Perhaps the movie “The War Game” from 1966 would be a good example, but to be fair I’ve never seen it. “Threads” is similar but takes place in the 1980s.
I actually think it looks fine (the concept art at least). Seems like it’s designed for industrial use. I imagine it would provide more protection but be slow to maneuver.
I feel like they always intended for it to be called Revelation Blues but they only recently realized that Revelation Blue doesn’t mean the same thing.
You could try just standing next to a brotherhood soldier, or putting on power armor and standing next to Ian or someone.
Or you could measure the total length of that Canadian guy from feet to head and compare it to the total length of the soldier behind him.
The only reason I would think it isn’t Vegas is because Tycho mentions Vegas and doesn’t describe it as an abandoned ruin. Unless Vegas had become abandoned since his father’s days. (And yes, I know it’s all just a reference to Wasteland)
The only issue with this is that Johnson Nash doesn’t gain anything from getting those parts if he just uses them to fix ED-E and then lets you take him with you. Maybe the barter check could be convincing him that you need ED-E’s help to recover your lost package, and once you deliver it you’ll...
I took a closer look at a map and it turns out Cottonwood Cove is a real place and its location in the game is accurate. Cottonwood is a small city between Flagstaff and Phoenix, unrelated to Cottonwood Cove.