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Mar 4, 2009 · That was the elder Ron Ezzo, better known as Ron Curtis. Even on weekend mornings, he would use the newspaper as a means of practice, as a way of refining the most familiar voice in Syracuse.
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“You're getting too close, Shamus!”— Captain Curtis (Wild Wasteland only)
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Officially an upstanding officer of the NCR Army, Ronald Curtis has enjoyed a meteoric rise through the ranks, reaching the rank of captain and position of Bravo Company commander in three and a half years (six months faster than usual).
This was not by accident: "Curtis" is actually a frumentarius named Picus sent by Caesar years before the Legion arrived on the banks of the Colorado River to challenge the NCR. Picus is one of the most prized operatives the Legion has at its disposal, a deep-cover agent whose false identity is years in the making including assassinating the former commander of Bravo Company to place himself in a position of authority and trust. As commanding officer, Curtis became known as a hardliner. Missing roll call, for example, became desertion and reason for flogging troopers, regardless of the actual reason for the absence.
Normally, Curtis would be commanding Bravo Company in the field. However, General Lee Oliver placed his company at Camp McCarran to shore up its defenses. While Bravo Company mans the walls as forward sentries, Curtis coordinates the management of the NCR's forces with Colonel James Hsu, granting him full access to patrol schedules, supply lines, and reinforcement logistics that he dictates himself. This is more than advantageous for Picus, who uses his position to discretely relay the logistics plans back to Caesar's Legion, sabotaging NCR assets and staying one step ahead of any efforts to apprehend him. Although he provides intel on patrols and other NCR plans back to the Legion each day, his main goal has been to build up trust with Colonel Hsu to pull off a major sabotage plan without losing his cover. Picus at some point secured Martina Groesbeck as an informant on the Strip, feeding him information on New Vegas, particularly its casinos and the Three Families; knowing she would never wittingly help those who would enslave her given the chance, Picus has concealed his true allegiance from her and is aided by her intelligence gathering.
The Legion's frumentarii have been planning this operation for years as a part of the greater plan, named Racket, first requiring one of theirs, Picus, to infiltrate the NCR. The NCR bolsters its presence in New Vegas from Camp McCarran; using the connecting monorail lets them occupy two positions for the price of one. In his years at McCarran, Picus has learned all he can about this monorail and its status as a crucial part of the NCR's effectiveness.
However, by 2281, Picus came to believe that Hsu had begun to suspect him, forcing him to look for a scapegoat on which to pin the monorail's impending sabotage. He'd even planned to completely disappear after the event, in case the NCR did eventually discover his identity. Picus acquired bomb-making supplies with the intent to plant them in Private Davey Crenshaw's personal footlocker, exploiting the soldier's notoriety as a practical joker to ward off Hsu's suspicions, though it additionally would require his death to prevent any potential leak of the truth. When the Courier first arrives at Camp McCarran, the culmination of Picus' years-long efforts to sabotage Caesar's enemies hangs on the edge, waiting for just the right co-conspirator, willing or otherwise to succeed.
Silus, a centurion captured alive in 2281, recognized Curtis upon being brought into McCarran, having seen him years earlier during the latter's frumentarii training. He did not know his alias, however. Curtis is also well known to Vulpes Inculta, the leader of the frumentarii, for his resounding work at infiltrating the NCR and has been keeping close tabs on his progress.
Interactions overview Quests
•I Put a Spell on You: It is revealed that Curtis is a Legion spy and is planning to sabotage the New California Republic monorail to the Strip from Camp McCarran.
Other interactions
•Killing him counts towards both the challenge Armed For Bear and Against All Tyrants; however, since the challenges use mutually exclusive lists of weapons, it is not possible to earn credit toward both challenges with a single kill.
Effects of player's actions
•If the player character sides with Caesar's Legion, Vulpes Inculta sends the Courier to Camp McCarran incognito, where they assist Curtis in destroying the McCarran-Vegas monorail and help him avoid detection by killing Private Davey Crenshaw and planting incriminating evidence in his footlocker. Instead of disappearing from the NCR Army after the bombing like he had originally planned, Curtis decides to stay and develop his role into "something grander," enabling him to greatly benefit the Legion for a long time to come. •Alternately, if the Courier has killed Private Davey Crenshaw prior to working with Curtis to bomb the monorail, Curtis is unable to find a proper scapegoat once the bombing happens. Curtis recognizes that without someone else to blame, the NCR will sooner or later figure out it was him. He makes plans to disappear from Camp McCarran and tells the Courier that they cannot be seen together again, and will thereafter not engage in dialogue. •If the player character sides with the NCR, Curtis is found out as a spy and when confronted forces the Courier to kill him rather than be taken alive. If the Courier does not kill him, he will commit suicide. Colonel James Hsu and through him the NCR are fully alerted to the extent and details of Curtis' treachery. His death is a disaster for Caesar's Legion, ruining Caesar's years-long effort to plant a spy at Camp McCarran. •If the player character kills Colonel James Hsu while working for Caesar's Legion, a dismayed and furious Curtis says that the Courier has set him back years in his work as a spy. Curtis spent years earning Hsu's trust, and when the NCR replaces him "within a week" Curtis will have to start all over again. He angrily banishes the player character from his sight and will not speak to them again.
•His office is located on the first floor of the terminal building. It is to the right and behind the right stairs leading up to the second floor.
•If one kills Curtis and returns to The Fort, Caesar will be furious and says that he knows the Courier disarmed the bomb on the monorail. This counts as a crime against the Legion and Caesar will forgive them once if this is their first crime, or have them killed if a crime was previously committed.
Captain Ronald Curtis appears only in Fallout: New Vegas.
•"You're getting too close, Shamus" is a reference to the video game Where in the U.S.A. Is Carmen Sandiego?
•During his radio transmission to Caesar's Legion, he calls somebody with the callsign "Lupa," identifying himself as "Picus." In Roman mythology Picus was the first king of Latium who was turned into a woodpecker by Circe, the goddess of sorcery, after he rejected her advances and putting a spell on him in retaliation. In the story of Romulus and Remus, the brothers are raised by Lupa and fed by a woodpecker.
•PC Playstation 3 Xbox 360 He may be the only hostile person in Camp McCarran if there is an abrupt drop in reputation with the Legion, or perhaps an abrupt increase in reputation with the NCR. - Happened after a disguise glitch. [verified]
•PC Playstation 3 Xbox 360 If Colonel Hsu is killed and one talks to Curtis, he will express his anger with the Courier for setting him back years in his mission even if the player has never spoken to Caesar about Curtis being a spy. [verified]
Jan 2, 2007 · Story on anchorman Ron Curtis' final day at WTVH-TV, SyracuseReporter/Writer/Producer Lou GulinoPhotographer/Editor Joe Picciotto.
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Aug 7, 2017 · The World of the Cinema Organ Side 1Ronald Curtis at the Compton Theatre OrganTrackswhere the blue of the nightit's the natural thing to doit's easy to remem...
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Aug 12, 2018 · Ron Curtis will face off against incumbent Sen. Mazie Hirono in the general election as the Republican Party’s nominee to represent Hawaii in the U.S. Senate. Curtis emerged as the top vote-getter from a field of eight Republican candidates in Saturday’s primary election.
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May 11, 2021 · While working there, she met her husband Ronald Ezzo, WTVH Channel 5 news anchorman Ron Curtis. He died in 2001. Ezzo was a member of the Altar Rosary Society at Holy Family Church in Syracuse.
