Alice McLafferty

"The hired hands know what they're signing up for - we don't hide anything with fancy talk."

Alice McLafferty is the owner and operator of the Crimson Caravan Company in 2281. McLafferty is a severe woman who runs all her day-to-day activities with utmost efficiency and a degree of ruthlessness.

Background
She saw the order to accompany Governor Joseph Dodge to Hoover Dam as an opportunity to expand her caravan empire. She puts on a great show of support for Dodge and his efforts, but she secretly wants to see him fall flat on his face. When he does, she will seize the opportunity to take over Hoover and shape it into a town that would be the envy of the wasteland.

Part of her master plan is to work both sides of the BOS/NCR war. She is currently supplying weapons and ammo to both BOS at Maxson's Bunker and the NCR at Hoover Dam. It is her hope that the war of attrition will eventually take its toll on Dodge and he will step down. Once this happens, she will make a supply run to Maxson's Bunker, assassinate Devon Hill, blow up the entrance to Maxson's, therefore trapping any survivors inside, and come back to Hoover Dam as the hero who ended the war. Lofty plans, to be sure, but she has full confidence in herself to pull it off.

Around 2281, McLafferty is normally in charge of the Hub HQ of the company, but the New Vegas branch has been underperforming lately, and she came to clean it up. The Courier can assist her in this by stealing the Gun Runners' manufacturing secrets from their factory. Additionally, the Courier can eventually discover that Alice has been secretly working with the Van Graffs to ambush the other caravans and forcing them out of business.

Quests

 * You Can Depend on Me: Alice asks the Courier to do various tasks for the Crimson Caravan company.
 * Young Hearts: You can convince Alice to allow Janet to leave, without losing wages, through either a Speech check (75) or a Barter check (65). You can also accept her deal to let Janet leave, but only by forfeiting the wages she's owed.
 * Pressing Matters: Alice asks the Courier to disable the bottle cap counterfeiting press located at Sunset Sarsaparilla Headquarters.
 * Heartache by the Number: One of the paths in this quest gives you the option to assassinate Alice McLafferty.

Appearances
appears in Fallout: New Vegas. She was going to appear in Van Buren, the cancelled Fallout 3 by Black Isle Studios.

Behind the scenes

 * In Van Buren, she was called "Ailis". In Fallout: New Vegas, her name was changed to the more conventional "Alice".