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My favorite thing about Fallout New Vegas is that there are two characters whose only purpose is to replace Vulpes Inculta, since the assumption is that the player will kill him as soon as they meet him.

#he is rather killable

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Here we have the faces of the NCR Ranger Station Comm Officers: Castillo, Tilden, Stepinac, Scheffer, Green and Lenk (from Ranger Stations Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo and Foxtrot respectively).

#fallout #new vegas #fallout new vegas #fnv #ncr #new california republic #ncr rangers #rebloggin' this 'ere #as #y'know #New Vegas is kinda this blog's thing

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So this is over now. Not surprised wi' the results.

Stepinac I've spoken at length about his weirdness (an' the fact he gets removed from the game, implicitly killed).

Lenk has a minor personal quest.

And, of course, most people don't care.

But what I don't quite get is how Green got about, what, 6 votes? Maybe because Echo is used in Kyle Edwards quest so people may 'ave a personal connection to the Station an' therefore the officers?

I dunno, if you voted an' wanna share, please do. Regardless, this was fun.

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#nearly over now #any last second votes?

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I 'ave no idea if anyone 'as ever blocked me. Prob'ly. Bu' the fact I don't know kinda shows it don't matter, 'ey?

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“how would you feel if someone blocked you just because they found you annoying?” then i wouldn’t have to interact with someone who thinks i’m annoying? i don’t see a problem

#I block people all the time #an' for all kindsa reasons #I expect others t' do the same #tha''s 'ow this blockin' stuff works #innit?

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#nearly done wi' this poll now #2 more days of it

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i just saw someone describe a disabled person as "someone with beautiful abilities" i cannot do this anymore

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Ranger Station Charlie’s Comm Officer Stepinac is Somewhat Interesting.

So, uh, you ever think about Comm Officer Stepinac of Ranger Station Charlie?

Almost certainly not, I’m guessin’. It’s entirely possible you’ve never even met him, with Ranger Andy’s quest that has the Station destroyed by the Legion, but Stepinac is a weird one.

OK, so for the most part the lad seems like any of the other ABCDEF Station Comm Officers. His station is weird in that it lacks a Ranger, but he explains that “All quiet at the moment. Ranger Beaumont is in charge here, but he’s off leading a patrol.” (I personally think the real reason would be ‘We didn’t want to waste time making and voice acting 2 characters for a Ranger Station that gets destroyed’, which is understandable).

[Y'know, a little offtopic, but for some reason some people think the leading Ranger of Charlie is Ranger Stella, the final opponent of the Legion’s Gladiator Pits, but, as you just read, Charlie’s commanding Ranger is Beaumont and he uses he/him, so that is almost certainly not the case.]

What’s notable is the question that gives that line ’Anything unusual happening around here?’ has additional dialogue after Come Fly With Me. “It was quiet until those rockets blasted off over our heads.” or “There was a hell of a boom over at REPCONN. Looks like the ghouls had some sort of accident with their rockets.”. I think it’s interestin’ that Stepinac knows Ghouls were at REPCONN, but that could be explained as he’s a Comm Officer an’ all.

If Stepinac is about for Return to Sender’s Code Updates he says this “Simple enough to change. I doubt the Legion’s listening in on us - they’re not that sophisticated - but better safe than sorry, right?”… a bit of dramatic underestimation considerin’ the fate of Charlie.

For completeness I’ll share some general things he says. He states Charlie’s mission when asked ’What is this place?’ “Ranger Station Charlie. We’re responsible for keeping the highway up through Novac civilized.” (you can’t tell him he’s doin’ a crap job because there was Legion and Raider ambushes on your way in). He has a bit to say on Rangers, when you ask ’Tell me about the Rangers.’ he says “We’re part scout, part commando, part sheriff. The training is brutal, and I’d say eight out of ten recruits washes out before the end. Before you get your Ranger badge, you’ve got to prove you can be quieter than a shadow and more ferocious than a Deathclaw.” (I’d say that’s a bit overselling 'em, which is common). When asked ’How does someone become a Ranger?’ he says “The Rangers mostly draw from the basic NCR army. A trooper who shows exceptional skill at fighting and scouting can be nominated for the training.” which is a fact stated a few places. When asked ’Are there a lot of Rangers in the Mojave?’ he’ll say “Couple dozen, I’d say, most of them posted at stations like this one. We either man the station or patrol the immediate area.” and, yeah, I’d say that’s accurate.

Like all Ranger Station people he has an initial greeting for NCR Armour “Hey there. Is McCarran having you check up on us?” his non-NCR Armour response also reffrences McCarran “McCarran doesn’t like it when civilians wander into military outposts, so if you’re here on business, better make it quick.”, he explains the reason for this McCarran focus “Radio signal out here can be pretty spotty because of all the hills. Sometimes our scheduled updates don’t go through. When it happens enough times, they send someone over to check up on us. Lately, we’ve been getting extra medical supplies for some reason.”. Hmm, wanna bet Picus knew that and leaked the Station to the Legion as a target? It’s a bet that’s unverifiable, but I could see it.

Now, the medical supplies he mentioned there. That leads to why I’m even talkin’ about Stepinac of all people. You can ask him “Mind if I take some of those extra medical supplies?” and in most situations he’ll respond with “I shouldn’t have said anything in the first place, and I’d rather not get you into the habit of crossing the NCR.” which is reasonable, but did you notice my wording? Most situations.

See, and I am not makin’ this up, if you have the Reputation of Soft-Hearted Devil with the NCR (only Soft-Hearted Devil) he says this “Something tells me this isn’t the first time you’ve done things that the NCR would find… objectionable. Here, take some of these. And don’t tell anyone where you got them.” that 'some of these’? 5 Stimpaks and 2 Super Stimpaks!

So, like… that’s bloody weird, innit? Like, not only is it weird that this is given to a man who may not appear, but he’s rewarding you for crimes against the NCR basically. When you’re not a Soft-Hearted Devil he tells you he wants to avoid making you think it’s OK to cross the NCR… but he rewards that behaviour?

One last oddity: Stepinac, the only named NPC at Charlie, is not found dead at the Station when it’s been hit by the Legion. Now, I dunno what that means. Maybe he was captured, maybe he got away and deserted or maybe they just didn’t bother makin’ a corpse form of him. It’s a very minor thing.

So, that was me goin’ through Stepinac’s Dialogue, basically. Lookin’ at the interactions they managed to cram to a minor character who can be removed from the game entirely without ever havin’ been spoken to. Next time your about  Novac why not go an’ say ‘hello’ to this slightly unusual Comm Officer. And if you should ever end up a Soft-Hearted Devil with the NCR, you now know where to grab some free Stimpaks.

#I do wonder if this ramble I made donkey's back #about Stepinac #may bias a poll I run on the subject of Comm Officers #One day I should really get around t' writin' about Lenk #and the others too I s'pose

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Only problem when I do a poll is that I car stop lookin' at it. I love that information.

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#I'm findin' this poll very interestin' #will the Comm Officers who 'aven't 'ad a vote yet #get a vote in the next 4 days? #only time'll tell

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#they day specify the length of the speech #jus' make it very short #then run outta there #to a getaway car to be driven far from the scene

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#This poll is gonna amuse me all week

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It should be a bigger scandal that J.K. Rowling is threatening to sue small accounts for accurately calling her a Holocaust denier. So glad the Streisand effect exists. Now we can all rebuke her reprehensible views more than ever.

#Rowling is a holocaust denier #and a smug bully who is the face of #transphobia #and #holocaust denial #that's what JK Rowling is #that's all she will ever be

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#rebloggin' the poll after I've woken up