Arcade Gannon

Arcade Israel Gannon, is a member of the Followers of the Apocalypse with a mysterious past in 2281.

Background
Born in 2246, Arcade Gannon is described as quiet, analytical, and cautious. Highly ethical and moral, he understands the post-apocalyptic world is one in which sometimes, people just have to be shot in the head. He is more concerned with large-scale issues than the needs of individuals. He may appreciate what individual people go through, but firmly believes that it's more important to affect large-scale societal change than to fix problems little by little.

When asked about himself, Gannon is evasive, saying only that he's in his late thirties, he was born west of the Mojave, he was close to his mother, and that his hobbies include reading pre-war books about failed socioeconomic theories. Gannon also speaks fluent Latin, a skill he shares with Caesar. When around certain objects or areas of advanced technology such as ED-E, and the Silver Rush, he will comment on them bringing back memories. When confronted with ED-E, who he is uncomfortable around, he will state that robots are touchy and that one wrong move could have a person vaporized and be scooped up into a nuka cola bottle by troops out of a vertibird. While to the courier this may not make sense, anyone who has played Fallout 2 or Fallout 3 will understand what he is talking about. players with the Confirmed Bachelor perk can recruit him without making a skill check.

After choosing which faction to side with, Gannon will offer the quest For Auld Lang Syne to reunite the members of the Enclave that he was associated with before settling in the Mojave Wasteland in order to have them render assistance against the Legion. During this quest he will open up further with the player, revealing snippets of personal information that he otherwise would keep hidden.

Gannon was an Enclave infantryman operating in the Midwestern United States. At some point he deserted the Enclave and joined the Followers of the Apocalypse in Hoover Dam.

Interactions with the player character
During the course of the game, you'll have the opportunity to acquire Gannon as a companion if you have the Confirmed Bachelor perk or 75 speech, if you pass a speech check or if your intelligence is low enough. Gannon is geared towards using the Medicine and Science skills.

If you sided with The Legion and you even have the Confirmed Bachelor perk, Gannon won't join up.

In Burham Springs, he could identify the Poseidon Energy logos denoting the AGRICOLA lab.

When asked about himself, he is vague and will only tell the character how boring he is, unless you have a high speech skill.

Appearances
Arcade Gannon only appears in Fallout: New Vegas, but was going to appear in Van Buren, the canceled Fallout 3 by Black Isle Studios. While the Denver design document mentions him as being in Hoover Dam, the Hoover Dam design document does not mention Gannon, which probably indicates that he was added into the game after the latter was written.

Bugs

 * Sometimes, after firing him, the dialogue option to rehire him will not appear when returning to him in Freeside. If you have another humanoid companion with you, the dialogue will appear but he will reject you, saying that you already have too many companions. Upon firing your current companion, the dialogue option to hire him will disappear again, effectively making him unrecruitable. One explanation is he may not join because ED-E is in the party. Removing ED-E may let you invite Arcade to your party.  You may then re-invite ED-E.


 * It's possible that you might receive his Plasma Defender when giving him another weapon. Once It is in your inventory you cannot give it back.

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