Futuristic [Fallout] Big Empty (Open)

[diogenes_]

"What happens in Vegas..."​

Definitely did not stay in Vegas. Just about 300 years ago, a man was shot in the head outside of a small town near Vegas called Goodsprings. This man was shot because of a valuable item he was transporting. He was a courier, one of six to be exact. He was carrying what looked like an over-sized poker chip completely composed of platinum. Now, it must have been some miracle, but the doctor there in Goodsprings, named Doc Mitchell, revived this courier. Surprisingly, the courier hadn't lost most of what was important within his head, in fact, some even said the shot too the head even did him good. So the courier took his trip to retrieve this platinum chip and kill the people that took it from him. He made a lasing impression on the people of many towns in the Mojave, allying himself with the New California Republic pretty close from the start. Learning, fighting and prevailing was his nature. Eventually, he made it to New Vegas. He was already famous by the time he had made it there, and was even more highly esteemed when he was given permission to enter the Lucky 48 Casino, which had been uninhabited by any truly alive being for years. There, he had met Mr. House.

Mr. House told him of his attacker, Benny, and his whereabouts. In anger, the courier busted into the Tops Casino and singlehandedly destroyed all of the workers and thugs in his way, then killed Benny and took the platinum chip. There he also met Yes Man, in which he ignored: he had made up his mind, and he was loyal too the N.C.R. He then, armed with platinum chip in hand, recruited the Mojave's remaining Great Khans, the Mojave sector of the Brotherhood of Steel and the Boomers into the N.C.R.'s roster for what was to become the second battle of the Hoover Dam. But then, he was given his hardest task yet: he had to kill Mr. House, the founder of New Vegas. He had infiltrated the Lucky 38 and walked into Mr. House's chamber, then apologized before removing him from his chamber. "It had to be done." he told the mangled, yelling body of Mr. house.

The courier then went on to protect the President, along with his partner Boone, and was commended for his fast thinking and ability to act under pressure. The courier then traveled about the Mojave for just about three months, solving people's problems, destroying every single Powder Ganger and even curing Schizophrenia for the nightkin, eventually leading him to fame with all super mutants. Finally, the day came for the second battle of the Hoover dam. Armed too the teeth and accompanied by the Brotherhood of Steel, the Great Khans, the N.C.R. and his companions, Boone and ED-E, the courier gained swift victory for the N.C.R. and even convinced Ceasar's Legion to keep to their regions to the east.

The courier, now idolized in the Mojave traveled for about 30 more years helping everyone he could and seeking justice for all. He disappeared and could not be found, even by his closest companions, who had no clues as to his whereabouts.. His partner, Boone died 10 years later back in the town of Novac, in the Mojave. ED-E, the courier's robot companion, settled in the eventual N.C.R. territory of Hawaii.

After the N.C.R. had gained Vegas, they had began mass producing weapons and gaining more soldiers. They then conquered some lands too the north, held by the Cascadian Empire and the Great Khans, Arizona from Ceasar's Legion and some other more eastern territories, as well as Hawaii in the Pacific, then brought all of their troops home, in order to rebuild. After 200 years of rebuilding and finding an ally in the New Alaskan Republic, the N.C.R. has become a thriving democratic republic.

As the rest of North America healed and rebuilt, old cities were once again thriving and new trade routes and territories were explored, conquered and taken. Eventually, the Brotherhood of Steel became nothing more than a small but powerful cult with many small bases, and the enclave was mainly destroyed, save a few facilities. Then again, as the continent may have been healing, problems still always arise, and there is always disposition, grudges, and just plain and simple problems, such as the whole continent still mostly being a lawless wasteland. Welcome to the Big Empty.

Spoiler: Map

 

[diogenes_]

Date: 11/14/2521
Time: 5:35 A.M.
Location: Bangle's Penthouse, The Strip, New Vegas, New California Republic
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Bangle groaned. He hadn't had much sleep last night, and he had to get up early to catch a 6:00 A.M. Tram from Vegas to McCarran. He had to get to McCarran because there was a Vertibird there waiting for him. Of course he was hired for another job, as he always had some form of work he was doing. he usually chooses to take one month sabbaticals after certain jobs to either of his four houses, all in N.C.R. territories of course. Technically, he's banned from entering Ceasar's Legion, The New Confederacy, the New U.S., Albion and Cascadia, but that hasn't ever stopped him from taking jobs in any of those places. Save Albion. He had never been there. He just chose not to visit. He had only been banned there because of the trouble he's made in the New U.S., basically what the Enclave was trying to build, so naturally, he was drawn to making a commotion there. Regardless, he knew that tension between them and Alaska would soon boil over, and a war over all of those useless frozen islands would proceed. Bangle had only visited one, Victoria Island, and that's currently where his summer home is. His winter home, is of course, at the strip. Where the old N.C.R. embassy once stood is now a huge casino, "The Bawling Boar", where he owns the penthouse, courtesy of the N.C.R.'s Rangers. He also had direct control over the old N.C.R. safe house, near black mountain.

Thoughts aside, he had to get going. He got into his armor, put his mask in a bag, his N.C.R. debit card (his caps are in the bank), his carbine, grenade rifle, his iron, attached to his hip, some stimpaks and sarsaparilla and he was off. He was late. He ran through the streets of the strip and made it too the station. He checked the time. 6:05 A.M. "Well shit." He said to himself. He hopped onto the tracks and began running. He has implants that allow him to run faster than the average human, of course, so he eventually caught up to the tram. He jumped and grappled onto it. He held on tight and slowly made his way up the train. Eventually, he got to one of the fire exits at the top. He popped it open and slipped in through the roof. When he dropped to the floor, he realized he was surrounded by N.C.R. troopers all aiming their service rifles at him. Once they recognized him, they all lowered their weapons and apologized before returning to their seats. Bangle told them, "You have no need to apologize, this is a high priority tram. You did a good job." Bangle took a seat next to a businessman. He had been receiving strange looks from the business formal passengers all the way to McCarran.

When the tram arrived at what was McCarran Air Force Base, Bangle was escorted by guards to his terminal. After the Second Battle of the Hoover Dam, McCarran became the N.C.R.'s personal air port for high priority individuals. The N.C.R. began creating commercial Vertibirds for flights and now has a flight from McCarran to Los Angeles, where you can travel to Hawaii and Alaska. Bangle was receiving a personal Vertibird jet, for extra high priority guests. For once in his life, he was very high priority. It was for a reason though. He is going to be the main guard of the President of the N.C.R. and the President of the N.A.R., in the historic meeting in which they will declare each other as complete and total allies. That means that there are bound to be assassins, and if anyone is prepared and ready to protect against many assassins, maybe even at the same time, it would be Bangle. On the vertibird, Bangle was allowed one passenger, so he brought his favorite N.C.R. trooper along for the ride, Private Stone, of 1st Recon. Moments after loading into the Vertibird, they were off.

 

[JustAnotherGerman]

Date: 11/14/2521
Time: 7 A.M.
Location: Dave´s Compound, North of Goodsprings, New Vegas, North Californian Republic

Dave awakes from a dreamless sleep and begins his daily routine. After he´s done with his meal being 2 cans of Pork and beans, he remembers what he wanted to do today. he put on his Jumpsuit which he found at an old Corvega factory and goes to the door leading to an jet unused part of his bunker. He opens the big, metall door and finds a staircase going down and a lightswitch on the wall. He turns on the light and moves down. at the end of the staircase is another door but this one is locked with a terminal beside it. Dave boots up the terminal and opens the door. Behind the door, he finds a hangar and a Vertibird. Dave can´t believe his eyes as he inspects the Vertibird for damages, which showes that this Vertibird is in perfect condition and ready for takeoff. As he look into the cockpit he notices some old manuals for Vertibirdpilots to train for combat situations and normal patrolling.After a quick look into one of the manuals he asks himself:"How did the cadets train if they couldn´t use a Vertibird?" Still confused by this question Dave opens a nearby door and finds the answer to his question in form of Virtual Reality Pods in the next room. The six Pods where arranged in a circle and in the middle was a console to activate certain Trainingsoperations and record the footage of the cadets. Dave boots up the terminal, starts with a introduction sequence, jumps into a Pod and begins his Training to become a Vertibirdpilot.

 

[diogenes_]

Date: 11/14/2521
Time: about 9 A.M.
Location: A tad bit north of Goodsprings
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The Vertibird, after much preparation and many different inspections and checks, was determined as fully operational. Bangle and the other passengers, as well as the pilots, where hurtled about a thousand feet into the air, and then, they were off to California. Bangle immediately decided to go to sleep. He drifted off and imagined that he had stopped an assassin, trying to kill both presidents. He slept only for a couple of minutes, and he awoke to the sound of metal clanging on the floor. He opened his eyes and saw that something had fallen out of Private Stone's pocket, who was now slowly awaking as well. He picked it up and closely inspected it. He then realized, it was the mark of Ceasar. He silently motioned for the other passengers to go for parachutes. They were above Goodsprings now. Suddenly, the passengers opened the door, and Bangle lunged at Stone.

Stone suddenly snarled and jumped back, to his feet right up against the door of the craft. He pulled C4 out of his coat pocket. "If you make one more move, the pilots are dead." Said Stone. "Now, hand me a parachute." Bangle handed him a parachute. Stone then armed and dropped the C4, the jumped from the Vertibird. Bangle jumped after him, and clung to his torso. Bangle and Stone were now fighting for control of the parachute. Bangle then pulled out his combat knife and stabbed it into Stone's side. Bangle, now victorious, clung to Stone's lifeless body and eventually landed, sad as ever. He got up, shook off his feelings, and went to inspect the Vertibird wreckage. Both pilots and an armed guard died, two in the explosion, the other in the crash. Bangle took their caps and some stimpaks from them, then decided to find some food. Goodsprings was a bit too far, so he decided to wander for a bit and maybe find some geckos, for some fresh gecko steak. Instead, he walked up to a bunker, and decided to loot it. He opened the door and took cover. He shouted, "Anyone there?" there was no response, so he decided to still be cautions The main floor of the bunker looked like it had been inhabited, and recently too, which made him very skeptical. He explored the top floor and realized that there wasn't much of use here. He then took a trip downstairs and found a fully operational Vertibird. "Holy sh*t I'm lucky." he said aloud. he then inspected that bottom floor. There was a garage door in this room, and another room with some tubes in them as well as a broom closet. He decided to take a look in the broom closet, and he slowly walked toward it, then entered.

 

[Error 420]

Date: 11/14/2521
Time: about 9 A.M.
Location: A tad bit north of Goodsprings
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Bangle opened the door to the sight of the back of a hooded figure, a comically large revolver in its left hand and a war-scarred and warped banjo in the left. It turns around and removes its hood with its revolver, showing the scarred ghoul known as Patrick O'Henry. O'Henry speaks in a dulcet and dark tone unlike most of his kind, saying (with a smile) "You know, you really should have knocked. Made me almost blow a hole in my foot." His revolver is now trained on the masked man's head. "Now I hate to kill a good-looking man, but I don't suppose somebody bursts in on a private residence with that much firepower without deserving a bullet to the... weird mask thing."

 

[diogenes_]

Date: 11/14/2521
Time: a little after 9 A.M.
Location: A tad bit north of Goodsprings, in some bunker
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Bangle had just realized he had entered what he thought to be a broom closet, although it looked like a full room. Inside he found a particularly coy ghoul and realized that the ghoul meant no real harm, he was just protecting his possessions and apparently, home. "I'm not here to pull any tricks. I was just in a Vertibird crash." Bangle explained. "Listen," Bangle said, "I need to get to Los Angeles and there is a Vertibird. Do you know how to fly it?" Bangle finished. "Also," he continued "If it means anything to you, I'm an expert tracker and I believe that there is another human in the building, possibly in the room across from us." He finished telling the ghoul. "Now that we're acquainted, my name is Bangle, and please, don't kill me."

 

[Error 420]

Date: 11/14/2521
Time: a little after 9 A.M.
Location: A tad bit north of Goodsprings, in some bunker
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"There's more of you here? Why didn't you say it was a party?" He laughs and puts his gun down. "Although that does explain why all the furniture's rearranged, there's hundreds of empty cans of beans, and the bird's been cleaned. Truth be told it's been a while since I was last here." He spaces out a little bit, thinking. "Name's Patrick. Patrick O'Henry." He places the banjo on his back and reaches out with his right hand for a handshake. "We should probably get out of here before the current tenant claims squatter's rights," he says with a beaming smile.

 

[JustAnotherGerman]

Date 11/14/2521
Time a little after 9 A.M.
Location Dave´s Bunker
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Dave got out of the Virtual Reality Pod and heard 2 voices from a nearby closet. He panicked. This was the moment when he realised, that there were two plasma pistols on a nearby table, next to some ammo. Dave grabs the pistols, and sneaks to the two voices he heard. As he stood next to the door to the room, where the two voices were, he took a deep breath. He jumps into the room and quietly says " Don´t even try to take out your guns. Now explain me why you two stumbled into my bunker and if anyone of you gives me a reason that isn´t plausible i will shoot you" He notices Bangles pockets are filled with some of Dave´s cans of Pork and Beans ( he marked them with a blue pen which was still working after 500 years). " Are you two raider´s or is there any other reason you *points at Bangle* have my dinner for today in your pockets?"

 

[Error 420]

Date 11/14/2521
Time a little after 9 A.M.
Location Dave´s Bunker
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The ghoul Patrick O'Henry turned to the new entrant with a warm grin, gun in hand. "Let's not be too hasty about waving around pistols, mi amigo. This bunker here is mine. See that notch above the front door? That's from this gun right here. All the stains in the front room? That's what remains of the muties who were living here previously. Now I don't mind that you've been keeping it running in here but I don't appreciate when people point guns at me in my own bunker." He hostlers his pistol slowly, retaining a friendly smile.

 

[JustAnotherGerman]

Date 11/14/2521
Time a little after 9 A.M.
Location Dave´s Bunker
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Dave was confused by the answer of that ghoul. He himself noticed the notch above the front door and the stains in the front room. Dave never bothered those things but now they make sense but there were still some questions that didnt add up. " If it is your Bunker, how did you get in here and why did you leave it in the first place?"

 

[diogenes_]

Date: 11/14/2521
Time: a little after 9 A.M.
Location: A tad bit north of Goodsprings, in some bunker
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Bangle was a bit shocked. "Okay, I'm not here to make trouble. First, maybe this ghoul here, O'Henry, lives here but hasn't been doing much or was out for the night. And these beans, take em. I just wanted lunch. Listen, I suggest we all lower our weapons and hear each other out." Bangle's stomach rumbled as he thought about his most important thought. "Oh, and also, do either of you know how to fly that Vertibird there? I have an extremely important event to attend in Los Angeles."

 

[JustAnotherGerman]

Date 11/14/2521
Time a little after 9 A.M.
Location Dave´s Bunker
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Dave lowers the plasma pistols and takes the cans, Bangle just gave back. "If this ghoul really lives here, why did i just now got an opportunity to meet him?* looks an O´Henry* If you lived here before i arrived here , i´m sorry. I thought this bunker was unused since the Great War.*looks at Bangle* I´m not a very good pilot but i think that my 3 hours in that pre-war Simulation should be enough to get you there. What´s about you? How did you get here and why you need to go to Los Angeles?"

 

[JustAnotherGerman]

Date 11/14/2521
Time 9:15 A.M.
Location Dave´s Bunker
Silence takes over the situation. Dave looks at the wall of the room for any opportunitys to escape and is happy to not see any exits whatsoever." Maybe you need some more time to think about what story you want to tell me." He walks to the door and locks Bangle and O`Henry in the room. "If you want to talk with me, use the intercom next to the door. Until then, bye!" Dave goes up to his part of the bunker and begins tinkering with his suit of T-45 Power-Armour.

 

[diogenes_]

Date: 11/14/2521
Time: 9:15 A.M.
Location: Dave's Bunker
Bangle quickly goes to the intercom and speaks. "Look, I just met this ghoul. Regardless, I've been hired by the NCR for an important and top secret task. If you and O'Henry so choose so, and you let us out of here, I can let you in on my info. If not, I will find a way through this door and leave with the ghoul. Regardless, I ask for your cooperation and assistance if you so choose. After all, you seem like you might be able to take me to Los Angeles in this here Vertibird." Bangle finished. He approached O'Henry and patted his shoulder, and gave him a slight nod. "We may need to force ourselves on this stranger, if you're up for it. I know you're up for it, friend, as we can't stay here forever. Especially after he took those beans back."

 

[JustAnotherGerman]

Date: 11/14/2521
Time: 9:15 A.M.
Location: Dave's Bunker
Dave stopped tinkering and walked to the Intercom in his room."NCR,eh? I know that the NCR hs a lot of caps and that a important and top secret task pays extremly well. I make you an offer: I will get you to Los Angeles for a small cut of your profit." Dave goes to his bagpack, begins to fill it with a whole bunch of Microfusion cells, his bag of goodies, some Stimpacks and some other stuff he may need for the upcoming flight.

 

[Thatstatueofmolagbal]

Date: 11/14/2521
Time: 9:00 A.M.
Location: Prim/ road to Good Springs
Jessica wakes up in her comfy apartment for another day of prospecting around Prim. She slept in a bit today but a little extra sleep never hurt anyone. After getting her leather armor on Jessica gets her 10mm and a backpack full of stuff to sell to travelers. Shortly after getting out the door she sees a black plume of smoke rising from an area near Good Springs and thinks that might be a good place to start scavenging. After buying breakfast she heads out.

 

[JustAnotherGerman]

Dave checks the ammo on the miniguns of the Vertibird, takes some rockets, loads up the rocketlaunchers and locked the entrances of the bunker with some military grade, pre war locks with some modifications which would cause the bunker to explode if someone would begin to tinker with them. He opens up the giant hatch above the Vertibird, which can´t be open or closed without an Vertibird which comes equipped with a remote to open up those types of hatches. Dave boards the Vertibird, gets it out of the bunker and seals it shut. He flies down the road south to Primm. Out of nowhere,he sees someone walking to Goodspring with a very big Backpack and decides to have some fun. He aims at the person walking down the road and fires his minigun. After around 400 bullets fired from his Vertibird, Dave felt awesome. The person down below his was nothing more than red paste on the concrete. So he turned his Vertibird towards Los Angeles to "do something" the Mojave Chapter of the Brotherhood wanted to do since Helios One. He could possibly die but there is no turning back now...