It has been seven months since you, the Courier, shrugged off the yoke of outside oppression and declared the Mojave a free state. Putting yourself at odds with the Bear, Bull and other minor powers seeking the riches of the region, you are instead transforming it into a power to be reckoned with.

From negotiating a ceasefire and eventual treaty by walking all over the NCR Diplomatic Corp, to landing a million-cap joint investment to rapidly expand the industry of the Mojave, you have played it fast and loose with the mighty Republic. Time will tell if this influence will spell the end of the independence of the Mojave.

Flirting with the NCR doesn’t match the situation you find yourself in with the mighty Caesar and his Legion. After agreeing to operate on his tumor, you not only planted a seed of paranoia but assumed the place of Augustus to his Julius, opening a potential path to inheriting the mighty Legion.

While playing these two great powers off of each other, you also have a frosty relationship with the Brotherhood of Steel, who surely have their own machinations with the dusty safe haven from the NCR.

But you’re not just a robotic warlord with a state, as you've declared the New Vegas Directorate to be the government of the Mojave, with the Courier Council as the legislative body, you as the executive and an independent judiciary to reflect many of the same tenants of the old world. You’ve created a military, a series of funded governmental departments and have begun the delicate dance of private-government ownership of the economy.

But will you be able to stop factionalism from infecting the infant nation? There are former Enclave soldiers, ardent Republicans, self-interested Wastelanders and other unknowns all nipping at the heels of power and a populace as equally diverse.

The domestic threats pale in comparison to the dreaded Boomer Blight which has the potential to wipe out all life in the former United States and beyond, snuffing out the dream of a strong and independent Mojave.

With the brain of Mr. House still in a coma, the NCR too focused on the Legion and Caesar himself lost in delusions, will you be able to harness advanced technology to secure not only an independent Mojave but one which can rise above what has always plagued man?

Thread summaries below

Thread 1: Genesis

The Courier talks Lanius down, and Kimball is thrown off the Dam. A ceasefire is negotiated with the NCR and the chaos in Freeside is swiftly put down. In the chaos of the battle, the Brotherhood took over Helios.

Boone got talked into staying around, the Courier absolutely dogwalked the NCR ambassador two separate times for a very favorable treaty with the Mojave in return for much of the dam’s power and water.

The Crimson Caravan is banned from the Mojave and the beginning of the Follower-Mojave relationship is formed over bath houses. The Courier encounters boomer blight for the first time after asking the Boomers for food, though not understanding the severity at the time.

Doing what the NCR couldn’t, the Courier completely eradicated the Fiends as a force in the Mojave, demolishing Vault 3 in the process. A massive deal is made with the Brahmin Baron Heck Gunderson to supply much needed food to Freeside in return for vast freedom over his businesses and for his son to serve as AG Secretary.

Senator Armstrong of the NCR is introduced.
Thread 2: Ain’t like chowing down on Fancy Lad Snack Cakes…

The Courier discovers a large group of raiders operating from the town of Nipton, targeting NCR visitors from the border. The Courier also officially creates his council, the nexus of the Mojave Government.

The Courier finally explores Lucky 38, finding wealth and secrets that he quickly uses, most notably the Mojave Rehabilitation Plan. But much of the information pulled is heavily corrupted and will take time and effort to make use of.

The Courier refuses to let House die and instead rushes him off to Big Mountain to extract his brain from the rotting body, resulting in House in a coma. The Brotherhood makes another move and seizes Black Mountain.

Boone runs into a stranded NCR special forces group who agrees to stick around for the time being and they prove instrumental in the dramatic victory over the Nipton raiders after they launched a terror attack on the NCR border crossing.

Senator Armstrong climbs the ladder of power and is invited into NCR President Kimball’s Council.

The New Vegas Police Department is created to alleviate pressure on the Securitron Force and begin the process of civilian control over the region. A military is officially created with the former Enclave captain as its head, with an infantry core being the focus and the M1 Garand selected as the standard rifle of the armed forces and a production deal made with the gun runners.

The beginnings of industry is created as a nascent leather industry grows around the production of leather armor for the armed forces. The Mojave Rose Caravan Company was created with Cass as its president, cutting construction costs and alleviating the issue of transportation.

The Courier activates the Emergency Beacon in the Remnants Bunker and is offered a deal to heal Caesar in return for a mighty boon.

Thread 3: Render Unto Caesar

The Courier travels deep into Legion lands to heal Caesar of his tumor, learning much about the empire in the process.

In return for healing Edward Sallow, the Courier receives a set of master codes that should override any government facility in the country. In the aftermath of the surgery, Caesar now believes that the Courier is the heir of his empire though much needs to be done for the Mojave walker to earn that position.

Before heading back West, the Courier also planted the seeds of a major conspiracy forming against Caesar with the goal of destabilizing and weakening the Legion.

The Boomer Blight, which is an altered strain of the Vault 22 and Big Mountain strains, begins to become a much larger issue with it being manmade, particularly hard to treat and multiple strains existing in the wasteland. But it’s not just confined to the Mojave, with rumors of it having infected the lush lands of Zion.

While focusing on this apocalyptic issue, the Courier also continues to strengthen the position of the Mojave. He negotiated a massive investment deal with a cabal of NCR businesses and a minor agreement made with the Brotherhood to provide technical support throughout the desert.

Yes-Man finishes his upgrades and turns into an even bigger big brother than he was before and a very generous trade agreement is signed with the Legion.

A New Reno crime family shows up in Freeside, causing endless headaches for the Courier and his government.

Perhaps the most impactful episode happens when the Courier explores Hawthorne Depot, finding a large NCR garrison and roping in the Brotherhood and Legion for a raid.

After insertion with Vertibirds, the initial assault goes nearly perfectly but disaster strikes when an explosion kicks up a nerve agent and nuclear material in the middle of a dust storm, killing the entire town, garrison and the raiding force while also nearly killing the Courier in the process. After waking up back in Hidden Valley, the Courier is without the Platinum Chip and the master override codes with no idea on the status of either.

Arcade Gannon and his research team sent to Zion have gone silent and the status of the Platinum Chip unknown. The only saving grace is the Courier officially decides on a direction for the Mojave, creating the New Vegas Directorate and giving the nascent government an air of legitimacy.

Quintilius Publicis is introduced.

Link to previous threads below

https://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive.html?searchall=No+Gods%2C+No+Masters

FACTION REPUTATIONS

New California Republic: Wild Child

You may have a tentative peace with the Republic, and you’re surely taking advantage of their vast wealth, but the general public is unsure of what to think as you’re a dictator doing business with the Legion.

Caesar’s Legion: Accepted

Your dealings with the Republic is annoying and the use of robots for your army leaves a bad taste in the mouths of the Legion but Caesar has marked you and the NVD as a friend to his Legion and very few will question that.

Brotherhood of Steel: Mixed

The Mojave Chapter may think of you highly, but their power pales in comparison to Lost Hills who regards you with concern and caution. While a helpful thorn to the Republic, your access and use of technology runs anathema to everything the Codex believes.

Followers of the Apocolypse: Liked

Your focus on the wellbeing of every individual in the Mojave, very generous funding for Follower projects and the long-term planning for a sustainable, peaceful government is all music to the Follower’s ears. There are concerns about the growing authoritarianism with the New Vegas Directorate but the New Vegas Chapter is keeping their patience.

Westside Republic : Neutral

The fiercely independent Westside Republic has not been outwardly hostile, in fact they’ve been pleasant neighbors but the reality is they’re an ugly blot on a map that is rapidly falling under control of the NVD. The leadership of WR has signaled they are ready to negotiate a potentially “special state” agreement in light of the declaration of the NVD.

The Boomers : Idolized

Between everything you’ve done for them previously and how you have respected their independence, the Boomers out of Nellis Air Base see you as kindly as they can an outsider. It remains to be seen if they would accept absorption into the NVD, however.

(Feel free to ask the opinions of any other factions/groups and Yes Man will run his wonderful calculations on the reputation leanings)

>>6280306
What do the Shi think of us right now? We've brokered a good deal with them and made an impact (or two) on Ms. Yen, but I could easily see them disliking our unpredictability.

Also, welcome back!

>>6280303
I take it this is a typo, & General Oliver was thrown off The Dam, not President Kimball.

Interesting developments. What are our reputations with the following:
The Enclave
The New Reno Families
The Raiders (Great Khans, Jackals, Powder Gangers, Vipers, etc.)
The Strip Families

Captcha: GAXXX

The proposed Governorships of the New Vegas Directorate

1: The Governorship of New Vegas.
The most influential region of the Mojave, the crown jewel of the desert.
Proposed Governor: Cachino

2. The Governorship of Freeside.
The most populous of the regions, though very poor. Also has the highest concentration of industry.
Proposed Governor: The King (will require replacing him as Secretary)

3. The Governorship of Jacobstown.
A very rugged region inhabited almost entirely by mutants of all kinds though rich in resources.
Proposed Governor: Marcus

4. The Governorship of Bitter Springs.
Another sparse region with fewer resources, the former Khan settlement being the only really inhabited settlement but access to the lake makes it an attractive region for growth.
Proposed Governor: Jessica Gillles, former NCR Captain

5.The Governorship of Sloan.
A dangerous section of land that consists of the quarry, Black Mountain Southern New Vegas which has many dilapidated former businesses and workshops.
Proposed Governor: Hal Stringer, Deputy Foreman of Sloan

6. The Governorship of Goodsprings. Between Goodsprings and Bonnie Springs, this region is the agricultural heartland of the Mojave. The influence of Heck, his large tracts of land and the company town cannot go unnoticed.
Proposed Governor: Trudy McGill, de facto mayor of Goodsprings and saloon owner.

7. The Governorship of Hoover.
Perhaps the most important region of the Mojave. The Dam provides water and electricity to the desert and NCR while being a lifeline across the river to Legion land.
Proposed Governor: Kate Stanson, Deputy Secretary of Energy who specializes in hydroelectric energy.

8. The Governorship of Novac.
There’s a shocking number of high-value scavenging sites in the region but not much else. Novac has been ignored in favor of the rest of the Mojave but sits along a potentially valuable route.
Proposed Governor: Cliff Briscoe, owner of Novac Hotel and the Dino Bite Gift Shop.

9. The Governorship of Primm.
A fast-growing region populated by NCR immigrants and attracted by the investment of NCR businesses. Outside of Primm, the region has very little else in the way of agriculture or industry.
Proposed Governor: Johnson Nash (Requests the appointment as the travel for his Secretarial position is too much. Will leave a vacancy for Postmaster.)

10. The Governorship of Searchlight.
An incredibly sparse region with little going on but it has multiple paths south, raising major security concerns. Cottonwood Cove and Searchlight Airport are potential points of interest.
Proposed Governor: Manny Vargas, former First Recon and friend of Craig Boone

>>6280343
fucking typo, quest is over. everyone go home

The Shi : Wild Child
The Shi are naturally suspicious of another highly-advanced society but respect the prowess of the Courier and are cautiously optimistic about the relationship that could be made.

Strip Families : Liked
You’ve not only avoided the collapse of the tourism industry but have made steps to grow the riches of the three main families while keeping their relative freedom.

Great Khans : Dark Hero
The Great Khans blame you for their expulsion from the Mojave but most would admit that it was for the best and remember your fair treatment. The Powder Gangers that have joined their tribe may not be as agreeable…

The rest of the raiders hate you about as much as one man can hate another, while you have absolutely no idea what the Enclave thinks of you as the only members you have met are the Remnants.

The New Reno families don’t know you personally but it’s pretty clear where they stand based on the direct competition to their money makers.

New Vegas Region

Month 7
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Population (Rough Estimate): 73,000
Freeside/New Vegas/North Vegas: 67,000
Novac: 800
Goodsprings: 900
Jacobstown: 700
Primm: 2,250
Nellis: 1,000
New Vegas Outskirts: 4,000
Sloan: 400
Boulder City: 150
Bonnie Springs: 600
Nipton: 0
Remaining population dispersed throughout region
New Vegas: Rebuilt Pre-War buildings, defensive wall, electricity, plumbing.
Boulder City: Pre-War Ruins
Freeside: Sparse electricity. Pre-war ruins, pre-war buildings, shacks. Defensive wall. Basic sanitation.
Primm: Electricity. Intact pre-war buildings, pre-war ruins
Nipton: No plumbing, no electricity, damaged buildings and rubble
Goodsprings: Electricity, intact pre-war houses
Novac: Electricity, intact pre-war houses, defensive wall.
Camp McCarran: Intact pre-war building, military tents, electricity, plumbing, defensive wall, watch towers
Camp Rex: Intact pre-war building, military tents, electricity, plumbing, expansive training grounds

Economy
Tariffs: Low 5%(+110,000 caps/turn)
Sales tax: None (+0 caps/turn)
Casino Tribute: Intermediate (+65,000 caps/turn)
Additional Dam Income: (+50,000 caps/turm)
Upkeep: -124,000 caps/turn
Investment: -100,000 caps/turn (4 turns left)
Treasury: 224,000 caps (100 Gold Bars)

Food
Below-average (Stable)
Meat-Heavy diet
Fueled by cheap beef from Gunderson and an increase of funding trickling down to Freeside, the diet of the average Freesider is impressively heavy on protein. There are concerns about the sustainability of this progress and many still go hungry.

Water
Below-average (Stable)
The explosion of agriculture and sanitation has begun to strain the irrigation and plumbing across the Mojave. There are also concerns about long-term uncontrolled use of one of the best water sources in the wasteland.

Medicine
Poor (Rising)
Scavenged industrial medicine, sparse home remedies. The Followers have begun manufacturing medicine on a small scale. The Freeside baths are contributing to cleaner streets. The repaired Auto-docs are contributing to a healthier Freeside.

https://pastebin.com/WUaGdbQc

Anon’s Suggestions
https://pastebin.com/z8vZKF5i

ALERTS
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WARNING: NIPTON & BOULDER
Though the raider gangway be defeated, Nipton is a shell of its former self with most buildings severely damaged, any industry and productivity having been ravaged long ago.Boulder City is in the same boat, but has a small population eeking out a living off of the engineers at Hoover and travelers from the East.

WARNING: STRETCHED FORCES
While there’s no pressing need, more and more Securitrons are deployed to guard travel and trade routes or to isolated towns around the Mojave. Kreger is pushing for the creation of more infantry companies to take over standard patrol duties from the irreplaceable Securitrons.

WARNING: SALVATORE CRIME
Boone has found multiple hideouts for the new crime family in Freeside as well as some of the lieutenants running things on the ground. You now know the group is from New Reno, a mysterious family with alleged connections to the Enclave. The Salvatores know they’re being spied on and have gone to ground, disrupting their operations but making it difficult for further detection.

WARNING: INCREASED STRIP ACCESS
With Freeside formally under your control, The King has been making stronger urges to soften the requirements for Freesiders to get access to The Strip, such as lowering the cap limit or making passports cheaper & easier to get. The Families are less than happy about this suggestion.

WARNING: PLATINUM CHIP
The Platinum Chip, your ace in the hole, is gone. The last you know of it, it’s at Hawthorne in a pile of your gear contaminated by a nerve agent and radioactive material. It’s a non-negotiable that you need to get it back, if it’s still there.

WARNING: MISSING RESEARCH TEAM
Arcade and his team haven’t been heard from and the worst is expected. With the Vertibird having been used for transportation, if you want to go investigate, you’ll have to hoof it on foot.

WARNING: ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY
The Courier Council has suggested planning a large celebration on the one-year anniversary of the Second Battle of Hoover Dam which gave the Mojave its independence.

WARNING: LOOSE ENDS
Yes Man has reminded you that there are a large number of issues and projects that have seemingly fallen to the wayside and knows that while you're always on the ball, it's easy to become overwhelmed.

WARNING: HOUSE AWAKENS
Diode Johnson has sent you a message, letting you know that Mr. House has awoken from his coma and is quite agitated at the situation he finds himself in.

>>6280432
Ugh this is the correct map

>>6280419
Can we get Swank instead of Cachino in charge of New Vegas? Having Gomorrah call the shots sounds like a Bad Thing, even if it's a guy who's indebted to us.

I was honestly hoping to tap the King as Vice Director to the NVD too, since Cass isn't interested. As long as it's not Pacer in charge though, it's only natural that one of the Kings would be governor. I guess we can let the King decide what he thinks.

Letting Nash go sounds acceptable though, particularly as he requested it.

Put Rotface on payroll as our ear to the streets.
Hire The Forecaster as an advisor.
Make Fantastic, "Deadeye" Ricky, & Nobark Noonan our court jesters.
Put out the word that we're looking to hire competent survivalists, marksmen, soldiers, & lawmen to expand the militia, & possibly form a new unit of Rangers. Specifically, we should invite Jules from North Vegas, Sunny Smiles, Harlan from Repconn, Raul, the Lonesome Drifter, Cass, Boone, Cannibal Johnson, Ulysses, Christine, Red Lucy, hunters for The Thorn, & any ex-Desert Rangers we can find.
+1 to Swank over Cachino, but tell the Omertas we'll pay for the heads of the Salvatores in our city. Fight fire with fire, slimeball with slimeball.
What's the status of the Bright Brotherhood & North Vegas Square?

Let's see if I remembered how to do this right.

>>6280432
Courier Actions:
>Go (or at least prepare to/make a team to) look for Arcade and the research team.
Sounds important.
>Read the book Caesar asked you to read.
Just in case we get quizzed on it.
>Talk with Mr. House.
This should be interesting.
>Talk with the Families of the Strip.
We haven't done this yet. We could maybe ask them to give more tribute, since we've been hemorrhaging caps all over the place (especially with that deal we made with the NCR).

Military Action:
>Have our agents 'learn' from the Frumentarii.
Caesar asked that we eventually kill these 'traitors of the Legion' and that should be our eventual goal. Just need to learn how to handle it. Maybe we could make some agents good enough to deal with the Salvatores lol

Research Action:
>Get the new facilities up and running, see if we can get them to research Boomer's Blight.

Industrial Action:
>Continue working on the RMRP.

Other Actions:
>Help plan for the one year anniversary. Make sure that it doesn't conflict with your schedule, so you can be there.
>Send Lily to deal with the Salvatores. Again.
She honestly didn't do so bad last time and I think it's funny.

Okay, we got a lot of shit to do and a bunch of fires to put out, so let's get started.

>Courier actions
Travel to Hawthorne and either retrieve or confirm the absence of the Chip and the Master Code Machine.
Travel to Zion and find out what happened to Arcade. Bring antifungals, respirators, and loads of energy weaponry

>Diplomacy
Meet with Ulysses at the Divide and attempt to recruit him for the NVD.
AFTER returning to Hawthorne and seeking the chip and codes, meet with the Mojave BoS and hash out what the hell happened at Hawthorne. (The chip and codes will be major indicators of who was behind the attack and what they were after)

>Military
Take Boone's plan and converge everything we can spare on Freeside to forcibly rip out the Salvatores. Get the Kings in on this to maximize effectiveness and ease collateral damage.

>Industrial
Reinvest 25,000 more caps in finishing the medical industry so we can finally start getting medicine and returns.

Invest 30,000 caps again in farming tools and non-irradiated irrigation supplies to get the RMRP back up and running.

>Research
Have Big MT continue working on the Blight research independently.
Since our own Blight research is on hold until we have more samples, have Dr. Henry take a look at the civil technologies we retrieved from Big MT and see what it would take to get them into production.

>>6280419
Oh yeah also supporting all the suggested governors except Bitter Springs, Sloan, and Hoover. We can get Swank in change instead of Chachino too.
Can we have some background checks on Jessical Gilles, Hal Stringer and Kate Stanson before we confirm them?

>>6280484
Changing my research action to
>Have Big MT continue working on the Blight research independently.
>Since our own Blight research is on hold until we have more samples, have Dr. Henry take a look at the civil technologies we retrieved from Big MT and see what it would take to get them into production.
And also add some caps to help with the RMRP, around 30,000 - 40,000 if we have the money for it, as well as invest into medicine industry too (25,000 caps) if we're allowed to do that too.

>>6280306
Ah yeah, the boomers love us baby.
And we love em back.

>>6280432
>Courier
Diplo House, delegate the planning of the anniversary to an Anniversary Commission made up of our most trusted and competent.

Take a company, hump it to Zion, triage the situation.

If Remnants Vertibird cannot be recovered, radio the BoS to borrow a Vertibird to get our damn chip back from Hawthorne.

>Military
Raise a Company, send Bear One to Creech AFB.

>Research
Hit up Big MT and focus on other research, I’m tired of the hyperfocus on the Blight absolutely fucking with our action economy.

>Industry
Raise Tariffs to 10%, get an auditor to monitor our investments ffs.

Invest 60k caps in the RMRP to get it back online and fix up Novac and Bolder City, earmark 30k to the Anniversary Commission.

>Other
Get the Frumentarii to train our people, and send them against the Salvatores. (Eventually we’d send them to the Naval AFB under NCR control in a suicide mission, we just need to plan it out before initiating it).

Allow Freesiders under our employ, plus those of merit and loyalty a lower cap check and Strip privileges. This isn’t a right, and they will have to adhere to a Rules of Conduct by the Governor of the Strip, who will, in turn, offer them fair treatment and won’t enforce prohibitively strict standards. Also, we can work with the Families to set up a lottery for temporary Strip access.

Have Yes Man set up an itinerary for the ‘Loose Ends’ and we’ll direct the appropriate funding for them.

>>6280432
>Diode Johnson has sent you a message, letting you know that Mr. House has awoken from his coma and is quite agitated at the situation he finds himself in.
So hey, we lost the platinum chip...

>>6280508
Fallout QM? Which Qst do you rep?

Courier Actions
>Chat with House now he's woken up (since I think we're currently in the Big MT)
>Chat with the BOS about Hawthorne while we're at it too
>Go to Hawthorne and try to recover the Chip
>Head to Zion to figure out what happened to Arcade and his team. Bring a flamer. Hell, bring two.
(I think we're back to having 2 talk actions and 2 regular actions since we got healed, right QM? Or am I misremembering the system?)

Military
>Get the Frumentarii started on making us an intelligence system, ask them if they can help out with the Salvatores too.

Research
>Get big MT on Blight research independently, see if we can't set up a comms system with Doc Henry

Diplomacy
>Try to recruit Ulysses from the divide, he would make a good 2IC (maybe switch this with the meet BOS action)

Industry
>Invest 60k caps in the RMRP to get it back online and fix up Novac and Bolder City, earmark 30k to the Anniversary Commission.

I'd like to propose us having Ulysses as our second in command once we reach out to him. He might be one of the few people that we could actually tell everything to.
The King might be doing a good job but he's better as the leader of Freeside, meanwhile Cass doesn't want to do it.

Can we not put off the Salvatores any longer? Boone recommended we go all out for a very good reason; this could easily slip outside our ability to handle it if we keep trying milquetoast half-measures.

>>6280483
>Hire The Forecaster as an advisor.
This is a legitimately good idea, provided he's willing and hasn't fucked off somewhere.

>but tell the Omertas we'll pay for the heads of the Salvatores in our city. Fight fire with fire, slimeball with slimeball.
Also a decent idea. Given our dire financial straits, we might see about making it a cessation of tribute for X amount of time; essentially a tax cut.

>>6280582
It's possible, but a major reason for recruiting his was so he could head our nascent Intelligence department.