Craig Boone

Craig Boone is one of the possible companions that the Courier might acquire and Novac's night-shift sharpshooter in Fallout: New Vegas.
He is voiced by Jason Marsden, who also voices Max Goof and Kovu, as well as Myron from .
==Story==
Born in 2255 in California, Boone is a town guard and former NCR sharpshooter in the 1st Recon Sniper Battalion, a unit which has a reputation for being the best of the best. He is bitterly whiling away the hours until he can find out who is responsible for the disappearance of his wife, Carla, and kill them. Hardened and psychologically troubled from his time in the NCR military, Boone vacillates between being a stone-cold killer and a decent human being. Venturing out from the relative safety of Novac brings Boone into close contact with his old life until he is forced to deal with the tragic events that caused him to leave the military.
Boone met Carla while on leave on the New Vegas Strip. Carla was the only thing in the world who made him feel calm and happy in life. When he listened to her, she made him forget about everything he did in the military. He left the military, married Carla, and moved to Novac at the invitation of his 1st Recon friend, Manny Vargas. Townsfolk would describe Carla as a "cactus flower": pretty to look at, but hard to get close to. She was never content with the ordinary life of the small town. Carla's attitude toward the town caused distance between Boone and Manny, which only got worse after Carla's disappearance. She had been kidnapped by the Legion, and suspecting that she had been betrayed by one of the townsfolk, Boone went to Manny for help first. Manny, however, became happy upon hearing the news, having secretly wished that Carla would disappear for a long a time. Noticing his relief, Boone became furious, and the friendship between the two effectively ended.
After completing several quests with Boone as a follower, it is possible to gain more information about Boone's wife. When she was kidnapped, he tracked down the slaving party in hopes of rescuing her, only to find her being auctioned off with hundreds of other slaves to Legion soldiers. All Boone had was his rifle and the distance between them. Instead of subjecting her to the horrors of Legion slavery, he chose to take her life in a mercy killing. As a result of the psychological trauma Boone endured, he has become suicidal; he has no goal, purpose, or desire in life but to slaughter Legionnaires (preferably by assisting with cranial perforation) until the Legion finally catches up to him. Boone also reveals he was part of the NCR attack on Bitter Springs, where he and his squad were ordered to shoot members of the Great Khans, including women, the sick, and children.
Craig Boone, despite leaving the military, is still an NCR soldier at heart; he refuses to work with a terrorist against the NCR and will not tolerate the Courier working with Caesar's Legion. In fact, if the player enters the Fort with Boone, all Legion members will become immediately hostile, regardless of the player's previous standing with them.
== Endings ==
Prerequisite 	Monologue
Boone dies. 	"Tired of waiting for the world to be done with him, Boone ventured into the wastes to make his own way out. Unable to clear his mind of the past, he was at last granted the death he'd awaited, bringing final rest to a life that had ended long ago."
Side with the NCR, and complete "I Forgot to Remember to Forget" by convincing Boone to make amends over Bitter Springs. 	"Looking for a place where he could be of some use, Boone found himself re-enlisting with his old unit. Though his regrets remained in his thoughts, they coalesced into a purpose, and Boone embraced it. He spent his leave time hunting down slavers in the desert, his First Recon beret the last thing they never saw."
Side with the NCR, and complete "I Forgot to Remember to Forget" by making Boone vengeful over Bitter Springs. 	"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. There, with only two bullets loaded, Boone did the only thing he believed would put an end to his suffering."
Side with Mr. House OR independent New Vegas, and complete "I Forgot to Remember to Forget" by convincing Boone to make amends over Bitter Springs.	"Though NCR was withdrawing from the region, Boone remained in New Vegas, finding work as a security guard and caravan scout along the highways. While he might've preferred rejoining his old unit, Boone couldn't bring himself to abandon the city where he'd met his wife."
Side with Mr. House OR independent New Vegas, and complete "I Forgot to Remember to Forget" by making Boone vengeful over Bitter Springs. 	"No longer held in check by his conscience, Boone found lucrative work as a mercenary and assassin. No job was too violent, no target too innocent. As long as the caps were good, Boone would take the job."
Side with the Legion, and complete "I Forgot to Remember to Forget" by convincing Boone to make amends over Bitter Springs. 	"Boone refused to take the Legion's victory lying down. Heading to the hills with his rifle, he began a deadly campaign against high-ranking Legion officers. And though the price on his head rose to levels unheard of, few pursued it, fearing it would be the last thing they'd never see."
Side with the Legion, and complete "I Forgot to Remember to Forget" by making Boone vengeful over Bitter Springs. 	"Driven mad by Caesar's victory at Hoover Dam, and unable to escape his memories, Boone staged a suicide mission against the Legate. Fighting as he wished he would've fought on the day of his wife's death, he brought down scores of Legionaries before being caught. Before his crucifixion, he was brought before the Legate, who expressed his admiration for Boone's reckless abandon. Boone spat tobacco in his eye, for all of Caesar's armies to see."
==Gallery==
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==Licensing==
This article contains content derived from the "Craig Boone" article on Nukapedia, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
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