Zyle Reed
“would not be the first time I have been shot at for nothing more than my appearance” said Sun while spliting the cooked skull open and eating, “at least I seem to escaped the search of the walking Tin man..... Mercy less thugs that just slaughter everything in their path, then there’s the others that just shoot at you and kill anyone with any technology past your basic pistol. “

I looked at Sun with a look, knowing that he only ment the Brotherhood Of Steel would only attack.

“Never did ask your name, what do I call you anyway. Would feel really stupid to say hey soldier lookout in the middle of combat when the legion comes”

"My name is Ranger Zyle Reed, but you can call me Reed." I replied while looking at the skull he was eating. It was very disturbing to watch, but in my years as a ranger i seen worst so i wasnt too displeased of the mutants dinner.

Two Hours Passed

The sound of foot steps came into hearing range and I quickly looked over my shoulder, seeing that the reinforcements arrived and had an officer leading them, I knew it could be a good possibility that they will hold it down a little bit longer.

OOC: Been busy lately, lol.

IC:

Viktor "Vik" Chills
Vik notice behind the mutant, Reed and Hale that 10 soldiers that was led by Captain Ross.

"About time you guys showed up, seems like your guys should have this under control now sinceLegion forces has been nuetralized in the area." Vik said while looking towards the bunch that began surrounding the area.

Sun got up as the soldiers arrived, quickly cut open the body of a legionnaire and used what fresh blood was left to write STAY OUT in bold red letters across the wall just above the door of the general store. Then proceeded back inside and went back up to his room and began to sharpen his weapons.

Jeff Torres

Having safely made it back to his camp, Jeff watched Nipton to see what the NCR were doing in response to the shots and the destruct charge. They were staying in town, but did have their guard up and were digging in. Satisfied they were not out looking for trouble at the moment, Jeff studied the papers he had taken off the Legion he had killed. The Explorers had been keeping detailed notes on what they observed, but there was not much by way of orders. The Frumentarii had some interesting documents, however. He had thier pass phrase for today (it was just past midnight), and tomorrow. The new orders for the Explorers was merely that the Frumentarii was to assume command and that he would serve as spotter for the team sniper and direct thier targets. "They were a sniper team", Jeff thought grimly. "when this is over I will have to retrieve the rifle". Before the Frumentarii arrived they had been under orders not to shoot at the enemy unless discovered. At the next check in...an hour from now...they were to use the new call sign "Aquila" to signify they were ready for thier new mission. The Frumentartii had been warned about increased NCR and Brotherhood patrols around Mojave Station, and explicitly mentioned Jeff himself leaving Primm and that thier anolysts believed he was en route for Nipton. The part that was most interesting, however, was that the Legion was planning to hit Nipton hard tomorrow at dawn....just over a day from now. They were committing four Contubernia...32 men or thereabouts to the assault. But that was only the beginning. Once Nipton was taken, the assault force is to advance to the Nipton rest area and dig in to screen a larger force...a full Century...which will advance past them and stage a night assault on Mojave Station itself. "This is bad", thought Jeff. "I have to report this".

Jeff reported to Primm via the radio relay at Black Mountain using his secure frequency. Hardin was not happy being woken up, and even less happy with what he had to say. He informed Jeff he was sending reinforcements, a reinforced Patrol of six Paladins, along with additional ammunition and some mines, that should arrive in Nipton midday. Thier mission, and now his was to help the NCR hold Nipton at any cost. To that end, he was to present himself to the NCR commander at the town below and offer him his services and warn them what was coming. With that, he signed out. Jeff then programmed his radio with the Legion frequency and scrambler settings, and waited for the 0100 check in. At precisely 0100, his radio crackled to life.

"Corvus, this is Tigris. Report.", said the voice from the radio. "verba oris mei vinculum".

"Tigris, Corvus sleeps, Aquila speaks for him. Nothing further to report.", said, Jeff. "Mors et perdita"

"Very well, Aquila. True to Caesar. Tigris out.".

Jeff prepared to move out, deciding to circle West back to the 164 and enter town via the road. "I hope I don't get shot", thought Jeff sourly.

Jeff carefully approached Nipton, walking down the center of the road. As he approached a hastily constructed barricade across the road just inside city limits, he saw the sentry behind it level his rifle at him. "Halt! Who goes there?", demanded the sentry".

"A friend", said Jeff. "Please take me to the Sergeant of the guard or your Commanding Officer. I have important information for him."

"Advance and be recognized!", said the NCR trooper, still keeping his rifle leveled at him. Step into the torchlight over there!"

Jeff complied, and the NCR trooper looked at him. "Combat armor, a couple of packs...doesn't look like a Legionary or Raider", the trooper thought. "But that is not my decision to make." He then bellowed "Sergeant of the Guard!.....Sergeant of the Guard!" He heard men running up behind him.

"What is it, Private?", said the Sergeant. Noticing Jeff, he then spoke to him. "Who the hell are you, and what are you doing out here at this time of night?"

"I am Paladin Torres of the Brotherhood of Steel, and I need to speak to your Commanding Officer, Sergeant, regarding a matter of vital importance."

That was not what the sergeant expected to hear....the guy looked like a prospector or merc rolling in caps, and he thought they all wore Power Armor all the time. But he knew what to do. Turning to one of the Privates that had come up to the sentry post, he said "Get Captain Reed, Private. Don't take no for an answer. If you see any of the Rangers, tell them too. He then turned his attention back to Jeff as the private scurried off. "With all due respect, Paladin Torres, I would like you to stay right where you are and not make any sudden moves until someone above my pay-grade comes to sort this out."

Elizabeth 'Lzzy' Hale

Two hours later, the reinforcements arrived, led by Captain Ross.

"About time you guys showed up, seems like your guys should have this under control now since Legion forces has been nuetralized in the area" said Chills as the soldiers started to fan out across Nipton.

Lzzy said nothing as Chills had just spoken for her.

Seeing the NCR troopers arrived, Sun cut open the body of a nearby legionairre and wrote STAY OUT in big letters on the general store with the legionairre's blood and stepped inside, out of the way.

Lzzy slid down the wall she was leaning against, she took a bottle of water from her backpack and brought it to her lips, taking the time to relax.

Sun finished maintaining his weapons and was in middle of drowning a sarsaparilla when he saw a soldier running towards reed. Deciding to see what was up, came out threw the room reed exploded previously and crept near where the soldier was talking.

Zyle Reed
The arriving troops began to settle in a put up a somewhat defense, knowing that if the Legion tries to retake Nipton they could be successful.

"Well just in case Sir, set up frag mines on the borders of Nipton to give the defense an extra spark" I said while looking towards Capt. Ross and pointing out towards the outskirts.

"That aint all bad Ranger Reed and we might just do that. MEN SET MINES around the peremeter!!!," Ross ordered. "By the way, what the hell is a mutie doing here?" he also asked.

"Sir, its really a long story but to keep the story short, hes a ally to the NCR." I exclaimed.

OOC: Sun is about as stealth as a normal civilan, if he's hidding behind somthing, you'll proable see him when he's breaking cover to see whats going on, otherwise you may miss him depending on if your distracted or not. thus the soldier may or may not notice him ( he is after all on of the biggest preators in the wastes, thus he doest hide he attacks and slaughters.)

Sun lay poorly hidden by a few NCR tents that where next to reeds. He watched with one eye poking out behind the cover and carefully listening for the soldier heading for reed to speak.

OOC--I started composing this before I saw DAGH's last post.

Jeff Torres

"Sir, it's a really long story but to keep the story short, hes an ally to the NCR!", Reed exclaimed, then briefly described how Sun had assisted them in driving the Legion out of Nipton.

"Very well, Ranger Reed.", said Captain Ross. "If you're willing to vouch for him, that's good enough for me. But I would..." Reed did not finish his sentence as a private ran up to him and saluted.

"Begging the Captain's pardon, ", the private said. "but we've got a situation at the West side of town. A stranger just came up to the sentry on the road and asked to speak to the Commanding Officer. Says he's a Brotherhood Paladin and had important news for us. Sarge told me to find you and ask you to come question him."

"First a mutant and now the Brotherhood...what next?", sighed Captain Ross. "Did he give a name, private?"

"Torres, sir.", said the private.

"I've heard the name...let's go private.", said Ross. "Why don't you come along, Ranger. I'd like to get your read on him."

"Certainly, Captain", said Reed, pointedly looking over at the tents where he had noticed Sun was vainly trying to hide long enough for Ross to notice then turning his head back to face him. "But it's probably best to bring him to the CP and question him there. We aren't shooting at each other anymore, but we aren't exactly friends so no Brother is going to walk in here without a damn good reason. Whatever his news is, it isn't going to be good. "

"Agreed.", said Ross grimly, also noting Sun's interest in thier conversation. We'll bring him to the CP and talk to him there. Private, find the other Rangers and request thier presence in the CP at thier earliest convenience." Ross and Reed then walked to the West checkpoint to find the Sergeant and two men nervously watching over the stranger.

After a short conversation Captain Ross decided that Torres was probably who he said he was. Ross dismissed the Sergeant and the other men to return to thier duties, and he and Reed escorted Torres to the CP that had been set up in a house near the Town Hall. Once inside, Torres unslung the .357 lever action and his Gauss rifle and propped them up against the wall with his larger pack, then placed the smaller pack...which Ross noticed was stained with what appeared to be dried blood...on the dining room table and sat down.

"There is a handgun and a stick of dynamite inside the bag", said Torres, pushing the bag towards Ross. "Would you mind handing me the map cases and papers inside?".

Ross opened the bag, and removed the bundle of papers, and two map cases, then handed them to Torres. He then pushed the bag towards Ranger Reed, who looked inside. Reed found, as Torres had said, a silenced 12.7mm pistol and a stick of dynamite which had it's fuze yanked out. He also saw a necklace with a Legion coin on it and pulled it out. It was a Legion Denarius coin, a old one with Caesar's image on it. But rather than the silver that the Legion minted the Denarius out of, this coin was bronze. Reed, like any Veteran Ranger, knew immediately what it was.

"The Mark of Caesar.", said Reed, holding it up so both Torres and Ross could see it. "Where, may I ask, did you get this, Paladin Torres? I won't insult your intelligence by accusing you of being it's rightful owner, given your cavalier treatment of it."

"I'd be pleased to tell you all about it.", chuckled Torres. "It's owner is about 500 meters East of here. I killed him and his two associates, you may have heard the commotion." Both Ross and Reed nodded, several pistol shots and a small explosion were heard about two hours ago. Ross had planned to have a sweep done once the sun was up to investigate it. Torres then unfolded the map he had taken off the Frumentarii and spread it on the table. "What I've come to tell you is basically this. Tomorrow, the Legion will launch a major offensive to take Mojave Outpost, cutting the Mojave off from the NCR so they can besiege Primm. The first wave.....four Contubernia, or around 30 men...will hit Nipton at Dawn tomorrow. Thier goal is to take Nipton and clear a path to the Nipton rest area so no one sees the second wave until it is too late. The second wave, a full Century, will move up about 12 hours later and try to take Mojave Station with a night assault. If that succeeds they will send more troops up the rail line East of here and try to get around Primm and cut it off. They will probably hit Novac as well, though that part of the plan wasn't entrusted to the donors of these documents. The attack was moved up two days due to Nipton falling to the NCR. If you have any questions about thier plan, I'd like to answer those first, then I would like to outline the ways I can be of assistance to you, and the NCR, to stop them."

OOC: WHOA there High Speed controlling other ppls characters is a NO GO, but ill let it slide this once since i been kinda absence because of work.

IC:

Zyle Reed
"What I've come to tell you is basically this. Tomorrow, the Legion will launch a major offensive to take Mojave Outpost, cutting the Mojave off from the NCR so they can besiege Primm. The first wave.....four Contubernia, or around 30 men...will hit Nipton at Dawn tomorrow. Thier goal is to take Nipton and clear a path to the Nipton rest area so no one sees the second wave until it is too late. The second wave, a full Century, will move up about 12 hours later and try to take Mojave Station with a night assault. If that succeeds they will send more troops up the rail line East of here and try to get around Primm and cut it off. They will probably hit Novac as well, though that part of the plan wasn't entrusted to the donors of these documents. The attack was moved up two days due to Nipton falling to the NCR. If you have any questions about thier plan, I'd like to answer those first, then I would like to outline the ways I can be of assistance to you, and the NCR, to stop them." Paladin Torres explained.

The plan seemed so well organized and thoughtout, only a well stratigized(SP) Enemy could have thought of this though i knew of Lanius to be very Stratgitec.

"So, we should be making our way back then, so we can settle this little battle at Outpost. I'll regroup with Hale, Chills and Sun and make our way there" I said while looking towards Torres and Ross.

OOC-- Sorry if I over-reached, I tried to limit to limit things to steps that would not interfere with your freedom of action.

Jeff Torres

"So, we should be making our way back then, so we can settle this little battle at Outpost. I'll regroup with Hale, Chills and Sun and make our way there", said Reed to Ross and Torres.

"Before you go, Ranger Reed, please consider this. Though they heavily outnumber us, we have some important advantages that make beating at least the first wave right here quite possible.", replied Torres. "They believe that only you, your comrades, and your mutant friend are present in Nipton....I prevented them from reporting Captain Ross's arrival. Also, I eliminated the observers who were tasked with reporting the progress of the attack...as well as snipe at targets of opportunity...and was able to get the scrambler codes from thier radio, as well as the pass phrases, so I can feed them whatever information we want, at least through the end of tomorrow. Finally, a squad of six Paladins, along with extra ammunition and more mines is on the way here, they should arrive by noon at the latest. That would give us around 20 men, with at least some heavy weapons....with the element of surprise we can easily lure the first wave into a trap and wipe them out before they even knew what hit them. With some luck, we may even fool their commanders back at Cottonwood Cove long enough to be able to maul the second wave as well, or we could safely retreat. But if we can get behind the second wave and take out the Centurion and the Veterans at the rear of the column with the initial strike, the Legion formation would fall apart and then could be destroyed utterly. I have some ideas on how we might do this if you are interested in hearing them.".

Zyle Reed
"Before you go, Ranger Reed, please consider this. Though they heavily outnumber us, we have some important advantages that make beating at least the first wave right here quite possible.", replied Torres. "They believe that only you, your comrades, and your mutant friend are present in Nipton....I prevented them from reporting Captain Ross's arrival. Also, I eliminated the observers who were tasked with reporting the progress of the attack...as well as snipe at targets of opportunity...and was able to get the scrambler codes from thier radio, as well as the pass phrases, so I can feed them whatever information we want, at least through the end of tomorrow. Finally, a squad of six Paladins, along with extra ammunition and more mines is on the way here, they should arrive by noon at the latest. That would give us around 20 men, with at least some heavy weapons....with the element of surprise we can easily lure the first wave into a trap and wipe them out before they even knew what hit them. With some luck, we may even fool their commanders back at Cottonwood Cove long enough to be able to maul the second wave as well, or we could safely retreat. But if we can get behind the second wave and take out the Centurion and the Veterans at the rear of the column with the initial strike, the Legion formation would fall apart and then could be destroyed utterly. I have some ideas on how we might do this if you are interested in hearing them.". Torres exclaimed.

"Well Torres Im all ears cause my thought was to just rig the place to blow like we did back in bolder city" I said while looking back at Torres. I then looked out to myside and saw the Shadow figure of Sun.

Sun, You can come out now, these men will not attack." I shouted towards him.

OOC: never betray a supermutant there not made with a long fuse for there temper.



Sun had heard what he feared, the brother hood of steal where here. Even worth more brother hood soldiers where coming as well. Worth then that Reed had planned to betray him, blowing up his home...... the soldier had planned without a thought to utterly betray him.


Reed called him to come out of hiding; he must have seen him hiding. Sun drew the Machete gladius and proceeds inside to the shock of the troopers, he came in armed. His face blunt and unhappy he slammed the blade down on the table and pulled it up quickly. Turning to the brotherhood of steel repetitive “I have my eye on you technology stealer” without warning he turned to reed “you will not live long past me gnawing on your innards if you try to destroy this town, I told you before I will not lose my home.”

With that sun exited the tent as quickly as he entered, the table quickly quivering as the sword was ripped from its now splintered table.

Elizabeth 'Lzzy' Hale
Lzzy was about to have a brief nap when there was some commotion among the troopers. By the sounds of things there was an arrival, and it was not NCR, but Brotherhood of Steel. She watched as Captain Ross, Reed and a couple of troopers headed in the direction of the west entry to Nipton, a couple of minutes later, they returned with the stranger, who was not wearing the traditional power armour that the Brotherhood of Steel were known to wear, instead wearing some form of combat armour. She watched the group make their way to a command post that had recently being set up in a tent, out of the corner of her eye she could see Sun, presumably trying to eavesdrop.

She stared in the direction of the command post, she couldnt hear a word of what was being said from where she was but she stayed put. A few minutes later, an angry Sun stormed towards the command post, exchanged a few words and stormed back out, her eyes followed him until he was out of view.

She stood up and stretched, pulling on her backpack and made her way towards the tent. She stopped just inside the entrance to the tent and briefly looked around at the group.

"What was all that about?" she asked.

Jeff Torres

“I have my eye on you, technology stealer!”, Sun said angrily to Torres, pointing directly at the Paladin. He then spun with surprising speed to face Ranger Reed, and spoke again. “You will not live long past me gnawing on your innards if you try to destroy this town, I told you before I will not lose my home!”. He then pulled his sword out of the table with what seemed to be no effort at all for the giant, lifting the entire heavy wooden table along with it several inches off the ground before the sword finally came free and the table crashed back to the ground, and stormed out as quickly as he had burst in. Torres, who had thought for a moment the angry mutant was going to kill him, was completely at a loss for words. For several seconds, Torres and the two NCR officers stared at each other without speaking before a new voice broke the awkward silence.

"What was that all about?", said the voice. Torres, Ross and Reed looked over at the entrance to the tent. Standing there was another Veteran Ranger, a woman with shoulder length red hair.

"Well, uh...Ma'am." Torres began as it finally began to register with him he was still alive. "We were discussing the tactical situation and apparently the mutant did not agree with one of the options for dealing with the problem." He then looked back at Reed and Ross to see what they had to say.

Elizabeth 'Lzzy' Hale
"Well, uh...Ma'am." The stranger said, visibly shaken. "We were discussing the tactical situation and apparently the mutant did not agree with one of the options for dealing with the problem."

Lzzy bit her lip slightly before proceding with her question. "Oh?" she began "And what option was that?" she said with a hint of anger in her voice, crossing her arms and waiting for a response. Lzzy did not know why, but she felt that Sun had a good reason for his anger at the group before her.

Sun made his way indirectly to the town hall, entering from the back door he cautiously moved inside. Went down to the lower room near the main hall and took the grenades from the safe and put them into a med kit, which he pulled from the wall and strapped to the belt. Leaving the room and locking the door he went upstairs and began gathering any supplies the legionnaires had left. The brotherhood would likely try something, the dead legion men might provide weapons to deal with them if necessary or at the very least bring some coins for weapons and drinks.

Viktor "Vik" Chills
Vik watched as the mutant enetered and quickly came out, he then spotted Hale walking up and entering the tent herself. Vik wasnt really into the whole plan of action but knew it was time to excute the mission and win against the Legion.

"Sir, you seemed bothered." A trooper said while on patrol.

Vik gave the trooper a friendly smirk, "Anxious about the battle is what i am. Rangers are born for this, to fight and to die for their country." Chills replied while leaning against the wall and having his hat over his eyes.

"Haha...yeah rangers are bad ass, I always wanted to join the rangers but never got the chance to talk to a recruit", the trooper explained.

Vik looked towards the trooper and gave him a smile, "I can sign you right up and I'll make sure i'll talk to chief about it too" Viktor exclaimed.

OOC: i think it's best we lose the battle, it'll make a more intresting story, i don't think we should try to become supernatural heroes

Also OOC: First wave is entirely doable....the Legion will only have 3:2 odds, not nearly good enough for a assault. We'll then have about 12 hours before the rest arrive. Regarding the main attack...we should fall back towards towards Mojave Outpost to get help with dealing with it. Mining the 164 at random points and picking off thier officers with snipers as they travel along the road will soften them up quite a bit so Jackson can finish them off when they reach Mojave, a realistic goal for us. Jackson also has nearly two days warning to get reinforcements. Once I get the chance ingame...I'm waiting for Reed to reply to Lizzy's question...I'll explain my plan. You and your men would be a big help....come to Nipton.

OOC: I'm waiting for SOMEONE to reply to Lzzy so I can go on a heartfelt rant.

OOC: Well, there's four waves, isnt there? And i'll start my leave from camp to Nipton, and just wondering, what are each side's allies? like did the Great Khans leave or stay? i think we could incorporate attacks from allies of either side to help the stories direction. Factions that could be involved include Khans, Powder Gangers, possibly fiends for drug suppliers, maybe some raiders allied with Caesar's Legion?

IC:
Jacob "Reaper" Grimm

After looking through the area for battle positions, i found my starting position in Nipton. I then mapped out my retreat falling back to the Mojave outpost. I had sent out the merc with the Anti-Materiel rifle, Oliver, with sandbags and scrap metal to help reinforce their position. The Merc with the Grenade machine gun, Tom, had begun to make improvised explosives out of cherry bombs, bottle caps, and lunchboxes, that they would lay along the path while retreating. The Leader, Zack, was out along the roads before Nipton, digging traps and and potholes, while setting up scrap metal to impede the enemy movement and cause damage, as well as delaying the attack and funneling them so the full force of Caesar's army wouldn't be able to attack at once. I had told them we were to meet in Nipton in 6 hours time, and i called Tom over who had finished making the mines. We then set out towards the town, where upon meeting up with Zack and Oliver, we would fill in the traps on our map, along with the new fortifications and show the NCR troopers our plans.

Zyle Reed
Sun walked in with his blade drawn as he was ready to attack "“I have my eye on you technology stealer” without warning he turned towards me, “you will not live long past me gnawing on your innards if you try to destroy this town, I told you before I will not lose my home.” he said while slaming the blade and impaling the table. Then stormed out with the quickness.

"I guess he didnt like the whole blowing up the city, but does he think i was serious about that after I repetively said we need to capture Nipton." I asked a retorical question.

Then tent entrance open once more and entered Hale.

"What was all that about?" she asked.

"Well, uh...Ma'am." Torres said, visibly shaken. "We were discussing the tactical situation and apparently the mutant did not agree with one of the options for dealing with the problem."

Seeing the impression on Hale's face i knew it wasnt going to be good.

"Oh?" she began "And what option was that?" she said with a hint of anger in her voice, crossing her arms and waiting for a response.

"Well..." I began, "Well, Sun took my plan as if i was going to actually going to blow up Nipton like we did boulder city." I explained while looking back towards her.

OOC: I was hoping you'd be more straight then trying to worm out of it in a way but I'll run with it anyway.

IC:

Elizabeth 'Lzzy' Hale

"Well..." Reed began, "Well, Sun took my plan as if I was going to actually going to blow up Nipton like we did Boulder City."

Lzzy sighed deeply. "Is this really....what the NCR, the New California Republic is all about?" She said softly. She started walking around the table. "When the going gets tough, blow up a f.ucking town?!?!" she said, raising her voice. "What happenned to staring the enemy in the eyes, kill them with bullets from your own gun? I have been with the NCR for 11 years now, I joined up because I wanted to protect the Mojave Wasteland, my home, from being overrun by those Legion scum and now it seems just because we are slightly outnumbered, thoughts of destroying a town, just like Boulder City have arisen. Hell, I question why there was any need to blow up Boulder City in the first place. The Legion were all over the place, disorientated, we could have led them in and gone on hunting season. But I guess we didn't wanna waste the god.damn bullets."

Lzzy slammed her fists down on the table, bending over and looking Reed dead in the eyes. "And Reed" she started softly before raising her voice again "Are you f.ucking mad? You saw what that mutant did, you saw what Sun did, swatted the legion aside like they were mere flies and now you want to bring that fury upon us? It's your own deathwish." Lzzy stood back up and made for the tent entrance and turned to face the group, lowering her tone slightly, but still angry. "Decide what you wish, but know this, come daybreak tommorrow, if I find out that you want to go ahead with blowing up this town, I want no part of it, I am NOT incurring the wrath of Sun just because you think you can't handle a few legion with a gun in your hands and a brain in your head. Hale out"

Lzzy turned on her heel and dismissed herself from the tent, making her way towards the town hall. It was evening now, the sun had gone and been replaced by the moon. Reaching the front doors, she turned to look out over Nipton, then slipped inside. Finding a old couch, she reached into her backpack and took out a sleeping bag, she climbed in it on the couch, and using her backpack as a pillow, set her head down upon it. Thoughts were racing through her head after the tirade she had went on, now it was time to settle down.

OOC: Yeah, would of made it more evil like but thats not my character at this point.

IC:

Zyle Reed
"Is this really....what the NCR, the New California Republic is all about?" Hale said softly. She started walking around the table. "When the going gets tough, blow up a f.ucking town?!?!" she said, raising her voice. "What happenned to staring the enemy in the eyes, kill them with bullets from your own gun? I have been with the NCR for 11 years now, I joined up because I wanted to protect the Mojave Wasteland, my home, from being overrun by those Legion scum and now if seems just because we are slightly outnumbered, thoughts of destroying a town, just like Boulder City have arisen. Hell, I question why there was any need to blow up Boulder City in the first place. The Legion were all over the place, disorientated, we could have led them in and gone on hunting season. But I guess we didn't wanna waste the god.damn bullets."

Lzzy slammed her fists down on the table, bending over and looking dead into my eyes. "And Reed" she started softly before raising her voice again "Are you f.ucking mad? You saw what that mutant did, you saw what Sun did, swatted the legion aside like they were mere flies and now you want to bring that fury upon us? It's your own deathwish." Lzzy stood back up and made for the tent entrance and turned to face the group, lowering her tone slightly, but still angry. "Decide what you wish, but know this, come daybreak tommorrow, if I find out that you want to go ahead with blowing up this town, I want no part of it, I am NOT incurring the wrath of Sun just because you think you can't handle a few legion with a gun in your hands and a brain your head. Hale out"

I watched as Hale walked out the tent. I couldnt say anything but what she said was true, It seemed as i was getting soft though in my younger ranger years I love firing my weapon on legion soldiers. I then turned towards Torres.. "Under my oath as NCR ranger I promised myself i wouldnt do such an act, now since its the decision of ours..." I Hesitated to give the final answer until thinking about what Hale and Sun said. "My decision, is to not blow Nipton to the ground, but follow on route to the mojave to make sure we get into the action too. Make sure Ranger jackson is ready for battle and I'll go speak to the three." I finally said while gathering my equipment and walking outside.