It was a moment that seemed to last an eternity, Jacob was unloading hot plasma having to be dragged back by the cuff by Grant as you continued to fall back as the Ex-Enclave Veterans continued their desperate charge. Your men laying down what fire they could as they fell back finally reaching sufficient cover as a few boulders were splayed about at the entrance to the cliff.

The errant plasma and weaponry flying everywhere was bound to hit one of them eventually and down went the last of the men not in power armor. It was down to Just Granite and Oswald, together they had weathered the worst of the worst possible, together they survived Poseidon oil rig, together they worked with the Chosen One to kill that abomination Frank Horrigan, they'll be damned, if this is how they die, if this is where they'll die.

Not without taking at least one of those rotten bastards with them. They unload their weapons, the Gatling laser roaring to life sweeping across the field as Granite continues to move forwards firing the whole while his own plasma rifle, the rage of wars long past, the fires of survival burned with in him as he battled what was in his mind the sins of his past, the ghosts that had haunted him from the moment he turned his back on the Enclave.

He had become a hero to the wastelanders, people told tales of Granite company from Vault City to Shady Sands. There was still much left to do to right the sins of the past, but he knew what he had to do. He fired his plasma rifle landing a glancing blow on you as you fall behind the cover, the unholy stream of laser fire from the Gatling laser nicking Rosaline as well, she was not in good condition, even with power armor she'd likely go down unconscious if she took another hit like that, you were certain that Jacob would to if it weren't for the sheer rage he was fighting with. You've never seen the man this mad before.

You needed to come up with a way to end this fight now, because if what you suspect is true, these two here may well be able to take all of you on by themselves.

What do you do?
>Granite's attention seems to be squarely on you, if you can occupy him long enough, the rest of the squad can deal with the Gatling laser and move in to help you
>There's no where left to fall back to, hold the line here, and just unload everything you have into them
>Wait for a lull in the suppressing fire, they think they've got us on the back foot? We'll show them just how wrong they are with a charge, wounded staying behind to provide cover fire.
>Write in

>>5205187
>>Granite's attention seems to be squarely on you, if you can occupy him long enough, the rest of the squad can deal with the Gatling laser and move in to help you

>>5205187
OH SHIT THE MOST BASED QUEST IS BACK

>Wait for a lull in the suppressing fire, they think they've got us on the back foot? We'll show them just how wrong they are with a charge, wounded staying behind to provide cover fire.

>>5205187
>Wait for a lull in the suppressing fire, they think they've got us on the back foot? We'll show them just how wrong they are with a charge, wounded staying behind to provide cover fire.
Do we have any grenades? Otherwise we are kinda fucked until they need to reload. Gatling laser and miniguns are no joke in terms of suppression.

>>5205187
What does the +1/3 wounds remaining and the 5+1/6 wounds remaining mean for jacob and Grant again? It means they have extras temp health right?

>Granite's attention seems to be squarely on you, if you can occupy him long enough, the rest of the squad can deal with the Gatling laser and move in to help you

>>5205199
>>5205212
>Charging into suppressing laser fire
That uh. You sure about that? That's going to really hurt us. Ford on the other hand has plenty of health to spare. If the party can at least take Oswald out of the fight then it won't matter if Ford is reduced to 3HP for tanking the hits since Granite would be all alone.

For those of you interested, Warden's other quest is Beneath the Pale Moon, if any are interested in speeding it up a bit.

>>5195170
>>5195170
>>5195170

>>5205187
>Granite's attention seems to be squarely on you, if you can occupy him long enough, the rest of the squad can deal with the Gatling laser and move in to help you

DUEL

>>5205214
Essentially the +1 means they can ignore a wound. You can think of it as temp hp though it's effectively the same.

>>5205212
Now memory is a but fuzzy checking back on the kits and the actions taken at the end of the last thread but I believe all grenades have been used except for a pulse grenade, which is a 1 turn stun on power armor.

>>5205229
Nice. Jacob and Grant are extra tanky.

>>5205231
If majority vote is to distract them, can we pass the plasma grenade to someone else? That way while they're focused on Ford, they'll be less likely to immediately notice it land at their feet?

>>5205232
Pulse grenade, and yes that's a plausible strategy.

>>5205231
Since he's focused on us it should be possible to hit him a pulse grenade due to him being distracted and shutdown the gatling laser giving us a chance to close in before we get turned swiss cheese. The tricky part will be his buddy since he might be paying attention.

>>5205236
Shut down their gatling laser, and their power armor? I think they're wearing power armor. If we lucky his buddy might be watching us. Fingers crossed Ford proves to be an extremely good distraction.

>>5205239
Yeah I'll change my vote to tossing the pulse grenade and being a distraction. With the pulse grenade, we should be able to shut down their power armor and Gatling laser long enough to close in before they can reactivate gatling laser.

The problem is his buddy. If he notices the pulse grenade we are gonna be in trouble. We can afford to let him slip(it will be painful for us) but it will be very bad if he can save his friend from the pulse.

Basically take out the fucking big gun while being a distraction with a pulse grenade and bum rush him to prevent them from reactivating it.

>>5205234
If we do good by Vault City, could we earn enough god favor with them to get some implants installed in us or anyone else? Subdermal armor, Monocyte Breeder, SPECIAL boosters. Anyone in our faction in need of a new limb? Fingers? Eyes?
Does some old dude need there bones and joints reinforced in addition to some muscle upgrades?

>>5205187
>>Wait for a lull in the suppressing fire, they think they've got us on the back foot? We'll show them just how wrong they are with a charge, wounded staying behind to provide cover fire.

FinallyWelcome back !
I didn't thought you would have return. Really nice.

>>5205300
Actually change to this vote

>>5205187

>Granite's attention seems to be squarely on you, if you can occupy him long enough, the rest of the squad can deal with the Gatling laser and move in to help you

And give some healing to Jacob and Rosaline, if we have stimpacks.

>>5205187
>>Wait for a lull in the suppressing fire, they think they've got us on the back foot? We'll show them just how wrong they are with a charge, wounded staying behind to provide cover fire.

HERE WE GO BOYSSSSSSSS

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Looks like it was a relatively close vote by my count
5 votes for
>Granite's attention seems to be squarely on you, if you can occupy him long enough, the rest of the squad can deal with the Gatling laser and move in to help you

to 3 votes for
>Wait for a lull in the suppressing fire, they think they've got us on the back foot? We'll show them just how wrong they are with a charge, wounded staying behind to provide cover fire.

As an addendum you'll hand off your pulse grenade before engaging Granite personally to use against Oswald

3 Anons each give me 2d100

Brutal Combat Leadership Check DV 30

YOU HAVE ONE REROLL

Perfect Ambush spot +5
AMBUSH +5
Pulse Grenade! +10
Grant +15

Ex-Enclave Veterans -20

Roll under 45

Critical Failure: Impossible! (The Gunner shoots the Pulse Grenade out of the air stunning your group and 3 squad mates take 1 wound)
0 Successes: I suppose it was to much to ask for the Grenades to behave three times (It's a dud, 2 squad mates take 1 wound)
1 Success: It missed?! At least we got a few shots off back... (Pulse Grenade misses, 2 squad mates take 1 wound, deal 2 wounds to Oswald)
2 Successes: He's down Fire for effect now! (Pulse Grenade hits, 1 squad mate takes 1 wound, Oswald takes a crit wound)
3 Successes: Seize the opportunity End him! (Pulse Grenade hits, oswald takes a crit wound, DV for Combat roll with Granite increases by 10)
Crit Success: Someone forgot to do maintenance. (Pulse Grenade hits, Oswald died from damage and his Gatling laser exploding, DV for combat roll with Granite increases by 15)


_______

Engage the Traitor
Challenging Personal Combat Check DV 50

T-51B Power Armor +10
Gauss Rifle +15
Living Anatomy +5
Hated Enemy +10

vs

APA -15
Plasma Rifle -10
Survived Frank Fucking Horrigan -20
S.P.E.C.I.A.L -10

Roll under 35

Critical Failure: What. The. Fuck! (Granite has closed the distance, Fight for your life! Take 1 crit wound and a -5 to the next personal combat roll)
0 Successes: Is that the best you've got kid? (Granite has closed the distance, Fight for your life! Take 1 Crit wound)
1 Success: More bite here than I thought! (Granite has closed the distance, Fight for your life! take 2 wounds, deal 1 wound)
2 Successes: Come on you fucking Traitor! (Granite does not close the distance, Take 2 wounds, deal 2 wounds)
3 Successes: You should have died on the rig you coward! (Granite does not close the distance, take 1 wound, deal a crit wound)
Crit Success: AAAARGH! (Granite does not close the distance, deal a crit wound and 2 damage, he's knocked prone)

Rolled 55, 15 = 70 (2d100)

>>5205355

Rolled 27, 14 = 41 (2d100)

>>5205355

Rolled 92, 16 = 108 (2d100)

>>5205355

Rolled 61, 83 = 144 (2d100)

>>5205355

Woo. Thank god I missed the roll window, my roll sucked.

Rolled 2, 1 = 3 (2d5)

Well Ford was always meant to be a combat monster.
1 Success: It missed?! At least we got a few shots off back... (Pulse Grenade misses, 2 squad mates take 1 wound, deal 2 wounds to Oswald)
3 Successes: You should have died on the rig you coward! (Granite does not close the distance, take 1 wound, deal a crit wound)

Lets see who gets shot, Ford is not available, Rosaline is staying back, so dice need to hit her twice to actually hit her.

Status:
1.Jacob: 1+1/3 wounds remaining, currently Enraged
2.Grant: 5+1/6 wounds remaining
3.Rosaline: 1/3 wounds remaining
4.Elizabeth: 3/3 wounds remaining
5.Thomas: 3/3 wounds remaining
Ford: 7/9 wounds remaining

Granite Company Status:
Granite: 6/9 wounds Remaining, Critically wounded -5 to rolls
Oswald: 4/6 wounds remaining

Jacob auto ignores that wound
Do you want Grant to ignore the wound?
>Yes
>No

>>5205371
>Yes
Eh, why not.

>>5205371
Any reason why we wouldn't?

>>5205374
Could save it for a situation like Jacobs where if he didn't have it he'd be unconscious or dead.

>>5205371
>>No

>>5205376
Any reason why we would use it then?

>>5205380
If you take 3 wounds and have more than 1 crit wound you take a -5 penalty to all rolls.
Grant is nominally in charge while Ford fights so if he gets brought down to 3 wounds the Difficulty increases as all his rolls are at a -5 from the wound penalty.
So you could use it to delay that as well.

>>5205381
Essentially every 3 wounds is a crit wound, each crit wound is a -5 to your rolls, so Ford has 3 crit wounds, he can take 2 before going unconscious at the third. Grant has 2 so he can take 1 before going unconscious.

So the decision is do you want to delay a running negative, or do you want to delay death? They might be one in the same, but you never know if that -5 might change things or if you need the extra round at the edge of the fight.
Hence why I put it to a vote.

>>5205381
>>5205382
Then I guess the real question is, is Ford stuck in personal combat with Granite? Now that I've seen the numbers and consequences, I realize that the it was foolhardy to engage in personal combat with Granite, and we got extremely lucky that we didn't get our shit kicked in. I'd like for Ford to return to leading his men instead of engaging with extremely unfavorable odds.

>>5205384
"Granite does not close the distance"
You're not committed yet, you'll see the options and get a chance at a write in when the write up drops after this is decided.

>>5205371
>>Yes

>>5205386
Doesn't Grant ignore Critical Wound maluses anyway though?

Regardless, I'm tempted to try a Speech/Intimidation, since it seems that we really specialized our unit into speech instead of combat. Don't know the likelihood of that.

>>5205396
You are correct he does, doesn't really matter then if he ignores it now or at 1 wound then, well that's my bad.

Then
>Yes he ignores the wound

Writing.

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Status:
Jacob: 1/3 wounds remaining, currently Enraged
Grant: 5/6 wounds remaining
Rosaline: 1/3 wounds remaining
Elizabeth: 3/3 wounds remaining
Thomas: 3/3 wounds remaining
Ford: 7/9 wounds remaining

Granite Company Status:
Granite: 6/9 wounds Remaining, Critically wounded
Oswald: 4/6 wounds remaining

_____________

You pop your head out from your cover for a moment only to have to duck it back just barely avoiding plasma to the face, "Fuck." you slam your hand on the rock crack it slightly. You look to the rest of your team nodding, a plan forming in the back of your head. "Grant, catch." you toss your pulse grenade over to him, "Hit the one with the Gatling laser with that, and lay down the pressure thick, I'll keep Granite distracted."

He catches the Grenade and nods to you, before turning to the rest, "We've got orders, on my mark we'll begin counter fire against the one suppressing us."

With that you wait for the mark, 3 seconds pass, "Mark!" the grenade flies over the rock and you jump out firing your gauss rifle as fast as you physically can.

Granite is charging forwards at breakneck speed, the NCR bear emblazoned on his APA shoulder, a brown cloak in the wind, he is returning each shot back.

You hit him square on the shoulder twice and once in center of mass, but it only staggers him, the Advanced Power Armor denting with the impact of each. One step back, before the charge resumes. The hell is this man made of?!

What could have made him betray the Enclave like he did?

Your thoughts are interrupted as a ball of searing hot plasma grazes your own power armor shaving off part of it and knocking you back behind cover. Swearing heavily, looking down. The graze cauterized the wound.

On the other side the Grenade had impacted behind Oswald he gave it a look diving forwards just in the nick of time as the emp just barely misses him. Rolling to his feet he is shot one hitting his leg as he goes to a kneel and the other in his shoulder. He grunts in pain and grits his teeth rearing the Gatling laser up again and unloading. Grant is hit first, but the laser discharges to little effect.

Following the sweep Jacob is then hit once again dealing minimal damage, just barely hitting the wrong angle and failing to penetrate.

You've dealt them both damage, but they're still standing and that Gatling laser is still raining hell down on you, what do you do?
>You'll likely be flanked by Granite at this rate, but it's clear that the real threat here is that damned Gatling, it needs to go down, focus all fire on him.
>Continue to hold Granite's attention, he won't be an easy fight, but you can't afford to have him flanking all of you while the Gatling is still alive.
>What we need is someone to flank that Gatling, though Rosaline is very injured, she's the best chance you have for this, hold the gunners attention while she sneaks around.
>Write in

>>5205429
>You'll likely be flanked by Granite at this rate, but it's clear that the real threat here is that damned Gatling, it needs to go down, focus all fire on him.
We can take a few blows, we need to give our other guys some room to breath.

>>5205429
>>Continue to hold Granite's attention, he won't be an easy fight, but you can't afford to have him flanking all of you while the Gatling is still alive.

>>5205429
>Continue to hold Granite's attention, he won't be an easy fight, but you can't afford to have him flanking all of you while the Gatling is still alive.

It's 5v1, unless they're all right next to each other, Oswald can't keep supressing everybody. Grant should draw his attention to allow the others to get a shot. I say all this but looking at the modifiers of the previous roll, I don't see anything to account for Oswald being outnumbered so maybe Im just talking out of my ass.

>>5205429
>Continue to hold Granite's attention, he won't be an easy fight, but you can't afford to have him flanking all of you while the Gatling is still alive.

>>5205429
>>>Continue to hold Granite's attention, he won't be an easy fight, but you can't afford to have him flanking all of you while the Gatling is still alive.

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>Continue to hold Granite's attention, he won't be an easy fight, but you can't afford to have him flanking all of you while the Gatling is still alive.

Wins with 4 votes

3 anons give me 2d100

Engage the Traitor
Challenging Personal Combat Check DV 50

T-51B Power Armor +10
Gauss Rifle +15
Living Anatomy +5
Hated Enemy +10
Enemy is Critically wounded +5

vs

APA -15
Plasma Rifle -10
Survived Frank Fucking Horrigan -20
S.P.E.C.I.A.L -10

Roll under 40


Critical Failure: What. The. Fuck! (Granite has closed the distance, Fight for your life! Take 1 crit wound and a -5 to the next personal combat roll)
0 Successes: Is that the best you've got kid? (Granite has closed the distance, Fight for your life! Take 1 Crit wound)
1 Success: More bite here than I thought! (Granite has closed the distance, Fight for your life! take 2 wounds, deal 1 wound)
2 Successes: Come on you fucking Traitor! (Granite has closed the distance, Fight for your life! Take 2 wounds, deal 2 wounds)
3 Successes: You should have died on the rig you coward! (Granite does not close the distance, take 1 wound, deal a crit wound)
Crit Success: AAAARGH! (Granite does not close the distance, deal a crit wound and 2 damage, he's knocked prone)

_______

Battle Against the Gatling Laser
Brutal Combat Leadership Check DV 30
YOU HAVE ONE REROLL

Perfect Ambush spot +5
AMBUSH +5
Grant +15
Weight of Numbers rising +10 (will increase to +20 next turn, and +30 the turn after)

Ex-Enclave Veterans -20

Roll under 45


Critical Failure: When is he gun run out of charge?! (3 squad mates take 1 wound, Ambush removed)
0 Successes: If you can't shoot for shit why are you SHOOTING AT ALL!? (2 squad mates take 1 wound)
1 Success: Keep firing, If you're wounded stay back! (2 squad mates take 1 wound, deal 2 wounds to Oswald)
2 Successes: Don't stop shooting, spread out, he can't focus on all of us at once. (1 squad mate takes 1 wound, Oswald Takes a crit wound)
3 Successes: I'm going in, cover me! (Oswald is killed, Grant seizes the Gatling Laser, DV for combat with Granite increases by 15)
Crit Success: Split up, round the flanks, keep close to cover and low to the ground (Oswald is killed, Grant seizes the Gatling Laser, DV for combat with Granite increases by 25 as he becomes surrounded)

Rolled 84, 56 = 140 (2d100)

>>5205602
Last time I rolled, I rolled a crit fail. Let's see if it happens again shall we?

Rolled 61, 22 = 83 (2d100)

>>5205602
For the Enclave

Rolled 66, 23 = 89 (2d100)

>>5205602

god damn guys why did you pick this fight under prepared

>>5205622
Actually there were six of them originally in the second thread, the ambush basically killed all but the two toughest bastards in the group, there were another 2 power armored individuals in that to about as tough as Oswald.

So they're doing relatively well considering it's 1 round to Oswalds death (possibly now if the reroll of that 84 lands under 45) and then support with Granite.

>>5205622
Not really.
We had actually thought about this and prepared for the fight ahead, see the ambush, explosives and so on.

This enemies though are strong and above what we usually fight.
But the oppurtunity to deal with them was good, really good and stopping the NCR activity here in Vault City would help us in the long run. It would show that the NCR is not invincible, and even their strongest allies can fall.
Beside if this traitors die, the NCR will not have their help again. Ever.

In addition it would be a morale help to bring their heads home. Or if they are alive them. Perfect for starting the preparations to our exodus

Rolled 76 (1d100)

>>5205606
Just to keep things moving, rerolling Grant's 56 here

>>5205628
So do I roll 2d100 again?

>>5205645
No you would have just rolled 1d100 as it's only applicable to Grants rolls, the rolls go in decending order so 84 was Ford, 56 was grant
61 ford, 22 grant etc.

Rolled 2 (1d3)

0 Successes: Is that the best you've got kid? (Granite has closed the distance, Fight for your life! Take 1 Crit wound)
2 Successes: Don't stop shooting, spread out, he can't focus on all of us at once. (1 squad mate takes 1 wound, Oswald Takes a crit wound)

[Jacob, Rosaline and Ford are not available targets for the 1d3]

Status:
Jacob: 1/3 wounds remaining, currently Enraged
1.Grant: 5/6 wounds remaining
Rosaline: 1/3 wounds remaining
2. Elizabeth: 3/3 wounds remaining
3. Thomas: 3/3 wounds remaining
Ford: 4/9 wounds remaining, Critically wounded -5 to all rolls

Granite Company Status:
Granite: 6/9 wounds Remaining, Critically wounded
Oswald: 1/6 wounds remaining, Critically wounded -5 to all rolls

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You pull back out from cover intent on keeping Granite from completing his flank, but he was anticipating you this time, a barrage of plasma follows you as you pull out scoring solid hits across your body, The pain was immense.

You grit your teeth and shoulder your gauss rifle but by that point it was too late, he had closed the distance his own plasma rifle going slack against his frame as he rocks you with a power armored fist straight to the helmet knocking you back two steps and causing the world to spin for a brief moment.

He threw his next punch knocked your gun slack against its strap and was followed by a third strike to your armpit, bypassing most of the plating on your armor.

You manage to shove him back and take your own stance, his visor meets your own, "You must think your some hot shit to have pulled this stunt!" he shouts, he was mad, furious even, "But all you're about to be is six feet under ground punk."

You roll your shoulders once squaring up eyes drifting to the side as your squad begins to split up and gain ground on the one with the Gatling laser.

The Stream of continued fire was wearing Oswald down, he swore to himself a grimace hidden beneath his helmet as each shot brought him closer and closer to the ground, he could feel the weight of it all bearing down on him, but still he continued to fire. Looking at the charge left he knew that this was it, he had maybe a few more seconds of ammo left before he'd be done for.

How humiliating he thought to himself, he looked off to the side, brining his hand up to his head, "Granite, I'm about out, disengage I'll hold the line."

Granite paused for a moment a moment of doubt as he looked around himself.

This was your chance, he was distracted.

What do you do?
>You'll never have a better chance than now grip your rifle and ram it into his armor and fire from the hip, point blank, the squad will handle the rest.
>Fall back, you're not certain that even with him being distracted you can win this fight, regroup with your team that's still near by and have them provide you cover fire.
>You might not be able to beat him in a fight, but maybe you can stall him with words, attempt to keep him in place argue with him, whatever it takes so he doesn't get away.
>Write in

>>5205664
>You'll never have a better chance than now grip your rifle and ram it into his armor and fire from the hip, point blank, the squad will handle the rest
All or nothing lads

>>5205664
>You might not be able to beat him in a fight, but maybe you can stall him with words, attempt to keep him in place argue with him, whatever it takes so he doesn't get away.

You fucks were supposed to get back to our group, not take on a DC of 40 that can deal us critical wounds while we only deal one back if we're lucky.

>>5205664
>>You'll never have a better chance than now grip your rifle and ram it into his armor and fire from the hip, point blank, the squad will handle the rest.

>>5205673
Your gonna get nothing because we're back to trying a DC of 35 again. We have better odds surviving by engaging him in conversation than we do by attempting combat.

>>5205664
>>5205673
>>5205676
>>5205687
>>5205710
Do we have any Stimpaks? If yes, we can recover some wounds.

>>5205711
Your squad comes with 18 of them, equally distributed, so you have 3. You can take 1 a combat round.
You have 2 doctors bag, those heal critical wounds (3 wounds) but can only be applied out of combat.

You also have combat drugs, Psycho would give you a +20 to combat rolls until the end of the encounter but you take a -10 to every roll for the rest of the mission, continued usage may lead to psychosis

Jet would give +10 to that and leadership for 2 rounds you take a -5 to all rolls afterwards for the day, but the malus goes away on the next hit, but when that wears of its a -10 and so on, after 3 hits in a day each subsequent hit deals a crit wound.

You can take both, but it's not recommended.

Med-x will ignore all critical wound penalties, but is highly addictive and can cause you to take escalating maluses that only go away when on med-x.

Buffout will give you an extra critical wound and let you ignore a wound, at the end of combat you take a crit wound that will only ever knock you out if you drop below or to 0 wounds.

>>5205726
Honestly, we're better off not using drugs unless we're up against a Chosen One level threat. I remember the drug mechanics in play from last time, and I didn't like them. Besides, we can't always rely on combat drugs to get us out of a pinch, we'd be addicted in no time for less benefit to combat. Better to tactically use them in the beginning of combat to get the full use outta them, without any wound maluses.

>>5205726
Then I have a suggestion for everyone.

>Fall back, you're not certain that even with him being distracted you can win this fight, regroup with your team that's still near by and have them provide you cover fire.
Ford should self administer. Rosaline should self heal and heal others if she can do that

>>5205731
The first time taking a drug is a freebie I think, but I don't think you can get addicted to Stimpaks thankfully.

>>5205732
Too late mate, we're too close to Granite to successfully cut and run back to our men. We need to distract him to give our men time to clean up Oswald and come to our aid.

>>5205733
You indeed can not get addicted to regular stimpaks.
Now if you had Super Stimpaks that's a different story and those are liable to kill you if you abuse them.

>>5205733
In the Fallout games maybe, but that's not how I remembered addiction working in this quest.

How much we are in the open now ? Like would it possible to leg it and get behind something that doesn't get destroyed by his plasma rifle.
I wouldn't bet on speech in a combat situation of life and death, not with a traitor that helped killing his own people. And hunted down survivors.

>>5205741
The only cover is the cover in front of you, the rather large rock you were using before, he's been spending this whole time chasing you down that pass where all the cover was to get his squad engaged in close quarters with yours with minimal cover.

He has succeeded in that regard, but I wouldn't say he's in the best position as he to is completely out in the open, it's a question of can you survive and deal enough damage this turn to end him the next turn because Oswald is almost certainly going to die regardless of your choice this turn.

Personally I don't think you're quite down and out yet, it'll be a close one though.

>>5205741
Remember, the speech check isn't to Talk-no-jutsu our way out of this, it's to distract him long enough to make Oswald's last stand meaningless. It's a delaying tactic, not a real appeal to surrender or mercy.

>>5205664
>You might not be able to beat him in a fight, but maybe you can stall him with words, attempt to keep him in place argue with him, whatever it takes so he doesn't get away.
If the squad actually manage to kill Oswald and come for us in time.
>You'll never have a better chance than now grip your rifle and ram it into his armor and fire from the hip, point blank, the squad will handle the rest.
Will be the mark to start shooting Granite they show up.

In other words, stall for time then shoot Granite when they show up.

>>5205737
>>5205739
see here dipshit >>5205738
regular stimpaks are safe.

>>5205775
I was referring to the combat drugs you dumb motherfucker. You know, the shit that would make a major difference in this fight?

>>5205664
>>You might not be able to beat him in a fight, but maybe you can stall him with words, attempt to keep him in place argue with him, whatever it takes so he doesn't get away.

attacking is dumb and retreat is not an option use our cha you fools

>>5205664
>>You might not be able to beat him in a fight, but maybe you can stall him with words, attempt to keep him in place argue with him, whatever it takes so he doesn't get away.

Ready our weapon anyway for shoot him, he has a shorter weapon so he doesn't need to position his arm like us. I have my doubts on this he could just shoot us now, this trick isn't exactly new.

>>5205664
>You might not be able to beat him in a fight, but maybe you can stall him with words, attempt to keep him in place argue with him, whatever it takes so he doesn't get away.


Well this is something I never thought would come back.

>>5205664

> Ask this savage motherfucker how he could betray America?

> Sing national anthem as best able while avoiding getting Fisted or Ripped a new one.

>>5205818
How about instead of singing the national anthem we instead say the pledge of allegiance, less time wasted for more impact, cause I'm sure every child raised as American knows it by heart, and this will bring up old memories and sentiments that will distract him.

>>5205761
Sure but ... what we say ?
He knows we want him death.
He has detach himself from the enclave that he is now a foe of it, so something related to that will not work. Something emotional ?
It doesn't seem to affect him being called traitor. And he probably killed plenty of companions

Something dumb or random then ?

>>5205825
The pledge is good too. Remind him of his broken oaths.

>>5205828

C'mon Anon. That whole trash compactor thing is another story. The pledge not only jabs at the insecurities of this defector to a degenerate mutant republic, abhorrent in its mockery of America with it's commie bear flag and red star, but reinforces our own sense of purpose and duty.

>>5205828
Something an idealistic American Enclave would say. Put Granite in the position of realizing that he's fighting against a teenage Granite, who no doubt felt the same way Ford did at his age. It'll put a sliver of doubt in his soul at least.

>>5205848
I should probably add young and dumb, make him realize that he is fighting a kid (Ford is, what? 16, 18?)

>>5205867
19 going on 20 in less than a year, but yes young and dumb.

>You might not be able to beat him in a fight, but maybe you can stall him with words, attempt to keep him in place argue with him, whatever it takes so he doesn't get away.

3 Anons Roll me 2d100

Distract the Traitor
Challenging Speech Check DV 50

What happens in Reno Stays in Reno +5
Enemy is Critically wounded +5
Enemy is Distracted +5

vs

S.P.E.C.I.A.L -10
You're Critically wounded -5

Roll under 50


Critical Failure: Wait Wait wait! (You take a Crit wound and a -5 to the next roll)
0 Successes: You don't know a damn thing kid! (You take a Crit wound, He begins falling back)
1 Success: I'm gonna start beating you and I don't know when I'll stop (You take 2 wound, but he stays where he is)
2 Successes: You think you're fighting for America? Kid you don't know the first thing about America! (You take 1 wound, but he begins to engage you in debate distracting him)
3 Successes: How old are you? (Granite's taken aback by your fervor)
Crit Success: I pledge allegiance to the flag... (You manage to fast talk for your life, he can't even get a word in edge wise.)

_______

Battle Against the Gatling Laser
Brutal Combat Leadership Check DV 30
YOU HAVE ONE REROLL

Perfect Ambush spot +5
Enemy is Critically wounded +5
Grant +15
Weight of Numbers rising +20 (will increase to +30 next turn)

Ex-Enclave Veterans -20

Roll under 55


Critical Failure: Where the hell did he go? (He pops smoke, 3 squad mates take 1 wound)
0 Successes: If you can't shoot for shit why are you SHOOTING AT ALL!? (2 squad mates take 1 wound)
1 Success: Keep firing, If you're wounded stay back! (2 squad mates take 1 wound, Oswald dies)
2 Successes: He's down, get around Granite surround him! (1 squad mate takes 1 wound, Oswald Takes dies, deals 1 wound to Granite)
3 Successes: I'm going in, cover me! (Oswald is killed, Grant seizes the Gatling Laser, deals 2 wound to Granite)
Crit Success: Split up, round the flanks, keep close to cover and low to the ground (Oswald is killed, Grant seizes the Gatling Laser, Granite takes a Crit wound)

Rolled 14, 2 = 16 (2d100)

>>5205876

Rolled 41, 94 = 135 (2d100)

>>5205876

Rolled 54, 99 = 153 (2d100)

>>5205835
>>5205848
Sound okay

>>5205876

we need to us the reroll

Rolled 46 (1d100)

Reroll that 99, believe in the manifest destiny of the dice.

alright so 2 successes for both nice

Rolled 3 (1d3)

>>5205892
Blessed is the die that gives you success.

2 Successes: You think you're fighting for America? Kid you don't know the first thing about America! (You take 1 wound, but he begins to engage you in debate distracting him)

2 Successes: He's down, get around Granite surround him! (1 squad mate takes 1 wound, Oswald Takes dies, deals 1 wound to Granite)

[Jacob, Rosaline and Ford are not available targets for the 1d3]

Status:
Jacob: 1/3 wounds remaining, currently Enraged
1.Grant: 5/6 wounds remaining
Rosaline: 1/3 wounds remaining
2. Elizabeth: 2/3 wounds remaining
3. Thomas: 3/3 wounds remaining
Ford: 3/9 wounds remaining, Critically wounded -10 to all rolls

Granite Company Status:
Granite: 5/9 wounds Remaining, Critically wounded
Oswald: 1/6 wounds remaining, Critically wounded -5 to all rolls -> DEAD

>>5205892
Nice

>>5205902

Yeah, but now that we're in our last HP block it might be time to start dodging like a SCOTUS nominee dodges questions about their judicial philosophy. Do you know how much this armor costs? According to Sarge, it's 510 year's pay.

>>5205898
>when you think you should take some Med-x just to throw Granite though a loop with 3 successes on a Speech check

>>5205914
Kek
Thankfully ours is "just" a T-51B, and not a standard APA of the enclave.
In regard to dodging idk, he currently has given his back to our squad which is arriving. He is kind of toasted. Hopefully.

If we could use a stimpack right now it would be nice

>>5205927

Float like a vertibird, sting like a vaccine?

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>>5205936

>>5205898
>>5205902
>>5205914
>>5205927
WE NEED HEALING!

You need to grab his attention, hold him here, but you can't do it with violence, you know full well this man is the better fighter than you. You dodge to the side as he throws a fist at you. You have to keep close just to keep his attention, whatever he noticed has him on edge.

Another fist flies you attempt to dodge it but you realize to late it's a faint as he jabs you in the Ribs sending you a few steps back, he begins to back up, "Don't you dare run away you Traitor!" you shout at him.

He stops, "Traitor? Kid you don't even know what the hell you're talking about." he says back fists still up, you catch your breath putting your own up for a moment, before continuing, "I don't? I'm not the one who threw away everything because some savage with a pipboy and pretty words convinced me to betray my nation!"

He shakes his head, "You're fucking kidding me right? You don't know shit about the truth of the matter, I did what needed to be done. To Stop the senseless killing, to end the monster that was Frank Horrigan, to survive! Whatever shlock you've been fed at birth you need to throw it away right the hell now and realize this world ain't the old world, and it never will be again. The America you idolize, that you think you fight for, it's been long dead." he's starting to lower his guard, the sanctimonious bastard.

On the other end of the field the battle rages on finally the Gatling laser runs out of ammo, Oswald attempts to slam another pack in, but finds himself unable to as his arm is blown off by a shot gun blast at point blank range.

He stairs at it for a moment, then looks up at Grant, and then just breaths once, "Well Fuck." and falls over dead. The rest of the squad dispersing to encircle you and Granite.

Perfect, everything is in place now, but you want to wrap this up, "You're only trying to justify your failures, your cowardice in the face of death on the Oil Rig!" you shout.

Granite sighs at this, "I'm not justifying a god damn thing to you, you fucking child, I'm telling you the facts. You want to know what the Enclave was at it's height? It was cruelty personified, it was a Giant Green monster, more machine than man tearing a god damn Deathclaw in half, it was execution after execution. It was watching bodies burn, and people die and shrivel up because they didn't make the cut. It was the very silence of death itself if you so much as thought one wrong thought, think damn well and hard about what you think America is kid, because that Ain't Fucking it!"

You've had enough of his assertions and signal the attack to begin by quickly grabbing your rifle and firing it from your hip, a wild shot which knicks him in the shoulder.

He swears, "Fucking Damn it, every last one of you is the same, I shoulda figured the ones that didn't listen at Navarro's kids would be no better. Have you're Enclave, and have your empire of Ash, because that's what it will be not a Republic!"

[continue]

What do you do?
>End this farce now, erase this mistake of the past (He will die, but we will see how much damage he does going down.)
>Attempt to take him alive, we might not have many resources, but the best way to prove him wrong is with a trial, lets seem him call us an empire of ashes then (He will go down, but we will see how much damage he does going down)
>Something else? (Write in)

Regardless you take a stimpak

Status:
Jacob: 1/3 wounds remaining, currently Enraged
1.Grant: 5/6 wounds remaining
Rosaline: 1/3 wounds remaining
2. Elizabeth: 2/3 wounds remaining
3. Thomas: 3/3 wounds remaining
Ford: 4/9 wounds remaining, Critically wounded

Granite Company Status:
Granite: 5/9 wounds Remaining, Critically wounded

>>5206060
>>Attempt to take him alive, we might not have many resources, but the best way to prove him wrong is with a trial, lets seem him call us an empire of ashes then (He will go down, but we will see how much damage he does going down)

>>5206060
>Attempt to take him alive, we might not have many resources, but the best way to prove him wrong is with a trial, lets seem him call us an empire of ashes then (He will go down, but we will see how much damage he does going down)
>Distract him with a Speech

How many innocents did you slaughter at the Oil Rig? Did you even try to save anyone, or did you just condemn them to death simply because they were Enclave? Are you sure you didn’t proclaim the Enclave monstrous simply to ease your guilt in killing children when the rig blew?

>>5206060
>Attempt to take him alive, we might not have many resources, but the best way to prove him wrong is with a trial, lets seem him call us an empire of ashes then (He will go down, but we will see how much damage he does going down)

I'll see you all in the morning, until then this is Warden Signing off
Good night America.

>>5206060
>Attempt to take him alive, we might not have many resources, but the best way to prove him wrong is with a trial, lets seem him call us an empire of ashes then (He will go down, but we will see how much damage he does going down)

>>5206075
+1 speech

>>5206085
Why arent our team mates taking their stimmy juice?

>>5206060
>>Attempt to take him alive, we might not have many resources, but the best way to prove him wrong is with a trial, lets seem him call us an empire of ashes then (He will go down, but we will see how much damage he does going down)
a trial ?

Interrogation, followed by denounce of his long list of crimes against the Enclave and then public execution. At home.
Tie him up very well and take of him everything he has beside clothing.

>>5206060
>Attempt to take him alive, we might not have many resources, but the best way to prove him wrong is with a trial, lets seem him call us an empire of ashes then (He will go down, but we will see how much damage he does going down)
Yo this is back awesome, alright time for a trial which he will surely be sentenced to death at.

>Attempt to take him alive, we might not have many resources, but the best way to prove him wrong is with a trial, lets seem him call us an empire of ashes then (He will go down, but we will see how much damage he does going down)

>>5206121
Not noted just because it's not relevant, you're the primary target of his ire so you're the only one who is going to take damage, but they're taking stims in the background right now to heal up to full. Thankfully no one took enough damage other than yourself to require a doctors bag, though Jacob is going to be incapacitated for the rest of the mission due to the after effects of Nerd Rage

Take him Alive!
Challenging Combat Leadership Check DV 50
YOU HAVE ONE REROLL

Perfect Ambush Spot +5
Weight of Numbers +30
Officers Brat +5
Officers child +5
Grant +7
Enemy is Critically wounded +5

S.P.E.C.I.A.L -10
You're critically wounded -10 (Penalty remains until doctors bags are applied, will require both to heal fully)

Roll under 87

Critical Failure: Not possible
0 Successes: He goes down fighting ferociously (You are knocked unconscious but so is he, he deals 1 wound to a squadmate)
1 Success: He Goes down fighting (You are knocked unconscious but so is he)
2 Successes: He is overwhelmed (You take 2 wounds He is knocked unconscious)
3 Successes: He is completely overwhelmed (You take 1 wound He is knocked unconscious)
Critical Success: There was nothing he could do (He is knocked unconscious)

Rolled 30 (1d100)

>>5206235
Roll like this?

>>5206238
Yup, simple 1d100.
I forgot to put it in, but 3 anons give me 1d100

Rolled 31 (1d100)

>>5206235
STAY DOWN, YOU DOG.

Rolled 55 (1d100)

>>5206235

And so the battle ends.

Final Stats before Medical aid is applied
Status:
Jacob: 1/3 wounds remaining -> Incapacitated
Grant: 5/6 wounds remaining
Rosaline: 1/3 wounds remaining
Elizabeth: 2/3 wounds remaining
Thomas: 2/3 wounds remaining
Ford: 3/9 wounds remaining, Critically wounded x2

Granite Company Status:
Granite: 5/9 wounds Remaining, Critically wounded -> Unconcious

No one escaped this battle uninjured.
Total supplies required for healing:
13 stimpaks/17 remaining
2 doctors bags/2 reamining

Jacob is Incapacitated for the rest of the mission, you may not utilize his trait or perks until next mission, he will not participate in any further combat.

But you caught Granite

Writing

You go to shoulder your rifle just barely dodging the punch that Granite threw after hostilities resumed, you slam it into his side, "Take him Alive!" you shout over comms.

There was only a brief moment of confusion before Grant got everyone under control, "You heard the order, take him alive!" and with that the squad swarmed him.

He ducked under a fist from Jacob rolling his body over his own onto the ground, before blocking another from Elizabeth. Rosaline jumped him from behind slamming her rifle but into the back of his head, causing him to stagger forwards. Giving Grant just enough time to Rush up to him and grapple him. However he broke free shoving Grant off of him and pulling Elizabeth's next punch through causing her to fall into Rosaline who was behind him.

You rush in yourself slamming a fist into the side of his head and he returns one to your chin, the force of it breaking the seal and connection between the helmet and your armor. God your Neck was sore, everything was. However he was tackled from behind this time by Grant taking him to the ground before pounding on him, everyone still standing joined in and before long the power armor stopped moving.

You activate the emergency locks to take his helmet off, the old man was still breathing, good.

You then proceed to strip him of his equipment and weaponry before having him tied up as tightly as possible.

You take your own helmet off, you were exhausted, blood was dripping down your face, and you could feel ever single impact from the fight start to catch up to you. You fell to one knee and began coughing, a little bit of blood coming up onto the ground.

Oh that wasn't good, you spit standing up taking a sharp and painful breath, "Status report, how does everyone look?"

Jacob was still laying on the ground, Rosaline had taken his helmet off, looks like he's passed out. He's probably never exerted himself like that before, not surprising, but still concerning. Rosaline herself wasn't much better off, she looked like she was about to keel over, but a stimpak or two and she immediately feels better, even if she doesn't look it.

Elizabeth, Thomas and Grant have mostly grazing wounds, but it looks like no one managed to finish this fight without being wounded in some capacity. If you had to give Granite and his men any praise it's that they would have killed all of you in a straight and fair fight.

It's a good thing you didn't give them one.

You pull out the doctors bags from your kit and get to work fixing yourself up, closing wounds and stitching what needs stitching, a few lesser pain killers that won't dull the senses and just about all of the stimpaks you can afford to use.

You roll your shoulders, looking to the ground then looking up as everyone set themselves up, Jacob was in the recovery position, you'd have to make sure he hadn't broken his neck.

Honestly you weren't sure that Granite hadn't broken your own with that last punch.

[continue]

You rub it, it's tender, but the fact you're rubbing it at all or even standing is enough to assuage such fears for now.

The hard part would be where to take the loot, you couldn't exactly head back to base at this point, you still needed to investigate that house that Rosaline had noted while tailing Granite. Thankfully you wouldn't need to fight those dissidents, just report them.

You sighed and then cringed gripping your ribs, also where would you hold Granite?

You shake your head, You could have a few people in the squad peel off and start to take him back to base ahead of the rest of the squad along with the loot, you'd likely finish up here in a day or to and would be able to catch up with them if they started on foot.

Alternatively you could just take him into the rooms you were staying in, but that place is about a secure as a wet paper bag, not exactly an appealing solution.

You lean onto a rock as Grant comes up, "Here's a tally of everything we've managed to salvage from them. 1 Gatling Laser, 2 damaged sets of Advanced Power Armor, 2 plasma pistols, 1 plasma rifle, 2 assault rifles, and 2 damaged sets of combat armor. The rest has been gooified by the plasma grenade." you just sigh at that, you think you remember 2 more sets of advanced power armor with them, shame you wouldn't be able to take them.

He gives you a long look, "Are you alright?" you nod your head, "I can't say I've been through worse, but I'm definitely alive." you look over at Granite.

How do you want to handle this?
>Pick 2 squad members to take Jacob and Granite back to base ahead of the rest of you while you stay behind to finish your business here.
>Find a discrete spot to dump the loot and come back for it later, throw a bag over Granite's head and take him with you to your rooms outside of Vault City proper.
>Something else (write in?)

>>5206494
>>Find a discrete spot to dump the loot and come back for it later, throw a bag over Granite's head and take him with you to your rooms outside of Vault City proper.

he is a high value target better to take him back

>>5206494
What's the time limit for the job?
>Pick 2 squad members to take Jacob and Granite back to base ahead of the rest of you while you stay behind to finish your business here.
Grant and Elizabeth will head back to base to ensure the VIP makes it back. If they're not able to take the armor and weapons back with them in the car, we can leave it some place.
We did bring the car with us right? They can just shove all the loot in there with them?

What's our funds looking like? Can we purchase additional stimpaks from the locals?

>>5206503
Why not take him back to base? Would he not be more secured there? Plus after he's been deposited back home our two squad mates can come back with additional ammo and medical supplies.

you know Granite is right about the empire of ashe, if we are serious about rebuilding America then we need to do it right, staying extremist enclave is the path to eventual ruin, we have to adapt or die. hell as is our MC has a pragmatic look on things and as a pragmatist should realize the Enclave needs to change and deradicalize enough that allowing the wastelanders to exist is not grounds for execution.

>>5206508
Do you think Ford would feel sympathy for the Vault members what were slaughtered by the old Enclave? That was a crying shame.

>>5206507
I don't believe that two people is enough to properly escort him back to home base this is fucking granite we are talking about. either we leave early as a group or we take him to the hotel room. All he needs is one slip up from the two-guard escort and boom he is in the wind and two over our people are dead. It is not a risk I think is worth the potential reward.

>>5206494
>Pick 2 squad members to take Jacob and Granite back to base ahead of the rest of you while you stay behind to finish your business here.
Grant and Elizabeth. I rather not have the dude we struggled to limp away, lest you want to do a Benny Hill chase.

>>5206514
No strict time limit on the mission, but what's left to do isn't much maybe a day or twos worth of work in setting.

>>5206513
He seems like a true patriot to the ideals on which the old republic was founded so I think he would. Eventually, the dogma of the Radical enclave will have to come into conflict with his Constitutionalist ideas, and either we vote to go with the Constitution and live up to the ideals of America, or we go with the dogma and embrace the hypocrisy that comes with it.

>>5206514
Granite was a danger when he was armed and in power armor. If you propperly cuff, tie up, or duct tape up a man theres very little he could do. Plus he's an old man. If you're really afraid that he might slip up, what we can do is purchase a roll of duct tape for fuck all, I don't know 5 caps at most? Expend the entire roll to tie him up. There is no was an elderly man out of power armor is breaking out of that. If that doesn't work, we can drug him with enough sedative's to put down a deathclaw.

I feel like you're seriously over estimating his threat level.

>>5206517
Cool. Looks like we can send em back, give Rosaline a few hours to lick her wounds, then send her out to do some legwork.

>>5206518
It's gonna be tough trying to find a balance between the two. No matter what we try, we can't make everyone happy. I think the best thing we could do is invest more in our speech craft and slowly change the ideals of every Enclave Cell in the country into one uniform ideal. Something closer to the idealized version of old war America, without Armageddon 2 Electric boogaloo. Because the last time the Enclave tried that we got our asses kicked by a histories strongest tribal.

>>5206494
>>Something else (write in?)
Camp outside, and remain there until we finish the mission. We avoid attention and can guard the loot and prisoners well.

Find a spot that is not easily seen or near beasts. Then we just leave a squad member with a good gun and armor there with them.

Going in the wastelands in two is ill advised. Going in the wastelands in two with loot and two prisoners even less. We need to go with all our group, max security.

Also comms home of the mission development, this is a good news.
Search for written orders or any vocal registration of them, on the corpses.
And tie really really well this two.

>>5206524
>Going in the wastelands in two is ill advised
Counter point. Going in the wastelands in two is ill advised....if you do not have power armor and advanced energy weapons. We have those. We also traveled here. How do you think we traveled to Vault City all the way from base? By car of course. We have a car by the way, in addition to a Vertibird we need to repair.

Does anyone else want to go back to Navarro to get the last remaining files there? Me thinks we should invest in additional sneak and hacking training, in addition to utilizing the layout information and previous guard patrols to make a second infiltration easier than it would be. Because a second time will probably be harder.

>>5206527
Vertibird is actually functional, but it only has enough fuel for one trip

>>5206527
>if you do not have power armor and advanced energy weapons. We have those. We also traveled here. How do you think we traveled to Vault City all the way from base? By car of course. We have a car by the way, in addition to a Vertibird we need to repair.

Already know all of that still prefer max security. The mission takes at best another day or two. Waiting in a safe location will not hurt anybody, the fact that it would be away from the eyes in the city also helps.
Having all of that equipment, still doesn't mean is secure for two to travel back to base. Especially with two dangerous prisoners to control.

>>5206534
One dangerous prisoner.
Jacob is an ally who is incapacitated.

>>5206535
Ah right the other is dead.
Doesn't change much for me.

>>5206532
Can we convert the Vertibird to run on Fison batteries?

>>5206534
>>5206537
Car. Put man in car. Put loot in trunk. Duct tape man. Drug man tranq him. He sleepy no wakey no movie tie up tapie.
One soldier guard one man and loot for 1-2 days = he slip up, he die cuz Granite sneakie.
We move Granite while he unconscious. We move fast, he at base fast in less than 1-2 days.
You know words?

>>5206539
Possibly, but it'd be a pretty complicated endeavor, you'd basically be exchanging a combustion engine for an electrical one and all that entails. Not that the Fission batteries can't supply the required energy to move it, just that it'd be resource intensive.

It would also turn it into a flying nuke given the way most fission and fusion powered things are in Fallout when they take sufficient damage.

>>5206543
The same goes for your run of the mill vertibird back in fallout 3. Those things do down like wet cardboard, plus they explode just as much running on fuel in 3 and 4.
Well what if we did that think in fallout 2 where you upgrade that car so it can accept fuel cells as fuel?

https://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Highwayman
>The Chryslus Highwayman has a fully analog system with no electronics, over 800 horsepower, and reaches 60 mph in under a second. It has a spacious trunk and an interior capable of accommodating as much as seven people, including a super mutant, robobrain, and a deathclaw.

>The flow of power is regulated by the fuel cell controller, which is also the one part that tends to break down the most, usually burning out due to rapid acceleration. A fuel cell regulator was an optional upgrade that some drivers installed to improve the mileage while others didn't concern themselves with energy usage.

>The battery can be charged with either microfusion cells or small energy cells. A full pack of SEC (40) charges it by 20%, a full pack of MFC (50) charges it by 50%.

>Fuel cell regulator from Klamath (found in a wrecked Highwayman after going to the end of the Rat Caves in Trapper Town), doubles mileage. Installed by Smitty.
>Blower in NCR, improves speed. Installed by Ratch.
>In the Chop Shop in New Reno, T-Ray can install a speed and trunk space upgrade. He can also install a speed and fuel-saving enhancement called the grav-plates after completion of the game, obtainable by having the car stolen after blowing up the Enclave Oil Rig, without having it stolen prior.

Damn man can we equip the Vertibird with some of this shit?

>>5206539
You did not specify any of that before.
Neither did the vote, and I don't remember us having any drugs that works like that either.

We cannot be sure it would go like that too for the one that will guard Granite. It s not like the mission will be longer, what we need to do now is checking a building not exactly something that takes a lot of time. We could tie him up well and knocking him unconscious here too, Granite is still a human at the end.

I prefer to be in more. A car is a vehicle, it can be stopped even if it's fast. I prefer all the security we can have, since it will not take a lot of time to end our mission. You prefer to go immediatly.
If you are afraid of votes, just wait. More anons are going to vote. It s not the end of the world.

>>5206557
You'll get opportunities to upgrade it when you have the resources to do so.
Also fair point they do explode quite spectacularly in Fallout 3 and 4, but those vertis had been converted to fission/fusion power by that point.

But yeah like I said you'll have opportunities to upgrade it, and converting it to fission/fusion power will be one, it'll just be expensive and take some time.

>>5206494
>>Find a discrete spot to dump the loot and come back for it later, throw a bag over Granite's head and take him with you to your rooms outside of Vault City proper.

>>5206515
Support

>>5206515
+1 super ort

>>5206494

>Pick 2 squad members to take Jacob and Granite back t base ahead of the rest while you stay behind to finish your business here.

> Grant and Elizabeth. Maybe the long trip home with a shared purpose will help them bond.

>>5206494
>Pick 2 squad members to take Jacob and Granite back to base ahead of the rest of you while you stay behind to finish your business here.
But we should try to be careful. We could get ambushed by those people who split from Granite.
>>5206648
How romantic

>>5206494
>Pick 2 squad members to take Jacob and Granite back to base ahead of the rest of you while you stay behind to finish your business here.

>Grant and Elizabeth

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Also
I still picture Ford as a one legged man who is dreaming all these events during his post battle coma.
>The 3 stooges advocating for dueling a legendary death law
>That one anon with the absolute worst fucking rolls (and tried to say they deserved it lmao)
>The posterior pulverization that resulted from Rutherford losing his field goal kicker
This is a great quest. There's struggle, triumph, good ideas, and absolute retardation.
>PS we should start looking up the romance. Anons are right. Enclave America isn't going to breed itself.
Lil sis for Grant.
Jacob and Rosaline.
Ford and pic related

>>5206686
I want Fors to be strong enough to our muscle a deathclaw out of armor, then proceed to mating press it into submission.

I miss that one Deathclaw fucker quest. That was fun.

>Pick 2 squad members to take Jacob and Granite back t base ahead of the rest while you stay behind to finish your business here.
wins
and
Grant and Elizabeth were chosen.
Writing

>>5206776
What about our dream deathblow wife with big milky milkers?

You look back to Grant, "I want you to get Elizabeth and take the Traitor there back home after we radio ahead regarding it, take the equipment with you as well, we'll be done here in a few short days anyways." you get up off the rock and begin walking back to the city putting on your rather damaged T-51B power armor, it groans as the servos engage. "Also take Jacob back with you, if the load seems to heavy for just the two of you take the car, it won't matter if we're hear a day or two longer waiting for it to get back."

Grant gives you a nod walking over to Elizabeth who seems to look back at him for a moment then at you, it's a bit far away so it's hard to see how she's reacting exactly.

Still heading back into town you end up stopping at the car and taking out the radio equipment and making sure you were alone before dialing in the frequency, "Columbus Actual this is Amerigo 1 do you copy?"

The Radio buzzes back, "This is Columbus Actual, we read you Amerigo 1, what's your operations code?"

"Fort Quebec" you cough as you reply, "Acknowledged." was the reply.

You start, "We've had an auspicious development out here, we've managed to gain access to some advanced equipment, but also an individual of note, I'm sending part of my squad back with the individual and equipment ahead of the rest of us, I think you'll be pleasantly surprised." The radio operator on the other side paused for a moment, "Please confirm individuals identity please."

You shake your head, "Identity isn't comms secure, suffice it to say individual had prior ties to our organization and left on bad terms in one of the worst ways possible."

There's silence for a few moments, "Acknowledged. Is there anything else you'd like to report Amerigo 1?"

You roll your shoulder and lean on the car for a moment, "ETA to mission completion should be a few days from now, 1-3 is my estimate, nothing else of note, Amerigo 1 out."

"Acknowledged, Columbus Actual out." and the radio begins to buzz with dead air and you hang it up.

With that handled you head back to the place you were staying, noting that as expected only Rosaline and Thomas were there, Rosaline seemed pretty disgruntled with current events. You can't blame her, getting the shit kicked out of you sucked, you should know it's a wonder your still even walking. Thomas was drinking some sort of local drink trying to forget the battle as quickly as he could.

For your part, everything had a dull pain about it, but you were still good to go after you treated the major damage.

You sit down at the bar with them and order a drink of your own, "You both did well today."

There wasn't much of a reply, Thomas just gave a nod and Rosaline just had a small scowl on her face. You just sigh, and take the drink that was put in front of you, "We'll be heading out soon anyways... I know that wasn't exactly the easiest situation to handle."

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Rosaline just scowls slightly, and Thomas shrugs. It seems you need another team building exercise when you get back to base. You wonder what exactly it is that has both of them in such poor spirits...

You shake your head, you can figure that out in do time, for now just give it a few hours so everyone can catch their breath.

You take a drink and you mind drifts back to what the Traitor Granite had said. An Empire of Ashes. You shake your head, you can't seem to wrap your head around what exactly it is that man was fighting for anyways, what leads a man to throw everything away like that?

Could it have been as horrible as he tried to make it sound? Was it just rhetoric to make himself feel exonerated of his guilt? It had to be... and yet there was something scratching at the back of your mind. That burning question from over a year ago. The Wastelanders... did he come to see them as human? He had to have the way he spoke. Perhaps much the same way you came to respect Ranger Bradley and those of his ilk he came to some understanding with the Chosen one?

You grunt downing your drink quickly, it tasted awful, but the bitter flavor helped clear you mind and think a little more straight.

You look up at the bartender and then at your squad mates, you think back to the battle. Not the one most recently fought, but the one with Ranger Bradley, your hand drawn to your pocket, though unable to grasp the tags.
Once again you find yourself thinking about the matter, what were you fighting for?

America, that much was obvious, and as far as you could tell the Enclave was America...
But was it the America you want to fight for? There had been elections, snap and emergency elections, but it was democratic... not ideal, but well ideal was a long way away regardless.

In fact, bearing back to the constitution, you're fairly certain that there's been several violations of it through out the whole matter. Yet, you are in a state of unprecedented crisis, and the Enclave has maintained the knowledge and traditions of the old world...

Then what the hell was eating at you?
You lean back for a bit staring at the ceiling, trying to figure it out, but you just can't place your finger on it.

It was frustrating, immensely so. You shift your thoughts, what would cause someone to betray the Enclave like Granite did? Was it the honeyed words of the Chosen one? He never once mentioned him, all he talked about was the so called 'horrors' of the Enclave. You think on it, and while furious, there was an odd sense of genuine concern in his voice, he sounded... exhausted just thinking about it all.

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Well of course he would, living a lie is going to be mentally draining no matter what...

That still doesn't answer the question of why. You'd reckon it to be the greatest betrayal in American history seeing as how it destroyed what was left of the Federal government. There weren't even States or Commonwealths. You suppose you could consider the NCR as a rogue state of California or some amalgamation of the western commonwealths..

But that'd be recognizing that the Wastelanders government was a government. It wasn't, at least not a legitimate one. You sigh taking another drink from your freshly refilled mug.
And then it struck you, sitting here, just outside of Vault City, being served by a wastelander.

That question that you had set aside so long ago... does it matter that they're human?

You wonder... if that's the question that Granite asked himself so long ago...
You felt sick to your stomach, you tried to think of something else but you couldn't, the question repeating itself over and and over again in your mind.

Are they human? What of the plans to come? Even if they aren't does it justify the untold death of so many?
Was there a better way?

Your head began to spin and you stood up, "I think I'm going to head to bed for the night..." you say walking away, the other two looking over their shoulders as you left.

You closed and locked the door behind you sitting down on the makeshift bed, taking your armor off, settling down you pull out the Dog tag.

Glaring at it, you felt pity, hatred, admiration, fear, doubt.

Well Ford?
Are they human?
>Yes....
>No! NO! NO!
>It shouldn't matter... we're doing what's right for America...
>What America?
>Write in

>>5206956
>It shouldn't matter... we're doing what's right for America...

Man were once mice once upon a time, does that make mice human? It doesn't matter if they're human or not, all that matters is the restoration of America and it's values, else all the rights and liberties we fought so hard to keep alive will be for naught.

>>5206956
>No! NO! NO!
>They are foreigners squatting on RIGHTFUL AMERICAN LAND.

>>5206990
All the sacrifices, as well. Don't forget what happened to our friends at New Reno. Would Bishop be considered human?

>>5206956
>I don't know
I don't think Ford would jump straight to saying they are human but considering everything he has seen, there should be doubt in that they aren't.

>>5206990
But it does matter, since
>the restoration of America and it's values
requires knowing what a human is because that's who those rights and liberties apply to.
>All the sacrifices, as well. Don't forget what happened to our friends at New Reno. Would Bishop be considered human?
Maybe, maybe not. He still deserves to die for what he did though.

>>5206956
>>It shouldn't matter... we're doing what's right for America...
but .... what's "right" still needs to be done. and decided.
Did our actions so far created horrible massacres ? No. We killed soldiers of the Bos and NCR, looters by nature and corrupted in their philosopies. Our actions so far did not create what Granite did or did see, we took back what was of the Enclave and ensured the safety of our community.
Even if we can reflect and look on the words of Granite, America only chance is within the Enclave. This is a fact.
Tribals, mutants, raiders or primitive states like NCR or Vault City do not fit. Neither the cultists of the BOS.
They cannot restore it like us. And most of them don't want to restore America at all. Or care for it.

We have a vision, a vision that we want to realize and one we want the Enclave to have. For accomplish it we need to become something more for our community. Not just a member, soldier, friend, brother or son.
Looking back at the forefathers of our nation might give ideas for the future we want to create and how to reach it.

>>5206956
>>It shouldn't matter... we're doing what's right for America...

>>5207037
This is an interesting direction but I don't think the prompt correlates with it. Wouldn't knowing if wastelanders are human or not be relevant in deciding what is a horrible massacre and what isn't? What methods we should or shouldn't use in pursuit of our goals? I agree with looking back at the founders for guidance though, maybe there is something there that can set us on the right path to restore America.

>>5206956
>>It shouldn't matter... we're doing what's right for America...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCGoA-dZBzo

> It doesn't matter. Drunken philosophical internal monologue inbound. Brace for impact.

They aren't citizens. Look at what they've built here, outside the light of American Civilization, beyond the wings of the Eagle. First, the New California Republic. A parody of democracy, flying a soviet bear beneath an inverted sino-star. Corruption was rampant. The vote an illusion, a single dictator floating on bribery and personal favors. A 'nation' built around power and personality rather than Law. Short sighted personal interest rather than duty. The promise of protection from petty warlords rather than the dream of self-determination. It might as well be called the Peoples Democratic Republic of California.

Then there was the Brotherhood. For all their differences, the Brotherhood too was based on American virtues. However, these were military virtues. Duty, brotherhood, obedience, information control. Incomplete, they were like an engine rusting away in the desert, potentially powerful but waiting for someone to restore them and put them to use. Like a Vindicator, looking for someone to aim and pull the trigger.

Then there was Caesar's Legion. It sounded like they were chasing the dream of the Roman Empire rather than the Republic. Another state held together through fear rather than duty. A cult of personality rather than God or Law. Rome, another civilization brought low by the sickle of communism. Gracchus, who redistributed wealth and interrupted a successful military campaign out of envy, jealousy, and fear. A communist in spirit and action long before Marx called for worker to break chains that President Lincoln had already shattered. Look who was wearing chains now.

As for the petty warlords, the Van Graffs and the Bishops of the world, they were to be expected in a savage setting.

What of the Enclave? The last beacon of civilian America? The heir to its government and a Republican heritage stretching back to the Roman Republic that Caesar apparently found no value in. The War had hit her hard too. The great factories built on economic liberty and freedom from government interference and the inevitable corruption that went with it were skeletons and ash. The courts that distributed predictable justice by judges beholden to law and precedent rather than the whims of the politician of the day. They sat empty, the blades of justice dulled and the scales unbalanced. The remnants of the Enclave were too small, run like the Families, the Warlord, the Raiders. More than the genetic differences, it was American Culture that kept those of the Enclave superior to their neighbors. The memory and love of Liberty, Justice, Duty, and loyalty to the Law and the American Dream rather than any one tyrant. It was Mother who had instilled that Culture the strongest. The strong and unwavering patriotic fervor that a man could cling to in times of doubt.

If the NCR had the virtues of American Duty and Law, their citizens would have the patriotic fervor to eliminate the warlords. If the Brotherhood had American Exceptionalism and Vision, the factories would roar with life, and the wasteland would bloom under the effects of automated irrigation and heavy machinery, the second amendment could be in full force, and the NCR would find few brahmin brained people to milk. If the Warlords had American Patriotism and the American Dream, they could form a federated republic, combine their strength, and throw down the corrupt and the barbaric. If the Legion had American Liberty and Yankee Innovation, their laser beams could form a second sun. If any of these were true, the beasts, such as the deathclaws, the radscorpions, the gekos, the FEV horrors, these would be culled and little danger to these near-humans. The Enclave remembered these virtues. Civic Duty, Precidential Justice, Unifying Patriotism, Ambitious Vision, even Innovative Liberty. It might be a thousand years before the wastelanders could get all these virtues together, if their mutated minds could even manage it. Thus, it didn't matter how human they were, they were Un-American, each in their own way, and that was enough.

The American Dream had come through the fires of war, the famine of nuclear winter, and the FEV plague. The death of the warlords, and the communists, and the raiders, and the barbarians were necessary steps to restoring America and achieving her Manifest Destiny. God Bless America, and Goodnight.

~ Pass out

Vote will remain open until tomorrow morning, I'm going to try and go to sleep early for once.

>>5206990
supporting

>>5206956
>It shouldn't matter... we're doing what's right for America...

>>5206956
>It shouldn't matter... we're doing what's right for America...

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>>5207151
>>5207154
Damn, almost enough to make a grown man cry. God Bless The United States of America.

>>5206956
>Yes....

>>5207151
>>5207154
+1 God bless America and this patriot poster

>>5207151
>>5207154
+1 GOD BLESS AMERICA!

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>>5207151
>>5207154
Really good, and god bless the USA

>>5207151
>>5207154
Backing. Goddamn this is perfect. Shame nobody would hear us.

>>5206956
>>5207151
Backing, based and Enclave pilled.

7 votes for this:
>>5207151
7 Votes for
>It shouldn't matter... we're doing what's right for America...
1 vote for this:
>>5206992
1 vote for
>Yes....

From what I gather this >>5207151 is a more specific form of "It shouldn't matter... we're doing what's right for America..."

However I'd like to make sure I'm getting the essence of the write in correct, which from what I can gather is basically, "It doesn't matter if the wastelanders are human or not, because they're not American, if they were American it still wouldn't matter because they'd be Americans." So it favors a more nationalistic view over the straight purist dogma, and is more focused on revitalizing the wastelands than it is purging wastelanders to do so, however it views the path to revitalizing the wastes as one where the regimes of the wasteland must be destroyed for America to prosper.

Just want to make sure I get this right, need to be able to internalize it so I can write the way Ford's world view shifts from this.

>>5206956
>>Yes....
>It shouldn't matter... we're doing what's right for America...

>>5207151
>>5207154
Support, from the angle of they are human, but human or not they are not American, but if they were then it would not matter if they were human because they would be American

If we truly believe in Amercia then her ideals can't only be for humans

>Yes....
admit the truth

>No! NO! NO!
Embrace the dogma

>It shouldn't matter... we're doing what's right for America...
Dodge the question hiding behind, "moral high ground"

>What America?
dig even deeper

sad to see we are making ford a hypocrite

>>5207557
I say we are making Ford a pretty good character. We will get to dig even deeper into America's raison d'etre at a later date, especialy since we'll be going into NV territory.

>>5207562
Likely not going to happen given the cell wants to put out the FEV plague to wipe out the wastelanders and with the option that won, ford wouldn't have a reason to say anything against it after all it doesn't matter if they are human, they are not "American" and unless QM tells me I am wrong on this point, then Fords now nothing more than a hypocrite which is a damn shame.

>>5207564
Trying to figure that out myself actually, as I've asked for clarification regarding what exactly the write in is getting at.
Right now I'm fairly certain it's just replacing the genetic purism justification with a nationalistic one in terms of Enclave dogma, though more of a tolerance through apathy twist to it. I don't think it's inherently hostile to the inhabitants of the wasteland, more so than the societal structures that have cropped up.

That said I'm not quite sure hence why I'm asking for peoples opinions on it and clarification as I want to know exactly what I'm going to be writing about.

>>5207570
Well for my part I like that interpretation of it and would like to see that be the angle to take.

>>5207535

It is a version of > It shouldn't matter... we're doing what's right for America. It answers the question of whether it's OK to kill the wastelanders, without committing to the fact that they are morally worthy of human rights. They're still mutants, and definitely Other. Maybe some or all of them could be brought into the fold of American Culture. Hard to say what their mutant minds are capable of at this point in time. But if mutants need to die for America to thrive, so be it. And the foreign governments need to be eliminated as independent forces. They are all flawed. If the mutants are capable of sharing in the American Dream, then so be it. If they can't, then they'll need to be culled like the radscorpions and the deathclaws. It's also very patriotic and I tried to lace it with hooks such as Enclave being the fourth horseman or the missing virtues of the Enclave (tolerance and wholistic independence). Love for mother, love for country, love for virtue. Hate for communism, corruption, and barbarism. Seeing the Enclave as the last bastion of a great civilization, carrying it's memories even if it can't always live up to the ideals. If the Enclave is lost, then America is lost.

>>5207535
>>5207570
More patriotic than nationalistic me feels, but generally correct. And if you're wondering what the difference is, patriotism is more based in community and connections to the land and the people, while nationalism is more of an belief in the abstract idea of the nation and the state.

And I do see the 'It shouldn't matter... we're doing what's right for America...' as the patriotic option. Doing it for you family, friends, and community first and foremost.

>>5207535

I also tried to give some ideas on how Ford might approach pulling the wastelander factions into America, the flaws that would need to be corrected. That's if Ford sees a opportunity to do so, it isn't setting a goal to have the muties raise the flag. Not now anyway.

>>5207576
Focus of community and friendship first and foremost, we can create an ideological rationale for it after the fact. You don't need to justify a feel after all, only the reason for having them.

>>5207575
I believe it is important that we keep ford a patriot of the United States rather than a nationalist to the united states.

there is a subtle difference a Patriot is loyal to the nation and founding ideals on which it was built, a nationalist is loyal to the government of the day ideals or abuses be damned. it might be a subtle difference for some but it is a critical distinction because when you get right down to it, the enclave while being the best shot a bringing back America is also the best chance at raising up an empire of evil and darkness cloaking in the skinned remains of the American Dream. Either America is for all her children, human and mutant or it's not really America.

Ok so to summarize one more time with new information and context:
It's more about Ford's inherent patriotism, his desire to restore the United States, and that it's irrelevant whether or not wastelanders are mutants or humans, they're either supporting the restoration of the United States or acting against that. If they're supporting it then they're allies and to be treated with respect and if they're against it they're enemies to be treated with scorn.

In turn it just drops the purist aspect of Humanity vs Mutants, and cares more about America vs the Wasteland, and any wastelander/vault dweller/Enclave member that wants to help rebuild America is an American, where those that oppose it are the enemy.

Yay, nay?

>>5207585
Yes, I love it and I can fully get behind it, very well articulated warden

Basically yay.

It pragmatically ignores the purist aspect of Humanity vs Mutants, at least as far at the human looking wastelanders are concerned. No comment on things like super-mutants or sentient deathclaws or stuff like that.

>>5206956
>No! NO! NO!

Anons pussyfoot around too much

I'm thinking 1920's America here. The wastelanders are basically foreign immigrants. They can participate in the economic life of the nation, and benefit from its virtues like Law and Justice. But they might not be able to handle voting or belong in the halls of power.

>>5207585
Yea, I think that's generally correct. I think more focus on community and the bonds we share with people should be focused on, but I can settle for this.

The reason why I don't want to really answer this human purist question is mostly because I don't want to drive a wedge between us and our family, which will be a deal breaker for me. Families shouldn't break up and fight one another over politics and political beliefs, and I would rather see the Wasteland burn than break our family up over politics.

>>5207593
Baby steps are the best way to reform the Enclave push too hard and it shatters under the stress of reality vs dogma. In time The Full enfranchisement of the wastelanders will come and the rights and duties all Americans share will be extended to them but that is for waaaaay down the line. right now we have to make sure there is an America to one day extend rights from.

>>5207601
>...I would rather see the Wasteland burn than break our family up over politics.

Then any America we built wouldn't be worth the genocide it was founded on eventually it would just rot once more from the inside out just as it did at the start of the great war. You can't rebuild on a foundation of lies, hate, and fear. In the end, it would just prove to be our undoing once more. there is a necessary level of conflict in all aspects of life and if it means we have to argue even go against the family if it is what's best for America and the right thing to do, then so be it. cold truth is better than a warm lie any day the lies will only end up suffocating you.

Alright I'm ready to start doing the write up.
>It shouldn't matter... we're doing what's right for America...
with flavors of this >>5207151

wins

Writing

>>5207608
America was built on family values, and to intentionally break up our family over ideology will just turn us into the commies. I ain't having it.

Besides, we ain't creating a foundation of untruths and 1984 repression, we can simply establish and spread the right values in ways that won't tear our family apart.

>>5207619
>America was built on family values, and to intentionally break up our family over ideology will just turn us into the commies. I ain't having it.

A bold statement given the only civil war America has ever had was over ideological differences over the value of human life. The bonds of blood are not so strong as to out restrain right and wrong. If anything it is our rich heritage of being able to voice our ideological differences and debate them, even fight over them that has made America so great. though Free speech seems to be a lost virtue in the Enclave if it doesn't call exactly in line with the party dogma, which if you ask me sounds a lot like how commies act.

hey yo! Nice seeing you again.
I have editing permits in the excel and word for some reason, so hey cool

>>5207631
Byproduct of when I thought I wasn't going to run it again, had set the docs to be available to anyone just in case they wanted to pick up the quest in my place.
Guess I forgot to change it back.

>>5207627
You do not gain strength by killing your brother over a difference of politics, and the fact that you had to bring up the tragedy that was the Civil War and state that meat grinder was what made America great shows how little you understand of America and it's values, and the tragedy of the situation. And it's the commies that advocate the dissolution of the family unit in favor of ideology.

Good night America.

>>5207652
The civil war resulted in the abolishment of slavery be it a by-product of the northern need for soldiers to hold the union together, or a genuine belief on the part of Lincon the result is the same, The south wanted to keep humans as livestock to be used and owned and the north did not. Had America just sat on its hands and done nothing who knows if and when slavery would have ended in the US. besides blind loyalty to the family at the expense of what is right and wrong is not an American value, that would be more in line with how fascists and authoritarians think. pretend you have the high ground all you like but if you would sit by and allow the FEV plague to be released in the name of family, then your no American at all, just a dogmatic boot licker in love with his empire of ash.

>>5207657
Family is above your country

>>5207673
conscience, righteousness, and right and wrong before blood, if they are asking you to do something you know to be wrong making it a choice between family and morality then they aren't good blood, to begin with.

You pocket the dog tags laying down and staring at the ceiling of the room you were in. Why should it matter if they're human or not? No your dedication, your cause is to America, if they can comprehend what America stands for and fight for it, then they're worth your respect. Yet of those in the wasteland, you've yet to meet one that understands it... though perhaps that's because you've never really tried to engage in such a dialogue before. You know full well though that the Governments, the failed joke of a state that is the NCR is still your enemy. They play at democracy while being hopelessly corrupt, continuously electing a single leader into power for decades on end, the cult of personality still in full force even today as Tandists argue for the continued expansion of the NCR while revering their founder of who failed them on inception by refusing to give up power until their death.

You know what the founding fathers would call that? A dictatorship, the powers that be the Brahmin barons that rose up in her wake and her very political establishment? An Aristocracy. Yes truly the NCR was a joke, and one in poor taste.

Then there was the Brotherhood of Steel, the rebellious military remnant of the American Military. They're militant isolationism and their swing to a violent technophobic state automatically disqualifies them, instead of using their significant resources and knowledge to restore and revitalize America they horde it because it is 'to dangerous' for the average wastelander. Perhaps, perhaps, and yet they squander it none the less, what few innovations are seen from them come from the necessities of conflict. Fitting given their origin as a fragment of the military, that they would only know how to build and expand their capacity to subjugate. The biggest failure of the Brotherhood is not their training or their technology, but their leadership.

But what of the many tribals and warlords of the wastes? They've yet to advance far enough ideologically to see beyond the value of survival, to see what needs be done. They live and die by the sword, and are put under heel by Machiavellian and Byzantine structures to keep their autocrats in place. You've little patience for this as well.

All around you, you see leadership fail its people again and again, you see an America in ruins and no one trying to restore it to it's glory. The Enclave claims to do so, as do you, but the goal seems so distant and the whole of your small group seems ever so tiny before your gargantuan task. No less how disunited you are in the face of it. Senator Rockefeller has no respect for democratic tradition, a political snake through and through, no it's no wonder the man wants to subvert the NCR, he'd find quite a home there amongst it's petty aristocracy. But even beyond him, the Enclave was faltering in it's duties as well, we had no judiciary, we had no senate, we had so few people one could hardly argue we were an entity at all.

[continue]

All we have left are the virtues and knowledge of the American Republic, what once was, the old world ideal, and even that was straining under the emergency powers and hardline principals of the old guard of the Enclave. Though you take some solace and certainty that they will agree to the trial you will propose for Granite, as it is his right, traitor or not as an American citizen to be judge before a jury of his peers.

You roll over in your bed and close your eyes, what trails were ahead you knew the course that was needed.

The Enclave must become united, wise words were once spoken long ago in the face of the destruction of the American Dream and her spirit, 'And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.'
You knew that the Enclave was standing on the precipice of either thriving or utter self destruction. What troubled your dreams was whether or not there was a damn thing you could do about it.

_______

You later awake to a rasp on your door, you groggily get out of bed and open the door, it was the Senator.
A fine way to start your day, "Yes?" you respond.

He gives you a dry look, "Where is the rest of your team and why the hell do you look so beaten up?"

You roll your shoulder once, "We captured the insurgents contact, as well as identified their base of operation. I had the contact sent back to base." you hold up a hand as he's about to object and pull him closer, "It was Alexander Granite, the traitor."

He is silent for a moment, "I see... well I can't fault your initiative on the matter, but I would have liked to have been conferred with on the matter none the less."

You shrug, "You weren't there and I needed to act quickly, now is there anything else that you need?"

He shakes his head, "No you've answered my original question as well as the ones I actually asked."

You step out of the room following behind him as he heads back out, "A moment Senator I think we should discuss our long term plans with Vault City for a few moments before we resolve this matter. I don't think you place quite enough value on having them as long term Allies."

The senator sighs, "Diplomatically trepidatious waters that they're in, they're more a liability as a long term ally. Short term they have much that they can provide us with from expertise to equipment, to knowledge in general, and that should be exploited regardless of our intentions. Still if it sets you at ease I had it in mind that when they inevitably fall prey to the NCR we would act as a bastion for their refugees and inherit their knowledge base and expertise with known of the baggage of it's state."

It doesn't and you shake your head, "We've come up with some proposals none the less, you wanted to be conferred with, I apologize for not being able to, but I'd like to be conferred with here, if you have the time please listen to them."

He sighs grabbing a seat, "Very well then, what are your proposals?"

[continue]

You sit across from him, "Vault City runs predominately on the power from Gecko and the power generated from their reactor in the Vault correct?"

He nods, "Yes, and the Reactor is currently running under suboptimal conditions, hence the need to subvert the ghouls as the easiest means to get more out of it."

You shake your head, "What if instead of that we collected several other Vault reactors and transported them here for their usage?"

He looks at you like you're a chicken with its head cut off, "Well yes I suppose that could work, but such a matter would be a herculean task, where do you propose we get the manpower for such an endeavor let alone finance it? We've got our hands full moving our operations to the Mojave as is." he leans back for a moment, "It's incredibly audacious and costly, but it does skirt around a lot of diplomatic issues, unfortunately this is also not a long term solution. Vault City suffers from diplomatic isolation due to it's civil and domestic policies more than it does from it's need for better foreign policy. Not that I blame them for the system chosen, they just happened to bite a poisoned bullet when taking the Chosen ones original deal. I suspect he did it on purpose as well the clever bastard."

You nod, "It's not necessarily a long term solution, but it buys us a good amount of more time to look for one, more so than your own as it's an outsourced one that doesn't inherently antagonize the NCR."

He frowns a little, "Which was part of the point, You do realize how much equipment and personnel we're moving to the Mojave yes? The more distracted and hamstrung the NCR is the less likely we're to be discovered, the best way to do that is to get them actively bogged down in conflict, draw more resources away from the direction we want to head."

You shake your head, "Those will be military assets, not covert ones, we can subvert military assets through strategic movement and subterfuge plenty well, but doing it my way will draw more covert forces to Vault City instead, which I suspect we'd have a harder time coping with."

He pauses for a moment, "Perhaps." is all he says, "Perhaps. I suppose I can present it as an alternative option in my talks with the First Citizen, then it'll be in their hands to decide their own fate."

You sigh, that's about the best you could hope for, "Alright, that's all I have." you finish

He nods, "Very well then, get that list of insurgents and bring it to me, and I'll provide the first citizen with the terms and details of our aid package."

You nod back, and look around, neither Rosaline or Thomas where there, so you head to their rooms and knock on them, both opening their respective door.

You give both of them a look, they look better than they did the night before, seems the slept well enough, "Alright lets get this over with, Rosaline, Thomas, get some disguises set up, I need a list of names of people that frequent that building now so we can get out of here."

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3 anons roll me 2d100

Infiltrate the Insurgents meeting
Challenging Stealth Check DV 50
+1 Success automatically used as this is the last stealth check of the mission

Venemous words +10
Light Step +5
Strike First +5
Hiding in Plain Sight +5
It's Just good Business +2

Roll Under 77

Critical Failure: Looks like they've scattered (Insurgents scatter, it'll take a long time before they set up again, but you get nothing)
0 Successes: Not possible
1 Success: "Who are the new guys?" (Insurgents are suspicious -5 to subsequent speech check DV)
2 Successes: "Welcome, here's our platform" (Insurgents are welcoming, but professional)
3 Successes: "Let me introduce you to our leader" (Insurgents are welcoming, and friendly +5 to the subsequent speech check DV)
Crit Success: It would seem we stumbled upon a prime strategy meeting (Same as 3 successes, but you gain incriminating evidence against the NCR)

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Get the Names of everyone present
Challenging Speech Check DV 50
You have 2 automatic successes you may spend

Fortunate Son +15
Devils Advocate +5
Venomous Words +5

Roll Under 75

Critical Failure: Wait what did you just say? (Insurgents get suspicious and clam up, no names gathered, but you get their faces, they scatter after the meeting)
0 Successes: Not much for conversation are they... (Insurgents get Suspicious and clam up, no names gathered, but you get their faces)
1 Success: Oh well you see... (You get a third of the names before the ending of the meeting)
2 Successes: Ah, what was your name again, I'm... (You get 2/3rds of the names before the ending of the meeting)
3 Successes: This is really interesting, what about... (You get all of their names.)
Critical Success: Hey how about we meet up again later at... (You get all of their names, and priority targets are lured into a trap)

Rolled 55, 6 = 61 (2d100)

>>5207701
You got it boss

Rolled 11, 3 = 14 (2d100)

>>5207701

Rolled 38, 41 = 79 (2d100)

>>5207701

3 Successes: "Let me introduce you to our leader" (Insurgents are welcoming, and friendly +5 to the subsequent speech check DV)
3 Successes: This is really interesting, what about... (You get all of their names.)

Hook line and sinker

Writing.

>>5207710
I mean if this is the last leg of the race, sure let's use all those auto auto successes.
Going above 3 successes makes it a crit success, yes? No?

>>5207717
No.

fucking nice solid rolls anons

>>5207717
also if this anon is right then yeah I agree lets burn those autos for crits

>>5207717
>>5207718
>>5207720
Well, it was worth asking.

>>5207680
so what. They are the only ones that have your back

>>5207723
my immortal soul isn't worth bad blood it's as simple as that. I think this conversation run its natural course. We have similar, but different core values at the end of the day. Besides if family is asking me to do something that in my heart I know is wrong or lose them, well then they weren't really family at all.

>>5207718
Is the option to raid Navarro for data again still on the table? We got the files for the FEV and K-9 experiments. I still want to get the files for the MK2, the Experimental tesla power armor, and the !!!!! Crit success file that is probably tied to The Divide. Getting access to that before the NCR cracks the code will ensure that we prevent the destruction of the place, because we all know the NCR fucked it all up when they sent the courier their with that package. If we dont get the codes, we could be the ones getting raw hided by nuclear destruction.

>>5207728
It will be, just be aware that canonically your characters aren't aware of the nuclear codes, they know there's data still in Navarro because Jacob could tell there were still some very heavily encrypted files left to crack and that's it, and choices if the mission is taken will reflect that lack of information.

So bare that in mind when the option comes up in probably a few posts from now.

> Though you take some solace and certainty that they will agree to the trial you will propose for Granite, as it is his right, traitor or not as an American citizen to be judge before a jury of his peers.

I wonder if the summary execution before he even gets back of granite will open up his eyes to how deeply the dogma has corrupted the ideals of the Constitution within the Enclave. Because I don't believe for a second he will get a trial, and expect the mother would push for his father to execute him as soon as possible.

>>5207736
I think they will allow a trail, but our mother just need to have someone list all his crimes. Being a traitor is a big deal

>>5207740
>>5207736
If a trial is allowed it will basically be a kangaroo court if no one says anything regarding procedure.

the result will be the same anyway.
And rightfully let's be honest the remnants are in this village at the edge of civilization because of traitors like Granite. I really doubt anyone would take pity on him lol

>>5207741
I feel like ford being the person he is will push for a fair trial, but we will see how anons vote when the time comes.

>>5207734
Jacob hunts for the hidden Enclave Records
Challenging Tech Roll DV 50
Mr Fixerupper +10
Old Enclave Codes +10

Roll under 70

3 successes: "There's the overrides, and it looks like there's some experimental files here too..." (you find all 3 records)

Looks like we're going for the biscuit.
>YOU MAY USE +1 TECH SUCCESS FROM MR. FIXERUPPER
Jacob Pushes for more
Brutal Tech Check DV 30
Mr Fixerupper +10

Roll under 40

Crit Success: "Dear God..." (Extra record obtained, Something Potentially Cataclysmic has been discovered)

>Looks like a prototype for an improved model of Advanced Power Armor, called the Mk. II
>Advanced Power armor Tesla variant schematics? Like what Captain Nelson was wearing? Awesome.

(MISSION RESULTS: OVERWHELMING SUCCESS, RECORDS OBTAINED, ADDITIONAL RECORDS OBTAINED, CAMP NAVARRO FORCES WEAKENED, BROTHERHOOD FORCES WEAKNED)

Taking some notes from the last thread. What really has my interest is the note of Navarro forces being weakened. Weaker as they might be, the NCR may or may not eventually find those three dead bodies we made. So they might bolster their security in a sense to make up for the weaker forces, so the difficulty is reset back to where it was to balance things out of that makes sense?

All I'm saying is, I think going back there will be at the same difficulty as the first time, or possibly lower. I think we should get Jacob some additional hacking training. Say what are the pros and cons of eating mentats? Does Fixer exist in this quest? Can Fixer be addictive? Would taking fixer right after taking a drug mitigate the drawbacks?

>>5207750
Maybe some improvments. But we have a lot of training has a squad to do honestly. We are all quite young.

In regard to Navarro, we need a better distraction and maybe put on fire the console alongside Navarro. For distraction something that takes away far more guards than what we did before. I am not sure what, but it needs to engage the NCR troops there. Preferably in combat.
Beyond that ... poisonous fumes maybe ? If there is some wind we could kill some troops. They don't have masks. We could send a shipment of food, with venom that needs some hours for act. It would take time but it can work, the NCR is corrupted and there is incompetence in their ranks.

This said Jacob has probably done a good job, and i honestly doubt the NCR would crack those codes anytime soon. They also don't have facilities or enough people for understand this kind of data.

>>5207750
Mentats would be +10 to Science and Tech rolls, +10 to leadership rolls, +5 to speech rolls for 3 rounds, but a -5 to all rolls for the rest of the mission and is highly addictive compounding the malus when not on mentats.
Fixer does exist, it would remove any addictions, but if you use it during a mission you'll suffer -10 to the rolls during the mission, however you still remain at a higher risk of becoming readdicted if the drug you were addicted to is reintroduced or used again.

>>5207750
>>5207768
How about just stealing the hardware the data is stored on? Maybe there's a good reason why we can't but it would make the whole process of decrypting the files much easier and safer.

>>5207768
>distractions
Those are some good ideas, but theres one even more insidious. Instead of outright killing guards with lethally tainted food, we give them MRE's that give them the shits. All personnel on base will suffer apocalyptic bowel movements so terrible that there will be long lines queued up to use the restrooms, only for the toilets to be so flooded with shit and ass stank that they cant help but fleed from base to the civilian residential areas to ask for their toilets. It will be glorious.

Oh uhm we could also shoe horn retarded local raider gangs to do it. Despite the NCR's best efforts they're still willing to use their Unpowerarmored shock troopers to protect their brahmin ranches. So we just move the raiders and gangers their way and boom. Distractions.

>This said Jacob has probably done a good job, and i honestly doubt the NCR would crack those codes anytime soon. They also don't have facilities or enough people for understand this kind of data.
They will eventually, and when they do, BOOM! The Divide is destroyed with us in it. Plus its more of a matter of denying the NCR resources and assets they can use if we can decrypt the codes before they do.

>>5207775
That could work just as well too, but that would probably require a brutal stealth check of 20 or 30 before and posative modifiers to make the roll easier. We'd have to go to the physical location of where the data banks were stored, which is undoubtably heavily guarded and in use.

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>>5207779
Yes, and the data banks would be extremely heavy, The Fallout universe didn't exactly specialize in downsizing their general use computational machines, and the Enclave ones would have a lot of data on them.
pic related.

>>5207775
I think we would have try that in the mission. Maybe it breaks or something if we take it away. I suspect there is a security measure in the console if we try that.
We can try and see if it works.

>>5207777
>MRE
that could be funny, though i am not sure the NCR feeds that to their troops. I remember one of their cooks being really bad, so they might accept and buy a shipment of food that looks fine to eat. I think we could try that and the poisonous fumes. If the effects are good enough, maybe we can do something more than just take the remaining data (if there is vehicles, it would be a major boon to take them for us)

We need to find a way for avoid that NCR finds a contact between us and the gangers/raiders, if we use them.

>>5207781
If data is still so cumbersome to store then how do they make the robots work? Do they just hold the all the data required separately and then transmit it to the body? If so, that seems like an enormous liability.

>>5207789
magic, probably.

>>5207789
Honestly, it's a detail that I don't think was explored heavily in the Fallout games, most of the major computational equipment seems to be wired, or massive in setting. The Robots probably have some sort of specialized solution that involved miniaturization, but that sort of runs contrary to the whole vacuum tube atom punk aesthetic of the setting. Ultimately I'd say the creators wanted there to be robots and there were, not considering how exactly that would function with everything else the way that it was.

Realistically speaking, the fact that pipboys existed and advanced AI's like Eden or the Calculator or other such entites did exist as well, is that the government just didn't make the miniaturization technology publicly avaliable and took it off the market if it leaked. Old World America wasn't exactly the bastion of Free Market Economics and Democracy it liked to say it was in Fallout.

>>5207803
Alternatively they opted for such things at all the secure locations because it was harder for infiltrators to abscond with it physically.
*shrug* it's definitely a hole in the world building that's for sure.

>>5207788
Now that I think about it, doing poisonous fumes or spamming Mustard Gas will run red alarm and draw a lot of attention when people start coughing up blood. It wont kill them immediately, so they will get an alarm out eventually. It will be a real big priority one if it kills a lot of people. At least with giving everyone the shits it wont set off enough red flags all the while reducing overall Navarro combat effectiveness. Plus, now that I think about it. We can disguise ourselves as Brotherhood members and hire raiders and gangers to go harrass Navarro. That way it'll reinforce the fight between the NCR and Brotherhood of Steel.

Also this is the NCR we're talking about. Feeding their troops tainted food because it's cheaper? It's their moto, just like in real life.

>>5207813
Alright, if you say it will be so let's just dismiss that issue.
>Alternatively they opted for such things at all the secure locations because it was harder for infiltrators to abscond with it physically.
Im not tech literate but there must be some other vulnerability created by still using such bulky storage devices. Maybe make it easier to access the data if you can interact with the hardware? Any suggestions?

>>5207831
Being there next to the data banks will 100% make it easier to get the paydirt.
Now tell me this. How would we do that exactly in a building with security and people moving about, in addition to other people actively using the databanks?
Dont answer that, I'm not feeling so hot about entering a building with armed guards. If we fumble a roll it might end as a combat encounter that will slow us down or trap us inside.

>>5207833
>How would we do that exactly in a building with security and people moving about, in addition to other people actively using the databanks?
It depends. How much security? How many guards? How many nerds? What's the layout of the building? What approach will we take? What resources will we have? What contingencies will we make? etc.
>Dont answer that, I'm not feeling so hot about entering a building with armed guards. If we fumble a roll it might end as a combat encounter that will slow us down or trap us inside.
See above.

>>5207840
Needing to enter the physical location seems unnessassary when we could do the same thing as last time and access it remotely. Why put ourselves in additional danger and over complicate things with additional steps? More steps like that means more complications are possible. If going for the data banks was a better idea, we would had gone with that plan instead of going for them remotely. Plus we still have the codes to that terminal unless they've been changed.

>>5207851
>Needing to enter the physical location seems unnessassary when we could do the same thing as last time and access it remotely. Why put ourselves in additional danger and over complicate things with additional steps? More steps like that means more complications are possible
Im not saying we need to go for the physical location but what im thinking of is the tradeoff of having to access the terminal multiple times or go for the data banks and get everything in one go.

>If going for the data banks was a better idea, we would had gone with that plan instead of going for them remotely.
We didn't know how important the data was at the time and how much of it there is.

Anyway, my original idea involved actually being able to take the hardware with us but this >>5207781 made that a lot more untenable.

>>5207865
Then we just do the same method as last time. "If it ain't broke" as they say.

>>5207813
Theoretically, how hard would it be to pretend we're BoS members, and bribe gangers/raiders into attacking the Navarro base to act as a distraction? Caps are probably not that useful to them unless they know people that can get them goods, so I think bribes in the form of combat drugs, food, and stimpaks might be worth it.

>>5207880
>>5207883
So what, do we just raid the same way until we get everything? Or are you planning a big enough distraction that we can get everything on this try? What if we get caught? Will we just try it on another terminal? Try my method? Give up? I'd rather this all be laid out beforehand.

>>5207888
We do the same method as last time but using raiders as fodder to draw guards away for a time to make infiltration and hacking easier.
For additional prep work, we can try figuring out the who and how the food is slipped inside so we can replace them with poor or expired quality foods. Soldiers with stomach problems will leave their shifts more frequently and be more distracted.
From there we'll see where things go. No reason a plan cant be simple.

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A few bribes here, a disguise dawned, and the right mark and they were in. It was all to easy as they worked their way through the various insurgents, recording their faces and names with ease. The group wasn't insubstantial either much of the Vault City youth had been subverted here. Perhaps some credit had to be given to the cover operations of the NCR, they were much more thorough with their agitations here than they were in Redding, much more subtle as well.

Perhaps its because Redding didn't need to the subtlety to them or perhaps it was because they had learned from their failures in Redding, regardless it was a concerning development.
However said covert element weren't here to prevent you from gaining entrance and subverting the whole of this operation they began. If nothing else while effective they still seem to be inexperienced or uncertain of their own capabilities if they're unwilling to under go long term operations in the place they're subverting.

But before long Rosaline and Thomas had returned to you with the list of names, as well as some details regarding the meeting, and what to look out for to find other potential members that may not have attended, all and all a perfect operation.

You give them both a good nod, "Great work, with this we should be done here for now."

You head over to the gate's to Vault City and into the city hall where the Senator was waiting and hand him the list. He looks it over once and gives an approving nod before heading inside. You follow with him, yourself no longer in Power Armor, but instead swapped out for Combat armor and a full face covering, your armor needed repairs and the First Citizen didn't need to see that.

The Senator waited to be addressed as the First Citizen turned around taking a seat, "My you do indeed work fast, lets see it." she held out her hand.

The Senator the spoke, "First, just a confirmation of our prior agreement, this was as you put a trial run, I believe you'll find the work satisfactory. We will continue such work afterwards upon your satisfaction with the results correct?"

Lynette just sighed, "Yes, yes, now hand it over."

The Senator hands her the list, and she begins flipping through it, nodding approvingly, "Mmm, very good, notation is exceptional, details are very vivid, names are recorded. Good handwriting, better than I'd expect from Wastelanders... Very well I believe we can do business." she says opening a drawer in her desk and slipping the list into it before closing it again.

She leaned forwards, "As to your prior proposal regarding the issue of the Gecko Power Plant I believe we may move forwards with it as you intended."

The Senator holds up a hand, "Before that, I would also like to propose an alternative proposal for your consideration." He looks over to you, then back to her, "We have come into the knowledge regarding several Vaults that are in, relatively pristine condition, and with no current occupants."

[continue]

He pauses waiting to see her response, but she continues stone faced, "While not as much power as can be generated by Gecko running at full capacity, it is perhaps less diplomatically fraught of a solution, we propose to retrieve these vaults Generators to supplement your own. The price being the same as before, though we may require additional manpower for the uninstalling and transportation of such large pieces of industrial equipment." He says with a nod.

Then sitting himself down across from her, "Of course the other offer remains on the table as well, but we can not do both, at least not within any reasonable time frame."

Lynette ponders the proposal for some time, eyeing Senator Rockefeller carefully, there was a tension in the air, one of distrust, but also one of desperation.

She sighed, "How far away are these generators and how many?"

The Senator responds at a leisurely pace, "4 Generators, 3 in the Mojave, 1 in southern California, Vaults 12, 11, 19, and 22"

Lynette frowned at this, "You expect to haul 4 Generators here from over 500 miles away? I don't know exactly what resources you have, but I doubt you'd need us if you were even remotely capable of such a feat."

The senator shook his head, "Come now don't be such a skeptic, you saw my entourage, we came here with modern transportation wearing power armor wielding weapons beyond what even your people utilize. We may be few, but trust me we're capable of such a feat, all we need are hands to do so in a timely manner."

Lynette eyed him carefully, "And how long do you propose it would take you to obtain the closest of these generators?"

He doesn't even flinch, "I'd say 2 months, maybe 3, however once the process is refined, 1 month per generator."
That was just a wild estimate, but it's astounding the amount of confidence he has behind such an unsubstantiated claim.

Lynette doesn't seem totally convinced, "And the manpower, how many people would you need?"

He continues forwards, "20-30 men, mostly for manual labor, though a few technical hands to aid in the removal of sensitive materials would be helpful as well, it would be preferable if they all came equipped to handle radiation hazards as well as these generators especially Vault 12's are rather... old and may need some minor repairs before being transported."

She spends a few minutes contemplating the matter, "I'll have to confer with some of the other citizens on this matter.... however I do like the prospects of the proposal more than the one you proposed earlier. Assuming your capable of upholding your end of the bargain."

He nods, "We're more than capable of doing so. When your deliberations are done I would like a written version of our agreement, in triplicate."

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he nods in return and we leave the office.

several minutes later several individuals go in and over about 2 hours of discussion later they exit and The Senator is handed three pieces of paper detailing the deal.
4 generators, the first one to arrive in 3 months time, and each following one in 1 month, Payment will be issued in full upon completion of the contract, resulting in honorary citizenship status, conferring full benefits and rights. 20 laborers and 5 technicians will be provided for the duration of this contract."

The Senator nods and signs his name on all three, before handing one back to the man who handed it to him.

Heading out of the building he turns to you, "Well it would seem that we've 2 months of head time on this matter." You just shake your head, "That's certainly going to eat into our time table for moving."
He nods, "Yes, but it was your suggestion, so I suggest that you prioritize it when we get back, I can work with Nelson regarding the Logistics while you handle that."

Oh so that's his game, you say nothing noting his satisfaction on the matter.

Regardless it seems you'll be heading home, luckily the time it took to resolve the job and recuperate means you only had to wait a day for the car to return and you head back that day.
__________

[Time to see how the Infiltration team handled their job]

3 Anons give me 1d100

Infiltration Team infiltrate's Gecko
Average Stealth Check DV 70
In for the Long Haul +17

Roll under 87

Critical Failure: Who the hell gave those Ghouls NVGs?! (Infiltration team is driven out of Gecko, no relevant information gained, subsequent attempts to infiltrate are now Challenging)
0 Successes: This is by far the worst luck I've seen since I played craps (Infiltration Team is driven out of gecko, no relevant information gained)
1 Success: Looks like the NCR are wooing those ghouls something fierce (Infiltration team discovers status of Geckos Relationship with the NCR)
2 Successes: Power plant ain't running as well as it could be that's for sure (Infiltration team confirms status of Gecko's reactor as well as 1 success results)
3 Successes: Well well well, what do we have here? (Infiltration team plants a false flag against the NCR, including information gained, Relations with the NCR sour slightly)
Critical Success: You know, sometimes you just gotta roll the dice. (Infiltration team's false flag gets the NCR diplomats kicked out of Gecko, including all other information gained)

>>5207888
>What if we get caught?
If able, bullshit our way out. If that does work, stealth kill. If that draws more attention, fight our way out. What do YOU think we should do if we vort caught in general?

>Will we just try it on another terminal?
If we're locked out of the first terminal and not caught yet, than we'll try that.

>Try my method?
IMO it seems needlessly dangerous. You'd have to enter the base, then enter the building with the data banks. We would be going further into Navarro. At least with accessing the data banks remotely we wont be so deep within enemy territory to make exfiltration an RNG nightmare.
>roll to enter the military base
>roll hackerman bullshit
>now roll to leave with the data

or your idea of going directly to the data banks
>roll to enter the base
>now roll to enter the building holding the databanks
>roll hackz
>roll to leave building un noticed
>now roll to leave base
It might be me but it feels like going there would be hard. Rosaline is the one that could get inside, but lacks the tech knowledge to know what to do when in there. Jacob on the other hand only needs the bare minimum of stealth to enter the base, then use his expertise to get the data.

>>5207914
Note when it says including information gained, that's me saying the results of 1 and 2 successes as well.

Rolled 36 (1d100)

>>5207914

Rolled 74 (1d100)

>>5207914
watch it be a nat 100

Rolled 53 (1d100)

>>5207914

>>5207908
>We do the same method as last time but using raiders as fodder to draw guards away for a time to make infiltration and hacking easier. For additional prep work, we can try figuring out the who and how the food is slipped inside so we can replace them with poor or expired quality foods. Soldiers with stomach problems will leave their shifts more frequently and be more distracted.
So we convince raiders to attack a military base? Or is it a civilian target and then we tell the soldiers about it? We then also need to sneak into their food supply, poison it, sneak out and then do the rest of the plan.

>From there we'll see where things go. No reason a plan cant be simple.
I don't think your plan is that simple

>>5207917
>IMO it seems needlessly dangerous. You'd have to enter the base, then enter the building with the data banks. We would be going further into Navarro. At least with accessing the data banks remotely we wont be so deep within enemy territory to make exfiltration an RNG nightmare.
Your forgot you own raider and food poisoning idea. Plus, you will have to infiltrate the base multiple times to get everything so that multiplies the number of times we will have to roll which is why I suggested the hardware idea. It was to lower the total amount of rolls but at the cost of an increased risk.