Tycho

Tycho is a Desert Ranger and a recruitable NPC in Fallout.

Background
Hailing from Nevada, Tycho is an expert on the wasteland and surviving within it. He comes from a small group of survivalists that avoided nuclear annihilation in the badlands of Nevada. This community taught him a lot about desert survival, weapons training, and other related topics. Tycho's wanderlust eventually drove him to wander the desert with traders and explorers for several years. He always returned to his home, with news and goods. Eventually, as the range of his travels grew, he signed on with the Desert Rangers and headed west, towards the coast, as a long-range explorer.

In appearance, he seems like any other wasteland explorer, with a leather armor, gas mask hanging around his neck, goggles to keep out sand and glare, a sand-colored cloak usable for camouflage and sun protection, completed by double-barreled shotgun. However, as a Ranger, his priority is to make things better, just like the Texas Rangers did. That's why he studied the art of surviving and combat extensively. Around 2162, he stayed at Junktown, catching a little bit of R&R.

Companion

 * To recruit Tycho, the player has to visit the Skum Pitt after 17:00 (5 PM). Tycho will join the player if they accepted Killian's task to deal with Gizmo. Tycho will not be available if Killian is dead and will attack if the player is the culprit.
 * Due to limitations of the engine, Tycho can only use weapons he has animations for, namely those that use the rifle, pistol, spear, or unarmed animations.

Other Interactions

 * Tycho can teach the player some survival skills through dialogue, giving a +5% bonus to Outdoorsman.
 * Tycho will become hostile to the Vault Dweller if they are caught stealing Neal's urn.
 * He has unique float dialogue for locations around the southern wasteland;

Behind the scenes

 * Tycho is one, grand reference to Wasteland.
 * Although Tycho is not mentioned in the Vault Dweller's memoirs, Tandi in the Cafe of Broken Dreams mentions him and the Vault Dweller, indicating that they did get together after all.
 * Tycho's description in Fallout is an inspiration for the NCR Ranger combat armor and the Desert Ranger combat armor in Fallout: New Vegas as Tycho himself is described as "a man in dusty leather armor with a trench coat and gas mask".

Appearances
Tycho appears only in Fallout and is mentioned by Tandi in Fallout 2.