» Wed May 09, 2012 6:09 pm
7 months after the Second Battle of Hoover Dam
Much can change within 30 days, and last month was no different. After the First Mojave Convention life moved on and war didn't change. The Legion, an ever present threat in the Mojave, launched a failed attack on the town of Novac. Days before the battle Novac received a massive weapon shipment. While a few citizens of Novac died in the attack, because of Legates' lack of tactical originality most Legionaries poured directly over the I-93 bridge, only to meet their death from First Recon on top of an abandoned Posiden Gas Station and an pair of duel snipers at the top of the town hotel. After the Legion lost the battle, crosses were set a top of a near by hillside with all of the formerly surviving members of the Second Battle of Hoover Dam posted as a sign not to enter Novac. A few days after the battle small scale Legion raids from Nelson, working their way around the town and attacking from the south, have resulted in no deaths on either side, but a Legion flag was posted, a warning from the group that the Legion can still cause trouble for their town.
North of Novac in Helios One, the BoS relinquished control to a group of House's securitrons and made their way to Rep Conn. Despite the fact Helios security system had been reactivated, after a few days of linking with the network House was able to deactivate them without incident, and restore power to the Strip. Not forgetting the situation in Freeside, House restored power to the cities aging water system. Within a week of Helios had the Strip drained in lights, Novac had enough power for their ranches, farms and a few spotlights and Freeside flowing with water. Unfortunately the water was to little to late in Freeside. Despite a Gun Runners shipment to the King paid for by House, only non-King members and low ranking ones in Freeside were executed. Many higher ranking King members, such as Pacer, who are rumored to have been a part in the violence have gone unscratched.
The executions did calm Freeside, and within days of the water coming on things were more or less back to normal, but no tourist have yet to return to Vegas. The Followers brought enough supplies from caravans to help heal Freeside and the Kings had enough weaponry to put down any threats to the area. Caravans along the I-15 reported that the deathclaw threat had been removed, although highways north of I-93 were experiencing Legion raids. Due to the loss of Cottonwood to NCR veteran rangers and the failed attempt to take Novac, the Legion was now using their last remaining reserve forces to attack the Vegas area directly. Camp Golf is now occupied by the Legions top Centurions. From roughly 188 outpost up to Vegas' gates have been crawling with Legionaries in the night, all of them coming from Hoover Dam, the Legion's gate to the west. Luckily for the Gun Runners they relocated before these raids began, but Crimson Caravan's regional offices were not as lucky.
The Legion occupation of I-95 isn't having the Legion's desired effect of choking Vegas from NCR caravans, since the NCR Rangers launched an attack on the Quarry killing all of the deathclaws encamped their. While the campaign was successful Ranger Ghost was killed in the operation, not by a deathclaw, but by a nightkin who had wondered from Black Mountain during the battle, much to the anger of the NCR. Because the war in the Mojave has been looking up for the NCR Senators in the west have promised not to end the campaign, but there is much controversy if Primm, Nipton and Cottonwood should become permanent parts of their Republic.
As soon as the Enclave moved onto the Strip many were unsure of their power, that is until they dealt with the Fiends. Within 15 minutes the Fiends were no longer a threat to Vegas and were erased from the earth. Just as the Fiend problem was ending, a new problem arose from Southwestern Vegas. The Vault 19 Powder Gangers emerged and began looking for targets in Southwest Vegas, almost destroying one of House's securitrons while it was doing area reconnaissance and collecting the Fiend's weapons. The Boomers continued to remain with Nellis, but because of the Legion's presence at Camp Golf, no movement has been made in restoring the Bomber in the lake.
On the strip itself, the Chairmen took control of the Gomorrah and "rehired" many of the Omerta's former six slaves, any who rejected to this hostile takeover were killed in the name of treason, House looked the other way. The White Glove Society was elated that power was returned to the Strip, but rumors continued to spread that some of their more "tribalistic practices" were continuing.
Now with the Legion at their gates, House has called for another Mojave Convention, only this time named as the Mojave Congress to discuss among other things the Mojave Confederation...
If you have any questions about the events that unfolded, or think something needs to be changed just let me know.