After completing Dead Money for the 5th time yesterday, yet I missed the Weapon Repair Kit tape grrrrrr, I was thinking some things over, and I had some random questions because Single Malt and Microbrew have fried too many of my braincells I don't know how many of these questions are good or bad but I'd appreciate your fine help in answering them.

1. Elijah, at first, wants the Brotherhood to rule the Mojave, with him riding back to the rescue to save the day. His plan involves using the cloud to evict the CL and NCR from the Mojave. But doesn't he realize the Cloud would affect all living inhabitants and could/would spread beyond? How would anyone survive this, given the cloud corrodes everything and kills everyone? This contradicts his stated desire of using the Vending Machines to provide for the people of the wasteland. Is this just evidence that he's less than sane?

2. Does he believe the BOS would accept him after sending assassins after him? Or is he beyond caring about the BOS when you meet in the Madre?

3. If the Cloud wipes out all life, presumably inflicting catastrophic losses on the NCR and CL, what's the point of firing missiles onto the Dam?

4. Is his only intention to use the collars to get into the Madre, or does he wish to use them on future subjects in the Mojave?

Thanks and apologies if some of these are daft

Elijah wants to, "wipe the slate clean," as in kill everyone. The NCR, Legion, BOS, nothing would survive.

1. Wants to wipe the slate clean. Start over or begin again. (i really have no idea where he'll get more people since the cloud keeps things away)
2. I think he doesn't care about the BoS anymore. If he did he might have never left them in the first place.
3. The dam is still a source of power. He wants everyone dependent on his SM tech and not their own.
4. I have no idea. But I don't see why he would just stop using it. It makes people cooperate and can control behavior.