Meyers is a former sheriff and by 2281, a prisoner of the New California Republic serving his sentence in the NCR Correctional Facility in the Mojave Wasteland around the time of the breakout by the Powder Gangers. He appears in Fallout: New Vegas.
Background
Sometime in the late 23rd century, Meyers served as a lawman for a small town somewhere west of the Mojave Desert in New California. He is a firm believer in justice, as long as it is his kind of justice. As such, Meyers admits that from time to time, he took matters into his own hands, ignoring the NCR's laws of due process in favor of ruthless frontier justice.[1]
Eventually, his practices caught up with him and he was arrested, charged with abuse of power, stripped of his badge and sentenced to prison, later being transferred to the NCRCF on a work-release program. His arrest was publicized enough that news even reached far east to frontier communities like Primm.[2] By the early 2280s, his sentence was nearly finished.[3] Meyers considers his time behind bars as a fair trade for the sins of his past, though continues to believe that justice is justice even when he is found on the wrong end by society.[1]
In the chaos of the breakout orchestrated by Samuel Cooke around October 2281, Meyers hung back and avoided getting involved with the escapees.[4] While he has a begrudging respect for Cooke's staunch opposition to NCR authority,[5] Meyers does not think much of the Powder Gangers that rose up in the wake of the breakout, though chooses to remain in the prison regardless as it is still well-protected with Eddie in control, and does not try and raise trouble; even he realizes when he is in no position to change things.[6] He believes that it is better for a convict like himself to sit tight and wait for the NCR's return, rather than try to break out and end up with a bullet between the eyes either way.[7]
Interactions with the player character
Interactions overview
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Quests
My Kind of Town: The player character can recruit him to become the new sheriff of Primm, instead of commissioning the NCR to place it under military control or reprogramming Primm Slim.
Effects of player's actions
- If one chooses to recruit Meyers as Primm's new sheriff and agrees to his conditions, he will leave the correctional facility and wait for the Courier to return with news of his pardon. If one then elects a different sheriff, Meyers will become a permanent resident of Primm with the same dialogue as when he was inside the NCRCF. In this case, he will mostly hang out with former deputy Beagle behind the Vikki and Vance Casino.
- If Meyers is the sheriff of Primm in most of the endings, the final cutscene tells that he is a good sheriff who treats most people fairly, although sometimes people turn up dead with no concrete evidence against them.
- If one recruited Meyers as the sheriff and then completes Veni, Vidi, Vici for Caesar's Legion, the ending slide reveals that Meyers mounted a defensive against the Legion's forces until the end, but Primm is quickly overrun.
Inventory
| Apparel | Weapon | Other items | On death |
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| Powder Gang plain outfit Desperado cowboy hat |
10mm pistol Knife |
Case, 10mm |
Notable quotes
- "Howdy-doo, folks. I'm Sheriff Meyers. Be good, or I'll shoot you dead."
- "Sounds like the NCR is finally getting off their ass to settle things around here. Don't expect me to get in their way."
- "Right now, Eddie and his boys run the place. They've got the guns and the dynamite, so they call the shots."
Appearances
Meyers appears only in Fallout: New Vegas.
Behind the scenes
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A cut speech exists within the game's files, meant to be delivered by Meyers to Powder Ganger deputies he brought with him from the NCRCF after he is recruited by the player character to be Primm's sheriff. In his speech, Meyers calls upon the other inmates to join him in forming a new police force in Primm, calling them "honorable and looking for redemption" despite not having "experience with law enforcement... at least not on the enforcement side."
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Gallery
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Courier: "What did you do before you ended up incarcerated?"
Meyers: "I was a sheriff, believe it or not, for a small town far to the west of here. The short version is that sometimes justice is a little slow, and I helped speed it up one too many times. I'm not sorry for anything I did, but I will do the time. Fair enough trade, if you ask me."
(Meyers' dialogue) - ↑ The Courier: "How can I help bring rule of law back to Primm?"
Johnson Nash: "Your guess is good as mine. You might luck upon someone who's a natural-born sheriff. I heard of one fella what got himself locked in that NCR jailhouse up I-15. Maybe that ain't the best credential, but a sheriff's a sheriff. I imagine the NCR would be able to bring some law to the town, too. But from what I seen they barely got the firepower to protect themselves."
(Johnson Nash's dialogue) - ↑ The Courier: "His sentence was almost up, and he isn't tied to the Powder Gangers."
Knight: "[SUCCEEDED] Hmm. All right. If his sentence was closing up I can see about getting him pardoned. Primm is important to our trade up from California, so having someone there who owes us a favor... that couldn't hurt."
(Knight's dialogue) - ↑ The Courier: "Tell me more about what happened in the prison."
Meyers: "I understand that Cooke was behind it all. I kept my head down the whole time. Didn't want any part of it. I stuck around, figuring the NCR would show up and put things back the way they were. No sense in making myself look guilty, right?"
(Meyers' dialogue) - ↑ The Courier: "Who's Cooke?"
Meyers: "Some kind of anti-NCR rebel. Some people just don't like being pushed around and told what to do."
(Meyers' dialogue) - ↑ The Courier: "Who's in charge of the Powder Gangers?"
Meyers: "Right now, Eddie and his boys run the place. They've got the guns and the dynamite, so they call the shots."
(Meyers' dialogue) - ↑ The Courier: "Why are you still here?"
Meyers: "I'm not quite sure the kind of greeting NCR troopers will give an escaped con like myself. Figure it's better to stay put for now."
(Meyers' dialogue)
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