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>>4864366
Ulysses. Perhaps the only man in the wasteland who matched you in skill and will. That will brought him across the wasteland and into The Divide, seeing the worst humanity has to offer. There may be some sense of irony in asking for his help to build a nation when you destroyed one already. You're not sure whether you're ready to take the blame for that but what happened happened. You managed to convince Ulysses that The Bear, for all of it's faults, deserved to be spared nuclear hellfire and allowed to grow or die on its own.

You had your own reasons for turning the missiles on The Legion however.

It took you a few days to arrive at The Divide, the closer you got the more hellish it became. Thankfully for you, Ulysses is still camped out on the ledge overlooking your past work.

I was wondering how long it would take for you to make it back out here. Just as before, you've been crossing the sands of the Mojave to build a nation. Pure determination allows you to accomplish what no other man in the wasteland could. That and an army of robots.

[Was it really just a matter of time until I returned? You still blame me for the destruction of this community, even if I've done everything to redeem myself.]

Redemption is a funny thing. Who are you to decide it?

[I'm not here to ask for your forgiveness, I'm here to ask for your help. You've been paying attention to my work, it's not up for discussion if I've improved New Vegas. The roads are safe, Freeside is better than it's been in years. I am feeding my people, I care about New Vegas.]

And who's doing is that? The casinos Robert House had rebuilt? The Securitron army he created? What about the Hoover Dam, the leftovers from the old world? What have you done that no one else in your position could have done? I won't say you haven't improved the Mojave, but you haven't done anything to show me you deserve my help, much less to succeed.

>Respond (will lead to a dice roll)

>>4864372
You once said that the Divide could have been larger than the Bear, greater than the Bull. The Mojave is a fledgling nation just taking flight, in between the shadows of both beasts. It isn't about deserving help, but delivering a message to both the old world and the new. A message of hope. I offer you a chance to shape a nation at it's foundations, to make history instead of watching it pass by. To deliver one final package that will shake this world to it's core. So I ask you- are you willing to set your flag down on a nation you believe in?

*Offers hand*

*eye bot buzzes by screeching at a insanely fast speed*

>>4864372
House was content to rebuild his idealist view of Vegas, but bear is trapped in it's own poisonous self inflicted bureaucracy, and Edward's empire is doomed to fail as he ignores the lessons taught in the failing of the roman empire. All of them believed they're saving humanity, or raising America through the ashes like a Phoenix from the ashes. All of then too blind to see warnings.
I come here before you because you and I understand what will inevitably happen. Another nuclear fallout and a repeat of Hopeville. I cant let that happen, which is why I need your help.

>>4864412
Oh I like this.

>>4864372
a nation comprised of the individuals who live in its borders. It can become a nation when it is supported by those individuals but when people who cross the lines and allegiance for money and have no country to protect. they only fight for their own power and fame. maybe having a burden of nation allows you to fight better
stole the quote from ace combat and reworded some for the parts and removed some parts to make it flow

>>4864586
not should be between maybe and having

>>4864372
"I have united people: from the Followers and NCR; to BOS and Enclave; to ghouls and super mutants - not to mention nightkin. That alone is a miracle and something few others could ever hope to achieve.

As for other things only I could do, do we include my future plans or just those that are presently complete? As I will admit to little uniqueness being achieve in these last six months, yet that is down to the simple issues blocking way to any grand plans or amazing ideas - can't prioritize if you starve or rioters end you or raiders kill you, you know?

But what ideas I have: this nation has so much potential - and I want you to help me guide it. Also, what else have you got to do currently? Skulk in the Divide and wait for the Tunnellers to kill you?"

>>4864372
I can't think of anything better to post. Some of these posts are good.

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>>4864412
This one is my favourite of the posts so far, a lot more reconciliatory than my own. Ulysses is kind of prone to purple prose though, we might need to spew some verbiage to convince him.

>>4864372
" You speak to me of redemption? You, who pretend to understand a ruler's heart? You, who waste your potential squatting in the ashes of past failures? For all your blustering in regards to the part you say I played in the ruination of this place, you have taken not a single action to improve the lives of others.

You speak of Robert House, as though you knew him. If you had seen the heart of New Vegas, seen the miles of hidden bunkers and the dark secrets hoarded by him, you would not be so quick to praise him.

It's not a matter of what anyone else COULD have done, but what they WOULD have done. Who else would negotiate with the Brotherhood of Steel in good faith after they collared them? Who else would negotiate with the Bear in good faith after Kimball's offensive blustering? Who else would heal and speak with the Bull, after all their atrocities?

In their own ways, Bear and Bull both seek to repeat the mistakes of a past they do not understand. Suffocating greed has poisoned any other ideals they may once have held, but that greed and its' absence is not the greatest difference between Card and Beast, not to me.

I cannot make it any clearer than this: I do not seek power for power's sake. I do not seek wealth for wealth's sake. I do not wage war for the red glory nor for high ideal. My every action as ruler of the Mojave is guided by the final goal of a future worth living in; less a dream and more an ambition. I do not care in the slightest whether you or my other victims forgive me. The only thing that matters is the future, and if you remain blind to that, if you remain blind to the promise held in human potential, then hiding in this tomb is more than you deserve.

If you would shape a kinder world, and beat the savagery of the present into the promise of the future, you know where to find me. If not, try to kill some Tunnellers before your shame shame claims you. “

pic related is how ulysses comes across to me

The power cores you scavenged were in pristine condition so there was no worry about anything happening with the hardware, but the Handyman selected to put it in the morning vehicle wasn't taught anything about replacing those cores, as it is such a rare thing to teach. Raul himself admitted he wouldn't have done much of a better job.

Your handyman wasn't able to insert the core, a mixture of the age of the machine and the fear of an unstable reaction blowing up half of the quarry. It wasn't a wasted effort however, as your repair corp learned what not to do and the specifics of power cores in vehicles. (No longer requires roles for replacing power cores)

>>4864968
>(No longer requires roles for replacing power cores)
Are there any other things that we might have to roll for imminently with our repair crews where we could instead spend a turn learning and get them out of the way?


Also, I've came up with an idea to improve our expansion rate: flatpack construction kits, pre-cut frames that can be assembled onsite rather than needing to actually make them for each new project. Standardised doors, windows and so on so we can make stockpiles of "housing" and "working" buildings in flatpack, then when we expand the construction time is literally just assembly and waiting for any concrete to dry. Issue is to make it work we'll need the Jacobstown Lumber production and basic metalworking / forging (for screws, nails, hinges, etc).

I just wanna point some stuff out that anons missed. Nipton has a ton of big horners all over the place around there as in best place in Mojave to farm for them in game. In addition to being close to a huge ant farm and the only location in the Mojave with a radscorpion queen nearby. It is the perfect place for hunting and ranching in terms of development. It just needs water. So important in fact that its the only place we got that can actively farm for poison and ant pheremones right away.

Goodsprings has its own wells and hence a water supply of their own. In addition it is safest rural area in the entire Mojave with geckos and bloatflies at worse. Especially once you clean up the few radscorpion nests that remain. Making it prime location for gecko ranching when we have the tech and more intensive farming efforts. It also has a nearby cave for mushrooms.

Primm its worth noting is key due to its strategic location relating to the Great Divide and being the only other place in the Mojave with access to a giant ant farm. It will be our stronghold for future Great Divide Operations especially against the Tunnelers. So it needs some fucking fortifications BEFORE the tunnelers show up.

Reminder that we have two settlements available that is uniquely suited for ghouls. One of them is a vault. While the other has an airport and a ton of nearby mines with surprisingly intact mining equipment. We can broadcast this fact for free on the radio and start establishing them.

Camp golf is available and there are those buildings along the lake crawling with lakelurks. Once dead however we got ourselves some prime real estate perfect for farming and fishing by the lake.

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You pull 300 mercenaries to spread across your new farmland for the sole purpose of killing the invasive predators and collecting their meat and hides. Thankfully most of the animals were Geckos and Giant Ants, nothing that inflicted too much damage. The deathclaws and cazadors in the area wiped out a few squads but farming is much safer from the numerous threats that were there. While not in full control of the area due to the remaining predators, agricultural progress is currently uninterrupted.

>>4865094
At least we don't have to pay for their wages. You know, since they're dead.

>>4865094
So your saying meats back on the menu?

>>4864910
Actually Ulysses didnt like house. I liked it when we informed him we killed him.
Our bro here just has a tendency to judge other more harshly than he does himself. If he wants to play the blame and symbolism game, the day he told Ceasar about the Dam he condemned thousands to death and slavery. We're not here to make him feel bad though, just get him to join us.

Some surprisingly good responses here. Can someone roll me a 1d100 here? Best of two

Remember class, a fail does not mean a total failure

Rolled 72 (1d100)

>>4865571
Here. Have a funny dice.

Rolled 31 (1d100)

>>4865571
yeah man

>>4865572
Nouce. that's an 80.

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After our showdown in the temple, I was resentful. I resented that you managed to talk me out of killing off the abomination that is the NCR. I was disgusted that my beliefs were sabotaged but then I thought about what my beliefs really were. The Bear and the Bull are perverted impersonations of the best of the old world. But what was the old world really? The NCR didn’t cause the great war, the Legion didn’t kill the United States. Their reckoning was their own.

[Ulysses, there are things to admire and learn from history, but we cannot repeat it. The world is poisoned from their mistakes but men like us who know our history must take the best and leave the worst. I’ve walked west and I will walk east, taking the best from both and killing the worst. I need you to help me recognize it.]

I’ve been too focused on the past to realize there’s no future in it. The flag on my back will remain a reminder of an idea we must strive for, but must surpass. You have the opportunity to right wrongs, Courier. Yours and humanity’s.


[So you’ll join me? Commit yourself to an idea?]

Perhaps. I will do what I do best and walk the Mojave.Talk with its people, see the consequences of your actions. If I return to you, I will not work for you but with you.

[I know I will see you again, Ulysses. I hope it’s with you shaking my hand.]

With that, you leave Ulysses and take the long walk back to New Vegas, your city upon the hill.

The Mojave was never a bastion for technology, and with the relatively low damage of the region from the Great War, scavvers have always enjoyed relative ease with scavenging. Sending your scavenging corps on a wide net through the Mojave, you don't find much but your scavengers highlight a few locations that have a high chance of the valuable tech you need. REPCONN test site, H&H Tools, Vault 34, Vault 22, Vault 3 and the Sunset Sarsaparilla Headquarters. Each of these locations should have what you need, though with the Fiends exterminated, independent scavengers are starting to pick over the ruins.

Before sending Dead Sea to Nipton, you have one of your Shock Troopers place a few blocks of plastic explosives under the floorboards, just as a contingency plan. Even if he does find them, you doubt he would be surprised.

You have a messenger sent out to The Thorn with an offer to Red Lucy for a blank check to purchase her establishment while letting her run it the way she wants it. He returns with a request from her for a visit, both business and pleasure as she called it.

>>4865679
Oh man Ulysses is gonna have some choice words with us when he finds out just how bad we are at farming.

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The issue with finding boats around the Mojave is that it is a desert, and any boats close to being seaworthy have long since been snatched. Your handymen collect the boats they think are salvageable and concentrate them on the shore near Camp Golf. They are in varying stages of disrepair but with the right equipment, namely Acetylene torches, and the scrap needed, you can have a small fleet of boats within a few months. Boat engines are a much more complicated matter, however.

Heading back to where it all began, Goodsprings needed your direct attention to soothe their anger. Bringing a cart of alcohol from your private stock, you set up an ad-hoc town hall within the Prospector Saloon and begin to state your case.

You regale them with the time that you united Goodsprings to chase off Joe Cobb and his gang of Powder Gangers, or when you and Sunny killed the Geckos around the wells and saved that young woman. You transition into your time as leader of the region, talking about your extermination of the numerous gangs that infected the Mojave and how the cazadors north were wiped out by your command.

Finally, as the saloon is properly intoxicated, you use sweeping gestures to describe the future of Goodsprings, a thriving industry supported by brahmin processing, improved irrigation and new housing. Lofty promises but it not only soothes their concerns but increases their excitement for their future. Goodsprings is back in your corner, your most ardent supporters.

>>4865752
No fair. I made suggestions in the past to move securitrons to secure the vaults.

Okay things to note from this update:

1) Offer to purchase The Thorn not outright rejected; definitely look into it.

2) We should send at least 10 mercs to each of the listed high-value-salvage locations. Could also look into licensing or scrap-taxing or something to generate a profit from salvagers.

3) We can have a fleet of boats with some blow-torches, acetylene gas and scrap. Acetylene gas we can make from the limestone of Quarry Junction.

>>4865972
Completely agree with all of these, especially point 2

>>4865752
>Lofty promises

We will make it happen, one way or another.

>>4865972
>We should send at least 10 mercs to each of the listed high-value-salvage locations.

Make it 20, and any unauthorized salvagers will be shot. If the independent salvages do the right thing and come to us first with their salvage, not only will they be forgiven for looting, but will be compensated for their troubles.

>>4865972
>>4865978
We wont need that many. Vaults tend to be housed within enclosed areas, so we can just keep a pair of Securitrons stationed directly in front of the vault doors to dissuade prospectors from entering. Places like Repcom and H&H however definitely need minimum 20 guards stationed per place.

>>4865980
Seems harsh but reasonable, and we could and should offer to buy up any scrap they come across that would be of use to us.

>>4865988
H&H won't need guards until all of the traps inside are disarmed. It's relatively untouched since before the war

>>4866152
I mean all the more reason to keep the out.

>>4866152
H&H will have to be something we'll need to personally do since we need to grab that Lucky 38 card thing.

>>4866152
Is Fallout Tactics, Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel, Fallout Shelter, and Fallout 76 considered canon in this quest?

>>4866465
Yes but there are certain things I don't consider canon in terms of gameplay.


Quick note about banning scavenging in these areas. Your securitrons will alert the populace but they can't do anything but shoot anyone who may break this law and your mercenaries aren't trained for law enforcement.

>>4866570
>Quick note about banning scavenging in these areas.
I mean, we're claiming ownership; if they want to fuck about, let them find out. No different than if someone tried to take something from the Freeside Administration building or The Dam.

>>4866570
Can we tell our securitrons to only use the 9mm SMG's, but instead of fullassblast they go for semi-auto fire? And if they're close enough, just punch the scavanger and deliver them to the Mormon fort to be patched up?

Here's an idea. What if we put 2 Soldiers for ever 10 mercenaries to act as their superior officers? Do they Soldiers have enough training and intuition to do law enforcement?

>>4866604
That would work. No to the securitrons using melee however, as it would most certainly result in death. Their arms weren't meant for a soft touch.

Using your soldiers as officers would work, though any transgressions on the mercenaries part would result in summary execution. The Enclave way.

>>4866759
Then that's what we'll do. Soldiers will act as SO's for salvage sights while the mercenaries will act under their commands. Like Goodsprings we'll need to placate Novac soon once we secure the Repcon Test Facility as they that's their source of income. That and brahmins.

>>4866766
Unlike Goodsprings Novac doesn't have remotely the same history with us, so we don't need to go to the same lengths with them

>>4866778
Still though we should do something for them. Anything. Maybe they could specialize in Bighorners rearing, while Goodsprings specializes in Brahmin processing?

>>4866811
Veronica: Novac could actually be a hub of scrap processing. They already have a strong tradition of scavenging, and more than enough roads leading to the town. It would give the now-unemployed locals something to do and help with processing of large-scale scavenging operations.

>>4866956
quiet, brotherhood dog

I like this idea, gives them something to do and bumps our industry. What sort of costs and time requirements are we looking at here?

>>4866956
DO IT! DO IT NOW!

>>4866766
>>4866811
The biggest problem with Novac is the fact that it really doesn't have a lot of resources nearby available to it hence its dependence on scrapping the Repconn site. Thanks to all the roads through it could work as a travel/trade hub. Well that and herding. I think it would make an amazing spot to base some caravan companies in while throwing in some processing ability. Basically whatever we can to incentize its transformation into a proper trade and travel hub. Plus there is that nearby ruined nuclear power plant we can potentially salvage with the help of some ghouls. In addition all those experienced scrappers and salvagers would make for some excellent handymen and manufacturing specialists with some training.

Goodsprings is set whenever we finally stop sucking balls at farming and get that gecko husbandry tech. Just imagine the fun we could have with fire breathing geckos for battle and raising golden geckos for big bucks. Not to mention gecko backed armor is really good stuff just a pain to get the materials for. If we can crack it we would be well on our way to standardized basic armor for our troops.

>>4867114
Those are all good points. Repconn will act as a crutch as we slowly build up the infrustructure for Novac, then it can transition to herding/Caravan Company Headquarters, checkpoint between Vegas and Cottonwood Cove/etc.

God I really want that Gecko backed stuff. Just a few more turns. Just. a few more. Turns.

>>4867126
poor cass:(

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The scouting was expected to take up to two weeks so you were surprised to hear on your return to the Mojave that Kreger scrapped the operation within a few days. Your confusion gradually became horror as he explained why.

A few days of trekking south and after scaling a small mountain, one of your soldiers spotted a sea of feral ghouls slowly moving north. Not wanting to get caught by the seemingly endless wave, he shed any gear he didn’t need and booked it back to New Vegas. He wasn't able to get a full count but there were at least thousands, if not tens of thousands. They weren’t exactly traveling at break-neck speeds but there is no doubt that they are on a trajectory straight for New Vegas.

No one is sure where they came from or how they went without being spotted for so long, but Kreger is ready to start planning on how to either divert the horde or destroy it. The public does not know about the ghouls.

>>4867249
You know how we've got a supply of dynamite and a vertibird? Dynamite fishing but from the air.

>>4867249
Well fuck.

Would be great if we could divert them towards either NCR or Legion lands…

>>4867249
Ferals do not attack other ghouls unless they are attacked first. Ferals are very dumb. Easy to attract their attention away from us hiring some ghouls to create loud noises or live bait to draw them away. They can also investigate the origin and reason for them encroaching upon New Vegas. I personally think we should make them head south. Let them smash into both NCR and Legion contested terroritory. Furrther drawing their military attention away.

>>4867249
Morally we should direct them at the Legion. Strategically, the NCR is in political turmoil and we can put more pressure on them this way, since it's absurd to expect us to fight their or "their" battles for them if relations are frosty.

Tactically, it might be an idea to herd them into the Divide and have our Ghouls guide them to fight the Deathclaws and Tunnellers, but IDK if they'd accept the total slaughter of thousands of their own, mentally disturbed or no.

Guiding them south is probably the safest bet, the best of both worlds - assuming there's anything there for our adversaries to fight over, rather than just the failing president of the NCR in a private document to us saying he's gonna claim that area.

>>4867150
Ey fuck you we tried, dont you "oh poor Cass" me. We had some Clever ideas, but nooooooooo.

>>4867258
>>4867265
>>4867249
Vertibird air support
At most two hundred securitron
Giving the dirty dozen incinerators with optimized fuel.
Give all our soldiers heavy AoE ordinance (Fat Mans, Red Glares, Missile Launchers).
Contacting the Boomers for a fly by.
Finding an ideal bottle necking location.

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>>4867249
I'm suddenly reminded of that signal the BOS sent out that Veronica couldn't sniff out the contents of. While the local BOS wouldn't do anything like that, the higher ups not there sure as fuck would if the benefit was large enough. I think control of THE DAM qualifies as large enough.

Also, we need to find buffhorses.

>>4867483
That doesn't make much sense. BOS on the West Coast is in terrible shape at the moment. Even on the East Coast they only did well while Lyon's and Lone Wanderer are still around. After that things really went to shit for them until the reformist Maxson takes over. Do recall that they only had a single puny chapter in the Mojave despite the dam and is the HQ of one of the most biggest most important Pre War corporations. Given the Mojave's technological and energy importance it should have been a much higher strategic target for BOS. Further indicating how much in bad shape they are. Not to belittle them but they are only good at bullying smaller powers. Larger powers kick their ass and they simply do not have the ability to sustain prolonged engagements in the long term. With notable exceptions being the radicals factions like the Midwest and Lyon's brotherhood turned reformist under Maxson. We are stuck dealing with the traditionalist BOS thankfully who are much easier to deal with in terms of combat. Sadly they are much harder to deal with diplomatically though.

BOS isn't a big problem for us unless we visit the East Coast. At which point they are going to be an extremely dangerous adversary. Maxson is no joke even when excluding the monsters that are the Lone Wanderer and the Sole Survivor.

>>4867483
Remember. The BoS needs to keep in contact with their Bunker in Lost Hills, or they will be classified as rogues or KIA. Their reports are always on encrypted channels.

>>4867524
Can we ever fly to the East Coast without Maxson trying to kill us?

>>4867126
>>4867024
>>4866965
Veronica: There is a problem I'm seeing though, a lack of sustainable transportation. Currently you're hiring whoever you can, like in Freeside, but I don't know if there are that many private haulers to match what you need. I mean, you had your Securitrons drag the vertibird back to Novac and your scavvers can only really collect what they can carry. Having dedicated Brahmin and trailers for these operations would make them easier and yield greater returns.

>>4868010
We have the brahmin. Would it be hard to repair abandoned trailers, and convert truck beds into carts?

>>4867659
Depends on two major factors our treatment of 'abominations'(aka ghouls and super mutants) and our usage of advanced technology. Maxson has a huge hate boner for abominations that is suspiciously reminiscent of Enclave but his stance on technology is a lot more lenient to an extent. Notably, despite his hatred of synths, he doesn't mind the advanced AIs like PAM, heavy usage of robotics, and willfully overlooks the presence of Nick despite being a synth but he doesn't 'hide' the fact like other synths however. So he is actually quite reasonable and diplomatic no surprise given his position and being a reformist.

In terms of tech he just hates 'rampant' technology gone awry. He is very open to research and the development of technology. Even the use of higher technology in other settlements/factions so long as it's not 'too dangerous'. As Maxson likes to think of himself and the BOS as the sword and shield of human civilization. So allowing for advanced technology that will help people is within his interests. Notably, though Maxson is not a civilization builder more a general, unlike the Sole Survivor. They don't spend a ton of focus on settlers and settlements but do offer their protection and services to them that are brutally effective. He also encourages research and development of new technology. This stance however will change if he recruits the Sole Survivor as his sentinal who actually is a talented civilization builder unlike himself and will hold great sway on the BOS future stances despite the presence of Maxson. After all they still freshly recall the Lone Wanderer who used to be with them as well.

So basically depending on our treatment of abominations and whether or not we go full retard with tech ala Big MT will determine just badly Maxson will target us if we go to the East Coast. In general we have to absolutely take Veronica with us no matter what because she will get along great with East Coast reformist brotherhood and can greatly ease our operations there when dealing with BOS. After all he really does hate rampant technology as shown with the Institute and his open full extermination efforts of abominations.

>>4868082
I have my doubts for the usefulness of Super Mutants and their willingness to co-operate, but I really hope we'll have a chance to recruit the ghouls of Underworld. I worried that under Maxson command, Underworld might have been purged, or soon will be. When we fly to the east coast we should ask if then need help dealing with any ghoul, mutant, or other like problems. Might tip us off where we could find ghouls to hire.

QM, so I played DUST recently and I wonder about tunnelers from divide. Will they be migrating to mojave in this quest?

>>4868313
Ulysses thinks so

Rolled 2 (1d3)

Let's see here

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New Vegas Region
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Month 5

Population (Rough Estimate) 63,000
Freeside/New Vegas: 5,000
Novac: 2,000
Primm: 2,000
Goodsprings: 500
Jacobstown: 500
New Vegas Outskirts: 5,000
Sloan: 150
Remaining population dispersed throughout region
New Vegas: Rebuilt Pre-War buildings, defensive wall, electricity, plumbing.
Freeside: Sparse electricity. Pre-war ruins, pre-war buildings, shacks. Defensive wall, Freeside Administration
Primm: Electricity. Intact pre-war buildings, pre-war ruins
Goodsprings: Electricity, intact pre-war houses
Novac: Electricity, intact pre-war houses
Camp McCarran: Intact pre-war building, military tents, electricity, plumbing, defensive wall, watch towers, military tents, basic training course
Cottonwood Cove: Damaged pre-war housing, damaged pre-war buildings, direct access to clean water
Nipton: Intact pre-war buildings, Legion Embassy

Economy
Tariffs: Low 5%(+7,500 caps/turn)
Dam Output: (14,000 caps/turn, 10,000 caps/turn)
Sales tax: None (+0 caps/turn)
Casino Tribute: Intermediate (+42,000 caps/turn)
Upkeep: None (-56,450 caps/turn)
Treasury: 168,500 caps

Food
Low (Rising)
Simple diet
Your sharecropper farms have finally started producing, though at an unexpectedly low amount. The next phase is slow going and is expected to take multiple weeks until production.

Water
Average(Stable)
Mostly clean water from Lake Mead supplies Freeside, New Vegas, North Vegas

Healthcare
Abysmal (Stable)
Few scavenged industrial medicine, sparse home remedies

Research
Available Facilities: None
Current Research: None
New Vegas is incapable of conducting meaningful experience due to lack of expertise, facilities and equipment

Industry
>Available Facilities: Michael Angelo’s Workshop
>Current Projects: Vault 19 Sulfur Mining (Producing 500 dynamite a month), Sloan(4 tons per month) Scavenger Training (30 every 2 weeks), Freeside cleanup (On hold), Freeside Aptitude (Ongoing), Freeside Sanitation (Ten Weeks)

140 Scavengers, 300 miners, 15 repairmen
>Material: AA replacement parts, Hoover Dam maintenance equipment, limited mining equipment, 1,250 dynamite, Assorted unknown holodisks, 2 energy core, 4 tons cement

Military
>The Strip: Heavily Fortified, Laser PDW, 200 securitrons
>Freeside: 25 securitrons at Strip entrance, 100 patrolling Freeside, 550 mercenaries
>The Dam: 200 securitrons, 4 Anti-Air weapons
>Camp McCarran: 15 Securitrons as garrison
>24 deployed to Novac area
>25 deployed to Primm area
>25 deployed to Sloan area
>25 deployed to Jacobstown area
>42 deployed to Outer Vegas Ruins
>15 deployed to Nipton
>25 deployed to Nipton area
>10 to Searchlight
5 Securitrons free from assignment
>80 mercenaries deployed to Vault 19
>200 mercenaries protecting sharecroppers
>30 mercenaries training at McCarran (Six weeks left)
>15 soldiers on Caravan duty (Two weeks left)
>50 Mercs to black mountain

736 Mkll Securitrons, 1 damaged
The Courier
920 Mercenaries: Semi-professional-Miscellaneous weapons, fragmentation grenades
58 Soldiers: Professional-Miscellaneous weapons, fragmentation grenades, 30 in riot armor
19 Shock Troopers
Boones Squad: 2 Members
25 Bright Brotherhood: Semi-professional-Energy weapons

Free Equipment: 5 Power Armor, Squad Vertibird


Cass: +3 to combat actions (Medically unavailable)
Raul: +5 to Repair actions, +3 to combat (Training)
Boone: +4 to combat actions, +2 sneak actions (Currently unavailable)
Ed-E: +4 to combat, allows field repairs/ammo crafting
Lily: +4 to stealth actions, +3 to combat
Veronica: +3 to combat, +2 scavenging actions (Training)
Rex: +2 to combat, +3 to scavenging
Roxie: +2 to combat, +3 to scavenging
Knox: +5 to combat (Stationed at dam)
Doc Henry (Studying Vault 22 Data)
Moreno (Training at McCarran)
Whitman
Johnson (Training at McCarran)
Kreger
Muggy
Toaster
Yes Man (Decoding Holodisks)

Council
Treasury- Cass (when available)
Defense- Kreger
State- Francine Garret
Agriculture- Joseph Linden
Industry- Chomp Lewis
Health & Human Development-Julie Farkas
Science & Technology- Doctor Henry
Tourism- Cachino

Actions
>Courier Action
One direct action, one Meeting
>Military Action
Two engagements, infinite troop movement
>Industry
One action
>Scavenge
Two actions
>Repair
One action
>Other
One thing that falls into these categories or anything out of it

Alerts
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WARNING: FREESIDE HEALTH
The worst of the situation has passed, but there is still a need for permanent, professional healthcare in perhaps your largest population center. A lot of the patients need long-term care that none of your current doctors can provide. There is also the fear of outbreaks in communicable diseases

WARNING: GHOUL HORDE
The impending ghoul horde must be dealt with or risk the region being overrun. There is currently no timeframe for when they will arrive.

WARNING:VERTIBIRD DEPOT
The Vertibirds are waiting to be reached and transported. Pilots either need to be trained or trucks procured to help transport.

WARNING: KIMBALL ARRIVAL
President Kimball is set to arrive in four weeks, some in your cabinet suggest a special tour of the region, purposely showcasing your power

WARNING: AGRICULTURE PROJECT
It could be months before production from the far side of the dam. Perhaps either direct intervention or increased focus is needed.

WARNING: HIGH PRIORITY SALVAGE OPERATION
High priority salvage sites have been identified and should be secured, as well as the beginnings of a central scrap processing facility.

WARNING: RED LUCY MEETING
Red Lucy of The Thorn requests a private meeting to hammer out the details of you owning her establishment.

WARNING: CHOMP LEWIS MEETING
Chomp Lewis requests a meeting to discuss the current state of the industry as well as ways to increase all-around output.

Suggestions:
Census of New Vegas
Train pilots for the vertibirds
Investigate Black Mountain to figure range of towers
Improve military equipment
Clean Freeside of rubble and trash
Repopulate Nipton
Invest in government transportation
Populate Cottonwood and Nipton

I apologize about the slow posts, work needed me for doubles over the last few days. Prompts and turns should be much quicker now.

>>4868652
>Courier Action- Getting the Divide Auto Docs, meet with Chomp Lewis.

I do assume we'll meet with Lucy after, right?

>Military Action- Train Vertibird pilots, begin diversion operations of the ghoul horde, and secure high priority salvage sites.

The Bright Brotherhood can help us deal with the horde, and I don't expect the whole horde to be diverted, but any ghoul they can peel off is a win in my books. I do wonder what kind of salvage the horde will have though.

>Industry- Either focus on getting our agriculture up and running or invest in government transportation.

>Scavenge- Set up the beginnings of a central scrap processing facility. If they need Brahmin and trailers, fund their acquisition.

>Repair- Fix quarry machinery, replace core.

>Other- Have our Freeside Administration conduct a census of New Vegas, if they need additional manpower the mercs and robots can help in that compacity.

>Other- Have our cabinet plan out Kimball's tour.

>>4868652
ok lets meet Chomp and getting the Divide Auto Docs and make plans to divert or kill some of the ghouls and secure salvage sites invest in transport and start up a scrap processing facility fix the things in the quarry and have a census and plan a tour for kimball

>>4868652
>Courier Action
Head into the Divide with both Ed-E and recover at least 1 Auto Doc. If we can't stack the companion bonus with the Courier bonus for a total of +12, have Ed-E help with the offensive Military Actions. How many eyebots do we have?
Meet with the Boomers and ask if they can fly their B-29 over the mountain to kill the undead horde. If things don't go completely ass up, we can meet with Lucy the next turn, then our brain.

>Military Action
Cycle around 50 or so Mercenaries a day through Camp McCarran for a sharp shooting and other tests. Have Boone lead it. 1st Recon snipers usually are pared with spotters, so ask Boone if he need's Manny's help.

If Raul manages to get the boat fixed on time, send 50 Securitrons and Knox to wipe out the Legion ghouls and secure the territory for our scavangers.

If we fail to get the Boomer's help, ignore military action above and met Kreger for help. Invest two military actions. Get Boone, Lily, Ed-E if nonapplicable, and Knox to aid in unfucking the ghoul problem. Need dynamite? Cause a landslide? missiles? Cherry bombs? 5mm ammo? Mines? 40mm Grenade Launchers? You need it, it's yours my friend.
Let our Enclave Veteran friends make suggestion on where to allocate all our forces and see if we give them the OK?

Send 1 Securitron as muscle, 2 soldiers as leaders, and 10 mercenaries as additional muscle to each of these locations: REPCONN test site, H&H Tools, Vault 34, Vault 22, Vault 3 and the Sunset Sarsaparilla Headquarters. Keep people out, don't harass people, don't kill anyone if they're not trying to kill you, but you can defend youself.

>Industry
>Veronica: Novac could actually be a hub of scrap processing. They already have a strong tradition of scavenging, and more than enough roads leading to the town. It would give the now-unemployed locals something to do and help with processing of large-scale scavenging operations.
Do what Veronica suggested and turn Novac into a hub for scrap proccessing. Sink as many Caps as we need to make this work. Hire the Novac prospectors.

>Scavenge
Take Veronica, Rex, Roxie, The Bright Brotherhood members (becase they know where everything is), Chris Haversam (because he knows where all the tools are), and all the scavengers to scour the REPCONN test site for all the tools Raul needs and then some. Anyone who doesn't own a radiation suit, we'll buy them one. They're only 60 caps a suit I think, and NPC's get +100 Rad Resistance.

>Repair
Raul and all his Handimen work on fixing us some BOATS. With TOOLS.

>Other
Meet with Lucy.

>>4868010
We'll do this later. Right now we need those boats fixed. We can ask Raul, Chris, and the Handimen to fix up some trailers and carts later.

>>4868723
>>4868732
Why not bomb the ghouls to oblivion?

So the only welders and plasma cutters are in Michael Angelo's shop in The Strip, so you could take boats and trucks there to have them turned into trailers. Because these machines are very large and somewhat built into his facility. Arc Welders, found mainly in the divide, would be acceptable mobile welding tools.

>>4868821
I mean, we could if you want. I'd much rather put a Courier action into that just to shore up the attack.

>>4868863
>Arc Welders, found mainly in the divide, would be acceptable mobile welding tools.

Add that to the Divide shopping list.

>>4868863
>>4868897
No need. Ed-E should be equipped with one, and we probably grabbed one on our way out the Divide the first time we came through.

Enlist the Boomers to thin out the horde. Nothing a good carpet bombing couldn't fix.

>>4868955
that's smart and considering how secluded they are, there isn't much risk of the plot being leaked to the general public

>>4868652
Last turn you said we had 6 six weeks until Kimball arrives. That means next turn we'll have 2 weeks until he arrives?

>>4868897
Take into consideration that each Securitron is armed with shoulder mounted ground to air/ground to ground rocket pods.
Now consider reprogramming the securitrons to aim where our Laser Designator is pointing (the thing we use to blow up warheads).
Imagine 100 securitrons all lines up and saturating an area with raining death.
https://youtu.be/xGYLgQk5xDo

>>4868955
this would be fantastic for everyone involved, we destroy the horde and the boomers get to blow up some zombies

>>4868955
Why are we bothering to fight them when we can just divert them towards our enemies…?

We should meet with our entire Council about options to divert the horde

>>4868652
Updated tour incorporating some previous options:

>Courier Action
Travel to the Divide with Ed-E to recover some Auto Docs

>Courier Meeting
Speak to our Council to discuss options for diverting / destroying the oncoming feral horde + plan out Kimball's tour.

>Military Action
- Train Vertibird pilots,
- Secure high priority salvage sites with mercs, soldiers and Securitrons

>Industry Action
Invest in public transportation options

>Scavenge Action
Set up the beginnings of a central scrap processing facility. If they need Brahmin and trailers, fund their acquisition.

>Repair Action
Fix quarry machinery, replace core.

>Other Action
Have our Freeside Administration conduct a census of New Vegas, if they need additional manpower the mercs and robots can help in that compacity.

>>4869441
Because you can't just lead a horde of tousands upon thousands of ferals ghouls and expect them to go where you want them to go. These guys are gonna walk their way into our territory and we don't even know when.

>>4869449
>Invest in public transportation options
What like cars or brahmin pulled carts?

>Fix quarry machinery, replace core.
We'll need to replace some iron on one of the machines, replace the power core for another, and maybe a Courier action to repair more.

What about repair some boats before the radiation fucks up the salvage in Dry Wells?

>>4869453
>What like cars or brahmin pulled carts?

Ideally. We'll work on trolleys at a later date.

>What about repair some boats before the radiation fucks up the salvage in Dry Wells?

We don't have the necessary equipment to repair them yet, and couldn't we scavenge Dry Wells on foot anyway?

>>4869467
A trolley would require a functioning steel mill to make all the tracks we'll need. It's not impossible, but I wonder if we really need one. Could go either ways.

We might have what we need already.
https://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/ED-E_(Lonesome_Road)
>ED-E arc welder
He said we needed a welder, we have one now, and no. Survivalist said we'd need a boat to travel down the river to Dry Wells.

>>4868652
>Courier
Go to the Divide with both Ed-E's and at least one auto-doc, but the more the merrier. Take both Ed-E's back home with us this time.

>Meeting
Pearl.

>Military
Train Pilots
Get Bright Brotherhood members to investigate the horde and keep us updated on how soon they'll arrive to the Vegas region. Get out of dodge if we decide to blow up all the ferals.
Secure Salvage sites.

>Industry
Invest in government transportation: Brahmin pulled wagons, carts, and carriages.

>Scavenge
Throw our companions, scavanger rats, and Chris, and throw them at the rocket place. Maybe we can use the rocket parts to fix the vertibird in the future. Better yet maybe design a high speed VTOL.

>Repair
Raul, the Handimen, and DLC Ed-E should fix the boats using the scrap. Take 10k worth of funds to buy materials and tools.

>Other
Census of New Vegas

>>4869453
>Because you can't just lead a horde of tousands upon thousands of ferals ghouls and expect them to go where you want them to go.
We don’t know that - hence why we should ask for suggestions

Why waste tons of effort and munitions solving a problem, when we can just make it out enemies problem?

>public transportation options
brahmin pulled wagons

Also, Kimball's tour is really soon.

We should discuss it now. So we have a turn to enact any required changes before he arrives

>>4869521
An assured solution would be better than investing and action for asking people's opinions, than waiting until the next turn to act. Which enemy are you referring to, and why would they be fine with our meddlings?

>>4869300
Yes.

Having your council plan it would be possible, though it would require an action to communicate to them what you would want to happen, or give them a blank check and let them plan it

>>4869777
A meeting action? I'm changing my meeting vote to the Kimball Council action then.

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~~~bzzzzzzzzrt~~~Courier can~~~~~bzzzzzzzzzzzrt~~~

Your personal radio jumps alive with noise. You walk over to it with cautious curiosity.

~~~bzzzzzzzzzrt~~~get this damn~~~~~~NCR~~~~bzzzzzzzzzzrt~~~~~~~

You smack the radio a few times in a haphazard effort to clear up whatever message you seem to be receiving.

“Black Mountain to Courier, are you receiving?”

You pick up the transmitter.

[This is The Courier to Black Mountain, I am receiving you.]

Finally! This is Scribe Schell, I’m in charge of the joint-operations at Black Mountain. I was trying to contact you about our successful basic repairs on the equipment here. We’re now able to tune into nearly all NCR public radio transmissions, something both you and the Elder should appreciate. I’m having it broadcasted on specific channels so you can listen in personally.

[That is phenomenal news, Scribe. Are we able to send out messages yet?]

Only in a short range, I'm afraid. The Mojave seems to be the limit for now, which seems to be of low use to you. Any broadcasts beyond this become garbled and unintelligible. I fear only specialty parts and more time will allow us to increase range.

[Understood. Alright, thanks for keeping me updated. I’ll be sure to reach out with any other concerns or questions.]

Of course. Black Mountain out.

Either Scribe Schell is lying, or he doesn’t know about Hardin’s secret messages. Whatever they were, Yes Man hasn’t picked anything up since he came back online.

You listen in on a few of the channels Black Mountain is now streaming directly to you.

Turning to politics, Kimball’s administration is hoping that his upcoming visit to the independent New Vegas will boost his lagging poll numbers. His main opponent, former Ranger Chief John Hanlon, has seen a steady increase in support after going on tour arguing for military reform and a, quote New California Republic way of fighting those enslaving bastards in their territory. The recent defeat at Hoover Dam is still a hot topic that neither campaign seems to want to tackle, their independence being a lingering question throughout the republic. Moving onto entertainment, the state of Maxson is receiving…...

You turn off the radio. Already, Black Mountain is proving useful.

>>4870791
We’d be best placed keeping Kimball as President

He is weak, corrupt and less militaristic compared to his competition

We should ask him what help we can give to his campaign…

I’m sure that a donation of caps to his campaign would be good, but he needs to buff his military image…maybe we give him one of those spare vertabirds we got from the legion and he can make a pledge about making a proper Air Force to ensure that ‘we win the long war against the Legion’

>>4870810
He needs a political victory, not caps.

>>4870810
no.

>>4870867
>>4870905
tough crowd

>>4870922
I'm not opposed to courting Kimball, but he has better financial resources available to him. He needs a political win if he wants compete in the polls.

>>4870922
Anon's suggest was bad and he should feel bad.

>>4870810
>give him our Vertibirds

Hold up. You wanna give one of our Vertibirds to the NCR, just to give him a political victory? It should be the reverse lad. You wanna buff his military image, you get him to win against the ghoul horde then, and not gift them one of our critical military vehicles.

>>4870810
anon are you a goddam retarded faggot

>>4871303
Overzealous, I would say.

>>4871421
he's still a faggot, but he's our faggot :^)

So what did we all agree on? Most if not all of us want to head to the divide, some of us want to meet either the boomers our do the council meeting.
Training pilots is a must
Solving the ghoul problem is a must
investing in transporation looks like a win
no idea what we're doing fo scavanging but i still want to loot the reppconn sight
still think we should fix the boats.
Not sure what the other option consensus is.

>>4871445
Maybe we should scavange Dry Wells before the radiation gets to the loot first.

>>4871570
My thoughts exactly. We could really do it. Ed-E has his little melee welder. We just need to find him.

>>4871445
This turn is more agreeable than others, I'll write up the consensus in a few hours

Courier
>Head to The Divide to recover at least one auto-doc
>Meet with Pearl about using Pearl to bomb the ghouls

Military
>Begin training Vertibird pilots (will be given options)
>Send 1 Securitron, 2 soldiers and 10 Mercs to REPCONN test site, H&H Tools, Vault 34, Vault 22, Vault 3 and the Sunset Sarsaparilla Headquarters
>Send Bright Brotherhood to get better view on the ghoul horde

Industry
>Begin investing in government transportation

Scavenge
>Send the entire scavenge corp, with Rex and Roxie, Veronica and Chris to Repconn. Will cost 600 caps to outfit the minimum amount of scavs with radiation suits

Repair
>Replace energy core in quarry machinery

Other
>Begin census of New Vegas

How does it look, boys?

>>4872021
Would it take a courier action to get the Welder Ed-E?
Do we have any welder weapons we took from the divide?
I'm voting for repair boats.

>>4872021
looks good, i will suggest star the preparations to clean freeside for example how much workers we will need, how much rubble are we expected to clean, how long it will take, etc

>>4872021
Tack on getting a couple of arc welders from the Divide, if only to appease the boat anon. We'll repair the boats with them next turn

>>4872206
Yeah I can throw in a quick roll to see how many are collected.


Courier
1d100(DT60)

Bright Brotherhood
1d100(DT45)

Transport
1d100(DT30)

Scavenging
1d100(DT50)

Census
1d100(DT70)

Rolled 46 (1d100)

>>4872330

Rolled 39 (1d100)

>>4872330
Oh boy.

Rolled 8 (1d100)

>>4872330

>>4872360
>>4872361
>>4872362
;_;

>>4872364
I'm honestly not supprosed, except for the Census.

>>4872330
We had the administration thing going. What will it take to make it lower than 70? Why is Scavenging a 50 when we have 3 companion scavengers, some Radiation Suits, 140 scavengers, and an engineer that knows where most of everything is?

>>4872367
*surprised fuck me sideways. I must have dicklexia.

>>4872367
Scavenging is that high because Repconn is a huge facility that has been scavenged for decades. It's difficult to find anything of value within. Chris knows what parts are and how they are used and where a few of the more important ones are, but I interpreted this is a full sweep of the facility.

The census is a different matter. Unless I saw it as something else, a census gets children, ghouls, super mutants, and different demographics as well. Whereas the Freeside administration was purely for ascertaining skills.

Rolled 98 (1d100)

>>4872330

>>4872385
Fair enough?

>>4872367
High value target, probably infested with feral ghouls, and the companions add to the dice, not subtract from its DT.

With the census, I imagine that our administration is ill-equipped and undermanned for the task. They aren't experienced administrators either.

>>4872389
Legend mate.

>>4872389
Wait, does this count as a crit with the companion modifiers?

>>4872407
Nope, but as successful as you can get without a natural crit.

Rolled 62 (1d100)

>>4872330

>>4872411
Shame that. Would've made my feelings take a U-turn up Hype Avenue.

>>4872423
fuck

>>4872423
I find it incredibly amusing that all it would have taken to make the a success would've been the Courier.

>>4872429
Don't beat yourself up over it, most of our rolls failed horribly, and you're the highest roller of those that didn't quite succeed.

>>4872330
Courier 1d100(DT60) 54
Bright Brotherhood 1d100(DT45) 39
Transport 1d100(DT30) 8
Scavenging 1d100(DT50) 106
Census 1d100(DT70) 62
decent average. we hauled in a lot of loot.

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Those sure were some rolls, lads...

>>4872536
Awe were you the anon that rolled the 1 in the last thread? That's some serious level of unlucky.

>>4872520
If it was a grade we'd receive an F in all but one subject.

>>4872536
We only failed in a margin of 1 in all but transportation, and even then there wasn't anything there to fuck up to begin with.

>>4872543
I'm afraid that prize goes to me lad.

>>4872549
Well good thing this class is pass on completion.

>>4872021
Fine.


Also, in terms of Kimball, there's a lot of things we can do to show off to him / impress him. Fireworks are entirely within our grasp and would certainly impress. We've also got a half-dozen casinos and entertainment industries that could be be used to wine-and-dine him.

Getting as much of Freeside in order as possible would also be smart, since that'll be the part he'll probably spend the most time in. Making tenements to house as much of the homeless as possible wouldn't be too much of a waste but equally we've pre-war housing elsewhere we could have them repopulate / farms they could be sent to. Similarly, clearing away the rubble / ruins of Freeside is a great idea.

I've gotten 2 different IDs this thread, does anyone know what's up with that? I'm the orange ID from last thread who rolled a... 4, I think, for my first roll

Overall I think the proposed plans are basically solid, minus giving away our Vertibird. Kimball can pry away those resource-sinks from my cold, dead hands.

>>4872557
I don't know about fireworks and the casinos, but we could show off our scavenging operations, restoring primm, and clean up Freeside of all it's trash and rubble.
Once we bring the Auto-Doc back to the Mojave, that should free up some of the Followers attention, enough so that they could perhaps help rehabilitate and teach the paupers in fireside how to do a worthy trade? I.E. novice nurses, handimen, miners, etc.

>>4872330
Alright how many arc welders did you guys find

Rolled 5 (1d5)

>>4872612
how embarrassing

>>4872617
Fucking sweet. At least we got two good things going for us this turn.

Will 5 arc welders help with future repair work?

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Before you head to The Divide, you pop by the Boomers to ask for their potential assistance against the impending ghoul horde. Things have been much quieter around Nellis since you took control, scavengers know to stay away and what few raiders are left know better now.

Greeting the numerous Boomers on the way to Pearl’s quarters, you notice they look healthier than before, it seems they’ve been expanding their diets.

Entering Pearl’s quarters you find her sitting across from Jack and Janet, the two lovebirds you helped unite months ago.

“Ah, Courier, what lucky timing. Jack and Janet were sharing some fantastic news with us.”

Jack turns around from the couch and faces you.

“Yes, I was just telling Pearl that Janet and I are expecting our first child. And I suppose it’s all thanks to you, Courier.”

“When you came to me at Crimson, I could hardly believe it but being with Jack was better than I could have ever imagined.”

[That’s really good to hear guys, you’ll make great parents.]

Pearl stands up.

“Yes, they will. Now if you two will excuse me, I think the Courier and I have some business to talk about.”

With that, the two lovebirds bid a farewell and exit from the barracks.

“Good kids. You were right about letting Janet come to Nellis. Just as you were right about a great many other things. Now, how can Pearl and The Boomers help you?”

[This is something I want to keep between me and you. Very few people know about this and I want to keep it that way. There’s a large feral ghoul horde slowly heading for New Vegas. I don’t know the exact numbers but probably somewhere in the tens of thousands. I plan on diverting them to either Legion or NCR territory but on the chance I can’t, I am asking for the Pearl’s help in thinning the numbers when they enter into our territory.]

Pearl chews on the news you gave for a few moments.

“Child, if you wanted us to rain hell upon sand and rock we would do it without a second thought. With this threat, we’ll give you the help we can and if these abominations get in range of our guns, well, hopefully it’ll be enough.”

[I didn’t expect any different from you, Pearl. The Boomers have proven to be the staunchest of allies and I will be sure to repay the favor when I can.]

“Well it’s good you mention that because we do need help on something that is instrumental to your plan working. We have enough aviation fuel for maybe two passes of The Lady and that’s it. We’ve been working on switching over the engines on her to accept ethanol but it is very slow going. I ask for whatever mechanics you have to assist in the change or I fear The Lady will just become another museum piece.”

[How many mechanics do you think you’ll need?]

“With Jack, Loyal and what few others we have, I would say 10 at the very least. We would care for them and feed them but we don’t have the technical expertise on hand to tackle this project.”

>Response?

>>4872683
Done. We'll send more when available, and Raul as well to take a look after the current crop of repairmen are trained.

Based Boomers.

What's going on with Dead Money? Surely, we can scavenge all that tech, especially the manufacture literally anything ladeda?
Honest Hearts? How's Graham doing? Maybe we can set up a trade route.

>>4872711
Agreed

>>4872730
We'll get to those when our nation is more secure.

>>4872683
Only on the condition that we get some boats fixed for a large scavenging event, and we get invited to the wedding. Also, would you like to reserve some rooms in the Lucky 38 for the wedding or baby shower?
I would like to buy some prized brahmins for you all if you'd like. The milk should be as good as the meat.
By the way, you all look a lot healthier. Was that something we helped with, or did you guys start trading for some seeds? (I'll be kinda peeved if it's the CC, not at Janet though.)

>>4872683
deal

"I am glad you see this as a very reasonable request. I don't know how long the project is expected to take, it isn't really my area of expertise. And I'm glad you noticed the increased liveliness of my children. I will admit that Janet's connections to the CC got us very cheap livestock for our ammunition we make, though I am sure we can make some deal for replacing our aging livestock. I wish you luck in your endeavors, Courier, and please remember you are always welcome here."

>>4872730
Dead Money? Never heard of her

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There is a fleet of Vertibird gunships ripe for the taking, all they need is either a way of transporting them back to New Vegas or being flown out. Choosing the latter option, you request to speak with the one woman in the region who can fly the things. You send out a messenger to have Daisy write out what will be needed.

It’s about time you got serious about flying. This old bag of bones won’t be around forever and I’d hate to go without soaring at least one more time. So there’s a few options you have and all of them come with their downsides. Back in the Enclave, we would have the recruits spend a month in VR pods running different vertibird simulations. Then they would spend a month training with instructors before being the co-pilots of experienced pilots. As you can see, we were as good as could be, but you have neither the pool of experienced pilots, the VR pods or the holotapes. I think I could probably raise two pilots every six weeks, but I don’t think they’ll have the experience to turn around and train other pilots. Not unless you want accidents to happen. I wish I had better news. VR Pods are somewhat common as far as high-tech goes, but those vertibird training tapes were hard to come by. My instructors had to write many of them personally. I suppose there would be backups of this information somewhere, assuming it hasn’t been fully expunged by the NCR and Brotherhood.

>>4872856
Do you think there might be some in Sentinel? Could could possibly convince the Boomers to let us borrow their pods for a time.

>>4872856
Sentinel. I hope it lives up to the hype.

Sentinel......you roll the word around in your head. You remember when Doctor Henry talked about it, a supposed backup of all Enclave information. It honestly seemed too good to be true, some sort of deux ex machina. Yet, the information that would be there would be more valuable than a thousand vertibirds, a million caps. It would be the latchkey discovery that gives you the power to unite the nation instead of being a powerful city state. You make a mental note to talk to him about it when you get the chance.

>>4872856
The F4 vertis look so bad. Like a bloatfly. Compare that to the earlier dragonflies. Damn shame.

>>4872877
AAAAAA!AAAAAAAAAAAAASSDKDJHERHJRRJU44URIDNRHCNVNR YETI IUI

>>4872907
The good news is that both types are included in this quest. The bad news is that both types are included in this quest.

>>4872928
Well I hope we never go east then.

>>4872928
Also, what is your stance on the galaxy brain F4 lore and its retcons?

>>4872931
Anon I....
>>4872932
You'll know it when you know it. I have a bone to pick with some of Fallout 4's retconning and a few other things liberty prime and gary stu arthur maxson but I really liked a few other things I plan on implementing in quest and if you all ever go East.

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>>4872933

>>4872933
>if
>not when

Vertibots and Cargobots alone would make a trip worth it.

>>4872939
Liberty Prime died a hero's death and I'll be damned if I let Todd dig him up from the grave.

>>4872946
All of F4 should remain buried.

>>4872947
Haha yeah everything except Curie

>>4872949
Based

>>4872949
https://youtu.be/vEDCupW-6dA?t=108

>>4872571
>I don't know about fireworks and the casinos, but we could show off our scavenging operations, restoring primm, and clean up Freeside of all it's trash and rubble.
Eh, the point is we can focus on schmoozing the bastard. Fact is we've not got anything that impressive to the NCR nor him beyond the Dam, the Securitrons and our airforce (Pearl + Vertibirds). None of which can we really export (given we've already got terms for The Dam, which is a whole other issue given they tried to breach terms with this bullshit).

Meanwhile if we lean on our existing specialist industries of tourism and entertainment we can probably make him think that we're a non-threat that wants good relations and more valuable as a ally than a opponent to his campaign.

>Once we bring the Auto-Doc back to the Mojave, that should free up some of the Followers attention, enough so that they could perhaps help rehabilitate and teach the paupers in fireside how to do a worthy trade?
Eh, no. The present issue is a lack of long-term care facilities; sick houses are what we need, not hospitals; nurses, not doctors.

>>4872856
Frankly a single new pilot is enough: we just need to shift our Vertibirds to NV so we can impress the NCR / BOS / The People with our kick-ass new death machines; anything beyond that is icing on the cake.

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On paper, it seems that it would be a trivial matter to create a system of transportation for your scavengers and repairmen, but Man plans and God laughs it seems. Your brahmin are set to be delivered any week now from the NCR, so it was a matter of pulling 30 male brahmin to the side and figuring the upkeep. The issue now is the lack of anything to shackle the brahmin to. Nearly every cart is already owned by private entities and buying them all up would prove prohibitively expensive. Motor-homes could be found outside the NCR correctional facility and Nipton and there are numerous trucks scattered around New Vegas. Supply isn’t hard, it is how to convert it to your purposes. Wheels need to be hammered somewhat straight after centuries of neglect, trucks need to be cut in half, same with the mobile homes. Hand-held power tools and the sort can be used, though it would be a very slow process. Michael Angelo’s has the heavy machinery to expedite the processes though he only has space in the workshop for two vehicles at once. He thinks it would take him 5 repairmen and two weeks for two vehicles. Personal power tools would allow you to work on as many as you have the repairmen for, but you would be looking at a minimum of a month, not to mention the cost of buying said power tools.

>>4873262
Smells like we're diverting 10 handymen to Pearl, and 5 Handymen to Michael. That leaves us with Raul who can train people.

Did you say that, if we dont explicitly make them do anything during a turn, a companion will train people? Does that include Whiteman, Moreno, and Johnson?

>>4873402
The companion would have had to have been ordered to do the training before. Seems like nitpicking but it eliminated unknown waste behind the scenes for you guys.

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Repconn Test Facility was huge, much larger than would be assumed by just looking at it. Most of the testing was done within the mountain, inside granite caverns away from prying pre-war eyes. Even decades of scavenging hasn’t completely emptied the facility and there are plenty of goodies laying around. Sending your entire scavenging corp, as well as Veronica, Chris and the two dogs, you wanted every pencil, paperclip and bottlecap found and cataloged. You got more than you bargained for.

The initial sweep of the facility turned up some valuable modules and tools, as well as miscellaneous items that would return a nice sum of caps on the market. This paled in comparison to what you found in the deepest recesses of the facility. The last untouched area was hidden behind a large blast door, sealed with no possible way of opening. The large steel doors were marred with the thousands of futile attempts by different scavengers over the years to gain entry. Your team succeeded where they failed. A combination of key cards, gentle rewiring and some brute force, the doors were opened.

Staring Veronica and Chris in the face were two Delta lX rockets, as they would later come to find out. The terminal in the launch chamber described a situation where Robco strong-armed the newly bought Repconn in testing rockets for the US Military. While only tipped with conventional explosives, the rockets were hypersonic and designed to bypass both radar and Point Defense. Chris examined the pair of Deltas and determined the rockets were structurally sound, but the launching mechanisms in the facility needed repair.

Along with this, two more energy cores and less useful schematics to build the hypersonic Delta lX missiles. There is also bountiful electronic scrap and other valuable instruments that will be collected and stored within Repconn.

>>4873452
Oh yeah there are also advanced computers that can track trajectories of rockets and can run simulations as well.

>>4873486
Are you saying we can nuke someone with Smart Nukes?

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Once again you find yourself heading into The Divide though this time you’re not looking for Ulysses. Auto-Docs have saved your life more than once, be that in Big MT, the Sierra Madre and most recently in The Divide. You’re not sure exactly how they work or what it would take to upkeep them, but this will help Cass and start to solve some of the lingering health issues in Freeside.

Entering back into The Divide proper, you take quick note that Ulysses and his camp have vanished but give it no further thought.

The closest Auto-Doc in your memory would be at the Missile Headquarters, just outside of the Hopeville Missile Base. You cut your way through marked men with ease, securing a perimeter with plasma mines before getting to work on the machine in front of you.

You’re not a stranger to complexity but what you had in front of you was like nothing you’ve ever seen before. This was the top of the line in medical care pre-war and even then they were medical miracles. You take your time getting to know every curve, rivet, bolt and nut on the outer casing before diving into the guts.

Inside were automatic stimpak injectors, anesthetic dispensers, arms to set broken limbs, suture wounds, open wounds...in short, the Auto-Doc in front of you could do everything and anything.

A few days in and you decide to decouple and clear your head, hunting down marked men to relieve some stress. You were coincidently looking for arc welders to supply your repairmen with as New Vegas is critically short on valuable industrial equipment. It didn’t take long to find five, all you think you could carry along with the autodoc pieces.

Returning to your project, you learn some valuable information about the machine. For one, it has numerous parts that seem to be unique to the Mk.lX model. You don’t recall ever finding anything in the wasteland like what you were holding in your hands. Secondly, a lot of the medicine needs to be replaced including the anesthetic, med-x, stimpaks, surgical bandages, metal splints, blood bags and numerous other consumables that would be used in the course of any surgery.

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A few days later, you have a perfectly disassembled Auto-Doc in front of you and studious audio notes on your Pimp-boy. You wrap the fragile pieces in cloth, putting them in your numerous bags and pouches, and strap the metal outer casings to your back. Even for you it was a burden to carry all the way back to Freeside. Being just slightly worse for wear, you trudge towards The Old Morman Fort, attracting looks of awe and disbelief.

Inside, you gather Arcade, Julie and a few of the higher-ups in The Followers.

They watch wordlessly as you carefully lay out each piece on a large tarp, grouping them roughly by how they would assemble back together. After finishing your crafts project, you stand and turn to them.

[Okay, this is a disassembled Mk.lX Auto-Doc, perhaps the most sophisticated piece of medical equipment in the wasteland. Everything is here and I’ve taken notes on the re-assembly that I can give copies of. I guess it comes down to if you think you can put it together or if I’ll need to.]

Arcade is the first to speak up.

“Uh, wow okay. It’ll be hard to follow by audio, but I think I can grab a few people and we can slowly assemble this. I can’t tell you how long it would take, maybe just a few weeks, maybe longer. I’ve never even seen one of these models before, truth be told.”

Well, you have a choice to make. Let the followers figure it out, letting them gain experience in the inner workings of the thing or put it together yourself, taking more time from other pressing matters.

(The courier will now no longer need to roll for personally disassembling or assembling MK.lX Auto-Docs, though it will still require actions.)

>>4873701
>killing markedmen
Can we sell their shit for Riot Armor at the military terminals, then take or stash the gear somewhere for later?

>>4873710
With the commissary, I'm going to say that there is a set amount of caps and equipment across all terminals. That being said, yeah there are numerous riot armor sets among other things you would be able to buy with marked men loot

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>>4873705
>Help the follower with the assembly
We want them to have experience but this is the most advance medical technology we have, we don't want something to go wrong

>>4873705
>Help the follower with the assembly

>>4873753
That's fine by me. We can dump as much Markedmen equipment in the terminals until we've emptied them all out of caps and equipment.

>>4873759
With a courier action, we could probably teach them how to reassemble it, work out a blood bank system, and other basic maintence stuff.

>>4873759
>>4873783
I think it's more of a time sink than anything else, and we may want to use our Courier action elsewhere.

>>4873705
>Help the follower with the assembly

>>4873788
This is an autodoc that was intended for people who were too vital to get sick / ill / spend time in the hospital, with this we could have many opportunities for propaganda / favors with powerful individuals so i think it's wort the effort

>>4873788
If we teach them how to assemble it, they'll be able to reassemble the thing quicker every time we bring one back.

>>4873838
We could also charge the NCR for using it. NCR Politicians with broken dicks or cancer could come to us in exchange for favors.

>>4873845
>We could also charge the NCR for using it. NCR Politicians with broken dicks or cancer could come to us in exchange for favors.
exactly

>>4873845
also imagine a sick child in freeside with cancer and/other wild shit if we treat him with this bad boi we would get a lot of support from the common folk

>>4873856
Fuck I forgot. There must be a shit ton of dying orphans in Freeside. The lack off food when the share croppers pulled out, and the rioting didn't help things. Healing up sick children would significantly improve our our public appearance more so than it already is.
>Being just slightly worse for wear, you trudge towards The Old Morman Fort, attracting looks of awe and disbelief.
It helps even more that people probably say us carrying several hundred pounds of medical equipment for god knows how many miles. That just shows people we're a dedicated leader, and we'll take the hands on approach if we need to. Maybe if we play our cards right, we can sway the rest of the Followers of the Apocalypse into our corner. Unlike the NCR, we probably won't crush tribal societies in the name of expansion.

On a different topic I'd like to talk about Chief Hanlon. If things don' work out with Kimball, could we make an ally out of that old NCR Ranger? I don't think he shares the same expansionist outlook as Kimball, and he did once mention that holding the Dam and Vegas would be the death of the NCR.

>>4873880
i can imagine the news alredy: "hello folks this is mr new vegas and i came to remind you that a person loves you and that person is me, on to the news the courier as recovered an advance piece of of medical tech and started to use it to treat the peaple of new vegas. Just head to the old mormon fort if you need treatment. Now onto the music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7jgZTDLeIs

>>4873880
We have a ghoul horde incoming and Kimball coming in a turn, we may not have the luxury of time here.

We're also going to need a bunch of industrial medicine to keep the Auto Docs stocked lads.

With Chief Hanlon, I don't mind hedging our bets. NCR military reform worries me, but if they start focusing on the Legion instead of expanding them I probably won't mind much unless the status quo changes and worsen our odds.

>>4873969
We first need go grow the medicine before we can industrialize it.

I was originally going to make you guys use an action for assembling it but I'll throw you guys a bone. The Auto Doc is going to be a pain in the ass enough.

You thought about letting The Followers figure it out, giving them the experience to assemble future Auto-Docs but you decide it’s not wise to use your only one as a practice dummy. As with most things, it is a lot less fun putting it back together than taking it apart. The next few days consist of you having a heavy hand in directing the leaders of The Followers in the proper way to reassemble the Auto-Doc. It is painstakingly slow but nothing breaks and The Old Mormon Fort officially has its first automated doctor. Now, the question is how to use it.

>Come one and all! Freeside has enough medical issues, cycle as many people through as possible, starting with the most severe
>Easy does it. These machines don’t exactly grow on trees. Only the most severe and in distress can use it.
>We don’t call it propaganda. Individuals will be chosen for treatment in the Auto-Doc. Sick children, war heroes, if it makes the populace feel good, what’s the harm.

>>4874069
Prioritised as so:
super nearly fucking dead > cancer > children > war heroes > crippled
If you have wounds that can be healed by a follower, you'll have to wait a little longer. We gotta start slow. Gotta make sure we dont break it. Once the Followers get more familiar in its operations they can open it to the public.

>>4874082
supporting

>>4874069
backing it >>4874082

>>4874069
>Easy does it. These machines don’t exactly grow on trees. Only the most severe and in distress can use it.
>We don’t call it propaganda. Individuals will be chosen for treatment in the Auto-Doc. Sick children, war heroes, if it makes the populace feel good, what’s the harm.

Critical patients take priority, war heroes, sick children, and the cripples. We can open this up to the general population when we get more up and running and a secure source of medical supplies available for use. The Followers will have to make do healing non-critical injuries until we can get more support to them.

>>4874069
>Easy does it. These machines don’t exactly grow on trees. Only the most severe and in distress can use it.

Some of the drugs are easy to replenish: anaesthetic for example we can get by with replacing it with Nitrous Oxide (laughing gas) with relatively low-tech methods. Stimpacks can be assembled from natural materials, so they're fine too. It's stuff like Med-X, Rad-Away and so on that're more difficult. Also, blood bank: that's something we will want to set up to improve our surgical abilities and keep the Auto-Doc in supply.

For now though, conserve the miracle medical capacity.

>>4874141
Drugs like Morphine (Med-x) will require a medical facility to work with, but theres that one tribal purge drink that can be used for radiation. Something about peppers and sweating out the radiation. Hey if it worths then it works.

We could put up a program for the Blood Bank. Registered New Vegas citizens can visit their local blood bank to donate blood. If they're healthy enough we take some pints, in exchange they'll get a sunset sarsaparilla and a few caps. Gotta keep your super levels up.

>>4874082
supporting this

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You deploy small contingents of your forces at the chosen salvage sites. Your mercenaries, handled by the soldiers, get to kicking out what vagrants resided. Some of the shadier scavenging groups may have thought about fighting through your soldiers to get to the precious loot inside, but the sight of the Mk.ll Securitrons remind them that these locations are under the Courier’s control, not some nameless face. A few grumbles are heard but with New Vegas more or less safe, there are plenty of other locations for enterprising prospectors.

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Wait a god damn minute. Didn't the New Vegas Clinic have a MkII Auto Doc?

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Learning from prior mistakes, your repairmen successfully replace the energy core in the quarry machine. Which machine is it going into

>Stationary large backhoe
>Mobile small backhoe
>Bulldozer with plow
>Large stationary crane

You ask the Bright Brotherhood to go on a mission outside of their skillset. Understanding the danger and wishing to see if there is anyone that can be saved from the ferals, they accept. Their mission is to trek across the desert south to find the horde, ascertain its speed, composition and number and report back.

Kreger wrote up a short report for you when you returned, giving a brief summary of the mission. Six days of hoofing it and they reached the horde, miles past the mountain range where your soldier had first found the horde. The good news is that the vast majority seemed to be just regular ferals, with about a third being reavers. Glowing ones seemed to number around a hundred, being spread throughout the horde. The group was still moving north, though their pace was slow. The best estimate your ghoul soldiers could give is maybe a month before they are within sight from the dam, but that’s based on the day of observation.

The only other valuable piece of information was what happened when the horde passed through a small town. While there were thankfully no living residents, the town was completely demolished as the ghouls tore, smashed and pulled anything that stood in their way.

>>4874251
Well this put aside my worries about there being saner ghouls among them. GET THE BOMBER ON THE DOUBLE!

Rolled 4 (1d4)

>>4874251

>>4874251
>Stationary large backhoe
It'll be useful for digging. Can we get an image of what it looks like, and is it stationary because its treads are broken?

>>4874251
Yea, we're going to have to wake the BoS up for this one. Next Courier action we try and delay the horde, maybe divert them if possible? This is while the bombing raid goes on btw.

>Which machine is it going into

I would say the bulldozer, if only so we can also use it in Freeside cleanup operations down the line. Or we could go full Killbozer on the horde. Don't we have one operational without its shovel?

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>>4874283
Here it is. It's collapsed it's support and treads, making it unmovable and probably beyond saving. Before the war it seemed top have been moved to a position to get ready to dig, meaning it would get plenty of use.

>>4874301
>can't be repaired
Fucking BS.

>>4874293
>Don't we have one operational without its shovel?
Yes
>>4874176
Yes, it is currently at the old Mormon fort

>>4874309
I mean it's always possible, though it would be out of the skill range of your men.

>>4874301
So it still has plenty of use where it is now, but before the bombs fell it was slowly moving to a more ideal location? Either way I'm sticking with this goliath of a machine.
Can we buy power cores? Can they be recharged, or do they have 1 entire use before being rendered inert?

Another question for you. Would our Dirty Dozen have an easier time disarming traps and explosives more so than others?

>>4874314
>I mean it's always possible, though it would be out of the skill range of your men.
What about the BoS?

>>4874314
>I mean it's always possible, though it would be out of the skill range of your men.

We'll put fixing it proper on the back burner. Can we retrieve the core for the machine when it's job is done?

>>4874315
>Would our Dirty Dozen have an easier time disarming traps and explosives more so than others?

What about laying minefields and causing landslides to delay and whittledown the oncoming horde? It's sure to help at least.

>>4874355
Bombing them would be simpler in my opinion, and we need the Fiery dozen to disarm all the traps in the H&H facility. That place should have the small tools we need for all the carts and wagons.

>>4874251
>Stationary large backhoe
Bucket wheels you say? Sign me the fuck up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azEvfD4C6ow

Hmm. Do we have an estimate on total ghoul numbers, or did they run out of fingers when counting them?
So, to collate some tactics for dealing with them mentioned so far:
>Carpet bombing from the Boomers
>Attacks via vertibird
>Make them someone else's problem
Regarding the last one, we should decide where we want to send them. If either faction finds out we sent a huge horde of ghouls at them they aren't going to be best pleased, so we need to keep our diversion efforts on the DL. Bullhead City might be a convenient target considering it'll be near to their path if we can get them over the Colorado. If they're already too far north for that, we're running out of options. I'm also not sure the NCR especially has the forces available in the area to actually take on a horde of ghouls of this scale so whoever we send them at might have a very bad day.
Some other options available:
>Lay minefields
Ghouls are stupid. They'll go click just fine.
>Harry them with snipers
Just plink away at their numbers one by one from a distance as they move
>Leave remote bombs in their path
Similar to the mines, and detonate when the horde surrounds them
>Shoot and scoot with Securitrons
Securitrons are fast. Shoot some ghouls and then drive off after expending ammo and they can't catch 'em. Rinse and repeat.

also completely unrelated side note, is the Davis Dam to the south still extant?

>>4874376
Badger is cool as hell.

I still think we should kill al the ferals and be done with it, but if the majority voted for where to direct all the ghouls, I would suggest legion territory. You're right in your idea of people getting peeved if they found out, and considering the size of this horse I dont doubt that some spies have already set their sights on the ghouls. I'm all for hitting them with Securitron bullets and RCW lasers.

>>4874388
If we're going to send them at the Legion (which I think we should because they're best placed to handle them and, y'know, they're the Legion), we need to act fast (where exactly is the last known position of the horde?). Past the NSR163 bridge at Bullhead City, there's no way across the Colorado all the way to Vegas and even then that's risky, considering we'd have to try and lure them over the bridge likely in full view of the Legion forces in the city. Best place to get them into Legion territory would be at the I-40 bridge or the ASR95 bridge at Needles. Or maybe they can swim, I don't know.
Anyway, I think our best bet for substantially thinning their numbers excluding the air attacks would be to do hit and run attacks with Securitrons.

>>4874443
actually, if the Davis Dam is still there we could get them across via it as well. Probably a better choice for crossing point than NSR163 considering it's more likely to be out of sight. Ah, who am I kidding, the Legion sees everything. We're totally getting busted for this.

>>4874462
>>4874443
Caesar's gonna freak!

>>4874443
If we bomb their center, the horde may splinter off in different directions of their own accord. We may not have to deliberately lead them into the other powers territory to make them deal with it.

>>4874443
>>4874462
>>4874469
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Okay you rat fast motherfucker. This idea is now too hilarious to pass up. I am 100% all for this, but only if we invest a courier and military action to do it. A courier action to disguise ourself as a ghoul, and a military action to get the gright brotherhood to play dress up and help lead the ghouls into Ceasars territory.

>>4874469
But if we send them the other way, Kimball's gonna freak!

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>>4874477
>>4874469
>>4874462
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uU0DNCV22dU
can you imagine the shenanigan's? fuck Ceasar and his city. We ghoul city now.

>>4874462
Is Davis Dam within our territory? If not, can we make it after this?

>>4874469
Wildcard!

>>4874481
Double Wildcard!

We could split the difference.

>>4874480
If we could get away with it without somebody knowing it was us, I would definitely try it, even if it fails to divert the horde away from New Vegas.

>>4874494
>100 sneaking
>100 speech
>10 charisma
All we need is a shit ton of make up, a deranged appearance to look like a crazed ghoul, and a face mask and we'll be set. we could even take some drugs for that authentic insane guy twitching.

>>4874251
>>Mobile small backhoe

>>4874494
If we found an easy way to lure them around (strap a sound system to a Securitron-drawn cart?), we could draw them east for a way (with the added bonus of trolling the NCR) and then loop back around and set them going back west towards an area that conveniently has a crossing point, and then scarper to just sit back and watch with some popcorn as the Legion shits its pants as they come over the hill toward the bridges.
Problem, Caesar?

>>4874498
If it won't blowback on us I'm down with it.

Imagine if we sent half of the horde to the NCR, then we come in to save their ass. Would Kimball double freak? The PR would be wild.

>>4874513
We could do that, but I'm a bit biased and liked the NCR. At least more so than the Legion.

>>4874512
Er, I got East and West backwards there. That's embarrassing.
>>4874513
>If it won't blowback on us
I'm sure it won't. R-right?

>>4874528
haha yeah man

>>4874528
I think the horde is still on the other side of the river? It'd just be a matter of luring them all the way towards Phoenix.

Then again, there in lies the problem of the ghouls killing people and settlement from point A to B. Even if we some how successfully lead them to Ceasar's front doorsteps, there's no doubt that a lot of people will die before then. Maybe we should kill the ghouls afterall?

>>4874545
Back to the original plan then. Bomb them to hell, hope the horse splinters off in multiple directions. Surely the NCR and the Legion can clean up the splinter hordes after we commit to a bombing run.

>>4874545
>The only other valuable piece of information was what happened when the horde passed through a small town. While there were thankfully no living residents, the town was completely demolished as the ghouls tore, smashed and pulled anything that stood in their way.
Now was this town empty in the first place, or did the residents vacate the area?

>>4874553
then again, fuck Ceasar. This is tough, do we fuck Ceasar, or the handful of communities in the way?

>>4874545
You can use non feral ghouls to guide the ferals and securitrons with a sound system to draw the horde around communities and into Caesar lands. The NCR can counter the ghoul horde better than them because they have ghouls of their own to do the same thing we can. If we want to protect communities in the way we have to send ghouls to guide the horde to divert them around. Have them slam into Caesar's lands as payback for what he did to Nipton and Searchlight. Give him a taste of his own medicine for utilizing dirty bombs and feral ghouls.

>>4874612
That depends. What do we really gain by fucking with Ceaser? An enemy on our doorstep? A Legion focused more on us than the NCR? The only reason we saved Ceaser's life (besides the boons) is the fact that we need a strong Legion to act as a counterbalance to NCR influence in the first place. If it was just a Courier action we can spend with no way for the other powers to figure that this came from us, maybe I'll be more open to letting the other great powers deal with this shit (and this isn't considering the innocent lives lost in such an endeavor). As it stands, I'd rather not risk either power's ire, especially since Ceaser is offering an olive branch to us in his own way.

>>4874629
Instigating a war when we aren't ready for isn't a winning strategy, and your plan will lead to war. It either has to look like this sprung up out of nowhere naturally or we don't do it at all lads.

>>4874629
>>4874638
These are both very good points. We have methods in how we can direct the ghouls, but we also risk getting the irl of Ceasar if he finds out.
Then again, there are reavers which one one of the two most dangerous types of feral ghoul one can encounter, and glowing ones that can heal other feral ghouls. Despite the Legion having access to guns and very powerful melee weapons, they would be hard pressed to fight against a literal horde of undead. If the ghouls don't manage to burn down Phoenix, we could tip off to the NCR that the Legion presence there had been weakened, and they would mobilize their mechanized division (trucks and small number of vertibirds) to attack the Legion while they're weakened.

I'm mostly considering theoretics.

>>4874664
We could tell Kimball about the horde, and insinuate what a shame it would be if Ceaser had to deal with it at his doorstep. Have him deal with the horde, Ceaser, and give him his political victory in one fell swoop. Kimball can be the fall guy here if it goes to shit as well.

Of course, we could leak this to Ceaser as well for the same effect. Maybe both Spec Ops meet one another and have this turn into a clusterfuck for both sides, then we come out smelling like roses, maybe lend a helping hand after the fact.

>>4874686
Former sounds like i could work, latter not so much. We could probably win Kimballs favor if we can convince him we can leave Ceasar open to be exploited.

>>4874686
Caesar doesn't have the means to safely deal with ghouls due to his hatred of robotics and no ghoul troops. Telling Kimball and hinting that he can earn a political victory through using ghoul rangers to redirect the horde straight at caesar could work.

>>4874758
Kimball is to arrive four weeks from now, and it would take some more time to organize enough NCR Ranger ghouls to migrate the ferals. Maybe we can do that, but how should we secure what we want out of our dealings with him?
>fuck you move your borders away from the Divide and Vegas
>Give us the boy
>I want CC on a silver platter
>Give the BoS their holotags and power armor back
What else can we get out of him?

>>4874791
Two weeks, actually. Kimball will need to push the tourism angle when it comes to New Vegas, but otherwise? War with the Legion will be enough. We'll be able to play both sides in such a conflict.

>>4874808
Oh right. This coming turn it'll be two weeks. What's stopping Kimball from trying to annex Vegas again?

>>4874301
Definitely not worth it. That thing will mine out anything in its reach within a day and then be stuck there. Bulldozer or mobile backhoe, rest are not worth it.

Also no, no diverting the horde. That is just asking for trouble. Now, asking for payment for dealing with the issue could be a better idea (ahead of time, obviously). As to methods, just bomb em and snipe the glowing ones.

>>4874817
Maybe when we finally head to the commonwealth we could buy Fusion Cores in bulk to power all the mining equipment.

>>4874827
Who could we get payment from? Could it be worth it to loot all the dead ghouls, the towns they've ruined, and search for clues?

>>4874815
Us. We'd turn this into his own personal Vietnam if need be.

>>4874827
Payment?

>>4874834
Couldn't we reuse the fusion cores when we can't get any use out of the machines?

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>>4874839
>Couldn't we reuse the fusion cores when we can't get any use out of the machines?
I honestly don't know. I asked because we have vehicles missing power cores, so we'd still need to find or buy them.

>>4874531
Can Fusion cores be recharged?

>>4874834
>>4874839
"Hey Caesar/NCR, there is a shitload of ghouls coming my way. If I dont deal with it you will get the next visit from the travelling freak show. Send me ammo/weapons/Chemical X to deal with it."

Specifics can be hammered out etc. but basically make it their problem too and have them "pitch in".

>>4874834
Also, despise F4 with a passion. Dont know how much OP has taken/rejected but vanilla F4 is some galaxy-brain Todd Howard shite. Like if the Godhead had down syndrome.

Stop with foolish plans; just broadcast that we're engaging a fuck-off huge horde and record us doing so via a robot, maybe rebroadcast to the screens of Securitrons so people can watch us kick ass. End with speech about peace, security, prosperity, etc,etc.


>>4874150
>Drugs like Morphine (Med-x) will require a medical facility to work with, but theres that one tribal purge drink that can be used for radiation. Something about peppers and sweating out the radiation. Hey if it worths then it works.
Mm, can replace Med-X with other substances; simpler opiates and Nitrous will suffice (Nitrous downside being risk of overdose and it rendering unconscious, which can be dangerous).

>>4874251
>Mobile small backhoe

Stationary one can't be taken to the Sulphur mine or other facilities / locations as needed; better for output of just concrete, worse for utility and output of other materials. Also given we found another two power cores in the Repconn facility, we can revive another two machines, so really it is a question of what we want online this turn.

>>4874376
Okay, to review this after some sleep.
Switch to
>Mobile small backhoe
While the bucket wheel is still really cool and it would be criminal to not restore it at some point in the future, I think the small digger would be of more utility to us at current given it can be used for more than just breaking rocks and moved around as needed.

And RE the horde, I also still really want to send it at Caesar because fuck him but given the shitstorm it might cause and civilian deaths that's not a good idea. Use the bomber to do as much damage as we can, and then take out the remainder with Securitron hit-and-runs.

Also, two questions I still want answers to:
>How many actually are there?
>Is the Davis Dam still there, and can we do anything with it?

>>4875113
Just FYI those things dont break rock.

>>4875134
We can use dynamite for that.

>>4875113
>Is the Davis Dam still there, and can we do anything with it?
Yes and I dunno

>>4874844
>Can Fusion cores be recharged?
No. The ones that you have aren't the tiny ones in F4, they're larger meant for vehicles and everything.

>>4875281
In that case, we should definitely look into surveying the place at some point. Not going to kid ourselves into thinking we could restore it for a looooong time if ever (got our hands full with Hoover and none of what we need for a large-scale project) and we'd probably need to negotiate with the Legion, but it's a very strategically important piece of infrastructure that might in the distant future even serve as an auxiliary power generator and irrigation facility for the southern areas. Could also be very dangerous in case its structural integrity is decaying with age, given it's not a solid concrete edifice like Hoover.

>>4875303
Actually I'm retconning this for Dry Wells to make geographic sense. The Davis Bridge is still there but the dam has collapsed

The New Vegas Census is perhaps your most ambitious project yet. A cataloging of every citizen in the region in order to ascertain what demographics you have and a legitimate population count.

It was quickly discovered that Yes-Man will need to have a heavy hand in this, with the processing and organizing of every citizen using your Securitrons. During patrols inside and out of the cities, your Securitrons will ask travelers to stop, asking if they are citizens of New Vegas. If yes, they will ask a short list of questions and send them on their way.

All information as well as a picture of the individual is sent to Yes-Man where he organizes it and stores it on the Lucky 38 systems. Because of the indirect seeking of individuals, it will be months before this is finalized but Yes-Man will update information as it becomes available. He thanks you for trusting him with such valuable information.

As much as I enjoy the idea of dooming the Legion via a horde of feral Ghouls, it'd probably both waste the Legion's capacity as counterweight for the NCR AND waste our Vertibirds, since IIRC we haven't actually gotten them out of Legion territory. If Edward finds out we're sending the horde at him he's likely to confiscate them, IMO not because our deal is broken (we've already performed out part) but because we're now at war.

Angling them at the NCR weakens the more powerful of our enemies, and we'll still have time to deal with them after showing Kimball the horde that "unfortunately has been detected moving north towards NCR territory".

>>4874791
Why on earth would we negotiate on behalf of the BoS? We may have a loose alliance with the local Chapter, but they've gone behind our backs with the radio system. If anything keeping the enmity fresh between them will be useful in keeping the BoS in line, since we're protecting them from the NCR.

>>4875308
Where actually is Dry Wells anyway? I don't seem to be able to nail down a proper location for it.

>>4875336
I'm just gonna say it's a larger Parker

Can I please get a 1d100.......

Rolled 45 (1d100)

>>4875372

Rolled 11 (1d100)

>>4875372
What for?
Does. Does this count as a courier roll?

>>4875389
You'll see. Not a courier Action

Rolled 82 (1d100)

>>4875372
lets go

>>4875324
The importance of the Legion's presence being a counterweight to the NCR also raises an important long-term point - the clock is ticking on the Legion's existence. Caesar is already 55 by the time of New Vegas with no designated competent successor and while we've bought him time by curing his brain cancer, given life expectancy in the wasteland even for important leaders I wouldn't give him more than another couple of decades at most to live. Given the Legion is *Caesar's* Legion and ultimately held together by loyalty to him, when he snuffs it the Legion is likely going to implode or at least fracture apart (not sure who will replace him since we killed Lanius) and cease to be a major threat to the NCR who might see an opportunity to review our independence. Not something we have to worry about right now, but that day is going to come eventually and there may be little we can do to change it.

>>4875414
When that day comes, I'm sure we would had facilitated enough assets that the NCR wouldn't consider making an enemy of us, ever.

>>4875417
Oh yeah, I meant inasmuch as being unable to stop the fall of the Legion rather than being unable to stop the NCR from pushing their luck with us. We just have to make ourselves tough enough to deter them from trying.