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Navarro (Navarro Refinery or Camp Navarro[1] in official Enclave records) is a pre-War installation, where a Poseidon Oil refinery and an Enclave military base are located, located north of San Francisco along the coastline. By 2281 Navarro is a part of the NCR.
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[edit] Location
Navarro can be found fifteen squares south of Arroyo.
[edit] Background
Before the War, Navarro served as a Poseidon Oil refinery for the Oil Rig, where the Enclave headquarters is located. Adjacent to the oil installations, a government-funded military base was constructed, together with a satellite up-link station and maintenance and repair facilities. Over a century after the Great War, the base was commandeered by the Enclave, who converted it into their primary mainland outpost, establishing a refueling station for the Vertibirds. Due to the relatively short range of the Vertibird, as well as frequent malfunctions, especially in post-War conditions, Vertibird Schematics were almost always present on site for necessary repairs and maintenance, but were prone to misplacement. Four were initially ordered, yet by 2241, three had already gone missing. By 2241, Navarro was still a relatively new base, without a full compliment of staff.[2] Replacements were transferred to the base from other, smaller installations on the mainland.[3][4]
While the Enclave used Navarro, it played host to a number of important figures, including two prominent Enclave scientists, Dr Henry and Dr Schreber. They worked together, but had radically different theories about the mutations in the wastelander population and methods of curing them. Their disagreements had dire consequences: when Henry was arguing with Schreber about the mutation problem for the five billionth time, the latter told Henry in a fit of anger that he was going to recommend Henry's transfer to another Enclave facility and reassignment to cybernetic maintenance. Henry took the threat seriously and within hours, he stole a cybernetic dog and slipped away from the Navarro facility. The Enclave, although not pleased with the doctor's attitude and avenues of research, were unhappy with his desertion (they need all the scientists they can get), which resulted in several soldiers from Navarro being punished for negligence.[5] Henry wasn't the only deserter: Navarro's location on the mainland made it possible for others to abandon the Enclave (for example, A. Ron Meyers). The fact that soldiers were issued leave to San Francisco couldn't help the situation.[6]
In 2242, the Chosen One infiltrated the base, disguising as new recruit. He's sloppy: Sgt. Arch Dornan catches him, but assumes that they are an actual new transfer and delivers one of the greatest and inspiring verbal smackdowns in recorded history.[7] His mission is otherwise succesful: he kills Dr Schreber, frees Xarn,[5] liberates K-9 (taking him to Shady Sands)[5] and, most importantly, retrieves the Tanker FOB[8] and uses it to activate the tanker and destroy the Oil Rig.
After the destruction of the Oil Rig, Autumn Senior was contacted by John Henry Eden, who ordered the majority of the Enclave forces to relocate eastwards, to the Capital Wasteland.[9] Navarro remained as a fully staffed Enclave base, including one of its premiere infantry squads, the Devil's Brigade.
A couple of years after 2246,[10] the New California Republic invades Navarro, stating that it poses a threat to the region.[11] The NCR Army was victorious and the Enclave remnants scattered to the winds.[12] Advanced technology was recovered from the base, including Vertibirds in operational condition and a mysterious package bearing markings similar to thosefound in the Divide. The NCR hired a Courier to take the item from Navarro to the Divide, inadvertendly bringing about a catastrophe.[13]
Its loss was likely not known to the Enclave forces on the East Coast as ED-E's creator (Whitley) refers to "Navarro scientists" in his audio-logs, under the assumption that they will continue his development of the duraframe eyebots. Furthermore, one of the Fallout: New Vegas endings for ED-E in which its memory isn't wiped will show it traveling to Navarro and vanish leaving its fate and the current state of Navarro unknown. If you rescue ED-Es divide "clone" and choose to launch Ulysses' missile it will continue it's journey and eventually reach Navarro, however it is never stated what the clone found at Navarro, saying the journey was more important than the location.[14]
[edit] Layout
Navarro is divided into three districts.
[edit] Gas Station
The station acts as a checkpoint for the Enclave's military base, Navarro - the sentry's role is to turn away any undesirables and receive replacement recruits from other mainland bases. He is supposed to clear them and direct through the minefield in the forest next to the station.
[edit] Main Base
The surface houses the Vertibird landing pad, as well as a Vertibird hangar, maintenance workshop, air traffic control station, barracks and the drill sergeant's quarters, with adjacent kennels.
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The underground areas of the base contain the base's armory, mainframe, commander's office and the soundproofed science lab, operated by Dr. Schreber, participating in the deathclaw intelligence enhancement project.
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[edit] Inhabitants
[edit] Unseen in game
- Mark Gannon
- Arcade Gannon
- Judah Kreger
- Cannibal Johnson
- Orion Moreno
- Daisy Whitman
- William Brandice
- Dr. Henry (deserted)
- A. Ron Meyers (deserted)
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[edit] Notes
- According to one of the soldiers, personnel can be granted leave to San Francisco.[15]
[edit] Behind the scenes
A working name for "Navarro" was "Colusa". According to one of the lead designers:
I remember that once we put all of the locations on the world map that we moved some of them around a bit to create a more even spacing of adventure locations. I don't remember if we moved the Enclave's mainland base for this reason, but it's possible.
”— Matt NortonThe real Navarro is located in California, south-east of the towns of Fort Bragg, Little River (which has an airfield near the coast), and Albion Ridge. In the Valley of Anderson, west of Booneville. There is a small gas station, Navarro General Store, which may be what the gas station in Fallout 2 is based on.
[edit] Appearances
Navarro appears only in Fallout 2 and is mentioned in Fallout 3, Fallout: New Vegas, Lonesome Road and Fallout Bible.
[edit] References
- ↑ Ccdrill.msg Lines 103, 104, 108, 123: "Welcome to Camp Navarro..."
- ↑ Matthew: "{196}{}{Navarro is relatively new and not fully staffed as yet. My sources tell me that they receive new recruits from time to time. Perhaps you could pose as a new arrival. I would suggest that.}"
- ↑ Chris: "{205}{}{Wait a minute, dummy. Are you trying to say you're one of the Enclave replacements? If that's the case, then why aren't you alone?}"
- ↑ Chris: "{203}{}{Damn. Sorry for the hassles. I'm supposed to clear a bunch of newbies coming through here but I got to weed out the trash. Anyway, just go up to the gate, through the woods there, and give 'em the password. It's 'sheepshead.' Oh, and stay on the path!}"
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Fallout Bible 6
- ↑ Ccguard.msg: "{104}{}{Word is the old man's gonna issue leave to SF!}"
- ↑ Cannibal Johnson's dialogue: "Once, he caught this private out of uniform and old Dornan went off on the most ear-blistering rant known to man. It was inspiring."
- ↑ Fallout Bible 0
- ↑ Fallout 3 Official Game Guide, p. 41: "In the recent past, the Enclave—the remains of the United States govern-ment—were evacuated to an oil rig off the coast of California. Little is known about what happened to these forces, although the country has new commander-in-chief: President John Henry Eden. However, recent reports and chatter have pinpointed the resurgence of the Enclave, with their base centered on a secure underground facility known as Raven Rock. Initial contact was made there 35 years ago."
- ↑ Arcade Gannon born in Navarro in 2246
- ↑ Judah Kreger's dialogue: "Internal sabotage took down the oil rig - never did get the full story. The NCR took out Navarro, saying we posed a threat to the region."
- ↑ Enclave Remnants dialogues
- ↑ Chris Avellone talks about the package from Lonesome Road
- ↑ Lonesome Road endings#ED-E
- ↑ Ccguard.msg
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