Arkansas

Arkansas is a sniper residing in Minefield in the Capital Wasteland .
==Background==
The last remaining member of a tribe made up of military survivors who resided in the town of Ridgefield, Arkansas was a small boy when slavers from Paradise Falls came to the town and captured nearly everyone else.Fallout 3 Official Game Guide Game of the Year Edition p.61: "Arkansas:The last of the military survivors who made Minefield their town, Arkansas was a small boy when the Slavers first came and captured nearly all of the tribe, but they never found him. Swearing revenge, he spread rumors of a new band of inhabitants and set a trap for the Slavers. When the Slavers came to raid the town again, they were harried by a hidden sniper and decimated by landmines. The Slavers took heavy losses that day and never came back. Now an old man, Arkansas still shuffles around this place."
Swearing revenge on the slavers, Arkansas began spreading rumors that the town had been repopulated in hopes of luring the slavers that took his tribe back, this time into a trap set by him. The trap succeeded, and when the slavers returned to the town, they found themselves under attack from Arkansas who used a combination of sniper fire and landmines to defend the town, wiping out the slaver group. Following this encounter, slaving raids on the town ceased entirely, and Ridgefield from then on became known as Minefield. However, Eulogy Jones has since marked Arkansas as a “VIP target” for enslavement so that Paradise Falls can have their own revenge on him.The Lone Wanderer: "Arkansas."Grouse: "Arkansas is that asshole holed up in that minefield. Killed a whole Paradise Falls crew. Eulogy wants him to suffer. Head east. Watch out for Germantown - damn mutants took over the police station there."(Grouse's dialogue)
==Daily schedule==
Aside from targeting inanimate objects nearby, from his perch in a three-story building at the north end of town, Arkansas will fire upon the vehicles scattered about the area, causing them to explode, when the player character approaches.
==Interactions with the player character==
===Interactions overview===
===Quests===
* Strictly Business: Grouse has a list of VIP targets marked for enslavement, Arkansas among them.
* The Wasteland Survival Guide: To prepare her survival guide, Moira Brown wants to study the design of a land mine and points the Lone Wanderer toward the aptly-named Minefield with the warning about "a ghost" living in the town that attacks anyone who goes there.
==Inventory==
==Notes==
* If Arkansas is enslaved during Strictly Business, and later released, he will turn hostile towards everyone except the Lone Wanderer, including other slaves. If he is spoken to after being released, he will say that he is heading to the Temple of the Union, which helps escaped slaves. After being released, he will return to Minefield and be non-hostile towards the player character and their companions (but still hostile towards temporary companions), although he will still shoot at the cars in Minefield.
* Should Arkansas be enslaved by the Lone Wanderer and sent to Paradise Falls, Grouse openly contemplates torturing him or using him for target practice rather than selling him.Grouse: "Thanks to you, we finally have that sniper, Arkansas, in a collar! You have no idea how many good men that prick put into the dirt. I'm tempted not to sell him, just so we can torment him. Use him for target practice or something. Hehehe."(Grouse's dialogue)
* The explosion of the cars in Minefield is a scripted event based on proximity to the vehicle, which can lead to a confusing situation whereby the cars will still be "fired at," even if Arkansas is asleep or dead.
* With a companion, Arkansas will shoot them regardless of hostility towards the player character.
==Appearances==
Arkansas appears only .
==Gallery==
Minefield_arkansas_traps.jpg|Minefield in G.E.C.K. - walking into red areas causes Arkansas to shoot cars, mines, or other objects if he is present (even if he is not hostile)
==References==
Non-game
Category:Fallout 3 human characters
Category:Minefield characters
Category:Fallout 3 slave characters
Category:Mesmerizable characters
de:Arkansas
es:Arkansas
fr:Arkansas
pl:Arkansas
ru:Арканзас
uk:Арканзас