First Sergeant Astor

 is a First Sergeant of the NCR who was stationed at Camp Searchlight. He tries to steer passers-by clear of the highly irradiated NCR camp. He will be encountered patrolling west of Camp Searchlight with a few surviving members of his company.

Background
A patrol in Camp Searchlight got sloppy, leaving a gap in the patrol, allowing Caesar's Legion to sneak into the town and open containers of radioactive material located in the fire station. When the radiation leaked out, the troops that were in the camp were either killed or turned into Ghouls.

Bugs

 * If Astor refuses to talk to you about the Ranger Station, go close to him, then open the console, click on him, and type:

startconversation player 001438F0

(the last 0 is a Zero, not the letter "O")

Then you will be able to tell Edwards about it, but when he left the house he just stood there doing nothing. So I opened console, clicked on Edwards, typed: kill, waited a second, then: resurrect, and then he started running to his destination. As you follow him, make sure not to get too close or he will stop to greet to you. He has a Service rifle, which does an ok job against any enemies you might encounter. Remember to stay a distance away from him. Eventually after protecting him a small distance, you will see him enter and settle into his new home: Ranger Station Echo!


 * The condition for conversation to appear during the quest is not to have collected all NCR dog tags. Either leave one on a ghoul corpse, or do not convince Edwards to give up his. This way, talk to Edwards, do not ask for his dog tags, after clearing the scorpions, agree to talk with Astor for Edwards, get the answer (either Edwards join Astor or Ranger station), and before you tell it to Edwards, ask for his dog tags.


 * If you are following the legion troopers from Nipton, Astor may be killed by them if they reach Camp Searchlight

Appearances
appears in Fallout: New Vegas.