Mercenary (Fallout: New Vegas)

For an overview of mercenary characters, see mercenary.

Fallout: New Vegas character
Mercenary
Lore
Race	Human
Gender	Male Female
Role	Mercenary
Gameplay
Location	Mojave Wasteland
Quests	Unfriendly Persuasion
Other
Dialogue	JacobstownMercenary.txt 188Merc.txt VNovacDoctorMerc.txt (Ada Straus)
Voice actor	Jesse Burch (male) Emerson Brooks (male) Peter Renaday (old male) Katherine Pawlak (female) Lora Cain (female) Debra Wilson (female)
Appearances	Fallout: New Vegas
SPECIAL	6 ST, 7 PE, 5 EN, 3 CH, 4 IN, 6 AG, 4 LK
Level	8
Tag skills	Energy Weap.: 34 Explosives: 44 Guns: 55 Melee Weap.: 51 Repair: 37 Sneak: 51 Survival: 52 Unarmed: 32
Misc stats	Hit Points: 80 DT: 1 → 3 (merc outfit) 4 → 8 (leather armor) 7 → 12 (leather armor, reinforced) 8 → 14 (metal armor)
Combat
Aggression	Aggressive
Confidence	Brave
Assistance	Helps Friends and Allies
Form ID	00165052 00148A27 (Jacobstown) 000CEDFA 000CE88B (Ada Straus)
Ref ID	000CE94D 000CEDFD (Ada Straus)
Voice type	MaleAdult01DefaultB MaleAdult03 MaleOld02 FemaleAdult01Default FemaleAdult02 FemaleAdult10

“Can't wait to get the rest of our pay for this job.”

A mercenary is a gun-for-hire operating in the Mojave Wasteland in Fallout: New Vegas. Mercenaries are usually seen in the employ of a traveling merchant, escorting the merchant and their pack brahmin as they travel across the wasteland while defending them from threats such as raiders or hostile creatures.

Background

Mercenaries are equipped with a variety of weapons, such as 10mm pistols, laser pistols and 9mm submachine guns. They typically wear either a merc outfit, leather armor or a suit of metal armor. Mercenaries are neutral with the Courier, Mojave civilians and NCR patrols. On the other hand, they will actively fight against all raiders, hostile wildlife and Caesar's Legion patrols.

Locations

• Mercenaries can most commonly be seen escorting traveling merchants.
• The body of a dead mercenary can be found deep inside the Morning Star Cavern next to a duffle bag and some human remains that appear to have been nibbled on by the pack of night stalkers living inside the cave.
• A pair of mercenaries serve as bodyguards of Ada Straus outside of Novac. When approached, they will question her competency, sharing with the Courier that they don't believe she received a degree from an accredited institution.
• Four mercenaries equipped with metal armor and plasma/sniper rifles led by Norton can be found harassing the super mutant community of Jacobstown in the quest Unfriendly Persuasion.
• They can sometimes be seen traveling on the roads between Novac and New Vegas.
• Four mercenaries, led by one wearing reinforced combat armor and wielding the unique YCS/186 Gauss rifle, can be found in the mercenary camp without the Wild Wasteland trait. They are hostile to the Courier.

Inventory

Apparel	Weapon	Other items	On death
Merc outfit or leather armor or leather armor, reinforced or metal armor and random, wasteland hat or random cowboy hat or metal helmet or slave scarf, authority glasses	10mm pistol or 10mm submachine gun or 9mm submachine gun or laser pistol or sniper rifle or plasma rifle and combat knife or knife or machete	Various aid and food items

Notes

As the game progresses, mercenaries may become separated from their traveling merchants, and can be found wandering the wasteland by themselves.

Appearances

Mercenaries appear in Fallout: New Vegas.