Ignacio Rivas

Ignacio Rivas is a Followers of the Apocalypse scientist living at HELIOS One in 2281. He tends to the management of HELIOS One alongside the NCR.

Background
Rivas is a member of the Followers of the Apocalypse and has been working with the NCR on getting Helios One working for years since the NCR had taken control of Helios One from the Brotherhood of Steel during Operation Sunburst. Under the guise of research into the potential for solar energy, Rivas was sent to Helios by the Followers in order to investigate Helios' connection with the pre-war company Poseidon Energy, and its business outside of alternative energy. Despite the relationship of the Followers with the NCR, the NCR allowed Rivas to stay in order to gain as much information about Helios One as possible, but Rivas has been deliberately keeping them in the dark to conceal the existence of Archimedes II from them. However, the NCR hired an additional technician, Fantastic, to help in the repair of Helios. Luckily for Rivas, Fantastic turned out to be a completely incompetent scoundrel who conned his way into the position and so far hasn't made any discoveries on Helios One's true purpose, much less getting anything at the plant to actually work, and Rivas is not planning on correcting any of that any time soon.

From his time at Helios, Rivas had learned that Helios was affiliated with the United States military in some way and holds the key to a secret orbital laser, Archimedes II still in orbit around Earth and still operational. However, Rivas is concerned what would happen if either of the warring factions (the NCR or Caesar's Legion in particular) happened to learn how to utilize Helios One's technology. Personally, he hopes for a win-win scenario for the Followers where the energy is diverted equally across the region and not to Archimedes II. For now, Rivas keeps watch of the plant, making sure the dangers are minimized.

Quests

 * ED-E My Love: Talking about technology with Rivas when ED-E is in your party will trigger an audio log.
 * That Lucky Old Sun: Rivas will give you Eastern reflector control terminal password needed to access the reflector mainframe. He also tells the player that he suspects Helios One may be more than a simple energy plant, as Poseidon Energy was also concerned with weapons. He also remarks that it is convenient that the NCR hired an idiot who will not figure out the true purpose of the plant. He only reveals this information if he feels the player will not use this information to arm the secret weapons, Archimedes I and Archimedes II.

Appearances
Ignacio Rivas appears only in Fallout: New Vegas.