Raul (Fallout: New Vegas)

Raul Alfonso Tejada, born 2047, is a 234 year old ghoul mechanic living in the Mojave Desert in 2281. He can join the Courier as a follower. He will be imprisoned at Black Mountain, behind a door only unlocked by a non existent key. If you look on the Computer by the entrance, go to the last entry and you will get the password for the other computer, which will unlock the door.

Background
Raul is an old Mexican ghoul who has had a long and storied history. After living the life of a wild gunslinger, Raul took up the trade of a simple repairman in Nevada. While traveling to New Vegas, he was swiped by Nightkin from Black Mountain and imprisoned by their leader, Tabitha. After being freed from captivity, he will join the player out of gratitude. A new taste of adventure reminds Raul of his tumultuous past, prompting him to consider if he should embrace his old gunslinging ways. To unlock the prison door without 100 hack check the computer to the left. Entry number six. Raul can grant repair services like other some NPC's, unlike your typical npc repair, Raul's are to 100%. He charges caps for this and it can only be done if he is told to return to his shack near Nellis Airforce Base, not the Lucky 38. He will not repair equipment if he's currently following the courier, only if he is idle.

Interactions with the player character
Raul is a mechanic and can become a follower for you, should you wipe out the State and their delusional master. He's a gunslinger by nature, so he's best with Guns of the Revolver or Lever-Action rifle variety; using these weapons after getting the Vaquero Outfit grants Raul 33% faster firing speed and reloads. In addition, he can carry 250 pounds worth of equipment. By completing a side quest for Raul, he will upgrade his armor to the Vaquero outfit. To get the Vaquero Outfit the player has to talk to three people.Those people are Ranger Andy in Novac, Corporal Sterling at Camp McCarran or Camp Forlorn Hope depending on quest progress, and Loyal at Nellis Air Force Base.

Fun Facts

 * Placing mines around Raul will yield a fun sentence about his arthritis
 * Going into sneakmode makes Raul complain about his back

Aftermath

 * After the game is completed, if Raul was used as a companion, but you didn't do any quests for him, the aftermath cutscene may say he left the Mojave and assumed a new name, as he had so many times before.

Appearances
Raul appears only in Fallout: New Vegas.

Bugs

 * Likewise with all companions that use weapons in New Vegas, sometimes via script such as entering casinos will remove their "companion only" weapon. Upon leaving you will receive it in your inventory and can even use it, but if you happen to drop it on the ground, you cannot pick it back up when you click it -- it will only say "steal" with no weapon name shown.


 * The recent patch seems to have removed the side quest trigger from Ranger Andy, making it impossible to complete.


 * Raul will sometimes "Vanish" during certain quests. You'll still be able to hear his voice upon doing stuff like crouching, but will not be able to see him, the only way to fix this is to use the moveto console commands. This also may happen during the vaquero side quest, upon which raul would normally speak with you (such as after talking to the corporal) he will randomly be wandering the wastelands, in which once again; you will have to use the console command. Upon doing so, he will speak to you and you will be able to complete the quest.

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