Alice Hostetler

Alice Hostetler is a struggling young farmer living in the Mojave Wasteland in 2281.

Background
Alice is the daughter of Don and Becky Hostetler. She lived in Hostetler home and hated her life as a farmer. For this reason, she ran off with Andy Scabb to North Vegas Square, unknowingly becoming involved in the illegal activities of Scabb's gang, which has made her parents especially concerned for her well-being and in danger of becoming victims of the gang themselves.

Although Andy Scabb claims to want to help Alice escape the dump, he is actually a criminal who intends to use her father's association to the Crimson Caravan company to rob the business and the Hostetler household, then skip town. They plan to use Alice to carry out the dirty work and then subsequently dispose of her once the money has been acquired.

Quests
Someone to Watch Over Me: Crandon needs someone to visit Mrs. Hostetler because her daughter is getting to know the wrong crowd of people. Mrs. Hostetler wants someone to spy on her daughter, Alice, to see what her new friends are up to.

Other interactions
Until Someone to Watch Over Me is started, Alice Hostetler is not at her home. One can find a message in Andy Scabb's room in The Gray, that is evidence that proves that siding with criminals is not the right lifestyle for Alice. After one deals with Scabb, Alice will return to Hostetler home attempting to steal the Crimson Caravan earnings. She will confront the Courier, threatening to kill them if they interfere. The note found in Scabb's room can be shown to her to help talk her out of committing a crime.

Effects of player's actions
Alice may be killed, convinced to flee her home, or convinced to stay home depending on how she is confronted during Someone to Watch Over Me. If Alice is convinced to flee, either after killing her mother, being talked down and told to leave, or by being told to fulfill her own dreams (a Speech check,) she will head towards the Aerotech Office Park, where she stays inside Aerotech suite 300. She may also be randomly encountered in Boulder City, directly approaching the player character. In either event, the only thing she says will be, "Good to see you again. I'm just passing through here. Staying at this refugee camp under the wing of NCR thugs is the last thing on my mind."

Behind the scenes
Alice has dialogue, scripts, and movement packages which direct her towards Gibson's shack if she is convinced to fulfill her own dreams by leaving. This would occur after she reaches Aerotech Office Park. Dialogue entries indicate that she would be traveling towards Novac looking for a destination to settle down, until finally reaching and entering Gibson's shack, which she would intend to make into her new home. However, a related variable responsible for controlling this movement is not ever updated, so Alice does not ever travel to the shack. This is also why Alice will continue mentioning the NCR refugee camp even if she is encountered outside of Aerotech Office Park.

Appearances
Alice Hostetler appears only in Fallout: New Vegas.

Bugs

 * Sometimes after the quest is complete and you convinced Alice to leave, she will run up to you and engage in conversation only saying "Howdy" before running off with a gun in her hand.
 * Sometimes Alice will sit down at the table in the main room, and her fingers will move like she is typing on a computer and you will hear clicking noises of a keyboard, even though there is no computer there.
 * If she is convinced to leave, immediately following her out the door might result in Alice instantaneously dying, failing the quest, and causing her parents to become hostile.