With NVBIII in the late stages of production, I've been working on an outline for my next significant quest mod, Sinners and Slaves. In a nutshell, it's The Dirty Dozen meets Spartacus (Kubrick version, not that recent drivel). There are two separate questlines in the design doc (one NCR, one Legion), but right now I'm focusing on the NCR perspective.

My chief concern is lore-plausibility in staging a slave revolt in the heart of Arizona. When the Courier arrives, it's little more than a band, but would soon expand into a full-fledged army with a... tragic end (inspired by the Third Servile War). However, I merely want to capture the essence of certain historical figures and events and make it workable in the scope of Fallout. This revolt will not change the fortunes of Caesar's Legion in the end - it might even strengthen them, in fact.

Additionally, I'm concerned with how to depict civilians and non-military settlements within Arizona. JE Sawyer's discussed this on Formspring and Somethingawful, but I want to get it right and avoid any egregious missteps. I see them as functional, secure communities with food and running water, possibly overseen by a handful of Legion troops and/or administrators. There would be a greater military presence in towns like Kingman, and certainly in and around Flagstaff, it being the capital.

Finally, the question of how a revolt could start looms large. My current treatment suggests that two recently-captured tribes were driven to the center of Arizona by an incompetent, mid-level commander (Caesar and Lanius can't be everywhere), and were rushed into service without proper assimilation. Specifically, the commander thought it would be sporting to pit the two tribes against each other in the arena (in small groups), with the survivors being "rewarded" with military service. At some point, the tribes rise up and overwhelm the troops supervising them, then head to the wilderness of Humphreys Peak. This is where the Courier finds them.

Maybe the basic premise is just too far beyond the pale - if that is the case, please tell me. Nitpick, suggest, and/or dissuade as you feel. Thanks for any forthcoming feedback!

I can think of a number of ways a slave revolt could start.

NCR rangers who went deep into NCR supply the rebels and help with tactics and intelligence gathering.

A group of NCR military, mainly women who have been captured are sent back into Arizona. They manage to escape and cause a rebellion.

You can also decide it is Midwestern Brotherhood of Steel and for those two scenarios.

Another possiblity is that there are those who are ruled by the Legion that still have a heart and help the slave escape and or supply them.

As for lore wise what Arizona would be like, I would go with that Sawyer has to say about it. Towns an settlments pretty much running themselves by the Legion's rules in fear that if they break them the Legion will comeback and kill them off like they did with Nipton.

Thanks!

Glad to help.

I know you're going for a spartacus type figure, but I think it could be more interesting if it was women behind the rebellion. Something in line with http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazons. Men would be forced to fight in the Legion or be killed. So most of the men left behind would be small in number. Women and children mostly would be the slaves left behind in Legion lands.