I don't get much time to play games in my old(er) age, but due to some awesome circumstances have had tons of time to kill in the last week. Reinstalled New Vegas and about 50 mods, found out just how sandbox this game can get. Really just wanted to sink back into the universe, only completing quests if they fit with what I WANTED to do. I've been a lore kick and had an hour transit to kill time scribling stuff in my notebook this afternoon. I've been completely sunk into the FO universe yet again. Please pardon any grammar and please feel free to point out obvious huge discrepancies in lore/canon. It's been years since I've gotten dug into the FO world, really haven't gotten this embedded since the originals rolled out. What's capable with all these mods as far NPC/companion spawning/placement/actions and new quests/buildings/etc absolutely blows my mind.

advlt Content Warning: Don't do drugs kids!

If the main game contains jet and psycho and other narcotics (fake or not), I think we can handle mentioning the Cannabis/Marijuana plant without flipping our respective lids.

This is for the daydreaming/bored fallout lore junkies that just want to kill some time reading a FO story. I guess it kind of reads like a wiki/company ad.

Aside from obvious discrepencies in numbers, I've actually taken the painstaking time to inhabit the downloaded buildings with NPCs, build the actual farms pretty much use mod tools and do all this stuff as mentioned. For lore/story's sake we can take, say, 1 NPC "employee" on my property and say it's equal to 100 story/real people. What follows is the sleep depraved, uncomfortably seated but accurate jottings of my own FO story as of this playthrough:

Greater New Vegas Partners (GNVP): Irie Shark (Founder/Owner)

Subsidiaries: Rancho Villa Farms, Shady Shark Caravans, Happy Merchant Trading Company, Bitter Industry Consultants, Columbia Arms, Red Eye Research

Rancho Villa Farms: Sunny Smiles (Director), Jerry McGhoulberry (Operations Manager), Sarah Conner (Cattle/Animal Manager), Dirt McGirt (Quality Assurance Team Lead)

Located on the outskirts of Goodsprings, Rancho Villa is the birthplace and current HQ of RVF. Stationing GNVP's main horticultural research lab, the organization's largest collection of crop fields to date as well as bolstering employment and population in and around Goodsprings, Rancho Villa is the hub of all things GNVP. Columbia Arms, a subsidiary of GNVP, also hosts the main wing of its research and production operations on ranch grounds. RVF itself is tasked with researching, planting, growing, harvesting and preparing all of the consumable products manufactured or produced directly by GNVP. Some of the best and brightest horticulturalists in the Wasteland work around the clock in RVF labs in an endless effort to bring the New Vegas area fresher, healthier, more sustainable crops. The research team, led by Dr. Arcane, have already made notable modifications to the seeds and thus yields of crops across the greater New Vegas area, working in a partnership with local farmers and governments to make 1 meal a day a reality for the countless starving out in the wastes. Leaps made in water purification, power production and indoor hydroponics can all be traced back to the efforts of GNVP's research and development wing. The next time your Jack Herrer hash oil seems extra potent and super clean you can be sure to thank Dr. Arcane and his staff. Overseeing the entire operation is Goodsprings native Sunny Smiles. Insuring that day to day operations are being taken care of from the field is the seasoned and reliable Jerry McGhoulberry, a myserious old half-ghoul with decades of farm, mercenary and survivall experience. Sarah Conner joined RVF in '81 after making the long trek from the irradiated shores of California's Southern wastes. She has brought extensive experience in wrangling, cattle raising, game trekking and hunting to the organization, as you may have noticed by the quality and quanitity of RVF labeled meat hitting your dinner plate. Rounding out and exceptional management team is Dirt McGirt, RVF's quality assurance supervisor. If it involves blood, sweat and tears you can be sure Mr. McGirt, or "Dutty" as he's called by those who know him, is involved. Under Dutty's exacting and precise guidance, our hundreds of field staff work tirelessly to make sure our shipments arrive fresh and on-time, every time.

Shady Shark Caravans: Irie Shark(Founder/Owner)

Irie Shark Treesmoker is a vault dweller originating from the East Coast. During his journey West after losing everything back home, he came under the employment of the New National Delivery Service (NNDS) a delivery service with roots in The Core, but operations covering areas from California to Colorado. Shark would eventually find himself in the New Vegas Wasteland carrying a package for this same company. After being ambushed and nearly killed from a gun shot wound to the head by unknown assailants, Shark called it quits on the courier life. After recovering under the care of Doc Mitchell in Goodsprings, Shark found himself making fast friends with Sunny Smiles, a partnership that would prove mutually beneficial for both. With Sunny's help Shark acquired an old pack Brahmin he lovingly named "Jerk-off." Thus Shady Shark Caravans was born. Shark made a meager living for months scavenging and trading, generally making just enough to survive, which in the Wasteland is all you can ask for. In July of '82 Shark would have a chance encounter with a long-haul merchant originating from The Hub. Shark acquired "new" seeds for an old-world plant. Upon arriving back to Goodsprings later that year, Shark would set up a temporary camp with 24 plants of this old-world plant called Marijuana. By '83 the plant had caught on, with Shark at the forefront of a revolution the likes of which has not been seen since chems like Jet and Psycho became mass produced in the wastes. However unlike chems, this old-world plant and its fruit (buds) offers valuable medicinal benefits with next to no harmful long term side-affects. Researchers at RVF are currently studying the benefits of cannabinoids with regards to radiation exposure as well as stress disorders. As such, authorities do not regulate the "drug," and have even allowed for a small greenhouse marijuana co-op growing operation to be run by GNVP under the protection of the NCR's sharecroppers farms program. Within a year Shark had made enough money to invest in a large property just outside of his new hometown of Goodsprings and thus RVF, SSC and GNVP was born. It was largely through the transporting of his harvest(s) that Shark was able to grow SSC into the the reliable and relatively massive organization it is today. Instead of seeking to crush competition, SSC embraced it, many times subcontracting to or for Crimson Caravans, and proving that there was plenty of room and the definite demand for the full potential of both companies. Though a merger or buyout has long been rumored, Shady Shark Caravans and Crimson Caravans maintain a friendly and professional relationship. Shady Shark Caravans currently employees 140 full time road merchants with a stable of Brahmin numbering in the hundreds, while subcontracting to those with proven track records since there is more demand than there are skilled and reliable merchants. Shady Shark Caravans would eventually expand and branch into two new companies out of necessity.

Happy Merchant Trading Company Niner (Operations Manager and Supply Procurement Lead)

During the initial bud boom of '82 and '83 Shark would make acquaintences with a traveler who goes simply by the name Niner. Not the sharpest peanut in the terd, Niner means well though. Being next to broke and in need of help Shark offers Niner a position and a rifle. After only the first caravan north, Shark was convinced that it would be Niner's last. The man was seemingly dumb, talked too much, had obviously done one too many chems in his day, couldn't shoot the broad side of a barn and lacked the knowledge and experience of the wastes shark would require. Upon arriving at Freeside, however, Niner would shine. It seems as if all the years of being on the purchasing end of mind-altering substances has paid off, as Niner could sell more product at better prices than 5 men of Shark's abilities. Thus a relationship was born. In the years and months since meeting, Niner took over the sale and trade of all goods procured by Shady Shark Carvans and produced by Rancho Villa Farm. Taking a monumental risk by locating so close to the conflict with Caesar, the two would eventually establish the largest shop at the 188 trading post. Their presence virtually trippled the goods coming into and going out of the trade post, the added shoppers attracted the attention of traders for hundreds of miles, eventually leading mega trading corporations like the Gun Runners to establish permanent shops at 188 as well. The heavy-hitters bringing business to 188 turned out to be better for business than Shark and Niner anticipated, as the NCR was politically muscled into expanding their operations in the region thus expanding the bubble of safety around the post. The 188 Happy Merchant shop is still considered the most profitable and well-recognized arm of HMTC. HMTC has since expanded, adding a permanent and increasingly profitable shop to Freeside, just outside the entrance to the Strip. The Happy Merchant also has a small location, not disimilar from it's beginnings, near Main Street in Primm. The once lawless town has been stabalized thanks to yet another arm of the GNVP family and the old Bison Steve hotel is currently undergoing construction with Greater New Vegas Partners as one of the leading investors/contributors to the project.

Bitter Industry Consultants: Boone (Founder/ Operations Lead)

Around the time that the Happy Merchant was planting its roots at the 188 trading post, Irie Shark decided to venture South in an attempt to better document a section of road he had not yet covered. With Niner and a crew of hired labor setting up the trading post, Shark would enter the small town of Novac and establish a partnership with a man known simply as Boone. The details of their initial partnership are unclear, as both men refuse to comment when asked. The mystery continues when the pair are asked about the origins of the company's name, Boone getting a 1000 yard stare whenever the subject is brought up. What is important though, are the ramifications of the pair's relationship. During this initial trip Shark convinced Boone to accompany him and provide overwatch as he investigated what was happening at the Town of Nipton. Shark had initially bypassed Nipton upon seeing what he thought were barracades, bodies and burning piles. Both men recount how putrid the smell in the air was that day. The Nipton Massacre is common knowledge among Wastelanders today, but at that time the only knowns were fuzzy reports coming from merchants and travelers who bypassed the town themselves. There was an increasing number of merchants, travelers and couriers going missing when their path took them through Nipton. Anyone who had gone to investigate had met the same unknown (at the time) fate. Upon entering the city Shark would stumble upon the truth that we now know to be self-evident, and would rapidly dispense justice to the homicidal maniacs of the Legion who took part in the months-long orgy of unspeakable horror. Shark would credit Boone with saving his life multiple times that very day. Reluctant to take any credit for their actions, the pair single-handedly cleared the town so clean-up could begin and in the process re-opened the vital Southern trade route, leading to GNVP's further growth and recognition. Boone would go on to work full-time for Shady Shark Caravans until the company grew so large that a small army was required to safeguard its many investments, both on the road and in the cities. Boone's previous experience as an elite Recon operator would prove vital for BIC, as his eye for talent and experience is unparalleled in the industry. BIC provides security first and foremost for all of GNVP's holdings (save for their sharecropping operation in South New Vegas , where New California assumes responsibility for security). The grind of survival in the wastes combined with a seemingly endless war has left New Vegas with no shortage of experience soldiers. Many are either AWOL or retired from service and seeking their fortune on the Strip. A majority go broke and quickly need work. Others have become disillusioned with the NCR's crumbling standards and general incompetence, where BIC has excelled is in recruiting that talent (especially former Rangers and Recon operators). Boone heads what is arguably New Vegas' largest, best trained, most competent and professional private defense contracting firm. Outside of their obligations to GNVP, BIC takes contracts from all over the greater New Vegas region. From mobile HVT protection to hostage and equipment recovery to static defense; Bitter Industry operators are some of the most reliable and professional gunmen money can buy.

Columbia Arms: Irie Shark (Founder/Owner)

Founded by Shark and named after his origins in Virginia (part of the Columbia district), Columbia Arms is a New Vegas manufacturer specializing in small arms firearms and ammunition. Based out of Rancho Villa, but with facilities spanning the Wasteland, CA is quickly becoming the region's most respected provider of small arms and ammunition (.22 to .50). CA employs some of the Wasteland's most specialized and talented gunsmiths. Specializing in late 20th century weaponry and ammunition, CA firearms are synonymous with reliability, accuracy and overall quality. While proficient in all manner of explosives, high-output energy weapons and hand-to-hand weapons; CA continues to focus on how to make the proven platforms of the old-world even better while modifying them to endure the types of conditions and ammunition available today. Columbia Arms and thus GNVP tend to deal directly with established firearms retailer and distributors (Gun Runners et al) in the region, while only pushing a small percentage of their weapons through the Happy Merchant storefront. Their factory rifles and restored 1911 pistols are quickly becoming prized-items for high-rollers or those serious about their tools. Bitter Industry Consultants use CA ammunition and weaponry almost exclusively. Their ammunition is widely accepted as being the least likely to blow your chamber to pieces. While not as large-scale or visible as SSC, RVF, HMTC and BIC; Columbia Arms is a vital part of the company and the results of the division's hard labor are directly responsible for the safety required to run the organization.

Red Eye Research Group: Dr. Arcane (Project Founder/Research Lead), Dr. Yamuchi (Disease Prevention and Rehabilitation Research Lead)

While having been an integral part of GNVP's operations and overall vision of the future; the Red Eye Research group has only recently been officially established as its own unique entity. Dr. Arcane is also the head of this wing, though it employs hundreds of doctors, nurses, journeyman doctors and religious volunteers across the wasteland. The bulk of Red Eye's research is based out of the newly established but impressively built and equipped Red Rock Ranch, located between the canyon itself, the New Vegas Strip and Rancho Villa. There has been a 22% increase in medical supplies and a 38% increase in pharmaceutical supply to the greater New Vegas area since the establishment of RERG. The projects they are working on are some of the most advanced in the world.

Now that you've learned a little bit about our history and what makes GNVP who they are, let's look at where they are

Rancho Villa/Good Springs: Home to the Rancho Villa Farm, Shady Shark Caravans and Columbia Arms branches of GNVP. Considered to be "home," and serves as the functioning base of operations for the entire organization. Goodsprings itself also provides a co-op farm in partnership with RVF for shared profits.

188 Trading Post: Home to the first and the largest Happy Merchant Trading storefront. You can always find a large contingency of SSC, RVF, HMTC and BIC employees in and around 188.

Freeside: Newly established main store front right before the entrance to the Strip. This store front provides all of Freeside with high-demand goods and products from the GNVP family, as well as an assortment of goods, products and services brought in by SSC.

Freeside: As part of GNVP's proposal to Mr. House, as part of the FRP (Freeside Restoration Project), GNVP has established a community front as part of their NGO/Non-profit vision for the future of New Vegas. Excess crops are sold at reduced cost in an effort to feed families and individuals living in destitution and complete poverty, an expanding problem in the area. GNVP's FRP shop is estimated to reduce starvation rates in the immediate New Vegas and Freeside area by 40% in the next year alone. Future expansions of this program to other towns and regions is likely as crop growing and harvesting techniques continue to improve under RERG leadership and RVF application.

Red Rock Ranch: Intended to help reconnect the long disconnected I-15 trade route North from Primm to New Vegas, Red Rock Ranch is a large compound sitting just outside Red Rock Canyon itself. The crop yields from Red Rock are expected to surpass those of Rancho Villa within a year's time. This means cheaper goods and healthier lifestyles for everyone! Red Eye Research has their research wing located in a sub-level below the main compound housing. It is rumored that the group is prepared to and capable of surviving yet another extinction level event in their underground bunker. It is also rumored that an officially non-existent and unnamed wing of GNVP operates out of the sub-levels as well. Those who claim to have inside information say they are making huge leaps in energy production via sun and wind. This would make sense as the future of the Hoover Dam still lingers in the balance. Should the hydroelectricity that has spoiled us go away, we will be looking for every alternative source we can find! Red Rock's location is prime and in an otherwise untouched part of the wasteland. Their closest neighbors being a brewery and a chem lab, it seems as if Red Rock Ranch will be a second headquarters of sorts for the organization. If crop yields remain as hopeful as they are now, we could be looking at a new city being formed in the red rock region. The ranch is displaying signs of successful irrigation meaning that a source of potable (by Wasteland standards) groundwater has been found and exploited. If the aquifer is ample enough we may be looking at the Wasteland's next boom town!

Other Investments: The men and women at GNVF are always on the lookout for new opportunities and seek to empower the community that empowers them! Aside from their permanent and fully-owned and operated locations, GNVF and its subsidiaries are heavily invested in multiple other projects. Notables include 3 plots on the NCR's sharecropper's farm, a 1/4 stake in a new and extremely popular late night bar and club on the strip next to The Tops, and many other shared 1/4-1/2 co-op shares in growing operations across the Wasteland. The NCR allows RVF to grow one NCR protected plot of Marijuana so long as they grow 2 plots worth of edible crops (that end up going to the FRP non-profit store anyway). The 1/4 stake in the bar's profits revolve around HMTC's unwillingness/inability to establish a presence on the strip. HMTC can make more money selling to more customers (95% of Freeside can't pass a cap credit check to get on the strip anyway). They are in a prime location to catch traffic coming and going. It is likely simpler to let the bar and it's affiliates sell RVF products on the strip at inflated prices while taking a guaranteed cut of profits from the bar.

As you can see the future has never looked brighter than it does right now. With your partners in Greater New Vegas leading the way, contact us and discuss what kind of future we can build today!

Should this not be moved to New Vegas mods section, or Fallout Fan Fiction?