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69.95% Steel Waste / Chapter 496: Completely Bombed

บท 496: Completely Bombed

It's been a day since Loyal's robots had taken apart the bomber and shipped it all back to the airfield. The attitude of the people towards outsiders had undergone a massive change once the bomber parts were spotted.

It was obvious from Tamia, Veronica, and Anja's absence that they were partly responsible for this. This had changed a number of 'bullheaded' minds, which was surprising to the trio, but to no one else.

Tamia hadn't properly understood the significance the 'Lady in the Lake' actually had to these people, though, she probably should have realised once she saw the literal paintings on the wall showing the bomber flying above the Mojave.

Once all the pieces were recovered, the entire place burst into celebrations. An entire day was dedicated to partying, and Pearl had even decided to make this a yearly event to honour the trio who'd helped the Boomers achieve their dream.

Adults danced, played music on makeshift instruments, and ate luxurious foods that'd been caught, dried, and prepared in advance, children were given toys and taught to sing and dance with everyone else.

The atmosphere was overall incredibly enjoyable... Tamia was hoping to be around for next years celebration if she could make it. Though, not everything was fun and games that day.

Due to the robots carrying bomber parts and their recent artillery warning shots, a few raiders had concluded that something big was going to happen. They waited until the sounds of music could be heard when they tried to make a move.

Unfortunately, the guards who usually watched the walls were drinking on the job, they weren't able to enjoy the celebration, so instead, they had their own party... This obviously included alcohol. Of course, the next day when Pearl heard about it, she kicked the shit out of them and banned them from next years celebration, making the guards cry tears of despair.

As for the raiders? The Boomers weren't stupid, so before the celebration, the group had set down an almost obnoxious amount of mines. Once half of the raiders had lost legs or exploded into red mist, the remaining few retreated and disappeared. Not willing to test how many mines the Boomers actually had.

After all the partying was finished, Pearl had pulled the group aside and accepted Mr House's proposition. Obviously, the Boomers had no reason to reject them any longer, especially after all the work Tamia and the others had put into building relations.

This wasn't really a problem though, as their work had basically just given Mr House's faction an air advantage with the Boomers bomber. The bomber was on their side now, so retrieving it couldn't be seen as 'work'.

Once everything was finalized, the trio left as the Boomers bid their farewells. Mr House would start up negotiations between the two groups with couriers or maybe even Securitrons, but now it was time for them to see what other jobs the boss wanted done.

While Tamia headed to the Lucky 38, Veronica and Anja return to Big Mt for a long-awaited break. Once she was back in the penthouse, she ignores Jane's greeting and approaches the screen that has Mr House's face displayed on it.

"Welcome back... I'm assuming your presence here means that you've made progress with the Boomers?" House asks.

Tamia nods, "You could say that, the Boomers are fully willing to cooperate and negotiate terms with you." she explains.

...

"That is... Unexpectedly good news." he states, likely not having expected this so quickly. "With the Boomers launching missiles in New Vegas's direct I had suspected you might have offended them somehow. Was there a reason for that? Or were they just testing out some new weaponry?" he asks.

"Well, it might surprise you to find out that those missiles were actually a distraction," she says with a small grin.

"A distraction? Well, might I say it worked. Both I and the NCR were scrambling to discover what had gone wrong, and whether or not we should be awaiting explosive annihilation... So, what was so important they had to antagonize most big players in the Mojave?"

"Well, you might not know this, but the Boomers have essentially deified anything that's explosive... This includes pre-war aeroplanes. So, when they discovered a news article describing an almost intact bomber at the bottom of Lake Mead, they were more than eager to fish it out. Veronica, Anja, and I helped raise it out of the water while robots took the plane apart and transported it back." she explains.

...

"So you're saying you helped a group of Pyromaniacs fish out a military issue pre-war bomber without feeling the need to let me know about it...?" House breaks the awkward silence, sounding incredibly tense in this moment.

"Err, yeah? You said use any means necessary to get their compliance, right?" she retorts.

House scoffs, "And if that order included jumping head-first into a mine, would you do it?... What you have done isn't just helping a potential ally get stronger, but arming a potentially dangerous group, ally or not, with a weapon capable of destroying most post-war settlements with ease. If the Boomers are able to fly it, New Vegas could be flattened in an instance." he slowly, agonizingly describes just how badly Tamia had fucked up in his eyes.

Tamia crosses her arms, "Well, stronger allies mean better allies, in my opinion, the Boomers are relatively peaceful when unprovoked... If you exclude their 'bomb outsiders out of our territory' policy."

"Hmm, sometimes I have to doubt your intelligence, Partner... But I suppose what's done is done. Admittedly even if we took the bomber for ourselves we'd have no one to fly it. Even robots have their limits after all, and I doubt we'd be able to program a robot to fly such a thing before it'd become redundant... Let's discuss your next mission then," he's about to continue but notices Tamia's dull look, "Now don't look at me like that, you'll have time to relax before doing this. I just want to confirm our options."


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บท 497: Study on negotiations and how to break them.

"Now that the Boomer's cooperation has been secured, I think that it's time for us to see whether or not Supermutants are capable of operating in civil society... Once you are ready, head to Jacobstown and check the place. I'll defer to your judgement on the matter, as I am sure you have far more experience dealing with barbaric savages than I." House explains.

Tamia nods, "Alright... I'll get to it in a couple days or so. If there's nothing else,?" she asks, waiting for a moment before nodding and leaving. She'd just spent weeks with the Boomers and felt like a vacation was more than necessary. After all, all work and no play makes Tamia a dull girl.

Elsewhere :

Veronica, Anja, and eventually Tamia returned back to Big Mt after their long mission at the Boomers. Afton allowed them their breaks but revealed that he may need a couple of them to accompany him to the 'Peace agreement negotiation' in Primm that the NCR had so gracefully set up.

They reluctantly agree to come should he need them and continued with their vacations. This left Afton alone to plan what'd actually happen for the event, and what he actually wanted to accomplish while there... If the NCR really did want to negotiate, he'd need to think about terms he would actually like to provide and receive... After all, going in without studying would end worse than an exam would.

1 week later :

It's almost time for the event, and things had been steadily progressing in Big Mt... Tamia, Veronica, and Anja had basically been resting the entire time, but everyone else had been doing their own things.

Boone had been learning to create and use various improvised weapons, explosives, and traps under Karl. And in his off time had been showing Josie how to properly spot for a sniper. Afton upon hearing this had the rather manipulative idea of using the duo to cover him at the event.

They'd be set up a good distance outside of Primm, but in a position where they could view everything that happens... He was still apprehensive about what they'd do if forced to choose between Bulwark and their country, so he'd try to fix it by showing them the true face of the NCR...

Of course, they could backfire magnificently if the peace agreements actually go on unmolested, but Afton thought that an impossibility at this point... He'd been monitoring the Mojave Outpost and spotted a number of unmarked vehicles that almost certainly belonged to the NCR... Vehicles were rare enough, but for them to turn up as the Peace negotiations were happening? He called sus.

The good news was that he, Klein, and Mobius had managed to patch the EMP vulnerability in the Power armour. It took a while to adapt the implant EMP defence into the armour, but they managed eventually... Most would just say to upscale it and install as it is, but of course, most people had no idea how electronic shielding and energy dispersal actually worked.

There'd be no point to using the EMP shielding if a single bullet would damage it too much to be usable. So, Afton currently had two suits of Power armour, both of which were upgraded with it. These belonged to Veronica and himself, which was unfortunate as he still hadn't decided on his second 'bodyguard'.

This wasn't the only thing on his mind however, despite the imminent event that was rapidly approaching, his thoughts were still on Christine and the radio signal purported to be from thee the Sierra Madre, the place she and that old fuck Elijah had gone.

Glados had sent a robot to check it out and, surprise surprise, found a bunker with a single makeshift radio that'd been booby-trapped with incredibly powerful sleeping gas, one that might've even been able to affect Afton, despite all his resistances and regeneration.

Glados was still trying to trace back where the original signal was actually coming from, so he'd need to wait and watch the progress. It wasn't like he could intervene and make it go faster, as Glados was simply more efficient at tasks such as this.

A robot drone pops out of the floor next to him and turns its orange eye towards him. "Speak of the devil." he mutters, breaking out from his thoughts. "Is something wrong Glados?"

"No, creator. Have you decided on your second bodyguard yet?" the AI asks out of nowhere.

Afton shakes his head, "Unfortunately no, I don't want to risk anyone's lives for this, as I am almost certain it's a trap of some kind. I'll have Boone and Josie near the town to support if it gets really bad, but other than Veronica who has Power armour, I am hesitant to bring anyone." he explains, though, he was sure Glados neither cared, nor understood the information.

"Might I suggest someone then?" the AI asks and continues at his nod, "The Cyberdog patrol lead by Gabe has returned, perhaps you should bring Gabe as a bodyguard? Its body is big enough to shield you from fire, and its sonic bark would likely knock a building down at full blast." she says.

...

Afton finds himself unconsciously nodding at the idea, Gabe would certainly be a 'statement'... It would be as if he brought a Deathclaw as a bodyguard, except more s significant as not everyone could genetically alter a dog enough to produce something like Gabe. Even Borous was confused at how Gabe became so big... The mixture of Chems, Cybernetics, and centuries of time had had a peculiar effect on the dog, one that wasn't so easy to replicate.

"Alright... I'll bring Gabe, that'll show those fuckin' bureaucrats who's boss." he chuckles, inwardly raising a brow at the fact Glados was mimicking laugher through the robotic drone.

"Ha...Ha...Ha...Ha..."

...

"Glados, could you perchance not do that ever again? Your laughter sounds like something you'd hear before someone was jettisoned into space..."

"...Undetrstood."


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