Camp Guardian

Camp Guardian is the remains of a New California Republic Army encampment that was under construction in October, 2281. Located in the River Mountains of the Mojave, this fortification takes its seat on Mount Guardian. Its peak overlooking the Colorado River and Lake Mead.

Background
Camp Guardian was a stable outpost in the setup in the Guardian Peak area to keep an look out on Legion activity across the Colorado and to intercept any Legion forces attempting to cross. Stationed at the camp were 12 NCR rangers and troopers, but due a Lakelurk infestation the camp was overrun with 11 soldiers killed by the lakelurks.

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In need of another military camp to watch over the Colorado River and intercept Legion forces attempting a more northerly crossing then Camp Golf, the NCR sent a survey team to Mount Guardian. Led by Burke they vastly failed in their duties, managing only to climb its peak and check its view of the Colorado. After their declaration that the location is strategically sound, a single squad was sent to establish the camp under the command of Sergeant Banner.

By day three of their mission, the soldiers reached the base of the Mountain and began to efficiently clear the ancient and long neglected hiking trails. An effort made more difficult due to past landslides, which buried the trails so thoroughly that finding their paths a daunting task. By the fifth day they managed to restore the trails to the first bridge. Unable to continue past this obstacle, they had to dismantle several shacks for materiel to rebuild its crossing. It was that night that Jackson first heard mysterious howling, he reported the incident to the Sgt however Banner thought that it was only the wind.

After a week of clearing the paths Kale and Banner were the first of the personnel to make it to the summit. With the paths mostly clear, and the camp established (the soldiers altered the summit's pre-War sign for amusement ), Banner sent a runner to Ranger station Bravo – an hour at full sprint – to request a radio for the new camp. It was this night that Jackson continued to hear strange noises. The three nights of reporting these incidents to the Sergeant led Banner to believe them to be symptoms of PTSD. Deciding to keep him away from the munitions.

Finished clearing the rest of the paths. Used last remaining pre-War fencing as barriers for most dangouers cliffs. Finds the caves the survey team missed.

A squad of NCR troopers was sent by a New California Republic survey team to clear the old hiking trails of Mount Guardian and establish a base camp.

The soldiers were under the command of Sergeant Banner who efficiently led the reclamation and organization of the area. However, The troops frequently faced difficulties requisitioning a radio and proper supplies, such as Cateye. By the fifth day of this effort, a soldier named Jackson began to report strange noises like howling in the darkness. Banner dismissed these reports early on, blaming it on the wind or a pre-existing condition of Jackson's until he himself started hearing splashes down in the water. In their rock blasting to create the trails, they uncovered a cave which led straight into the mountain. The sergeant was not informed of any caves by the survey team and blamed them for not catching this during the initial survey. A team was sent in, Frakes and Collins, to explore the caves. They never came back up and, after this point, can be assumed that the Lakelurks began picking off the soldiers or completely attacked the camp outright.

A week after official request for a radio from McCarran and nothing. Send another runner to Bravo to request a handheld or any other radio gear until McCarran supplies them. Bemones command and sarcastically mentions Carrier Pigeons! Bravo gave them a handheld, Halford was put in charge of the radio and making daily reports Handheld worked, finished building steps up the steeper sections of the path to move the rest of their gear to the top. Jackson spotted shadows moving in the water, came screaming into their tent. Banner sent half of the men in pairs to search the area. Coming up empty handed Banner started to think Jackson was unstable and needed counselling. Deciding to request a replacement once they get their radio from McCarran. They finally received the radio from McCarran and set it up on the peak for overwatch duty. Laments who at command decided to send a squad to the remote location but didn't think to give them a radio. Dismissing it as "Probably another politician's son."

Ok, now I'm starting to hear noises. During my watch last night, I definitely heard splashes down in the water. I requested an additional survey from McCarran, but they blew it off as nerves. Fish don't make that much damn noise! I sent down half of the squad with lamps, but they couldn't see anything. We can't find any other cave openings. Maybe I've caught a little crazy from Jackson. I wish we had some Cateye. Can't see shit at night.

More surprises. Collins came across a cave entrance right behind our damn tent. The survey team should have caught this if they'd done a thorough job. I have no idea if anything is in there, but we don't have the manpower to deal with any serious pests. I'm going to have some choice words for Burke the next time I see him. This isn't the first time that idiot skipped over details while surveying an area. I hope to god we're not sitting on some kind of nest. I'm going to send in Frakes and Collins to scout the caves tomorrow. If we have to, we'll use explosives to collapse the cave.

Halford

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Layout
On approaching the camp, the Courier picks up a Camp Guardian Distress Call which informs the player of an attack on the camp by an unknown group of mutant creatures, and that the voice in the call is in dire need of help. The area surrounding Camp Guardian, on the path up to Guardian Peak is populated by a few radscorpions of various types and quite a lot of giant rats. Traveling up the narrow path will lead to Guardian Peak and the Camp Guardian caves.

Notable loot

 * Camp Guardian daily log

Appearances
Camp Guardian appears only in Fallout: New Vegas.