Highwayman

The Chryslus Highwayman is a full-size car manufactured by the Chryslus Motors Corporation of the United States. It was utilized by the Chosen One in 2241.
==Background==
Combining a stylish design with a tough and resilient frame, the Chryslus Highwayman is an excellent vehicle for any survivor of a nuclear war. The car shares technology with the Chryslus Corvega, it has a fully analog system with no electronics, over 800 horsepower, and reaches 60 mph (97 km/h) in under a second.Chop Shop mechanic: "{306}{}{The Highwayman's a sweet car; Chryslus sure knew how to make them back then.}""{317}{}{The Highwayman's got a full analog system, 800 + Horsepower, 0 to 60 in less than a second.}""{318}{}{Fast? The Highwayman goes from 0 to 60 in less than a second.}""{319}{}{The Highwayman's got the power: 800+, in fact.}""{322}{}{I wouldn't sweat it; the Highwayman's got a full analog system and no computers. None of the fancy stuff.}"(NcChpBoy.msg) It has a spacious trunk and an interior capable of accommodating as much as six people, including a super mutant, a robobrain, and a deathclaw.
Like other cars in the resource-starved United States, the Highwayman uses replaceable fuel cells to provide its electric engine with power. The flow of power is regulated by the fuel cell controller, which is also the one part that tends to break down the most, usually burning out due to rapid acceleration.The Chosen One: "{201}{}{Do you have a battery that I could use to fix a car?}"Skeeter: "{120}{}{Funny you should ask that. Ya see, cars use replaceable fuel cells, or batteries, for fuel. What usually broke down was the Fuel Cell Controller. Most amateur mechanics jist assume that it’s the battery itself. But you know what ass-uming things does, dontcha?}"(GCSKEETR.MSG)PRO ITEM.MSG: "{25300}{}{Fuel Cell Controller}""{25301}{}{This chip controls the flow of power into a car's electric engines. Many drivers quickly burnt out this chip through frequent rapid acceleration. Still a valuable part to have-- if you only had a car to install it in.}" A fuel cell regulator was an optional upgrade that more resource-conscious drivers installed, to improve the mileage.Smitty: "{430}{}{Hey there, how's that car runnin' for ya?}"The Chosen One: "{431}{}{Pretty good, Smitty, but I found this part for the car and I don't know what to do with it.}"Smitty: "{450}{}{Well now, that's a fuel cell regulator. That'll give you better mileage per energy cell. I could put that in for you, if you had say $750 for my trouble.}"(DcSmitty.msg) Others did not care, as energy was considered cheap and plentiful.PRO ITEM.MSG: "{25400}{}{Fuel Cell Regulator}""{25401}{}{Some car-owners installed this regulator, that doubles your car's mileage between charges, but most drivers didn't care how much juice their cars consumed, after all, power's cheap and plentiful so why worry.}"
==Acquiring the Highwayman==
The non-functional Highwayman sitting in Smitty's junkyard requires significant legwork to get up and running. First, the Chosen One must acquire a fuel cell controller from Skeeter by either trading a super repair kit for it or simply killing him and looting it. Second, the Chosen One must give Smitty $2,000 and the fuel cell controller. Alternatively, the Chosen One can kill Smitty and install the fuel cell controller themselves with a Repair of 110% or more. Once repaired, the vehicle becomes available and provides numerous benefits.
==Characteristics==
The Highwayman is the only drivable vehicle in Fallout 2. It is used to travel across the world map but can not be driven inside locations.Fallout 2 Official Strategies & Secrets pp. 93-94: "Chrysalis Motors Highwayman
One of the most useful items that you'll find is this shining example of American iron. The Chrysalis Motors Highwayman was once renowned for its high performance and durability. "Nothing can stop a Highwayman" was a phrase familiar to most drivers. The motto still holds true today. If you repair the car with a part that you'll find in Gecko, you can fuel it with standard energy cells and use it to move quickly across the world map, well equipped to outrun most enemies that you'll find.
Towns in the post-apocalyptic world don't allow motor vehicles on their streets, citing something about aged fuel cells exploding. However, parking your Highwayman on the outskirts of town gives you access to a quick getaway as well as a secure storage spot for your goodies within the car's spacious trunk."
===Travel speed===
Traveling by Highwayman is much faster than walking. The Highwayman can be upgraded to improve its speed."The base "travel speed" (the process that moves the player for a certain distance) by the car is +3 to traveling on foot, having GVAR_CAR_BLOWER set +1 more, GVAR_NEW_RENO_CAR_UPGRADE +1 more, GVAR_NEW_RENO_SUPER_CAR +3 more."https://www.nma-fallout.com/threads/how-to-figure-out-effect-of-gvar_car_blower.221585/#post-4496737 (Note that T-Ray's adjustments and grav-plates are mutually exclusive.)
mechanics
World mapspeed	Transportation method
100% 	Walking on foot
200% 	-
300% 	-
400% 	Highwayman with no upgrades
500% 	Highwayman with T-ray's adjustments
600% 	Highwayman with T-ray's adjustments and Ratch's blower
700% 	-
800% 	Highwayman with Grav-plates and Ratch's blower
===Avoiding random encounters===
The Highwayman has an additional 50% independent chance to avoid undesired random encounters.See avoiding random encounters for details
=== Fuel===
The Highwayman uses replaceable fuel cells to provide its electric engine with power. The battery is charged 50% with a full microfusion cell or 20% with a full small energy cell.Fallout 2 Official Strategies & Secrets pp. 93-94: "Chrysalis Motors HighwaymanOne of the most useful items that you'll find is this shining example of American iron. The Chrysalis Motors Highwayman was once renowned for its high performance and durability. "Nothing can stop a Highwayman" was a phrase familiar to most drivers. The motto still holds true today. If you repair the car with a part that you'll find in Gecko, you can fuel it with standard energy cells and use it to move quickly across the world map, well equipped to outrun most enemies that you'll find.Towns in the post-apocalyptic world don't allow motor vehicles on their streets, citing something about aged fuel cells exploding. However, parking your Highwayman on the outskirts of town gives you access to a quick getaway as well as a secure storage spot for your goodies within the car's spacious trunk." (This is proportional to their respective monetary values.) To refuel the car, select the Highwayman, use the "bag" icon from the drop-down menu, and choose the respective energy cells. If the Highwayman runs out of fuel, the car will appear as a green circle on the world map marked "Car Outta Fuel". If you happen to be within a town circle at the moment this happens, the car will be in the town map instead.
The Highwayman can be upgraded to improve it's fuel efficiency.worldmap.cc from Fallout 2 Community Edition
int wmCarUseGas(int amount)
{
 if (gameGetGlobalVar(GVAR_NEW_RENO_SUPER_CAR) != 0) {
 amount -= amount * 90 / 100;
 }
 if (gameGetGlobalVar(GVAR_NEW_RENO_CAR_UPGRADE) != 0) {
 amount -= amount * 10 / 100;
 }
 if (gameGetGlobalVar(GVAR_CAR_UPGRADE_FUEL_CELL_REGULATOR) != 0) {
 amount /= 2;
 }
 wmGenData.carFuel -= amount;
 if (wmGenData.carFuel < 0) {
 wmGenData.carFuel = 0;
 }
 return 0;
}
 (Note that T-ray's adjustments and Grav-plates are mutually exclusive.)
Fuel Usage	Highwayman upgrades
100% 	Highwayman with no upgrades
50% 	Highwayman with fuel cell regulator
45% 	Highwayman with fuel cell regulator and T-ray's adjustments
5% 	Highwayman with fuel cell regulator and Grav-plates
===Trunk storage===
The player can also store items in the trunk, which has a limited capacity, determined by item size, rather than sheer weight. It can be upgraded to improve its trunk capacity.NEWRENO.H Note that T-ray's adjustments and Grav-plates are mutually exclusive.
Trunk Size	Highway Upgrades
250 	Highwayman with no upgrades
275 	Highwayman with T-ray's adjustments
475 	Highwayman with Grav-plates
Attempting to add an item when at capacity will simply display a message that there's no space left for the item. An item's size is not displayed in-game but is as follows:Resources:The Nearly Ultimate Fallout 2 Guide (Car)
Item Size	Items
0 	All ammunition, except 9mm ball and BB's. For example, rockets and flamethrower fuel have size 0.
0-1 	Most miscellaneous items and consumables. Even weightless items can take up space in the trunk. For example a Rope, a Lighter, and a Jet are each size 1.
1-6 	
Weapons (including all throwing weapons)
7-15 	Armor
==Upgrades==
 
Mechanics can install car parts to upgrade the Highwayman's world travel speed, fuel efficiency, and trunk storage size.
World location 	Map location 	Mechanic	Car part 	Increased
travel
speed	Increased
fuel
efficiency	Increased
trunk
storage	Other
The Den 	Smitty's junkyard	Smitty 	Fuel cell controller 				
The Den 	Smitty's junkyard	Smitty 	Fuel cell regulator 				
New Reno 	T-ray's chop shop	T-Ray 	T-ray's adjustments 				
New Reno 	T-ray's chop shop	T-Ray 	Grav-plates 				
New California Republic	NCR junkyard 	Ratch 	Blower"The car blower motor is the component that moves air through a vehicle’s HVAC system. It’s usually a motor and blower assembly, with a metal housing all around it. Some people call it car heater blower or car heater fan. Based on its function, it can also be called the car AC fan."https://sontianmotor.com/blower-motor-definition-and-function/				
 Required for the Highwayman to operate. Using a Highwayman increases the chance to avoid random encounters.
==Related interactions==
* A broken-down Highwayman in Trapper Town has a fuel cell controller in its back seat.
* The ambient music track My Chrysalis Highwayman will play whenever the Chosen One is viewing the world map with the Highwayman.
* If visiting Broken Hills for the first time and in the Highwayman, the Chosen One will unavoidably end up hitting Lumpy with their car. Lumpy will then initiate dialogue with the Chosen One while lying underneath the front bumper.
* After arriving in New Reno by Highwayman and then visiting another map by foot, the Highwayman will be stolen from Virgin Street. It will be relocated to the Chop Shop, which must be visited in order to recover the Highwayman.
* In the Bridge Keeper special encounter, the Highwayman mysteriously ends up on the other side of the bridge.
* The Chosen One cannot bring the Highwayman on the Golden Trail or brahmin drives.
==Behind the scenes==
 
 
* The Highwayman is an amalgam of several vintage cars, with the general shape taken from a 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air combined with the headlight arrangement of the third-generation Plymouth Belvedere (a Chrysler product). In the press pack handed out at the 1998 ECTS, it was described as "a modified 50's style 8-cylinder Chevy."
* Starting the car for the first time was supposed to be accompanied by a movie, and the rendered video was actually complete. Scott Everts in Fallout Bible 8 explained that it turned out so bad it was removed from the game. car.mve is still referenced in the game's files.
* A wrecked Highwayman can be found in Fallout: New Vegas, with references to the same one the Chosen One drove. Only the trunk of the car is visible above the sinkhole it is in, a reference to a glitch in Fallout 2 wherein the car's trunk would show up at the destination, but not the main body of the vehicle (the interaction point for driving the car), preventing the player from continuing to use it.
* There is a weapon in Fallout 3 known as Highwayman's Friend. This weapon is a reference to this vehicle as the weapon is a unique tire iron.
==Bugs==
 
* In towns like New Reno, the trunk can be separated from the Highwayman and is located in different sections of town.
* Leaving the Highwayman on the open map after a random encounter will make the car disappear forever. Entering a cave after a random encounter, then leaving the cave by any other exit than the one first entered will also result in the car vanishing forever.
==Gallery== 
;Fallout 2
Mark Morgan - My Chrysalis Highwayman|Ambient music track
;Fallout: New Vegas
Wrecked Highwayman.jpg|A wrecked Highwayman in Fallout: New Vegas
FNV Wrecked Highwayman.png|FNV GECK render (reusing an exploded Corvega model)
;Other media
F25 Key Art HERO 1920x870.webp |Highwayman on the Fallout 25th Anniversary artwork
Fo4 AwesomeTales4 Rise of the Mutants.png|A car similar to Highwayman in Fallout 4
Highwayman d20.jpg|Highwayman from Fallout d20
Fallout Magic Wear Tear.png|Magic: The Gathering card paying homage to the FNV wrecked Highwayman
Fallout Magic Wear Tear Wear Art.jpg|Card art for Wear
==References==
Category:Fallout 2 vehicles
Category:Fallout: New Vegas vehicles
Category:Drivable vehicles
Category:Chryslus Motors Corporation
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