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“I have a dangerous one for you - an NCR Ranger by the name of Stella. We got lucky, since we rarely capture Rangers alive.”— Otho
Ranger Stella is a member of the New California Republic Rangers held prisoner by Caesar's Legion at the Fort in the Mojave Wasteland in Fallout: New Vegas.
Background[]
Sometime around October 2281, Stella was abducted by the Legion in the Mojave Wasteland; being a woman, she was enslaved. Her Ranger training however put her above the typical weakness of most women the Legion enslaved, and so Stella was forced to regularly engage in fights with legionaries in their arena; at least one of these fights was against an elite centurion that ended in Stella's victory and the man's death.[1]
Interactions with the player character[]
Interactions overview[]
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Quests[]
- Laurifer Gladiator: It is required to defeat Stella in armed combat.
Arena fight[]
- When faced in the arena, Stella possesses several perks that increase her effectiveness in unarmed combat:
- She has the Paralyzing Palm perk, though for her, it results in a brief stun to the player character rather than paralysis as it would when used by them.
- She has one rank of the Toughness perk, increasing her DT by 3 and becoming her only means of defense as she wears the slave rags that have no DT value.
- She has all three ranks of the Iron Fist perk from Fallout 3, significantly increasing her Unarmed Damage, of which is unavailable to the player character in Fallout: New Vegas.
Effects of the player character's actions[]
- Upon death, Legion soldiers at the Fort will be impressed and comment on her death.
Other interactions[]
Killing Stella with the machete counts for the Gun Runners' Arsenal challenge Armed For Bear. A machete is always equipped for the arena, so one will gain a point towards this challenge unless the machete is unequipped and one kills her with their bare fists.
Inventory[]
| Apparel | Weapon | Other items | On death |
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| Slave rags |
Notes[]
- Stella does not appear anywhere in the Fort or the game before asking Otho to begin the fight with her during Laurifer Gladiator, leaving it unknown how she was captured by the Legion.
- One of the audio logs found in Ranger Station Charlie during Andy and Charlie implies that she was abducted from there, however, Stella also does not appear the location prior to the arena, and the only named Ranger one can find at Charlie before that quest is Beaumont.
- Despite being a captured Ranger, killing Stella does not lower the player character's reputation with the NCR while it does raise reputation with the Legion.
Appearances[]
Ranger Stella appears only in Fallout: New Vegas.
References[]
- ↑ The Courier: "I'd like to fight in the arena."
Otho: "I have a dangerous one for you - an NCR Ranger by the name of Stella. We got lucky, since we rarely capture Rangers alive. Even though she's a woman, she's killed every man who's faced her in the arena, even one of the elite Centurions. With her bare hands."
(Otho's dialogue)
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