REPCONN Test Site



The REPCONN test site is a former rocket testing facility located almost directly west of Novac and just south of scorpion gulch. Its main inhabitants are ghouls, feral ghouls, Bright followers, glowing ones, and in the basement level, nightkin.

Background
The remains of the old REPCONN (Rocket Engineering Production Company of Nevada) test plant, along with its landmark rocket launch dome, have sat idle over the years, and are now home to Feral Ghouls who come to terrorize the inhabitants of nearby Novac. However, within the facility, there’s a prolonged stalemate going on between a band of Nightkin, devolved from Marcus' forces up at Jacobstown and lead by a deranged man-mountain named Davison. They are attempting to locate shipments of Stealth Boys. The ghouls are led by an intelligent, messianic glowing ghoul who dreams of escaping with his followers in the plant’s remaining rockets.

Layout
The complex was once a REPCONN facility used to launch their rockets. Three of REPCONN's rockets are still usable, and are fired either into space or into the ground during the quest "Come Fly With Me".

The REPCONN facility is a vast compound nestled within a bowl-like valley. When entering into the facility via the road heading north a few feral ghouls will be encountered along with some dead nightkin and Bright Brotherhood near the entrance and scattered about the grounds. The building can be approached from the southeast side near some mixing tanks, there is a broken fence and some collapsed ground that will allow access onto the concrete walk way that leads to the main entrance. If approached from the south and choosing to go towards the monument/traffic circle five ghouls/glowing ones will be encountered, and then two more after getting near the main entrance. Upstairs in the bright follower area there are medical supplies, some components and random loot, but these all must be stolen with loss of Karma even if the quest Come Fly With Me is completed positively and the ghouls have left.

Connected to the Main building by a tunnel, there is a launch pad housing the three rockets used in the Come Fly With Me quest. The launch pad and rockets rise upwards to the surface level before they launch.

Inhabitants

 * Chris Haversam
 * Davison
 * Harland
 * Jason Bright
 * Nightkin
 * Bright followers

Related quests

 * Come Fly With Me

Appearances
The REPCONN test site appears only in Fallout: New Vegas.

Behind the scenes
The constant explosions at REPCONN, as well as the name, are a reference to the PEPCON disaster. PEPCON (Pacific Engineering and Production Company of Nevada), located in the desert near Henderson, was the largest producer of solid rocket fuel in the US. The factory exploded in 1988, killing two people and showering burning chunks of rocket fuel for five miles.

Bugs
After completing the quest Come Fly With Me, when exiting the platform overlooking the rocket takeoffs and proceeding to the research labs, then finally exiting through the door marked "Door to REPCONN Facility", the game may freeze (but not crash) before the player exits the research labs, and remain frozen until the player Alt+Tabs out of the game session and manually ends FalloutNV.exe.