Recompense of the Fallen

Recompense of the Fallen is a weapon in Fallout: New Vegas.

Background
Recompense of the Fallen was crafted by Centurion Aurelius of Phoenix with several dog tags of fallen NCR troopers that he enjoys to collect as trophies.

Characteristics
Recompense of the Fallen is a unique Unarmed weapon made from NCR dog tags. It does slightly more damage than the standard dog tag fist on account of it attacking slightly faster. Although it does the same amount of damage as spiked knuckles, Recompense of the Fallen requires no Unarmed skill or Strength to use effectively.

Variants

 * Dog tag fist, the common variant.

Location

 * It can be found in the desk in Aurelius of Phoenix' office in Cottonwood Cove.

Behind the scenes
"The fallen will the gift of bloody reprisal."


 * Originally, the player would have crafted Recompense of the Fallen themselves instead of stealing it from Cottonwood Cove. There still exists a script that would have handled this event named and several message boxes that would craft Recompense of the Fallen. The script would strike the Courier with divine inspiration and after doing some checks for the right conditions, would allow for the crafting of Recompense of the Fallen.

Bugs

 * The item cannot be grabbed and moved around.
 * When wearing the Recompense of the Fallen and then going in to interrogate Silus during the quest Silus Treatment they are removed, but on exit and transfer of the Recompense of the Fallen to a companion your character still appears to be wearing Recompense of the Fallen, both when nothing is equipped and when you have other weapons equipped (e.g. Machete gladius or 12.7mm pistol). This glitch may occur with other hand-to-hand weapons such as the Golden Gloves.