Alex Richards

Doctor Alex Richards is a Californian in the New California Republic Army who is the primary medical care provider at Camp Forlorn Hope in Fallout: New Vegas.

Background
Once an idealistic citizen of the Republic, Richards had a good life as a doctor in the core lands of the Republic. His idealism drove him to join the NCR Army out of a sense of patriotic duty, to try and make the wasteland a better place. It worked for a while, as Richards was stationed near the Dam during the First Battle of Hoover Dam and witnessed the brutality of the Legion, the carnage of the battle, and the elation of victory.

Since then, however, his enthusiasm for service and the grand democratic project of the Republic have disappeared, replaced by weariness and exhaustion. Ever since he joined the garrison at Camp Forlorn Hope, the steady stream of wounded and maimed soldiers has numbed him to the point where he just wants to get home. But until he's discharged, he will keep fixing the soldiers up in the morning only to see them on his operating table in the afternoon. He will keep sewing them up, applying stimpaks, chopping of limbs, and more, just to make it to the end of another day.

Whiskey helps getting through the day in the chop shop called a medical center.

Quests

 * Restoring Hope: The player is asked to help with the three patients in the medical center to aid with the personnel shortage.
 * Medical Mystery: Richards keeps good stock of his supplies. The recent shortage of a number of important drugs has left him convinced that there's a thief in the Camp.

Other interactions

 * If one has the Confirmed Bachelor perk, Dr. Richards will address the player as "little buttercup", "[my] fine dear", say "I'm always a sucker for a pretty face" or exclaim that the room just got a little bit hotter, indicating that he's homosexual. Incidentally, if the player has the Wild Wasteland perk, a name in the credits says "Dr. Richards is a dude, and he likes dudes".

Appearances
Alex Richards appears only in Fallout: New Vegas.