Why does Victor even have a shack?

[xKiwil]

How the hell did he even obtain it and whats the point?

I get it's a great spot for the player to rest and gather a few supplies but, the man can't even fit inside it.

 

[Risewild]

Trudy in Goodsprings says that Victor had an owner that lived in Goodsprings too. So it would make sense that the shack belonged to that owner. This would explain why the interior of the shack is set for a human to live in. It has a bed, an oven/stove, cups and glasses, coffee making machine and utensils, a bathroom with bathtub, chairs, etc.

Victor have been in Goodsprings for 10 to 15 years. So, even before Goodsprings was settled. It could be that the owner died years ago.

 

[xKiwil]

Trudy in Goodsprings says that Victor had an owner that lived in Goodsprings too. So it would make sense that the shack belonged to that owner. This would explain why the interior of the shack is set for a human to live in. It has a bed, an oven/stove, cups and glasses, coffee making machine and utensils, a bathroom with bathtub, chairs, etc.

Victor have been in Goodsprings for 10 to 15 years, before Goodsprings was settled. So it could be that the owner died years ago.

Thanks!

 

[TerminallyChill]

I think you can blame this misunderstanding on the developers naming it "Victor's Shack" instead of literally anything else. I mean, it's not really his shack at all. He doesn't live in it, and it wasn't built for him. "Victor's Owner's Shack" sounds a little clunky but is at least more accurate.

 

[NMLevesque]

Can't seem to find that bit of dialogue. All I remember is them implying he had an owner, which we later found out was actually House. So...I guess House thought building a shit-shack was a good idea. I'm also assuming devs didn't consider how difficult it would be for securitrons to fit through any doorway. They didn't really get to fix the power armor clipping either so it seems related.

 

[xKiwil]

I was just confused cause I do recall Doc Mitchell referring to the shack AS Victor's.

Wasn't sure if Victor was a person before being turned into a securitron. (These were my assumptions long before when I first played New Vegas)

 

[TerminallyChill]

Well dialogue aside, the place is literally called Victor's Shack. It's not too surprising that players would get the idea the building belonged to him.

 

[Risewild]

The building would belong to him though. Like I said, he was already there before Goodsprings was settled. His owner (which could have been a real human working for Mr House) owned that shack. After Goodsprings was settled Victor and his owner lived there already, if his owner died or left but Victor stayed there and always parks in front of the shack, it would make the shack his, even if he doesn't live in the shack.

About the dialogue:

It was here when I took over the saloon seven years ago. Some people have said its owner lived here, but no one knows who it was.

I moseyed into town, oh, ten, fifteen years ago? Before that, I... hmmm, I can't quite seem to recall. Odd.

So Victor and his owner had been in Goodsprings 3 to 8 years before Trudy arrived. Other settlers that have been there for longer said Victor had an owner living with him before Trudy arrived. So Victor has been living in front of that shack by himself for at least 7 years.
I think that would count as his shack .

 

[Prone Squanderer]

Why does Victor even have a shack?

Well, just look at his face:

He clearly needs some privacy from time to time.

 

[The Dutch Ghost]

I had forgotten about that Risewild despite that I recently started replaying New Vegas again. Thanks.

 

[NMLevesque]

This might be too skeptical, but if they don't know who it was, then how do they know it belonged to someone? Seems to me they might have just assumed he had an owner other than House.

 

[TerminallyChill]

if they don't know who it was, then how do they know it belonged to someone? Seems to me they might have just assumed he had an owner other than House.

Victor can talk and is sociable, it's not exactly out of the question to assume he himself gave people in Goodsprings that information.

 

[Norzan]

I'm ashamed to admit that i had no clue on which Victor people were talking about. But then i remembered it's the robot that digs you up from your grave before the start of New Vegas.

 

[James Snowscoran]

It's part of Victor's idiosyncratic behaviour. He's programmed to behave like a friendly cowboy in the mold of Vegas Vic, which makes for a number of oddities in the way he talks and acts. My assumption is that Mr. House (his actual owner and possibly programmer as well) felt that he would be better able to survive as his eyes and ears if he took every step to blend in with the locals- including maintaining a small dwelling with furnishings he has no real use for whatsoever.

From a narrative point of view, it helps reinforce the oddity about Victor and the sense that something is off about the robot.

 

[Cobra Commander]

I'm more interested in knowing what he does with his free time. He does not help against the powder gangers because someone messed with his circuits (House?) And he goes all the time to the cemetery, what he lost there anyway? He should at least retrieve the snow globe that is there.

When destroyed, House sends another one to Novac or Boulder City, but these also act as if they were traveling from Goodsprings to Vegas.

 

[Risewild]

This might be too skeptical, but if they don't know who it was, then how do they know it belonged to someone? Seems to me they might have just assumed he had an owner other than House.

The ones who knew who it was were the first settlers. Like I said, the new settlers that live there at the moment do not know who he was. But Trudy says that people that lived there before she arrived said that Victor had an owner.

So the way I see it, The first Goodsprings settlers arrived and Victor and it's owner already lived there, after that they lived all together, then over the years the owner might have died or left, then settlers who knew him died or left too, newer settlers that arrived before some old ones left or died learned about Victor and the owner. And the cycle continues, new settlers appear, old settlers leave or die and probably all the settlers that live in Goodsprings now only know what information was passed over the years.