NCR Trooper

s are the main foot soldiers for the NCR in the Mojave wasteland during 2281.

Background
The foundation of the New California Republic Army, the troopers are men and women who have either volunteered or have been conscripted to serve in the NCR military as the hammer of the Republic. Their backgrounds, level of training, equipment, and even loyalty vary wildely amongst the thousands of troopers. But what they lack in consistency, they make up for in sheer numbers. The Republic has won many of its wars on that one factor alone. Yet the Mojave Campaign is starting to test the validity of that strategy when your army is in a defensive posture and spread too thin.

The Republic has been hard pressed to deploy enough troops to the Mojave, where the sheer size of the territory requires a great number of personnel to properly secure it. Whilst a war of attrition against Caesar's Legion continues to eat up soldiers. This has forced the NCR to replace the veterans they lose with under-trained troopers who have been given a crash course in soldiering. Greatly reducing the quality of troops on the front lines, and steadily lowering the life expectancy of the average soldier in the campaign.

Equipment
The standard NCR trooper's uniform is one of the several variants of NCR armor. Composed of a khaki tunic with bellowed hip pockets and khaki breeches, worn with a desert facewrap and hardened leather pauldrons, black leather fingerless gloves, arm wraps, brown boots and khaki puttees. The uniform was designed with the desert environment of the wasteland in mind.

The main protection provided by their uniform comes from the thick leather breastplate that covers the torso and the layers of fabric over the arms and legs. Though superior to what you would find on bandits and tribals, the armor has been proven grossly inadequate against the laser weapons of the Brotherhood of Steel and the sharp machetes of Caesar's disciplined legionaries.

The standard weapons of the NCR trooper is his Service rifle and 9mm pistol (Fallout: New Vegas) sidearm. Chosen for their reliability and can effectively be mass-produced in a cost-effective manner. While the typical NCR soldier will find themselves lacking in durability compared to a legionary, they tend to have superior weapons and armor, and are able to shoot down a Recruit legionary before he ever gets into striking distance with his machete.

Notable Quotes

 * "When I got this assignment I was hoping there would be more gambling."
 * "It's been a long tour, all I can think about now is going home."
 * "I just lost a month's worth of caps."
 * "Patrolling the Mojave almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter."

Appearances
NCR Troopers appeared in Fallout: New Vegas.