Downtown

Downtown Needles is a district with plenty of places to visit.

Background
The main part of Needles is the downtown area. Heavily shelled by artillery fire, it nevertheless survived. Rebuilt after the war, it is now the center of activity in the town, although gaping holes still remind of the town's troubled past and gutted car wrecks litter the streets. The western part of the city is home to the desert-famous Hobo-Dogs (made out of real hobos! Yum!) fast food outlet, the office of Bill Dugan, Temple of Blood's representative, a large restaurant on an elevated platform (most often half-empty, except during the evenings) with the Crowley's Occult Shop located just below it, along with a long abandoned movie collectibles shop and an abandoned art gallery where bums now tend to sleep. Another important element of the western part of Needles is a local outpost of the Temple of Blood, with a Bloodstaff identification device and a fully functional howitzer which can be used to shell Needles once again.

The eastern part of Needles houses Leroy's Place, which was once a clothes shop, turned into a bar and weapons store. Another is the classy Acapulco club (members only), Rosie's Motel (with a sexy three legged prostitute), a local Jerk loitering spot (where Christina can be found) and their Gang Leader's meeting place, obscured by rubble.

Downtown is also the place where religious fanatics of both the Temple of Blood and the Servants of the Mushroom Cloud seek converts.

Gameplay

 * Leroy's Boutique (the entire building in the southwest) is a safe area; you will not meet random encounters within.


 * The Acapulco Club in the southeast is a Gambling parlour.


 * The humanoid visible on the street in the north is a prostitute. Buying her services will leave one of your characters infected with disease, and in need of a quick trip to one of the doctors in the game.


 * To the east of the prostitute's hotel is a blocked-off alley. This is the main meeting-place for the Jerks gang—those people who've been attacking you at random around the city.  To combat them, simply force your way through using your favorite method--Strength, tools, or explosives.


 * East of this is a building filled with trash.

Recruitable NPCs

 * The woman in the area between the Acapulco Club and the building containing the Thrift store is the NPC Christina.