Ambassador Turner - The Kings

"Perhaps you haven't heard of the Van Graffs. You know the Gun Runners yeah? Mr. Stanley's group? They are to plasma and laser weapons what the Stanley and his boys are to good ol' bullets and gunpowder. I've been in there myself, it is energy weapon Shangri-La! Shelves full of mines, seven different kinds of rifle, and stuff I can't even fathom using. The place is useless to Freeside anyway, I mean, all the locals are too poor to afford a laser pistol from the place, and the brother and sister Van Graff don't take too kindly to Kings or Followers. Plus, and this bears repeating, they tried selling their merch to THE LEGION. The Legion? Those guys who tried to kill and enslave us all not too long ago? All I'm asking is that maybe you could spare a few Paladins, maybe a suit of power armor or two, and I'd have the Kings draw out as many of the guards as possible to the outside, and then we call in the big ol' Brotherhood of Steel, and storm the place!"

*Turner leans in close to the ambassador.

"And, as a reward for such a simple task for an elite group of men and women such as yourselves, you get to take all the spoils. Every rifle, every plasma grenade, every mine, every ounce of ammo, all yours. All that Pre-War tech, all that power! Killing a bunch of ghouls and Nightkin - no offense Lobo - is one thing, but takin' out a branch of one of the most prominent - and most corrupt - businesses in the Mojave? By God, you'd need to call down the Hand of the Lord Himself to get more power and respect than that! So what do you say friend?"

Paladin Marshall Denton, BoS

"I like you, Turner. You've been decent throughout these talks. I'll lend a few Paladins and oversee the operation myself. The weapons will be better off in our hands."

Colonel Mason Black - Enclave Remnants

Colonel Black had been content sitting quietly and enjoying his meal but the mention of energy weapons peaks his curiosity. "Such technology shouldn't be in the hands of wastelanders. I believe a raid shall be preformed and their arsenal will fall into the care of the United States Government." The Colonel then drains the rest of his coffee and asks for a refill.

Spokesman Bob Stanley

"well Colonel, if you think you can do the raid before the brotherhood by all means do it and keep the weapons but the weapon's should just be given to you should the brotherhood do it, they would have earned them and you have no right to take them away.

It doesn't really matter much anyway the Gun runners have been apply to reproduce almosted all the enegry weapon models for years now, minus a few of the bigger guns and have even made some improvement to some weapons, most notable the recharger pistol. Next month infact we will be starting to resell engery weapons from Vault 3, free feel to come and purchase some."

"oh and don't call us "dirty wastelanders" you look dirter that most of us"

Paladin Marshall Denton, BoS

Denton can't help but chuckle at the Colonel's brazen and misguided attitude.

"Hey, uh, I don't know if you noticed but there hasn't been a United States government since the War, much as you and your ilk would disagree. We will take possession of these weapons."

Denton reaches for the radio on his waist.

"Elder, in exchange for an arsenal of energy weapons, we have reached the agreement with the Kings about taking out the Van Graffs. Is this okay?"

Denton hears his Elder sigh in frustration on the other end. "Very well, I'll tell Knight Anderson to assemble a squad and get this ball rolling immediately. But do understand something, Paladin. We are not a quick reactionary force for the Mojave's factions. This is a one-time only deal. Make that clear."

"Understood. Oh, one other thing. The Mayor of Novac agrees with an embassy in their town for us, in either the home of the city's former hotel manager or the gas station. They would also like us to build a church, which I have a feeling you'd be against."

"A feeling that is well-founded, Denton. We will set up shop in the home of the former hotel manager, but we will not build a church. Instead, we could offer training to their militia, as we had discussed."

"Understood." Denton replaced the radio and looked to Mayor Harty.

Ambassador Turner - The Kings

"Woah woah woah, no, there's no room for discussion here. We've already agreed that the Brotherhood is gonna do this, and unless you Enclave boys have a better offer, then there really is no room for you in this operation. I've still got to clear Freeside of locals and others before we do this to prevent casualties, and even if, I can't have two power armored armies coming in and having a war in the middle of the city. I want this done with minimal damage to anything - except the Van Graff's business - so's I can try and get those machines in there working again. I'd like to turn the emptied building into another casino/club, something for people who haven't got enough to get into the Strip."

Dr. Sanders, Followers Lead Doctor

Woah, hold up. If you guys are going through Freeside and taking all tech, then where are the followers left? We can't just leave our base wide open, we have chems that are addictive and are in medical use. Also, we can't transport our injuried people.

Kevin Harty- Mayor of Novac

Alright so you will move into the house? Perfect. I would like to offer the NCR an embassy in the gas station. We would like to strength trading connections between ourselves and you.

And regarding the church, its alright. We can get by on our own, we were just offering it to you to open up our settlers to the new BoS. It will be an entirely new building just north of Novac.

And I would also like to offer the NCR the ability to make the embassy into a fort if you wish in exchange for wiping out all Legion south of us, the remnants of their failed attack have been harassing caravans and need to be put down. And we would also like to buy two suits of Salvaged Power Armor, with that we will be able to keep Novac perfectly secure.


The BoS has changed, they're only taking away the technology from the Van Graffs. The Followers will be left alone.

And I would like to offer the BoS a permenant 5% cut in prices for supplies in exchange for ten Laser RCWs, fifteen plasma mines, and five recharger rifles from the Van Graffs.

The advanced technology will serve us well.

Spokesman Bob Stanley

like Kevin Harty said, they are only taking out the Van graffs, who only have weapon tech so i doudt they have anything the followers would need or want.

speaking of enegry weapons, we are willing to buy any recharge pistols you gather from the van graffs, in exchange you will get the schemtaics to our newer, fully automatic model along with caps.

as for that church, the protection robot gaurd was orginally a construction robot so can help in bulding that church whlist gaurding our store & your town.

Kevin Harty- Mayor of Novac

That robot would be useful, thank-you.

And with all of this technology combined with the help from the Gun Runners, Brotherhood of Steel, and NCR Novac will turn from the most dangerous place in the Mojave to one of the safest.

Representative Payne, House's Ambassador

"The BoS will not be taking the Van Gruffs arsenal, that is the property of the Enclave. If the BoS even thinks of coming north of the I-93 that will mean an even larger war in the Mojave. Vegas is off limits for the BoS and that's the bottom line."

Spokesman Bob Stanley

since when did Van gruff arsenal before the property of the enclave, does that mean we have to hand over our enegry weapons too? depite the fact we made them?

well too bad brotherhood although with that said Van graffs only have a shop in Freeside, they have plenty of other bussiness, warehouses/workshops and propertys in NCR land and other places not in the mojave area that you could take out

Kevin Harty- Mayor of Novac

Enclave property? That is outragous! The Kings asked the Brotherhood to take down the Van Graffs, the Enclave simply offered to do the same.

Its not like they were going univited, the Kings asked them specifically because the Enclave see everybody else as lesser beings and wouldn't even consider trading away their aquired technology to other miltias and miltiaries to help combat the Legion.

The Enclave would essentially act as the Brotherhood used to. I do not think House should have a say with the Kings' deal.


That would be ridiculous!

Ranger Matthew-NCR

Unless House is under full control of Freeside, he can't make that statement.

It is between the Brotherhood and Kings.

I am not in any position to say this, but the securitron army that House commands is not large enough to fend its own war with the Brotherhood.

Kevin Harty- Mayor of Novac

I agree. His army would be destroyed and I doubt the Kings would support them due to their deal being denied. And sorry but I cannot support something I disagree with.

OOC: In a post before I asked the NCR a few questions.

Ranger Matthew-New California Republic

Certainly. I am quite honored that you have given us the option to take a position in your settlement.

Salvaged Power Armor isn't what you'd want, as most people would fall over while using it. Even though most of the armor was removed to increase Agility while wearing it.

I would recommend Combat Armor far over Power Armor.

I can spare a squad of troopers to reinforce the gas station and take care of any nearby legion.

Although I'll want to leave the troopers there until they are needed elsewhere.

Ranger Matthew-New California Republic

*His intercom begins to beep, and he takes it out of his pack*

"Yes? Oh.... *Pauses for about 15 seconds.* I see. Thank you for letting me know"

Puts his intercom back.

*sighs*

Ranger Blaine passed away about five minutes ago.

Representative Payne, House's Representative

"The deal with the BoS was very clear, there are very real restrictions on BoS military operations within the Mojave. Regardless of if Freeside is under the control of House or not, House does rightfully claim Outer Vegas, including any routes the BoS would have to take to get to Freeside. Unless the BoS could magically appear in Freeside, then they will be violating the soverigntiy of House and that will be considered an act of war. Further the BoS conducting a military operation that close to the Strip would further be considered an act of war. Unless the Kings have another group that wishes to conduct that raid, lose members, and possibly fail considering the Van Gruff's arsenal and help, then the Enclave are the only option. House has no quarrel with the sale of energy weapons in the Mojave, but Vegas' sovereignty will not be ignored.

Further with the Enclave and Boomers in effective alliance with House, Vegas has more than enough military strength to back up our words."

Payne goes off line for a moment then returns.

"House sends his condolences, and while I, Representative Payne, have never met this Ranger Blaine I'm sure Ambassador Smith will be saddened to hear this news. From my data records Ranger Blaine was a very reasonable man, a man peace could truly be formulated with. Let us hope we can continue that legacy."

Ranger Matthew-New California Republic

Even I know that the Brotherhood poses no threat to you unless they are on the strip.

The Brotherhood, when riled, will be one of the worst enemies you've ever faced.

I know this from experience at HELIOS one.

Representative Payne, House's Representative

"No one is "rilling" the BoS. They have agreed to these restrictions and Vegas will not tolerant blatant violations of sovereignty. Nor will we sit back as the BoS disregards the very compacts we've agreed to. War is not what House seeks, but we will not be push overs for any group."

Ranger Matthew-New California Republic

I understand what you are trying to say, however, these are dark and difficult times, and they are difficult enough that a lot of treaties and rules have been broken lately.

I would like to make you a deal, Ambassador Payne.

We take McCarran back as our military base, and I will contact the brass in the west, and have caravans filled with weapons and necessary supplies for the Legion War make trips to Vegas and supply the congress or coalition, or whatever you call this.

McCarran is very important to us.

Kevin Harty- Mayor of Novac

We have every single one of our men in combat armor with three unused, we would like two sets of Salvaged Power Armor for protection, a legionarie could not do any damage to a man in Salvaged Power Armor.

And regarding the troops, there are only a few restictions. The first is that they cannot set foot inside of Novac itself unless they are not armed with a rifle, pistols and melee weapons are fine, unless in the case of a losing battle.


The Brotherhood's position would benefit the entire Mojave, not only would they increase the tier of weapons used by those they trade with but they would also increase their own weapons' tier. They fight for the Mojave, which is also fighting for House.

The Enclave would keep those weapons locked up tight, there are only a handful of them so many of those weapons would just be sitting their gather dust.

The Van Graffs have shown to be trading with the Legion, would House honestly not make a singel acception to wipe out an enemy and benefit the rest of the Mojave? If that is the case then he is not as good of a leader as I though and is unfit to lead.

Ranger Matthew-NCR

I will send a squad of troopers and give them access to our underground armory at Nipton to bring the two suits of power armor.

While the brotherhood and NCR are hostile in the west, in light of recent events, and the situation we are in now, we will remain neutral to them and not attack.

Kevin Harty- Mayor of Novac

Excellent, thank-you.

Now that's out of the way what plan of action will we take against the Legion?

Representative Payne, House's Representative

"No Ranger Matthew and so there are no future misunderstandings let me make House's position very very clear. There will be no troops in Outer Vegas or on the Strip without House's consent. Freeside is politically and militarily sovereign and is not controlled by House, nor will we disrespect the wishes of Freeside in concern of their own issues, BUT if the Kings or any other group in Freeside wish to bring a foreign or other factional power to their streets, those powers will need clearance to enter through House's territory. In relation to this current issue, if the Kings do not want the Enclave to conduct that operation that is fine, and their right to deny, but we will not allow the BoS to enter through Vegas' sovereign area to reach Freeside.

If the Enclave conducted this raid, those weapons would be used to repair and rebuild the Enclave's arsenal, and be used on the attack against Camp Golf. House is not against the BoS helping dispel the Legion, nor any other group, but we will not allow our sovereignty to be broken."