Ashley Westbrook

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Lore character

**Overboss Ashley Westbrook**, also known as **West** in the NCR, is the leader of the raiders in Nuka-World and former Sniper of the NCR's Desert Rangers who served as second-in-command to her best friend Marcella Carmine.

## Biography

### Early years and NCR service

Ashley was born around 2259 to a NCR senator and an unknown women in New Reno. While she getting a good education, her father suggests to her that going into a law enforcement or a high-ranking official post, such as a mayor which she declined but she attempted to into law enforcement. Years before joining the NCR herself, she seem faciatining with sniper rifles before finally joining the NCR.

While she had a good life as a NCR officer before becoming a Desert Ranger and was stationed briefly in New Cannon before transferring back to the New Vegas. Although she was either involved or not during the Bitter Springs Massacre, Ashley met a fellow NCR Sniper Marcella Carmine who recently wounded during the event, and soon becoming fast friends.

Both Ashley and Marcella together had more than six hundred confirmed kills while stationed in the Mojave Wasteland. The duo both participate during the Second Battle of Hoover Dam, which NCR won.

### Betrayal and Overboss

After the Caesar's Legion second defeat on Hoover Dam, the Legion, now delegated into multiple tribes causing Caesar ill health and death. In two years, both Westbrook and Marcella travel to Boston, Massachusetts while under protection of NCR themselves. First, they sat camp at Fort Hagen as it's headquarters Westbrook promoted to Corporal. While Ashley's personality had suffered, while suffering from PTSD from the Hoover battle with the Legion. While the relationship with Marcella is closer than ever, she supported her when she into a relationship with Cait which Ashley stated that she's feel happy for her.

In 2286, both had a plan to go to Nuka World but eventually it was took-over by raiders, led by Colter. Before Marcella joins the Institute, later becoming it's Director, both Ashley and Marcella finally travelled to Nuka World, but before to the theme park, Ashley hugged Marcella before wounding her, and claimed that she sorry for doing that to her, leaving a stimpak to the wounded Marcella leaving for dead. Weeks before, it was received that she becoming powerful and wanted to claim Nuka World for herself.

Now after she got on the train and travels to the theme park, Ashley than put through a "game" known as The Gauntlet, which she went past all of the Gauntlet's challenges before comforting Colter himself in a Cola-cars arena. While she was getting ready, she was met with her future lover Gage over the intercom that he and other bosses were planning to kill Colter, and offered the title of Overboss to Ashley which she accepted and kill Colter with a Thirst Zapper which originally it had planned to have Gage himself to be Overboss however he feels that he doesn't have the responsibilities. And even for herself, she finally abandon being a sniper, and becoming a raider.

After Ashley becomes Overboss, she head to her new headquarters and new home at Fizztop Grille, and met with the three raider gangs leaders or "underbosses", Nisha, boss of the Disciples, Mags, boss of the Operators and Mason, boss of the Pack due to explain the situation which are on the verge of full-scale war as a result of Colter's laziness. Gage also becoming Ashley's Right-hand man and advisor, that she agrees to take-over Nuka World, which after getting know on a day-to-day operations with the leaders and gangs.

### The Takeover of Nuka World

Upon settled, Ashley finally agreed to take-over Nuka World that Colter was promised until his own death at the hands of Ashley. She proclaimed the underbosses that the conquest of Nuka-World had began as she conquered the Galactic Zone, which giving it to the Disciples after she defeating the various of robots, as well acquired a Nuka-Girl rocketsuit which did wear it for the short time, which Gage referred her as "Nuka boss". Next, she and Gage traveled to the Dry Rock Gulch which it infested with bloodworms, Cave crickets, Ants, Feral ghouls, and Stingwings. (Non-canonical appearance) After clearing the Dry Rock Gulch, she decided to and give ownership to the Operators, which said to use the back alleys and blind corners into good use.

Next she than reach to the Safari Adventure, which whole area is infested with gatorclaws. She then met Cito, the only inhabitant with his family of primates, and help him to stop the gator infestation. This only Cito gives her a holotape recorded by Dr. McDermot which explains the origin of the gatorclaws: a cloning facility. Now Cito, accompanying Ashley and Gage to the 'triangle house' a Welcome Center of the area, and Cito killed a another gatorclaw and found a note for Dr. Hein who had the passcode. Cito explains that the Angry Anaconda mentioned is a roller coaster ride. Upon reaching the location, there is an Expert-locked trailer surrounded by at least three more gatorclaws but the key is located in a duffle bag on top of the trailer, which Ashley grabbed the key. After they head back to the cloning facility, killing three more gatorclaws, including an albino, Ashley shutting down the cloning process, before killing two more gatorclaws. After clearing the Safari of any remaining gatorclaws, Ashley than tell Cito that to get him to share the park with the raiders, which she also manipulates him that they're her 'friends' before assign Safari Adventure to the Pack, which later re-assign to the Disciples.

After the Safari park had been settled, she traveled back to her headquarters to restock the ammo and rest before handing back and starting to takeover the bottling plant, which is a industrial facility has been converted by the Nuka-Cola Corporation to serve as an attraction on top of its normal duties. Than the plant was took over as well infested with Nukalurks and its queen, which they mutated from regular mirelurks living in the river of Nuka-Cola Quantum. Ashley had a opportunity to use her sniping skills to the test, silently killing the nukalurks. After killing the queen, Ashley and Gage make their way inside the plant mainly go to the front entrance to the World of Refreshment, and killing the Nukalurks there before heading to the plant itself. Upon reaching the plant itself, Ashley was wounded but they managed to survive after they started by two pre-War RobCo Assaultrons. They also find what remains of the Gunners' recon team lead by Sergeant Lanier to explore the western areas of the Commonwealth to the Nuka-World. Lanier and her recon team was wiped out after getting killed after being overwhelmed by the nukalurks. Once the plant is cleared, Ashley assigned the plant to the Operators.

After being recovered with rest, she had plans to conquered the Kiddie Kingdom which was infested with Feral ghouls and Radroaches, but it was had one inhabit, a Magician Oswald Oppenheimer, but known by his stage name "Oswald the Outrageous" was the headliner of the park, with tickets to his spectacular shows selling out for the day before the Pre-War era which now a glowing ghoul after a radiation storm. Ashley than give time to take ammo and travel to the Kiddie Kingdom park with stacks of Rad-Away and Rad-Xs. Upon reaching, they met Oswald welcoming them and goad them to look for the owner in the tunnels, the theater, and the Fun House, as well as inform them that the park is constantly covered by a thick cloud of radioactive gas by sprayers installed all across the park. As they went through the tunnels, they went by ghouls, as well encountered Oswald himself. In the fun house, they proceed carefully and kill any that gets its way before encountering Oswald again that the fun is more to come. Ashley and Gage then traveled to the theater where they finally met Oswald himself before facing him in combat with they outnumbered by his ghoul army which they defeating Oswald but disappeared again and the ghouls. After they has visited all three locations, Oswald invites them to join him on the roof of the castle for one last match, which they agreed. Upon arriving on the roof, Ashley begin to had a conversation with Oswald, she persuaded Oswald to leave which he agreed and leave the park. After clearing the park, the Kiddie Kingdom is assigned to the Disciples, making the Nuka-World parks of Disciples-owned three parks and Operators-owned two parks, and leaving the Pack with none.

Ashley, reaches to Gage that he suggests that with Nuka-World firmly under raider control, it is time to expand to the Commonwealth and establishing raider camps at settlements. She agreed with his advice, she meet with Shank before returning to the commonwealth by establishing the raider empire by taking over of control of settlements either by force or forced the residence, peacefully, even scaring a raider named Sinner. After the third outpost is established, Shank request Ashley to return to Nuka-World as the Pack has rebelled against the Ashley's decisions, by taking control of the power plant. Upon her return, a massive firefight between the Pack and Ashley's loyal gangs, the Disciples and the Operators. Ashley then meet with the other bosses outside the power plant, which she and other bosses agreed that Mason must pay, and joined the assault by fighting through the Maxson's Pack forces and some feral ghouls. While Mason makes his last stand on the roof outside, Ashley, alongside with her underbosses (Nisha, Mags and William) killing Mason before she took the control room key from Mason's corpse and proceeds to turn on the main power to Nuka-World with fireworks erupt over the parks as the lights come back on. Ashley than return to her headquarters, marking the end of Ashley's conquest of Nuka-World.

## Appearances

Overboss Ashley Westbrook appears in the *Fallout 4* add-on *Nuka-World*, and is mentioned in the *Fallout: New Vegas*.

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