Arcade Gannon

Arcade Israel Gannon, is a member of the Followers of the Apocalypse with a mysterious past in 2281.

Background
Born in 2246, Arcade Gannon is described as quiet, analytical, and cautious. Highly ethical and moral, he understands the post-apocalyptic world is one in which sometimes, people just have to be shot in the head. He is more concerned with large-scale issues than the needs of individuals. He may appreciate what individual people go through, but firmly believes that it's more important to affect large-scale societal change than to fix problems little by little.

When asked about himself, Gannon is evasive, saying only that he's in his late thirties, he was born west of the Mojave, he was close to his mother, and that his hobbies include reading pre-War books about failed socioeconomic theories. Gannon also speaks fluent Latin, a skill he shares with Caesar. When around certain objects or areas of advanced technology such as ED-E, and the Silver Rush, he will comment on them bringing back memories. When confronted with ED-E, who he is uncomfortable around, he will state that robots are touchy and that one wrong move could have a person vaporized and scooped up into a Nuka-Cola bottle by troops out of a vertibird. While this may not make sense to the Courier, anyone who has played Fallout 2 or Fallout 3 will understand what he is talking about. Players with the Confirmed Bachelor perk can recruit him without making a skill check. Arcade will also refuse to follow you if you have "Accepted" or higher reputation with the Legion.

After achieving certain objectives, and exploring several locations that trigger memories of his days with the Enclave, Gannon will offer the quest For Auld Lang Syne to reunite the members of the Enclave that he was associated with before settling in the Mojave Wasteland in order to have them render assistance against the Legion. Alternatively, you can travel with other companions until just before the Hoover Dam battle, then pick up Gannon and he will offer the quest immediately.

During this quest he will open up further with the player, revealing snippets of personal information that he otherwise would keep hidden.

Gannon was an Enclave infantryman operating in the Midwestern United States. At some point he deserted the Enclave and joined the Followers of the Apocalypse in Hoover Dam.

Other interactions
During the course of the game, you'll have the opportunity to acquire Gannon as a companion if you have the Confirmed Bachelor perk or by passing a speech check of 75 or a high reputation with followers of the apocalypse if the other conditions are not fulfilled. He will also take pity on a character with a very low intelligence stat and join you, remarking, "You sound like you really do need some help." Gannon is geared towards using the Medicine and Science skills.

When asked about himself, he is vague and will only tell the character how boring he is, unless you have a high speech skill.

He will open up close to the end of the game, at this point he will open a dialogue with you about the enclave and remnants. This will lead to For Auld Lang Syne For this quest to trigger. You also need to take Arcade to REPCONN Headquarters upon entering he will start a dialogue with one of the answers needing a 6 Intelligence check, another location is Crashed Vertibird, also upon entering Silver Rush. If you have ED-E as a companion at the same time Arcade will start a dialogue about this as well. To trigger the quest presentation without having ED-E and him meet, all three locations must be visited. It is not known if ED-E counts as an encounter or the triggering of the quest works on a "points" system similar to I Forgot to Remember to Forget.

Alternatively, if you have Arcade Gannon as a companion when speaking to Caesar during the Et Tumor, Brute? quest, you also have the option of selling him into slavery as Caesar's personal doctor.

In Burham Springs, he could identify the Poseidon Energy logos denoting the AGRICOLA lab.

Appearances
Arcade Gannon only appears in Fallout: New Vegas, but was going to appear in Van Buren, the canceled Fallout 3 by Black Isle Studios. While the Denver design document mentions him as being in Hoover Dam, the Hoover Dam design document does not mention Gannon, which probably indicates that he was added into the game after the latter was written.

Bugs

 * Likewise with all companions on New Vegas, sometimes via script such as entering casinos will remove their "companion only" weapon. Upon leaving you will receive it in your inventory and can even use it, but if you happen to drop it on the ground, you cannot pick it back up when you click it -- it will only say "steal" with no weapon name shown.


 * Sometimes, after firing him, the dialogue option to rehire him will not appear when returning to him in Freeside. If you have another humanoid companion with you, the dialogue will appear but he will reject you, saying that you already have too many companions. Upon firing your current companion, the dialogue option to hire him will disappear again, effectively making him unrecruitable. One explanation is he may not join because ED-E/Rex is in the party. Removing ED-E/Rex may let you invite Arcade to your party.  You may then re-invite ED-E/Rex (Confirmed).
 * If this fails, advancing in the storyline a bit and then trying again may help.
 * Completing For Auld Lang Syne also triggers this bug, except there is no way to recruit him back.


 * Sometimes he fails to leave areas with you and remains in the previous one, mostly noticed this happens at Camp McCarran. Arcade may also disappear entirely from the game when the player enters Camp McCarran with him following (even when told to wait outside); This may be solved by firing Arcade and re-hiring him after your business in Camp McCarran has been concluded. Confirmed on PC and Xbox 360. Most likely happened at the Strip.


 * if you remove his eyeglass from his inventory, he will still have a pair on. Furthermore, if you give him his eyeglasses back, he will wear 2 pairs of eyeglasses at once. (Not on my copy of the game (PC). CapAp 23:34, November 2, 2010 (UTC))


 * Sometimes he fails to show a companion screen and will instead simply talk to you. Happened after completion of For Auld Lang Syne


 * Sometimes he will die when you are not on hardcore mode. Happened after completion of For Auld Lang Syne

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