Mod:DUST Survival Simulator/Royst-Bernard Expedition

"'Addressed to Miss Lydia Bernard and Co.,""I couldn't care less about whatever miracle cures you and Royst cooked up in that hellhole. Tell your friends at Camp Golf and Hoover Dam to stop sending me letters. The trial WILL continue [...]' -- Elizabeth Ware"The Royst-Bernard Expedition is a major faction in Fallout: DUST, a rogue faction of NCR scientific and military personnel whom have traveled to the Mojave to secure surviving research data from the Lucky 38, in an attempt to combat the Cloud and vindicate Dr. Royst. Based on the summit of Black Mountain, the group is one of the most well-equipped faction in the Mojave, with access to Vertibird transports and top-tier equipment.

Due to the unethical and destructive nature of the research the Expedition seeks to recover, they have been disowned and abandoned by the Republic, and have lost many personnel to the hazards of the Mojave.

Members of the Expedition will turn hostile to the Survivor, if they get too close to their territory. This can be countered by the False Authority perk, which will allow a high-charisma character to enter their zones unmolested, but if they linger, the NCR will see through their guise and attack.

In Dust
Though many survivors in NCR gear may be encountered, Royst-Bernard Expedition personnel are differentiated as NCR Troopers, Rangers, or Researchers, Their two main bases are located on the summit of Black Mountain and Camp Golf. Surviving members of their failed breach of New Vegas can be encountered in the Old Mormon Fort.

Expedition Troopers and Rangers are very dangerous to unprepared player, and they are armed with high-quality weaponry and have higher DT than most hostile survivors thanks to their armor. Rangers, found alive only at Camp Golf and Nellis Air Force Base, are armed with heavy weaponry and retain their Ranger Veteran or Patrol Armor, and are among the deadliest NPCs in the Mojave. Researchers can be found at Black Mountain, Camp Golf, and Old Mormon Fort, and will usually flee if combat is initiated. The Researchers in the Old Mormon Fort utilize Radiation Suits and Arc Welders.

Notable Members

 * Lydia Bernard

Trivia

 * Despite Edwin Royst being incarcerated and thus not being part of the expedition formed after The Fall, it still carries his name alongside that of his former assistant Lydia Bernard: Royst-Bernard Expedition
 * The game files classify the Royst-Bernard Expedition personnel as members of the NCR faction and thus being on good terms with any Remnant NCR force, even those in Camp McCarran