Chief Hanlon

"I wish I could explain it to you. The old chief's finally at a loss for words."

Chief Hanlon is a grizzled old soldier living in the Mojave Wasteland in 2281. He is the commanding officer of the NCR expeditional force into the Mojave region, stationed at Camp Golf.

Background
Hanlon is possibly one of the oldest rangers in the Mojave and was instrumental in the defeat of Caesar's Legion at the first battle of Hoover Dam. He has a tendency to ramble, and believes that the NCR has gone "soft". He's an old ranger who believes he's doing the wrong things for the right reasons.

Appearances
appears in Fallout: New Vegas. usually sits outside on the balcony just above the front door to House Resort at Camp Golf. This can make finding him frustrating as outside the mission goal leading to him seems to be right on the door, and yet inside it still looks like it is on the door and the player leaves thinking there is a bug when it is just the poor location of. Just above the House Resort door is another door that leads out to the balcony where likes to sit and look out at the water.

Bugs

 * If you steal his ammo (thereby unequipping his gun) he will just say "speak to me on the balcony", even if he is already on the balcony.
 * It is possible for Hanlon to get stuck outside of the House Resort (not on the balcony), if he is interrupted in his sleep a couple of times. He tells you to speak to him on the balcony, thus not being able to complete the quest. A way to fix this is to push him far enough for him to start walking. He will then possibly return inside and go on with his daily schedule.
 * As the of the newest patch, Hanlon may not complete Return to Sender correctly if you decide to turn him in. He refuses to commit suicide. Yup repeatable and a real pain
 * If you shoot at the door. This completes the quest, a ranger says "That shot came from the chiefs office."
 * Hanlon sometimes glitches and stops talking during his speech, the quest should go on as normal and he will shoot himself about 20 seconds after he stops talking.

Behind the scenes

 * Hanlon is voiced by country singer Kris Kristofferson and has a similar appearance (notably the beard).
 * Kris Kristofferson also was a voice actor for the character "Ned" in the game Gun (2005) from NeverSoft Entertainment.