History Characters / WastelandArizonaFactions

* OrcusAtHisThrone: People mention that he never leaves the Prison, ever.

* MoreDakka: His WeaponOfChoice is a Bren heavy machine gun and if you're not prepared for it, it will shred you to bits.

* ICallHimMisterHappy: He named it the "Hammer Love" and it's implied that Katy isn't his first victim.
* MoreDakka: His weapon is a Bren heavy machine gun and if you're not prepared for it, it will shred you to bits.

* AssholeVictim: Considering [[HateSink how much horrible he is toward to all]] and Katy, everyone will cheer at his death, in and out of universe.

* {{AssholeVictim}}: Considering [[HateSink how much horrible he is toward to all]] and Katy, everyone will cheer at his death, in and out of universe.

* ICallHimMisterHappy: He named it the "Hammer Love" and it's implied that Katy isn't his first victim..

%%* BonusBoss

* SmugSnake: Chris oozes smugness from every orifice, and loves to taunt the Rangers over every little thing. It is clear that the only reason someone hasn't straight up broken his scrawny body over their knee yet is because Chaos protects him.

* HotScientist: Plenty of male characters comment on her, ah, ''"assets."''

* {{BFG}}: Big Betty, their [[CoolGuns/MachineGuns customized M60 LMG]]. It's broken down from overuse by the time Team Echo arrives, but if they provide Magee with the parts to fix it, she'll give it to them as a gift, encouraging them to kill as many robots as possible with it.

* CareerEndingInjury: He's confined to a wheelchair due to injuries sustained in the outbreak.

* ContestWinnerCameo: [[invoked]] He's named and modeled after the real-life [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexey_Chuklin Alexey Chuklin]], a Formula 3 Racer who donated a large sum to the game's Kickstarter.

* TakeAThirdOption: In order to negotiate a peace, he and Casey James must both be talked into taking one, [[spoiler: driving the Golden Spike into the rails as a symbol of unification, so that neither of them must have it.]]

* PetTheDog: Literally. He absolutely dotes on his dogs, and harming them is the fastest way to piss him off.

* TheHypocrite: If you set them up with a nuke, Sadler just uses it as a threat in much the same way as the Monks did, except without the religious doctrine.

This is a character sheet for the major factions and other inhabitants of Arizona and Nevada as they appear in ''VideoGame/{{Wasteland}}'' and ''VideoGame/Wasteland2''. See the main index for the series [[Characters/{{Wasteland}} here]].

* HollywoodNerd: He's fat, wears thick glasses, and looks like he hasn't bathed in days. He certainly fits the bill.

* ThoseTwoBadGuys: They fill this role for the Red Skorpions, never leaving each other's sides and playing off each other's personalities.

!!AG Center

!!Highpool

!!Rail Nomads

%%!!Las Vegas

%%!!Darwin Village

!!The Red Skorpion Militia

!!The Canyon of Titan

!!Damonta

This is a character sheet for the factions and inhabitants of Arizona and Nevada as they appear in ''VideoGame/{{Wasteland}}'' and ''VideoGame/Wasteland2''. See the main index for the series [[Characters/{{Wasteland}} here]].

A center for agricultural research -- hence the name -- AG Center is located in an old satellite array west of Highpool. It was visited by the Cochise Team 15 years ago, when it was a simple farming community under attack by a crazed mutant.

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[[folder:Matt Forestall]]
!!Ranger Matt Forestall

A large, long-standing gang of Raiders, the Red Skorpions have been a thorn in the side of the Rangers for decades on end. Much of this is likely the result of their origins -- indeed, their earliest members were the death-row inmates that the Rangers cast out from the Federal Prison shortly after the apocalypse. The Cochise Team was beset upon by them many times during the Robot War, and relations haven't really changed much since.

!!Commander Robert Danforth)

!!Chris [=VanOverbake=] and Chaos]]

[[folder:Chris VanOverbake and Chaos]]
!!Chris VanOverbake and Chaos]]

Chris Van Overbake (left) is the Red Skorpions' resident bureaucrat, who helps them devise various taxes and fines to keep Happy Valley locked into servitude. He collects these taxes with the help of Chaos (right), his brutish enforcer whose lack of brain cells is made up for with muscle. He charges the Rangers a fee to enter the Prison area "peacefully," but fails to radio ahead to the next outpost, forcing the Rangers to either sneak by or blast through.

[[folder:AG Center]]
!!AG Center
!!!In General

A center for agricultural research - hence the name - AG Center is located in an old satellite array west of Highpool. It was visited by the Cochise Team 15 years ago, when it was a simple farming community under attack by a crazed mutant.

[[folder:Highpool]]
!!Highpool
!!!In General

[[folder:Rail Nomads]]
!!Rail Nomads
!!!In General

%%!!Darwin Village]]
%%!!!In General

!!Servants of the Mushroom Cloud / The M.A.D. Monks
!!!In General

They first encountered the Rangers during the Robot War 15 years ago. The cult, while not necessarily benevolent, nonetheless pledged themselves to protect Las Vegas from the invading robots, and lent their aid to both the Rangers and the city's own defenders, led by the "Legitimate Businessman" Faran Brygo. Nonetheless, they were eventually driven out of the city, and began an exodus to the east. There, they found a religious idol that they believed to be a sign from their god - an intact Titan II ICBM.

* GreyAndGrayMorality: Neither side is a sterling choice to side with either.
** The Monks seem like nice guys with reasonable tolls, but they're clearly crazy (i.e. a few who blow themselves up with dirty nukes that kill the hostiles along with their escorts), and their leader even asks you for another nuke to keep their 'god', Titan, company. If you help them, the area will become a smoking crater.
** The Diamondback Militia are undoubtedly sane but a trip through the Canyon shows that they are utterly ruthless, shooting travelers and ambushing Monks. If you help them, you'll come back to meet them killing raiders and Monks alike by firing squad. If you disarm the nuke, you'll come back to that, ''and'' they'll attack you.

A prosthesis specialist, Kyle is one of the few doctors in Arizona who can augment humans without killing them. Her handiwork can be witnessed throughout the wasteland, worn by the likes of Dr. Rose, Sgt. Thrasher, Pitbull, and various Servants of the Mushroom Cloud in the Canyon of Titan and Titan Temple. She is very protective of her secrets, and keeps herself under constant guard.

* ArtificialLimbs: She's a master at creating these, though she doesn't visibly sport any.

[[folder:Damonta]]
!!Damonta
!!!In General

[[folder:The Red Skorpions]]
!!The Red Skorpions
!!!In General

[[folder:Chris VanOverbake and Chaos]]
!!Chris VanOverbake and Chaos]]
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Chris Van Overbake (left) is the Red Skorpions' resident bureaucrat, who helps them devise various taxes and fines to keep Happy Valley locked into servitude. He collects these taxes with the help of Chaos (right), his brutish enforcer whose lack of brain cells is made up for with muscle. He charges the Rangers a fee to enter the Prison area "peacefully," but fails to radio ahead to the next outpost, forcing the Rangers to either sneak by or blast through.

* BrainsAndBrawn: Chris is the brains, Chaos the brawn.
* TheDragon: Chaos serves as this to Chris, though not to the Red Skorpions themselves.
* DumbMuscle: Chaos can barely speak in complete sentences -- all he needs to know is how to pound someone's head in.
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: Chris intentionally fills this role to keep Happy Valley under the thumb of the Skorpions.
* SmugSnake: Chris oozes smugness from every orifice, and loves to taunt the Rangers over every little thing. It is clear that the only reason someone hasn't straight up broken his scrawny body over their knee yet is because Chaos protects him.
* TackyTuxedo: Chris manages to wear a combination of this and a RummageSaleReject -- a tacky pinstripe suit with patches from other clothes sewn on and, inexplicably, a ''fish skeleton for a tie.''
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: They fill this role for the Red Skorpions, never leaving each other's sides and playing off each other's personalities.

[[folder:Jim Auwaerter]]
!!Jim Auwaerter
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Jim is a friend of the Red Skorpions whose connections allow him to thrive in Happy Valley, presenting an idyllic image to unsuspecting homesteaders, making them susceptible to the Skorpions' protection racket. Once the homesteaders have been robbed blind, they're forced into indentured servitude and put to work on Auwaerter's farm. Despite this, he seems almost blissfully ignorant of the suffering around him.

* AntiVillain: He's a pretty nice guy who legitimately believes that he's doing good work, but this is mostly because he's utterly blind to what's going on around him.
* ContestWinnerCameo: He's modeled and named after the real-life Jim Auwaerter, who donated a large sum to the game's Kickstarter.
* InnocentBigot: He legitimately doesn't realize that the people working for him are slaves, due to the Skorpions fierce propaganda and his own blinding ignorance.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Like Danforth, he seems totally convinced that the Skorpions are doing good work in Happy Valley, remaining utterly blind to the suffering of his "employees."
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: After [[spoiler: Danforth goes ballistic]], he disappears from the valley.

[[folder:Pitbull]]
!!!Pitbull
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Pitbull is a psychotic pimp who uses his status as a Red Skorpion enforcer to keep girls across Arizona under his thumb. He operates out of Happy Valley, near the Prison, where he keeps his favorite girls locked up in cages at his "Fuk Shak," but his reach extends as far as the Rail Nomads' camp, where he's got several working girls in deep debt.

* ArtificialLimbs: His original arm got gangrene after one of his "girls" bit him, and has been replaced by a robotic one, courtesy of Dr. Kyle.
* TheBrute: He has surprisingly high HP and armor for a single man, though he's typically no match for a well-prepared team.
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Even Danforth, who is usually too deluded to see any faults in the Red Skorpions, will admit that Pitbull had it coming if you kill him.
* ReusedCharacterDesign: He shares a portrait with O'Biggun, of the Leather Jerks in Rodia.
* TattooedCrook: He's got his name stamped across his chest and a Red Skorpion insignia on his arm.

[[folder:Commander Danforth]]
!!Commander Robert Danforth)
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The leader of the Red Skorpions, Danforth is a somewhat deluded man with a personal vendetta against the Desert Rangers. To this end, he's taken over the Red Skorpions and transformed them from a nomadic gang of killers into an ''organized'' gang of killers. He's also quite paranoid, refusing to leave his heavily-fortified Prison - as such, he mostly communicates via loudspeakers.

* AlliterativeName: [[spoiler: '''B'''obby '''B'''ergin.]]
* BerserkButton: ''Never'' harm one of his dogs.
* CannedOrdersOverLoudspeaker: He periodically provides these to the residents of Happy Valley from his position at the Prison.
* DiscOneFinalBoss: He is the last major threat before the second half of the game begins.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Killing Pitbull is one of the few things he ''won't'' hate you for - the guy makes him sick, too.
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: If Team Echo passes a series of difficult conversational skill checks, he can be convinced to cease hostilities and negotiate with the Desert Rangers, putting an end to decades of conflict.]]
* NoOneCouldSurviveThat: [[spoiler: He is actually Bobby Bergin, Sean Bergin's nephew who was shot and seemingly killed by the Rangers in the first game. He survived, barely, and swore vengeance in the name of his dead dog, Rex.]]
* PetTheDog: Literally. He absolutely dotes on his dogs, and harming them is the fastest way to piss him off.
** He also has a protection deal with Highpool that is surprisingly benevolent. [[spoiler: This is because he's Bergin's nephew.]]
* TheResenter: He ''despises'' the Rangers and all that they stand for, as they apparently wronged him in the past. [[spoiler: Not surprising, considering they killed his dog and left him for dead when he was 10.]]
* StartMyOwn: This is his way of getting back at the Rangers for what they did to them, taking over the Red Skorpions and turning them into an organized Militia. It didn't work out exactly as he'd hoped, but by now he's too deluded to notice.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: He genuinely believes that the Rangers are evil and legitimately wants to use the Skorpions to protect people. Unfortunately, he's so blinded by rage and narcissism that he fails to realize the Skorpions are little more than a post-apocalyptic protection racket.

!!Servants of the Mushroom Cloud

!!The Diamondback Militia

This is a character sheet for the factions and inhabitants of Arizona as they appear in ''VideoGame/{{Wasteland}}'' and ''VideoGame/Wasteland2''. See the main index for the series [[Characters/{{Wasteland}} here]].