Private Halford

Private  is a New California Republic soldier stationed in the Mojave Wasteland in 2281. He can be found injured in Camp Guardian Caves.

Interactions with the player character
When you meet him, he is injured. Use a doctor's bag to heal him. After that, he will want to get out off the cave and will join you as a temporary companion. You can either get him out the cave immediately or clear out all lakelurks in the cave.

Bugs

 * He is a temporary companion, he would normally only follow you until you are out of the cave, but you can have him as a semi-permanent companion. You can use the skill of Speech to have him follow you until he dies as you cant use stimpacks on him, and he will eventually die even in normal mode as he isnt a real Companion.


 * Halford has a dialog loop glitch. You receive one Service Rifle (full condition), 32 5.56mm Rounds, 15 5.56mm Armor Piercing each time you ask for his rifle. With patience it is possible to gain thousands of rounds and hundreds of rifles. There is a crate nearby to store the rifles for sale later making you rich.


 * If you tell him the way back is cleared, instead of running back up the cleared way, he will instead run further into the cavern. Also if you pass the speech check and have him follow you, he will change his mind if you walk up to an exit and tell you he's off to Calefornia, and again he will run off further into the caverns, and you might find him dead somewhere inside. (PC)


 * Upon meeting Halford, I had no doctor's bags, so left him and proceeded to clear out the caves on my own. I then left the area to get a Doctor's bag, and upon returning to Halford he congratulated us on clearing the caves, and then gave me the dog tag recipe/speech about going to California, despite still having injured legs. No further action could be taken with him.(PC)

Appearances
appears in Fallout: New Vegas.