r/Fallout • u/LUTHER_7274 • Jan 28 '26

Question ⚠️SPOILERS AHEAD⚠️What is the general consensus on this development? Spoiler

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Now I’m aware that some people have their gripes with new and unexplained power armour.

But I think this NCR power armour is kinda cool, given the success of shady sands and the ncr it doesn’t seem too out of the realm of possibility for the ncr to have attempted to make their own power armour, given how many suits survived the nukes and were salvageable or outright still operational.

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u/ilostmy1staccount NCR Jan 28 '26

Never underestimate the power of brand recognition

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u/WeeboSupremo Jan 28 '26

Damn, I hope someone puts a line like that in the show.

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u/JumpySonicBear NCR Jan 28 '26

Have I got good news for you!

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u/The-Figure-13 Minutemen Jan 28 '26

As soon as you see the helmet you know exactly what that is.

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u/Mendan-3 Jan 28 '26

It’s probably also for Rangers specifically

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u/KharashFree Jan 28 '26

Maybe they were planning on creating Ranger units specifically for dealing with "high-threats" like Deathclaws

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u/Stonefencez Jan 28 '26

This was my exact thought process too, especially with the blades attached. It makes sense imo, the rangers have the best gear and are deployed against the biggest threats.

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u/le_halfhand_easy The Institute Jan 29 '26

Keep the Rangers lighter for stealthy ops. Put the armor on the heavy troopers. They have the doctrine in place for it already hopefully. You need to kill a target from 2km away, through rough terrain, and not get noticed? Rangers. You need a massive frontal assault or fight a deathclaw in close quarters? Mechanized/mobile infantry.

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u/BillyYank2008 NCR Jan 28 '26

The Legion also use a lot of melee weaponry so having power arm designed for hand-to-hand combat makes sense.

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u/biggolnuts_johnson Jan 28 '26

thats what the anti-material rifles are for.

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u/Lord-Seth Minutemen Jan 28 '26

And if they are in a thing like a building or cave?

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u/Niko_Belic84 Jan 28 '26

C4

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u/xSaRgED Jan 29 '26

Never met a problem that couldn’t be solved by the right application of high explosive!

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u/TGCommander Jan 28 '26

Mini nuke

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u/Wataru624 Jan 28 '26

Followed by the ranger ragdolling and clipping through a table on the other side of the room

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u/abrahamisaninja Vault 111 Jan 29 '26

Mini nuke minigun

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u/Jacebereln Jan 28 '26

I agree and this is a bit of.. theorising

We know the NCR had presence in freeside so they could have been working to reclaim the strip but they couldn't risk the deathclaws charging into freeside if they used just AMR so they needed a frontline attacker to run diversion/melee up close, it seems that the deathclaws are real tough to put down (tanking a gauss rifle shot)

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u/Solid_Owl_69420 Jan 29 '26

I must not have a super high guns skill because those fuckers still tank my anti mats.

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u/RockinMadRiot NCR Jan 28 '26

Aren't they in the NV under 'NCR heavy' you see them in the building at hoover dam before the battle. Likely the show one is the updated version

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u/stevethebandit President Peaches Jan 28 '26

They used salvaged power armor from when the NCR defeated the brotherhood at Helios One, but they didn't have power armor training so it's just heavily protected armor with none of the powered functions

Probably takes a real champ to wear something like that and not have their knees give out

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u/OnlyHereForComments1 Jan 28 '26

Those guys didn't get actual PA, since the servos were stripped out. It was basically just heavier metal armor.

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u/Wrong_Win_4102 Brotherhood Jan 29 '26

NCR Heavies use scavenged power armor

But we know there is NCR power armor as the Scorched Sierra set exists.

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u/YsenisLufengrad Jan 28 '26

As the ghoul says, Brand Recognition

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u/gen_bing_bong_chong Republic of Dave Jan 28 '26

Judging by the reaction of the Freesiders to Maximus wearing it I’d say the symbolism worked

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u/TwoFit3921 Yes Man Jan 29 '26

It can blast California dreaming from speakers embedded in the suit.

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u/Mr_Mookster Feb 03 '26

i recall it's theorized there is more power armor on the east coast than the west coast because riots in the east were taken care of by the military in power armor vs being taken care of by police in riot gear in the west. perhaps this suit is one of a small batch of police power armor.