

The caps can alternatively be pickpocketed from him. Looting the body, the player character will find several items including four to seven star bottle caps. If they choose to attack Malcolm Holmes, he will retaliate. The Courier can learn more information from Holmes or leave him be. He will also start the quest The Legend of the Star if the player character asks him to go into more detail concerning the caps. Once he reaches them, he will converse with them about the caps. This event can also occur with three Powder Gangers even if the NCR Correctional Facility isn't cleared out.Īfter obtaining one's first Sunset Sarsaparilla star bottle cap, a roaming trader named Malcolm Holmes will start to follow the Courier from an unknown location.

They are always hostile, though sometimes will initiate a conversation and say that they are getting revenge. If one has cleared out the NCR Correctional Facility, three Powder Gangers show up south of Primm, over the hill from the water tower, north of the Nevada Highway Patrol station. Potential to be encountered anywhere, as long as one has a bad reputation with the Powder Gangers, a random Powder Ganger will appear and initiate a conversation, then turn hostile and attack.

Examples of these encounters include the three alien surveyors past Brooks tumbleweed ranch near a hovering alien ship, or the three old ladies with rolling pins in Freeside by Cerulean Robotics where the sexbot Fisto is located. Several of these random encounters can be replaced by the Wild Wasteland trait. The encounters in New Vegas are different from previous Fallout games, the handful of encounters being scripted encounters, and not a random encounter from a pool being initiated in predetermined spots in the wasteland.
