Marion Baker

Marion Baker is one of the old Runners, a group of mercenaries that attempted a failed raid on the Rocky Cape Bank in 2252.

Background
Marion was born in 2209 to parents of unknown origin in Shady Sands. In 2228, she met Ian Horner, who was also born in Shady Sands. In 2235, Marion left the city with Ian to travel across the wasteland, eventually settling in the Mojave Wasteland for a brief period of time.

Pre-Raid of 2252
In 2247, Marion and Ian were traveling through the Midwest when they met up with Ralph Moritz, who was traveling with his wife, as well as his infant daughter Natalie Moritz. They were trying to find a good place to settle down; after some deliberating, it was decided that they would travel as a collective toward the Capital Wasteland.

Marion, Ian, and Ralph stopped at a settlement named Megaton, where they met Jimmy Goldman, who was trying to find a group to take to Maddox Island. Jimmy attempted to coerce them into joining in on his plans, initially being shut down by Ralph, until he re-assured them that he had a plan in place. Jimmy took them back to his home, where he began explaining his grand plan to them, eventually convincing them to join him on his expedition to Maddox Island to raid the Rocky Cape Bank. In Megaton, they ended up establishing a group known as the Runners and relocating to Maddox Island in 2248.

The Runners, over the next five years, lived on the island, scouting out the bank as well as working in Merideport and Flackland for caps and supplies.

Post-Raid of 2252
Shortly after the failed raid on the bank, Marion and Ian remained in Merideport, leaving within weeks as the constant reminder of the failed raid on the bank, with the reminder of the brush with death they shared, was seemingly too much for either to handle. They managed to join up with a Brotherhood detachment and travel back towards the west coast. In 2276, Marion traveled back to Maddox Island with Ian and settled in Vault 89 with the blessing of the Overseer.

Inventory
Marion is first seen wearing a Vault 89 jumpsuit, and is completely unarmed. She later dons a black suit of power armor and, her weapon and armor used during the raid of 2252.

Trivia

 * Marion Baker, and by proxy the quest "Old Runners", was originally meant to be completely optional. The player would have received a prompt from Jimmy Goldman to go find them, however, the player would never have had to pursue it further. This was later changed to make the story line easier to tie together.