Hoover Dam design document / 2 This is part 2 of the Hoover Dam design document for " Van Buren " , the canceled " Fallout 3 " by Black Isle Studios . Generic NPCs . Governor Joseph Dodge ( Male – Human ) . ( The Rim – At first reluctant leader who eventually took an active and passionate interest in the Hoover Dam community . Now he either wants to die , or make peace with the BOS ; depends on the day ) War , no matter the longevity , can rattle the feathers of the easiest going souls . As one of the founders of current Hoover Dam , there was a time when Governor Dodge was proud of what he and the community did with Hoover Dam . But then the war with the BOS hit and everything started to go downhill . Dodge tried to keep a stiff upper lip , but the constant state of alert , coupled with the infrequent attacks on the front gate , and then on the caravans , wore heavily on Dodge . When regular supplies ceased from NCR proper , almost all hope was lost . However , Ailis McLafferty , of the Crimson Caravan , brought glimmers of hope . She found a good source of weapons and firearms to help Hoover Dam defend itself from BOS attacks . This put Crimson in a very favorable light with Dodge . However , even though the extra equipment would prove to help in the war effort , Dodge knew that he was living on borrowed time . The water filtration system was failing , and that had a far reaching impact on Hoover ' s crop growth . In addition , the crops that were growing were not enough to maintain the citizenry and trade . Dodge needed a larger area to grow crops . The area known as the Scum Pits was mentioned as a good location for a hydroponics farm , but Dodge knew that materials would be needed to construct such a thing , never mind the fact that the Scum Pits were filled with creatures that claimed the lives of several NCR troops . In addition , power from the two working power generators is slowly decreasing . Dodge has Pierre LaPoubelle and Otto Steed working on the problem , but a solution does not seem like it is in sight . Dodge is on the brink of giving up , not only because of the internal problems , but the war , too . Fighting a war when there is so much falling apart around just slinks Governor Dodge into deeper funks . Major Jack Fleming ( Male – Human ) . Major Jack Fleming does not have a stellar military career with the NCR . He ' s a person who likes to question authority , and the military does not look kindly on such individuals , at least not in the NCR . So it really came as no surprise when Major Fleming was put in charge of the troops that would be sent to Hoover Dam , under the guidance and leadership of Councilman Joseph Dodge . At first , Fleming thought the assignment was a death sentence for insubordinate officers and the like . But after arriving at Hoover Dam and seeing Dodge diplomatically convince the settlers there that with cooperation they could build a powerful and prosperous community , Fleming found hope . " Maybe this Dodge character isn ' t so bad , after all . " For the brief time before the war , when Hoover was very prosperous , Major Fleming grew to respect Governor Dodge more and more . He vowed to protect Dodge through thick and thin , and when the war with the BOS started , he reaffirmed his loyalty by suggesting Dodge stay in seclusion and only meet with people when absolutely necessary . Fleming thought Dodge was one of the wasteland ' s last hopes of civilized community and government , and he wanted to make certain that all of Dodge ' s hard work in the past would not be in vain . Guido , Enzo , Vinnie Giordano ( Males – Humans ) . The Giordano triplets are tight knit brothers who are virtually inseparable . Originally from NCR proper , they served a small stint in the prison there for petty theft . After serving one year , they decided to use what money they had left over and open a caravan company , the 3 - Some Caravan Company . Business did not take off all that well since word got around they were former inmates , but there was enough business to keep afloat . The Giordanos felt it was their lucky day when their company was recruited to accompany Joseph Dodge to Hoover Dam , carrying supplies to last the journey and set up shop . This was like a second chance for the triplets , a fresh start . Business fared better for the 3 - Some Caravan Company in Hoover Dam , particularly with the riff - raff who originally settled there . The Giordanos never did anything illegal , but the impression that they were part of a lower class carried over from NCR , mostly thanks to the suspicious nature of Joseph Dodge and Ailis McLafferty egging on his suspicions . Enzo Giordano is the speaker of the company , and he is willing to deal with anyone as long as it does not involve hurting anyone else – much . Enzo is honorable and straight forward , and he always keeps his deals . Lately , however , he and the other brothers have been feeling the pinch since Crimson has been supplying arms and weapons to Dodge and his NCR troops . In addition , there are frequent caravan raids against 3 - Some by BOS soldiers using some kind of cloaking device to hide their approach . Ailis of Crimson said she has been attacked by the same BOS , but strangely it has not affected her shipments or frequency of caravan runs . Enzo is very anxious to find out what Ailis is up to . Dorris ( Female – Human ) . There ' s not much to say about Dorris . She ' s pretty , perky , and has a foul mouth . She is a soldier in the NCR force , but she much prefers her post as the receptionist for the NCR HQ . She doesn ' t take too kindly to flirting from male suitors and is quick to shoot anyone down who does . Some even say she might prefer women to men , but that is just a rumor created by ego bruised men . . . or is it . . . ? Ailis McLafferty ( Female , Human ) . Ailis McLafferty doesn ' t take any shit and rules the Crimson Caravan Company with almost military strictness , but far more efficiently than the military . She saw the order to accompany Governor Dodge to Hoover Dam as an opportunity to expand her caravan empire . She puts on a great show of support for Dodge and his efforts , but she secretly wants to see him fall flat on his face . When she does , she will seize the opportunity to take over Hoover and shape it into a town that would be the envy of the wasteland . Part of Ailis ' master plan is to work both sides of the BOS / NCR war . She is currently supplying weapons and ammo to both BOS at Maxson ' s Bunker and the NCR at Hoover Dam . It is her hope that the war of attrition will eventually take its toll on Dodge and he will step down . Once this happens , Ailis will make a supply run to Maxson ' s Bunker , assassinate Devon Hill , blow up the entrance to Maxson ' s , therefore trapping any survivors inside , and come back to Hoover Dam as the hero who ended the war . Lofty plans , to be sure , but Ailis has full confidence in herself to pull it off . Ralph Peoples ( Male – Human ) . Ralph Peoples spent most of his life wandering the wasteland . He would stop here and there to do the odd job , but never really stayed very long in one place . It was a stroke of luck when Governor Dodge came to Hoover Dam the same day that Ralph was there . Ralph took an immediate liking to Dodge , seeing that he could possibly make a difference at Hoover Dam , and make a home . So , when Dodge asked Ralph to be his police chief , Ralph did not hesitate to accept . Ralph had hoped he would eventually find a place to settle down , and it looked like Hoover Dam might be that place . Ralph is a tall , somewhat lanky man with chiseled features and leathery , weather beaten skin . He has no fear of anyone and is only interested in upholding the law within Hoover Dam . The only thing that has him a bit concerned is the BOS / NCR war . Ralph can see a real possibility of the Hoover Dam community collapsing and his home disappearing . If that happens , Ralph will just go back to drifting and taking the odd job here and there , especially if has something to do with bringing scum to justice . Mitch Stiller ( Male - Human ) . Mitch Stiller is the Police captain of Hoover Dam and is stationed in Downtown . He ' s a fair man who tries to come across as tough , but everyone really knows he ' s mostly talk and pomp . When the going gets tough , he will step in , but it is obvious he is not quite as skilled as he thinks he is . It ' s a good thing Mitch has back - up , or situations would most certainly turn for the worse . Candice Morris ( Female - Human ) . Candice is the head of the Hoover Dam chapter of the Followers of the Apocalypse , and she is also the school teacher of the area . She is well versed in a lot of wasteland and recent Hoover history , including the war with Caesar ' s Legion , and is eager to teach anyone who will listen . She is also very interested in newly discovered history , so the player can always go back to Candice and give her updates on what he found in the wasteland that could be added to the Apocalypse history . A player with good Deception skill can tell all kinds of tall tales and lies about the wasteland to gain Candice ' s favor . Lately , Candice has been is a huge funk because of the lack of attendance in her school . Since the BOS / NCR war started , all of her pupils either moved away or thought that showing up to school was too risky because of the BOS attacks . So , instead of teaching , Candice shoves her nose deep into her history books and rarely looks up . Pierre LaPoubelle ( Male – Human ) . ( The Rim – Chief Engineer of the three scribe s in the Engineering Facility . ) Pierre LaPoubelle is a former scribe from Maxson ' s Bunker , along with his other scribe buddy . He came to Hoover out of frustration with the direction the BOS was going and wanted to lend his peaceful services to the growing community of Hoover Dam , despite the fact the government was NCR based . It is due in large part to Governor Dodge ' s fair - handed and peace - seeking ways of ruling that Pierre et al stayed in Hoover Dam and volunteered their services . However , neither of the former scribes told the truth about where they came from because they did not want to jeopardize the lives of their remaining friends at Maxson ' s Bunker . Pierre is a strong and hearty looking man in his early fifties . He is very smart and loves to dive wholly into his work . He is currently working on creating stronger and heartier wheat and corn that can grow in the wasteland ' s hard and dry soil . Also , he is working closely with Otto Steed to try and find a better water filtration process to turn the non - drinkable irrigation water into a fully drinkable version . Dr . Yuri Polivich ( Male – Human ) . By the looks of Dr . Yuri Polivich , with his stern eyes , pinched lips , and wild black hair , one might think he was a mad scientist . But Dr . Yuri , as he is known to his friends , is quite sane and extremely competent . He is well versed in many medical procedures and can cure or fix just about any malady or injury . In fact , he is one of the only people in the region who has a very clean , polished , and working auto - doc . Dr . Yuri is the person to see not only to cure what ails the player , but also if the player wants a good distributor for smooch . You see , Dr . Yuri is also the local drug pusher and has a wide variety of different types of chem s ( drugs ) . If it ' s in the " Fallout " universe , Dr . Yuri has it . And Dr . Yuri is always interested in new recreational chems , so he will be tickled to distribute smooch at Hoover Dam , after he gets a sampling himself . Just a special note : Dr . Yuri will be helpful later if smooch causes a junkie epidemic and an anti - toxin needs to be created . Pablo Riviera ( Male – Human ) . Pablo is usually a very happy - go - lucky sort , serving up the finest spirits in Hoover Dam . Unfortunately for Pablo , those happy days are gone . His regular supplier of hooch , the 3 - Some Caravan Company , has not been able to get fresh stock to Pablo for some time . No hooch means no customers , and poor Pablo is feeling the pinch . The thing that really gets his goat is that Dusty ' s Desires Bar & Entertainment , located in Downtown , has plenty of booze for her customers . Her supplier is the Crimson Caravan Company . Pablo would use them , but since he used to exclusively use 3 - Some , Crimson will have nothing to do with Pablo . He ' ll be in a funk when the player first meets him and explain his woes to a kind listener . It ' s up to the player if he wants to bother helping him . Frieda Van Graff ( Female – Human ) . Frieda is not originally from Hoover Dam . Originally hailing from Redding in what used to be California , she was born into the Van Graff family . She was born to Tiaret Van Graff , and is the brother of prisoner Jean - Baptiste Cutting . She does not know very much about her half - brother , except he turned up missing a few years ago . Frieda is attractive , but she is very hard , like an old bar - fly . She doesn ' t take any crap from anyone and would just assume shoot you as to serve you . She expects a courteous customer , and if she does not feel the respect , she refuses to do business until the customer changes his ways . Milko ( Male – Human midget ) . Milko is the midget owner of the General ' s Store , and he does not realize he is small . In fact , he thinks he ' s about 6 ' 7 " and weighs in at a muscular 360 lbs . Come to find out from the locals that Milko drank too much of Hoover Dam ' s filtered and processed irrigation water before anyone could tell him it was not for human consumption . It ' s best if the player just plays along with Milko ' s delusions , especially if the player wants to do repeated business . Dusty Heart ( Female – Human ) . Dusty Heart is the owner and proprietor of Dusty ' s Desires Bar & Entertainment , and despite being " big boned , " she is quite attractive . She ' ll serve up the finest hooch in the wasteland with a gleam in her eye and a mysterious brown stain in your glass . She loves a good time , but will whip out the ol ' " Dusty Trail " should folks get out of line ( Dusty Trail is a pump action shotgun that Dusty always keeps within arm ' s reach ) . Dusty is best known for providing a certain type of entertainment - prostitution . She runs a " clean " business and asks her patrons to be nice to her girls and guys ( yep , there are guys ) . If a customer will not comply , then she will introduce the offender to Beatrice , the large super mutant bouncer of Dusty ' s Desires . Beatrice ( Female – Super mutant ) . Beatrice is big , bad , and about as smart as a bag of hammers . But she is perfect for bouncer duties at Dusty ' s Desires . Beatrice is also uncertain exactly where she came from . She remembers wandering the wasteland , feeding on any wild animal that was foolish enough to attack her , and being attacked by assorted raiders here and there – whom she killed and ate , as well . She also has limited flashbacks of being in a vault - like structure with others similar to herself , but she cannot remember any of the details . When Beatrice came upon Hoover Dam , it was just before Dodge and his entourage took over . Beatrice was met with mixed results from the settlers , with some outright attacking her and others just giving her her space . For the ones who attacked Beatrice , they were quite tasty , but for the others who left her alone , she in turn left them alone , considering them as close to friends as she was likely to get . But there was one individual who was nice to her , and that person was Dusty Heart . She knew a kind gesture to one such as Beatrice would be met in kind , and sure enough , it was . Beatrice at first wanted to be her personal bodyguard ( though she couldn ' t think up the word , " bodyguard " ) , but she instead gave Beatrice a paying job to be her bouncer for her new bar . Beatrice was delighted to help her new friend and has been the bouncer for Dusty ' s Delights ever since . Beatrice is also a recruitable CNPC . During a bar fight , three individuals with cattle prod s and a super sledge will try to get the best of Beatrice . The fight will not go very well for Beatrice , so the player will have the option to jump in and help Beatrice . Once Beatrice reaches 10 % of her total HP , Mitch Stiller and his posse will come in and break things up ( shoot the bad guys ) . If the player helped Beatrice in the fight , even if the player did very little damage to the bad guys , Beatrice will be grateful and ask to be the player ' s bodyguard . Dusty will not be very happy about it , but then again she won ' t argue with you or Beatrice . She will , however , jack up her hooker and drink prices if the player takes Beatrice . Otto Steed ( Male – Ghoul ) . Otto Steed is the chief engineer in Downtown and works closely with the engineers of the Rim . He is the only ghoul in all of Hoover Dam and , surprisingly enough , he ' s treated quite well . Otto came to Hoover Dam much like Beatrice , in that he wandered in from the wasteland . He arrived almost a year after Dodge took over as Governor of Hoover Dam , staggering into town with nothing more than torn rags around his waist . At first , the NCR soldiers were going to shoot Otto and be done with him , but Dodge ' s curiosity saved Otto from being riddled with bullets . Dodge had Dr . Yuri attempt to nurse Otto back to health so Dodge could ask about where he came from and if there were more nearby . When Otto was well enough to answer questions , he was very upfront and said that he was banished from a ghoul town called the Reservation , far in the east . He then gave his real name , Otto Steed , and said that he was grateful to Dodge for saving his life and that to repay him , Otto would fix and maintain anything that needed fixing and maintaining . Dodge took Otto up on the offer and made him in charge of the two working generators in Baseline . His only barrier were the trog s and their leader , Billy - Bob . Otto would have to make nice with them before his work could commence . Otto was able to make nice with Billy - Bob ( trogs aren ' t that judgmental on looks ) , and Otto was able to make the generators perform better than ever . Otto has also been working closely with the former scribes on trying to come up with a way to make the filtered water drinkable – it can only currently be used for irrigation , and that ' s borderline . The player can help Otto with this problem by working with Jericho and their filtration processes . The player does not need to be a mechanic or science wiz to do this , but he will get more XP if he is either and upgrades the purification machine himself using the Jericho technology . Lastly , Otto is so gifted with mechanics that he does not even need a toolset to use his skill . Instead , he has bolts , screws and an assortment of tools screwed into various parts of his head and pulls them whenever he needs to use them . He ' s essentially a living toolset , hence the special perk . Otto will join the PC if the player gets the schematic s to the filtration upgrade and either hands it over to Otto or the player does the repairs himself . Otto is curious about other mechanical wonders in the wasteland and will ask the player if he can tag along and explore . Dianne ( Female – Human ) . Dianne was an NCR soldier and part of the NCR 5 Engineering Company before working for Otto . After the debacle at Burham Springs where a bunch of things blew up and released fiery gas , Dianne was assigned to be Otto ' s assistant . She is a young , attractive woman in her late twenties , and she is eager to learn all she can about engineering from Otto . She is also very well organized , which is a huge Benefit to Otto since he is somewhat of a slob . The two work well together , and should Otto decide to adventure with the player for a while , Dianne will take over as chief engineer in Downtown . Farmer Dave ( Male – Human ) . Farmer Dave is a tall , medium build man in his late forties . He enjoys growing things , so it was a natural fit for Farmer Dave to be put in charge of Downtown ' s agriculture . Farmer Dave has also been put in charge of finding a way to expand the crops so Hoover would have more to trade and an abundance of food for the locals . Farmer Dave has determined that the only way to do that is to turn the Scum Pits into a hydroponics farm . The only problem with that is that there are a lot of dangerous creature s in the Scum Pits , as well as toxic pools and a lack of building materials . If the player can help Farmer Dave solve these problems , then he will be very happy and Hoover will profit . Bob ( Male – Human ) . Bob was a settler and running Hock - it - to - Bob long before Dodge and his entourage came . He used to run his shop out of a tent along the Rim . Now , he has a nice , sturdy shack in Downtown to conduct business , and business has been decent , even though there ' s a war . Bob is a tough , no - nonsense man in his mid fifties . When other people get sick of their crap , or they need money to pay off one of Dusty ; s [ sic ] tabs , most folks at Hoover come to see Bob of Hock - it to Bob . In modern terms , Bob would be a pawn dealer . Every month Bob has something new to sell , so the player can check out Bob ' s wares just to see if there is something they have to have . Bob also runs a bounty hunting business . If he feels the player can handle himself , and the player inquires about work around town , Bob will give the player bounties . Unlike modern bounties , these bounties are for dead , only . There ' s no where to house a felon for extended periods of time , so the mark needs to be whacked . Good characters should not feel too bad about this because the bounties are for some true low - life scum . Some of the bounties can be found lurking around Hoover , some have been seen at other F3 locations . THIS IS WHERE YOU CAN COME IN ! I ' d like there to be a bounty in each feasible area like Denver , Jericho , Reservation , maybe Blackfoot , etc . Places where a stranger might be welcomed , or at least seen as a potential asset to the community . Bounties : Mary - Jo ( Female – Trog { Human } ) . Mary - Jo is actually pretty hot for a pasty white trog . She is the daughter of trog leader , Billy - Bob , and is currently working for Dusty as a prostitute . However , she does not think of herself as a prostitute . She thinks that men are just real nice - like and give here and Dusty money as a gift . The sex part is just a fun bonus ( she ' s a bit of a nympho and not all that bright ) . She spends most of her time in Dusty ' s Desires flirting with the men , and occasional woman ( if she swings that way ) , and is very approachable . Billy - Bob ( Male – Trog { Human } ) . Billy - Bob is the leader , or " Pappy " , of the trog s . He is an enormous man , with pasty white skin and shaggy hair and beard . He is also the father of Mary - Jo , but has no clue that she is hookin ' . Billiy - Bob just thinks Mary - Jo is just spending far too much time hanging out with the waste - walkers ( trog term for surface dwellers ) and that she needs to come back to her kin . Should he find out she ' s a prostitute , he will destroy the Hoover generators and wage war at the Hoover citizenry from within . * Mallet McBride ( Male – Human ) - PRISONER . Mallet McBride is not a nice man . In fact , he ' s a downright asshole . If it weren ' t for the fact that Mallet was in prison for carrying Limit 115 , he would be either in someone else ' s prison , or dead from a gunshot wound to the head . However , now that he ' s escaped Tibbit ' s Prison , he has chosen Hoover Dam as the place to sow his wild oats . Mallet is a pretty big guy and a very skilled unarmed fighter . He ' s so good , in fact , that legend has it he once laid out a super mutant with one punch , though that legend has never been tested on Beatrice . Mallet hangs out in Dusty ' s Desires and whittles the day away getting drunk and boozing it up . He takes the occasional caravan job with Crimson Caravan to earn enough money to continue his boozing and carousing , but he does not have any loyalty to Crimson . Should the player approach Mallet about taking him back to Tibbits , then the player better be ready for a fight . Mallet will not go quietly and will begin to punch the player in the face until he is dead . * Ginger Flowers ( Female – Human ) - PRISONER . Despite the sexy , porn star name , Ginger Flowers is neither pretty nor sexy . She is a haggard woman who looks like she was rode hard and put away wet . Ginger tagged along with Mallet partly for protection and partly because she had a crush on him . Mallet let her come along because he liked poking fun at her homeliness . The only joy this pathetic soul gets is watching Mallet have fun , especially when he gets it on with a hooker . Ginger will watch and Mallet will make Ginger fetch him beer s while he ' s " doin ' it . " If the player approaches Ginger about going back to Tibbits , she will protest and then run to Mallet for protection . Mallet will then try to kick the player ' s ass . Ginger will not fight because she is a fragile old bag and she knows it . Companions ! Beatrice ( Female – Super mutant ) . Beatrice is big , bad , and about as smart as a bag of hammers . But she is perfect for bouncer duties at Dusty ' s Desires . Beatrice is also uncertain exactly where she came from . She remembers wandering the wasteland , feeding on any wild animal that was foolish enough to attack her , and being attacked by assorted raiders here and there – whom she killed and ate , as well . She also has limited flashbacks of being in a vault - like structure with others similar to herself , but she cannot remember any of the details . When Beatrice came upon Hoover Dam , it was just before Dodge and his entourage took over . Beatrice was met with mixed results from the settlers , with some outright attacking her and others just giving her her space . For the ones who attacked Beatrice , they were quite tasty , but for the others who left her alone , she in turn left them alone , considering them as close to friends as she was likely to get . But there was one individual who was nice to her , and that person was Dusty Heart . She knew a kind gesture to one such as Beatrice would be met in kind , and sure enough , it was . Beatrice at first wanted to be her personal bodyguard ( though she couldn ' t think up the word , " bodyguard " ) , but she instead gave Beatrice a paying job to be her bouncer for her new bar . Beatrice was delighted to help her new friend and has been the bouncer for Dusty ' s Delights ever since . Beatrice is also a recruitable CNPC . During a bar fight , three individuals with cattle prods and a super sledge will try to get the best of Beatrice . The fight will not go very well for Beatrice , so the player will have the option to jump in and help Beatrice . Once Beatrice reaches 10 % of her total HP , Mitch Stiller and his posse will come in and break things up ( shoot the bad guys ) . If the player helped Beatrice in the fight , even if the player did very little damage to the bad guys , Beatrice will be grateful and ask to be the player ' s bodyguard . Dusty will not be very happy about it , but then again she won ' t argue with you or Beatrice . She will , however , jack up her hooker and drink prices if the player takes Beatrice . Beatrice will become a companion if : . The player helps Beatrice in a bar fight . Otto Steed ( Male – Ghoul ) . Otto Steed is the chief engineer in Downtown and works closely with the engineers of the Rim . He is the only ghoul in all of Hoover Dam and , surprisingly enough , he ' s treated quite well . Otto came to Hoover Dam much like Beatrice , in that he wandered in from the wasteland . He arrived almost a year after Dodge took over as Governor of Hoover Dam , staggering into town with nothing more than torn rags around his waist . At first the NCR soldiers were going to shoot Otto and be done with him , but Dodge ' s curiosity saved Otto from being riddled with bullets . Dodge had Dr . Yuri attempt to nurse Otto back to health so Dodge could ask about where he came from and if there were more nearby . When Otto was well enough to answer questions , he was very upfront and said that he was banished from a ghoul town called the Reservation , far in the east . He then gave his real name , Otto Steed , and said that he was grateful to Dodge for saving his life and that to repay him , Otto would fix and maintain anything that needed fixing and maintaining . Dodge too Otto up on the offer and made him in charge of the two working generators in Baseline . His only barrier were the trog s and their leader , Billy - Bob . Otto would have to make nice with them before his work could commence . Otto was able to make nice with Billy - Bob , and Otto was able to make the generators perform better than ever . Otto has also been working closely with the former scribes on trying to come up with a way to make the filtered water drinkable – it can only currently be used for irrigation , and that ' s borderline . The player can help Otto with this problem by working with Jericho and their filtration processes . The player does not need to be a mechanic or science wiz to do this , but he will get more XP if he is either and upgrades the purification machine himself using the Jericho technology . Lastly , Otto is so gifted with mechanics that he does not even need a toolset to use his skill . Instead , he has bolts , screws and an assortment of tools screwed into various parts of his head and pulls them whenever he needs to use them . He ' s essentially a living toolset , hence the special perk . Otto will become a companion if : . The player helps Otto figure out how to make the water filtration process produce drinkable water .