NCR Trooper

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

Background
The NCR Troopers are men and women recruited or conscripted mostly from the NCR that are stationed in California or in the Mojave Desert, though a smaller number are natives of the Mojave Wasteland and New Vegas. They are the standard infantrymen of the NCR military. The NCR and its Troopers are currently waging a war on Caesar's Legion and holding the line against the nearby gangs of Fiends and Powder Gangers while trying to gain Mr. House's trust and annex New Vegas.

Locations

 * 1 NCR Trooper can be found dead south of Canyon Wreckage in a den of Coyotes.
 * 1 NCR Trooper can be found dead inside Vault 11.
 * 1 NCR Trooper can be found dead along the road up to Black Mountain.
 * 5 NCR Troopers can be found in the NCR camp west of Primm.
 * 14 NCR Troopers can be found at the Mojave Outpost.

Combat Notes
The basic rank-and-file grunts of the NCR are nothing to sneeze at. Whilst they lack the close-combat skills of the Legion's troops and the powerful weapons favored by the Fiends, they possess considerably better armor than either, have higher health on average, and they have a noted tendency to appear in fair-sized fireteams. NCR Troopers are better shots than their contemporaries as well, further worsening things.

The fact that NCR Troopers have NCR Trooper Armor variants (and usually trooper and/or goggle helmets as well) is the first major obstacle low-level players have when fighting them. This armor provides fairly good defense - enough to significantly cut down the damage they take from small-arms fire. They will, if the player is going the Bad Karma route, likely be the first enemies the player encounters that possess this kind of protection, and as such, they will prove more resistant to early-game weapons, such as the Varmint Rifle, than other enemies. Armor-Piercing Ammo can be useful when fighting them as a result.

NCR Troopers are usually armed with Service Rifles - their standard-issue weapon-of-choice. Some will be packing 9mm SMGs or 10mm SMGs. A few will pack Hunting rifle (Fallout: New Vegas)s,, Single Shotguns, Caravan Shotguns, or Varmint Rifles, especially if they are positioned for marksmanship. Higher-level Troopers - ones in critical locations - are more likely to carry better weapons, including Trail Carbines, Sniper Rifles, and Assault Carbines. NCR Troopers in particularly sensative areas (such as the Hoover Dam make use of Riot Shotguns and Marksman Carbines. They favor 9mm pistol (Fallout: New Vegas) and 10mm pistol (Fallout: New Vegas) as sidearms, and frequently make use of Frag Grenades. NCR Troopers have less of a tendency to enter melee than the other factions, carrying unarmed and melee weaponry far less often - with the exception of MPs on the strip, who carry them as a matter of necessity. When they do carry them, their weapons of choice include Brass Knuckles, Combat knife (Fallout: New Vegas), and Cattle prod (Fallout: New Vegas).

Appearances
NCR Troopers appear in Fallout: New Vegas.