Chairmen

The Chairmen are one of the Three Families on the New Vegas Strip in the Mojave Wasteland in 2281.

Background
The Chairmen and their casino, the Tops, embody an ancient "cool" aesthetic of Vegas, plucked from Mr. House’s historical data banks. Before The Strip’s renovation in 2274, the Chairmen were a warrior tribe named the Mojave Boot-Riders, and their traditions of honor continue to inform how they select their leadership and interact with each other and outsiders. Unbeknownst to the rest of the tribe, its current chief, Benny, has for months been scheming to seize control of Mr. House’s technology and the Strip itself, violating the tribe’s deeply-held values against duplicity and treachery.

Organization
Chieftain of the tribe and head of the Chairmen is Benny, who also serves as Mr. House's right hand man up until the theft of the platinum chip. Swank is Benny's second and works the front desk of the Tops. Swank oversees the day-to-day operation of the casino during Benny's absence. Another notable Chairman would be Tommy Torini, lead member of the Rad Pack Revue, and he is also the manager of entertainment and the Aces Theater.

The Chairmen ultimately take orders from Mr. House, though contact with him after New Vegas got up and running has mainly been the occasional transfer of caps for the "House cut" of the casino profits.

Relations with the outside
The Chairmen were contacted by a Securitron that Mr. House was using to relay his proposal for their tribe to join the tribal workforce that he was putting together to start the renovation and reconstruction efforts for New Vegas. The Chairmen became the first tribe brought to the Strip. Swank admits that, "Without Mr. House, we'd still be wearing gecko skins, poking around the ruins with pointy sticks and scalping people for giggles."

The Chairmen are not particularly fond of the other families on the Strip. They believe the White Glove Society are hiding something and that the Omertas are a shifty bunch of degenerates. It is for these reasons that the Chairmen tend to keep their distance, as well as a watchful eye, on their two neighbors.

The Chairmen, like many other tribes and factions throughout the Mojave, do not like the idea of Legion control over the region, as they do not wish to become another footnote in the red tide that is Caesar's Legion. They also do not support the alternative of the New California Republic taking hold of New Vegas, despite their best customers being NCR troopers and civilians.

Technology
The Chairmen use an assortment of blades, such as the common household knife, straight razor, and switchblade, backed up by their use of the 9mm pistol, 10mm pistol, sawed-off shotgun, .44 Magnum revolver, riot shotgun, silenced .22 pistol, and silenced .22 SMG.

Appearances
The Chairmen appear in Fallout: New Vegas.

Behind the scenes
At one point in development, the Chairmen were going to be called the Geckos, with Benny as the head of the Gecko family. However, this name was dropped from development and thus didn't make it into the retail-release of the game.

The name is likely a reference to Frank Sinatra, who was often referred to as the "Chairman of the board" (of Reprise records, and of the rat pack)