Not much is known of the exploits of 5th Battalion before 2281, but they have sent their 1st company under the command of Lieutenant Hayes to Primm in the Mojave Wasteland to return control of the New California Republic Correctional Facility back to the NCR away from the it's former inmates, the Powder Gangers.[1]
↑Hayes: "I'm Lieutenant Hayes of the New California Republic Army, 5th Battalion, 1st Company. What's your business?" The Courier: "What are you doing out here?" Hayes: "We were sent out here to hold back the tide of convicts from the correctional facility. As you can probably tell, we aren't doing the kind of job we could be doing." The Courier: "What's the problem with your mission?" Hayes: "The mission isn't a problem. The problem is with supplies. The convicts are better armed and organized than our intel initially suggested. I'm trying to get some reinforcements here, maybe some guns with some firepower, but... shit... things are just going slow." (Hayes' dialogue)
