Frakes

Frakes was an New California Republic Army soldier stationed at Camp Guardian in October, 2281.

Background
Under the command of Sergeant Banner, he and eleven others were sent to establish Camp Guardian. By day three of their mission, the soldiers reached the base of the mountain and began to efficiently clear the ancient and long-neglected hiking trails. This was an effort made more difficult due to past landslides, which buried the trails so thoroughly that finding their own paths was a daunting task. By the fifth day, they managed to restore the trails to the first bridge. Unable to continue past this obstacle, they had to dismantle several shacks for materials to rebuild its crossing.

Eventually, Collins came across a cave entrance right behind their tent, something the survey team should have caught if they had done a thorough job. With no knowledge of what was inside the caverns, nor enough manpower to deal with any serious pests, Sergeant Banner sent Frakes and Collins to scout out the caves the next day, planning to collapse the cave with explosives if he had to. In the meantime, he planned on having some choice words for Burke the next time he saw him, as it wasn't the fist time that Burke chose to skip over details while surveying an area. That night, however, would be the end of the camp.

When lakelurks attacked Camp Guardian in the night, in the ensuing struggle, the camp was torn apart, and its logs scattered. As the unknown beasts dragged all his servicemen away, including Frakes, Private Halford managed to record a distress signal over the radio while trying to reach ranger station Bravo.

Appearances
Frakes is mentioned only in Fallout: New Vegas.