Camp Forlorn Hope

 is the NCR's primary forward camp in the eastern Mojave Wasteland.

Layout
Camp Forlorn Hope has tents, shacks, and abandoned truck hulls scattered throughout, and is divided by a freshwater creek running through the middle. The camp is destitute and generally lacks items for looting, although forlorn hope letters written by soldiers can be found all over the camp. Entering from the North, the first place of note is the medical center. Dr. Richards is usually located here. On the path to the right is a shack, and across is the Camp Forlorn Hope Jail, with a lone NCR trooper and a jail cell. Further south is the barracks where Private Stone usually hangs out. Just south of the barracks across the creek is the Mess Hall. There is a Sunset Sarsaparilla star bottle cap next to an empty Sunset Sarsaparilla bottle on the table directly in front of you when you enter. There's a little bit of food in the kitchen area, as well as a strange meat pie hidden in the oven. Down the path to the right of the mess hall is a campfire at the end of a long row of tents. To the north of the campfire is the Quartermaster's Tent, with a storage shed with a very hard lock across from it. North of that across the bridge is the Command Center. Major Polatli is here along with Tech Sergeant Reyes. A Big Book of Science is on one of the desks inside.

Inhabitants

 * Major Polatli, NCR Head of the Camp
 * Stone, Private
 * Dr. Richards, Camp Doctor
 * Mayes, Quartermaster
 * Sexton, Private
 * Reyes, Tech Sergeant
 * Monroe, Lieutenant

Related Quests

 * An Ear to the Ground
 * Medical Mystery
 * Restoring Hope
 * Return to Sender
 * Tags of Our Fallen
 * We Are Legion

Notable Loot

 * Big Book of Science on a table in the back-right corner of the Command Center.

Appearances
appears in Fallout: New Vegas

Behind the scenes

 * A forlorn hope is a body of troops chosen to take the leading part in a military operation, such as an assault on a defended position or as defending a hazardous position, where the risk of casualties is high.
 * The term 'forlorn hope' is probably derived from the Dutch expression 'verloren hoop', which describes a lost cause.
 * Forlorn Hope is an actual location in the Mojave Desert called Forlorn Hope Spring, located south of Boulder City and north of Nelson.
 * The quest Saving Forlorn Hope refers to saving a lost cause

Bugs

 * If you fast travel to Camp Forlorn Hope, sometimes a Cazador or Bloatfly will be spawned in the camp.
 * The first time traveling to Camp Forlorn Hope, if approaching from the south, sometimes a Legion patrol will spawn inside the base, resulting in a battle between the NCR and Legion - if the Legion patrol kills any quest NCPs during the battle, this result in failed missions. Reloading and approaching from a different direction (north or west) seems to prevent the Legion troops from spawning inside the base.
 * Regardless of whether you kill all the officers there for the Legion or not, NCR troops will still respawn there and hold the base.
 * When playing as a male, Dr. Richards may seem to have mistaken the player for a female, saying, "I'm always a sucker for a pretty face, what can I do for you my fine dear?", "Is it me or did it just get hotter in here?" and, "There's my little buttercup." However, Richards may be perfectly in character to flirt.