Camp Forlorn Hope

 is the NCR's primary forward camp in the eastern Mojave Wasteland.

Layout
Camp Forlorn Hope has tents, shacks, and abandoned truck hulls scattered throughout, and is divided by a freshwater creek running through the middle. The camp is destitute and generally lacks items for looting, although forlorn hope letters written by soldiers can be found all over the camp. Entering from the North, the first place of note is the medical center. Dr. Richards is usually located here. On the path to the right is a shack, and across is the Camp Forlorn Hope Jail, with a lone NCR Trooper and a jail cell. Further south is the barracks where Private Stone usually hangs out. Just south of the barracks across the creek is the Mess Hall. Down the path to the right of the mess hall is a campfire at the end of a long row of tents. To the north of the campfire is the Quartermaster's Tent, with a storage shed with a (Very Hard Lock) across from it. North of that across the bridge is the Command Center. Major Polatli is here along with Tech Sergeant Reyes.

Inhabitants

 * Major Polatli, NCR Head of the Camp
 * Private Stone
 * Richards, Camp Doctor
 * Quartermaster Mayes
 * Private Sexton
 * Tech Sergeant Reyes
 * Lieutenant Monroe

Related Quests

 * An Ear to the Ground
 * Medical Mystery
 * Restoring Hope
 * Return to Sender
 * Tags of Our Fallen
 * We Are Legion
 * Still in the Dark

Notable Loot

 * Big Book of Science on a table in the back-right corner of the Command Center (must be stolen).


 * East from the camp a small cave can be found along with a few Lakelurks. Around the non-enterable cave are boxes of explosives and a few egg clutches.


 * There is a Sunset Sarsaparilla Star Bottle Cap next to an Empty Sunset Sarsaparilla bottle on the table directly in front of you when you enter the mess hall.
 * Also in the mess hall is a little bit of food in the kitchen area, as well as a Strange Meat Pie hidden in the oven (though this, like many other instances of ovens filled with strange meat, is probably just an oversight by the developers).

Appearances
appears only in Fallout: New Vegas

Behind the scenes

 * A forlorn hope is a body of troops chosen to take the leading part in a military operation, such as an assault on a defended position or as defending a hazardous position, where the risk of casualties is high.
 * Forlorn Hope is an actual location in the Mojave Desert called Forlorn Hope Spring, located south of Boulder City and north of Nelson.

Bugs

 * If you fast travel to Camp Forlorn Hope, sometimes a Cazador or Bloatfly will be spawned in the camp.
 * The first time traveling to Camp Forlorn Hope, if approaching from the south, sometimes a Legion patrol will spawn inside the base, resulting in a battle between the NCR and Legion - if the Legion patrol kills any quest NPCs during the battle, this result in failed missions. Reloading and approaching from a different direction (north or west) seems to prevent the Legion troops from spawning inside the base.
 * Regardless of whether you kill all the officers there for the Legion or not, NCR troops will still respawn there and hold the base.
 * In the jail, a bench inside the cell can be sat on from outside, leaving the player-character locked in the cell, which cannot be picked.
 * After accepting any mission at the Camp Forlorn Hope whenever you're outside everything appears in a violet haze very similar to that of Camp Searchlight's green haze. Not sure if this intended or not. May be related to the Wild Wasteland trait. ** Verification Needed ** (Verified on Xbox with Wild Wasteland active. 12/06/10) (Occurred on PC with 1.2 patch, no Wild Wasteland trait. Verified 12/26/10)