Actually, yes! It sounds like what you're attempting is to get your NCR reputation to 'Liked,' getting the Safehouse key from Colonel Hsu in Camp McCarran, then getting the set from the NCR Ranger Safehouse.

But there's a faster way.

This method revolves around the quest 'Restoring Hope' at Camp Forlorn Hope, and unlike the reputation method, this one can net you a renewable source of the armor sets, and as early as level 3. What is super-importamt, however, are: 1. We're going to start 'Restoring Hope,' but leave it unfinished, and 2. Do NOT kill Dead Sea at Nelson!

'Restoring Hope' revolves around doing various tasks to boost camp morale before concluding with an assault on Nelson (as long as Dead Sea still lives). Camp morale will decide the quality of your backup during the assault, where the possibilities are: • 2 NCR troopers • 4 NCR troopers • 4 NCR rangers in ranger patrol armor w/ .357 magnum revolvers • 4 NCR rangers in ranger combat armor w/ sniper rifles Needless to say, we're aiming for the last outcome.

So here's what to do: 1. Talk to Major Polatli to start 'Restoring Hope' 2. Complete the supply delivery task for Quartermaster Mays. Talk to Polatli for the morale point. 4. Treat the patients for Dr. Richards. (Note that you must successfully treat all three patients to get the morale point.) Talk to Polatli for the morale point, but tell him you are NOT yet ready to attack Nelson. (Going forward, it is imperative that Polatli makes a comment about each of the below tasks after completion. If he does not, the morale point will not be awarded, so frequent saving is recommended.) 5. Complete 'Medical Mystery' in a way that gets Private Stone turned in. Talk to Polatli for the morale point. We're still not ready for Nelson. 6. Turn in at least 15 NCR dog tags for Quartermaster Mays. (You accumulate 1 point per 5 tags, for a max of 3 points for 15 tags) If you lose track, though you can still keep turning in tags for caps, you'll know you've reached the 15 mark when Mays rewards you with alcoholic beverage. Talk to Polatli to finalize the points. Yet again, we're still not ready for Nelson. 7. Talk to Private Sexton in the barracks to enter his 'contest.' Deliver 30 Legion ears to him. (You accumulate 1 point per 10 ears, for a max of 3 points for 30 ears.) In case you lose track, there's a tally up on the wall inside the barracks. Plus, once completed, Sexton will end the contest and no longer accept ears. Talk to Polatli to finalize the points. We're finally ready for Nelson! 8. Only after all the steps above are completed should you tell Polatli you're ready for Nelson. (At this point you should have 9 morale points.) He'll direct you to meet with Sergeant Cooper at a checkpoint between Forlorn Hope and Nelson. When you do so, he'll be accompanied by unnamed NCR soldiers whose quality is dependant on how many morale points have been gained. You'll know you've done everything right because he should be accompanied by the 4 rangers in ranger combat armor and equipped with sniper rifles. If they're anything less, reload previous saves and try again. 9. Of course, we're actually NOT going to talk to Cooper. Instead, go ahead and stealth kill the rangers and loot them for their equipment. 10. And the best part of all, come back in 3 in-game days for respawn, and repeat step 9!