Camp Searchlight

 is a military installation in the southeastern Mojave Wasteland. The New California Republic once held this camp as their own, until Caesar's Legion detonated a radioactive device within the camp. The New Republic soldiers that weren't flash-vaporized have turned into feral ghouls, and the area is highly radioactive. The city has a green cloud hanging over it which is most prominent during the night.

Layout
contains a school house with a few Golden Geckos inside and a first-aid box containing at least one Stimpak, a house containing the non-hostile ghoulified Private Edwards, two Churches containing (North) Logan and his Prospector companions as they loot the town for the Crimson Caravan Company, and (South) two Golden Geckos and two Mini Nukes (3 Holy Frag Grenades with the Wild Wasteland trait). A trailer park housing several Golden Geckos. Inside the firehouse there are two dead Legion Recruits, a Radscorpion Queen, and Radscorpions. However you will need to either kill, Pickpocket, or join Logan for access as he holds the keys. There are several terminals scattered controlling the turret defense system.

Inhabitants

 * Private Edwards
 * Logan

Notable Loot

 * Chinese Army: Special Ops Training Manual and 2 Mini nuke in the East Chapel, down in the Gecko-filled basement, the book is on the floor at the foot of some metal shelves.
 * Knock-Knock: Custom Fire Axe in right hand corner of the bathroom stall with the skeleton in it, upstairs in the Camp Searchlight Fire Department building.
 * Sunset Sarsaparilla star bottle cap in the Fire Station. Upstairs in the NE corner in the kitchen area, on a table next to two empty bottles.

Related quests

 * Wheel of Fortune

Appearances
appears in Fallout: New Vegas.

Behind the scenes

 * Searchlight is a real-life location. It has a population of around 600 and is located 50 miles south of Las Vegas and about 20 miles east of Nipton.


 * The Holy Frag Grenade is most likely a reference to Monty Python and the Holy Grail's Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch.


 * Revelations 9:6 is printed on the billboard outside of the Church of Searchlight. This verse reads "During those days men will seek death, but will not find it; they will long to die, but death will elude them." This could elude to the troopers who have become ghouls.

Bugs
In the PS3 & 360 Version, sometimes if you try to approach Camp Searchlight, the game will freeze or all sound will cut out and then freeze.

Green vision is not a bug, but an environment effect supposed to contribute to the ghost-town atmosphere of the place. If it doesn't go away after leaving, just do a fast-travel anywhere.

The 360 & PS3 version, Logan will not talk with the character. Also, he does not have the Firehall key when pick-pocketed or killed.