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Capítulo 83: John who?

Once the fight was over Afton and Karl found Emil trying to comfort his injured men. Some obviously wouldn't make it, but war is war, there was bound to be casualties with how many men there were.

The man was holding the hand of a young woman who was slowly bleeding out, a bullet had hit gone completely through the Femoral artery in her leg... There wasn't all that much anyone could do, Afton wasn't one for giving up however, he had extra stimpacks so he might as well do something with them. Nothing wrong with a test subject to practise medicine on.

"Emil, excuse me for a moment." he says, kneeling down and retrieving a stimpack. He injects it directly into her leg well cleaning the wound with an alcohol-soaked cottonball. Afterwards suturing the wound closed to encourage the stimpack to focus its effect on the limited area... Stimpacks were essentially just massive amounts of nutrients combined with hormones and other complex chemicals that encouraged healing.

Due to this you couldn't take too many at a time as you'd literally 'starve to death', while the stimpacks contained nutrients, it still wasn't enough to replace what you'd use to heal. It was slightly difficult to suture the wound due to bullet exit wounds being notoriously... Messy, but he managed it eventually.

He wiped some sweat from his forehead and looked down at the girl, her breathing had quicked due to the pain from the alcohol and sudden suturing, but her pale complexion was slowly recovering... She'll probably be alright? Probably.

"Hurgh!" Afton groans as he feels a weight on his back... Its Sargeant Emil hugging him... "I don't swing that way, get off of me Sargeant."

"Ah-er, sorry... Thanks kid, it means a lot for you to help one of us like that... I mean it. Here, your pay and a little extra for the help." Emil says as he reaches into a pouch and pulls out a sack of caps. As soon as it drops into Afton's hand, time stops.

He glances down at his Pipboy and nods to himself, this was what he'd been waiting for, the quest chain hadn't ended until now, so the gathered exp sat back until he completed it.

[WELCOME TO LEVEL 5]

[WELCOME TO LEVEL 6]

[WELCOME TO LEVEL 7]

Huh, three levels in one go... It was kind of to be expected, he'd killed quite a few Powder Gangers and completed a rather big quest chain. He now had 45 points to use, he could do a few things with this many, maxing out Guns or Energy Weapons was one... Increasing his Sneak, Lockpick, or Speech was another.

Looking back on what he'd been using during the quests, he knew that Guns was probably the right way to go. He'd found an ungodly amount of ammunition for ballistic weapons and a pitiful amount for energy... He decided that maxing it out was probably the best thing he could do.

He maxed Guns using 39 skill points leaving him with 6 left... He put those in Speech raising that to 44. He was about to move on to pick his next Perk when a notification stopped him.

[Guns has been maxed!]

[Perk gained! : John Wick Style]

[John Wick Style] : Increases agility, perception, and hit chance depending on how outnumbered you are.

This, was really, really good. He didn't know if this'd basically make him comparable to John Wick cuz he doubted that was even possible, but it'd definitely increase his combat potential by a whole lot. All of the fights he'd end up in would likely be with him outnumbered, so this was an absolute buff.

This wasn't in Fallout 3, maxing a skill didn't grant an extra Perk so maybe it was unique to Fallout Newvegas? Regardless, he was excited to find out what the other skills would give once they were maxed.

He moved onto the Perks available and examined them.

[Bloody Mess] : +5% overall damage; more violent death animations. Afton knew this perk well, it was probably the most hilarious one in Fallout 3, even a small weapon like a 9mm pistol could explode someones entire body... The damage boost wasn't all that exciting but he was curious to see if the 'sudden combustion' effect would work...

He shook his head, if it did, then almost every person he killed would explode into, well, a bloody mess. That'd ruin any armour, or other delicate objects he'd potentially loot from them. He wouldn't take this Perk unless there was literally no other option.

[Gunslinger] : +25% accuracy in V.A.T.S. with one-handed weapons. An alright Perk, Afton didn't want to specialise into anything though. One-handed weapons would eventually not be powerful enough to breach his enemies defences, he couldn't imagine using a revolver to take on a Deathclaw.

[Lead Belly] : -50% radiation taken from food and water sources. Judging by the fact Afton was in a radioactive wasteland, this could potentially save him a lot of trouble in the long term... He didn't know if stimpacks could cure cancer after all.

[Shotgun Surgeon] : When using shotguns, regardless of ammunition used, you ignore an additional 10 points of a target's Damage Threshold. Again, he didn't want to specialise into any specific weapon type, especially shotguns given you'd need to be up close and personal to make use of them.

[Toughness] +3 DT permanently. This would be the start of making him superhuman... Leather armour gave 6 DT, so his skin would essentially be half a tough as leather armour... Not something to scoff at.

There were still the other Perks from the previous levels he hadn't picked, the choice was between [Lead Belly], [Toughness], and [Intense Training]... Lead Belly would be useful longterm, but it didn't stop a bullet going through his face like Toughness might...


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Hope you bois liked the chaps, if I missed anything please let me know.

Capítulo 84: The Walking Wastes

[Intense Training] could increase one of his SPECIAL stats, maybe if he maxed one of his stats he'd gain a perk like he'd gotten from maxing a skill? That was definitely something to look into... Shaking his head, Afton eventually decides to just pick [Toughness], the extra defence could save his life, no point in getting greedy when he had many other chances to get stronger.

Afton Parker

Level : 7

S.P.E.C.I.A.L :

Strength : 7

Perception : 7

Endurance : 7

Charisma : 4

Intelligence : 6

Agility : 7

Luck : 4

Skills :

Barter : 18

Energy Weapons : 55

Explosives : 20

Guns : 100

Lockpick : 10

Medicine : 40

Melee Weapons : 38

Repair : 41

Science : 41

Sneak : 20

Speech : 44

Survival : 30

Unarmed : 30

Perks :

[Trigger Discipline], [Heavy Handed], [Rapid Reload], [Torture Techniques], [Educated], [John Wick Style], [Toughness]

Companion Perks :

[Old Wisdom]

Confirming his selection, time resumes again and Afton stumbles slightly as an ungodly amount of information forces itself into his mind, new knowledge of ballistic weaponry he'd never even heard of becomes prominent in his head.

He suddenly knew that air humidity, wind resistance, direction, temperature, even altitude could affect a bullet's trajectory! Knowledge of how to reload, aim an shoot every gun in existance bored itself into his head painfully.

The small facts he'd learned about social interaction due to the small amount of points he''d put in Speech weren't even noticed.

What was noticed however, was Afton's sudden strange behavior... Emil had just handed him a sack of caps and the boy stumbled while holding his head...

"You alright son?" Karl asks from behind him.

Afton grits his teeth and forces himself to nod, "Y-yeah... Just a migraine... Just... Gimme a moment..." he mutters as he weakly sits down on a nearly object, rubbing his temples as the information ingrains itself into his soul.

Once that had started to slow he noticed a weird tingling in his skin, it didn't hurt, but it felt like his skin was being scrunched together, compressed before being stretched out again... As if it was becoming denser and denser the more time went on.

Again, this only lasted a minute or so before it stopped. Not doubt it was due to his new Perk [Toughness]. Taking a deep breath and collecting himself he stood and looked at the two worried men, "I'm good... It's been a while since I've had a... Migraine that bad." he tries to explain it away.

Emil slowly nods but Karl just gives him a suspicious yet worrying look. The former gives a small smile, "You guys have been a great help, without you I reckon we'd be stuck on this half of the Mojave still dealing with these fuckers... If you need any more work then come to the encampment outside Primm or head up to the Mojave Outpost." he says while giving them both firm handshakes.

Afton nods at him, "Sure, we could use the extra caps." he mutters, sending a glance at Karl who just nods in acceptance.

"We'll head out in the morning." the former-ranger says as he goes off towards his usual sleeping quarters.

Afton nods and heads to his own, idly noticing that Hannigan had been arrested and was being held by some soldiers.

His bed had some blood stains on it from the previous skirmish, but it didn't bother him all that much due to the brain matter he already had covering his recon armour.

The duo were about ready to head out as sun came up, they'd picked up enough food for a couple days travel aswell as some ammo the NCR hadn't scavenged yet. Just as they were about to leave the NCRCF Sargeant Emil stopped them again.

"Hey guys, think you could do me one last favour?" he asks with a small smile.

Afton shrugs and Emi continues, "I'm sending back our injured and was hoping you'd accompany then to Primm... You're headed that direction anyway right?"

...

Afton sighs and Karl doesn't seem to care about what they do, in the end they agree to accompany them as long as they can keep up. The added protection from having a squadron of NCR soldiers in your group would prevent anyone attempting to ambush them, so there wasn't really a point to refusing, especially since they'd get boost in reputation with the NCR.

Glancing at his Pipboy, he could see that he was [Accepted] by the NCR, meaning that he was currently in good standing with them. Considering he was [Vilified] by the Powder Gangers meant that he'd probably be attacked on sight should they spot him.

The journey to Primm took a couple hours, the healthy soldiers helped those with leg injuries so they could keep a decent pace. They didn't run into any trouble either so it was pretty peaceful to be honest.

Lieutenant Hayes was already waiting for them at the camp, he gave them a thankful smile and shook their hands, "Thanks for your help in dealing with the Powder Gangers, I heard over the radio that you're pretty competent."

Afton slowly nods, "Yeah... Emil said something about finding work here? Might as well earn some caps before we head up to the Outpost."

The duo had discussed what they'd be doing during the journey, Karl said that the best place to find an NCR Ranger was in one of the ranger stations. Though, to walk around them without being shot you'd need to be well known amongst the NCR.

For information the best place would be Camp McCarren, if all else fails they'd be able to just ask Ambassador Crocker inside the Newvegas strip. So, that's the plan for now, gain notoriety with the NCR, do jobs and get enough income to fully outfit themselves.

So, once they go to the Mojave Outpost they'd head north. It was a much longer route but the shorter one had been taken by Deathclaws so they didn't really have a choice.


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