Roy sat alone, as usual, in a small pit somewhere in the Mojave wasteland. The only light in the area was his lightly crackling campfire, other than the ever present light of the New Vegas Strip in the distance that seemed to cut through the darkness wherever you happened to be in the desert.
Just an hour or two ago this whole place was a battlefield, A gang of Viper Gunslingers tried to overwhelm a small squad of NCR soldiers. Roy was just a bystander, but ended up assisting the NCR troopers anyway. He had no love for the NCR, but he felt some camaraderie with the common grunts that tended to get placed out here. Somehow, he survived that fight, too.
He ended his sentimental thought the moment he saw a pair of figures in the distance, backlit by the shining city. He climbed out of his pit, and found some high ground nearby. He couldn't quite make out who the two figures were, but they looked like a person and a dog. He drew his rifle and pointed it at the intruders.
"Hold up, partner. I got ten mean sumbitches over by the fire if you're lookin' for trouble." He called.
It was a lie, of course. He was alone, but there's no way they knew that.