Camp Forlorn Hope

 is 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'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

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

Notable Loot

 * Big Book of Science on the desk in the far right corner of the command center.

Appearances
appears in Fallout: New Vegas

Related Quests

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

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 (adapted from the Dutch "verloren hoop" [lost hope])became used for any body of troops placed in a hazardous position; e.g. an exposed outpost, or the defenders of an outwork in advance of the main defensive position.
 * Forlorn Hope is an actual location in the Mojave desert called Forlorn Hope Spring, located south of Boulder city and north of Nelson.

Bugs

 * If you fast travel to Camp Forlone Hope, sometimes a Cazador will be spawned there. (PS3, [Xbox, PC=???])
 * Regardless of whether you kill all the officers there for the Legion or not, NCR troops will still respawn there and  hold the base.