The Desert Rangers, a forgotten faction.

[kingwilfre16]

About Desert Rangers beeing hunted down… Well the idea came from two sides. The first one is a quote of the veteran rangers in Camp Golf. I’m from Spain, so I play the game in Spanish. The quote is “Vamos a tener una pequeña reunion de rangers, vamos a zanjar unas viejas disputas” the translation (I’m unable to find the quote in the internet) would be “We are having a little ranger meeting, we are going to settle some old disputes”. As well as chief Hanlon's disagrees with the NCR's politics. The other way the idea came is the unofficial “quest” from the mod ADAM to take the Outcast armor, where the outcast is a rogue ranger being followed by the NCR. I just think it could give the mod a dramatic touch and show other of the NCRs big mistake, as the Bitter Springs disaster. They get so obsesed defending their Republic they even try to eliminate the old lawbringers and protectors of the wastelanders

 

The idea of the need of another kind of ranger armor came to me last week when I remembered a pair of old mods, “new ranger armors” from tumbajamba (http://www.newvegasnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=35312)

which seemed to me to be kinda unfinished (some part of the textures stay in black, need of more female models...), even it was a great idea. The other one was the NVBS (New Vegas Battle Suit), one of the my favorite mods. But as his author was stupid or careless enough to use elements from other registered video-games without advice (that’s against the rules on nexus), so the mod was deleted by the administrators.

 

I decided to post my idea because I think it could be profitable, without breaking the lore in the game. It could be made just combining the with the plate of the Desert Ranger Combat Armor aka (http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110528233616/fallout/images/e/eb/DR_combat_armor.png) and combining it with the already existent meshes and textures of the several outfits in the game. Not just the armor, it can also lead to create a "believable new faction" as you said, with their own quest and even a companion. I like the idea of using them in the battle at the Hoover Dam. As the Enclave has his swan chant, the same should deserve the rangers.

looks like we've got ourselves a little ranger family reunion, times right for a feud

[Immodium]

I know they were absorbed but you would still expect to find some trace of them or NCR rangers would say that they used to be part of the desert rangers something like that. a group that was that independent wouldn't just disappear without a trace. i always figured that the desert rangers would operate like a volunteer force inside the NCR yet still somewhat independent. kind of like the American eagle squadron durring ww2 or the free polish legions.

Well its not unrealistic that some would leave, but why would they? i haven't seen alot of reasons why the Desert Rangers would be angry about joining the NCR. And if a desert ranger left instead of joining the NCR why would they even call themselves a desert ranger? At that point the desert rangers joined the NCR so if you aren't happy with that and decide to leave then you aren't really a desert ranger anymore.