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60.22% Steel Waste / Chapter 427: Apocalyptic

บท 427: Apocalyptic

A couple days later Afton, Karl and Anja were all gathered atop a hill overlooking an encampment. It was one of the newest Legion Raid camps that'd sprung up lately. Afton had tried ignoring them at first, hoping the NCR would deal with them instead, but for some reason, the camps weren't even touched...

Of course, 'Raid Camp' is the polite term, as their primary function is to capture Mojave residents and ship them back to Cottonwood Cove were they'd be collared and made slaves. Afton had been holding off on actually dealing them until now as he didn't want to waste resources assisting his enemies... However, there was only so much Legion bull shit he could take before his hand was forced.

Afton was currently wearing the Stealth Suit under his greyish black duster made from Deathclaw Mother leather. Karl and Anja were wearing beige version that weren't as durable but still added a significant amount of strength...

Karl had it over his combat armour while Anja wore it over her recon armour. His companions were less sure on their defensive properties, but that was cleaned up when Afton shot Karl in the chest with Lucky, one of his less powerful revolvers.

The man had been slightly winded, but other than that he was completely fine... The Duster didn't have a scratch n it either.

"So, kid... How'd you wanna deal with this camp?" Karl asks as he looks through the scope on his Anti-Material rifle at the camp.

Afton shrugs, "Since they only just set up and are lacking hostages, I figured I could test out a new weapon." he states, reaching into his bag and pulling out the Range Finder.

"Are you sure you want to destroy it so quickly, sir? This one is much more hidden than the others, it might have something valuable in it." Anja asks, her face concealed by her mask and hood.

Afton just shakes his head, "We can sift through the ashes afterwards if you really want." he says before pointing his weapon at the camp. "Oh, by the way, neither of you should mention what happens next to anyone." he states.

That was the reason he'd only brought the two of them, he trusted them far more than everyone else with this knowledge. Even Veronica might accidentally blurt something out to the Brotherhood about it, so it was better to be safe than sorry.

Afton points the gun in the center of the camp and holds the trigger down, the holographic screen on the back starts going through a changes, with writing appearing on it with various shapes and forms.

A small laser comes out of the gun and hits the ground in the middle of the camp where he was aiming. He had to hold down the trigger and aim with a steady hand to keep the gun operating.

*Loading*

*Loading*

*Accessing network*

*Connection established*

*Triangulating target*

The small, almost invisible laser projecting from the Range Finder allows three humungous lasers to come down from the sky and to start spinning around where he was aiming. The Legionaries had notices the peculiar sight at this point and were all staring up at the sky in confusion.

*Activating Orbital Defence System*

*Firing in 3-2-1-0*

Once the three lasers connect Afton, Karl, and Anja are blinded by light as what felt like the apocalypse occurred... A massive beam of light shoots from the sky and envelopes the entirety of the camp, the force of which was enough to knock Anja and Karl on their backs.

Afton squints his eyes as a wave of heat washes past, making the usual desert sun pale in comparison... Were it not for his durability, he was sure all of his hair might've been singed off. The beam of light from the sky only lasts a couple second, but once it ends all that's left of the camp is a glass-filled crater... The heat seemed to have crystalised everything on contact, making it look like the Space Marines had particularly disliked that part of the planet.

That wasn't all that happened however...

[Lord Death v4 1000/2000]

[Blind Fire : Shoot the eye's of your enemies : 100/100]

[Blind Fire Complete! Perk granted : Luck of the Draw]

[Luck of the Draw] : Luck when in combat increased by 2.

[Use the Orbital Laser!!!! Complete! Perk granted : Second Apocalypse]

[Second Apocalypse] : Gain a point in one random stat every time you kill more than one thousand people in an instant.

Afton was very, very happy about the perks he received... Luck of the Draw was 'ok', and would most likely help in minute ways he wouldn't notice, but Second Apocalypse was pretty fucking broken... The only problem was, if he wanted to use it he'd literally have to massacre thousands of people.

He glances over at his companions who were both gaping at the result of the weapon, and Afton couldn't help but feel smug at how much damage he'd just done...

However, it seems that he hadn't taken one thing into account...

*BOOOOOM!*

Something explodes from under the crater, and from the plumes of thick mushroom cloud-shaped smoke, it seems that there was a cache of Mini-Nukes buried underneath the camp... Though, he quickly found himself corrected when a new notification made itself known...

[Find the mystery bomb maker from Vault 11 Quest Failed!]

Yeah... Apparently, the man was working for the Legion... And also happened to be in the camp the one time he decides to use the Orbital Laser... Shit.

"The fuck was that?" Karl mutters, still glaring at the now larger crater before them.

Afton shrugs, "Legion must've been stockpiling explosives for something... Good thing we destroyed it, they might've been waiting to use it on Novac." he says, not giving any indication he knew the actual answer. "Plus, if anyone comes to investigate it'll just look like an accident, instead of an Orbital Laser attack... Even if some people did see the laser, they might just confused it with multiple nuke detonations... Come on, let's get going before anyone spots us." he says, standing up and quickly leaving the hill.


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บท 428: Romae defectum non patitur

While the Orbital Laser strike and subsequent multiple Mini-Nuke explosion happened in an instant for Afton, Karl, and Anja, the shockwaves of it would continue to spread to every corner of the Mojave...

Robert House was the first to notice the nuclear detonation, his various machine network around the Mojave giving him the exact location... He'd managed to save this place from Nuclear annihilation two hundred years ago, yet it seems that the Great War continues, with nuclear bombs still detonating at a random barbarians whims.

Unfortunately, the bombs seem to have either been brought on foot or constructed in the Mojave... If they were launched he'd have been able to destroy them in the sky or at least disable them... Hm, could it be that another country had survived the destruction and was now plotting to get rid of America's last resistance, House himself?... Plausible, if unlikely... He'd need to run further simulations if that's the case... Hopefully his new partner would activate the Platinum chip before anything drastic happens... He needed to have his army before the two armies clash at Hoover Dam...

To conduct proper business negotiations you needed to start at a position of strength, something House was all too well aware... As he runs some simulations on another system, he turns his eyes towards Gommorah, indeed, that place needed to be purged of rats before anything else... Though, he'd need to wait for his partner to return for that.

Elsewhere :

A man wearing incredibly fine robes sitting on a throne within a large tent slams his fist onto the armrest. He had very short cut white hair and a heavily dust-worn face... Caesar glares down at Vulpes Inculta with a ferocity not shown since the 'Burning Man' incident.

Vulpes Inculta had just reported the latest news of another of his hair-brained schemes... Of course, as seemingly always happens, his plans failed spectacularly. So much so that Caesar almost shot the man dead where he knelt.

"What do you mean Holmes and the rest of his escort were all annihilated?!?" he roars, the guards posted around the tent flinching at their leader's rage.

Vulpes Inculta shivers under the glare but composes himself enough to reply, "I fear it may have been an enemy attack, but after the detonation of all the stockpiled explosives, there's no evidence for it!"

Caesar growls at him, "You said it would be safe!"

"I did not anticipate the information being leaked, or the underground lab being compromised! If anyone is to blame for this, it is Andrew Holmes and his haphazard construction of those atomic weapons! It is as you say Great Caesar, similar technology brought about the last Apocalypse, so his loss is not a big one!"

*Smack!*

Caesar strikes Inculta in the face, causing the man t fall to his side, "You continue to displease me, Vulpes! The man's technology was indeed good for one thing, destruction, which is why I allowed your scheme in the first place! You had one goal! Sabotage the NCR supply line... And you fail me, AGAIN!" he shouts before slumping back in his throne, his face morphing into a grimace as his rubs his temples.

"Caesa-" a guard begins to ask but Caesar waves them off, this wasn't the first random headache he'd gotten in the past years... No one in the tent dares mutter a word as Caesar rubs his temples to alleviate the pain slightly, once it's manageable he turns to Vulpes again, "Tell me Vulpes, have any of your recent plans actually worked in our favour?" he asks in a low yet commanding tone.

"Y-yes Caesar! The assassination of Lowell Thompson Jr, stockpiling of weapons on the strip, bombing on the NCR Monorail, Capture of Camp Searchlight-" the man lists off, feeling like his head was on the line... Which it probably was.

Caesar slowly nods, "Despite all your failures, you still advance our cause... Which is the only thing stopping me from having you executed where you stand... Romae defectum non patitur, Rome suffers no failure... Remember this Vulpes, as it may be the last mercy I am willing to grant you... Should you blunder and lose a valuable asset again, I will find a much more creative punishment compared to what happened to Joshua Graham... Am I clear?"

Vulpes pushes his head to the floor, kissing dirt as he replies, "Y-yes Great Caesar!"

Caesar nods and waves his hand at Vulpes, causing the guards to grab the man and toss him out of the tent like a bag of trash. A few Legionaries laugh at his plight but an angry glare sends them on their way.

He gets to his feet and quickly marches away, intending to gather what's left of his assassins to do something drastic... Something that'll hopefully put him back in Caesars good graces, and possibly save his head.

Vulpes held no illusions to Caesar's methods... Should he continue to barely prove himself, he'd be executed once the war was finished... Vulpes grins, he knew just what would put him on Caesar's good side, as well as the annals of history.

It's a good thing Andrew Holmes left them with a couple Mini-Nukes, his original plan was to simply use covert terror tactics... But now? The mayhem he'd be able to cause, and the fear such a strike would cause in their enemies hearts made him salivate...

Of course, as it was his head on the line, he'd participate in such an attack himself... His subordinates had failed their respective duties far too much for his liking, after all, if you wanted something done right you had to do it yourself.


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