Freeside

Freeside is the main slum of New Vegas in 2281. Controlled by the Kings and the Van Graffs, the streets are dangerous and lack the luster of The New Vegas Strip.

Layout
It is full of destroyed buildings, such as shops, casinos, and others. It is also the base of the Kings gang. Freeside is designed to feel cramped and maze-like. Freeside's North Gate enterance, is guarded by for-hire bodyguards. There is also Freeside's East Gate. The King's School of Impersonation, Atomic Wrangler Casino, Cerulean Robotics, and the Silver Rush are all located here.

Several rough bodyguards stand near the gate, offering their "services" on the mean streets for a paltry sum of caps. However, at one point you will be jumped by 3 freeside thugs, 2 of which usually have melee weapons and could easily kill your bodyguard if targeted, wasting 100 caps.

At Mick and Ralph's, Ralph sells a fake passport to the strip if the king gives permission or if you have 50 Speech. The price is 500 caps, but you can Barter for half that.

If you complete all the quests for The King he asks if you want a favor, if you choose the passport option go to Mick and Ralph's speak to Ralph and he will give you the passport for free.

Children can be seen chasing a giant rat through out Freeside. By killing the rat the kids will feast from it's dead body. There are also two sets of a pair of children chasing each other one boy and one girl. Look for a boy named Max and if he is talked to, the player can pay 1000 caps (or 20 caps with 45 barter) for his "toy gun" ( Euclid's C-Finder ) which is a unique energy weapon that is powered by the ARCHIMEDES II satellite. Optionaly, you can wait until he goes to sleep and steal if from him.

Related Quests
Birds of a Feather from Gloria Van Graff. Debt Collector from Francine Garret. G.I. Blues from The King. Wang Dang Atomic Tango from James Garret.

Bugs

 * In Freeside you will notice a boy and a girl chasing a giant rat, talk to them as they run and the girl has a regular voice actor as well as the boy. After killing the rat, the girl or the boy (whichever is closest) will eat the rat. When you talk to them now they share a voice actor. So the boy now sounds like a girl, or the girl a boy.


 * Sometimes after you kill the giant rat, the first boy chasing the rat will fall to his knees to take a bite but will continue to move forward at running speed despite being in a crouched position and going through the rat-eating animation.


 * If you are outside of the Vegas strip when you update the game, but have gained access to it at another point, you can be permanently locked out.


 * Sometimes outside the Old Mormon Fort the super mutant Tabitha can spawn and become hostile; killing her results in the completion of the quest "Crazy, Crazy, Crazy" (if you have not started the quest it will add the quest to your pip-boy and just say the final bullet point).


 * This seems to be the worse locations of the game lagg wise. I can barely do anything in here without restarting the ps3 every minutes. Worse than the strip, the only trick I found to reduce the lagg and increase my chances of making it to destination was to look at the ground. This probably reduces strain on the processor. Radio is also not recommended in these parts.

Appearances
only appears in Fallout: New Vegas.