Nevada Highway Patrol Station

The Nevada Highway Patrol station is a former law enforcement outpost on the I-15 south of Primm in Fallout: New Vegas. It is being used as a base of operations for members of the Jackals in 2281.

Background
This base used to serve law and order on Nevada's highways, providing the basic facilities for policemen on duty. Long abandoned, it's been taken over by the Jackals, who keep it surprisingly clean and orderly, while fighting the wildlife, ferals, and escaped convicts that appear in the area.

Layout
The station is easily identifiable by the black-and-white patrol car hulks outside and the large billboard pillar just north of it. A couple of Jackal gang members patrol the outside under their leader. A number of convicts and feral ghouls can appear and fight with the Jackals, providing an opportunity to slip by or just pilfer the riches afterward. The exterior has the usual subtle raider humor painted on the entry doors - "Fuck you" in block, capital letters - while the northern wall has a more wistful note, with the author wishing they were at the Sierra Madre instead.

Exterior
Two convicts will spawn on the highway when the Courier first enters the area, and will give a warning to back away before they resort to more hostile measures. Getting any closer at this point will cause them to attack. If left alone, they will walk toward the patrol station, where they will fight with the Jackal gang leader lurking in front of it. An additional Jackal gang member waits at the south side of the station.

In front of the building are a few run-down police cars, one of which contains a skeleton and two suitcases containing 20 pre-War money and some Jet. The entrance, with "FUCK YOU" spray painted on it is to the right side of the building. Also written on the north wall is "I wish I was at the Sierra Madre."

The hilly area to the west of the station is infested with feral ghouls, which occasionally approach the station.

Interior
When the Courier enters the station, two more Jackal gang members will be quite close by. They fortunately tend to resort to melee weapons when they attack, giving a bit of extra time to take them out without incident.

A giant mantis nymph also lurks in the first room, in a strange detente with the gang members. This first room also contains a few filing cabinets, a couple of desks, and an inoperable terminal. On the rear desk lies a copy of Guns and Bullets.

The door to the left leads to a hallway with two water fountains (+5 Rads) and two bathroom doors; the first of which has a Very Easy lock. The first bathroom contains a first aid box with random contents; the first aid box in the other bathroom is always empty. Another giant mantis nymph awaits here - usually in the first bathroom but occasionally in the hallway.

At the end of the hallway is a jail cell room with a dead prospector surrounded by five giant mantis nymphs. Most of the nymphs are trapped in the jail cell where they can be picked off easily through the bars, but at least one often begins outside of it.

A reloading bench, an ammo box, and a desk with some chems round out the rest of the room's contents.

The station is surprisingly intact. The entrance leads into the main area, which served as a break room, locker hall, and office space all in one, connecting to the cells and lock-up in the back through a corridor with two break rooms.

There are two Jackals in the main room, a pair of +5 HP/+5 rads water fountains in the hallway complete with two first aid boxes inside the toilets (one of them has a Very Easy lock), while the cells contain a reloading bench and a dead prospector picked over by giant mantis nymphs behind the bars.

Most of the containers do not respawn (except for the darker filling cabinets), making the station effective player housing.

Notable loot

 * Guns and Bullets - In the first room, on the desk to the left of two desks facing one another.
 * Sunset Sarsaparilla star bottle cap - lying next to the dead prospector in the jail cell.

Appearances
The Nevada Highway Patrol Station appears only in Fallout: New Vegas.

Behind the scenes
Nevada Highway Patrol station is based on the real world location of the same name, located in Jean, Nevada. Geographically, the equivalent location in the real world is the California Agricultural Inspection Station which, despite the name of the in-game location, is located along I-15 in Mountain Pass, California. This facility didn't open until 2018, long after the game's release, and the previous inspection station at the time of the game's release was 100 miles farther along I-15, in Yermo, California.