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* SeeminglyWholesomeFiftiesGirl: She has a reputation for being sexually loose, though we never learn how justified it is. She admits to being the least "innocent" of her family, but when pressed she just makes vague comments about sneaking out at night to listen to loud music.

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* SeeminglyWholesomeFiftiesGirl: SeeminglyWholesome50sGirl: She has a reputation for being sexually loose, though we never learn how justified it is. She admits to being the least "innocent" of her family, but when pressed she just makes vague comments about sneaking out at night to listen to loud music.
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* BladeOnAStick: He fights with throwing spears.
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* BroughtDownToBadass: [[spoiler:By the time New Vegas starts, the Star Player/Courier's Project Brazil-induced abilities have degraded significantly to near-normal levels. They're still strong enough to heal a bullet to the head, however.]]


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* CantKillYouStillNeedYou: [[spoiler:Upon realizing that the Star Player survived Vault 18's destruction, John Bragg instead decides to entice them into doing missions for Enclave Squad Leonidas.]]


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* WeCanRuleTogether: [[spoiler:If the Star Player does his bidding, he will offer them a chance to join the Enclave at Fort Daggerpoint.]]


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* LesCollaborateurs: He's a tool of the New Reno Mob, though he doesn't really care.
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* OverprotectiveDad: When it seems Jenn has invited a male PC over on a date, he gets very stern and intimidating. With Wild Wasteland, though, he reveals a more jocular personality.

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* OverprotectiveDad: BoyfriendBlockingDad: When it seems Jenn has invited a male PC over on a date, he gets very stern and intimidating. With Wild Wasteland, though, he reveals a more jocular personality.
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* BoomerangBigot: [[spoiler: Much like [[Videogame/Fallout2 Frank Horrigan]] before her, she's an Enclave operative who despises "mutants" and eagerly desires to cleanse them from the wasteland...despite explicitly being a mutant herself]]
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* EnemyMine: It's possible to get her to align with the NCR in her bid to overthrow Elsdragon.
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* BilingualDialogue: She speaks solely in Japanese, meaning that she needs to give you a translator before you can understand her.

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* BilingualDialogue: She speaks solely in Japanese, meaning that she needs to give you a translator before you can understand her. It's not clear why everyone else can understand her however.
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* BareYourMidriff: Her Vault-Tec jumpsuit is cut away to show off some tummy.
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* DeathBySex: Dies in the Patriots' coup if a female player seduces him. Even more puzzlingly, dies if the Patriots' coup if a male player seduces his sister, so he even gets Death By Other Peoples' Sex.

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* DeathBySex: SexSignalsDeath: Dies in the Patriots' coup if a female player seduces him. Even more puzzlingly, dies if the Patriots' coup if a male player seduces his sister, so he even gets Death By Other Peoples' Sex.



* DeathBySex: Dies in the Patriots' coup if a male player seduces her. Even more puzzlingly, dies if the Patriots' coup if a female player seduces her brother, so she even gets Death By Other Peoples' Sex.


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* SexSignalsDeath: Dies in the Patriots' coup if a male player seduces her. Even more puzzlingly, dies if the Patriots' coup if a female player seduces her brother, so she even gets Death By Other Peoples' Sex.
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* BilingualDialogue: She speaks solely in Japanese, meaning that she needs to give you a translator before you can understand her.

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Leader of the NCR Bravo Company in the Pass. First encountered as he and his men are ambushed by Survivalists on I-15.

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Leader of the NCR 5th Army Batallion's Bravo Company in the Pass. First encountered as he and his men are ambushed by Survivalists on I-15.



* ByTheBookCop: Absolutely despises mercenaries and bounty hunters for their violent lifestyles and flaunting of NCR law. In-game, this can come to mean Annai Oran and potentially even the Star Player themselves. At the same time, this means he is also absolutely loyal to his orders.



* MyCountryRightOrWrong: Don't get him wrong, he knows the system is flawed. However, he still firmly believes in the peace and security of the NCR over the violence and anarchy of the wasteland, and longs for the day when his country will truly unify New California.



Current warlord of the raider alliance known as the Survivalists.

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Current warlord of the raider alliance known as the Survivalists.Raider Alliance.



* HollywoodCyborg: His torso appears to be grafted to the remains of a Daggerpoint Sentry bot, replacing his legs.

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* HollywoodCyborg: His torso appears to be grafted to the remains of a Daggerpoint Sentry sentry bot, replacing his legs.



* PosthumousCharacter: [[spoiler: Began to question the Father's sanity, and was killed and absorbed into the Unity as a result.]]

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* PosthumousCharacter: [[spoiler: Began [[spoiler:Began to question the Father's sanity, and was killed and absorbed into the Unity Father's biomass as a result.]]
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* TheAgeless: [[spoiler: The Star Player hasn't aged a day between leaving Vault 18 becoming the Courier, despite two decades having passed. Justified by the HealingFactor they have, which probably allows their aging quite a bit]].

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* TheAgeless: [[spoiler: The Star Player hasn't aged a day between leaving Vault 18 becoming the Courier, despite two decades having passed. Justified by the HealingFactor they have, which probably allows slows their aging quite a bit]].
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* TheAgeless: [[spoiler: The Star Player hasn't aged a day between leaving Vault 18 becoming the Courier, despite two decades having passed. Justified by the HealingFactor they have, which probably allows their aging quite a bit]].
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* TimeSkip: As New California is a prequel to New Vegas, the companions can show up in the base game twenty one years later if they make it out alive. For some reason, [[ArtisticAge they all have stark white hair]] despite being, at the oldest, in their 40s.
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* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Purple, in fact.
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* MixedAncestry: Descended on one side from Mexican immigrants who holed up in the Athens-Tec mine. Descended on the other side from an outcast member of the Brotherhood of Steel (in fact, he's related to [[VideoGame/Fallout2 Jeremy]] and [[VideoGame/Fallout4 Arthur Maxson]]).

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[[folder: In General]]
A group of wasteland explorers, scientists, and survivalists, made up of Vault 18's best and brightest. It originated as a scouting team for Vault 18 to learn more about the outside world, but as time passed they got more and more involved in outside affairs and ended up being wasteland heroes and peacekeepers. By 2260, they're well past their prime, both literally and figuratively, leaving little but legends for the outside world.
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* HeroOfAnotherStory: During their prime, the Scouts (Rossman and his group especially) apparently became so famous that stories about them are still told all over New California, and they even have comics about them in the Hub.
* HeroWithBadPublicity: As mentioned on the main page, the NCR branded them as terrorists for killing NCR mercenaries while trying to protect Vault 18 from NCR expansion. A lot of people still remember them as heroes, though.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: The actions of Rossman and the other Wasteland Scouts are indirectly responsible for Vault 18's fate. Some of them even lament that the Star Player's generation will have to clean up their mistakes, especially since all they wanted was to protect the Vault's future in the first place.
** Special mention goes to Rossman's relationship with the Braggs, as he basically allowed them to enter Vault 18, and he seems to have [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone immediately regretted it.]]
** Rossman had a hell of a vendetta against the Survivalist Raiders, described as almost to the point of being a BloodKnight. This culminated in him invading Athens-Tec Mine, blowing up their fuel reserves and leaving a crater that's still smoking years after the fact, and caving in part of the mine to kill his ArchEnemy Boss Maxson. Unfortunately, this just made the raiders even more determined to get revenge against Vault 18, and allowed Elsdragon - Maxson's even more psychotic and sadistic son - to come to power.
** Thanks to the paranoia of Vault 18's leaders, Yetti Hail went on a disastrous mission to San Francisco which involved murdering dozens of Shi warriors, killing an old friend, and ultimately causing numerous civilian deaths when he crashed an airship into a nuclear power plant. The NCR probably wasn't too fond of that.
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Vault 18's chief robotics and computer engineer, who also does a bit of medicine. Founder of the Wasteland Scouts.

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Vault 18's chief robotics and computer engineer, who also does a bit of medicine. Founder Most famous member of the Wasteland Scouts.Scouts, and responsible for making them the way they are now.



* {{Foil}}: To Coach Bragg. You talk to Rossman if you choose Path of the Scientist, and he is a lot more calm and reserved than Bragg. And not evil.

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* {{Foil}}: To Coach Bragg. You talk to Rossman if you choose the Path of the Scientist, and he is a lot more calm and reserved than Bragg. And not evil. evil.
* MysteriousPast: He grew up in Vault 47, which is said to be located far away in Tucson, Arizona. It's never mentioned how he made it to Vault 18 from there, or what led to him joining the Vault.
* NotThatKindOfDoctor: He's a computer scientist, not a medical doctor, and complains about being forced to treat the Nerd Star Player's broken leg due to the Vault's actual physician being out.



* ScoutOut: His Wasteland Scouts are trained in typical scouting skills, but more hardcore for the Fallout universe.

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* ScoutOut: His Wasteland Scouts are trained in typical scouting skills, but more hardcore for the Fallout ''Fallout'' universe.



* OverprotectiveDad: When it seems Jenn has invited a male PC over on a date, he gets very stern and intimidating. If your charisma is high enough, though, he reveals a more jocular personality.

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* OverprotectiveDad: When it seems Jenn has invited a male PC over on a date, he gets very stern and intimidating. If your charisma is high enough, With Wild Wasteland, though, he reveals a more jocular personality. personality.
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* {{Adorkable}}: If you make a 7 charisma check with Kira, you get a companion perk called "Nerd-Orable" that boosts your speech skills.
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The Star Player's siblings, or at least the infants he was discovered alongside who were raised as his siblings: Mandy, Shawn, and Jason. They consider Overseer Christianson their surrogate father.

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The Star Player's siblings, or at least the infants he was they were discovered alongside who were raised as his siblings: Mandy, Shawn, and Jason. They consider Overseer Christianson their surrogate father.
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* GoodThingYouCanHeal: Due to [[spoiler:Project Brazil]], they have an immensely powerful HealingFactor. [[spoiler:In the timeskip between New California and New Vegas, it saves their life when the nukes destroy the Divide, as they were reduced to a melted skeleton and managed to pull themselves back together. Unfortunately, it also stunted their regeneration, bringing them back to almost-normal levels.]]

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* ArchEnemy: Despises Dr. Rossman for killing his father.

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* ArchEnemy: Despises Dr. Rossman for killing his father.father and outright introduces himself as Rossman's archenemy.


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* PopCulturedBadass: He has a fondness for making comic book references. If you pass an Intelligence check with him in your first intro, he refers to you as "Brainiac".

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* BladeOnAStick: He fights with throwing spears.



* BrotherSisterIncest: Rumor around the Vault is he has this kind of relationship with Jamie. To be fair, they may only have been ''raised'' as siblings, and the entire Vault is in danger of resorting to inbreeding in any case.

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* BrotherSisterIncest: Rumor around the Vault is he has this kind of relationship with Jamie. To be fair, they may only have been ''raised'' as siblings, and the entire Vault is in danger of resorting to inbreeding in any case. [[spoiler:When encountered in the Mojave, he and Jamie have settled together with kids]].



* EyepatchOfPower: She wears an eyepatch over her left eye [[spoiler:that hides a glowing green eye]].



* EnemyMine: Can be convinced to put his plans for the Unity on hold to help defeat John and Chevy Bragg.



* TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: Can be convinced to put his plans for the Unity on hold to help defeat John and Chevy Bragg.
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* BigGood: He's essentially the most straightforwardly good of the quest givers.


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* FatBastard: He has a custom model that makes him look fatter than most other characters.


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* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler:If you manage to talk him into surrendering himself in exchange for his daughter's life, he'll try to blow you to hell with a grenade]].

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The prophet of the Black Vultures, unofficially considered their actual leader.

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The prophet Prophet of the Black Vultures, unofficially considered their actual leader.Vultures.



* UnwantedFalseFaith: Many of the Vultures give this to him as a result of his fervent espousal of the Madre, the Vultures' [[TheGrimReaper death deity]]. He does what he can for his "flock," however.



Warlord of the Psychos, residing deep within the darkest caverns of Athens-Tec.

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Warlord of the Psychos, residing deep within the darkest caverns of Athens-Tec.Psychos.



Warlord of the Vipers.

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Warlord and Priestess of the Vipers.
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* DirtyPolitician: He doesn't even try to hide that he's working for the Mob.

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* DirtyPolitician: CorruptPolitician: He doesn't even try to hide that he's working for the Mob.
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* Blackmail: Willing to resort to this to make sure the Star Player does what he says.

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* Blackmail: BlackMail: Willing to resort to this to make sure the Star Player does what he says.



* Warhawk: Itching to go to war and wipe out the Raider Alliance, no matter what the Congress says.

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* Warhawk: WarHawk: Itching to go to war and wipe out the Raider Alliance, no matter what the Congress says.cost and despite Duville and the Congress’ objections.

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* HeelFaceTurn: Can pull one off in the vault if having previously joined the Patriots; by talking to a disillusioned John Anderson, one can leave the Patriots and join Vault Security, netting The Redeemer perk.



* Blackmail: Willing to resort to this to make sure the Star Player does what he says.



* Warhawk: Itching to go to war and wipe out the Raider Alliance, no matter what the Congress says.



* DirtyPolitician: He doesn't even try to hide that he's working for the Mob.



* SleazyPolitician: He doesn't even try to hide that he's working for the Mob.

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