Driver Nephi is a leading member of the Fiends, second only to Motor-Runner, in the Mojave Wasteland in 2281.
Background[]
"Driver" Nephi takes his name from his signature weapon, a golf driver, with which he has taken the lives of over a dozen armed NCR troopers in melee combat. According to Major Dhatri, Nephi has had numerous run-ins with First Recon, who have yet to succeed in killing him even after multiple attempts, as Nephi tends to use his own men as meat shields and has proven tough enough to have survived multiple assassination attempts despite First Recon having more than one kill report.[2]
Like many Fiends, Nephi has dabbled in the slave trade, doing business with Dermot and Saint James in Westside on at least one occasion. It was Nephi that purchased the little girl and her family that went missing from Aerotech Office Park leading to Captain Parker starting an investigation, in which he paid 400 caps for the little girl's sister and 150 for her brother. He only paid 50 for the little girl herself, however, despite Dermot's best efforts to convince him to pay more and to wait until the girl got older.[3]
By 2281, Nephi and his band of Fiends have made their camp in a burned-out building north of the Samson rock crushing plant, and south of the South Vegas ruins' east entrance, where they harass the NCR garrison at Camp McCarran.
Interactions with the player character[]
Interactions overview[]
Interactions | ||
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This character is involved in quests. |
Quests[]
- Three-Card Bounty: Driver Nephi is one of the Fiend leaders that Dhatri tasks the player character with killing.
Other Interactions[]
- After Nephi is killed, talking to Bert Gunnarsson will cause him to deliver a unique dialogue mourning Nephi's death and expressing hope that his friend found peace. This is related to cut content as stated below.
Inventory[]
Apparel | Weapon | Other items | On death |
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Raider badlands armor Fiend battle helmet |
Nephi's golf driver | Buffout Jet Psycho |
Driver Nephi's mangled head or Driver Nephi's head |
Notes[]
- Driver Nephi's headless corpse will not disappear as a regular Fiend's corpse will.
- Nephi uniquely has a permanent 25% increase to movement speed, something Dhatri will hint at when talking about him.
- He is one of the few named characters that are affected by the Sneering Imperialist perk.
Notable quotes[]
The following is based on Fallout: New Vegas cut content. |
- "Fuckin' A right it is. This baby's my life, my love, my strong right arm. Killed a lot of fuckers with this hunk of iron, yessir."
- "Huh? Oh, lots. More than any other Fiend - hundreds, maybe. Wham, bam, "oh god, my brains, you hit me in my brains." Easy as that."
- "Bert? That scaly, corpse-looking fuck, you tell him I'm never going back to his little cult! "
- "Get fucked."
End of information based on Fallout: New Vegas cut content |
Appearances[]
Driver Nephi appears only in Fallout: New Vegas.
Behind the scenes[]
- Driver Nephi is named for Nephi, (pronounced /ˈniːfaɪ/) a name applied to several people and chapters in the Book of Mormon, the religious text of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. The city of Nephi, Utah is located south of Salt Lake City.
The following is based on Fallout: New Vegas cut content. |
- Driver Nephi has an unused dialogue tree in the GECK, in which the player character can ask him basic questions about himself, his golf club, Violet, and Cook-Cook. This dialogue also reveals that Nephi is from Utah, and was once a friend of Bert Gunnarsson and a member of the Mormon Church before he fell under the influence of chem addiction and eventually joined the Fiends. It was also possible to inform Nephi that the Courier wanted to check on him on Bert's behalf, in which Nephi stated he would never go back to the church.
End of information based on Fallout: New Vegas cut content |
Bugs[]
Driver Nephi is not marked as a respawning non-player character in the GECK, but scripting issues may rarely cause him to respawn some time after killing him.[verified]
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ The Courier: "What was it that brought you out here from Utah?"
Bert Gunnarsson: "Following a lost cause, I'm afraid. My old friend Nephi fell in with a bad crowd. Drug runners, raiders, probably worse things it's better not to dwell on. When his gang headed west, I followed. I thought perhaps I could turn him back to the Church."
(Bert Gunnarsson's dialogue) - ↑ The Courier: "Might be. Give me their names."
Major Dhatri: "First one calls herself Violet. God knows why - the name is the prettiest thing about her. Spends most of her time with a pack of vicious dogs. Then there's Driver Nephi. He's fast and he's brutal. Killed about a dozen of my men with a goddamn driver iron. Hence his name. And finally... Cook-cook. Rapist. Pyromaniac. And damn good chef, if you believe the Fiends we've captured. Probably the craziest of the lot. I'm not going to feed you any bullshit. These aren't your common Vegas trash. They've all killed good NCR men, and plenty of mercs, too. You go after them - any of them - you're in for a hell of a fight. So... which one is it going to be?"
(Dhatri's dialogue) - ↑ Dermot's ledger