REPCONN Test Site

The REPCONN test site is a former rocket testing facility located almost directly west of Novac and just south of scorpion gulch. Its main inhabitants are ghouls, feral ghouls, Bright followers, glowing ones, and in the basement level, nightkin.

Background
The remains of the old REPCONN (Rocket Engineering Production Company of Nevada) test plant, along with its landmark rocket launch dome, have sat idle over the years, and are now home to feral ghouls who come to terrorize the inhabitants of nearby Novac. However, within the facility, there's a prolonged stalemate going on between a band of nightkin, devolved from Marcus' forces up at Jacobstown and lead by a deranged man-mountain named Davison. They are attempting to locate shipments of Stealth Boys. The ghouls are led by an intelligent, messianic glowing ghoul who dreams of escaping with his followers in the plant's remaining rockets.

Layout
The complex was once a REPCONN facility used to launch their rockets. Three of REPCONN's rockets are still operable and are fired either into space or into the ground during the quest Come Fly With Me.

The REPCONN facility is a vast compound nestled within a bowl-like valley. When entering into the facility via the road heading north, feral ghouls will be encountered along with some dead nightkin and Bright follower near the entrance and scattered about the grounds. The building can be approached from the southeast side near some mixing tanks. There are broken fences and some collapsed ground that will allow access onto the concrete walkway that leads to the main entrance.

If approached from the south and choosing to go towards the traffic circle, a combination of five ghouls or glowing ones will be encountered, and an additional two when approaching the main entrance.

Upstairs in the Bright follower area, there are medical supplies, some components, and random loot, but these all must be stolen with loss of Karma even if the quest Come Fly With Me is completed positively and the ghouls have left. Connected to the main building by a tunnel, there is a launchpad housing the three rockets used in the Come Fly With Me quest. The launchpad and rockets rise upwards to the surface level before they launch.

Inhabitants

 * Bright followers
 * Chris Haversam
 * Davison
 * Harland
 * Jason Bright
 * Nightkin

Notable loot

 * Stealth Boys - One on a nightkin corpse at the entrance of the facility, it can only be picked up off the floor. Another is found on the dining table in the room marked with a "food" sign in the basement of the main building. Two more are found in an Easy locked safe in the manager's room on the second floor.
 * Space suit and helmet - On a shelf in the very last room of the basement, where the final assignments for the quest Come Fly With Me are given.
 * Storage room safe - A note on the administrator terminal in the facility.
 * A large number of microfusion cells and electron charge packs may be found on the dead Bright Brotherhood followers. Rarely, plasma defenders and laser RCWs can also be found on their corpses.
 * Prior to patch 1.2.0.31x, five food sanitizers could be found in the basement of the REPCONN test site. Four were found on the table in the room marked with "food" signs. The release of patch 1.2.0.31x removed all instances of the item.
 * 10 destroyed party hats - In the upper floors, on shelving units where the Bright Brotherhood followers are found.
 * 11 hammers - In the basement.
 * 43 small ruined books, 35 large burned books, 28 large scorched books in the facility, the largest amount in a single section in the game.

Related quests

 * Come Fly With Me

Appearances
The REPCONN test site appears only in Fallout: New Vegas.

Behind the scenes
The REPCONN test site is based on the real world PEPCON (Pacific Engineering and Production Company of Nevada), a chemical plant formerly located in Henderson, Nevada, that produced ammonium perchlorate, an oxidizer used in solid propellant rocket boosters. The plant was destroyed due to a series of explosions determined to be caused by incorrect storage of the chemicals, known as the PEPCON disaster. The facility was rebuilt, but the company ultimately rebranded and relocated to Utah.

Bugs

 * After completing the quest Come Fly With Me, when exiting the platform overlooking the rocket takeoffs and proceeding to the research labs, then finally exiting through the door marked "Door to REPCONN Facility," the game may freeze (but not crash) before the player character exits the research labs, and remain frozen until one Alt+Tabs out of the game session and manually ends FalloutNV.exe.
 * When wandering through the basement of the REPCONN Test Site where the Courier fights nightkin, closing a door while still walking forward and facing it will cause the player character to fall through the floor and be respawned at the original entrance to the nightkin area. This does not affect any weapons or items equipped.