Nelson

Nelson is a small former mining town on the east side of the Mojave above the Colorado River that Caesar's Legion seized from the NCR before the game begins. Decanus Dead Sea commands the garrison from the eastern barracks, legionaries drill in the streets and three NCR troopers have been crucified in the courtyard at the center of town, in full view of Camp Forlorn Hope's spotters to the north. The NCR has wanted it back ever since.

Nelson is the heart of two opposing quests. For the NCR, Restoring Hope has you help Major Polatli fix Camp Forlorn Hope's supplies and morale, then join Sergeant Cooper outside Nelson to assault the garrison and kill Dead Sea. For the Legion, We Are Legion has Dead Sea send you to Forlorn Hope to kill its officers, and he rewards you with his own rifle, Liberator. Either way the Legion troops here fight hard, use thrown spears and machetes, and come at you in groups up the narrow streets.

Legion friendly couriers are met by a Legion explorer and escorted to Dead Sea; everyone else should treat Nelson as hostile ground and approach with a plan. Ranger Milo holds an NCR checkpoint on the road southwest of town and offers Back in Your Own Backyard, freeing or mercy killing the three crucified troopers, if you prefer a smaller job. Techatticup Mine lies to the southeast, down the road that turns south from the one into town.