Edited Faction Sheet, as I have little to do this Christmas anyway: 

Edited further.

[b]Name:[/b] The NCR Rangers

[b]Location:[/b] Core Region, Baja, and the Mojave (formerly)

[b]History:[/b] The NCR Rangers have a long and storied history of being the best of the best, but now, this history includes a terrible mark; the mark of destruction, shame, and betrayal, both from within and without, although the betrayals from within are, yet, unknown, although the betrayals from without are. First, we shall start with the betrayals from without, for without them, the betrayals from within wouldn't make sense.

During the Mojave Campaign, General Lee Oliver, in order to attain glory for himself, favored his own troops, the NCR Heavy Infantry, over the Rangers, to the point of putting the latter in harm's way a lot of times, while President Aaron Kimball, leader of the NCR, pursued an expansionist policy that, although it scored short-term gains for the NCR, overextended the army greatly, stretching lines of supply and communication.

This caused Chief Hanlon, victor of the First Battle for Hoover Dam, and leader of the NCR Rangers, to grow weary and frustrated at the leadership, knowing that said leadership was as short-sighted as their gains were brief. New Vegas, due to 'Kimball's War', was bleeding dry the men of the NCR, as well as the nation's remaining resources. So, the Chief decided to betray the NCR command, falsifying field reports and distorting information sent by the Mojave outposts; the intention was to create discontent against the NCR heirarchy, which would eventually lead to resistance, which would in turn lead to a withdrawal from the Mojave. It was unknown whether this plan succeeded, or if the NCR suspected anything and was investigating. All that was known was that the Core Regions didn't catch wind of it.

In time, the point became moot as during the Second Battle for Hoover Dam, nuclear missiles blew up the supply lines that carried vital goods and equipment for the NCR Forces in the region. Chief Hanlon and the Mojave Wasteland were cut off from all means of support, except for the occasional Ghoul courier, and the Chief himself died of stress soon after, with the remaining Rangers organizing themselves as an independent power bloc in the now-isolated Mojave. Not merely that, but before Hanlon's death, all evidence of his misdeeds was erased, lost in the chaos following the Second Battle. This segues to our second topic, the story of the Rangers left behind.

In Baja California, the Rangers won a victory against the mysterious forces they had encountered, a victory such that, if Chief Hanlon's treachery was revealed, it would have been wiped away. This was one of the lone sources of joy in the upheaval following the Second Battle of Hoover Dam.

However, the fact was that there was still upheaval, as the poltiicians and soldiers of the NCR began backbiting and accusing each other of being behind the failures, and the Military was tarnished most of all, as it had been their influence, entwined with that of Kimball and Lee Oliver's, that created the Defeat/Phyrric Victory in the Mojave in the first place. The Military was corrupt, people said; it had led the nation to defeat and humiliation. All except the Rangers, whose treachery was unknown to all except a few, and furthermore eclipsed by the greater, preceeding sins of their superiors. And so, the current leader of the Rangers, Teresa Hangman, decided on a new plan, a plan that played to the Ranger's strengths and the opposition's weaknesses.

Basically, the plan was this: Reconnect with the Mojave, and build up strength in Baja and the southernmost parts of Oregeon. Outwardly commit to having the NCR expand again, with the Rangers blazing the trail. However, in this expansion, they would slowly, and, furthermore, [i]legally[/i], build an independent power base to rival that of the Brahmin Barons and the rest of the Army, which would be used to trade political horses for support, support for reforms in the state structure and the economy. This power base would be mostly composed of a series of militarized smallholdings, plots of land large enough to support a family, including two soldiers, but still too small to qualify as an estate. Not merely that, but these smallholdings can, and will, provide a military frontier that would defend the NCR from future threats...