The group headed down into the elevator as they went underground as the elevator soon opened to reveal an area of steel and terminals. Taylor left the door first, aiming down the sights of her Plasma Rifle as she moved forwards to ensure nothing hostile was around. Once nothing was spotted, she put her rifle away. The entire group soon seen what appeared to be a capsule and extremely advanced terminals. "I'm just going to go out on a whim and say that the real Mr.House is in there..." Taylor announced to the group. "Well, might as well get this over with."
Will: Wait. THAT'S Mr house? Jenny: eewww >n< Abbey: guess we know what he is now. Time to kill this guy. (Readies her gauss Rifle) Will: (goes over to a nearby terminal) hey guys. This'll save you the trouble. (disconnects Mr house by opening his pod and exposing him to the elements)
Once the pod opened up, a huge torrent of old air rushed out of the pod and Mr.Houses fate was forever sealed. Now that he has made the smallest amount of contact with the outside world, House was doomed to live a single year. The spell of his immortality had been broken, and the 261 year old could barely move or speak as he was lifted and presented to the group. "Why....have you....done this? Centuries of preparation, ruined..." Damien looked at House and just spoke about what he seen the future as. "Robert House. While your efforts in saving the city of Las Vegas were indeed worthy, it's time for a change of management. We both see eye to eye that Vegas holds the potential to save manknd from its derailment, and I ensure to see that happen. You see, we are not going to destroy Vegas. We are going to set it free, and secure her independence against the Bear and the Bull forever. Building an entire country doesn't happen overnight, but it will happen. Under the guidance of my sister, a beautiful and intelligent women who is a technological and scientific visionary, progress will be made. On the other hand, I'm sure that my friends behind me will find something they will love doing. For me on the other hand, well....that's a different story." Damien chuckled at the end. "We all dream of a future, a future that ultimately requires your removal." "Your aims are...extraordinary. Could have saved humanity if....done as asked" "It's time for you to die, House." Taylor said before hacking into the terminal that controlled the pod. "I'm sure that we can kill him without having to fire a single shot. Oh, here we go. We can overload the system and kill him by sending lethal amounts of electricity into him, although he could explode in the process. Or we just shoot him in the head. Any ideas?" "I say we should disconnect him, give him a fate worse then death. He would watch the progress of an Independent Vegas, and give him security that he can't do a thing about it. That would mean being awake, alive and completely powerless for the entire last year of his life. Give him time to think..." Damien voted. Houses expression turned to Terror at the sign of Damien's idea as he desperately tried to escape the pod he was tied to. "No! Anything but that! Please kill me! "Jesus, that's dark. Even by your standards Damien" Taylor replied back.
Will: Sorry it had to be like this House. Jenny: maybe we can work something with the followers so that Mr house can have some comfort in his final year. Abbey: why's that? Jenny: well... he is just like us. He was human, he had goals and ambitions and was passionate about his dream for Vegas. Abbey: how do you know he wasn't going to be some kind of fascistic dictator and wipe out half the population? Jenny: It's not about what his goal was. It's more to do with the trauma of him losing the dream he was so passionate about. When you work so hard to make your dream a reality, then have that dream be suddenly crushed, it can leave you broken. I don't want Robby to feel broken. After all, he did just want to save humanity like a lot of us would want to.
Taylor nodded in agreement with Jenny's idea, although she did hesitate about making her mind up. Damien alerted the group that he was going to bring Yes-Man to the Lucky 38 and left for a while, not really wanting to waste any time in doing so. By the time the rest of the group is done with House, Yes-Man would have been on the penthouse floor ready for the group. "Alright, I see where you are coming from" Taylor agreed.
Jenny: thanks c: With all being said and done, the rest of the gang took the lift back upstairs and made their way over to yes man who was about to download himself onto the lucky 38's mainframe. (Do you want to hear about a couple of factions that I have in mind for the RP?)
(Sure, sounds like fun) "Here goes! I'll just take that Platinum Chip off your hands, thanks! Wish me luck! Yes Man spoke to Damien as he then went to the Terminal, just as the rest of the group arrived. Yes-Man quickly begun to type into the terminal as a high pitched computer noise grew louder and louder until the Securitron that contained Yes Man suddenly jumped into the air and dropped to the ground hard, while Yes Man's face appeared onto the screen itself. "Wow, Mr.House had quite a set-up here! I can access his databanks and view telemetry on every Securitron on the network! Wait....Oh, so that's what the Platinum Chip does! Interesting! Mr.House had a whole demonstration planned for you. Just head downstairs to the lowest level to check it out. You'll see!" Damien looked at the group as they came to him. "Look's like we get to see our reward. Want to check it out?"
Will: I'll join you. Jenny: wouldn't it just save time if yes man just told us what the upgrades were? Abbey: oh come on Jenny, it'll be educational c: Jenny: alright. But there'd better be no boring power point presentation. John: (looks out into the mojave) I'll stay put. (okay so the factions are as follows) The first faction is a group descended from members of pre war chinese stealth and spec ops units that were camped in a secret base out in the mojave. The group's pre war goal is unknown however since the war they've re invented themselves as a group of legendary assassins and snipers whom are known for their amazing stealth and agility. They're also a dab hand with melee and hand to hand combat too. The second faction is that of a group of anthromorphic deathclaws camped out in vault 11. These deathclaw humans are the result of a scientist who was looking to re-invent the human race so that they could adapt to the harshness of the wasteland. The result was humans who has a lot of a deathclaw's positive traits but while still retaining their humanity.
(Sounds like fun, let's see where we can take this. The Deathclaws remind me of the intelligent ones from Fallout 2) The group made their way to the bottom level and found themselves at the demonstration area. They found themselves looking at a gigantic forcefield and a few Securitrons in a large square pit designed to look like a battlefield. "Okay, so you're familiar with Securitrons by now, obviously! I mean, some of your best friends are Securitrons, right? Yes Man joked around before showing the Securitrons what they could currently do. "Our titanium alloy housing does a good job of protecting our delicate electronic insides from small arms fire and shrapnel! Our left arm contains a X-25 gatling laser, quite deadly against soft targets at medium range. That looks like fun! And for close-range suppression and crowd control, we have this handy-dandy 9mm submachinegun! Nice!" "All of this is old hat, right? Here's where it gets interesting! Turns out those are our......secondary weapons! All this time we've been running the Mark I operating system, which doesn't have drivers for our primary weapons! Imagine!" Yes Man took a moment to allow the information to sink in before continuing. "Now watch this. I'm downloading the Mark II OS to all the Securitrons on the network. Makes quite a difference! "With the M-235 Missile Launcher, we can engage ground and air targets at long range! And a rapid-fire G-28 grenade launching system makes us deadly in close-range engagements! Whoo, look at that! The OS upgrade also includes drivers for our onboard auto-repair systems! Just try to hurt us now! All together, this software upgrade confers a 235% increase in combat effectiveness.....per unit! New Vegas finally has soldiers worthy of protecting it!" "I hope you enjoyed this demonstration! You can come back up and see me or be on your way. I know that you're all busy people! (I'm going to introduce some new characters of my own soon, one specific character will be appearing soon-ish. He's pretty scary)
(do tell c: ) Will: well that was boring. Jenny: except for the explosions. They were fun c: Yes Man: I can make it more interesting for you if you'd like. Will: it's okay yes Man. You can't win em all.
(He was a former member of Damien's squad during his time in the Rangers. After the squad was disbanded, he went around murdering entire gangs of Raiders by himself. He's customised his Riot gear to resemble more of a Skeleton, especially the chest piece, and has wears a custom bullet-proof mask that resembles a skull. He's very dangerous.) Damien was highly impressed about how much firepower was contained in the Upgraded Securitrons. If that alone was enough to fortify the Strip with only a single Securitron, he wondered what an entire army could look like.
Will: so what's next? (also Doesn't Whoever's in charge demonstrate the mk2 securitrons AFTER you go to the fort to upgrade them?)
(I've been playing it again, I'm sure you upgrade them before) "We need to make it to The Fort and upgrade an entire army of them there, alongside manufacturing more of them. Unfortunately, this means fighting through the highest concentration of Legionaries on the planet." Taylor spoke before looking at Damien. "And if you haven't known already, Damien has been fighting them with his body and soul for over four years. It's extremely personal to him, they've done something to him that is understandable for a vendetta such as his."
Will: How are we going to get to at to upgrade them though? They won't exactly roll out the welcome wagon for Damien and they'll be a mite suspicious of us too if we just walk up with the chip and demand we take it to the fort's bunker.
"They are going to confiscate all weapons the moment you walk through. Unless you are a Legionary, weaponry alongside with chem's and alcohol is forbidden. " Damien replied. "Yes Man, how can we upgrade the Securitrons?" "There is a bunker at Fortification Hill, and it will give you access if you have the chip. Your problem would be getting there." Damien then joked around at the end. "Kill them all it is then !" He said before storming off
Will: (grabs Damien by his jacket collar) woah there cowboy. The legion aren't just going to let you gun them down by the masses. Face it, someone'll get you eventually whether by the bullet or the blade. Jenny: surprised no-one's put a fifty cal right between your eyes already
"You honestly think I haven't thought about launching an attack on the Fort already? I would never do something like this unprepared" Damien said before shrugging off Wills grip on his jacket. "I've lost more to them than anybody thinks, you could say that it's beyond personal" Damien then turned around to face the group. "I've walked the entire Legion, slaughtered literally thousands and thousands of Legionaries, burnt down entire fortresses, spent four years of my life as an entire country attempted to find me. Seen things that occur so fast yet matter so little that they couldn't have occurred at all. I've saved more people then I've killed, and this is the most significant matter of my life." Damien said before taking a deep breath. "I made a promise to Chloe, and nobody or anything will ever break that promise." He said before heading to the elevator, vanishing from plain sight in the process
Abbey: Should we follow him? Will: eh, why bother? He seems adamant that he can do it himself. John: Well, how about we all go out and do something while Damien gets himself killed? Jenny: I dunno. It doesn't feel right to let him go off on his own like that. Will: If you're thinking what I think you're thinking Jen, then I'm going with you. Abbey: same here. Jenny: thanks guys c; John: I'll stay here... I've uhh.. got things to attend to. Jenny: You gonna join us Tay?
"Of course! I'm not letting my brother miss out." Taylor said. "I don't think he's heading to the Fort straight away however, He's likely going back to his house outside of Vegas to preparation to attack the Fort." Taylor replied back to Jenny. "And if what he's told me is true, he has an armory that would put the Gun Runners to shame"
