Vipers

The Vipers are a band of raiders in the Mojave Wasteland and north of Junktown.

Background
The Vipers are a gang of raiders that worship snakes. They came into conflict with two fellow raider groups, The Khans, and Jackals, while also raiding the town of Shady Sands. Aradesh warns the Vault Dweller about the group, describing them as raiders who are fanatically religious.

In 2155, a group of Brotherhood of Steel soldiers pursued the Vipers, the leader of which, Maxson II, was grazed with a poisoned arrow and died. The group came into conflict with the New California Republic, afterward engaging in opportunistic raiding in the Mojave Wasteland.

Interactions
They wear merc outfits or metal armor and utilize grenade rifles. They are found in camps at the Horowitz farmstead, the Highway 95 Viper's encampment and the raided farmstead, with several ambushes along major roads, like Nevada 164 out of Nipton towards Searchlight or the road that branches off north, past Ranger Station Charlie to Novac. Another camp is found southeast of hidden supply cave.

Locations

 * California
 * Mojave Wasteland
 * Highway 95 Viper's encampment
 * Searchlight East gold mine

Appearances
The Vipers were cut from Fallout, mentioned in Fallout 3, and appeared in Fallout: New Vegas.

Behind the scenes

 * The group is described in the Fallout Bible and in the Origins of Fallout.
 * The Vipers' camp location in Fallout's game files (accessible by CTRL-R function) consists of three tents.
 * Jess Heinig stated that plans were made to develop a map containing the Vipers clan living in a canyon, but did not due to time constraints.
 * The Vipers would have appeared in the canceled Fallout 3 project Van Buren.