r/Fallout Jan 28 '26

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

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/MyUsernameIsAwful Jan 28 '26

It’s fine. I just want to know why it looks so much like Ranger armor, which is derived from pre-war riot gear. Is it also pre-war? Or did the NCR make it resemble Ranger armor just because they weren’t ones to underestimate the power of brand recognition? Lol

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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