Desert Rangers (Fallout Alternate History)

The Desert Rangers were a group of survivalists and vigilantes from Nevada who they helped the disparate communities outside of New Vegas with security matters. They were adversaries of Caesar's Legion and unsuccessfully attempted to unite the various factions of the Mojave in order to combat the encroaching Legionaries. With the Legion taking Hoover Dam, the Rangers knew that they would overrun the Mojave, and so they organized a mass-exodus of peoples through the Northern Passage, with a chosen few remaining to keep the Legion occupied. They eventually stumbled onto Zion Canyon, where they made contact with the tribals there. In a deal brokered by a New Canaanite named Daniel, the Desert Rangers agreed to be the Sorrows' defenders against any raiders who threaten Zion in exchange for the Sorrows helping them settle in Three Marys.

Overtime, the Desert Rangers expanded their efforts and fought the White Legs, a raiding tribe who had attempted to destroy New Canaan and their tribal allies.

Equipment
Although a rather small paramilitary force, the Desert Rangers are quite effective with the technology they have available. The traditional outfit of a ranger is a brown duster overtop of pre-war riot gear, with jeans and cowboy boots. This is all by convention, as there is no official uniform, allowing variations to suit each ranger's personality. Armaments used by the rangers generally encompassed various lever-action rifles, shotguns, and hunting rifles; proper military arms were rare, as the Desert Rangers as a group evolved from strictly civilian survivalists and preppers from before the war. Most rangers prefer to keep a simple six-shooter as their sidearm of choice, but those choice few veterans who stick it out for the long haul are given a special engraved hunting revolver known as Ranger Sequoias, which could "blow a hole through a bighorner's ass," at least according to Walker O'Hara.

Sorrows
The relationship between the Desert Rangers and the Sorrows was a mutually-beneficial relationship, but overtime the Sorrows came to view the rangers with a sort of reverence. They see them as "the heirs of the old rangers of Zion who protected the valley in the time before the End That Came in Fire," referencing the pre-war National Park Service rangers.

Walker O'Hara
Walker O'Hara was the chief of the rangers during the time of the Legion's Mojave campaign. He organized the Mojave Exodus and stayed behind to stall the Legion's advance. He died along with the rest of the rangers who hadn't made it to the Northern Passage when they were betrayed by one of their own, who told the Legion of their plan, allowing for a Legion century to cut them off from their escape route. This all culminated into a last stand at a place now known as Ranger's Rest, a name bestowed upon the site by the locals in honour of the brave rangers. Caesar, impressed at the rangers' fighting ability, allowed the locals to honour them with no issue.