Changes: Caravan merchant (New California)

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For an overview of various types of merchants appearing in Fallout, see Fallout merchants.

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Caravan merchants are businessmen that travel New California wasteland, carrying various goods for sale in the settlements they visit. The caravans are usually large in numbers and well protected, often using pack brahmin and wagons made from wrecked automobiles to transport their stock. They are very influential in the wastes, and for many settlements, they are the only source for basic commodities necessary for any blooming community.

Goods

Caravans carry pretty much anything that can be sold, as something that's taken for granted in one place may be a highly sought after commodity in a settlement 10 miles away (in the words of Rutger of the Far Go Traders). This includes, but is not limited to: water, chems, tires, guns, bullets, food, brahmin, dirt, even scraps of metal salvaged from the old world debris. The hub of all trader activity in New California was the aptly named Hub, where the largest merchant companies (Water Merchants, Far Go Traders and Crimson Caravans) based their headquarters.

As civilization rebuilt itself on the West Coast, other goods began entering the circulation, with gecko pelts, uranium ore, gold nuggets, and even slaves becoming a new norm. New Reno caravans also transported jet and other drugs manufactured within city limits, while Vault City's caravans specialized in exclusive trade involving high tech medical supplies. The NCR emerged as the largest supplier of brahmin on the West Coast, in addition to a myriad of other goods it produced.

Caravans in-game

Fallout

Main article: Guard the caravans

One can hire themselves as a guard for one of the caravan companies operating in downtown Hub.

Company	Pay	Destinations	Frequency
Crimson Caravan	600 caps	Junktown Adytum Brotherhood of Steel Necropolis	3rd, 17th every month
Far Go Traders	400 caps	Junktown Adytum Brotherhood of Steel	8th, 18th and 28th every month
Water Merchants	200 caps	Junktown Adytum	Every five days

Fallout 2

Main article: Guard the caravans

One can hire themselves as a guard for one of the caravan companies operating in most of the big towns.

Company	Pay	Destinations	Frequency
Vault City's Ben Wade	1000 dollars	Redding	1st of Feb, April, June, August, October, and December
Broken Hills' Bill	200 dollars	Vault City	21st every month
Broken Hills' Bill	200 dollars	Gecko	1st every month
Broken Hills' Bill	200 dollars	NCR	11th every month
Redding's Ben Wade	1000 dollars	Vault City	1st of Jan, Mar, May, Jul, Sep, Nov
Redding's Enrico Savinelli	1500 dollars	New Reno	21st every month
Redding's Stanwell	2000 dollars	NCR	11th every month
New Reno's Savinelli	1500 dollars	Redding	21st Jan, Mar, May, Jul, Sep, Nov; from Virgin Street
NCR's Stanwell	2000 dollars	Redding	11th Jan, Mar, May, Jul, Sep, Nov; from NCR Bazaar
NCR's Duppo	xxx dollars	Redding	one time Complete brahmin drive

Factions in Fallout

Major factions

Brotherhood of Steel · Followers of the Apocalypse · United States Armed Forces · Unity

Secondary factions

Blades · Caravan merchants · Crimson Caravan · Desert Rangers · Far Go Traders · Friendly Lending Company · Gun Runners · Hub police · Hub's central council · Jackals · Khan · Nightkin · Raiders · Regulators · Rippers · Skulz · Circle of Thieves · Underground · Underground ghouls · Vat Team 9 · Vault 13 rebels · Vipers · Water Merchants

Religions

Children of the Cathedral · Christianity · Dharma

Factions in Fallout 2

Major factions

Brotherhood of Steel · Bishops · Enclave · Mordinos · New California Republic · Salvatores · Wrights

Secondary factions

Anti-mutant conspiracy · Atomic Energy Commission · Cannibals · Caravan merchants · Council of Citizens · Enclave Department of the Army · Mobsters · New California Republic Army · New California Republic Rangers · Nightkin · Raiders · Renewal · Secret Service · Shi · Slags · Slaver's Guild · Squatters · Stockmen's Association · Tanker vagrants · Temperance Union · Trappers · Tribals · United States Armed Forces · Unity · Unwashed Villagers · Vault City guard · Yakuza

Religions

Christianity · Hubologists · Renewal

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 ! Company !! Pay !! Destinations !! Frequency
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-| [[Crimson Caravan]] || 600 caps  || [[Junktown]]<br />[[Adytum]]<br />[[Brotherhood of Steel]]<br />[[Necropolis]] || 3rd, 17th every month
+| [[Crimson Caravan]] || 600 [[Bottle cap (Fallout)|caps]]  || [[Junktown]]<br />[[Adytum]]<br />[[Brotherhood of Steel]]<br />[[Necropolis]] || 3rd, 17th every month
 |-
-| [[Far Go Traders]] || 400 caps  || [[Junktown]]<br />[[Adytum]]<br />[[Brotherhood of Steel]] || 8th, 18th and 28th every month
+| [[Far Go Traders]] || 400 [[Bottle cap (Fallout)|caps]] || [[Junktown]]<br />[[Adytum]]<br />[[Brotherhood of Steel]] || 8th, 18th and 28th every month
 |-
-| [[Water Merchants]] || 200 caps || [[Junktown]]<br />[[Adytum]] || Every five days
+| [[Water Merchants]] || 200 [[Bottle cap (Fallout)|caps]] || [[Junktown]]<br />[[Adytum]] || Every five days
 |}
+===''Fallout 2''===
+{{Main|Guard the caravans}}
+One can hire themselves as a guard for one of the caravan companies operating in most of the big towns.
+{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="va-table sortable"
+|- align="left"
+! Company !! Pay !! Destinations !! Frequency
+|-
+| [[Vault City]]'s [[Ben Wade]] || 1000 dollars  || <br />[[Redding]]<br />|| 1st of Feb, April, June, August, October, and December
+|-
+| [[Broken Hills]]' [[Bill (Broken Hills)|Bill]] || 200 dollars  || <br />[[Vault City]]<br />|| 21st every month
+|-
+| Broken Hills' Bill || 200 dollars  || <br />[[Gecko]]<br /> || 1st every month
+|-
+| Broken Hills' Bill || 200 dollars  || <br />[[New California Republic|NCR]]<br /> || 11th every month
+|-
+| [[Redding]]'s Ben Wade || 1000 dollars || <br />[[Vault City]] || 1st of Jan, Mar, May, Jul, Sep, Nov
+|-
+| Redding's [[Enrico Savinelli]] || 1500 dollars || <br />[[New Reno]] || 21st every month
+|-
+| Redding's Stanwell || 2000 dollars || <br />NCR || 11th every month
+|-
+| [[New Reno]]'s Savinelli || 1500 dollars || <br />[[Redding]] || 21st Jan, Mar, May, Jul, Sep, Nov; from Virgin Street
+|-
+| [[New California Republic (town)|NCR]]'s Stanwell || 2000 dollars || <br />[[Redding]] || 11th Jan, Mar, May, Jul, Sep, Nov; from [[NCR Bazaar]]
+|-
+| NCR's [[Duppo]] || xxx dollars || <br />[[Redding]] || one time [[Complete brahmin drive]]
+|-
+|}
+{{Navbox factions FO1}}
+{{Navbox factions FO2}}
+[[Category:Post-War businesses]]
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 [[Category:Fallout 2 factions]]