

However, when Khans started coming down canyon 37 in groups, the troopers noticed that they were largely non-combatants women, children, the sick and elderly, with wounded Khans in tow.

Their orders were to cut off any Khans attempting to escape Bitter Springs down Canyon 37, to prevent them from flanking the main force. Boone's fireteam was deployed on Coyote Tail ridge. What they didn't know is that it was the Khans' main settlement. Following raider attacks on NCR settlements, the Army tracked down the Khans to Bitter Springs, a suspected stronghold. The battle with the Legion affected him little, it was a retaliatory expedition of the Republic a year later, in 2278, directed against the Great Khans. He fought during the First Battle of Hoover Dam, as the frontline camp was hit by Legion attacks. As part of the push into the Mojave, Boone was deployed to Camp Golf. He was once a soldier of the New California Republic Army together with his best friend, Manny Vargas, a member of the prestigious 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, picked out at the firing range for his exceptional marksmanship skills.

The 26 year old Boone is a man with a troubled past. 2 Interactions with the player character.Venturing out from the relative safety of Novac brings Boone into close contact with his old life until he is forced to deal with the tragic events that caused him to leave the military. Hardened and psychologically troubled from his time in the NCR military, Boone vacillates between being a stone-cold killer and a decent human being. When the Courier first meets him, Boone is bitterly whiling away the hours until he can find out and kill whoever is responsible for the disappearance of his wife waiting for the perfect stranger to arrive and to hopefully help find who facilitated the taking of his wife. However, Carla was recently kidnapped by Caesar's Legion while he was on guard and he suspects foul play. He completed the majority of his Army service with the 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, moved to Novac with his wife Carla Boone, and became the town's night watchman. Craig Boone joined the New California Republic Army at an unknown date and served until some time after the Bitter Springs Massacre. Craig Boone is a retired NCR 1st Recon sharpshooter and Novac's night-shift town guard in 2281.
