A. Ron Meyers

A. Ron Meyers is the self-styled captain of the PMV Valdez, anchored in the San Francisco harbor around 2241.

Background
Captain Meyers is a punk who wears tattered clothes a captain's hat. Prior to his captaincy, Meyers was an Enclave technician at Camp Navarro; however, he deserted to San Francisco once he realized the organization he was serving was not a continuation of the United States of America but instead remnants of pre-War wealth-holders. Meyers values the honesty of the tanker vagrants, seeing them as good people, in contrast to the treachery found in the Enclave.

Quests

 * The tanker needs fuel: Meyers says that one of the components needed to get the PMV Valdez seaworthy is fuel.
 * The navigation computer needs the NavComp part to work: Another component is a working navigation computer.
 * You need to use a FOB to access the navigation computer: To get to the navigation computer, the Chosen One has to get the FOB somehow, either by force or deception.
 * Find Badger's girlfriend in the hold below the ship: Badger will fuel the tanker, but his primary concern is his girlfriend, who is trapped by monsters in the ship's hold.

Other interactions

 * He will not speak to the Chosen One until they help out one of his crew. Gaining his trust comes from either going to find Badger's girlfriend in the hold below the ship or get Chip's spleen.

Appearances
A. Ron Meyers appears only in Fallout 2 and is mentioned in the Fallout Bible.

Behind the scenes
The character was named after Aaron Meyers, developer who worked at Black Isle Studios.

Bugs
As an alternative to having completed the quests, his scripting checks for good reaction to be willing to talk to the Chosen One. But reaction level is not (re)calculated at dialogue init, so this check never passes.