Where do Los Angeles followers go

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after not agreeing to join them when first met. I remember I encountered Pistol Pete in Santa Fe but now can't find him anywhere.

[greyleaf3]

I am not sure if any given cNPC sticks around if you say "no" to their initial join request.I know I allowed Pistol Pete to join the group initially, then dismissed him later in the game. When you dismiss a fomrerly party-affiliated cNPC, they all end up eventually hanging around inside the Santa Fe radio room with Lt. Woodson. I have a pool of followers (Some from AZ, some from LA) that hang around the radio room. I try to have different cNPCs tag along in different missions so they all "level up" a bit, but some are too low-level to be of use. I have Raplie from Rail Nomad Camp that I never developed, hes only like a level 5 ranger, so hes pretty much useless and not worth trying to level up. I also have Pizepi from Darwin Village, Rose from AG Center, and Chisel from RNC all with me in LA portion of the game. I tended to lean on Rose alot for Computer Science & Surgeon skills and Pizepi for Perception, so they are both like 27-28th level rangers.

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My problem is Ralphie died during a long and hard fight. I said "fukc it" and moved on with my life. Now I have 1 free spot in my team :( He was a good skill dumpster. RIP

[Sentient_Toaster]

Pretty sure that Pistol Pete leaves the game forever if you tell him to stay while you go on to Rodia.

There will be a couple of other possible recruits who show up at the CA base later on, in addition to any past the original seven that you brought along with you in the helicopter (since you could have brought a total of 10).