The Evolution, Lore and Cut Content of the NCR Rangers

[@TriangleCity]

This was originally a section of a Wasteland script that had become way too long, so I split it into several videos, including this one and the recent Meantime video. My next video will probably be on the original Wasteland or F3 cut content :)

[@volodymyrbilyk555]

OG Wasteland is such a motherfucker of a game. For those who think Fallout 1 was brutal, Wasteland 1 is even meaner with all its ENDLESS random encounters with scum and punks.

[@TriangleCity]

@volodymyrbilyk555 I fell into a well and had to reload because no one on my squad was skilled enough to climb out lmao

[@mileator]

Please, sir. May i have some wasteland 3 content?

[@volodymyrbilyk555]

@@TriangleCity yeah, Wasteland can be a game breaking bitch sometimes. I like how in Wasteland 2 they have fully functional nuclear warhead in Ranger HQ and you can casually activate it and go endgame. Such a nice touch.

[@lochlannblack7699]

Bro what's the music called in the start of the video

[@Maxsmack]

the fact that technically they're a prewar faction has always made it more understandable they go toe toe with BoS Paladins on the regular. They have built up literal centuries of mythos, culture, and training.

[@munkeydude777]

there’s collective, passed-on information in their ranks that was never lost to begin with, which is pretty cool

[@MrYoda-xb6mp]

They also have ghoul veteran rangers so imaging fighting a guy with 200 years in experience

[@fakealias1990]

I think their weaponry and tactics also make a lot of sense in that regard. Desert stealth, survival and marksmanship are all specialties of the rangers; A BoS Paladin revving a gatling laser is a lot less scary when they’re a quarter-mile away from you, they have no idea where you are, and you’re staring at them through the scope of a .50 caliber AMR. I think anti-material rifles probably stand right next to gauss rifles when it comes to being the best-suited ballistic weapons in the series for blowing straight through power armor. Given what we see of the Nevada Brotherhood’s strict adherence to their codex and overall refusal to adapt, I think guerilla tactics and the NCR military’s heavy use of elite, highly-trained snipers like the Rangers and First Recon would have been a nightmare for the brotherhood’s heavy troops during their conflict with them.

[@Rainwen1die]

@@MrYoda-xb6mpa good anount of veteran rangers are ghouls in game too

[@jakespacepiratee3740]

They are basically the Gunners of California after pledging to a single faction. Or the Deathkorps of Kreig

[@HamanKarn567]

I always liked the Desert Rangers idea more than the ncr military branch but then unified. Would have been cool to have a few character in game who didn't go along with the unification treaty. I know a popular companion mod is about that but still.

[@crusader2112]

Russel by Someguy 2000 is what you're think of. Never played it, but I watched Alchestbreach play it it was pretty good. Also, the Hearts of Iron 4 mod Old World Blues has a faction of Rogue Desert Rangers that didn't join the NCR led by a woman named Abigail Lee I think.

[@maboilaurence8227]

Imagine a full renegade platoon of veteran Rangers who break orders and legislation like Milo. That would have been fantastic.

[@Stad122]

If you're interested in that and strategy games, the Old World Blues mod for Hearts of Iron 4 would be worth checking out. It has a faction exactly like this. Part of a sort of generalized group of playable nations, but theres a couple people making mods for them.

[@ytmld]

I wanna see new vegas remastered with so much more of this detail and content added in for rangers

[@Chosen_Ash]

The desert rangers had no choice, it was either side with the ncr or get crushed by the legion

[@RoachDoggJr2112]

I actually consider Wasteland to be canon to the fallout universe, taking place only within a couple decades after the Great War.

[@jakel2837]

I could see it with the Black Isle/Obsidian continuity

[@FlymanMS]

42:08 “Yep. That’s me. You probably wonder how I ended up in this situation”

[@mickw0235]

Might be the only ever youtube comment to make me laugh out loud

[@andrewwendt3375]

just before I fell asleep too you KNOW I'm staying up to watch

[@deathsaintxv]

Same

[@SamuelAnderson-vz7fe]

I be leaving this on to sleep, pretty long videos and a monotone voice, good mix

[@bonelessman56]

I usually watch TriangleCity videos twice, once to sleep and once again when I wake up to actually watch the video and understand what he's saying XD

[@aspartus_]

Thank u for video! Realy nice and style is perfect

[@pendantblade6361]

Ah a tiny but not really important error (well, more of a missed thing) at 23:18. The Ranger Takedown is an open palm strike in first person, but it's a leg sweep in third person. It's not directly stated, but I think this is a reference to Chuck Norris' roundhouse kick in Walker: Texas Ranger.

[@TriangleCity]

I had no idea! I never play in 3rd person

[@restitvtororbis5330]

That move is basically the only reason I would play in 3rd person. I don't know how they decided to make a spinning leg sweep TAKE DOWN into a palm strike in first person, it's called the Ranger TAKEDOWN after all. It looks awesome if you're wearing the ranger veteran armor, doing it in power armor looks kinda goofy though 😅 especially enclave remnant armor

[@rhesty5235]

@@restitvtororbis5330 1. Your character does a 360 in the third person takedown. Having the first person POV do that would either be nauseating, or make no sense if the camera never moved. 2. The first person model for new vegas does NOT include legs. There is no way that they would model and animate a leg attack in a purely hands only game adapted from another purely hands only game (FO3) in such a short time, all for one little unarmed attack that 99% of players will never use because unarmed playthroughs are much less popular. 3. You shoot from your eyeballs in new vegas, and this includes melee attacks. Having such a huge disjoint between where your eyes are "aimed" and the actual attack animation would probably play horribly. You could watch your legs sweep through a centurion and do nothing because your eyes weren't lined up on his hitbox correctly.

[@uber3712]

I love the fact that the rangers holding the half-life one shotgun and the Half-Life 2 pistol

[@fartcruncher98]

You can tell he has TF2 mounted because the HL2 shotgun uses that shotgun texture.

[@gimpscam9976]

It’s just gmod. That’s the half life 2 shotgun but since the textures are named the same for the tf2 shotgun the textures get glitched.

[@pendantblade6361]

Monster of the East? I've got the Monster of the West right here.

[@FlymanMS]

Monster of Ma Pants

[@martinpachu7125]

i'm the monster of the west

[@BLK_MN]

Kind of ironic that the option that represents the most justice for Hanlon's actions, is the one that seemingly destroys the spirit and capabilities of the Rangers. I have no desire to see Hanlon dead from shooting himself, but what he did by mixing communications via radio resulted in a LOT of death and suffering. An entire ranger station wiped out, with one Ranger forced to fight to the death in an arena until she is inevitably killed. Other ranger stations so undersupplied they might have to abandon the station. Reports from other ranger stations on enemy troop movements being ignored, leading to the death of who knows how many soldiers. It's even implied that Camp Bitter Springs is completely cut off from support due at least in part to Hanlon's meddling, a place full of not just civilians, but people who've suffered some of the worst Legion treatment and somehow escaped. So I have to choose with letting Hanlon go on a lie, with nobody being punished for these crimes that so many people suffered under Or Telling the truth, and having one of the best leaders in the NCR and the remaining free world, kill himself in shame; the fallout of which cripples perhaps the best, most honest, selfless fighting force in the wastelands, which would definitely result in even more suffering, and other crimes going unpunished. Honestly one of the hardest choices to make, and one of the best examples of interconnected world-building. Of course, I only say this in hindsight, seeing the ending slides about Hanlon and realizing just how far reaching these consequences are. Oh and it's from one of the most annoying quests in the game from a gameplay perspective. Taking forever to find all the locations, or instantly finished by just fast traveling to them all, with no combat or skill checks involved.

[@putinsoupin5094]

Man.. i cannot stress it enough but TC's videos have seriously been helpful when going through a hard time, If im feeling down i just pop on a vid and escape from the world for a short time. Thank you Triangle City

[@TriangleCity]

🖤🖤🖤

[@TheGameMan76]

Ok Cheif Hanlon crashing the game because he wants to sit down has got to be the funniest way to crash a game. Imagine your just chilling, you sit in your chair, and the world just collapses

[@TriangleCity]

😂😂😂

[@Fridaynightmovie]

Love your content man, you save me from thinking I’ve gone crazy because I played new Vegas on release day and until your videos there was assets removed to make space for the DLC but I had no proof existed like the NPC’s at searchlight

[@TheBearInTheChair]

I know what you mean, I played an unpatched NV for the longest time on my ol' 360, so when I finally played it again with its dlc on an xbone I was blown away by how much got cut

[@Fridaynightmovie]

@@TheBearInTheChair I know it’s insane huge interactions that were a part of my childhood just disappeared until I played it on PC

[@jakel2837]

​@Fridaynightmovie Do you know of any mods that restore the content? I played for the first time in 2012. It was the GOTY version so it was packaged with the DLC from day 1

[@Fridaynightmovie]

@@jakel2837 honestly I’ll look through my mod list I’ve been playing on PC since 2012 and have mod does that, I just have hundreds of mods I’ll get back to you in a second

[@Fridaynightmovie]

@@jakel2837 OK my man you’re going to want to get two mods off nexus, The first one is uncut wasteland, and then you’re gonna wanna get pre-release restored. This will bring back most if not all of the Contant that was removed for DLC space!

[@DeAtHPoInT9]

Whenever I play FNV I always role as a desert ranger, helping the desperate people of the Mojave, fulfilling my service like the good desert ranger that I am. These days I have seen that the community has great appreciation for this faction, from making mods to have companions or putting them in hoi4 the OldworldBlues mod, I personally am working on a project to expand the lore of the desert rangers in the fallout universe and put them back in FNV. Thanks for the great video you made talking in general about the rangers :)

[@nitesy381]

the lines make me think what a fallout rts will look like

[@volodymyrbilyk555]

Playing as Master gathering his army and taking over Wasteland. Or as Enclave, or BoS, or stretching NCR too thin

[@nagger8216]

Hearts of Iron: Old World Blues is what you're looking for. It seriously expands on the lore of factions like the NCR and Enclave, even providing complete alternate history paths. Seeing how most of the NCR's technological development was locked behind their treaty with the Brotherhood was a serious eye-opener to me (as if we needed more convincing to wipe them out).

[@volodymyrbilyk555]

@@nagger8216 you mean command and conquer but fallout? I'll buy deluxe. Let's bring back Kane and his Nod crew for a crossover too. And if there's radroach giant ants style campaign - I'll buy it again.

[@crusader2112]

@@nagger8216 It's a great mod, my favorite path is the Reformed Enclave in the Enclave Reborn submod.

[@nathanlevesque7812]

@@nagger8216 Technology bad?

[@CV33Games]

I remember when I first got the NCR radio. The first time I used it in a battle, the battle was over before they showed up lol

[@Danny_J]

Love the contrast here. Forty-six minutes of detail about Interplay and Obsidian building up the lore of this faction over decades, including almost ten straight minutes dedicated just to Chief Hanlon and the political consequences of his actions in the dozen or so different endings he has. And then Bethesda touches the faction for just two minutes of the video, and we get, "Uh, yeah, their armour appears again once or twice, but is named incorrectly in this game, and over here in the TV show, Shady Sands inexplicably teleported halfway across California and was then destroyed. Hopefully the faction still exists?" If that isn't Bethesda writing in a nutshell, I don't know what is.

[@muttipi]

another triangle city banger, ive been watching every video u make as they're uploaded for years now, keep up the good work.

[@TriangleCity]

🖤🖤🖤

[@williamholt3373]

I’m just eatin otter pops and this guy drops another one. Thank you triangle ❤

[@Kawaiijihad]

Wtf is an otter pop?

[@trashthug]

@@Kawaiijihad just an icepop you know like those 100 packs

[@Jacob_Tribal]

Crawl out through the Fallout!

[@StonerWaifu]

for some reason I wanna sing that like Tiny Tim

[@Adrian-fo4kv]

Just discovered your channel a few days ago and haven't even watched this video yet, but you are really out here doing gods work!

[@TriangleCity]

🖤🖤🖤

[@R-YR29]

You're the best Can't wait to watch in the morning

[@Rookie-2552]

This gonna be a great video, great topic

[@dillydraws]

you know what they say about Rangers. Rangers lead the way.

[@brojep8297]

It's always great to see your videos Easily one of the best KZbinrs out there

[@Skoopman]

This video came at a perfect time. I’m writing a Fallout D&D 5E campaign set in Arizona in the early 2100’s. I knew most of this info from games/research but it’s awesome to have it all consolidated here for listening! Thanks!

[@TriangleCity]

🖤🖤🖤

[@Matt-md5yt]

man that intro of yours is fitting for what you like to also do, also glad you covered the Rangers.

[@spebtm8017]

Any thoughts of doing a whole video on Van Buren? The story, factions we never got to see, and the ones who were adapted into NV? Ive seen a couple of short ones on KZbin but nothing as thorough and entertaining as you could make! Love the video ❤️

[@spebtm8017]

👀

[@TriangleCity]

I want to make a series covering all of it, but I have like 30k something words of notes and I have no idea where to start lol

[@spebtm8017]

@@TriangleCity Man, am I excited for that! Maybe a video on the gameworld and map to start, then on the new mutants/gouls/enemies, then a few on the different factions? I don’t know what your process is like, but starting is always the hardest part for me, haha

[@TriangleCity]

My process is basically rewriting over and over again until I'm at least somewhat happy with it, but Van Buren is a particularly massive undertaking compared to most of the videos I've made. There's just so much developer commentary that it's difficult to sort

[@spebtm8017]

@@TriangleCity fair enough, its almost like the holy grail of cut Fallout content so I can understand it being intimidating with just the sheet size of it. But, until then keep on keeping on with the great content! Each video gets better.

[@BradleyBone]

i like the vibe these videos gave back in the day.

[@sideofhashbrowns660]

You always come through in finals week, thank you dearly.

[@Gakusangi]

I think it can sometimes be confusing for people to keep track, but there are TWO groups of Rangers in Fallout, the NCR Rangers and the Desert Rangers. The Desert Rangers were natives to the area when the NCR came into the Mojave and decided to team up with the NCR after they started getting significant push back from the Legion. The two figures depicted at the Mojave Outpost are an NCR Ranger and a Desert Ranger shaking hands. Both have similar qualities, both are highly skilled and well organized, one is loyal to the NCR and operate as their special forces and veteran soldiers, and the other are wandering survivalists trying to bring some law, order and peace to the wasteland.

[@vahlok1426]

How cool would it have been to see Super Mutant Rangers going into battle alongside their human comrades during the battle of Hoover Dam?

[@Phapchamp]

As much as NCR *tries* to be tolerant of ghouls and mutants they are actually quite corrupt and have inherent discrimination against them

[@metrofloof1214]

Wow I'm late to the party. But triangle how tf do you keep making banger vids and digging up all this cut content

[@TriangleCity]

Thank you 🖤🖤🖤 I just love Fallout and try to be as thorough as possible :)

[@nathanlevesque7812]

Hanlon's ending is further proof that Independent is optimal. Oliver gets all the blame. NCR arrogance is gut checked. House doesn't get to be a dictator. Legion crumbles.

[@zettman2228]

House is obviously the best option this is a post war world not pre war, it’s going to run into the same problems over again lack of resources, too much red tape and rules. Houses plan to leave earth is the best bet

[@BrBetim]

Cool video! I've been playing FO2 Sonora and that makes me wish we had more official Ranger content. Bethesda really needs to put the BoS aside and focus on other factions.

[@feuerein]

Pleasant surprise hearing that Waterworld menu soundtrack lol

[@TriangleCity]

That whole soundtrack is amazing 🥰

[@derthvooder9857]

Would you ever make a video detailing how you get all this information and how you put it together? It just seems like such an insurmountable amount of work. Do you have a team? Do you personally listen to all the dialogue on your own?

[@TriangleCity]

I do everything on my own, editing, research, writing, thumbnails, filming footage, etc, which is why I have looooong gaps between videos lol As far as research goes, I've played every Fallout game multiple times and have a decent memory, plus I have all the game files to reference when memory fails

[@ahereticsdoomvideos3216]

Ah yes, the dreaded TF2 Shotgun texture on the HL2 Spas

[@vikkye2691]

how did ya know i was watching fallout lore at 4am again?

[@Gillyboi]

Is that full metal alchemist music near the end? Great as always mister triangle!❤

[@TriangleCity]

It is! I haven't watched it in years, but the music also stuck with me :))

[@2Trundle]

Although I don't necessarily like the NCR, the rangers will always be some of the most sick looking and badass mfs, especially given their history both inside and outside of the lore from the games. Great vid.

[@nathanlevesque7812]

No way Rangers would let one random guy nuke their capital.

[@sinisterisrandom8537]

I always assumed that Boneyard was renamed because Shady Sands as a name was seen as a good luck charm. For prosperity and greatness

[@cptshelly]

The rangers will always be "the thing " that got me into fallout. One christmas i had 5 bucks left on steam during the sale , saw that amazing armor, remeebred hearibg stuff about it , and the rest is history. Made me dimp for the ncr too. I came for the armor , stayed for the universe of fallout.

[@crusader2112]

The Rangers having a lot of leeway and autonomy reminds of Mass Effect's Specters.

[@CornBredSnakes]

Late night gold

[@CornBredSnakes]

Always figured the "Ghosts" were Enclave remnants

[@TriangleCity]

That would definitely make sense

[@CornBredSnakes]

@@TriangleCity Came to the conclusion after my first time doing For Auld Sang syre 11yrs ago lol, was like ooooh, looks like I found me those ghosts... Remember Navarro.

[@xenobio7402]

i needed something to listen to while i build in the sims. thanks!

[@oriongross6747]

Legendary explore page pull

[@aws08barbatos]

So I've collecting since I was 4 and I just turned 34 and it's primarily been hot wheels. I do own a couple matchbox and do enjoy them. I also didn't realize til like 2 years ago that I had a bunch of treasure hunt cars

[@Toxic_Korgi]

Please Jeff, if you give us a Desert Ranger character in the next season of the show, I'll forgive you for being a massive scumbag. IMO, the most underrated tragedy in NV was the desert rangers entirely being gone or absorbed into the NCR.

[@Shinhotep]

Absolutely, and as such, fuck the NCR.

[@odst2247]

​@@Shinhotep Long live the NCR

[@Shinhotep]

@@odst2247 No.

[@Hard2G3t]

Who's Jeff?

[@achimdemus-holzhaeuser1233]

@@Hard2G3t that bald amazon dude who looks a bit like a male reproductive organ with the crazy modded wive ..

[@null_and_void__]

"Chase ghosts down at Baja" probably meant either they're hunting down some elite sorta fugitive that probably SHOULD NOT be priority or theyre trying to annex the place

[@SHDW-nf2ki]

So not only was Chief Hanson’s disinformation campaign AGAINST HIS OWN SIDE insane and pointless but given how he tells the events of Rattletail, he also aided and abetted murders

[@KelBShobra]

nice always good to see another lore dump, will get my popcorn

[@deathsaintxv]

OH IM PUSHING BEDTIME BACK

[@xybetz753]

9:37 caught me so off guard

[@anjetto1]

Crazy how foundational "Valley of the wind" was to so many. True nerds. Men and women of culture. Getting into anime in the late 80s and early 90s. When it was really hard. I remember tape trading people in small stores back in the pre internet days, can't imagine what it would've been like to be an anime nerd in the 1980s. For a second example, there's a Race in Star Trek named after them. The Nausicaans. If you love something super nerdy and niche, there's a very good chance the creator of it loved something nerdy and niche themselves, and THAT creator was Hayao Miyazaki.

[@TriangleCity]

I didn't know that about Star Trek. Miyazaki's films are one of a kind, we're really lucky to have lived in the same time period of such a visionary :)

[@greenkoopa]

Videos like this make me glad there's not a nuclear winter (yet)

[@mattmoney1322]

I just beat the game on a Caesar play through and eventually squads of rangers start hunting you and man those dudes do not play lol

[@ProfesorPiper]

If I'm not mistaken, that was the Half-Life 2 pistol and the Half-Life 1 shotgun in the thumbnail, very nice little crossover :)

[@DocBlubbin]

Oh hell yeah. This is going to be good.

[@TriangleCity]

🖤🖤🖤

[@platinumshadow5626]

It's kind of hilarious that elder Tandi says they were unable to find Vault 13 despite years of searching, considering it's literally in a straight line west from it ; )

[@TriangleCity]

To be fair, I wouldn't explored random, sketchy caves in a universe that has Deathclaws lmao

[@sumguy63]

I wish Fallout would return to having Nausicaa influence

[@klimaxkid]

I was not expecting mass effect music

[@lanecolvin95]

I played fallout 2 and I was shocked to see a super mutant in their ranks of the ncr rangers I don't know why they hate super mutants now if I was ncr I'll try to convince super mutants to serve as troopers

[@D--FENS]

Perhaps I'm mistaken, but I could swear that there is a reference to the NCR being a nation state in Fallout 2. Something like "Everything to the south [of Shady Sands] is NCR."

[@TriangleCity]

Definitely possible, F2 has so much dialogue it's pretty much impossible to remember all of it lol

[@iTzHoku]

34:06 “WATCH THOSE WRIST ROCKETS!”

[@brothers_of_nod]

Always have been my favorite factions

[@travistreadway3180]

God these makes work days easy

[@kidgruesome407]

Diablo Tristan Theme. Nice.

[@joshuavelazco4382]

One time i had the ranger that gives you the ncr radio appear in the bos Bunker that starts the dead money dlc scared the hell out of me Edit the ncr ranger appear behind the door that asks you if you want to start the dlc

[@PonderousEclectica4383]

i’d give my left foot to live in the timeline where Van Buren was finished

[@TriangleCity]

Same bro. I don't think any cancelled game has ever intrigued me so much

[@Bittboy]

Love your videos! They're perfectly paced and quite easy to hear what you're saying. My only request would be to have some kind of label or something that says like "Quote from Bob Bobson" or "Bob Bobson on Bobby Bobbyson" if that makes sense. Alternatively, hire @LarryBundJr to read them instead 😆

[@superfarful]

This is amazing

[@TriangleCity]

🖤🖤🖤

[@strikereureka4562]

Let's gooo rangers

[@ValkynazKivan]

No way, bro held me up with that “pick up that can” pistol. I mention the thumbnail, by the way, so don’t suffer a heart attack.

[@StaryBrudnyLis187]

Great video

[@TriangleCity]

🖤🖤🖤

[@Subject_Keter]

I like how the Ranger has the most low poly shotgun. Lol

[@tallargallarhorn]

Sorry if rude, love the content. lol

[@GrievousReborn]

I'm guessing there's a mod that fixes all the issues you mentioned in this video

[@keepitclean8791]

This is the big one, the Rangers are the best!

[@robnew]

NCR Bros are eatin good today

[@Rhett-s5o]

No way you cut out that chord progression at the start before it resolved 😢

[@colinmiller3489]

Lol I never noticed the box art curse until I watched this video 😂😂😂 wow

[@Capta1nAsh]

I feel like Rangers should’ve been the N7s/Spectres of the Fallout games. But in delivery they seem more like the SS Blackshirts to the trooper’s SA Brownshirts. Or more appropriately…. Higher levelled NPCs😅

[@Jacob_Tribal]

Comment for the algorithm.✌️

[@MF-Jay]

Anyone have the song at 0:12?

[@pendantblade6361]

The meme at 30:33 lol

[@Mak10z]

I don't trust Todd, Emil or anyone at BGS to know the lore of the west coast.. cant touch anything without fucking up the lore can you TODD?

[@l-l]

Was that picture in your intro from your urban exploration escapades?

[@TriangleCity]

Nah, I just got stock footage for it because I usually don't bring a gimbal with me when I explore. I like to travel as light as possible since I've fallen through a floor before lol

[@l-l]

@@TriangleCity That's completely reasonable. I hope it didn't result in a major injury.

[@SHDW-nf2ki]

the radio boy has the dead pool gene I guess

[@veraxiana9993]

I wonder if the name tyco is inspired by the AI tyco in Marathon or vice versa 🤔

[@FelixValentiCh.]

hold on is he using the USP ans SPAS-12 from HL2

[@HairryTurttleneck]

w vid man

[@samphelps856]

Thank you

[@TriangleCity]

🖤🖤🖤

[@rocky.sroger8855]

I hope the desert rangers come back someday

[@Euphorix099]

Ranger at the ready!

[@pl9nningforburial]

they’re so damn cool

[@MasterTurner969]

@anamku0 Vampire Cool

[@RyanBride620]

Epic vid

[@TriangleCity]

🖤🖤🖤

[@theGhostfaceKiller666]

The show had the opportunity to have a Veteran NCR Ranger face off against a Brotherhood Knight. The powerhouses of each faction going at it while a battle raged around them would have been peak Fallout but nope, no Rangers in sight just mindless grunts.

[@unoriginalperson72]

I can tell you have tf2 mounted on gmod because the shotgun in the thumbnail is broken