Camp Searchlight

Camp Searchlight is an NCR military camp located in the ruins of the town of Searchlight, in the south-eastern Mojave Wasteland.

Background
The New California Republic (NCR) once held this camp as their own, until Caesar's Legion (in a move masterminded by Vulpes Inculta) opened the radioactive waste containers from San Onofre in the firehouse within the camp. The NCR soldiers that weren't killed by radiation poisoning have turned into feral ghouls, and the area is now highly radioactive. This action also resulted in the city having a green cloud hanging over it, which is most prominent during the night.

Layout
Camp Searchlight has several buildings which can be entered, all of which are radioactive as well as the town itself. The buildings which can be entered include: a school house with a few golden geckos, a house containing the non-hostile ghoul Private Edwards, a church in the west containing Logan and his prospector companions who are looting the town for the Crimson Caravan Company, and an elementary school in the south with golden geckos. Upon entering Searchlight fire station (where the radioactive canisters were originally opened, causing the town's demise), you will immediately encounter a radscorpion queen and several radscorpions. To enter the firehouse, you will need to either kill or join Logan, as he holds the keys. There are several terminals outside that control the turret defense system.

Notable loot

 * Chinese Army: Special Ops Training Manual, 2 mini nukes or 3 Holy Frag Grenades (with the Wild Wasteland trait) 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: Unique fire axe in right hand corner of the bathroom stall with the skeleton in it, upstairs in the Searchlight Fire Station (Obtainable only after starting the quest Wheel of Fortune or killing Logan and taking the keys).
 * Sunset Sarsaparilla star bottle cap in the fire station. Upstairs in the north-east corner in the kitchen area, on a table next to two empty bottles.

Appearances
Camp Searchlight appears only in Fallout: New Vegas.

Behind the scenes

 * Searchlight is a real-life location in southern Clark County, NV. It has a population of around 600 and is located 50 miles south of Las Vegas and about 20 miles east of Nipton.
 * Searchlight was implemented and written by Denise McMurry, based on a concept outlined by J.E. Sawyer.

Bugs

 * Logan will not talk with the character. Also, he does not have the Firehall key when pick-pocketed or killed, if you have already killed other characters involved in obtaining Knock-Knock. Note: if killed before killing Boxcars while on the Wheel of Fortune quest, his body should have both keys on it.
 * If player discovers and raids the supply cave before approaching Logan, it will be impossible to proceed with the quest, only if the 4 radiation suits have been repaired to make one radiation suit already.
 * Upon entering Camp Searchlight, the frames per second will drop drastically.
 * Two Firetrucks, both stationed behind the Camp Searchlight Fire Station, don't have full developed physical properties. The Back end of each the trucks have no physical properties what so ever (you can walk straight through them) however the Front cab on both trucks are like any other vehicle within Fallout: New Vegas
 * When you have Rex (Fallout: New Vegas) as a companion, sometimes the game freezes when he attacks a ghoul. One way around this bug is to have Rex wait at a spot away from the area and take the hostile ghouls out yourself.
 * Fast traveling to Camp Searchlight might spawn 2-3 nightstalkers.