Home on the Wastes (A Fallout RolePlay) (closed, ended)

[CRAVE CASE 55]

When Dead Eye awoke the next mourning he looked over at the bunk next to him, and saw Night Owl sleeping. Knowing how rare this occasion is he decided to let him rest and leave a note on the bed post.

"Gone to the thorn, catch up later."

He figures while hes around he might go catch up with his old flame, Red Lucy.

 

[Voidrunner]

Night Owl groaned and pulled himself upright, blinking in confusion at his surroundings. Remembering he was in McCarran and not out in wastes where he usually tried to sleep, Night Owl swung out of his bunk and read the note left behind by Dead Eye.

"The Thorn? Does he fight in the arena down there?" Night wondered aloud before shrugging, changing into some civilian clothes and taking the train back to New Vegas.

Night Owl found a spot where he could clearly see the entrance to the Lucky 38 and took a seat. He was sure House was up to something weird and wanted to see if anyone else entered the building, hoping his civilian clothes made passersby ignore him.

 

[lemiel14n3]

-----House-----

The chip had been plugged into the central computers. House had downloaded the schematics held within and had begun instructing his small army of maintenance robots in the building of his new power system. These new designs would triple the current power production that New Vegas enjoyed, it would take months to finalize the designs, but by the time the system was installed to the extent House had planned New Vegas would be totally autonomous in it's power supply.

However, House was aware that this new power would require an additional draw on his attentions. Already well extended, House realized that his operating system would be unable to cope with the requirements of all the new functions. It was time for an upgrade.

Unfortunately, all the employees at RobCo were 200 years dead, and the current residents of the wastes lacked the technological ability to program him a new operating system. House devoted several processing cycles to devising a solution. And one found him, inside his old personnel files.

Before the war he had hired a promising young computer genius to improve the system of RobCo's computers and robots. Jason White was the mind behind the Version 5 of the UOS, the system House currently employed. After being transferred to the Arizona branch of RobCo, Jaso had begun development on a hyper advanced version of the UOS, until the war cut his work short.

Wheter or not the design was finished was irrelevant. If it was incomplete, House would simply use what was completed to improve his own systems. And, since he knew where the program was housed, it would be easy to send his hired team there.

He sent out the securitrons.

 

[Voidrunner]

Night Owl didn't have to wait long for something to happen, it appeared changing out of his armour had been a waste of time as he hardly had to wait long. Securitrons made a rapid exit of the Lucky 38 and Night Owl run up to one of them.

"Excuse me, does House require our presense again?"

 

[Sviests]

After having a good night off, Isaac was very satisfied and happy. "So, this is the life in New Vegas. I sure can live like that!" Isaac thought and smirked.

While having a little walk in the Strip, he saw many securitrons making their way out of the Lucky 38. "Hmm. I wonder what is happening. Could it be that I am finally required for the mysterious quest House talked about?" He thought and walked on to the nearest securitron.

Spoiler: Caps

Residence -500, 5x Whiskey - 50, Various food items - 50, 4x Stimpak - 100. Caps now = 700-500-50-50-100=0

 

[PixelKing]

Alex looked out his window and saw lots of securitrons leaving the lucky 38.
"The fuck..." he muttered to himself before leaving to find out what was going on, armour on and weapon in hand.

 

[CRAVE CASE 55]

Just when Dead Eye reached the sewer entrance to The Thorn he saw a seccritron rolling his way.

"Oh come the fuck on! You let me walk this far out of my way before you need?"

 

[OutcastBOS]

Knox looks up from Khan-ifying his armor when he notices a whole ton of securitrons start pouring out of the 38. "Welp...Guess it's time to put this to good use..."

 

[c_westerman13]

Awaking in the morning, Chaz recalled the night he'd had with the girl - Lucy, he thought she was called - and turned over to find her still beside him. Deciding that waking her was a waste of time and effort, he leaned somewhat menacingly over her frail form, hunger in his eyes.
Just as Charles was about to eat, one of house's robot army rolled into the room, waking Lucy, and causing her to flee. Dammit, thought Chaz, somewhat irritated by the loss.
"House request an audience with you once more, in the Lucky 38", said the Securitron.
"Great", replied Chaz sarcastically, "Thanks a fucking bunch Victor." As the Securitron wheeled back out, Chaz decanted another of House's Packages into his flask, and headed out to the Lucky 38. Takeaway Breakfast it is, then, thought Chaz. Heading downstairs, Chaz hit the bar on his way out, purchasing 3 bottles of scotch (60), and walked out of the Ultra-Luxe, picking up his arms as he went.

Re-holstering his .357 as he walked towards the Lucky 38, Chaz was shocked to see the motley assortment of people entering, including the nervous wreck with whom he had shared an 'interview'. "These must be my new Colleagues", said Chaz quietly to no-one in particular, "how the hell did he end up employed by someone so supposedly-exclusive as House?". Chaz straightened his suit for the umpteenth time since donning it that morning, and walked smartly to meet the people with which he was to work.

Spoiler: caps

caps now: 3240

 

[Voidrunner]

Noting that the securitrons appeared to be remaining silent until the whole group arrived, Night Owl quickly swung his patrol armour out from his backpack and pulled it on over his clothes. Retrieving his ranger hat, he pulled it low over his eyes and waited for some information.

 

[Acier]

"Come on! I'm getting the losing end of the deal here, if you wait for the right buyer these are worth a pretty penny. I just can't afford the extra weight. Caps aren't really my priority." Demeter was smiling warmly, trying to warm the shop keeper up. "Not to mention, this radscorpion venom is fresh, I popped 'em off not three days ago in the desert. Very high potency." The shop keeper went silent for a bit.
"Well, it is quite a bit. And it's potent you say?"
"The only way it could get stronger is if you were stung by a live scorpion." The shop keeper hesitated for a bit, the girls lot was still worth more than 2 liters of radscorpion poison to him.
"If your hesitant, I am good at repairing things. If something in your shop is broken I'd be willing to throw in a reasonable repair to help pay." That fit the bill. A couple hours and a repaired Nuka Cola vending machine later Demeter walked out with a scope for her rifle, tinted goggles, a whetstone, and an extra Nuka Cola thrown in as a thanks. She walked out on the strip sipping her cola and walked around. She didn't spend too much time in settlements so she liked to soak in as much as she could before she heads out to the wilderness again. As she was gawking at the strip she ran head first into securitron, spilling some of her soda. "Ugh! Oh, uh...sorry.."
"Come with me."
"Huh?"
"Come with Me." The robot grabbed her wrist a led her across the strip to the Lucky 38. It let go of her wrist when they entered. "Come with me." it repeated. I suppose it's important, Demeter mused. She followed through the casino and was eventually led to a room with a green screen and a man waiting among the other robots.
"Um, hi." Demeter mumbled sheepishly. "Sorry if I missed a memo but is there some important meeting going here?"

 

[lemiel14n3]

-----Ethan-----

Ethan woke up next to Sarah, the two had hit the strip successfully the night before, hitting the tables then catching the entertainment offered at the Tops. They saw singers playing some Sinatra hits that survived the war, and some original hits as well.

Sarah was still asleep, Ethan looked at her and reflected how he enjoyed being with her. She was smart, funny, and she cared, but that was a problem, he knew she loved the followers more than him, she had her commitments that she was unwilling to break. "Oh well, as long as we both know where we stand.". A buzz from the Vault comm came from the receptionist upstairs. "Sir, a Securitron is here for you. Apparently you're wanted at the Lucky 38."

Ethan put on his new combat armor. He had dyed it brown and grey earlier to blend easier into the background of the wastes. He put on his hat and holstered his weapons then walked for the lucky 38. He climbed into the elevator and stood in front of the monitor that displayed House.

As the others filed in, the computer came on. and House appeared.

 

[CRAVE CASE 55]

When Dead Eye finally made it back to the Lucky 38, he walked over to Night Owl, and surveyed the crowd.

"Whore the newbys?

He asked Night Owl that had been here longer.

 

[Acier]

"My name is Demeter Terrin." She looked around the room. "May I ask who you guys are? I'm a bit lost." She said with a small laugh.

 

[CRAVE CASE 55]

Walks over to the only female in the room

"The names Dead Eye. NCR 1st Recon sniper, and the "hero on the NCR" as they call me. The one I was just talking to is Night Owl, a NCR Ranger. The one in Power Armor with the Laser Rifle is Alex, Brotherhood of Steel. The other with Power Armor painted Red and Black is Knoxx, Heir to the Great Khan throne. And finaly we have Ethan, the one in combat armor hes a Independent, pretty tuff guy. Theyre are also two casers legion not here yet, and I dont know these other two guys."

He said as he was pointing around the room to the various Team Members

 

[OutcastBOS]

Knox looks around and sees a few new faces in the 38, and then walks around introducing himself. "Hey, I'm Knox..."
He then looks up at the monitor when it blinks on. "H'lo House. How's it goin'?"

 

[lemiel14n3]

-----House-----

House's monitor came on, there were skips and jumps in his graphics that weren't there before, due to his systems being over exerted by the new demands for power.


"Gentlemen... lady, thank you for your prompt arrival. I have another job for you. I need you to go to my old company's facility located several miles outside of New Vegas. Once there I need you to locate the works of a former employee of mine, download his files and bring them to me. Towards that end I have procured several Pip-Boys. They contain enough memory to store the information contained on the systems. I have also included a marker on the internal map as to the buildings location. Unfortunately what I have learned of the terrain indicates that my securitorns will be unable to accompany you, so you will be entirely dependent on your own resources."

(H)"Now then Demeter, I brought you here because I understand you are a women of talent, I need people of talent under my employ, especially now that events around my city are proceeding at this recent pace. We'll need to discuss the terms of your employment."

(D)"Employment? Well this is flattering. Well caps are always nice and..oh! Do you have access to mechanical parts and metal cutting machinery?"

(H)"Of course, these securitrons didn't appear out of the Aether; I have extensive facilities located underneath this building, some of which would accessible to your use."

(D)"Hm, I've been traveling in ruins and talking to bumpkins for quite a while then. But granted, these parts are somewhat hard to come by" Demeter rummages through her pack pulling out some mechanical diagrams. "If you have access to materials I need a tools suitable for constructing this I would be ecstatic"

(H)"Interesting... Yes, I possess the equipment for this particular design, ambitious as it may be. Return successfully from your initial assignment and I'll give you restricted access to my workshops. And you mentioned payment in caps as well."

(D)"I don't need much, 500 caps will be fine."

(H)"very well, your initial payment will be delivered shortly, there will be an additional 500 caps upon completion. Now then as before, I have provided ammunition for your use, I trust you will be successful.

At this a securitron wheeled out to Demeter with a silver plate, sitting on which was a satchel containing 500 caps. A light also came up on a table by the elevator holding boxes of ammunition. Sitting next to them were ten fresh pip-boys, their screens slightly glowing green.

 

[c_westerman13]

Chaz strode smartly into House's briefing room, once more straightening his suit - this one tic the only obvious sign of his rising nerves, and was shocked to see quite how many people were there - he'd expected to be working in a team of 3 or 4, but a quick glance around the room revealed a total of 8 people, including himself. There were two people in NCR clothing, and several others in a variety of clothing, up to and including power armour. Chaz also noticed that there was only one female within the group, and instinctively moved to greet her, despite her being in conversation with one of the NCR people, who was gesturing around the room in a seemingly random manner.
"hey, i'm Chaz", he opened, "This is my first mission for House - have you been on many?"
Chaz once again glanced casually around the room, dodging just in time to prevent colliding with a juggernaut in what appeared to be Tesla Armour, albeit crudely sprayed with Khan colours.
"hey, i'm Knox" came a deep voice from within the armour. Chaz returned the greeting casually, deciding not to offer a handshake for fear of losing a limb.
"hello Knox. I assume you're a Khan, are you? don't see many of your lot in tech like that - perk of the job, is it?", said chaz, somewhat cautiously. He wondered how much house had told this motley assortment about his unique diet. Standing awkwardly in the corner, Chaz also noticed Isaac, the bag of nerves with whom he had shared his interview. Thinking to draw the introvert out somewhat, Chaz waved him over, towards the increasing group.
At this moment, House's visage flickered onto the screen, and gave a brief for the mission they were to undertake. As the giant face faded back into the nothingness of the screen, Chaz wandered to the table, and picked up a pip-boy, impressed that house had access to Vault-Tec stuff, and gathered a further 6 mags each of .308 and .357 ammo.

Spoiler: ammo status

75x .308
79x .357

 

[Acier]

"Well that was quick." Demeter picked up her satchel. A well dressed man greeted her. "Hi, I'm Demeter. This is my first mission as well, so we have something in common." She laughed softly. She walked over to the table with the pip boys and picked one up. "So, when are getting this show on the road?"

 

[CRAVE CASE 55]

"OOOOOHHHHHH New Toys! I should have fun with these. A mapping section, this could make my scouting and intel collection easier. Oh and more .50 Cal ammo, this is hard to come by in the wastes."