Viper gunslinger

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	Fallout: New Vegas character Viper gunslinger
	Biography and appearance Race Human Gender Male Female Affiliation Vipers Role Raiders Location Viper Gang ambush Bonnie Springs Highway 95 Viper's encampment Raided Farmstead South of El Dorado Gas & Service Statistics Alignment Evil SPECIAL Strength: 5 Perception: 6 Endurance: 5 Charisma: 3 Intelligence: 4 Agility: 5 Luck: 4 Derived Stats Hit Points: 30 DT: 1 → 3 (merc outfit) DT: 8 → 14 (metal armor) Tag Skills Melee Weapons: 53 Guns: 53 Survival: 51 Level 7 Technical Base ID 00168bd0 00168bd1 00168bd2 00168bd5 00168bd6 00168bd7 Ref ID ? Actor Male: Jesse Burch, Emerson Brooks, Ari Rubin Female: Katherine Pawlak, Lora Cain, Debra Wilson

 

Viper gunslingers are members of the Vipers gang living in the Mojave Wasteland in Fallout: New Vegas.

Background

Along with the Jackals and Khans, the Vipers were one of three legendary raider gangs that emerged from Vault 15 in the years following the Great War. Although once a great scourge on the Wasteland, the Vipers have since been reduced to a very weak group of raiders by the lawbringing forces of the emerging New California Republic.

Viper gunslingers in the Mojave Wasteland are very similar to their Jackal gang member counterparts; low-level raiders equipped with poor weapons and armor. Most wear merc outfits or less commonly leather armor, while a few wear metal armor. About half of them carry weak melee weapons such as knives or tire irons, while the rest carry firearms such as 10mm pistols or 10mm submachine guns. After the latest patch, Vipers will occasionally be equipped with a grenade rifle. While generally weak, Vipers armed with grenade launchers can deal heavy damage, and those wearing metal armor can resist weak firearms and pose a threat to low-level player characters.

The greatest difference between Viper gunslingers and Jackal gang members is that Jackals mostly wear wasteland outfits while Vipers mostly wear merc outfits. Vipers are also slightly better equipped than Jackals, being more likely to carry firearms, although their armament is still fairly poor and many of them still only have melee weapons.

Viper gunslingers are sometimes lead by a Viper leader, who is significantly tougher and better equipped than his/her minions.

Viper gunslingers are hostile towards the majority of the Mojave Wasteland's other inhabitants, including Traveling merchants and Prospectors, both the NCR and Caesar's Legion, and even other raider groups such as the Jackals and the Fiends. They are allied with the Wasteland's mole rats, with whom they share some overlapping territory.

Location

Viper gunslingers primarily control the stretch of Highway 95 between Nipton and Novac, and are typically first encountered ambushing the player in the highway canyon area east of Nipton. Viper camps can be found at the Hidden supply cave, the train tunnels southwest of Ranger station Charlie, the Highway 95 Viper's encampment, inside the Searchlight East Gold Mine, on the highway near the El Dorado Gas & Service north of Novac, and at the Horowitz farmstead north of New Vegas. A large ambush of several Viper gunslingers will appear at the Raided Farmstead once the player enters the home/trailer there.

Interactions with the player character

Interactions overview

This character has no special interactions.

Inventory

	Apparel	Merc outfit Wasteland outfit Metal armor Leather armor Leather armor, reinforced
	Weapon	Lever-action shotgun or 10mm pistol or Tire iron or Knife or 10mm submachine gun or .44 Magnum revolver
	Carried items	Random miscellaneous items, aid items, chems and food
	Drops on death	No additional items

Notes

• Vipers are reasonably resourceful; if you come across a Viper camp, you will usually get a 10mm pistol along with a decent amount of ammunition. They also carry a lot of junk (scrap metal, fission batteries, sensor modules, etc.), which can net a decent amount of caps.

Appearances

Viper gunslingers appear only in Fallout: New Vegas.