Navarro

Navarro refers to the area where a Poseidon Oil refinery and an Enclave military base are located, located north of San Francisco along the coastline. A company brand gas station is also present here, but its fuel reserves have been empty for a long time.

Function
Before the War, Navarro served as a Poseidon Oil refinery for the Oil Rig, where the Enclave headquarters are located. Adjacent to the oil installations, a government-funded military base was constructed, together with a satellite uplink station and maintenance and repair facilities.

Years after the Great War, the base was commandeered by the Enclave, who converted it into their primary mainland outpost, establishing a refueling station for the Vertibirds. Due to the relatively short range of the Vertibird, as well as frequent malfunctions, especially in post-War conditions, Vertibird Schematics were almost always present on site for necessary repairs and maintenance, but were prone to misplacement (four were initially ordered, yet by the time the Chosen One arrived, three had already gone missing).

Construction
The Navarro military base is divided into two segments - the surface and underground areas. The surface houses the Vertibird landing pad, as well as a Vertibird hangar, maintenance workshop, air traffic control station, the barracks and drill sergeant's quarters, with the adjacent kennels.

The underground areas of the base contain the base's armory, mainframe, commander's office and the soundproofed science lab, operated by Dr. Schroeber, participating in the Deathclaw intelligence enhancement project.

In 2242 the recent construction and retrofitting of Navarro meant the base had yet to meet its full staffing requirements.

Cover and Security
To hide the Enclave's operations at Navarro they have utilized the old service station as cover. An Enclave agent referring to himself as "old Chris" keeps watch outside the gates and claims to be the proprietor of the gas station turning any wanderers away as well as guarding an entrance to the underground section of the base via a manhole.

Should someone attempt to circumnavigate Chris and sneak through the woods they are confronted with heavily booby trapped expanses of land, though the rocky path leading to the base is clear. For those who are interested in enlisting as Enclave recruits, a specific password would be required by the entrance guard. The base itself is crawling with enclave troopers clad in advanced power armor and armed with plasma rifles and to further enhance security, several plasma gun turret emplacements were constructed. Moreover, scientists in Navarro are also issued Laser Pistols for self-defense purposes.

Personnel

 * Main articles: Enclave Soldier, Enclave Patrolmen, Enclave Technician, Enclave Specialist

The Base Commander resided underground, along with the base's medical doctor of dubious reputation, Dr. Schreber, supported by Drill Sergeant Dornan and the Quartermaster. They commanded two kinds of troops - the heavily armoured sentry guards, clad in Advanced Power Armor, toting Plasma Rifles, and light troops, outfitted with Enclave Combat Armor. Then there were the mechanics, wearing Enclave-brand leather armour, headed by Quincy (regulars) and Raul (dedicated Vertibird mechanics) and technicians, wearing white lab coats, operating the base's air traffic control etc.

According to one of the soldiers, personnel can be granted leave to San Francisco.

Fate
Sometime after the destruction of the Oil Rig and after Autumn Senior led the majority of Enclave forces east, Navarro was assaulted by NCR forces who claimed that "it posed a threat to the region". The NCR won the battle and Enclave forces scattered, whether the base was captured or destroyed in the conflict is unknown.

Its loss was either unknown or classified by Enclave forces on the East Coast as ED-E's creator makes reference to "Navarro scientists" in his audio-logs, under the assumption that they will continue his development of the Duraframe Eyebots. It is also possible that ED-E was sent to Navarro before Navarro was destroyed, and ED-E crossed the continent relatively slowly.

The password to the Remnant's Bunker is "Dear old friends, Remember Navarro", which might hint that the place was obliterated by the NCR.

Appearances
Navarro appears in Fallout 2 and is mentioned in Fallout: New Vegas.

Behind the scenes
A working name for "Navarro" was "Colusa". According to one of the lead designers, Matt Norton:


 * "I remember that once we put all of the locations on the world map that we moved some of them around a bit to create a more even spacing of adventure locations. I don't remember if we moved the enclave's mainland base for this reason, but it's possible."

The real Colusa is much farther east and a little south of Navarro.

Navarro is also located at or in the general area of a town named Fort Bragg, which has an airfield right along the coast, and also has a small wooded area between it and the rest of the town as well as an Exxon gas station near the wooded area.