Ortega

Private Ortega is an NCR soldier guarding their sharecropper farms in 2281.
==Background==
A trooper serving in the NCR Army since 2279, Private Ortega ensures the safety of the farms. Mostly, this means patrolling and taking potshots at molerats.The Courier: "What do you do around here?"Ortega: "I'm a private in the NCR army, and I've been proudly serving for two years now. Although, if you were asking what I'm doing right this instant, I'm patrolling the farms. It's a safe post, but a little boring. I do get to take shots at marauding Molerats once in awhile, and that's always fun."(Ortega's dialogue) She is thankful for the posting regardless, as it is safe, compared to eg. the Fiends containment operation.The Courier: "Are there more dangerous posts?"Ortega: "Oh, you'd better believe it. I feel sorry for the troops who are charged with keeping the Fiends from overrunning everything. The Fiends are scary because they're unpredictable. One day, they'll be taking potshots at you and then running off before you can shoot back. And the next day, they'll come rushing at you pumped full of drugs and not stopping until you or they are dead."(Ortega's dialogue)
Like her superior, Lieutenant Romanowski, she believes any complaints by the sharecroppers are the result of incompetence, rather than genuine lack of resources.The Courier: "Tell me about the farms."Ortega: "It's NCR-owned farmland. It produces a lot of the crops that supply McCarran and the Dam. The farmers are all civilians, though. They work the farms, and in return they get a safe place to stay and clean food and water. Some of 'em aren't all that grateful, though."The Courier: "Who's ungrateful?"Ortega: "I shouldn't have brought it up. It's not my place to spread gossip."The Courier: ""Ortega: "[SUCCEEDED] All right. Some of the farmers, especially Trent Bascom, claim the NCR isn't giving them the water they need to meet their crop quotas. Personally, I think they're just incompetent and making excuses. The NCR ought to send them all crying back to California."(Ortega's dialogue)
==Interactions with the player character==
===Interactions overview===
===Other interactions===
* With Speech 25, the Courier can convince her to gossip about Trent Bascom.
*If meeting Ortega while wearing a NCR uniform, she will not introduce herself and assume the player is also assigned to guard the farms.The Courier: "What do you do around here?"Ortega: " I do get to take shots at Molerats once in awhile, so that's always fun."(Ortega's dialogue)
* Asking about work, she will direct the Courier to Camp McCarran and to look for Major Dhatri,The Courier: "I'm looking for work."Ortega: "Well, I know Major Dhatri is offering bounties on some of the Fiends - that's the gang that controls the southeast part of the city. You can find the major at the camp just outside of the old airport."(Ortega's dialogue) unless the player has already dealt with the Fiends.The Courier: "I'm looking for work."Ortega: "Not sure how to help you with that one. Major Dhatri was offering bounties on some of the Fiends, but I hear someone took care of that recently."(Ortega's dialogue)
*Furthermore, she will direct the player to Camp McCarran or the New Vegas medical clinic should the player ask for a doctor.The Courier: "I need a doctor."Ortega: "There's the medic at Camp McCarran, but I've also heard there's a civilian doctor in the northeast part of New Vegas. I don't know for sure."(Ortega's dialogue) Should the player ask for a merchant, she will direct them to the Crimson Caravan Company and the Gun Runners.The Courier: "I'm looking to buy and sell things."Ortega: "The Crimson Caravan Company is north of here. They have just about everything you need. But, if you're in the market for guns, go see the Gun Runners. They're expensive, but they have stuff no one else carries."(Ortega's dialogue)
==Inventory==
==Notes ==
*After talking to her, she leaves the gate and can be seen patrolling the surrounding area.
==Notable quotes==
==Appearances==
Private Ortega appears only .
==References==
Category:Fallout: New Vegas human characters
Category:Fallout: New Vegas NCR characters
Category:New California Republic Army characters
Category:NCR sharecropper farms characters
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