jointed will grant Q Girl an additional 3 Agility.

Self Preservation
If Q Girl's hitpoints fall below 30% of her maximum, she will cease combat and will begin to actively flee from threats.

Properties
Aside from being loved by Barathrumites, Q Girl will always be liked/loved, disliked, and hated by 3 random factions for the following reasons: If the player speaks to Q Girl and chooses to compliment her hair, they will earn the That Was Nice achievement. The player is unable to do this if they have monochrome.
 * like/loved for developing a quantum mechanical model
 * disliked for her queer appearance
 * hated for questioning the legitimacy of their hierarchies

Water Ritual
When water ritualed, Q Girl can teach the base Tinkering skill, up to three random blueprints, and the recipe for The Porridge. She cannot be asked to join the player as a companion via the water ritual.

Tips

 * The gemstones are good to trade for because at the point the player will most likely meet her (after More Than a Willing Spirit), the gemstones will be the most efficient value/weight item the player will have. They are also trade goods, so the value will always be the same.