Robert Briggs

	Van Buren character Robert Briggs
	Image used as concept design for Robert Briggs in the Van Buren design document
	Biography and appearance Race Human Gender Male Affiliation NCR (formerly) Victor Presper Role Soldier Rank Major Location Grand Canyon Ballistic Orbital Missile Base 001 (if he has not been killed prior) Statistics Alignment Neutral SPECIAL Strength: 8 Perception: 5 Endurance: 8 Charisma: 5 Intelligence: 5 Agility: 7 Luck: 4 Derived Stats Hit points: 123 Action points: 9 → 10 Armor class: 7% → 8% Critical chance: 4% Sequence: 10 Tag Skills Marksman: 105% Melee: 85% Unarmed: 85% Medic: 45% Traps: 85% Traits Guilty Conscience Perks Action Boy Demolitions Expert Duck and Cover Unbreakable Forced March

 

	The following is based on Van Buren and has not been confirmed by canon sources.

Robert "Border" Briggs is one of the NCR personnel aboard Ballistic Orbital Missile Base 001 in 2253.

Background

Briggs was the man responsible for gassing Rico at Bloomfield Space Center. Briggs and the 5th Engineering Company also blew up Burham Springs to decisively deal with the powerful powder gangs, almost killing Sparky in the process.

Interactions with the player character

Briggs has 0 Karma. Time and the player's influence on him, will tell whether he is bad or good.

Inventory

	Apparel	Fort Leavenworth Combat Armor Mark II Gas mask Night-vision goggles
	Weapon	Assault rifle 10mm autoloader Combat knife Riot stick 1 tear gas 3 frag grenades 3 flash grenades Shotgun 2 flares
	Carried items	Stimpak 72 5mm rounds 6 12 gauge shotgun shell Nutrient paste Pip-Boy
	Drops on death	empty

Appearances

Robert Briggs was to appear in Van Buren, the canceled Fallout 3 by Black Isle Studios.

Sources

• Burham Springs design document/1
• B.O.M.B.-001 design document/2

References

B.O.M.B. 001 People Characters Coleridge · Davidson · Pierce · Robert Briggs · Victor Presper Generic NCR Soldier · Brain bot Quests Blow up reactor core · Build freeze gun · Change targeting solutions on missiles · Convince Coleridge that Presper deceived them · Disable outside security bots · Disable SOR-1000 Beta & Delta · Find schematic for freeze gun · Magnetize Alpha's treads · Manually disable 5 out of 8 nuclear missiles · Overload reactor core · Reactivate SOR-1000 Alpha · Repair Alpha's limb(s) damage · Successfully subdue engineer without alerting others · Successfully sneak past security bots · Successfully sneak past SOR-1000 Beta & Delta