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[Itnetlolor]

I'll admit, I haven't played NV yet; I just thought they'd be worse in a later version. I guess I was wrong.

[Shadowgandor]

huh

[Burnt Pies]

My first Deathclaw in FO3 got shot from sneak with the unique hunting rifle. took 2-3 more shots to the head before it died, though. They're nasty.

My first Deathclaw in Tactics met the Burst action shotgun I'd just found. Too Easy.

[Itnetlolor]

Since Deathclaws are topic, I had a pretty funny/shocking encounter with one one time. I was visiting Big Town, and stopped by to trade for some medical supplies, and after I left the house, a dead deathclaw fell from the roof (rolling off it, more like) of the house and almost landed on me. It was indeed dead, and the rest of the town treated it as if it was nothing new. Like it was a prank setup for me.

Of course, this was after Big Trouble in Big Town, and I went the robot path in defending the town, but that surprised me, because that was among the last thing I was expecting to ever happen in short notice.

[USEC_OFFICER]

The Brotherhood of Steel

Spoiler: The Glow (Summarized and OOC) (click to show/hide)

Visited the Glow. Raged when I realized that I would need rope to enter it. Raged when useless random encounters happened every. freaking. square. Raged when I was ambushed by raiders a couple of squares out of the Hub. Raged when I stepped on one of those stupid traps in the Glow. Raged when the stupid elevator shocked me. Raged when I learned that the elevator needs power to work. Rage quit because I already had the disk that I needed to join the Brotherhood (It was on the same floor as the entrance. You didn't even have to use the elevator. You probably could have just ran in, grabbed it, and then ran out if your endurance was high enough). Unless some super awesome weapon exists in the Glow, I'm not going back to it.

Spoiler: For Great Justice, (click to show/hide)

"I've got it right here."
"Great! But... um... the High Elder said you have to give it to me first before you can be let in. Sorry."
"Not a problem, take it."
"This is great! Hang on while I open the door."
"Okay then. Hey, now that I'm part of the Brotherhood can you tell we what you're doing here?"

"Do you know what it could be all about?"
"Uh... I don't know, but uh, I've heard the High Elder arguing with the other Elders."
"Can you guess?"
"Well, some of the Initiates think we're preparing for war. That's why hardly anyone gets in now. I was surprised when the High Elder told me to let you in."
"Alright then. I'll just take the elevator now."



Rob's mouth dropped as the elevator's doors opened. Unlike every other place in the wasteland, the Brotherhood's headquarters was clean, as if an army of maids lived in it. More impressive was the sheer amount of technology contained in one location. Monitors stood in every hallway, telling passersby important information like the time of day or the weather outside. The manufacturing facilities were exceptional, containing every type of tool or machine that Rob had heard of, and several that he hadn't. The computational power of the Brotherhood easily outstripped that of Vault 13.




Vault 13 had only one computer equipped to accept holotape, yet the Brotherhood easily had dozens of machines.

"May I help you?"
"What? Oh, sorry, I'm new here. It's all a bit much to take in."
"If you have any questions, talk to Vree in the main library."
"Okay. Err... wait, who are you?"

"What do the Paladins do here?"
"The Scribes copy the plans for the weapons, the Knights make them, and then the Paladins use those weapons to protect the Brotherhood from harm. Mostly from people who covet our technology, but often times a band of Raiders will sweep through."
"Okay. So if you're the head of the Paladins, does that mean you could teach me some stuff?"
"Stuff? I could teach you to fight... if you had any ability. But I am far to busy. Talk to Talus if you want to learn 'stuff'."

"Ah, you must be the outsider Initiate. Good to meet you. What can I help you with?"
"Well, who is in charge of this place?"
"That would be the High Elder, Maxson. Though the council of Elders is certainly influential too."
"Right. And what are you doing here?"
"I'm the Senior Paladin, Rhombus's right-hand man. Currently I'm stuck running training exercises. We're getting ready for something. Rumours say that a large force is moving up in the north. And with all the missing caravans, we have to ready for anything. You know, playing it safe."
"Speaking of being prepared, where can I get some equipment?"
"Heh. In a hurry are we? As an Initiate you're entitled to a few things. I'll order some combat armour and ammo for you."
"If you haven't noticed, I already have combat armour. Couldn't you get me something more... high-tech instead?"
"Hmm... I don't know. You may have proven yourself as an Initiate but we just don't hand out equipment to outsiders willy-nilly. Um, no offence."
"None taken, but I really need some better firepower."
"Well, there is a little problem I have..."
"What is it?"
"I'd sent an Initiate out to the Hub a while back, but we haven't heard from him. If you can find out what happened to him, I'd be very grateful."
"Okay, I think I can do that for you."
"Good, if you can do that then I'll see what I can get for you."

Spoiler: Armour, (click to show/hide)

"Well, I haven't really-"


"Okay, b-"


"Ah... So you're the one, huh?"
"What?"
"Nothing. It's just that nobody has made it back from the Ancient Order."
"It wasn't that hard, really."
"It you listen to Maxson you'd think it was the ninth layer of hell."
"Not General Maxson, his grandfather, Roger Maxson. I heard that you brought back a holodisk that told what happened to those guys that rebelled against him."
"Yeah... I'm Rob Snarker, who're you?"
"They call me Kyle. I've never met a legend before."
"So what do you do here?"
"Maintenance mostly. If I'm lucky I'd get my hands on some power armour. Like this one right here. I'd had to do some repairs on it, but the bureaucrats up on floor 1 think it isn't up to specs. If it wasn't missing its Systolic Motivator, I'd probably give it to. Better than seeing it ripped apart for parts."
"So if I got you a Systolic Motivator you'd fix it for me?"
"Well, I'm kinda busy, so you'd have to fix it yourself. But I'd give you use of my tools while you're fixing it."
"Alright then. I just have to make one quick trip then..."

"Is this it?"
"Well, I'd be damned and sent to the scrapheap. How'd you manage to get a Systolic Motivator?"
"If I can convince a bunch of scientists to let me go and host a television show, then I can convince one petty bureaucrat to give me a Motivator."
"Excellent. Just let me install it for you, and then I'll get out of your way."

Spoiler: and Truth! (click to show/hide)

"Hello Initiate. So, you are the one who made it out of the Ancient Order alive."
"And who are you?"

"What do you do as his assistant?"
"Paperwork mostly. He couldn't do it to save his life. Once he even managed to confuse a T-51 form for a L-15 form! I still can't believe he managed to do that."
"Right. Thanks for the information."


"Outsider? I'm hardly a... Ahem. Look, do you have any idea of what's happening to the disappearing caravans? I've heard the rumours, and whatever it is it can't be good."
"When we heard about the caravans we sent out some scout to investigate. Most of them have disappeared. Those that came back talked about strange beings, all muscle and burning eyes. The Elders are doing squat, but I'm preparing just the same."
"Supermutants!"
"What?"
"Supermutants! They're the beings that your scouts ran into. Whoever is attacking the caravans might be the same man who's making... Ahem. Just thinking out loud there."
"Alright, then you understand our problem. To survive we need someone who knows about the outside, like you."
"Well, I'd hardly... I mean I'd gladly scout the surrounding area for you. However I'll probably some better firepower, I'd rather not meet the same fate as the scouts you sent out before. Can you equip me with a better weapon? Something that shoots lasers or plasma would be nice."
"I'll see what I can do."

If you don't know, the doctor in the Brotherhood can preform operations to increase your SPECIAL stats (except for charisma and luck, but our charisma is (somehow) already at 10). So which one should I take first, assuming I have the caps for it. I'm thinking of improving my Strength first...

Spoiler: Quick history of the Brotherhood (in their own words) (click to show/hide)

The laser pistol does slightly less damage at the lower range than the 14mm pistol I was using. However, it's an energy weapon, so I'll be more accurate with it. It has 10 more range than the 14mm, and I only need 3 Strength to use it. I should be able to snipe enemies half-way across the screen with it or something, especially since I took sharpshooter as my level 8 perk (all the other ones seemed kinda lame).

Anyways for my next update I'll head to the Hub first to find that Initiate and get some more ammo. After that it's back for some power armour (hopefully) and operations before I head north to do some scouting.

I met a lot more people in the Brotherhood than I put in this update. My will for writing is sapped for today. Maybe later they'll get their own little mini-update or something. Plus I accidentally posted part of this update before the rest was ready, so...

[USEC_OFFICER]

Fuck. Even when I kill two of the guards they critically hit me for 33 damage. Gah. I'll just save the Initiate later.

[Ehndras]

When in doubt, !!EXPLOSIVES!!

Set a trap, mate. Get a claymore or some such, stick it by the doorway, snipe at a guard then haul ass. They follow, then BOOM

[USEC_OFFICER]

When in doubt, !!EXPLOSIVES!!

Set a trap, mate. Get a claymore or some such, stick it by the doorway, snipe at a guard then haul ass. They follow, then BOOM

I was thinking the same thing until I realized that I haven't seen anybody stocking mines. I went with grenades and managed to kill two of them, until, well, 33 damage.

Maybe power armour will even things up...

EDIT: WORDS CANNOT DESCRIBE MY INFINITE RAGE. 33 DAMAGE AND A FUCKING KNOCKDOWN. FUCKING KNOCKDOWN. DOWN TO ONE MEASLY POINT OF HEALTH. FIRST HIT DOES NO DAMAGE, SECOND HIT KILLS ME. FUCKING CHRIST HELL SHIT.

(If you can't tell, I'm angry. At least this time my death was a fluke. Only one person was a serious threat to me, and his backup managed to kill him with burst fire. Priceless.)

EDIT2: HAHAHAHAHAHA! Knocked Mr. Combat-Shotgun unconscious with a shot to the head. Two of his friends move forward, over top of him. You always get a 95% chance to hit unconscious enemies, so I pull out my grenades and chuck it. All three die. Too bad the stupid building was in the way, so I couldn't get good screenshots.

If you're wondering, the last guy didn't kill me. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Ahem.

[Ehndras]

Revenge is always a priceless pleasure.

[loose nut]

I would probably go under the knife for INT or AGI first in your shoes. INT for more skill points. You could do STR, but there's another way to get that up to a decent level, and you've already got that goal in your sights, so...

Also that fight you are talking about, if I remember correctly – the one room in the bad part of the Hub, right – is kind of a bitch for an actually combat-focused character with friends, so I can see how it would drive you crazy! Also there are no mines as such, but there are sticks of dynamite and plastic explosives. I think the basic weapons merchant in the Hub and Killian Darkwater have dynamite, and the high-end Hub merchant might have the plastic explosives.

The Glow does not have super awesome weapons you can't get anywhere else, I don't think, but it does have weapons and energy cells.

[Shadowgandor]

It did have a supercomputer you could play chess with and something else I couldn't do because of insufficient INT and science
Anyone know what it gives you if you can do it?

[USEC_OFFICER]

The Glow does not have super awesome weapons you can't get anywhere else, I don't think, but it does have weapons and energy cells.

What kind of weapons? I'll probably won't go back for anything less than a laser rifle.

Conserning operations I'll go for AGI first, than INT for the skill points, then hopefully END for the health boost. Going through the fight has shown me how squishy Rob actually is, even in power armour. Then I'll do STR and finally PER. Sound good?

[Sheb]

Plasma rifle weapons. Can be upgraded into the best energy weapons in the game, or close to it. And loads of armor/weapons for cash.

[USEC_OFFICER]

You had me at plasma.

Good thing I have all most of the Rad-Xs I bought. Now I just have to construct an excuse to visit the Glow again...

[Itnetlolor]

You had me at plasma.

Good thing I have all most of the Rad-Xs I bought. Now I just have to construct an excuse to visit the Glow again...

Power suit (from a Brotherhood corpse), and plenty of ammo all over the place, and maybe some named equipment (if not, upgradable, at least) and heavy-ass weapons. The place is loot city.

Reason enough?