The Jackals are a gang in the Mojave Wasteland and former state of California.
Background
The group raids Shady Sands, shooting inhabitants and stealing food and supplies.[1] Ian mentions that they hate the other two groups that attack the settlement, the Vipers and the Khans.[1] The group previously came into conflict with the NCR's Colonel Cassandra Moore, afterward engaging in opportunistic raiding across the Mojave.[2][3]
Publications
“The Joshua Tree-speckled mountains provide a surprising amount of cover, especially the rock-strewn washes that run east-west just south of Nelson. This is the perfect location for packs of anarchic hunters, grifters, and psychotics to wait for an opportunity to steal, kidnap, or kill. These loosely-knit Raider gangs revel in chaos and anarchy. The Jackals are no more than a handful of scarred and tattooed reprobates, scraping out a living by preying on anything weaker than them. The (slightly) more organized Viper Gang consist of a slightly more skilled collection of ne’er-do-wells, dug in close to major roads to rob and plunder travellers and Merchant Caravans. Further north, are two much more pitiful gangs, who have lost their brethren (both in violence, or by recruitment) to the Fiends; the stinking Greaser Gang who terrorize the North Vegas Sewers, and the Scorpion Gang, who fight intermittent skirmishes with Westside residents. All these Raiders have no driving purpose or goal, other than to live to see tomorrow and raise as much hell as possible today.”— Fallout: New Vegas Official Game Guide/Faction Profiles
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Appearances
The Jackals appear in Fallout: New Vegas and are mentioned in Fallout.
Behind the scenes
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Vault Dweller: "{116}{}{Can you tell me about the bandits?}"
Ian: "There are several. They come from various groups. They steal our food and occasionally shoot a few people. Seth organized the guards to help fight them off."
Vault Dweller: "There are different groups? Who are they all?"
Ian: "There are three groups: the Khans, the Vipers, and the Jackals. They pretty much hate each other, but they all raid Shady Sands."
(IAN.MSG)
- ↑ Courier: "Colonel Moore's "way"?"
Hanlon: "The colonel is an effective commander - one of the best - but she sharpened her claws on the Vipers and the old Jackals. Did four tours against the Brotherhood, too. She used to be a ranger until an injury took her out of action. Happens to a lot of us, unfortunately. She's better at making graves than making friends. Bring in Moore and the earth will be razed. Fields will be salted."
(Chief Hanlon's dialogue)
- ↑ Fallout: New Vegas loading screen hints: "Brutalized by the NCR, the once-legendary Vipers and Jackals gangs have become little more than opportunistic, petty raiders."
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