Marked Men

Marked Men are characters in the Divide $$

Background
Marked Men are the remnants of New California Republic forces and Legion frumentarii and scouts stationed at the Divide. The violent storms in the Divide damaged their flesh, while the radiation causes them to undergo mutation. Rumors of Marked Men spread throughout the West Coast wasteland similar to the legends of the Sierra Madre and Big Empty.

According to Ulysses, "radiation's marked them, made them equal in history's eyes." Some soldiers crafted versions of Legate Lanius' helmet called "marked beast tribal helmets." Ulysses describes the masks and blades they carry as "shaped from Divide metal, not with care and strength, but with hate," and serve as "distant mirrors of their Legate" as a symbol they can hold on to. They continue to wear old NCR and Legion armor that has been damaged over time and then patched together with road signs, license plates and other scrap metal.

Characteristics
Marked Men level with the player character, and carry a variety of melee and ranged weapons, and at higher levels (above level 40). They use Stealth Boys. When near sources of radiation, they regenerate health.

Marked men hunter
Marked men hunters appear to be former NCR troopers, equipped with powerful ranged weapons. They may carry guns like trail carbines, assault carbines or sniper rifles at lower levels (level 1 to level 30), and anti-materiel rifles, brush guns or marksman carbines at higher levels (level 30 or above). For energy weapons, they may be seen carrying arc welders, tri-beam laser rifles or multiplas rifles.

Most of them are found wearing ruined NCR trooper armor (now known as the marked trooper armor), while some of them may be wearing Legion armor (called the marked scout armor).

Marked men marauder
Marked men maurauders are higher-ranking marked men that were once NCR rangers. They carry missile launchers and light machine guns at lower levels (below level 30), miniguns, heavy incinerators, Gatling lasers and plasma casters at higher levels (above level 30), and shoulder mounted machine guns at all levels. They wear either marked tribal armor or marked patrol armor.

Marked men ravager
Marked men ravagers carry the Blade of the West, as well as fire axes and Shishkebabs at lower levels (below level 30). At higher levels (above level 30), they carry sledgehammers, super sledges and thermic lances. They also carry and use incendiary grenades. Most ravagers wear marked scout armor and sometimes marked trooper armor.

Marked men scout
Marked men scouts are equipped with both firearms and frag grenades. They generally carry either pistols, one-handed submachine guns or shotguns. They are equipped with flare guns and plasma defenders at all levels, and 12.7mm pistols, hunting shotguns and hunting revolvers at lower levels (below level 30), as well as 12.7mm submachine guns and riot shotguns at higher levels (above level 30). They usually wear marked scout armor. Some of them can be found wearing marked trooper armor.

Irradiated heavy trooper
Irradiated heavy troopers are the ghoulified remnants of NCR heavy troopers stationed at the Long 15 outpost. After the Courier launched the nuclear missiles from the Divide at the outpost, the radiation left behind turned them into ghouls, leaving them hostile to all others. They look like regular NCR heavy troopers with the added ability of regenerating health while irradiated.

Irradiated Legion explorer
Irradiated Legion explorers are the ghoulified remnants of Legion explorers that have been irradiated from the missile launched by the Courier. They are found in Dry Wells.

Irradiated legionary prime
One irradiated legionary prime can be found in Dry Wells. He is the ghoulified remnant of a prime legionary that has been irradiated from the missile launched by the Courier.

Irradiated legionary veteran
Irradiated legionary veterans are the ghoulified remnants of veteran legionaries that have been irradiated from the missile launched by the Courier. Three are found in Dry Wells.

Named

 * Blister - Former NCR ranger residing near the marked men base, carrying a flamer.
 * Beast - In a camp near the High Road entrance. He carries a shoulder mounted machine gun.
 * Bonesaw - Former legionary wearing a nearly intact Legate helmet, wielding a chainsaw. He can be found in a makeshift camp slightly southeast of the Ashton silo control station.
 * Blade - A former legionary who guards the entrance to Ulysses' Temple. He wields a Blade of the West, and is hidden by a Stealth Boy.
 * Gaius Magnus - A centurion located in Dry Wells.
 * Colonel Royez - A member of the NCR army stationed on Long 15.

Appearances
Marked Men appear $$

Behind the scenes
An unused variant of the irradiated heavy trooper with the Editor ID NVDLC04NukeNCRColonel exists within the game files of Lonesome Road. Also called "irradiated heavy trooper", this version differs primarily in that it uses the default SPECIAL statistics for NCR troopers - 5 for all statistics. It also is equipped with a Minigun loaded with 5mm AP rounds, rather than the random weapon selection found in the standard version.

Bugs
Marked men who carry Plasma Defenders are given the incorrect ammunition, microfusion cell, over charge rather than the correct energy cell, over charge. This renders them unable to use the weapon entirely.