Navarro

"City of the Dead"

Navarro (also known as Navarro Refinery and Camp Navarro ) is a pre-War installation, where a Poseidon Energy refinery and an Enclave military base are located, located north of San Francisco along the coastline. Navarro was subsequently overrun by the New California Republic, its inhabitants killed. Navarro can be found fifteen squares south of Arroyo.

Background
Before the War, Navarro served as a Poseidon Oil refinery. Adjacent to the oil installations, a government-funded military base was constructed, together with a satellite up-link station and maintenance and repair facilities. Over a century after the Great War, the base was used by the Enclave, who converted it into their primary mainland outpost, establishing a location for refueling and maintaining their Vertibirds. Due to the limited range of the Vertibird, as well as frequent malfunctions, especially in post-War conditions, Vertibird schematics were almost always present on site for necessary repairs and maintenance, but were prone to misplacement. By 2242, Navarro was still a relatively new base, without a full compliment of staff. The Chosen One: "{115}{}{Who are you guys?}" Matthew: "{119}{}{We are a paramilitary organization known as the Brotherhood of Steel.}" The Chosen One: "{121}{}{Okay - and what is it that you do?}" Matthew: "{122}{}{At one time we were the sole bastions of technology left on the planet. We set ourselves up as what could best be called 'technology police.' We hoarded the old knowledge and only doled it out in small parcels. Of course, it was only to those who we felt deserved it and had the wisdom to properly use it.}" The Chosen One: "{124}{}{You said 'at one time.' What about now?}" Matthew: "{125}{}{Several months ago we came across a group known as the Enclave. Much to our surprise their level of technology surpassed even our own. We found this quite disturbing and considered contacting them. However, we decided on a more cautious course of action until we could determine exactly who the Enclave was, and the underlying purpose of their organization.}" Matthew: "{126}{}{To this end, we have reactivated small outposts near areas of Enclave activity from which we can safely observe them. Currently, we have activated such outposts in the Den, the NCR, and here in San Francisco.}" The Chosen One: "{128}{}{Sounds interesting. What have you learned?}" Matthew: "{129}{}{We have found that the Enclave deals heavily in drugs, weapons, and slaves. However, these are simply trivial pursuits leading up to some higher purpose, which we have failed to uncover. We are still watching them.}" The Chosen One: "{131}{}{Before we go any further, why tell me all this now?}" Matthew: "{132}{}{(sigh) The Enclave has developed Vertibird technology, flying machines that allow them to move deeply into surrounding territories. Without similar technology to counter this threat, the Brotherhood would be unable to stop an invasion launched by the Enclave. We need to have Vertibird technology, or a viable counter to it, for ourselves.}" Matthew: "{133}{}{Now, recently the Enclave established a base north of here called Navarro. It's used as a stopover point for the maintenance and refueling of Vertibirds. It's my belief that such a base may have complete technical plans of the Vertibirds. All I need is for someone to infiltrate the base, steal the plans, and bring them here to me.}" The Chosen One: "{135}{}{Let me guess. You want me to infiltrate this base for you.}" Matthew: "{136}{}{Let me be frank with you,}{137}{}{. The Brotherhood of Steel is not the power that we once were. We believed ourselves to be the sole source of technology left to mankind. Secure in this belief we have let our order decline over the years. Now we don't have the resources at our disposal to deal with the Enclave. We need your help.}" Matthew: "{138}{}{I am prepared to make you this offer. Perform this mission for me and I will grant you access to our facility here. The best of the Brotherhood technology will be made available to you, exclusively. What do you say?}" The Chosen One: "{180}{}{Yeah, I think I'll take the job.}" Matthew: "{155}{}{Excellent. Here is what I need you to do. Go to Navarro, infiltrate the base, and recover the technical plans for the Vertibirds. Return the plans to me.}" The Chosen One: "{158}{}{All right, but... Just how do think I should go about this? This is a military base after all.}" Matthew: "{196}{}{Navarro is relatively new and not fully staffed as yet. My sources tell me that they receive new recruits from time to time. Perhaps you could pose as a new arrival. I would suggest that.}" The Chosen One: "{201}{}{You mentioned your 'sources.' Who would they be?}" Matthew: "{202}{}{I had an operative go and scout the base. Her reports recently stopped; I can only assume the worst. Please be careful}" (Matthew's dialogue) Replacements were transferred to the base from other, smaller installations on the mainland.

While the Enclave used Navarro, it played host to a number of important figures, including two prominent Enclave scientists, Dr. Henry and Dr. Schreber. They worked together, but had radically different theories about the mutations in the wastelander population and methods of curing them. Their disagreements had dire consequences: when Henry was arguing with Schreber about the mutation problem for the five billionth time, the latter told Henry in a fit of anger that he was going to recommend Henry's transfer to another Enclave facility and reassignment to cybernetic maintenance. Henry took the threat seriously and within hours, he stole a cybernetic dog and slipped away from the Navarro facility. The Enclave, although not pleased with the doctor's attitude and avenues of research, were unhappy with his desertion (they need all the scientists they can get), which resulted in several soldiers from Navarro being punished for negligence. Henry wasn't the only deserter: Navarro's location on the mainland made it possible for others to abandon the Enclave (for example, A. Ron Meyers). The fact that soldiers were issued leave to San Francisco couldn't help the situation.

Around 2246, the New California Republic destroyed Navarro, stating that it posed a threat to the region. The New California Republic Army was victorious and the Enclave remnants fled. Advanced technology was recovered from the base, including Vertibirds in operational condition and a mysterious package bearing markings similar to those found in the Divide. Whitley created a Duraframe eyebot prototype and referred to "Navarro scientists" in his audio logs, requesting that they continue development of the duraframe eyebot. The eyebot carried on from the Divide and continued traveling to where it thought Navarro was.

Location
Navarro can be found fifteen squares south of Arroyo once the Chosen One has been tasked with retrieving the FOB, stopping the Enclave or retrieving the vertibird plans for the Brotherhood, Shi or Hubologists, otherwise, it will not show on the map.

Layout
Navarro is divided into three districts.

Gas station


The station acts as a checkpoint for the military base. The sentry's role is to turn away any undesirables and direct them through the minefield in the forest next to the station as well as receive replacement recruits from other mainland bases.

Main base


The surface houses the vertibird landing pad as well as a vertibird hangar, maintenance workshop, air traffic control station, barracks, and the drill sergeant's quarters, with adjacent kennels.

Underground


The underground areas of the base contain the base's armory, mainframe, commander's office and the soundproofed science lab, operated by Dr. Schreber, participating in the deathclaw intelligence enhancement project.

Appearances
Navarro appears only in Fallout 2 and is mentioned in Fallout 3, Fallout: New Vegas, Lonesome Road, and the Fallout Bible.

Behind the scenes

 * Navarro is a real world location of the same name.
 * The location name Colusa/Nevarro is listed in game scripts.
 * Chris Avellone shared several developmental notes regarding the location, including that the NCR hired a courier to take a package from Navarro to the Divide, inadvertently bringing about a catastrophe.