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The Rangers were founded by Seth after Tandi and Aradesh created the New California Republic and eventually, by 2241, became one of the most powerful military forces in the wasteland. Forces on NCR territory were particularly concerned with the problem of slavery and actively fought it by any means necessary. In early years, the burgeoning republic was faced by a large volume of threats- From slavers and raider tribes, to roaming gangs and to the Wasteland itself. The Rangers were instrumental in protecting the frontiers, using their expertise to tip the balance in favor of the Republic when numbers and resources may not have been on their side. Rangers were also the first to scout out Nevada and the Hoover Dam. In 2271, the Desert Rangers signed the Ranger Unification Treaty with the NCR Rangers at the Mojave Outpost, in which they agreed to become part of the NCR military in exchange for protection of Hoover Dam and Nevada from Caesar's Legion. In 2277, Rangers under the command of Chief HANLON were pivotal in turning the tide of the First Battle of Hoover Dam. In a cunning trap laid by them and NCR's 1st Recon, they lured the best fighters of Caesar's Legion into Boulder City. When enemy troops entered the city, it was blown up. In the aftermath, the remaining Legion survivors were gunned down by snipers. Although the NCR forced the Legion to retreat, the losses they sustained in defense of the dam prevented them from following up on their success. By 2281, the NCR military had become well-established within the Mojave Wasteland. Operating from a large number of stations across the area, the Rangers remain ever vigilant for Legion raiding parties, as well as common brigands. However, despite the enormous threat posed by the Legion, many of the organization's best members had been reassigned to other posts off the front lines. A few were given the "prestigious" task of becoming bodyguards for the current President of the Republic, Aaron Kimball; others were sent off to Baja on an unknown mission. Despite their ongoing dedication to their duty, even the Rangers are finding it difficult to retain their hold on a territory as expansive as the Mojave. Under the command of General Lee OLIVER, the New California Republic Army adopted a confrontational posture, entrenching itself on the banks of the Colorado River while facing Legion positions on the opposite side. Given ongoing manpower shortages and overstretched supply lines, this only made the Republic's strategic situation even more precarious than before. History Around 2279, a faction of "Brothers Of Steel" departed the BOS bunker at Lost Hills; They technically took nothing with them, simply resigning and nothing more. They technically took nothing with them; However, they had secretly stockpiled metal armor, assault rifles, laser pistols, tents, and thumb drives on how to manufacture these and combat armor and maintain vehicles, along with a dozen vehicles, and immediately proceeded to Shady Sands. The Rangers first formed ad hoc from volunteers across what would soon become the NCR to face off against the rising "threat" of the Brotherhood Of Steel. This organization quickly became a very power policing force across the California deserts, doubly influenced by the fact hat they also brought many practical solutions to the various survivor villages (such as digging wells and rebuilding pumps). The Rangers started out simply as anti-slaver and raider patrols around Shady Sands; Success in this arena led to requests for assistance by other villages, most notably Necropolis and Boneyard, who gravely feared the Brotherhood's power- And, in the case of Necropolis, feared the Brotherhood's attitudes on their people, since their exposure to radiation had deformed them so gravely. Harassment even by The Hub and Junktown had created a truly paranoid state in Necropolis, a siege mentality to still has never fully lifted. (The Brotherhood would later short-circuit the Shady Sands- Necropolis "love fest" by hiring Necropolitans to work in specialized conditions that they were best suited to, splitting Necropolis into the BOS-favoring south side of town versus the NCR-favoring north side of town.) As their success built, they were able to "influence" several other areas to join the NCR, with Junktown, then Vault City, then The Hub, and finally The Boneyard joining the NCR; Modoc, The Den, and Redding would eventually side with the BOS, with Necropolis and San Francisco split between the two. Relations between the BOS and NCR would eventually improve, but in the meantime the Rangers pushed east over the mountain ranges, gaining effective control over most of Nevada, parts of Arizona and Utah, and even as far as New Mexico. With the rise of the Redding-based New California Republic, the BOS and Rangers were brought back under the same house, but largely left to handle their matters themselves- Provided they didn't cross Big Mike. Training A candidate is in processed, put through a basic 2 week army training course during which they must complete a 5-mile run in less than 8 minutes, then begins training to be a Ranger; A brutal 400 day regimen of classroom training, field exercise, physical training, Ranger history, map and chart reading (yes, despite mostly operating in the desert the Ranger have boats, and use them), airborne operation (jump school itself is 5 weeks) and fast rope, hand to hand and unarmed combat, water survival, basic seamanship course, 6, 8, and 10-mile road marches and a 20 mile run (time allotted is 5 hours). There is a 6 mile field-kit run every day; If you don't do 200 pushups over the course of any given day, the instructors will "help" you with that. (Most do 50 in the morning, 50 during noon meal, 50 during evening meal, and 50 just before hitting the rack, "if they're ALLOWED to hit the rack.") These are premier war fighters; They are technically better than the regular UGC Army. Organization The NCR Rangers operate almost entirely outside of the normal NCR army. The organization relies on the leadership of its veteran, more experienced Rangers, like Chief Hanlon. They do not follow normal military ranks and their known ranks are:
It is unknown how the Rangers are organized strategically. Chief Hanlon explains that the Ranger stations across the Mojave are tasked with patrolling the NCR's territory. They then report to the Ranger station, who then transmit the message to the Rangers base (Camp Golf in the Mojave) who will then analyze the threat and directly call reinforcements from the regular army. According to Balmoral's report in the Divide, it seems the Rangers are divided in battalions, then in companies, and finally in platoons, much like the regular army. Members 2241
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Relations with the outside The Rangers, especially the Veteran Rangers, have a fearsome reputation with outside factions, as well as within the regular NCR military. In the Mojave, posters can be seen of them and some NCR troopers believe they "chew nails and spit napalm." Technology While the level of technology employed by the Rangers is quite impressive by the standards of the wastelands, it is still far behind the state-of-art equipment utilized by the Brotherhood of Steel and Enclave. Nevertheless, it is a testament to resources of the New California Republic that the Rangers are able to be so uniformly well-equipped, and even a Ranger on non-combat duties will easily defeat a group of Legionaries. Relations With Non-Rangers NCR Rangers can be randomly encountered throughout the NCR and will usually leave others alone, only attacking if they are a slaver. Outside of the NCR, where their authority to operate is "nominal" (such as the Mojave), they tend to stay at their various outposts and camps, venturing beyond "as requested." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Name: New California Rangers Colors: None Symbol/Crest/Banner: NCR Bear. Owner: Secret (but not much of one, everyoen knows it's Shady Sands). Commanding Officer: NCR Chief. Tactics: Varies by situation; Generally a defensive entity. Size and Orientation: Features: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| See Below. | The Brotherhood has the TUATHA-Class General Purpose Ship. They also own a few hundred thousand unarmored and lightly armored vehicles. | The Brotherhood can 'generally' acquire any type of non-Mecha type vehicle that can be named. They had a few hundred GMP Battloids for a while, but have since given those up; They're not interested in getting back into the Mecha game. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Brotherhood Jacket Brotherhood Leather Brotherhood Metal | Ranger Armor Brotherhood T-51a | Laser Pistol Brotherhood Plasma Torch Dessert Eagle Brotherhood .223 Pistol Colt .223 Hunting Rifle | 20-gge. Combat Shotgun Brotherhood Laser Rifle Brotherhood Plasma Grenade Brotherhood Electro-Magnetic Pulse Grenade Brotherhood PM-214 5.56MM (.223 cal) Minigun | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 The Rangers started making a suit of metal body armor "barrowed" from the Brotherhood out of scrap metal early on; The distinctive "Spiked Plastron" has become a product standard.Protection: Convert MD to SD point for point (ie, 20 MD becomes 20 SD); 1/4 damage. Weight: 10 lbs. MDC: 30 Prowl Penalty: -05%. |
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Purpose: Ceremonial Damage: Initiate Spear: 1D6 SD; Honor Guard Spear: Convert Initiate version to MD. Attacks per melee: Per users attacks per melee. Reach: 4 feet Weight: Initiate Spear: 10.75 lbs. Honor Guard Spear: 2.25 lbs. Payload: The Honor Guard Spear's e-clip has 10 hours continuous use; E-pads extend this to unlimited. Cost and Availability: 20 credit for the knife, 10 credit for the handle and cap, and about 8 credit in labor each; Always available at The Exchange; The distinctive Brotherhood decorative effects aren't on, but the materials for this are available for about 5 credit. Honor Guard Grips materials cost another 3-4 credit. |  The RipperTM is a melee weapon consisting of a thin blade corralling a rotating chainblade connected to an unusually powerful (5 hp) planetry motor for its size (2 inches thick but 6 inches in diameter) and using rare earth or similar magnets (off-brand copies used lesser magnets and/or smaller motors, and often were good for little more than trimming hedges, and crudely at that). Powered by small energy cells, it can saw through people with relative ease, even with heavy armor.It took its name from the company that invented it, Ripper Inc., even though they marketed it as "The Hand Saw." It was intended as a brush-clearing tool, but in the chaos of the post-Rain of Death and Invid Invasion period the tool took on an ominous notoriety; One faction of "survivors" from Glasgow used the Ripper to butcher meat- Specifically, humans. Alive. There is at least one example of a ripper being mounted as a bayonet, though the example was supremely sub-standard (and may have only been intended as a joke in any case). Purpose: High-powered cutting implement Damage: 2D6 MD Attacks per melee: Per users attacks per melee. Reach: 2 feet Weight: 2.25 lbs. Payload: Each e-mag give 10 hours of continuous use; E-pads are not available. Cost and Availability: 100 credit each; Always available at The Exchange. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The single most effective use of darts was the loading of about a thousand onto a Vertibird (a variation of the V-22 Osprey) and dropping them out the back. This "bombing raid" tore apart a raider faction known as "Bang Bang Smash," though another such raid was used later on to lesser effect against a raider faction known as "Ultra Violence." They were latter used on "The Khans" in a coordinated air/land strike to much greater effect. Side Arms:  A basic laser pistol. Exactly like the RDF Laser Pistol except stylistically.Purpose: Self-defense. SD: 4D6 per blast; Scribes would eventually improve the design, to include and MD setting of 1D6 per blast. Rate of Fire: Per users attacks per melee. Range: 200 feet Weight: 1.5 pounds (.7 kg). Payload: 10 blasts per e-mag. E-pads are not available, but expanded e-mags are (15, 20, 30, 35, and 50 blast). Cost: 250 credit each. Availability: Routinely available.
Purpose: Defense. SD: 4D6 per blast. Rate of Fire: Per users attacks per melee. Range: 200 feet Weight: 1.5 pounds (.7 kg). Payload: 15 rounds per mag; Expanded mags are available (15, 20, 30, 35, and 50 round). Cost: 450 credit each. Availability: Routinely available. Long Arms: Discussion: | Unlike the Brotherhood, the Rangers have made absolutely ZERO attempt to reduce the degree of violence on "lesser combatants"; A wandering tribal or a powered armored trooper, Rangers treat everyone exactly the same. As a result, the only way you'd see a Ranger engaging an enemy with their pistols is because their rifles have become unserviceable for some reason (including running out of ammo). The Rangers are ONLY sent out with both the M-16a5 AND Combat Shotgun in sub-posed configuration. The Rangers strictly restrict their long arms to 5.56 by 45MM caliber for logistical support reasons, with the exception of 25MM precision rifles (mainly as anti-material rifles, but to a lesser extent as sniper rifles as well). They do not use support weapons with infantry squads, only the Barrett M-109 is available, and this is kept in camp unless specifically called for. All are configured for Plasma-662. The Knight's general-purpose weapon; Generally chambered for the .223 caliber/5.56MM rifle round, but can be chambered to anything less than 7̶.62ᴍᴍ in diameter AND 55ᴍᴍ in length without alteration; |
The "a5" variant, which is the Brotherhood's standard, is configured as both box mag feed (as standard) AND as belt-feed (using PM-214 compatible B-14 Disintegrating Belts) with 4 trigger settings (safe, semi-auto, 5-round burst, and automatic). Like the Brotherhood, the Rangers can (and have, on occasion) produced upper receivers for all major calibers in both box mag and belt-fed (except .22 pistol belt-fed, they couldn't get the feed mechanism to work with the belt required for those), they don't routinely issue such calibers as it is cost prohibitive. Purpose: Offense Damage: Single Fire: 4D6 SD; Burst Fire: 4D6 MD. Rate of Fire: Single or Burst Fire: Per user's attacks per melee. Range: feet Weight: 8 lbs Payload: Cost: 6,500 credit each. Availability: Only available to Knights and Wanderers.
Purpose: Assault/Security Damage: Single Fire: 4D4 SD; Burst Fire: 1D4 MD. Rate of Fire: Single or burst fire modes; Per users attacks per melee. Range: 25 feet Weight: Quarter lbs. Payload: 20, 50, and 200-round detachable box or drum clips are available. Cost: 8,000 credit each. Availability: Upon assignment. Thrown Explosives: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 The Ranger's only hand grenade, the "Holy Hand Grenage" is really just a normal one, dressed up in white paoint and with a cross-shaped tab at the top of the spoon. Troops in the field cut the cross off so soften the Ranger Command eventually took the hint and made it a screw-on accessory.Note; They really DO treat these as if they're some sort of religious icon. Purpose: Anti-Personnel/Vehicle MD: 1D4 Rate of Fire: Range: Per throwers range. Weight: 1/4 lbs. Payload: Once only. Cost: 50 credit each. Availability: Routinely available. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Rangers only use the M-109 in 25MM configuration with either high explosive armor penetrator or incendiary rounds. Attempts were made to develop a belt-fed version, but these universally failed. In any case, the gun is more than powerful enough to even threaten the UGC's much-vaunted Veritechs and even the VHT; What more is NEEDED? The Rangers can made this weapon themselves, using mostly readily available materials (much of their raw materials are in fact bits of broken buildings), it can take out a power armor at over a mile, and it gives absolutely ZERO FUCKS. At the ranges in question, even a bolt-action rifle (which the Rangers WERE able to make functionally viable in a belt-fed configuration) would be "good enough." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Overview The M-109 is a semi-automatic anti-materiel rifle designed primarily for engagement of light armored vehicles and similar targets. The upper receiver of the M-82 rifles can be replaced with an M-109 upper receiver to form a fully functional M-109 rifle, if so desired (though not by the Rangers, who expressly forbid their use or possession). Despite the much bigger bore (25MM v. 12.5MM), the M-109 uses a much shorter barrel (17.6 in/45 cm v. 29 in/74 cm). In the original specification, the small amount of propellant and heavy projectile resulted in unacceptably high recoil due to limiting the effects of the weapon's muzzle brake, with a recoil force of over 60 foot-pounds compared to 36 for the M107. The solution the Rangers found worked for them was a dual-propellent system; The bullet ITSELF carries a small propellent package that activates at around 2/3 of the way down the barrel (due to the amount of time needed simply to ignite versus the movement down the barrel), giving it increased momentum to the target. Other groups have tried increasing the barrel length and improving the muzzle break system; These have met with "mixed" results. Operational Use The Rangers keep these weapons under very strict lock-and-key, restricted to operational bases until called for in the field; The Ranger's attitude of "Zulu Foxtrots" very much applies, but the weapons simply draw too much attention and, as a result, the Rangers keep them out of sight, out of mind as much as possible. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The T-45SE can be dangerous to handle; Accidental activations have happened inside of BOS bases by inexperienced Brothers, sometimes resulting in deaths, very often in dismembership and other permanent injuries, this even with powered armored troops. The weapon also suffers some reliability issues; They're reasonably easy to de-activate by hostile parties, and difficult to boobytrap against such tampering, and suffer from sympathetic explosions if within 12 feet. Brothers in the field have found the best way to defeat them is by shooting them; This causes them to prematurely detonate. They can be rigged to remote detonators, but rarely are. Purpose: Anti-Personnel/Vehicle. MD: 1D4 times 5. Rate of Fire: Once. Range: 4 feet. Weight: 4 lbs. Payload: Once only. Cost: 450 credit each. Availability: Routinely available. |
The detonator itself isn't really a "bomb," though C-4 is usually installed as an anti-tampering defense. Instead, they are usually rigged to a larger device, such as the aforementioned C-4. Just about any explosive will work, though, just some work better than others; As a stand-alone explosive, it causes 2D4 SD, but combined with an explosive will cause whatever the explosive's damage is; It will set off ANY explosive. There are no known exceptions (and the BOS has gone looking). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 The Chryslus Motors Corvega recently hit the market, a fairly solid touring vehicle of limited realistic working capabilities but comfortable and fast, with surprisingly decent off-road capabilities.It's thought by most people that "Chryslus Motors" is a new underground car company, and in a real sense they are; It's actually a front company for the Brotherhood, both to make money (by entirely legitimate means, no drugs or guns or anything else like that), and to collect intelligence on the goings-on in the Brotherhood's area. Each vehicle has a tracker on it, and while this in no way gives the Brotherhood an idea of what the owner is doing, it does give them a reasonably good idea of where the vehicle is, thus giving them a trail to follow. Jefferson State "employees" seem to like them, but they are a status symbol in any case, and this is hardly surprising. More seem to be heading towards Boneyard or Vault City- In other words, where the money is. Many also seem to be heading out of the region, a curious development the Brotherhood intends to follow up on. Currently, the only authorized purveyor of "new" Corvega's in a man named Gordon who lives and works with his daughter, Tamira, in an old gas station about 1/3 of the way between Reno and the coast. MSRP: 200,000 Seats: 4 Top Speed: 120 mph on flat level road. |  The Scout is a fair car, sold by many people and built by an unknown faction. They have "limited" amphibious capabilities, being able to cross rivers, streams, and even some lakes, but they aren't cabable of handling open water; In fact, they can't even cross any body of water with swells above 2 feet.The Scout is 'odd' in the sense that they are clearly new manufactures, not pre-war rebuilds, using proprietary technologies not known to anyone else. No one has yet been able to unlock their secrets, despite the fact that the design itself isn't all that dramatic; Even a shade tree mechanic can easily repair one, and many have been rebuilt to various specifications (racing, cargo, "amphibious landers" capable of operating at sea, light combat vehicles [usually consisting of additional armor plating on top and mounting a heavy machinegun on a rail turret], etc.). The Scout was originally being secretly manufactured in limited quantities by the BOS in an intelligence-gathering operation, seeing who buys them, how many, and to what purpose they seem to be getting the most use; However, their utility caught on very strongly, and the Brotherhood was "forced" to begin manufacturing them in much greater quantities, selling them as "used" via various outlets. They themselves sell "used" Scouts quite a bit, right from Maxon. They represent the most common non-professional vehicle after the Motorcycle, forming about 75% of the vehicles available. MSRP: 20,000 Seats: About 4 Top Speed: They can get up to 250 mph on flat level road. Cargo: A 5' by 3' by 3' area (2' by 3' by 3' if the rear seats are being used). Fuel Economy: About 20 miles to the gallon. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A motorcycle is an two-wheeled motor vehicle. In the wastes, they're designed as off-road touring, with a heavy frame and wide seat, but easy to stand up on as well (to reduce injury on deeper drops and higher rocks). Motorcycles are strictly utilitarian, with lower prices and much greater fuel economy. Woodacre only produces one style, but once they leave the TODD Family's lot, they are often re-built; In fact, 1 out of every five is grafted to a cart (above) to form a trike. The TODD Family also produces left and right sidecars, and at least one motorcycle had one of each (with the mountings for the sidecars actually connected around the main frame connection). So popular are motorcycles that in the BOS's Core Region they outnumber even hovercyles about 5 to 1, and all other vehicles by an average about 3 to 1. The closest competitor, the Truck, is what keeps that average up, with a 4 to 3 ratio (without that, the motorcycle would outnumber the next three combined). The TOOD family are "considering" getting into the trike business, since they have materials available. |  A lot of factions build various 18-wheeler and heavy-duty truck rebuilds; Only the Brotherhood has the ability to build new trucks from the frame up. Their extensive cargo capabilities make them idea for many applications. A common arrangement is to simply bolt a short shipping container to the frame, although the example depicted uses a simple deck with wood rails. Fuel economy on these trucks is POOR, but they can carry as much as 10 times as much cargo, and as such more than make up for the 'loss' incurred.Base Price: 100,000 caps Seats: As many as 10, depending on configuration. Top Speed: Most can get up to 85 mph on flat level road. Fuel Economy: Not very good; They generally get only 8 to 10 miles to the gallon. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
They are also often configured as trailers, and a few have been grafted onto other vehicles (such as the extended truck, extended scout, and the trike). Brahmin carts were a common sight for many years, and aren't "uncommon" today, though their popularity as primary vehicles has dropped significantly over the last few years, being primarily relegated to farm and factory use. Variants include twin-axled, dedicated trailer, hard and soft covered, and even a floating version (primarily used with Scouts). |  The Rangers recovered a large fleet (around 1,000) pre-Invid school buses, armored and arming these. Mony have cattle catchers in the front fabricated from grader blades and reinforced with steel. Most pre-Invid states limited the size of the vehicles by width; After the arrival of the Invid, however, this requirement was ignored, and often flaunted. The Brotherhood in particular would leave their cattle catchers unaltered (although unlike some groups, they didn't deliberately ram their vehicles into other people's homes, and usually would shoot those who had if they could catch them). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The auto-cannon is an automated turreted defensive system that appears at two Ranger facilities, their main Headquarters at the former Vault 15 and their Forward Operating Base Mohave, equipped with twin minigun cannons
They are usually arranged in the area of a main entrance, so that they can provide mutual fire support. Experience has shown that units positioned where they are not supported can be far more easily disabled or destroyed outright, creating a "window" for an aggressor to exploit in such situations. Despite being highly effective, they are limited by two issues; First, their ammo ballast (the actual container for ammo) is limited to 800 rounds (this is supposed to be upgraded eventually). Second, their sensors are HIGHLY vulnerable to marksmen. Without this, they're firing blind unless tied to a larger network, in which case they will still loose all bonuses to fire. Contrary to popular belief, the Rangers did NOT steal this technology from the Brotherhood, but rather rebuilt over a hundred units to create the 10 they currently have in service; They don't actually know how to build them, and aren't really sure how to maintain them. As a result, the units are actually powered down for the most part, since the Ranger are (with good reason) concerned the units will fire on them. If the Ranger's larger dreams of destroying ALL slavers comes to fruition, they may be able to take one such unit off-world and have it analyzed for replication. | MDC By Location: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1. PM-214 Miningun: While the Gun Turret "could" (at least conceivably) mount most types of weapons, the PM-214 Minigun is the standard used. Purpose: Suppression fire. MD: 2D6 Rate of Fire: 5 bursts per melee max; Can not exceed the users attacks per melee. Range: 2,000 feet. Payload: 2,000 rounds. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Robobrains were created before the war for the U.S. militry and for the civilian sector. They move on a tracked chassis (using dual 40 hydro-processor motors) on a flexible mount. In addition, to use consoles, operate levers, or engage targets with weapons, they have two flexible manipulators, ending in three point claws, on the sides of their torsos. Robobrains were going to be the next generation of robotic soldier in the war against China, but their production costs made it difficult to implement their introduction into the American militry. The robobrain's organic brain is suspended in pressurized bio med gel. Any damage to the casing or the brain itself can disrupt the robot's brainwaves and damage its neural connection to the rest of the body, affecting the robot's performance. Feeding the organic brain information about its surroundings are special sensors (typically with software written in 2076 installed) called Sensors '76. Apart from providing a real-time high resolution feed of the robot's surroundings, they are also capable of switching to infrared mode, in case the main sensors, for one reason or another, become useless for operating in unlighted areas. Robobrains, due to the nature of their pseudo-organic processor, can be programmed with much more complex and expansive instructions than typical robots. This also means they are superior to typical combat robots of Terra from their era in terms of their tactics and strategy. This makes it it is imperative that robobrains be routinely memory-wiped, as it is possible for the brain to break its own programming (CODE or other types) and develop serious personality quirks; This is hinted at by their battle cries of (but not limited to) "Please don't take this personally," "They could have programmed me to love, to forgive, but nnnoooo," and "When this is all over, I hope we can still be friends." However some seem to enjoy what they have been programmed to do, with disturbing remarks such as: "Don't be afraid, I've become quite good at killing." Brotherhood of Steel Outcasts have painted and re-programmed several robobrains for their own use. Interestingly, the frame of RoboBrain is exactly the same as Plasma Turrets; It's believed that one program may have come from the other, with perhaps an eye to develop a "mobile plasma turret." It could also have been merely a cost-cutting measure, since there is lots of space in a gun turret that is taken up in a RoboBrain. |  The "K-9" series robot is an advanced cyberdog by a certain Dr. SCHREBER. K-9, unlike most robots, is fully sentient and vocal, allowing them to communicate verbally in several languages. Their high intelligence allowed them to develop their own sense of morality, which brought them at odds with their developer's unethical experiments.An attempt to destroy the K-9 series was thwarted later on; The NCR government used the attack as an excuse to confiscate the K-9's in order to learn more information about potential enemies as well as what makes the two of them "tick." Experiments on the first units destroyed them, but eventually a solution was found and K-9's roll off assembly lines- With memories of what was done to them intact. They don't like NCR at all. K-9's possess a sense of humor, and will sometimes make sarcastic and snide remarks during conversations. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Rangers outright controls 10 facilities:
They also effectively control a critical faction of San Francisco, the Hubologists; The Rangers gained control over the Hubologists by outright invasion; Under a pretext of combating slavery, the Rangers and The Bortherhood Of Steel invaded the Hubologist's main stronghold. In the ensuing chaos most of the Hublogists that were present were killed. Everything that proved their guilt (most especially the bodies of over a dozen slaves killed in the firefight) were proudly displayed in Shady Sands (the slave brand on their left breast was that of the Hubologist's emblem). The Rangers split the facility with the Brotherhood, allowing the surviving Hubologists to rebuild their temple but under the very watchful eye of the two factions. The Rangers also have exploited the Brotherhood's "back door" program to the Shi; The Hubologists had discovered it and were using it to spy on their local enemies. Since it's discovery, the Rangers have been using it to spy not only on the shi, but on the Brotherhood itself- The same backdoor that allows the Brotherhood to "communicate" with (spy on) the Shi allows the Rangers large degrees of access to the Brotherhood. If the Rangers were willing to reveal their degree of the data breach, they could start building the more advance firepower and Veritibirds, but for the time being the Rangers are keeping quiet. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| The Ranger's reputation is one of courage and fighting slavers, but it ISN'T all fairytale bullshit; The Rangers got their start with technology and equipment stolen from the Brotherhood; While the Brotherhood fought off the threats to all of Humanity, the Rangers... Hunted slavers. The Rangers have done a lot to curtail raider groups- But by targeting their enemies with overwhelming superior numbers and firepower, and completely overwhelming violence. Rare does anyone in a raider camp survive, though children are usually not deliberately targeted. When the Brotherhood approached the Rangers about "reconciling" the Hubologists, the Rangers, at first, did... Nothing. Rumors about the Hubologist's mind-control ("slavery") methods were well-known; The Rangers had pushed the narrative themselves for over 10 years. When the Brotherhood returned bringing with them information about a possible "slave auction" the Rangers finally took action despite openly saying they thought it was questionable. (The fact that "Chosen" was both a Ranger and a Sisterhood Of Steel member didn't hurt matters.) When the Brotherhood turned their eye to Vault City, the Rangers provided the mercenries (former slavers they contracted) to "protect" Gecko. Their internal reports also show they believed this exact scenario to be a possible plan by the Brotherhood, but to this day they've publicly said nothing. The Ranger's "dirty deeds" aren't 'as' bad as the Brotherhoods, but are so often tied to them that some speculate the Rangers ARE Brothers- And many are or were both. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
