When asking around for supplies and help from Trudy and the other residents, it is possible to recruit Victor to help battle the Powder Gangers. You can usually find him wandering around Goodsprings or outside his shack near the Goodsprings schoolhouse. He will not participate, however, and when asked later will apologise and state that he must have dozed off. A Science check of 25 reveals that Victor was deliberately shut down using "Override command 16–Delta". He claims he has never heard of this command before.