Refugee (Fallout: New Vegas)

Refugees in the Mojave Wasteland fall into either one of two categories: war refugees displaced by Caesar's Legion,The Courier: "What is this place?"Gilles: "This is the Bitter Springs refugee camp. We've been maintaining it for a few years now, ever since Caesar's Legion started seriously pushing west. Most of the people here were displaced by the Legion's advance. At first there weren't many, but lately it's been more than we can handle."(Gilles' dialogue) and assorted locals and drifters alike who are out of luck, including gamblers rendered penniless by the casinos of New Vegas.The Courier: "What exactly is this place?"Parker: "This here's where folks go when their luck runs out. Drifters up from the Republic, locals that can't turn a dime, drunken reprobates from all around. If you don't have the caps to get onto the Strip, odds are you'll end up here."(Parker's dialogue)The Courier: "What's the deal with all these refugees?"Bert Gunnarsson: "Poor lost souls, most of them. They thought to come to New Vegas and find their fortunes on its shining Strip. But the journey is often long, and the price to enter the city is steep. Those who could not pay ended up here, hoping to earn the caps they need. Some find honest labor, but more fritter away what little they've saved on crooked gambling and cheap liquor. Still, I minister to them as I can."(Bert Gunnarsson's dialogue)
==Background==
===Bitter Springs===
Those refugees of the NCR-Legion War have mostly been gathered at the refugee camp at Bitter Springs. While NCR personnel try their best to care for their charges, they are chronically undersupplied and understaffed. To make matters worse, their camp has been terrorized by an unknown assailant, whom the local NCR officers have determined to be hiding in the nearby mountains. Over the past six months, eight refugees and three soldiers have been killed.The Courier: "What's this about someone killing refugees?"Gilles: ""(Gilles' dialogue)
===Aerotech Office Park===
In contrast to the war refugees, those at Aerotech Office Park are NCR citizens and nationals and other travelers who ventured to New Vegas to seek fortunes, only to become completely destitute. Some try to find honest work in Vegas to make enough money back to move on, but most remain stuck in a perpetual cycle of hopelessness, exploited by crooked merchants taking what little they have through crooked gambling or selling liquor.Fallout: New Vegas Official Game Guide Collector's Edition p.315-316: "[2.22] Aerotech Office ParkClose to a Manhole to the East Central Sewers [U2.EC], and adjacent to the Sharecropper Farms [2.20] and Camp McCarran [2.19] is a fortified refugee camp re-purposed from an old office park. The elevated monorail track surrounds this location. Open the Junk Door, and you can speak to Captain Parker about ongoing humanitarian problems. Occasionally present is a Ghoul named Bert Gunndarsson (a member of the Followers of the Apocalypse), who can heal you. Ask him about the refugees."(Fallout: New Vegas Official Game Guide Collector's Edition Tour of the Mojave Wasteland) 
Even here, the efforts of the NCR Army is only enough to keep the people from dying. The shortage of personnel makes it impossible for Captain Parker, the head of the camp, to protect everyone. A local crook, Keith, has set up in one of the suites with a rigged gambling ring, cheating camp refugees out of what little savings they have left, and a number of refugees have even disappeared from the camp altogether.The Courier: "Sounds like a chaotic place. Is there any way I can help?"Parker: "Well, I am a little short staffed. Maybe you could give me a hand. Some people have gone missing from the camp lately. Haven't seen any signs of violence or heard about any feuds, they just up and vanished. I've also got Keith and his gambling to deal with - I that skunk's cheating folk out of their savings, I just can't prove it."(Parker's dialogue) The Followers lend a hand through Bert Gunnarsson, but the Mormon ghoul mostly ministers to those trapped at the office park, unable to change the situation on his own.
==Interactions with the player character==
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==Notes==
* Some are affected by the Sneering Imperialist perk.
* Some of the refugees appear to be crippled.
* Child refugees will often remark that they miss their parents.
* Frank Weathers is a refugee who plays an important role in the quest Left My Heart.
==Appearances==
These refugees appear only .
==References==
Non-game
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