Boomers

The  are a faction in Fallout: New Vegas. The Boomers are a tribe descended from a group of vault dwellers who left Vault 34 who revere explosions and the discharge of weapons.

Background
Vault 34's armory was heavily overstocked with special weapons but was impossible to lock. The Overseer had the munitions guarded closely, and did not allow the use of firearms or explosives in the vault. After a conflict with the Overseer, the Boomers left Vault 34 and wandered the wastes. They came across Nellis Air Force Base and settled in. They dragged the artillery across the Mojave Wasteland and used it to keep out virtually all wastelanders.

The Boomers are one of the Factions which the courier must check on as part of the quest Wild Card: Side Bets.

As the courier goes up the road towards Nellis, he will meet a character named George who offers to help him get past the Boomer's artillery and into the Nellis Air Force Base he will make a bet with you that you will not return from passing through the artillery. If you pass a speech check you will only have to give him 200 caps instead of 400, when you return he will pay you double, great gain for you.

Quests
The quest of winning over the Boomers is given by the two main factions, ambassador Dennis Crocker and Caesar, who will also give you the option to eliminate them as a threat to the Legion, and by Yes Man, located in the New Vegas Strip.

Once the courier gets into Nellis and talks to Pearl, he gets the quest Volare!, which is actually a series of quests to be done to win friends among the Boomers. Because the Boomers have kept themselves totally isolated, they have no use for caps and thus the only rewards for quests are XPs and getting help in the upcoming battle.

If you complete Volare! to a high enough standard and become idolized, you can speak to Pearl and ask her for support from the Boomers if there is a fight for the dam.

The final quest is to salvage a 300-year-old downed B-29 aircraft, which will make it possible for the Boomers to fly the B-29 against either Caesar's Legion or the NCR during the Battle of Hoover Dam, depending on which faction the player is primarily fighting against (Caesar's Legion in the quests Eureka!, All or Nothing, or No Gods, No Masters, NCR in the quest Veni, Vidi, Vici).

Bugs

 * The Boomers' medic, Argyll, requests 3 doses of Fixer for his services. Giving them to him triggers the medical animation, but the players wounds are not healed.


 * There is a possiblility that the player will encounter the Mini Boomers (the children) just outside Cannibal Johnsons cave. Interacting with them will result in them speaking to your as if the were still at Nellis Air Force Base.


 * Sometimes the shelling range is incorrect, causing the player to still be shelled by howitzer rounds when next to the boomers' fence or even when inside Nellis AFB. If this bug kills the initial guard that talks to you and lets you in, Nellis is inaccessible without 100 lockpick skill.


 * If the initial guard dies, Nellis is inaccessible completely forever, causing the player to be unable to complete the quest and by extension, the game.

Appearances
appears in Fallout: New Vegas.