California

California is a location in the United States mentioned throughout the Fallout Series.

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Alice McLafferty mentions that the Mojave Outpost is near the California border.^[1]
AHS-9 mentions that the Enclave has hidden bases all over the former state of California.^[2]
New California is a post-War region spanning beyond the former state of California.^[3]
The Navarro computer mentions that the Enclave headquarters is off the coast of California.^[4]
Daniel Bird writes the state name in his memo to self, adding his idea to change the spelling to "Kalifornia."^[5] He will also ask the Chosen One how they spell the state's name.^[6]
A recreational location called the California Sunset Drive-in is located in the Mojave.
A pre-War California roadsign is found near Nipton.^[7]
The Platinum Chip was printed in Sunnyvale, California on October 22, 2077.^[8]
The California gold rush is mentioned as an event that began in 1848.^[9]
The Chosen One can fight their way to become the heavyweight champion of Northern California.^[10]
Alice McLafferty tells the Courier about the wealthy Jamison family from Redding, California, that invests heavily in the Crimson Caravan Company.^[11]
Veronica shares her origins as California, having followed Elder Elijah in order to research the Hoover Dam.^[12]
The Marked Scout Armor has a California license plate on the back.^[13]
Sierra Petrovita remarks that a nut collector may live in either California or Nevada.^[14]
Jas Wilkins mentions being born and raised in California.^[15]
The Switchboard reported three unidentified submerged objects off the coast of California on the day of the Great War.^[16]
After the Sole Survivor delivers Nuka-Cola Wild to the patrons of Doc Phosphate's Saloon, Phosphate will ask if they offered any tall tales as compensation. The Sole Survivor can respond that all three told them about the California Gold Rush.^[17]
If the Courier facilitates his safe escape from Camp Guardian caves, Private Halford remarks that he will be heading back to California to avoid further risk to his life due to NCR incompetence.^[18]
The Mariposa Military Base is built in central California to conduct Forced Evolutionary Virus research.^[19]^[20]
The gamblers inside the Ultra-Luxe will tell the Courier that they heard the bath house uses sea salts imported from California.^[21]
Legate Lanius remarks that someday the Legion may conquer "the land known as California."^[22]
President Kimball's Itinerary for his visit to the Hoover Dam describes his arrival by vertibird from California.^[23]
Kimball mentions California several times in his Hoover Dam speech.^[24]
Gloria Van Graff mentions the majority of her family's business operations are in California.^[25]
Ringo's caravan was attacked on the way back to New Vegas from California.^[26] He mentions that the Crimson Caravan Company is the largest trading outfit in California.^[27]
California highway patrol cars are found throughout the Mojave region.
The Vault City travel log mentions the state.^[28]
Papa Khan mentions that the glory of the Great Khans will be restored once the NCR is pushed back to California.^[29]
Scribe Valdez mentions a broken transmitter that was needed to contact California.^[30]
Lily Bowen mentions that she was taken from Vault 17 and put to work in an army that was going to conquer California.^[31]
California is mentioned in one of Craig Boone's ending slides, stating that he journeyed back to the state in search of the NCR officer who had led the attack on Bitter Springs.^[32]
Henry Casdin comments on the Brotherhood of Steel on the western coast of the country, around California.^[33]
When speaking with Elder Lyons in the Citadel, he will mention that the Brotherhood has encountered the Enclave in the past, over 30 years ago in California.^[34]
The Crimson Caravan Invoice mentions Shady Sands, California.^[35]
Chuck Stodgers flees in panic after learning that California is now referred to as "New" California.^[36]
Broken Hills citizens will ask if anywhere else in California needs uranium refiners.^[37]
A map of Los Angeles County is labeled California.^[38]
Solomon Hardy mentions the Californian Brotherhood of Steel.^[39]

References

↑ Alice McLafferty: "I believe Cass frequents the Mojave Outpost, far south of here, near the California border."
(Alice McLafferty's dialogue)
↑ Chosen One: "Yeah, okay. How do I find them?"
AHS-9: "The Enclave are a remnant of the past - a neurodyne that has yet to be aligned. They have hidden bases all over the shards of old California, and their strongest stronghold is off to the west, over the waters."
(Fcoz9.msg)
↑ Steve: "Hello and welcome to Vault City, the best city in New California! I'm Steve...how can I help you?"
(VCSTEVE.MSG)
↑ Chosen One: "{116}{}{Where is the Enclave main base located?}"
Central computer for Navarro: "{125}{}{Searching... Accessing geographical maps... Data acquired. Enclave headquarters is located 175 miles off of the coast of California in the Pacific ocean. Coordinates are 37 degrees 18 minutes north latitude by 120 degrees 7 minutes west longitude.}"
The Chosen One: "{127}{}{What the hell does all that crap mean?}"
Central computer for Navarro: "{128}{}{Searching... Accessing English slang dictionary... Data acquired. Translation follows: 1) It's a long ways out in the ocean. 2) It's off the coast of California. 3) It's west of the city of San Francisco. 4) If you do not understand the geographical coordinate system then you will not find it.}"
(Central computer for Navarro's dialogue)
↑ Word list
↑ Daniel Bird: "{116}{}{Hmm, tell me, how do you spell California? With a 'K,' or without?}"
(Daniel Bird's dialogue)
↑ California state sign render
↑ Mr. House: "The Platinum Chip was printed in Sunnyvale, California on October 22nd, 2077 - the day before the Great War."
(Mr. House's dialogue)
↑ Pioneer Scout Badge Exam answers; Miner
↑ Prizefighter description: "You are the heavyweight champion of Northern California. You have gained fame, respect, the love of thousands... and a bonus to your toughness and unarmed skill."
↑ Courier: "I want to know more about the problem with Henry Jamison."
Alice McLafferty: "The Jamisons are very wealthy ranchers back in Redding, California and significant investors in the Crimson Caravan Company. I was pressured into posting young Henry as the manager of the New Vegas branch. As you can see, he wasn't exactly cut out for the job. He was much more interested in gambling and prostitutes, and because of his family, I can't simply fire him. Henry needs to be convinced to quit, one way or another. I won't have a useless employee on the company payroll."
(Alice McLafferty's dialogue)
↑ Courier: "Actually, I'm more comfortable now that I know you've had some training."
Veronica: "Well, thanks for taking a chance on a naive young girl from California with stars in her eyes and a pneumatic gauntlet on her hand. Let's hit the road, huh?"
(Veronica's dialogue)
↑ California license plate
↑ Lone Wanderer: "Look, lady. I just want to get out of this nuthouse..."
Sierra Petrovita: "Oh, I think you came to the wrong place. I think there's someone in California that collects nuts. Or was it Nevada? Hmmm..."
↑ Courier: "Are you from California?"
Jas Wilkins: "Born and raised. Things back in California are better than they've ever been, according to my grandpa. The Raiders are mostly gone now and it's easy enough to get a job at one of the mills or farms. But now there's taxes and laws and other things. The NCR keeps things safe and orderly, but it's all very boring. So, I came out east towards the frontier."
(Jas Wilkins' dialogue)
↑ The Switchboard terminal entries; Central terminal, DEFCON Status - 2077
↑ Phosphate: "Good job. Did Old Prospector Owen give you one of his great tall tales as a reward for his drink? What about Miss Trixie and Handy Hank?"
Sole Survivor: "Oh yeah. Owen, Trixie, and Hank told me all about the California Gold Rush. Fun and educational!"
(Phosphate's dialogue)
↑ Courier: "You're free to leave. The way up is clear."
Private Halford: "Great, I'll start heading back to California now. I'm not about to let myself get killed by future NCR incompetence."
(Halford's dialogue)
↑ ZAX: "The military, wishing to continue further testing, builds a large facility at the Mariposa military installation in central California. At this new facility, testing of the FEV virus continues on volunteer subjects from the military."
(ZAX dialogue)
↑ FEV research
↑ Gambler: "I heard they brought in sea salts from California just for this bath."
(Gambler's dialogue)
↑ Legate Lanius: "Perhaps, in time, I will be granted the honor of conquering the land known as California. But for now, we rest."
(Legate Lanius' dialogue)
↑ President Kimball's Itinerary: "The President is scheduled to arrive via vertibird from California. The vertibird will land on the top of the Visitor's Center where Colonel Moore will meet the President and escort him out to the stage."
↑ Kimball's dialogue)
↑ Courier: "So is this a family business?"
Gloria Van Graff: "Yes it is. My brother and I run this particular branch, but our family has operations all over, particularly in California."
(Gloria Van Graff's dialogue)
↑ Courier: "Why are the Powder Gangers out to get you?"
Ringo: "My caravan was on the return trip from California and heading back up to the company branch in New Vegas when we got jumped. Not even a "drop your weapons and hands up" before the bullets started flying. We put up a good fight, but there was too many of them. I took a few of the bandits down before I ran, so I figure their friends are out for revenge."
(Ringo's dialogue)
↑ Courier: "Tell me more about the Crimson Caravan Company."
Ringo: "It's been in business for a very long time, and is probably the biggest trading outfit in California. There's a branch up in New Vegas, but it hasn't been doing so well. Word is that the big boss herself, Alice McLafferty, is coming in to fix things."
(Ringo's dialogue)
↑ Vault City travel log: "This utopia is free from crimes and other sociological ills that inflict the other communities in Northern California."
↑ Papa Khan: "The glory of the Great Khans will be restored, and once the NCR is pushed back to California, all the land from here to the Colorado will be ours."
(Papa Khan's dialogue)
↑ Fort Atlas Terminal Entries; The New Appalachian Brotherhood
↑ Courier: "Where did you come from?"
Lily Bowen: "I grew up in Vault 17. I never even saw the sun until I was 75 years old - that was when Super mutants raided the Vault and carried a lot of us off. Yes, Leo, I'm getting to that part! They made me one of them, and they put me to work in an army that was going to conquer California."
(Lily Bowen's dialogue)
↑ Fallout: New Vegas endings: "As the Battle of Hoover Dam ended, Boone confirmed what he had always suspected - that revenge would never quiet his troubled mind. Side arm in hand, he journeyed back to California in search of the NCR officer who had led the attack on Bitter Springs."
↑ Henry Casdin: "I mean the Brotherhood from out West, back around California. We knew what we were doing back there. We didn't waste time with delusions of heroism."
(Casdin's dialogue)
↑ Elder Lyons: "The Brotherhood of Steel has encountered the Enclave before, you see. Over thirty years ago, back in California."
(Elder Lyons' dialogue)
↑ Crimson Caravan Invoice
↑ Chuck Stodgers: "{103}{}{::he rubs sleep from his eyes:: Wha'... huh? Where am I? How long have I been asleep?}"
Chosen One: "{106}{}{I have no idea how long you've been asleep, but you're in Broken Hills, near the New California Republic.}"
Chuck Stodgers: "{111}{}{New WHAT? CALIFORNIA? THE WORLD HAS CHANGED THAT MUCH? AIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! ::he flees in panic::}"
(Hcchuck.msg)
↑ HcGHOUL.msg: "I wonder if anywhere else in California needs uranium refiners?"
↑ Boneyard Townmap
↑ Vault Dweller: "Things are run differently in California? How so?"
Solomon Hardy: "Now, I only know what I've read. Initiates like me have never actually been a part of the California Brotherhood. We were picked up along the way. But, from what I gather, there's a lot more talk about hoarding technology than helping folk. How did that holotape put it... "Help protect people from themselves?" Something like that. I can appreciate where they're coming from, but my obligations are to help people by, well... helping people."
(Solomon Hardy's dialogue)

[1] Alice McLafferty: "I believe Cass frequents the Mojave Outpost, far south of here, near the California border."
(Alice McLafferty's dialogue)

[2] Chosen One: "Yeah, okay. How do I find them?"
AHS-9: "The Enclave are a remnant of the past - a neurodyne that has yet to be aligned. They have hidden bases all over the shards of old California, and their strongest stronghold is off to the west, over the waters."
(Fcoz9.msg)

[3] Steve: "Hello and welcome to Vault City, the best city in New California! I'm Steve...how can I help you?"
(VCSTEVE.MSG)

[4] Chosen One: "{116}{}{Where is the Enclave main base located?}"
Central computer for Navarro: "{125}{}{Searching... Accessing geographical maps... Data acquired. Enclave headquarters is located 175 miles off of the coast of California in the Pacific ocean. Coordinates are 37 degrees 18 minutes north latitude by 120 degrees 7 minutes west longitude.}"
The Chosen One: "{127}{}{What the hell does all that crap mean?}"
Central computer for Navarro: "{128}{}{Searching... Accessing English slang dictionary... Data acquired. Translation follows: 1) It's a long ways out in the ocean. 2) It's off the coast of California. 3) It's west of the city of San Francisco. 4) If you do not understand the geographical coordinate system then you will not find it.}"
(Central computer for Navarro's dialogue)

[5] Word list

[6] Daniel Bird: "{116}{}{Hmm, tell me, how do you spell California? With a 'K,' or without?}"
(Daniel Bird's dialogue)

[7] California state sign render

[8] Mr. House: "The Platinum Chip was printed in Sunnyvale, California on October 22nd, 2077 - the day before the Great War."
(Mr. House's dialogue)

[9] Pioneer Scout Badge Exam answers; Miner

[10] Prizefighter description: "You are the heavyweight champion of Northern California. You have gained fame, respect, the love of thousands... and a bonus to your toughness and unarmed skill."

[11] Courier: "I want to know more about the problem with Henry Jamison."
Alice McLafferty: "The Jamisons are very wealthy ranchers back in Redding, California and significant investors in the Crimson Caravan Company. I was pressured into posting young Henry as the manager of the New Vegas branch. As you can see, he wasn't exactly cut out for the job. He was much more interested in gambling and prostitutes, and because of his family, I can't simply fire him. Henry needs to be convinced to quit, one way or another. I won't have a useless employee on the company payroll."
(Alice McLafferty's dialogue)

[12] Courier: "Actually, I'm more comfortable now that I know you've had some training."
Veronica: "Well, thanks for taking a chance on a naive young girl from California with stars in her eyes and a pneumatic gauntlet on her hand. Let's hit the road, huh?"
(Veronica's dialogue)

[13] California license plate

[Nuthouse-14] Lone Wanderer: "Look, lady. I just want to get out of this nuthouse..."
Sierra Petrovita: "Oh, I think you came to the wrong place. I think there's someone in California that collects nuts. Or was it Nevada? Hmmm..."

[15] Courier: "Are you from California?"
Jas Wilkins: "Born and raised. Things back in California are better than they've ever been, according to my grandpa. The Raiders are mostly gone now and it's easy enough to get a job at one of the mills or farms. But now there's taxes and laws and other things. The NCR keeps things safe and orderly, but it's all very boring. So, I came out east towards the frontier."
(Jas Wilkins' dialogue)

[2077switch-16] The Switchboard terminal entries; Central terminal, DEFCON Status - 2077

[17] Phosphate: "Good job. Did Old Prospector Owen give you one of his great tall tales as a reward for his drink? What about Miss Trixie and Handy Hank?"
Sole Survivor: "Oh yeah. Owen, Trixie, and Hank told me all about the California Gold Rush. Fun and educational!"
(Phosphate's dialogue)

[18] Courier: "You're free to leave. The way up is clear."
Private Halford: "Great, I'll start heading back to California now. I'm not about to let myself get killed by future NCR incompetence."
(Halford's dialogue)

[19] ZAX: "The military, wishing to continue further testing, builds a large facility at the Mariposa military installation in central California. At this new facility, testing of the FEV virus continues on volunteer subjects from the military."
(ZAX dialogue)

[20] FEV research

[21] Gambler: "I heard they brought in sea salts from California just for this bath."
(Gambler's dialogue)

[22] Legate Lanius: "Perhaps, in time, I will be granted the honor of conquering the land known as California. But for now, we rest."
(Legate Lanius' dialogue)

[23] President Kimball's Itinerary: "The President is scheduled to arrive via vertibird from California. The vertibird will land on the top of the Visitor's Center where Colonel Moore will meet the President and escort him out to the stage."

[kimballspeech-24] Kimball's dialogue)

[25] Courier: "So is this a family business?"
Gloria Van Graff: "Yes it is. My brother and I run this particular branch, but our family has operations all over, particularly in California."
(Gloria Van Graff's dialogue)

[26] Courier: "Why are the Powder Gangers out to get you?"
Ringo: "My caravan was on the return trip from California and heading back up to the company branch in New Vegas when we got jumped. Not even a "drop your weapons and hands up" before the bullets started flying. We put up a good fight, but there was too many of them. I took a few of the bandits down before I ran, so I figure their friends are out for revenge."
(Ringo's dialogue)

[27] Courier: "Tell me more about the Crimson Caravan Company."
Ringo: "It's been in business for a very long time, and is probably the biggest trading outfit in California. There's a branch up in New Vegas, but it hasn't been doing so well. Word is that the big boss herself, Alice McLafferty, is coming in to fix things."
(Ringo's dialogue)

[28] Vault City travel log: "This utopia is free from crimes and other sociological ills that inflict the other communities in Northern California."

[29] Papa Khan: "The glory of the Great Khans will be restored, and once the NCR is pushed back to California, all the land from here to the Colorado will be ours."
(Papa Khan's dialogue)

[30] Fort Atlas Terminal Entries; The New Appalachian Brotherhood

[31] Courier: "Where did you come from?"
Lily Bowen: "I grew up in Vault 17. I never even saw the sun until I was 75 years old - that was when Super mutants raided the Vault and carried a lot of us off. Yes, Leo, I'm getting to that part! They made me one of them, and they put me to work in an army that was going to conquer California."
(Lily Bowen's dialogue)

[32] Fallout: New Vegas endings: "As the Battle of Hoover Dam ended, Boone confirmed what he had always suspected - that revenge would never quiet his troubled mind. Side arm in hand, he journeyed back to California in search of the NCR officer who had led the attack on Bitter Springs."

[33] Henry Casdin: "I mean the Brotherhood from out West, back around California. We knew what we were doing back there. We didn't waste time with delusions of heroism."
(Casdin's dialogue)

[34] Elder Lyons: "The Brotherhood of Steel has encountered the Enclave before, you see. Over thirty years ago, back in California."
(Elder Lyons' dialogue)

[35] Crimson Caravan Invoice

[36] Chuck Stodgers: "{103}{}{::he rubs sleep from his eyes:: Wha'... huh? Where am I? How long have I been asleep?}"
Chosen One: "{106}{}{I have no idea how long you've been asleep, but you're in Broken Hills, near the New California Republic.}"
Chuck Stodgers: "{111}{}{New WHAT? CALIFORNIA? THE WORLD HAS CHANGED THAT MUCH? AIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! ::he flees in panic::}"
(Hcchuck.msg)

[37] HcGHOUL.msg: "I wonder if anywhere else in California needs uranium refiners?"

[38] Boneyard Townmap

[39] Vault Dweller: "Things are run differently in California? How so?"
Solomon Hardy: "Now, I only know what I've read. Initiates like me have never actually been a part of the California Brotherhood. We were picked up along the way. But, from what I gather, there's a lot more talk about hoarding technology than helping folk. How did that holotape put it... "Help protect people from themselves?" Something like that. I can appreciate where they're coming from, but my obligations are to help people by, well... helping people."
(Solomon Hardy's dialogue)

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