Aaron Kimball

 (born 2229) is the President of New California Republic in 2281.

Background
A former general, Kimball made his name leading NCR troops in the Mojave region, using his fame to get elected as President. A hawkish official, Kimball runs NCR more like an empire than a proper democratic republic and has made enormous efforts to secure control of the Mojave Wasteland. Many in the NCR, like Chief Hanlon of the Rangers, are against Kimball's presidency, but General Oliver gives Kimball his utmost loyalty. Many suspect that the only reason Kimball is President is because his leadership turned back the Legion during the first Battle of Hoover Dam.

Interactions with the player character
Two attempts are made to take his life during the quest You'll Know It When It Happens by an enemy sniper in the tower directly behind him (it is possible to see the NCR sniper assigned to that spot being thrown from the tower near the begininng of the President's speech) and by an engineer in the crowd, who looks like a member of Caesar's Legion in features.

(After initially speaking to grant do the optional section of this quest, Hack the terminal on the main desk and read 3 sections this tells you someone has accessed this info before you, then under the stairs you will be going up in a moment is a door, go in and examine the blood stain on the floor. Go up the stairs and if you want speak to the female engineer, this just confirms previous info, speak to grant then go round the area you are at past some sandbags behind grant and up ladder, wait for the engineer to appear and do his thing, check tail section of vertibird and disarm bomb, tell grant, then go to tower behind platform go up ladder and wait, a fake sniper will come out of hatch kill him, go back to crowd and talk to engineer you saw plant bomb, tell him he is the problem and come with me, he will refuse and be shot, search him for failsafe detonator, wait till president has run off and flown away, job done)

Quests

 * You'll Know It When It Happens: The Courier is tasked by Colonel Moore to protect the president during his speech.
 * Arizona Killer: The Courier is tasked by Caesar to assassinate him for the Legion.

Appearances
appears in Fallout: New Vegas.

Bugs

 * After Kimball's speach he may just stand there never going back to his vertibird


 * When given the mission to protect President Kimball from assassination and you have hacked the terminal and checked the blood stain, you are not given the option to talk to the NCR Ranger. As well as this, you cannot fast travel or wait. To get out of this bug, walk away from the dam until a pop-up appears saying to report to Colonel Moore and report that President Kimball is dead.


 * When Kimball has finished his speech he may have some difficulty getting back to his Vertibird and wander around the Stage area aimlessly. A collection of gentle nudges in the right direction fixes this problem.