Ranger Andy

Ranger Andy is a former New California Ranger living in Novac in 2281.

Background
Ranger Andy is a retired Ranger living in his bungalow in Novac. He injured his entire body, and more specifically his arm and leg, when a child dropped a grenade by his feet while he was clearing a building. He later injured his leg again by falling down the motel stairs in Novac.

Quests

 * One for My Baby: Ranger Andy can be one of the people persuaded to go in front of Dinky the Dinosaur, although he is not the true culprit.


 * Old School Ghoul: Raul Tejada will ask the courier what they think about guys like Ranger Andy, this is part of Raul's companion quest. Be careful as it is bugged and talking to Ranger Andy and learning the Ranger Takedown before you have Raul as your active companion will break the quest, this can be fixed with console commands for the PC.(This bug has been corrected with Patch. 1.02, Confirmed PC, PS3 and Xbox 360)

Other interactions
Andy will ask the player to check on Ranger Station Charlie as an unmarked quest. Upon arrival at Ranger Station Charlie, you will find that all the rangers have been killed, leaving behind 2 holotapes, the first one located under the desk, and the second one right next to the desk. One major statement is that they captured a female Ranger (possibly the female Ranger you have the option to fight in the arena at The Fort). They detail that Caesar's Legion is sending a message to the NCR. Return to Andy and he will give you 200 caps, plus an increase in reputation for both the NCR and Novac. There is also a speech check you can complete for 60 speech, which will net less reputation with NCR and Novac but 200 more caps.

By completion of this unmarked quest, Andy will give you a perk called Ranger Takedown and teach you how to do the Ranger Takedown. Alternatively,you can pass a level 30 speech check and he will teach you the move.

Also, if Raul Tejada is with the player, he will ask what they think about Ranger Andy. This can lead to Raul telling part of his past to the player (again, be sure to have him with you as you learn the move or else his companion quest will bug up). This is fixed as of Patch 1.2.0

Bugs

 * If you visit Ranger Station Charlie after getting the unmarked quest, have a look around and return to Andy without finding the holotapes, he will say that it'd be nice to find out more about what happened there, but if you then return to Charlie and find the tapes, it'll be impossible to bring the topic up with Ranger Andy again. He says "Any word on Station Charlie?" every time you talk to him, but there is no dialogue option related to the quest.
 * After asking Ranger Andy about the station and going down to check it the station may not have been attacked at all. There will be a single ranger in the station talking about how he has too many medical supplies.
 * There is a bug that will not let you speak to Ranger Andy and the screen goes in for a conversation but then recedes the reason is unknown for now. Raul will still talk to you about his past once you leave the house (confirmed on PS3) (Confirmed on PC. Occurs after passing the Speech check to bypass the Ranger Station Charlie side quest, and the next time you talk to Andy).
 * When you bring Raul to Ranger Andy and talk to him he does not give a response and you are unable to talk to him and finish Raul's unmarked quest which makes it impossible to complete the quest.

→Note: If you are playing the PC version and this bug occurs, you can correct this by using the console and typing the following exactly: set "000e61a5".MetRangerAndy to 1 This *must* be done in an indoor area. Transition to an outdoor area and Raul should initiate conversation. If that console command doesn't do the trick, try set "000e61a5".MetRangerAndy to 2 and pick his dialogue option about Ranger Andy.

Appearances
Ranger Andy appears in Fallout: New Vegas.