Capítulo 564: Churning Tides
A couple more days pass and recent events have slowly been pushing the Mojave to outright war... Not just with the Legion, New Vegas, and the NCR... But with Bulwark as well.
The NCR recently reported Bulwark's actions around Mount Charleston, destroying encampments and killing their soldiers. Of course, they made no mention of how they were conducting secret experiments on the peaceful supermutant population, which is why Afton made a 'surprise' appearance on Mr New Vegas's radio station.
He explained his 'operatives' actions and declared the NCR to be unlawfully experimenting on innocent civilians. Of course, most people didn't consider ghouls or Supermutants as 'people' but even the nay-sayers would be wary of projecting the NCR's actions in a good light.
His appearance on the New Vegas Radio did have a variety of effects though... For one, the NCR increased the number of Military Police on the New Vegas strip, probably to pressure House to side with them, as well as reminding the populace of who is 'in control'.
Still, Tamia, Josie, and Boone and proven to Marcus and the other supermutants that Bulwark and New Vegas was firmly on their side, and were fully willing to go against the NCR to prove it. Though, what the trio didn't realise was that Afton had used this as a test of loyalty as well.
It'd become something of an obsession for Afton to consider his friend's loyalties and wonder what they'd do in certain situations... But now he could say or sure that Boone and Josie were no longer loyal to the NCR... After all, what loyal person would willingly massacre hundreds of their allies? The only people Afton could think of would be Psychopaths, but neither Boone nor Josie had shown any inclinations of such thus far.
With Jacobstown becoming a firm ally of New Vegas and Bulwark, Afton had Glados send a number of robots and other defences to protect the mountain town should the NCR wish to retaliate. If any hostile groups attempted to attack, they'd quickly find themselves stuck in a forest surrounded by Cyberdogs... The were already a nightmare to deal with anyway, let alone in a forest setting where they easily thrived.
Doctor Henry was ecstatic about their presence, but Afton and Glados continued to disallow him from researching or experimenting on them. He was actually already on his last warning, since a Cyberdog nearly took his arm off when he tried to fiddle around with some Cybernetics on its leg...
Regardless, it wasn't as if it was likely for the NCR to attack Jacobstown now... His recent orders to the cloned Caesar had forced a considerable influx of troops near the Hoover Dam. What had he ordered exactly? Well, the operation was essentially designed to kill two birds with one stone.
He'd have the NCR and Legion destroy themselves, afterwards allowing New Vegas and Bulwark to claim what's left. The plan was relatively simple to be honest, just have the Legion slowly but surely increase their military presence near Hoover Dam, this would force the NCR to react, increasing their own numbers to match the enemy.
Afton didn't know how long the plan would go on for, as he wanted Clone Caesar to relocate Legionaries from his more eastern territories for the attack. This would weaken the Legion in other areas, while also forcing the NCR to send more troops from California... This in turn would weaken their own defences back home.
The plan was pretty foolproof, no one would doubt Caesar, and the NCR wasn't willing to let go of the Hoover Dam. Afton wondered just how many troops would be gathered for the final battle, but it certainly wouldn't be considered a 'few'.
Aside from that, Bulwark was also beginning to train their own soldiers. He was using the non-criminal slaves he'd acquired from the Legion and training any that were willing and able to fight. He'd equip them all with Bulwark power armour and state of the art weaponry, but that was a far off dream currently...
They'd be far harder to train in some aspects, and easier in others... The Legion was a militaristic culture, so most learned how to fight regardless of their rank. This made melee combat somewhat easy to train them in... The only problem was their lack of scientific, engineering, and other simple technological knowledge.
A culture that forbids any technology above what the romans used would be difficult to quickly introduce to such innovations... As such, Afton didn't think it was likely the army would be ready any time soon... It'd probably take a couple years to properly get them all trained to his liking.
This wasn't to say that there weren't a few exceptional individuals, because there were... But they were few and far between, most likely because any exceptional individual wouldn't have ended up as a slave in the first place...
This was actually the reason the women seemed far more competent than the male slaves... Women were considered lesser than men in the Legion, so any exceptional woman would be completely disregarded...
Afton smirks to himself, if things continued the way they were, he'd have to call his first unit the 'Valkyries' or something. Honestly, that didn't sound like a bad idea... Have them all fully suited in Power armour, jetpacks and Vertibirds?... Sounds like a plan!
Speaking of 'exceptional women', he'd begun training Tamia and Josie on how to properly utilise Power armour. They were picking it up quickly, but that was to be expected for the Protagonist and engineering expert respectively.
Other than that, the only other thing Afton was having trouble with was Christine and Veronica... Yeah, Christine still wasn't sure how to feel about Bulwark and their apparent separation from the Brothehood... Which is why she decided to go visit the Brotherhood of Steel to see what they were up to.
Of course, Afton would have denied them if he'd been asked, but he'd not been given the option, as Veronica took Christine without permission and teleported away. Christine obviously didn't have access to teleportation, so she'd either manipulated or guilt-tripped Veronica into helping.
Afton releases a sigh, "Women are going to be the death of me..."
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Capítulo 565: Cold Brothers
"I'm telling you, this is a really bad idea." Veronica states behind Christine as they both walk through the desert.
"And I'm telling you, I'll believe it when I see it." Christine retorts, concentrating on following the path. Veronica already knew where the base was, but Christine herself had left while the group was still in Helios One...
Veronica just huffs and speeds up to match Christine's pace, "And what are you going to do once we get there? Last I heard you hated your parents, all our old friends abandoned us when they found out our secret, is there anything left for you to care about?" she bluntly states, causing Christine to stop in place with a severe frown.
She turns and glares at Veronica, "In case you forgot, we were born under the codex, we grew up under the codex, we should have DIED, under the codex! It baffles me that you could so easily throw it away!"
"Like you threw me away!? Leaving without a word? I didn't want to go against everything we were taught Christine, I just thought that family should be valued above it... Family is the only reason I'm letting you go back, but family is also the reason I'll drag you back kicking and screaming if you try to reveal anything about Bulwark." she heavily warns, knowing that Christine knew enough to put Bulwark in some amount of danger... Sure, there wasn't much their enemies could do with such information now... But later on? Perhaps.
"I told you, I didn't throw you away!... Elijah manipulated me! All while I was under constant scrutiny by the others, you at least had Elijah's protection... You didn't have to worry about getting raped when you turned the wrong corner!" Christine exclaims, causing both of them to go silent momentarily.
...
"Was it really that bad?" Veronica quietly asks, not having realised how she must have felt. Looking back on it now, Veronica could barely spend any time with her, Christine's parents, friends, and colleagues abandoned and bullied her...
Christine just numbly nods, placing a hand on her chest, "The only reason I hadn't off'd myself or fled into the desert was because of the Codex. I thought that even if I was an outcast for the rest of my life, I could still be useful in serving it... That's when Elijah introduced me to the Circle of Steel..." she shakes her head and stares straight at Veronica, "That's why I need to see the Chapter's degradation myself, I need to see if it's true."
...
Veronica gives a long sigh, "Fine, but don't blame me if we have to shoot our way outta there. Your parents might be sorry for how they treated you, but the others? I never asked, but judging on how they received Afton, I doubt they think any better of you." she says, not stating the obvious that her appearance would certainly raise the Brotherhood's more xenophobic traits.
Christine's hair hadn't started growing back properly yet, and there wasn't really anything they could do for her scars either. Veronica didn't mind it, but she couldn't exactly be called 'attractive' anymore, nor do the Brotherhood think well of experimental subjects.
The Brotherhood was founded due to human experimentation after all, so it wouldn't surprise Veronica in the slightest if they demanded a full examination under threat of execution.
Soon enough, the duo reaches the road where the Brotherhood base was currently located... Judging by the many burned remnants of old caravans, Hardin had been busy. Just as they were able to see the new make-shift Brotherhood walls in the distance, they were accosted by a small group of people all wearing Power armour.
"Halt! You are in BOS territory, state your identities and reasons for being here, or we will execute you!" one of them states while their is voice muffled by their helmet.
Veronica raises a brow and scoffs, "You guys seriously forgot what we look like already?" she asks while raising the brim of her cowboy hat.
Their departure from Bulwark had been a rather frantic affair, so neither had elected to 'borrow' some Power armour from Afton, especially considering he didn't know what they were up to. Christine's head was also partially covered by a cowboy hat, but it still didn't cover all of her scars...
"Veronica, huh? You runnin' around here with another of your mutant friends? Tell me, was that Ghoul worth getting kicked out?"
Veronica snorts, "Oh, it was well worth it. At least now I don't have to deal with douche-bags like you... Let me guess, nasally voice, cocky attitude and thinks he's big shit despite only being 5.6... Jenkins. Hey, even in your armour you look short." she quips.
A few of the other BOS members snicker at their companion's face but quickly compose themselves. The now named Jenkins jabs a finger at Christine while still glaring at Veronica, "As you learned last time, take your pet Ghoul elsewhere or we'll remove it for you. Permenantly."
Christine had already had enough of this annoying douche bag, if she had a gun that could breach Power armour she might've had half a mind to shoot him... She raises her head and lifts the hat, "I'm not a Ghoul, maybe if you were smarter than the average feral, you'd have realised that." she spits in a low tone.
"C-Christine!?" a female voice squeaks from one of the soldiers, they step forwards and raise their helmet, revealing Melissa's face... Though, she looked absolutely awful, with heavy black bags under her eyes, clammy skin, and even a few scars around her neck where her armour was less thick. "W-what happened to you!?" she exclaims, sounding exhausted but still managing to muster up her emotions.
"Hell." she harshly states before continuing, "But it doesn't seem like you're doing all that much better." she questions.
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