Gannon Senior

Gannon Senior was an Enclave officer and the father of Arcade Gannon who lived after the destruction of Control Station Enclave. After his death in combat, his family tried to integrate into the NCR, and ended up settling in the Mojave Wasteland.
==Background==
Arcade's father was an Enclave officer stationed at Camp Navarro who led an elite unit comprised of Cannibal Johnson, Judah Kreger, Orion Moreno, Doctor Henry, and Daisy Whitman. He wore a suit of Tesla armor an original-issue suit from Navarro, which was later inherited by his son, Arcade.Arcade Gannon: "Like I said, I needed to go do something. This is it. It belonged to my father. I thought I might wear it at Hoover Dam, but after you talked me out of it, I didn't see the point in hanging on to it any longer. I'm here because of you, so I figure you're the one most deserving of it. It should protect you from everything short of a Plasma Caster. And if you need anything - anything at all - you know where to find me."(Arcade Gannon's dialogue)The Courier: "Thanks, I guess."Arcade Gannon: " Good luck at Hoover Dam. I'll uh... be going now, I guess."(Arcade Gannon's dialogue) Arcade's father died during a mission for the Enclave, and the circumstances of his death have never been revealed to his son.The Courier: "Where did the Enclave go?"Arcade Gannon: "A lot of different places. I only know what I was told. Some of them were cut down by the NCR and the Brotherhood. Some of them went east. My mother never told me what happened to my father, but she and I went south with some others and integrated into the NCR. When the NCR learned that Enclave personnel had integrated, we kept moving to the fringes. It's one of the reasons why I wound up out here."(Arcade Gannon's dialogue) Daisy was a close friend of Arcade's father, described by Arcade as the only woman close to him other than his wife. She was the pilot who flew him out on his last mission, and she supported his son after his and his wife's deaths.Arcade Gannon: "Since my mother died, Daisy's been the only woman in my life. She was the only other woman close to my father, too. She flew him out on over a dozen missions, including his last. I've always been close to Daisy. There have been some good men along the way, but lovers make poor confidants. Daisy never had children of her own, so she was always there to listen. Being in the Enclave didn't mean much to her. She just loved to fly. It broke her heart to be grounded."(Arcade Gannon's dialogue) 
Arcade is reticent to speak of his father at first, but will confide in the Courier that he wished his father had been present for his upbringing. Knowing full well his inability to change the past, Arcade mentions that Cannibal Johnson told him his father was a good man, which satisfied him enough, having not been able to experience it first hand,Courier: "I'm sure your father would be proud of you."Arcade Gannon: "I wonder if he would. It's pointless, I know, but sometimes I wonder what he wanted me to be. Maybe being a doctor in the middle of Nevada wasn't exactly what he had in mind for his little boy. I grew up without him. I'll always feel like something is missing from my life. But you're right. It's not like I'm the only kid in the wasteland who's grown up without a dad. Johnson always said my father was a good man. If that's the only thing about me that's like him, that's enough for me."(Arcade Gannon's dialogue) as well as always having good things to say about him, such as Arcade being like his father in many ways.Arcade Gannon: "If I had to pick anyone who didn't belong in the Enclave, it would definitely be Johnson. He hated what the Enclave was doing. Day to day, week to week, he would question orders, subvert mission objectives, do anything he could to serve without serving. It's amazing he was never court-martialed. He always had good things to say about my father. Said I was like him in a lot of ways. I wish I knew."(Arcade Gannon's dialogue)
==Appearances==
Gannon is mentioned only in Fallout: New Vegas.
==Behind the scenes==
Joshua Sawyer stated that Gannon's first name was "Mark" in his role-playing game.User: "Had Arcade Jr. been thought up by then, or was this for Arcade Sr.?"J. Sawyer: "His father (as a tabletop character) was named Mark Gannon. In F:NV, Arcade's father is never named."(Fallout: New Vegas: Old Thread, Something Awful forums) A binder of Sawyer's for the RPG reads "canis caninam non est" which translates as "dog does not eat dog."J. Sawyer: "Last week I was going through some packed boxes of books and I found my old binder for Arcade during our BIS Fallout tabletop game."User: "...does the quote on the binder read, "It's an old lie, Arcade. Canis caninam non est (Dog does not eat dog)?""Sawyer: "Yep, that's the quote."(Fallout: New Vegas: Old Thread, Something Awful forums)
==References==
Non-game
Category:Fallout: New Vegas mentioned-only characters
Category:Enclave characters
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