Technical Sergeant Reyes[Non-game 1] is an officer of the New California Republic Army stationed at Camp Forlorn Hope in the Mojave Wasteland where she oversees radio transmissions for the various military bases around the region as well as the Ranger field stations in 2281. She appears in Fallout: New Vegas.
Background[]
A sergeant in the NCR Army, Reyes' main job in 2281 is being the nexus of communications in and out of Camp Forlorn Hope via radio transponders. Officially, her duties entail compiling the reports received from the Rangers at Camp Golf as well as from the top brass residing at Camp McCarran. In practice, however, this comes out to tabulating stockpiles, kill ratios, mission success rates, and deaths by radiation poisoning. At some point, Reyes entered into an off-the-books collaboration with Colonel James Hsu at McCarran and took the reins of managing radio security, a responsibility she assigned to herself initially after realizing no one else seemed to care.[1][2] This is not just radio security for Forlorn Hope, but rather for the entire system of NCR Ranger stations spread across the Mojave Wasteland.[3][4]
Recently, in the course of this unofficial duty, Reyes has uncovered serious issues with the reports: large discrepancies cropping about things like friendly casualties and unusually increased enemy units' strength, along with implausible reports of things like super mutant legionaries and Great Khans with trained deathclaws.[5] Looking for evidence of the source, she tried to obtain authorization for a code update - or at the least get field clearance to leave the camp to investigate personally. However, the same indifference has cropped up with her request not being taken seriously by any of the officers or troopers in the camp, and in turn she has incurred a negative reputation as an incompetent desk jockey trying to glamorize the importance of her job.[6][4][2]
Knowing that less than a third of their reported enemy sightings led to actual combat interceptions, Reyes has come to the conclusion that either their intelligence network is faulty, or the NCR's enemies have gotten one step ahead of them while leaving the military vulnerable to future risk.[6] Since she cannot rely on her fellow soldiers, Reyes knows she has to be willing to ask the first new face she sees to help,[7] believing the benefit will outweigh the risk since the encryption embedded in the updated security codes to-be-delivered is unique to the radio units at each station and would be useless otherwise.[8]
Interactions with the player character[]
Interactions overview[]
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Quests[]
- Return to Sender: Colonel Hsu mentions that Sgt. Reyes has been assisting him from Forlorn Hope in trying to investigate unusual field reports. The quest itself does not start until going directly to Reyes at the command center and speaking with her.
- We Are Legion: Sergeant Reyes is one of the four marked targets that Dead Sea will require to be killed in Camp Forlorn Hope.
- Arizona Scavenger: Sergeant Reyes will drop an NCR dogtag on death that can be turned in to Aurelius of Phoenix or Decanus Severus for various rewards.
Other interactions[]
Reyes will have unique dialogue depending on whether the Courier first speaks to her while wearing NCR armor: if so, she will mistake them for a trooper that wandered in;[9] if not, she will remark that they are not a trooper but still asks for their help.[7]
Inventory[]
| Apparel | Weapon | Other items | On death |
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| NCR trooper armor | Service rifle Combat knife |
x19 Case, 5.56mm | NCR dogtag |
Notes[]
- Reyes is assigned to Camp Forlorn Hope despite the existence of the Forlorn Hope mandate which reassigned female troops to Camp McCarran. There is no given reason for this in-game.
- After completing Return to Sender, one can return to Reyes at the command center to tell her what happened. If one selects the dialogue option "Forget about it. It's over," the written dialogue will show the line "Oh, well thanks for helping us get to the bottom of this, I guess" but Reyes will not speak, as the audio file for it is missing from the game files.
- The Collector's Edition of the Official Game Guide erroneously lists the description for the command center twice, both under the proper entry and under the entry for the medical center as well which includes Major Polatli's and Sgt. Reyes' locations.
Notable quotes[]
- "I handle communications for Camp Forlorn Hope, compiling reports I've received from the Rangers at Camp Golf as well as the brass at McCarran."
- "I have the delightful task of tabulating stockpiles, kill ratios, mission success rates, radiation deaths, and other truly fascinating numbers."
- "We've received some disturbing reports from some of the Ranger stations - heavy casualties at Alpha, Super Mutant Legionaries at Delta. The weirdest one has to be the Great Khans and their trained Deathclaws at Foxtrot. These reports can't be accurate. Can they?"
Appearances[]
Reyes appears only in Fallout: New Vegas.
Behind the scenes[]
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Reyes has several recorded lines from when Fallout: New Vegas was intended to include post-ending gameplay, before Obsidian had to cut it from the final release, including some discussing the results of the Second Battle for Hoover Dam and which faction was the victor.[10][11][12]
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References[]
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Non-game
- ↑ Fallout: New Vegas Official Game Guide Collector's Edition, p. 417: "Camp Forlorn Hope Command Center
Two key players in the camp work out of the main tent (with the flag); Tech Sergeant Reyes and Major Polatli. Both give you information on the NCR’s living conditions and the Legion’s threat. Speak to Reyes about the new radio codes for the Ranger Outposts to begin Side Quest: Return to Sender. Talk to Polatli, who is in charge of this camp to progress Side Quests: No, Not Much and Restoring Hope."
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