Ambassador Dennis Crocker

Dennis Crocker is the ambassador to New Vegas for the New California Republic in 2281. His full title, according to the note written to the Courier, is "Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary" of the Department of State.

Background
Ambassador Crocker began his political career as a mayor 20 years ago in NCR, and worked his way up through the ranks. He was the head of Kimball's campaign for his successful run for NCR council, which he attributes to why he has his current position. Crocker is a strong believer in diplomacy and hopes to unite the Mojave Wasteland under the NCR peacefully. However, his work has made very little progress since Mr. House refused to even meet him in person after signing the Treaty of New Vegas.

Ambassador Crocker is the third successor of the title of ambassador to the Strip following Susanna Edith and Phillip Granger, and is in his seventh year of ambassadorship. He keeps himself busy with the day-to-day paperwork and aiding the NCR police in keeping troops in line on the strip. Though he hopes for the annexation of New Vegas, he has little hope for success and believes his predecessors expected too much of Mr. House in this area. Crocker believes once the Legion is no longer a threat to the Mojave, negotiations may be able to proceed.

Appearances
Dennis Crocker appears only in Fallout: New Vegas, and is mentioned in Lonesome Road if the player character has high reputation with the NCR.

Behind the scenes

 * The character was given an African American appearance due to a mix-up when recording the voice-over.
 * Ambassador Crocker is the Five of Hearts in the deck of Vault playing cards included with the Collector's Edition of Fallout: New Vegas.
 * With the Wild Wasteland trait, the Lone Wanderer may witness Crocker speaking a line about how he is not a doctor. This is a reference to Dr. McCoy from Star Trek, who frequently states "Dammit, Jim, I'm a doctor, not a..."

Bugs

 * Waiting in the embassy during the night may result in Crocker not appearing in the building the next day, or disappearing from the game entirely.
 * This may be fixed by leaving and re-entering the location. On PC, console commands can be used to either enable him ( followed by ) or by placing him at the player's location (.)
 * When the Courier would like to know more about the NCR while having a mixed reputation(merciful thug) with them, the spoken dialogue is different from the text in the subtitles.
 * In the subtitles it says the hero of the NCR while he says citizen of the NCR.
 * While receiving the quest Kings' Gambit if the Courier asks about the other option besides assassinating Pacer, Ambassador Crocker will suggest the Courier "integrate" with the King, when the subtitles say "ingratiate."