New California Republic Rangers

 are an elite military outfit of the New California Republic.

Overview
The New California Republic Rangers are volunteer elite special forces renowned as much for their shrewd reconnaissance capabilities as their bravery and combat prowess. They are recruited from the best of the NCR military and even then, 80% do not finish training and drop out. Those that finish and are awarded the badge have proven that they're quieter than a shadow and deadlier than a deathclaw.

In order to fulfill their objectives, they employ high end equipment (combat armors, various assault rifles and heavy weapons and even vehicles), numerous safe-houses in the wastes and unorthodox tactics. Their regular patrol armour is hand-made in the NCR, while the elite black armour comes from pre-War LAPD designs. However, their methods don't endear people to them, and NCR Rangers typically have bounties on their head, even in NCR states.

Ghouls, super mutants, and humans were all known to serve in the NCR armed forces, even in the rangers.

History
The Rangers were founded by Seth after Tandi and Aradesh created the New California Republic and eventually, by 2241, grew to become one of the most single minded and powerful special forces in the wastelands. Forces on NCR territory were particularly concerned with the problem of slavery and actively fought it by any means necessary.

Rangers were also the first to scout out Nevada and the Hoover Dam. In 2271, the Desert Rangers signed the Ranger Unification Treaty with the NCR Rangers at the Mojave outpost, in which they agreed to become part of the NCR military in exchange for protection of Hoover Dam and Nevada from Caesar's Legion.

In 2277, Rangers under the command of Chief Hanlon were pivotal in turning the tide of the battle of Hoover Dam. In a cunning trap laid by them and NCR's 1st Recon, they lured the best fighters of the Caesar's Legion into Boulder City. When enemy troops entered the city, it was blown up and the survivors were gunned down by snipers, a turning point in the battle.

By 2281 they represent the elite of the NCR military, often being given dangerous or prestitgious tasks, such as forming the elite bodyguard of the then President of the Republic, Aaron Kimball. A great many of them are kitted out with NCR Ranger combat armor, a symbol of their skills are bravery. They operate from a large number of Ranger stations across the Mojave Wasteland.

Joining the Rangers
In Fallout 2, the Chosen One can become an NCR Ranger, provided he or she hasn't made any poor karma choices in the past and is willing to perform a job to prove loyalty to the group's cause. If the player is already a slaver, the Rangers will be outright hostile. Players with low karma are also usually run out of the Rangers' base.

Neutral to high karma players are at least allowed to talk with the Rangers' spokeswoman, Elise. At this point, the player is offered a verbal challenge: they must clearly state, for the record, their position on slavers. If the player tells that some of his/her best friends are slavers, he/she'll be brushed off. Neutral responses, are not greeted with open arms, either, claiming that attitude allows slavers to exist in the first place. A hard-line abolitionist answer, however, raises Elise's interest, and she will offer a chance to back up words with actions. She has a simple quest: visit the slave pens on the outskirts of NCR, kill the slavers, and spring the slaves from captivity.

Successful completion of the quest and acceptance of the Ranger Oath leads to the player's induction into the Rangers.

Benefits of Rangerdom
There are few perks to being a Ranger. The sheriff of Redding, who is laid up with a leg injury when the player arrives, is more accepting of a player who is a Ranger (however, this has no actual effect). Predictably, slavers in the Den and out in the wasteland will be disapproving of a Ranger. Also, by joining the Rangers your reputation in the NCR will greatly increase.

Fighting the Rangers
If the player chooses to become a slaver, they may be waylaid from time to time while traveling in the wasteland by a Ranger patrol. Like the bounty hunters that attack a player who has been branded a Childkiller, the Rangers will attack all slavers -- and if this means the player, so be it.

A Ranger combat team is generally no pushover, but is not as serious a threat as an Enclave patrol. Patrols typically include three to seven Rangers.

2241

 * Elise
 * Gond
 * Rondo

Various unnamed NCR rangers make up patrols that circulate both around NCR itself and along major slave trafficking routes.

Ranks

 * Elite Ranger
 * Ranger
 * Veteran Ranger

Appearances in games
NCR Rangers first appeared in Fallout 2. They play a major role in Fallout: New Vegas and were scheduled to appear in the cancelled Fallout 3, Van Buren.