NCR Ranger Combat Armor

The  and the Ranger Helmet are a set of armor in Fallout: New Vegas. Worn by the best of the best among the New California Republic's Rangers.

Background
This armor was the armor used by the Desert Rangers in Nevada before they merged with the NCR Rangers, an event that is celebrated at the Mojave Outpost with giant statues made of scrap metal.

Characteristics
The is a suit of armor made from advanced polycarbons and boron carbide. The outfit is made of old Pre-War Riot Armor, covered by a classic dark brown trenchcoat. The helmet that accompanies it is black pre-war military with an attached gas mask with red lenses for night vision, and has "[7]" on the left side of the helmet.

As seen in several official images/screen shots, the front of the armor features a neckpiece with "08" on it. A star and bear can be seen on the left shoulder pad, which is affiliated with the New California Republic flag. H3RM35 can be seen on the antenna. This armor applies the NCR disguise like any other piece of NCR armor.

The armor has been confirmed to appear in the game only after completing the first end game faction quest. It matters not what faction you join with, long as you start one of them. After which, NCR Veteran Rangers will begin to appear across the Mojave Wasteland.

Location

 * These suits of armor only spawn on New California Rangers, who usually spawn in NCR territory beginning at level 14.


 * This armor can be found at Ranger Station Delta. You would have to kill the Ranger wearing it. The easiest way to accomplish this without killing everyone in the area is to acquire Boone as a follower and attack the Ranger and quickly holster your weapon. If all goes well Boone will attack the Ranger causing him to flee. Once the Ranger has ran far from the station you and Boone can kill him together and acquire his Armor and weapon. Usually the Ranger carries a very rare and powerful weapon such as the Ranger Sequoia and the Brush gun. Alternatively, if the player is capable of instantly killing the NCR Veteran Ranger with a single shot (Most likely while in sneak) the player can fast travel to a non-NCR occupied zone as soon as the ranger dies, and then wait 24 hours. No reputation is lost, and the player is free to return to the corpse to loot.


 * Also can be found in Camp Golf. If you have a powerful weapon with a suppressor mod, you can wait until the troops go to sleep. Simply wait until one is alone and then kill him. The unique BB Gun Abilene Kid LE BB Gun is an excelent choice for this.


 * Another place to find it is at Camp Forlorn Hope.


 * It is possible to get the armor through reverse pickpocketing. For this use, see Planting items.


 * Faction armor can be worn to prevent getting bad reputation when killing a ranger.


 * If you become hated by the NCR, Ranger hit squads come after you and one of them may wear the armor.


 * If you are friendly with NCR and wish to be so, the best way to get a suit of this armor is to get Legion Armor/wear it and use a high powered/silenced weapon to sneak attack critical headshot a ranger wearing the desired armor at Ranger Station Delta at night.


 * If you can spare an Stealth Boy and some C4 you can place a live C4 in the rangers inventory and blow it up from a safe distance without losing fame or getting shot, just leave your companion behind and don't blow up some quest related NPC.

Bugs

 * There is a clipping problem while wearing the armor with most rifles. While the weapon is holstered, it will appear to partially be in the trench coat. Sniper rifles ( including the Gobi Campaign scout rifle ), Marksman Rifles and Assault Carbines do not suffer this problem, altough holstering while croutched will still cause clipping issues, simply standing up while holstering will fix this. Same can go for the Ranger helmet; hair will partially be seen in the back depending on the hairstyle and shape of your character's head.

Appearances
The NCR Ranger Combat Armor appears in Fallout: New Vegas.

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