Your agreement with Heck Gunderson hasn’t blown up in your face yet and you begrudgingly admit that food is nearly as cheap now as it was before the second battle. There’s more than a few reasons to be wary of “NCR Investment” but you’ve proven capable of standing up to external pressure and if nothing else, there’s always the Legion across the river.

Instead of just a normal meeting in the Lucky 38, you have a little surprise for the trio of NCR representatives. Daisy was all too happy to fly her bird to the top of the Lucky 38, parking it on the never-used helipad. You had the foresight to get the Enclave emblem painted over, though you’ve heard that even the NCR Presidential Vertibird is
former Enclave property.

Nonetheless, you see no reason to try to woo the trio yourself, and instead leverage your growing government by plucking the Secretary of State and Secretary of Commerce to assist in negotiations. The final touch is catering a full 8-course meal from the Ultra Luxe. The casino is more than happy to loan much of their staff this evening as well all of the food and drink needed for the six of you.

You enter the private dining room of the Penthouse Suite to look over the final details of the dinner. The meal is a diverse experience starting with a fresh “desert salad” made of local greens topped with a secret Caesar dressing. Next is a series of small plates of grilled cactus, Southwest Street corn and mirelurk cakes topped in a delicious sweet sauce. The main dish is a Brahmin Wellington followed by a genuine ice cream sundae with chopped banana yucca topping. You’ve never seen such a menu and can only imagine what the Ultra Luxe is spending, all out of their own pocket. That's not even mentioning the red wines being provided and the after-dinner whisky you have pulled from the “Courier’s Reserve”.

While you oversee the dinner setup, Francine and Cass are heading over to greet the trio and bring them to the Lucky 38. It’s always nice to have a employees do the grunt work for you, maybe this is what Mr. House felt.

Within an hour, the food is ready and you’re sitting at the head of a small dining table, with Cass on your right and Garret on your left. At the opposite end of the table is Mr. Lundstrom, a young and admittedly handsome man. He has a perfect smile, almost as good a suit as yours and the eyes of a killer. To his left is a woman named Ms. Yen who seems to be of Asian descent. She’s older but still attractive as well, though has said a few words to this point in the evening. Perhaps she’s from the mysterious Shi who you've heard only strange rumors about.

To Lundstrom’s right is Mr. Penler or “Hoss” as he requests to be called. He’s the near opposite of Mr. Lundstrom, being both fat and ugly, almost a little too gregarious for your tastes.