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[NEW RENO MARCH 2271]
[MISSION PARAMETERS: CONTACT ENCLAVE CELL IN THE AREA]
[MISSION RESULTS: NOMINAL SUCCESS, CELL IS IN DANGER OF COLLAPSE DUE TO OPERATIONAL HARASSMENT FROM THE BISHOP FAMILY OF NEW RENO, IN PARTICULAR THE PATRIARCH OF THE FAMILY, MR. BISHOP]
[RECOMMENDED ACTIONS.... COMPUTING.... WITHDRAW CELL OR REMOVE THE BISHOPS]

- - - -
Grant had never been in the position of solo command on before, he had held the camp for Ford a couple of times, he helped organize the troop and suggested tactics to him on the regular but being in charge was different.
He wasn't sure he actually cared for it, the weight of leadership was heavy, he preferred to follow orders rather than give them.

Still it would seem he wasn't half bad at it, He had been given the task of leading the squad to make contact with the New Reno Cell, it wasn't easy by any right. New Reno was a city full of suspicious people. You'd think it'd be easy to blend in, but no, everyone suspected everyone else, not to mention the gang war that seemed to be warring through the city, the Bishops and the Wrights, the Mordino's had apparently collapsed violently a few years earlier.

It would seem the cell was attempting to aid the Wrights in becoming the pre-eminent family in New Reno after their deal with the Salvatores fell through due to an unfortunate case of death by Chosen one.

That bastard really did get around didn't he?

Regardless by the time we had contacted the Cell they had already lost half their number in the conflict, the leader of the Bishops, Mr. Bishop had been ruthlessly hunting them down one by one. They weren't sure how he had found out about their involvement with the Wrights, or if he even knew they were Enclave, all they knew was that if he wasn't dealt with soon they needed to get out of there or they would die.

It was astounding for Grant to see a group of 10 grown men and women panicking in fear of just one person, or even more so the threat of one persons presence, Mr. Bishop must be a force of nature, then. Something to note in the mission report.

Unfortunately he didn't have the means to extract the cell at this time, he recommended that they lay as low as possible, given the apparent dangers of this Mr. Bishop he opted not to give them any information regarding his own cell other than verifying the command structure. The Senior Officer here was at this point Just a 2nd Lieutenant William McDouglas, who could barely hold the cell together.

The Clock was ticking on this one.

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>>4928042
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[AREA NOT DEFINED.... PROCESSING.... PROCESSING.... SAN FRANCISCO LOGISTICAL BUNKER EPSILON, NORTHWEST COMMONWEALTH, MARCH 2271]
[MISSION PARAMETERS: LOCATE INSURGENT BROTHERHOOD OF STEEL BASE OF OPERATIONS]
[MISSION RESULTS: SUCCESS, BROTHERHOOD IS STATIONED OUT OF A LOGISTICAL BUNKER SOME WAYS NORTH OF SAN FRANCISCO, BUT SOUTH OF NAVARRO, BROTHERHOOD ELEMENTS WERE ENGAGED, NO FRIENDLY CASUALTIES, AMERICAN MILITARY GEAR SALVAGED]
[RECOMMENDED ACTIONS... COMPUTING... ALERT NCR FORCES TO BUNKER LOCATION, QUARENTEEN OPERATIONAL AREA OF BUNKER, SIEZE BUNKER, DESTROY BUNKER]

- - - -
The Veterans were somewhat excited about the prospect of hunting down some Brotherhood.

At least until they were told this was a scouting mission first and foremost.

That really put a dower on their mood, however a mission was a mission, and there was plenty to salvage from this... if things went the right way.

Of course it did, the Brotherhood of Steel weren't as subtle as they thought they were, a few power armored footprints here, some reports of paladins there, a few well placed lies to the locals about being NCR Mercenaries and boom instant trust.

The thing they weren't expecting was the fortifications of the base, they were heavy, turrets on the exterior, overlapping patrol routes, the bunkers enterance seems to be set up as a killing field, one of the veterans thinks that they saw some murder holes in the nearby rocks. Cross referencing this base with the records they took with them using a pip boy they found that it was formerly intended to be a logistical base for the San Francisco area, and here the Brotherhood were doing what they did best, seizing United States Military assets and acting like it was their god given right.

It infuriated the Veterans. However fortune would smile on them as one of the patrols that was to head out further began just around the time they were leaving.

Seizing the intiative they laid in ambush and struck the unsuspecting Brotherhood patrol, the fighting was fierce, but they ultimately managed to bring them down, salvaging what they could of the BoS equipment they headed home, happy, and with the information they were sent to gather.

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>>4928045


[REDDING MARCH 2271]
[MISSION PARAMETERS; ESTABLISH A DISTRIBUTION CONTRACT WITH THE VAN GRAFF FAMILY FOR THE [ERROR: NAME NOT FOUND] CARAVAN]
[MISSION RESULTS: OVERWHELMING SUCCESS, CONTRACT OBTAINED, FAVORABLE CONDITIONS, RELATIONSHIP WITH VAN GRAFFS FURTHER SOLDIFIED]
[RECOMMENDED ACTIONS... COMPUTING... NO FURTHER ACTION REQUIRED]

- - - -
Senator Jack Rockefeller was really the only one capable of brokering a deal with the Wastelander, at least in any mutual manner. Jack was an odd man, he was one of the few surviving senators of the Enclave senate, though that title was effectively meaningless without a civilian government. He had been an ardent supporter of the Enclaves actions in 2241, but when Poseidon oil Rig was destroyed something changed. At least on the exterior anyways.

Now if you asked him were they doing the right thing in 2241 he'd emphatically answer yes, "Back then we had the manpower, the resources to reclaim America proper, it'd be a moral wrong not attempt to clean it up in the process"

However if you asked him about doing the same thing now he'd respond, "Absolutely not, it's infeasible, alternative solutions must be sought for the good of America, you can't have a constituency if you're representing a graveyard." though many in the cell suspect his tune would rapidly change were the current situation to swing around. Just like any politician his desires and his views flowed with the changing of the landscape of geopolitics. Right now, the route to greatest influence was manipulating the wastelander, a dumb vote, but a vote none the less, easy to maintain.

Though some closest to him might misinterpret his posturing for altruism, most notably his son, he'd have to correct that when he got back, here he thought he understood, but it would appear he doesn't.

What was another deal to be made in the pursuit of such? He had been sent to the Van Graffs' manor to discuss the terms of a licensing and distribution deal for the Caravan that the Captain's son came up with. Clever idea that.

When he got to the main meeting room, Madam Van Graff was sitting at one of the table, flanked by several of her children. If Rockefeller hadn't been so experienced in such meetings and matters from his life in the Senate and the history of his family then he might be intimidated by such a show of force, instead he simply sat down at the other end and smiled, "Mrs. Van Graff, a pleasure, lets get down to business shall we?"

By the end of the day, he had won her over to an equal partnership in the matter. It was much harder negotiations than he had anticipated, there were a few moments there where he had been backed into the corner that he only just managed to claw his way out of, but claw his way out he did, he'd have to thank Captain Nelson for one of those though.
He'll have to make a note about her, Extremely dangerous, do not let run for any office, maybe get her assassinated later?

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>>4928047

You sigh tapping your foot on the floor thinking, you've been spending the time you had since you delegated the mission work to Grant planning out the Caravan, surprisingly enough the logistical matters weren't to difficult to figure out, it was hiring and vetting process that you had trouble with. Economically speaking the Caravan would be able to make a profit, that you had no doubt about, the issue was initial capital. You'd have to make some early compromises in order to get this off the ground, whether that be in transportation capacity, security or the number of caravans running independently.

You could just cut the total number of Brahmin per caravan, but that'd eat into the maximum profit for each caravan.
You could cut the security on the one you use personally and just use your squad for it, but then it wouldn't be able to run in the down time safely.
You could also cut out entirely one of the three you had planned and just run 2 of them instead at higher efficiency, but it leaves you with less options in business in the immediate future.

What will you sacrifice in the beginning?
>Cut the Brahmin, we'll get them back relatively fast (Lowers the Maximum profit for each caravan, have to take one away from normal duties to use as cover.)
>Cut the security, we'll be using one of these for cover anyways (2 caravans running standard, 1 can only run as cover)
>Cut a caravan, we'll reinvest the extra into the other two to make up the losses( 2 Caravans running at higher efficiency, have to take one away from normal duties to use as cover)

>>4928052
I'd say cut a caravan completely, if I had a say, with security being my second choice if it's close/a tie.

>>4928052
>>Cut a caravan, we'll reinvest the extra into the other two to make up the losses( 2 Caravans running at higher efficiency, have to take one away from normal duties to use as cover)

>>4928052
>Cut the security, we'll be using one of these for cover anyways (2 caravans running standard, 1 can only run as cover)
Two caravans running at all times with one as cover only is better than having two high profit caravans where we need to halt half the operation to get a cover caravan.

>>4928052

>Cut the security, we'll be using one of these for cover anyways (2 caravans running standard, 1 can only run as cover)
>the understaffed one will only go out as cover, rather than do proper runs

hear me out it is important we have to fully functional caravans running providing income and intel, the third for now can stay as a dummy caravan, cutting down to purely two means when we need to use one as cover our operation will have only one caravan in circulation.

we literally lose half of our productivity if we have only two in service and have to take on out from cover, better to have the cover caravan under-protected as we are the protection

So 30 minutes to break the tie, if it's not broken by then.
Then I will take >>4928060
as the tie breaker in favor of cutting the security.

>>4928146
alrighty

>>4928052
>>Cut the security, we'll be using one of these for cover anyways (2 caravans running standard, 1 can only run as cover)

Alright
Cut the Security, we'll be using one of these for cover anyways wins

Writing

Well of the options in front of you decide that just having one of the caravans being dedicated to cover is probably the best solution, so you'll cut the security from that caravan and only send it out with your team when needed.

There's still more that needs to be done to be prepared for using this, like the actual hiring of personnel, and the finally setting up the caravan routs, and adjusting them as necessary from the results of that dry run, but you'll have time to handle that later.

There's other things that require your attention that are a bit more immediate.

Of those things is training, specifically your squad, you've got 3 people in your squad now that don't know how to use power armor, which frankly is unacceptable, you'll need every edge you can get out there so it's time to start planning that for as soon as they get back.

Secondly is a more general training exercise for adverse conditions, we won't always be operating in the somewhat optimal conditions of the NCR where things are dry and civilization is relatively near by. No further into the wastelands things won't be quite so simple, nor will the weather be so kind.

You wonder if there's a way to merge these two into one, though you suspect that would likely make the resulting training exercise all the more complicated and difficult. If you could get both together though it would save you some time that you could put back into planning the caravan or doing something else.

>Merge the Power Armor Training and the Adverse Conditions Training (Will make the subsequent checks for both more difficult, but you'll gain 1 additional free time action)
>Keep them separate, Training should be focused and directed (Proceed as normal)

Regardless though you've already set aside the Bunker for the Power Armor Training when they get back, and you'll need to pick a specific type of adverse condition to train unless you want to make it even more difficult...

What Adverse condition do you wish to train in?
>Low Visibility (Fog, Fighting in the Dark without night vision, Smoke etc)
>Mountainous Terrain
>Thunder Storms
>Write in?
>A combination (The more you do in parallel the more difficult the check will be.)

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>>4928193
>Keep them separate, Training should be focused and directed (Proceed as normal)

>Low Visibility (Fog, Fighting in the Dark without night vision, Smoke etc)

>>4928193
>>Keep them separate, Training should be focused and directed (Proceed as normal)
>Low Visibility (Fog, Fighting in the Dark without night vision, Smoke etc)

>>4928193
>Keep them separate, Training should be focused and directed (Proceed as normal)
>Mountainous Terrain

>>4928193
>>Keep them separate, Training should be focused and directed (Proceed as normal)
>Low Visibility (Fog, Fighting in the Dark without night vision, Smoke etc)

>>Keep them separate, Training should be focused and directed (Proceed as normal)
>Low Visibility (Fog, Fighting in the Dark without night vision, Smoke etc)

Wins
Writing

[sorry for the long post time, got caught up in work, also wanted to try writing the potential results before the test, but just couldn't get around to it.]


3 posters roll me 2d100
>YOU MAY APPLY OFFICER BRATS +1 SUCCESS PER SESSION TO ONE OF THESE TWO TESTS

Power Armor Training
1st roll:
Average Leadership Training roll DV 70
Officers Brat +5
Officers Child +5
Grunt +5
Commanding presence +2

roll under 87

Crit Fail: No you fool don't do that! (one of the trainees suffers a critical wound and is unavailable for the next mission)
0 successes: How the hell do you not get it its so simple?! (None of them learn how to use Power armor)
1 success: Well at least The Techie gets it (Jacob can now use Power armor)
2 successes: Work Harder Rockefeller! (Jacob and Rosaline can now use Power Armor)
3 successes: Fantastic work! (All 3 may now use Power Armor)
Crit Success: Even I didn't know you could do that! (Jacob discovers a way to put the servos into overdrive for an extra combat bonus at the cost of the armors condition, all 3 may now use power armor)


Adverse Conditions Training (Low Visibility)
[obscured vision is typically a malus of -15]

2nd Roll:
Challenging Leadership Training Roll DV 50
Officers Brat+5
Officers Child +5
Grunt +5
Commanding Presence +2

roll under 67

Crit Fail: Where the hell are we? (...)
0 Successes: That was utterly worthless, did you learn anything? (No benefit gained)
1 success: There's something out there, and now I can tell where (Malus for obscured vision in combat is reduced by 5)
2 successes: We'll see them before they see us. (Malus for obscured vision in combat is reduced by 10)
3 successes: Who needs NVGs anyways? (You take no malus for having your vision obscured)
Crit success: We were born to fight blind! (No malus for having your vision obscured, +5 combat and leadership in low vision environments)

Rolled 18, 59 = 77 (2d100)

>>4928371
Yo

Rolled 36, 21 = 57 (2d100)

>>4928371
Lets go bois

Rolled 50, 84 = 134 (2d100)

>>4928371

Looks like the results of training are in.

3 successes: Fantastic work! (All 3 may now use Power Armor)

2 successes: We'll see them before they see us. (Malus for obscured vision in combat is reduced by 10)

Now that work is properly over writing.

>>4928402
nice

>>4928402
I guess we'll work the obscured malus down next training session. That is, unless you lads want to bump it up one success lads.

Damn, I was hoping we we're going to hit three success on the Low Visibility training so we could use Officers Brats to roll over to a Crit Success for that +5 to combat during Low Vision. It would've made ambushes and night-battles fantastic options.

Well, any bonus to night fight is great, because the enemy should also get the malus. What I mean is that technically that Malus for obscured vision in combat is reduced by 10, means we have a +10 v/s the enemy

>>4928422
Doesn't quite work like that mate, but we'll fix it with more training.

>>4928422
We own the night

>>4928445
you silly apple, it does.

NCR dude wants to shoot, DV 50
-15 dark >>> DV 35
Enclave dude wants to shoot, DV 50
-5 dark >>> DV 45

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You decided to wait a few days after everyone got back from the missions, then rounded them all up, first you took them down to the bunker, paired each of them up, one who knew how to use power armor and one that didn't know how to use it and then ran the drills and instructions you were taught, the power armor users helping to correct the non power armor users mistakes.

The training was a rousing success, all 3 of your other squad mates could now use power armor in a pinch.

However the real highlight of your free time was the Low Vision Training.

You managed to convince some of the Redding Cell to help you with this training, you'd head up to Redding and head into a nearby forest at night, the objective was simple, don't get caught trying to get out of the forest.

We weren't allowed to leave until we could do it without getting caught, if the sun rose it was exercises until we were exhausted, eat rations, then rest until night and repeat.

It was brutal, but it only took days to get results, the things people will do to get a good nights sleep and avoid the pain and humiliation of repeated defeats were quite something. Necessity breeds innovation as they say.

Rosaline was a natural at this, as she was the first to make it out without getting caught. The problem for her though was that wasn't good enough, everyone had to make it out to avoid getting sent back to start. You can't count the number of welts from training rounds you took from the Redding Cell, and you suspect that Rockefeller if he took any more would have been crippled by the end of this training.

Still you can't argue with results. On that last run it was quite something, using your sense of hearing instead of site, baiting out shots and engagements and setting distractions to move around ambushes. They even had Night Vision Goggles near the end of the course, so we had to improvise a flash bang to deal with that.

Still the rest of the next 2 months was rather calm, occasionally returning to run the course to keep the squad in good order regarding it.

[continue]

It is May 2071

Your Strike teams
>Veteran Strike Team, has a high probability of success however prefers to solve obstructions with violence and extreme Prejudice, will leave no witnesses alive if necessary (+25 to operational success rolls when assigned to a task, increased heat regardless of success)
>Fords Team, Personal task force engagements are played out as a player mission.

Your diplomats
>Senator Rockefeller, may be assigned to a mission with a body guard of two soldiers, prefers to to solve obstructions with a subtle hand and deception (+15 to operational success rolls when assigned to a task, does not increase heat on successful task)

You may assign both strike teams to one task provided that the Officers Corp agrees to the suggestion.
You may assign the diplomat to go along with a strike team as well, bare in mind there may be complications due to preference in tactics.

You may opt to delegate your team to 2nd Lieutenant Robert B. Grant (+10 to operational Success rolls, does not increase heat on successful task)

If you delegate your team, you may take 3 free time actions (2 during the mission and the 1 after the mission)

Do you Delegate?
>Yes
>No

Then the next set of missions were handed out.
>Infiltrate Camp Navarro
>Exfiltrate the New Reno Cell (Mutually Exclusive)
>Send Support to the New Reno Cell (Mutually Exclusive)
>Investigate the State of the Shi [Opens up missions in San Francisco]
>Officially Register the Caravan with the NCR
>Establish supply base in the North [opens up missions in Vault City and Gecko]
>Infiltrate Shady Sands [Opens up missions in Southern California]

>>4928042
Hmm…

How many usable suits of PA does the New Reno cell have / how many of them can operate PA?

How many usable suits of PA does the Redding cell have / how many of them can operate PA?

If we have enough, we could ally a local gang for expendable muscle and then shock & awe the Bishop compound at night.

>>4928558
3 suits of APA, 9 suits of T-51b, 3 suits of T-45d in your cell, you're actually running of space to store them. 13/18 can operate the power armor

Redding Cell has 2 suits of APA, 1 suit of Tesla APA 5/10 can operate the power armor

The New Reno Cell has 2 suits of APA 2/10 can operate the power armor

>>4928557
>>Send Support to the New Reno Cell (Mutually Exclusive)
send the vets, this is a weapons hot mission

>Officially Register the Caravan with the NCR
senator

>Infiltrate Camp Navarro
Fords team

>>4928567
Got the numbers wrong for your cell.
3 suits of APA, 7 suits of T-51b, 3 suits of T-45d

>>4928569
+1

>>4928557
>>No delegations
>>Exfiltrate the New Reno Cell (Mutually Exclusive) Send the Vets PLUS fords team.
We gotta save our brethren, no way around it. It's SO hard to increase our numbers that any real human is a welcome addition, plus we can get them to work right away as caravaneers.
BOOM, we have enough people to run a caravan. Or two, I am not sure of the numbers required for it I am eager to have the vets and Ford working together to show 'em the youngsters can get shit done and the Vertibird mission wasn't a stunt of pure luck, plus more battlefield experience will help our boys improve their skills or die. You can never trust a dice

>>Officially register the caravan. Using Senator Rockefeller.
Gotta get the best forgery ever! I am even thinking of maybe putting this one off for one more Turn and infiltrate shady sands first, allowing us to get better documents and know who to bribe but each Turn is about six months. Too much

I think it is better if we only do two missions, so QM doesn't have to narrate three different episodes.

>>4928557
>no

>Infiltrate Camp Navarro
Veterans
They actually used to work there and know exactly where the databases are and how to access them. Success is more important even if it draws heat because we desperately need that intel.

>Exfiltrate the New Reno Cell (Mutually Exclusive)
Our squad.
Since we can draw less attention and better off avoiding the Bishops until the Van Graffs move in. Not to mention a lot of key objectives are time sensitive Bishop is not.

>Officially Register the Caravan with the NCR
Senator to once again smooth things over.

>>4928591
Each turn is 2 months, last turn was march 2071

>>4928591
I'm not willing to sink two teams into one action, we have too much shit to do and not enough time for it.

And if we do delegate, we can finally stop fucking around and get the caravans fully operational.

>>4928596
So it's between doing a mission or 3 free time actions? I'm slightly saddened by that.

>>4928603
a mission and 1 free time action or not being at the mission and 3 free time actions.

>>4928557
>no delegation

>Infiltrate Camp Navarro
Veterans

>Exfiltrate the New Reno Cell (Mutually Exclusive)
Our squad.

>Officially Register the Caravan with the NCR
Senator

>>4928557
>Exfiltrate the New Reno Cell (Mutually Exclusive) - Veterans
>Infiltrate Camp Navarro - Delegate Grant
>Officially Register the Caravan with the NCR - Rockefeller

I have faith the Veterans can pull out the Cell without much difficulty, especially with the gear we have right now. It should be a cakewalk.

Send Grant to recover the good shit from Navarro, again shouldn't be much trouble especially with the training we've done making night infiltration a breeze (hopefully).

Smoothtalker McGee gets sent to deal with the NCR red tape while we sit down and actually finish planning our Caravan System before it becomes official, + one more action. Next turn we can finally get down to making those contacts we were discussing last thread.

>>4928557

>Yes

>Exfiltrate the New Reno Cell (Mutually Exclusive)

>Investigate the State of the Shi [Opens up missions in San Francisco]

>Officially Register the Caravan with the NCR

>>4928557
>Send Support to the New Reno Cell (Mutually Exclusive)

Both squads - wearing everything but the advanced PA.

The bishops aren’t a joke people - we need to stamp them out with overwhelming force.

>Officially Register the Caravan with the NCR
Senator Rockefeller

Delegate
> Yes

>>4928617
>The bishops aren’t a joke people - we need to stamp them out with overwhelming force.
more than that if they pull out the fuckers will follow them and maybe even follow them to us

>>4928620
Exactly.

We’re better off stamping them out fully now.

We should even enlist the Redding cell and the Van Graffs to help

>>4928624
Do we really want to get bogged down in Reno, though? Purging the Bishops will get the NCR on our asses as well.

>>4928638
I think they're thinking that the Bishops will bog us down whether we exfiltrate our cell or not. If we're going to be dealing with the Bishop gang regardless, might as well be on our terms.

>>4928624
Bishops don't have a goddamn time limit anon. We have a lot more important jobs that DO have a distinct time limit to accomplish. Plus the Van Graffs aren't even involved yet and wiping out the Bishops will piss the NCR off. Since you just whacked their favorite mob family who takes care of their dirty business as a middleman. We have to prioritize according to time limits first and foremost because once its gone its gone forever.

>>4928649
Which of the other missions have a time limit anon…

QM hasn’t stated that any have a time limit

>>4928653
The Divide, Vault City, Mojave vaults, and the previous virtibird mission all have time limits. Its worth noting the Navarro and missing New Vegas enclave cell missions is the preclude to the Mojave vaults since it has the info/reason we need to access them.

>>4928656
don't forget the new reno enclave has their days counted! if we don't save 'em

>>4928570
We are just swimming in T-51's.

>>4928596
Oh shit well we'll need to start doing stuff quickly.

Ok that was hell to count, I need to split these votes up the next time I do them.

Send support to New Reno 3
Exfiltrate New reno 5, Vets+Ford 1, Fords Team 2, Veterans 1

Delegate 5
Not Delegate 3

Infiltrate camp Navarro 5 Fords team 3, Veterans 2

Officially Register the Caravan with the NCR 6 - send the senator

Investigate the State of the Shi 1


Here is the results thus far.
So Fords team will infiltrate Navarro without Ford
Senator Rockefeller will register the Caravan

You will delegate and get 3 free time actions.

Do you send the Veterans to Exfiltrate the New Reno Cell or withhold them?
>Send the Veterans
>Don't send the Veterans.

>>4928725
>Send the Veterans
What can we do to reduce HEAT? Can we disguise the Veterans as mercenaries or thugs?

>>4928725
>Send the Veterans

So we're not sending Ford when we're infiltrating Navarro? That's a damn shame, I was really looking forward to doing that mission personally.

>>4928727
Time reduces heat, basically leave a faction alone and it will bleed off to it's base value for that faction.

You can also attempt to direct that heat towards another faction, though there are consequences to such things.

For example you could get them to look like the Van Graff mercs that the Redding Cell is posing as and that'll divert the heat towards the Van Graffs.

Generic Mercs or thugs doesn't really divert heat just due to the general personality and actions the veterans take.

>>4928728
If there's enough support for it I will provide a recount regarding going on that mission.

>>4928735
Nice! I'm really hoping we can go on that mission personally, I've been waiting since the BoS mission for this.

>>4928725
>Send the Veterans
No real need to try and divert any heat I feel, The Bishops will be busy dealing with the Wrights and they can't really direct much against us without losing too much ground in New Reno.

>>4928735
>If there's enough support for it I will provide a recount regarding going on that mission.
I guess I can throw my vote behind going on the mission if there is a clear majority that want to, but I'd prefer we finish planning this damn Caravan like we said we would so we can start moving about a little less scrupulously in the near future. This seems to be the last opportunity we'll get before we start mucking about with major stuff that we most likely want to be there for.

The alternative is a perspective shift were we play as Grant for the duration of the mission.

>>4928725
>>Send the Veterans
withhold

>>4928725
>Send the Veterans

>>4928728
I’ll support us going there personally

>>4928725
>>Send the Veterans

>>4928725
>Send the Veterans

>>4928725
>Send the Veterans

>>4928735
Let's go ourselves.

>>4928728
Not enough anons voted yes or no really.

>>4928711
Didn't mention it since it was already being worked on. After we pull New Reno cell out the only remaining business we have in NCR turf that is urgent is Vault City and San Francisco is optional but has a hardened power armor recipe.

>>4928748
Caravan would have been finished last turn but no we had to mix it up instead of getting it finished off. Despite having a crit backing it no less.

OK 8 votes, 3 of which has commented on specifically wanting to go, 1 of favors it in a majority scenario.

So
Ford will not go, but
>>4928748
I do like the alternative proposal here, so the Navarro mission will be done from Grants perspective.

Also we're sending the Veterans.

So final results
>Fords team infiltrates Navarro (Mission done from Grants perspective)
>Senator Rockefeller will register the Caravan with the NCR
>The Veterans will attempt to exfiltrate the New Reno Cell.

Writing.

I think voting can be easier for QM if they offer a yes/no option that breaks down into topics.

>support new reno? Yes/no
if yes
>exfiltrate or infiltrate? who to send

Of course, not voting for something is an implicit No for that. We can suggest more ideas if you tell us what was hard to keep track of the voting, QM. Maybe we can establish voting phases, which you have already
1.- delegate?
2.- options

I see other quests breaking down votes into, say
>diplomacy
>overt actions
>covert actions
while that might not mean much, maybe you can keep track of what is being voted the most and characterize the group (enclave cell) accordingly.

>>4928792
Well, it's nice to know we wasted our chance to use get 1 more success lads. I fucking knew we should've went all in on the night combat.

>>4928796
I'd rather have the flexibility sending teams gives us than codifying it as specific actions lad.

Forgot the rolls for the other two missions.

3 posters roll me 2d100

Rockefeller registers the Caravan

1st roll:
Challenging Operational roll DV 50
Senator Rockefeller +15
Completed 1/3 Caravan tasks +5
Used to the bureaucracy +5

roll under 75

Crit Fail: The Bureaucracy expands to fill the needs of the expanding Bureaucracy (Senator Rockefeller is stuck in Shady Sands and will be unavailable for the set of missions)
0 successes: What do you mean those are the wrong papers! (Senator Rockefeller fails to secure the registry due to bureaucratic incompetence)
1 success: That took far to long, who is your superior? (Senator Rockefeller completes the registry, but the work is shoddier than it should be due to frustrations with the process)
2 successes: Thank you, I'll be going now (Senator Rockefeller completes the registry)
3 successes: You wouldn't happen to know how I could expedite this process hmm? (Senator Rockefeller completes the registry, the Forgery is professional, it will take longer before it is under scrutiny)
Crit Success: Get me the Scissors I'm cutting the Red tape (Senator Rockefellers' forgery is nearly unassailable, you can expect no suspicion regarding the Caravan any time soon without extreme aciton)
Veterans Exfiltrate New Reno Cell

2nd Roll:
Challenging Operational Roll DV 50
Veterans +25
Mr. Bishop's attention -10

roll under 65

Crit Fail: I haven't seen violence like this since 2241! (Mr. Bishop arrives to handle this situation personally, the New Reno Cell is wiped out, the veterans escape)
0 Successes: Shit is FUBAR (The New Reno Cell botches the Exfiltration, only 3 survive the process)
1 success: That is some impressive co-ordination for gangsters (The New Reno Cell is exfiltrated with 5 casualties)
2 successes: We got most of them out (The New Reno Cell is Exfiltrated with 3 casualties)
3 successes: Just a little bit sooner... (The New Reno Cell is Exfiltrated with 1 casualty)
Crit success: Show'em what we're made of, No man left behind! (The New Reno Cell is Exfilitrated, the Bishops position is weakened)

Rolled 85, 49 = 134 (2d100)

>>4928804
Aye chief!

Rolled 57, 66 = 123 (2d100)

>>4928804
Oh boy that Cell Extraction is looking mighty greasy.

Rolled 25, 72 = 97 (2d100)

>>4928804

>>4928806
Fucking 66, I swear I am going to fucking flip.

>>4928804
If I knew the vets would get the New Reno cell killed I would've went ourselves. Like fucking hell, 5 left? Can we use our Officer's Brat bonus on this, or is that too much of a reach here?

So much for having another squad and spares available. Goddamn. We even sent them in right away instead of waiting and we still got fucked.

>>4928808
Yea, I feel your pain. In the other Fallout quest, we just had our ass handed to us, and that was with a Bo3. I was in a fury over it.

>>4928811
I honestly don't know how we fucked this up so bad for them, but I'm now of the opinion that our team does Enclave cell contact from now on. We can't afford these types of losses.

And I want Bishop's head on a spike for this. We'll make a mission out of this later.

>>4928812
To be honest I thought we would have more positive modifiers because we didn't wait and did an extraction right away.

>>4928815
I would rather have sent them to Navarro, to be honest. They would have known exactly where to search and know the terrain. The casualties wouldn't have mattered because we need that intel and once we have it. We would just operate outside of NCR territory until it calmed down.

>>4928816
Frankly, if I knew New Reno was time sensitive, I would have chosen them instead of the BoS. Like, only a quarter left? This is unacceptable, and we will be changing our modus operandi to avoid this type of fiasco in the future.

>>4928817
I just wanted to go on the mission personally. Now I'm afraid that we'll fuck it up without Ford's bonuses.

>>4928818
Modifiers don't quite work the way I thought apparently. We didn't wait for the New Reno unless we went ourselves and convinced them the same turn to extract. First turn on contact. Second on extraction and we still got fucked. At least we didn't try to attack the Bishops. We messed up by not going ourselves for the contact and rushing the extraction at the same time. At this point, I don't think we're supposed to extract them at all given the penalties and modifiers involved.

That is why I wanted the Navarro mission for the veterans. They would know everything about it and would have killed anyone who got in their way or witnessed them. Bad for heat big time but it would have gotten the job done..hopefully. Afterwards, we would stay out of NCR for most jobs until things calmed down thanks to the fresh intel. Might mess up the Vault City missions but that is unlikely since we would be using the caravans as cover anyway as we would need to do so regardless in order to help provide armaments to them.

Still, modifiers fucked us hard and aren't as reliable as I thought. God forbid how bad the other time sensitive missions are going to be at this rate. The first one we had to cheat to get in reinforcements and we still nearly got drowned by the NCR in bodies or beaten by the BOS. The second time sensitive mission and even when we rushed we got fuck all to show for it. At this point, if we even suspect it's time-sensitive we HAVE to use Ford otherwise its just not worth it. At least with Ford involved we get multiple rolls to potentially turn things around and can bumrush stuff as we should have with the New Reno cell. Extracted them the same turn of contacting them with Ford instead of this mess. The penalties involved are just too damned brutal without Ford.

2 successes: Thank you, I'll be going now (Senator Rockefeller completes the registry)

1 success: That is some impressive co-ordination for gangsters (The New Reno Cell is exfiltrated with 5 casualties)

Ok now I'm writing.

Also I think I'll handle those votes like this

where do you assign veterans
Missions go here

next post after that vote
Where do you assign Fords team
Missions go here

Next post after that
Do you delegate?
Yes/no

Next post after that.
Where do you assign the Senator
Missions go here
>>4928809
They're aggressive, there was always an odd of casualties with just how aggressive the Bishops were dealing with them.

The odds of 1 success on that roll were 14% which basically means murphy's law here. Also Unfortunately you can't apply Officers Brat without being there.

If you had gone on the mission things become much more flexible on how it goes down which could have mitigated the casualties, or avoided the conflict which was likely to happen with the Veterans (see: has a high probability of success however prefers to solve obstructions with violence and extreme Prejudice)

>>4928825
Frankly, I didn't expect casualties to be this bad. If we're getting half of their numbers, I would like to atleast bloody fucking Bishop abit. Like, not even a scratch? I'm now fully pissed about New Reno.

I think conducting operations without Ford is a mistake as well. I'm now getting paranoid that shit will go tits up without is there to help out.

>>4928830
>Unfortunately you can't apply Officers Brat without being there.

I figured. I want to fuck the Bishops over now, we really should've went in full force to deal with the NCR's hatchet man.

>>4928825
Having Operational control over a mission provides a lot of important contextual flexibility that is important.

Each operation team has a personality and a preferred mode of operation, you made a good call with Rockefeller and sending the veterans to exfiltrate the other cell wasn't a bad idea, its just that Mr. Bishop is a major force to contend with and he wants their heads.

There's literally a character in New Vegas that had to run all the way from New Reno to the Mojave to avoid him, most of the lore on him characterizes him as an absolute beast.

Sending the Veterans or Rockefeller to Navarro would have had bonuses due to their familiarity with the base. It's just deciding what kind of outcome you want of those two, and if you want a specific one you'll have to go yourself.

As for playing Grant/who ever is in charge of your squad when you delegate, I think I'll keep that going forwards since I like writing missions, should offer more flexibility.

>>4928833
Technically we got only a quarter. Bishop butchered them in less than half a year. That was despite us rushing them. So yeah probably weren't actually supposed to save anybody in the New Reno cell all things considered since we waited a year. Might have had a lot better luck if we went to them instead of the Virtibird mission which gave Bishop a free year to hunt them down. Should have realized the New Reno mission was also timed damn it. Should have gone for them instead of Redding but everybody forgot about Bishop Junior though as they were too worried about the Van Graff matriarch and that unsurprisingly fucked us hard.

>>4928835
I voted against using the veterans for New Reno and delegating since I knew that was a bad idea cause of Bishop Junior. I was the only one who voted that way though so things ended badly as I somewhat predicted. Overall I saw this coming. Should have realized we were supposed to rush the New Reno cell instead of Redding though. I fucked that one up. Got too worried about the Van Graffs too. Should have realized it was the Bishops to worry about not them.

>>4928847
Consequences of a living world, actors act and some are good at their job.

I wouldn't be to sad about the matter, personally you're all doing rather well for what you have. The issue of course being that the task ahead is difficult, but not impossible by any stretch of the imagination though.

It's just my opinion, but it's not about success or failure its about the story and the struggle to reach an end, the rolls and the choices all help to facilitate that.

I just hope everyone's having fun along the way.

>>4928859
Oh I appreciate that fact. The modifiers threw me off though. I thought there were more of them involved since stacks were a thing. Just points out that timed missions are very critical and need to use Ford more instead of constant delegating. I messed up on the New Reno cell since I ignored it over the Redding cell forgetting about Bishop junior and missed the fact that it was actually timed. So no early game reinforcements for us. The best hope now is we get lucky with robotics at this rate. I'm not about to get my hopes up though. NCR unlike Legion is very thorough when it comes to their scavenging and consumption. The only place for intact goodies and reinforcements is north but the east is on a time limit. So east must come first.

Shame. I REALLY wanted to see what Cascadia is like and why it's able to hold off the NCR. Time limits though mean it's not gonna happen anytime soon. Have to secure the Divide and loot the Mojave vaults and boomers first. The only urgent business in NCR turf left is Vault City. Maybe San Francisco if we really want that hardened power armor recipe sooner rather than later.

should have attacked imo, we could have done better by taking on Bishop

Writing posts will go up tomorrow morning, until then Good night America.

>>4928868
In the OWB Hoi4 mod (a good source for interesting if non-canon fallout factions to fill in the empty space) everything past like New Reno's territory (I think) is a clusterfuck of everyone trying to kill each other. Who's to say it isn't the same in canon?

>>4928830
Were we able to get the 2 APA's out and the 2 that were trained for them?

I don t like as well to delegate for missions. We still got free time at home anyway after missions, and our main thing is doing them. Doing them without Ford is asking for a clusterfuck to happen in the team (which is still a new one overall), and he isn t there for actually have control.


>>4928835
I ll be honest, in my opinion i don t think you should do that. We should see things by our character prespective, if we don t send Ford ? No luxury of deciding how it goes or if two members clash to calm them during the mission, by playing with another character. Too good for us with that. If there isn t Ford there should be restrictions and negatives, our team is made of very different people and he isn t just the man in charge he s the social glue holding it together.

JUST fuck my Enclave up senpai

>>4929248
Now the lurkers are making themselves known.

>>4928876
God bless America
God bless the Enclave

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(Good morning America)

[g][SHADY SANDS, NEW CALIFORNIA REPUBLIC MAY 2271][/g]
[g][MISSION PARAMETERS: REGISTER THE CARAVAN [ERROR: NAME NOT FOUND] WITH THE OFFICAL REGISTRAR OF THE NEW CALIFORNIA REPUBLIC][/g]
[g][MISSION RESULTS: NOMINAL SUCCESS, CARAVAN HAS BEEN REGISTERED, FORGERY IS OF ACCEPTABLE QUALITY][/g]
[g][RECOMMENDED ACTIONS.... COMPUTING... RETURN WITH CARAVAN IN TO VALIDATE AND UPDATE REGISTRY AT LATER DATE, INFILITRATE SHADY SANDS][/g]

- - - -

Senator Rockefeller wasn't that old of a man he was in his fifties yes, but that doesn't make him an invalid.

What it does make him is impatient when people purposely waste his time with their incompetence. He had filled out every single forum he was given with the appropriate information, provided the records they requested for, the documents etc. and these bargain barrel bureaucrats have the audacity to tell him that processing will take longer than usual?

There's no hope for the wasteland when it comes to restoring a functioning government is there? If this had been the Oil Rig or an Enclave Base he'd have been done within a few minutes of handing in the papers. What the hell were they doing back there? Hand copying the damn thing? Enter it into a database damn it, have the computer do the work!

Fucking wastelanders it's been an hour!

Finally the clerk comes back and hands the official documents, "Our Apologies Mr. Rocksferd there was a hick up with the cross reference process, you've been validated and your caravan records have been registered with the NCR, thank you for your work."

He gave his best fake smile, "A pleasure, I'm glad that things could be resolved, now if you'll excuse me..." with that he took the documents and left, he didn't want to spend another minute in that den of incompetency any longer lest it rubbed off on him.


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[g][NEW RENO MAY 2271][/g]
[g][MISSION PARAMETERS: EXFILITRATE THE NEW RENO CELL][/g]
[g][MISSION RESULTS: MARGINAL SUCCESS, NEW RENO CELL EXFILITRATED, 50% CASUALTIES][/g]
[g][RECOMMENDED ACTIONS..... COMPUTING... ASSASSINATE MR. BISHOP, AVOID NEW RENO, RE-ESTABLISH CELL IN NEW RENO AT A LATER DATE][/g]

- - - -

The Veterans weren't exactly known for their subtlety, they could be cunning sure, sneaky absolutely, but subtle? No, being an Enclave assault team before meant that subtly wasn't exactly their strong suit, it was more something they've had to struggle to learn in their years of hiding that melts away in the heat of a mission to the engrained training that they had years and years ago.

The Veterans made contact through the same channels that Grant did. However on contact they're met with shouting, "We need Reinforcements now! Bishop he's found us! They're Oh shit..." the line cut off.

Seems subtly wouldn't be an option at all now in their minds, their brothers needed them.

And when they arrived they found almost military levels of coehision amongst the mobsters as they battled the entrenched Enclave cell bunkered up in an abandoned warehouse, the Veterans set some det charges and used their short range radio to get the cell to clear the blast zone on the other side, they'd pull them out the back since the assault was concentrated on the front. The Hole is blown, the debris flies out and the bullets stop for a moment before quickly resuming, the Cell begins its retreat, but in the chaos several of the wounded get mowed down, head count is about 5.

In the distance a tall well built man in a slick suit, slicked back black hair and cold calculating eyes could be seen watching from behind the Bishop forces, one of the veterans had met his distant gaze and felt a chill down their spine... something they hadn't felt in almost 40 years.

It was impossible... or was it?

It didn't matter right now, they needed to get what remained of this cell out of there, and do that they did, but it was a bloody struggle, who ever that man at the back was he was a force to be reckoned with.

Thankfully after extraction no more casualties were taken, the Veterans were able to get them into the transports and get the hell out of there. They took the long way back home just in case some one was tailing them.

______________

[YOU ARE ROBERT B. GRANT FOR THIS ONE MISSION]
(MISSION PARAMETERS: INFILITRATE CAMP NAVARRO AND RETRIEVE ENCLAVE DATA)

Once again you find yourself in command of Ford's squad as he handles other matters back at home base.

You're still not comfortable in this roll, but orders are orders, and these were damn important orders if nothing else. Camp Navarro, the place almost sounded like a myth, you lived so close to it, but yet were never allowed near it, you'd hear stories of it from your parents and everyone else's parents speaking like it was some sort of hollowed ground.

And now it was apparently descecrated by the NCR, they had kept Camp Navarro's purpose as a military outpost, they moved a rather large garrison in, but a civilian sector had risen up attached to it where the families of the soldiers lived, it had essentially turned into a town around the base.

How would you approach infiltration?

>Move through the civilian area, have Rockefeller and Rosaline take point they'll get us into the town where we can take our time to get into the base.
>Observe the base and it's patrol routines, it's time to put that low vision training to use, have Rosaline and Jacob take point, in and out.
>Set up camp and get the long range radio out, request the Troop Transport and some of the NCR soldier fatigues we'll do this the old fashioned way.

>>4929273
>Set up camp and get the long range radio out, request the Troop Transport and some of the NCR soldier fatigues we'll do this the old fashioned way.

Can’t wait to fuck this up horribly and get half the squad killed.

>>4929273
>Observe the base and it's patrol routines, it's time to put that low vision training to use, have Rosaline and Jacob take point, in and out.

>>4929273
>>Observe the base and it's patrol routines, it's time to put that low vision training to use, have Rosaline and Jacob take point, in and out.

>>4929275
support

>>4929273
>Observe the base and it's patrol routines, it's time to put that low vision training to use, have Rosaline and Jacob take point, in and out.

Looks like we're going with this
>Observe the base and it's patrol routines, it's time to put that low vision training to use, have Rosaline and Jacob take point, in and out.

Writing

You gather everyone together and huddle up, "Alright here's what the plan is. Rosaline I need you to scout the NCR patrols I want to know when they change squads and if they change patterns, we'll be scouting for the first day, after that we'll prepare for next night fall and we'll have Rosaline and Jacob taking point."

You pull up an old map of Camp Navarro, "We can see from here that the Camp itself hasn't changed much over the years in terms of layout, so we'll need you to hit these locations in the dead of night. Obviously I don't need to tell you all that this is a situation where you are not to fire until told to do so."

He looks at Elizabeth who looks away, "Elizabeth you'll be rear guard, Hold the opening we make in the fence, Rockefeller you'll be in charge of creating a distraction, get as many of the soldiers who are still awake away from their posts, make a show of it, but don't get the base on alert."

Rockefeller gives you a skeptical look, "And what exactly am I supposed to do to get their attention?"

You sigh, "Lie to them, tell them that you found some soldiers that were breaking curfew who should be on base instead of off, it'll pull some Military police out at least, I'm sure you can come up with something better."

He shrugs, "I'll see what I can come up with."

You nod, "Alright stations everyone."

everyone but Jacob left to go to their places, he walks up to you, "Grant if you're willing to humor me with an idea."

You give a wry smile, "I'm willing to listen, I won't guarantee that I'll like what I hear though."

You laughs, "Yeah you probably won't, but trust me it'll be good."

He sits down and grabs the map, "I've got no qualms going in there with Rosaline, but the big issue we're going to have is getting past the postings at each building. So here's my idea." he pulls out the radio, "We'll have a short window on this to go along with the plan, but we black bag one of the officers and we interrogate him to get some call signs, codes etc, I can set one of our radios to only be sending to yours, we come up with our own signal and then you use the long range radio, along with Rockefeller to pull any postings away from their posts for just long enough for us to do a smash and grab. Thoughts?"

Do you go along with Jacobs addendum to the plan?
>Yes, sometimes you've got to trust your allies even if their plan is utterly insane.
>No, to much risk, it's best to stick with what we have already.

>>4929356
>No, to much risk, it's best to stick with what we have already.
oh yeah black bag someone when they can scream bloody murder that'll be a smart idea.

>>4929356
>>No, to much risk, it's best to stick with what we have already.

>>4929356
>Yes, sometimes you've got to trust your allies even if their plan is utterly insane.

>>4929356
>Yes, sometimes you've got to trust your allies even if their plan is utterly insane.

Rolled 1 (1d2)

>>4929356

>>4929412
Should I take that as you flipping a coin to decide which one you voted for?

>>4929356
I'd rather hold my vote on the matter until after we finish the scouting actions. When we know whether or not it is feasible to actually bag an Officer without causing a commotion, we can make a more informed decision and also have the rest of the squad weigh in on the plan.

>>4929356
>Yes, sometimes you've got to trust your allies even if their plan is utterly insane.

>>4929432
I voted to bag the officer because not having callsigns and codes was the only stated reason for not even attempting to deal with the APC. You're going to have to come up with some other bullshit next time you don't want to finish the fucking job.

Alright counting 3 votes in favor and 2 against

Lets get this party started.

3 posters please give me 1d100

Rosaline Scouts the patrols
Challenging Stealth check DV 50
Venomous Words +10
Light Step +5
Strike First +5

Roll under 70

Crit Fail: "Suspicious person sighted, moving to engage" (She's spotted, NCR sends out a patrol to capture her for questioning)
0 Successes: "What was that noise?" (She is unable to obtain any useful information about the patrols)
1 success: "Must have been the wind" (Rosaline is able to draw up some basic patrol patterns, but has to extrapolate for most of it)
2 successes: "They didn't even notice" (Rosaline is able to record most of the patrols patterns, but has to extrapolate when the posts change)
3 successes: "I know exactly where they'll be" (Rosaline is able to record all the patrols and will know their shift changes)
Crit Success: "Now isn't that interesting?" (Same as 3 successes, but she manages to eves drop on a conversation that informs her of a hole in their security)

Rolled 74 (1d100)

>>4929449
And so the fun begins.

Rolled 10 (1d100)

>>4929441
lol we're spending a day scouting the fucking place out anyhow, how is withholding the decision on what plan we're going with until we have actual intel from the scouting a bad idea? Jacobs plan has merit, but if we can't get to an Officer unless we pass a DV10 check like we would've had to do with the APC then it is a fools' errand.

>>4929449
Dice.

>>4929453
The attempt still should've been made. That bullshit was used as justification was what really had me irritated.

Rolled 14 (1d100)

>>4929449

2 successes: "They didn't even notice" (Rosaline is able to record most of the patrols patterns, but has to extrapolate when the posts change)

Alright good good.

Rosaline was able to pin the patrol routes just fine, this means you're aware of an officer that is vulnerable to being abducted the next night as he makes his rounds on the outskirts of the base.

He has 2 soldiers with him as he does his inspection, but near the end of the route he seemed to typically stop and take a smoke break out of sight of the camp, this extends his patrol for about 20 minutes.

If successfully bagged and interrogated you will likely have quite a bit of time before people suspect something due to this behavior.

Do you still go through with Jacob's plan, 30 Minute vote.
>Yes (Challenging Leadership check, will provide more opportunities during the infiltration of the base, high risk of alarm if failed however)
>No (Challenging Stealth check, less opportunities during infiltration, but the simpler plan also runs less risk of alarm.)

>>4929494
>Yes (Challenging Leadership check, will provide more opportunities during the infiltration of the base, high risk of alarm if failed however)

>>4929494
>Yes (Challenging Leadership check, will provide more opportunities during the infiltration of the base, high risk of alarm if failed however)
Right, lets get 'er done bois.

>>4929494
>Yes (Challenging Leadership check, will provide more opportunities during the infiltration of the base, high risk of alarm if failed however)

>>4929494
>Yes (Challenging Leadership check, will provide more opportunities during the infiltration of the base, high risk of alarm if failed however)

Fuck it. Here goes nothing.

Looks like we're going for it.

3 posters give me 1d100

Ambushing the Officer on his break
>YOU HAVE 1 REROLL FOR COMBAT SCENARIOS

Challenging Combat Leadership Check DV 50
Know his route +5
Commanding presence +5
Grunt +10
Officer is in a rut +10

Roll under 80

Crit Fail: "Sound the alarms we're under attack!" (The ambush fails, the base is on high alert, the chase begins)
0 Successes: "What the fuck?!" (The Ambush fails, you enter combat with the Officer and his 2 guards)
1 success: "Shit, he's unconscious." (The Ambush succeeds, unfortunately you knock him out cold)
2 successes: "Just as planned" (The Ambush succeeds)
3 successes: "Good evening Officer Rogerson, we have some questions." (The Ambush succeeds, you gain a +5 bonus to the subsequent interrogation)
Crit Success: "And then there was silence" (Ambush succeeds, +10 bonus to the interrogatin, 1 reroll during the interrogation)

Rolled 14 (1d100)

>>4929545

Rolled 20 (1d100)

>>4929545
Alrighty chief

Rolled 41 (1d100)

>>4929545
Lets pump his ass for that good intel

Rolled 37 (1d100)

>>4929545
Daily reminder that the ENCLAVE will WIN

3 successes: "Good evening Officer Rogerson, we have some questions." (The Ambush succeeds, you gain a +5 bonus to the subsequent interrogation)

Alright last roll before writing

Interrogating the Officer!

>You have +1 success to intimidation speech checks that you may use for this test.

Challenging Intimidation Speech check DV 50
Terrifying Presence +5
Efficient Ambush +5
Officer in a Rut +10

Roll under 70

Crit Fail: Elizabeth loses her temper (He's killed before anything of use can be extracted)
0 Successes: You don't seem to understand the situation you're in! (Stealth check required to continue interrogation)
1 success: Did he just pass out? (He gives some information, but can't handle the situation and passes out)
2 successes: Are you sure there's nothing else? (He gives important information, may continue to interrogate for more, but a stealth check will be required to continue it)
3 successes: Good, now close your eyes. (He gives up all the info, no further interrogation required)
crit success: Wait you're the base commander?! (He gives up all the info, you have a high value hostage.)

Rolled 36 (1d100)

>>4929589
70 should be an easy check to beat.

Rolled 43 (1d100)

>>4929589

Rolled 19 (1d100)

>>4929589

3 successes: Good, now close your eyes. (He gives up all the info, no further interrogation required)

Looks like everything so far is going well.

Writing.

Nice, things have worked out well so far. I am scared about the infiltration... why is ford's team getting in for, anyway? I understand there SHOULD be files and documents the NCR can't get without knowing what panel to dismantle at a random room or there might be a cache of stuff they don't know of...
Anyway leaving the base sounds like the scary stuff

[Here's the write up, a combination of writers block and life issues really slowed me down this time.]

Rosaline returns the next morning with her report, she has a copy of the map with the patrol routines all around the base and the interior, she even managed to pin point a perfect target for Jacobs little addition to the plan, but she wasn't able to find out when the routes would change shift, which meant you all would have to treat every group as if they were absolutely fresh rather than absolutely exhausted and bored.

This is fine, all within parameters thus far. You prepare everyone and swing around to the southern end of the base hiding behind the crest of a hill waiting in preparation for the time to strike that night. The wait was insufferable, Elizabeth was constantly antsy, Rosaline was egging her on, Rockefeller had trouble keeping himself awake, the only ones focused on the goal were yourself and Jacob. You grit your teeth, this right here is what you think is the reason you dislike being in charge, just dealing with this constant storm of bullshit. You wonder how managed to stay sane in the few missions he ran with the team in worse cohesion than this.

You shake your head pulling out the binoculars and looking through them, there he was the Officer was taking the smoke break just like Rosaline said he would, "Alright everyone, keep wide of each other approach low and don't close in until I signal it." You crouch and begin your approach, though you have to take something of a winding path forwards due to your rather large profile. The others however are able to approach rather quickly into position. That training was already paying dividends, you'll have to remember to thank Ford for coming up with it.

You Grab your radio and tap the speaker 3 times to signal the ambush. It was like clockwork, all the pieces coming together, Rosaline putting her silenced pistol to the officers head stuffing a rag in his mouth with the same motion, Jacob and Rockefeller jumping the two soldiers and managing to knock them unconscious with rifle butts to the back of the head.

Elizabeth taking up guard of the nearest approach the enemy could make, you move up and grab the officer and you all pull back to a place just out of sight dragging the other unconscious bodies with you.

You lay the Officer down and Rosaline puts her pistol to his head, "Alright...." you look at his badge, "Lieutenant Rogerson, we have a few questions for you, answer them and I promise you your death will be painless, don't and well, your comrades won't be able to identify the sudden corpse on their doorstep, I'm sure it'll make for a nice mess hall story."

He begins to sweat.

[continue]

You nod and look to Elizabeth who crouches down and puts her hand to the rag, "I'm going to take this out, you will answer the question it will go back in, if I'm not satisfied with the answer you lose a finger, but only after I break it. Are we understood?"

He nods fear with fear in his eyes, "Good, give me your call sign, and whatever identification code you might have beyond that." she takes the rag out and he goes to scream but she quickly slams his head into a nearby rock then shoves the rag into his mouth.

Quickly she keeps her word pulling out a combat knife and smashing his trigger finger then slowly cutting it off.

He's dazed but screams in pain through the rag.

She looks at him dead serious, "Lets try that again."

She slowly removes the rag and he breaths raggedly blood dripping down his face.

It doesn't take long after that before he spills everything we wanted to know, clearly a coward, you wonder how he got his posting.

It doesn't matter you nod to Rosaline and she executes him and the other two soldiers which you drag further off.

Jacob quickly got to work tuning the long distance radio into the NCR Frequency for Camp Navarro tapping into their communications, as well as modifying his radio to boost the signal one way and only one way so you could hear what was going on in the camp.

You look at Rockefeller, the next stage of the plan was ready, drag off the MP's from the base, then he'd circle back to help you with fooling the posts.

The window would be short, but you had a genuine chance of getting in there with no one the wiser until you were gone.

You might be better off not even trying to pull the MPs away, you had quite a bit of faith in Rosaline's skills to get Jacob to where he needed to be.

But is now really the time to be calling audibles?

>Get them both in there now we need every minute we can spare with this information (Brutal Stealth Check, avoids the risk of running out of time in the base to get information and get out, is harder due to the comparatively elevated MP presence on the base)

>Rockefeller get those MPs out of there, I trust Jacob to be swift with his his mind and his hands (Challenging speech check, the following stealth check will be easier, but runs the risk of running out of time to get the information and get out in one turn due to people attempting to investigate the disappearance of Rogerson)

Both will require a challenging Tech check for Jacob to access the records and documents along side the stealth checks

>>4929940
>>Rockefeller get those MPs out of there, I trust Jacob to be swift with his his mind and his hands (Challenging speech check, the following stealth check will be easier, but runs the risk of running out of time to get the information and get out in one turn due to people attempting to investigate the disappearance of Rogerson)

>>4929940
>>Rockefeller get those MPs out of there, I trust Jacob to be swift with his his mind and his hands (Challenging speech check, the following stealth check will be easier, but runs the risk of running out of time to get the information and get out in one turn due to people attempting to investigate the disappearance of Rogerson)

Also, try and hide the bodies.

Maybe Rockefeller can spin a story to some MPs about seeing someone who ‘looked like a NCR officer’ talking to a ‘man in robes’ in town.

Which he’s reporting as a good NCR patriot.

Hopefully they’ll blame the BoS for all of this.

>>4929940
Oh boy this is hard... challenging is a flat 50 plus our bonus and I assume any malus are already added to that 50. Brutal is about 30 I think... brutal.
Fuck, this mission is HARD there is so much at stake and I still fail to understand what valuables there are in Navarro.

>Stealth option: Rosaline gives ・venomous words, ・strike first and ・light step for +20. Rockfeller has ・It's just good business for another +5. I am not 100% if all those perks DO work because I haven't seen them all together like that. If they do, that's a +25 which turns this Brutal check into a Challenging one. Not bad

>Diversion option: The speech check is done by rockfeller alone right? ・The fortunate son is a +15 to speech but a -10 when facing Authoritarian factions (such as NCR MP) so that's a +5. ・Devils advocate is another +5. Rockfeller has a +10 to this challenging DV which is marginally lower...

I have to support
>Get them both in there now we need every minute we can spare with this information (Brutal Stealth Check, avoids the risk of running out of time in the base to get information and get out, is harder due to the comparatively elevated MP presence on the base)
I don't see it any other way. Having everybody together and ready for action is better than spreading them out, have them do their separate checks and then regroup. All that burned time... PS: I don't want to do all this math at every vote. Minmaxing is a hoe, but I guess this one roll calls for it. Ford would lose all his friends if this were to fail

>>4929940
>Rockefeller get those MPs out of there, I trust Jacob to be swift with his his mind and his hands (Challenging speech check, the following stealth check will be easier, but runs the risk of running out of time to get the information and get out in one turn due to people attempting to investigate the disappearance of Rogerson)

Looks like we're going to keep the plan as is.

3 posters give me 1d100

Rockefeller Distracts the MPs
>YOU MAY SPEND THE +1 SPEECH SUCCESS FROM FORTUNATE SON

Challenging Speech Check DV 50
+15 the Fortunate son
-10 Authoritarians
+5 Devils Advocate

roll under 60

Crit Fail: "Who the hell are you? You're coming with me!" (Rockefeller is taken prisoner)
0 Successes: "Kid, I'm warning you, the next one of you shits to prank us is getting thrown in the brig" (Rockefeller fails to convince the MPs)
1 Success: "I swear to god if this is another Prank..." (Rockefeller drags the MPs off, but won't be able to get back to the Radio in time)
2 successes: "Calm down, alright alright, where did you say it was again?" (Rockefeller directs the MPs away)
3 successes: "What the hell?! I'm gonna need back up." (Rockefeller pulls most of the MPs from the base)
Crit Success: "Oh shit.. are you absolutely sure that's what you saw?" (Rockefeller Pulls most of the MPs from the base and directs any suspicion towards the Brotherhood of Steel)

Rolled 97 (1d100)

>>4930152
Yo

Rolled 28 (1d100)

>>4930152
That 97 isn't a good sign. If we get another low one, we should probably just spend that +1 SPEECH success

Rolled 23 (1d100)

>>4930152
Fucking nice, a 97

>>4930152
I say we burn the speech bonus here, no way we get another use out of it this mission.

>>4930172
Agree.

>>4930088
Yea, we should've went with your plan mate.

>>4930164
Should we spend it now, or are we going to wait on it?

>>4930168
I know amirite?

>>4930172
I’d back that, use the auto-success to override the 97

>>4930179
Fuck it, might as well.

>>4930172
I'm fine with it if you lads are.

Rolled 47 (1d100)

>>4930152

2 successes: "Calm down, alright alright, where did you say it was again?" (Rockefeller directs the MPs away)

(THE FORTUNATE SON)
"You don't understand officer, I think they might armed and dangerous."

>3 successes: "What the hell?! I'm gonna need back up." (Rockefeller pulls most of the MPs from the base)

Alright, now for the fun part.

Rosaline and Jacob sneak in
Brutal Stealth Check DV 30
Venomous words +10
Light Step +5
Strike first +5
MPs occupied +15
Jacob's Gambit +10

roll under 75

Crit Fail: "Oh... sorry didn't see you there..." (You encounter a shift change, fresh troops spot you on their way out.)
0 successes: "Slowly now... slowly..." (Another stealth test will be required, difficulty increases as troops become more alert)
1 success: "We're in, but we don't have much time" (You managed to get in, however getting out will require a stealth test)
2 successes: "Silent as ever, good work." (You get in, Jacob will have 2 round to find things before a stealth check will be required on exit)
3 successes: "No problems, we'll be in and out in no time" (You get in, Jacob will have 3 rounds to find things before a stealth check will be required on exit)
Crit Success: "It's like we've always been here." (You get in, no time limit on Jacobs tech rolls)

Rolled 11 (1d100)

>>4930207
COME ON

Rolled 77 (1d100)

>>4930207

Rolled 11 (1d100)

>>4930207

>>4930210
fuck

why the fuck did we all roll dubs.

Those were all doubles, and 2 repeat doubles.
I think the dice are trying to tell me something here.

Tell you what I'll throw in something extra for that improbable set of rolls.
2 successes: "Silent as ever, good work." (You get in, Jacob will have 2 round to find things before a stealth check will be required on exit)

"Wait some fucking idiot left a god damn post it note on their terminal?"
You may sound an alert to sortie the base to the location of the brotherhood bunker
>Yes
>No

Aside from that answer

>YOU MAY USE +1 TECH SUCCESS FROM MR. FIXERUPPER

Jacob hunts for the hidden Enclave Records
Challenging Tech Roll DV 50
Mr Fixerupper +10
Old Enclave Codes +10

Roll under 70

Crit Fail: "Fuck I'm locked out." (You'll have to go directly to the databanks to get those records now.)
0 successes: "Where the hell are they?!" (You'll need to make another tech roll to find any of the records)
1 success: "Alright, I've got some stationing records.... but there's more" (You find 1/3 records)
2 successes: "Vault locations... but where are the overrides?" (you find 2/3 records)
3 successes: "There's the overrides, and it looks like there's some experimental files here too..." (you find all 3 records)
Crit Success: "...No...." (You find something potentially cataclysmic along with the records)

Rolled 6 (1d100)

>>4930226
>>Yes

Rolled 19 (1d100)

>>4930226
>Yes
Oh ho ho. Let's do it.

Rolled 6 (1d100)

>>4930226
>>Yes

>>4930231
YOOOOOOOOO

THIS IS MAGIC!

It's a sign God want's us to rebuild America, to restore the United States, USA USA USA

>>4930234
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1mlCPMYtPk
AMERICA FUCK YEAH

>>4930226
>>YOU MAY USE +1 TECH SUCCESS FROM MR. FIXERUPPER
can we use this to make it so we get the crit success tier as well?

>>4930238
Sadly no, I thought about that long and hard to when I made that a potential bonus.
However don't be to disappointed yet, there's still opportunity here... if you're willing to accept the risk and consequences.

So many low rolls, so close yet so far from the crit.

Sound the Alert
>Yes

3 successes: "There's the overrides, and it looks like there's some experimental files here too..." (you find all 3 records)

Do you stay behind to see if there's anything else to find?
WARNING: IF YOU DO THE STEALTH TEST TO GET OUT WILL BE INCREADIBLY DIFFICULT DUE TO THE ALERT
>Yes (a Brutal Tech Roll)
>No (You got what you came for)

>>4930240
>>Yes (a Brutal Tech Roll)

>>4930240
>>Yes (a Brutal Tech Roll)
Either the devil was ticking out balls to then kick us in the balls to God is here, pulling for the United state's of America, let's find out.

HEART OF THE DICE

POINT OF ORDER, THOUGH, couldn't our boy just you know, not set off the alert time after he leaves have it on a time delay, I know that they had proper computers in fallout and I imagine this base does

>>4930240
>Yes (a Brutal Tech Roll)
FORTUNATE FAVORS THE BOLD FUCK YOU

>>4930245
If he gets 3 successes on the next test if that wins, then sure, but he only has 1 round before he needs to stealth out anyways.

In fact I'm going to let this vote sit until tomorrow morning I think it's that important.

Sessions over, good night America.

>>4930240
>Yes (a Brutal Tech Roll)

>>4930266
>>Yes (a Brutal Tech Roll)

Just a thought here people - can we not sound the alarm AFTER he has fucked around with the files? Should keep a nice low profile and then skedaddle while everybody is still preparing rather than mobilising.

>>4930240
>>No (You got what you came for)
NOOOOOOOO ANONS NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

>>4930240
>No (You got what you came for)
Yeah, I'm gonna have to say that we shouldn't get Jacob killed because you people are turbo loot horny.

>>4930240
>Yes (a Brutal Tech Roll)

>>4930240
>>No (You got what you came for)
No reason to shit on the mission results.

>>4930240
>No (You got what you came for)

I know what the crit reward is and no just no. It will come to us later on if we play it smart with previous anon plans.

>>4930527
>that spoiler
Don't be fucking coy. what is it?

>>4930240
>Yes (a Brutal Tech Roll)
Eat a Methal to boost int. WE CAN DO THIS!

>>4930527
Is Frank Horrigan or a group of sentient deathclaws hanging around in secret or something? Tell us man!

Good Morning America here's the results of the vote

Yes 7
No 4

Looks like we're going for the biscuit.
>YOU MAY USE +1 TECH SUCCESS FROM MR. FIXERUPPER
Jacob Pushes for more
Brutal Tech Check DV 30
Mr Fixerupper +10


Roll under 40

Crit Fail: "Shit! No! I was so close!" (You're locked out)
0 successes: "Damn it I need more time!" (0/3 Encryption cracked)
1 Success: "What the hell were they hiding?" (1/3 Encryption Cracked)
2 Successes: "Now this is a Challenge!" (2/3 Encryption Cracked)
3 successes: "I've got it!" (Encryption has been broken, extra record obtained)
Crit Success: "Dear God..." (Extra record obtained, Something Potentially Cataclysmic has been discovered)

Rolled 74 (1d100)

>>4930709
Hrm, I have a bad feeling about this. Too late to back out now.

Rolled 83 (1d100)

>>4930709
Still dumb no matter the roll

Rolled 38 (1d100)

>>4930709
UH OH also good morning

Shooould we try using that +1 to make it 2/3 instead of 1/3?

>>4930733
definitely!

>>4930744
Righto. Using that +1 Tech Success then.

1 Success: "What the hell were they hiding?" (1/3 Encryption Cracked)
(MR. FIXERUPPER)
"Hmm, but what about this?"
>2 Successes: "Now this is a Challenge!" (2/3 Encryption Cracked)

Jacob Pushes for more
Brutal Tech Check DV 30
Mr Fixerupper +10


Roll under 40

Crit Fail: "Just a few more..." (Rosaline Knocks Jacob out and extracts him against his will)
0 successes: "No no no!" (You're locked out)
1 Success: "Got it... oh shit where they there before?" (Encryption has been broken, extra record obtained, MPs have returned, Stealth Roll required to escape)
2 Successes: "Ok lets go now!" (Encryption has been broken, extra record obtained, Stealth roll required to escape)
3 successes: "And a little present for anyone who might be looking for these as well" (Encryption has been broken, extra record obtained, Anyone else attempting to access these records will have a much harder time, no stealth roll required)
Crit Success: "What in the..." (Extra record obtained, Something Potentially Cataclysmic has been discovered, no stealth roll required)

Rolled 76 (1d100)

>>4930764
Fear.

Rolled 20 (1d100)

>>4930764

Rolled 67 (1d100)

>>4930764
Oh boy

1 Success: "Got it... oh shit where they there before?" (Encryption has been broken, extra record obtained, MPs have returned, Stealth Roll required to escape)

Last Roll before writing regardless of if its passed

Rosaline and Jacob sneak out
Brutal Stealth Check DV 30
Venomous words +10
Light Step +5
Strike first +5
Jacob's Gambit +10

Roll Under 60

Crit Fail: "Fuck Fuck Fuck" (You're engaged on your way out)
0 successes: "God Damn it Jacob stop fucking tiptoeing!" (Another stealth test will be required, difficulty increases as troops become more alert)
1 success: "We're out! Shut up!" (You managed to get out, however there is evidence of your intrusion left behind)
2 successes: "Silent as ever, good work." (You get out)
3 successes: "No problems, we'll be in and out in no time" (You get out, Jacob gets a new perk)
Crit Success: "It's like we've always been here." (You get out, Jacob and Rosaline both get a new perk)

Rolled 1 (1d100)

>>4930780
Any powers we could use to improve our odds?

>>4930786
No, but that doesn't really matter now do it?
I still need the other two rolls just in case there's a 100 in there.

Rolled 54 (1d100)

>>4930780
>>4930786
Anon I love you.

Rolled 27 (1d100)

REEE

>>4930788
I see.

>>4930789
Depends. 100% homo, or 0% homo?

>>4930794
100% homo. I will smooch you on the nuts for being the second person to roll a crit success (first being me in the first thread)

>>4930794
100% homie

Here's the full outcome of the mission to inform the write up

3 successes: "What the hell?! I'm gonna need back up." (Rockefeller pulls most of the MPs from the base)

2 successes: "Silent as ever, good work." (You get in, Jacob will have 2 round to find things before a stealth check will be required on exit)

You may sound an alert to sortie the base to the location of the brotherhood bunker
>Yes

3 successes: "There's the overrides, and it looks like there's some experimental files here too..." (you find all 3 records)

2 Successes: "Now this is a Challenge!" (2/3 Encryption Cracked)

1 Success: "Got it... oh shit where they there before?" (Encryption has been broken, extra record obtained, MPs have returned, Stealth Roll required to escape)

and lastly

Crit Success: "It's like we've always been here." (You get out, Jacob and Rosaline both get a new perk)

Writing

Congratulations anons, you narrowly avoided catastrophe.

>>4930797
And. And we also got some NCR guys sent to the bunker to get slaughtered. Could we possibly send some guys to the bunker to possibly kill whoever survives, and loot everything before either side calls in for additional reinforcements?

>>4930818
at this rate I really don't want to push my luck any further, man. We only just got bailed out by your crit success. let's get the fuck out.

>>4930819
Hey all I'm saying is that it's dark out, and we apparently have suppressed pistols. Who's gonna miss a few dead troopers at night, or a few looted suits of PA. We also just got some perks which might help to boot?

>>4930820
Still. Unless the perks we get are cum in my pants tier amazing, I'm kinda on edge right now.

>>4930822
We did kill a gun and knock out some troopers. Maybe some disguises might help?

>>4930818
No. This a military camp, not an outpost. They have plenty of troops to send not the patrol size 20 guys in a truck

>>4930536
>>4930678
Nuclear launch codes detected. Courier was given the launch codes from the NCR got from Navarro because they were too dumb to check what it actually was for. Courier went to the Divide and nukes attempted to launch. There were only two survivors.

>>4930797
Did we delete everything we stole?

>>4930883
This anon is correct.
The crit success results would have gotten you the nuclear launch codes to the divided nukes.
You would have been given the option to save them or delete them. Either way if ut came to it Caesar would have needed a different method to destroy the divide.

>>4930889
You set up a monitor program that would if anyone unauthorized attempted to access the data.

>>4930897
Caesar only went after the Divide because the NCR blitzed it to annex and gain another route to the Mojave. Caesar didn't like the NCR having two routes there. So he sent troops to intervene despite the hazards involved. The courier shows up during the fighting carrying the codes and nukes tried to launch. Creating the Divide and wiping everyone out but two. Later both the NCR and Legion attempted to send troops to determine what happened but it was death trap. Everyone who was sent never returned. Turing the Divide into Kill Zone on the level of the Big Empty. Even worse the two were in close proximity to each other creating a huge gap of no go zones between the NCR and Legion that none could pass through.

>>4930909
You are correct actually. Don't know where I got it in my head Caesar orchestrated this but yes, the courier inadvertently delivers the detenator at the request of the NCR, they of course not knowing what they had, to the divide and it goes boom.

Regardless it was an early chance at preventing that from happening.

>>4930920
It's why the Mojave conflict was such a clusterfuck. Both sides had to get past the two kill zones or you take a very long detour around to reach the Mojave with precious few shortcuts available. Apparently, according to Fallout lore the Rockies especially are all kinds of a fucked up nightmare to get through. As New Vegas is full of stuff hinting about just how bad it is. With two major deathtraps between the NCR and Legion that none can cross. Hence the detours and extended battlelines/logistics nightmare for both sides.

The truth is the Divide was a very rough place full of hazards even before getting nuked again. Partly due to difficult terrain, hazardous locales, and terrible weather courtesy of Big MT. As it took the courier himself to find a reliable route through the Divide. The courier was the only one crazy/ballsy enough to do the exploring for and ran through regularly as the only runner. Which later gave the NCR the idea to blitz it and annex for another route to the Mojave. As just happened to cut through some extremely nasty areas as a great shortcut albeit a very difficult one. Nuking it greatly extended the kill zone creating a huge kill zone of death. As it connected to the Big Empty. Creating a huge area of pure fuck you to anyone who dared to enter.

>>4930786
THE FIIIIIIIIIIIIIRT
CRITICAAAAAAAAAAL
EVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Now the mission starts for real.

You sit at your post waiting next to the long Range radio listening in on your own for Jacobs communications.

"We're in position" the radio repeats to you, "Waiting for your go."

you pull up your binoculars and look at the front gate to the Camp as Rockefeller approaches it.

----

Rockefeller took a deep breath and put on his best concerned citizen act as he ran in place just out of sight for a bit to work up a sweat and get that breathy delivery he'd need.

When he was satisified with that he ran around the corner, "Officer, Officer!" he feigned panic

The MP at the gate looked tired, very tired though quickly was at attention when he heard someone shouting, "W-what? Is something happening?"

Rockefeller nods rapidly, "Y-yes, I think I saw one of the soldiers stationed here talking with some suspicious looking individuals, but after that a brawl broke out, it was on the other side of town you need to help them!"

The MP looked at Rockefeller increadulously for a moment, but he could see the sweat, the exhaustion and the panic in the boys stance, "Alright alright, I'll get some of the men to take a look, where did-"

However Rockefeller quickly cuts him off, "You don't understand officer they were armed and dangerous, there was so much blood!"

The MP bit his lip, "Shit... I'm gonna need back up, alright other side of town you said?"

Rockefeller nodded, The MP swore under his breath pulling up his radio, "All MPs we have a report of an act of violence between a soldier from base and some suspcious individual, blood may have been drawn, back up is requested to resolve the situation."

The MP looked back at Rockefeller, "No you stay here kid, we'll need to question you for the after action." as he headed off into the camp to meet up with the rest of the MPs, it wasn't long before a large group of them had gathered together and were rushing in formation down the streets of the small town attached to Navarro.

Rockefeller seized the moment and rushed back to base, You nod at him as he arrives and give the go signal.

----

You watch with concern as they cut their way through the fence nearest to the target structure, no hick ups thus far, Rosaline opening the fence up carefully as Jacob crawls through it and Elizabeth stands at attention keeping watch on the gap.

As soon as Jacob passes through Rosaline quickly gets through and quietly sets the fence back into place. The move quickly Rosaline occasionally dragging Jacob into the shadows to keep him from getting spotted, but everything seems to go well, the reduced presence on the camp helping greatly, however came the next problem.

There were two men posted at the door to the research station, this is where you came in you cleared your voice and looked at Rockefeller, he nods back, "Tell them to report to the barracks their shift is ending early, should give them enough time to get in and out if Jacob can do his job."

you nod, and radio Rosaline quickly, "Can you see their tags from where you are?" She could, the soldiers were in rather casual order right now, You take a deep breath, "Private Harolds, this is Lieutenant Rogerson, confirmation code Ursa Major, Tell Private Garvey that you're both relieved, some other privates have been 'elected' your replacements for the rest of the night. Copy?" you made sure to make the radio comms as distorted on your end as possible, messing with the signaler, "This is private Harolds, please repeat?" and you do.

"Are you sure LT?" he responds back

"Absolutely, no get back to the barracks unless you want a worst post for the rest of the night for wasting my time."

There are no more objections.

As soon as they leave Rosaline and Jacob sneak on up past them, and into the room out of your sight.

----

Jacob sees the research station's consoles arrayed about, but notices another room it's door ajar, it also has a console in it with a post it note, 'Remember the Password is: asd8eros028IF! note, fire the person who came up with this shit.'

He raises an eyebrow as his curiosity gets the better of him and he opens the terminal up with the password, it was connected to the Alert system for the base, did they fuck up their security roles on this base? Who gives admin access to a researchers terminal?!

However before he can finish this thought he has a much more devious one, and sets up a routine to trigger an alert for sortie to the co-ordinates they had found of the BoS bunker nearby for a few minutes, hopefully he'll be done by then.

He then heads back as Rosaline looks at him with an expression of 'what the fuck are you doing?!' and he simply smiles back and mouths, 'my job'

He then posts up on one of the consoles and opens it up, he is quickly able to crack the password in, now comes the hard part of routing to the files that the Enclave buried deep into the databanks as well as getting access to them.

Thankfully they came with codes for these, problem was the codes were old and he didn't know if the system updated them or if that had been disabled when the base was taken.

Only one way to find out.

A few moments of trying codes and he was in, He had records of all the deployments leading up to the fall of Navarro, Saved, deleting that for sure, Vault locations, saved.... wait where were the overrides? Oh there they were, saved... a few files on some experiments.

Something about K-9? Cyber dogs, now that was neat.

He had gotten everything that the needed, but he felt that there was just a bit more to find and he kept digging and he found something. It was heavily encrypted.

Rosaline tapped his shoulder, "Are you done yet? We're burning time right now we don't have."

He waved her off, "It's fine, I've got the info but there's something else here, a couple somethings actually could be useful."

She frowned, "I'm not going to let you get us both killed here."

He shrugs, "I won't now stop your complaining... I've almost cracked the encryption on this one."

There were sounds of foot steps out side, "Hurry up." Rosaline whispered angrily into his ear, "I'm going Christ, Got it, ok now what the hell was in these?"

[pick 1]
>FEV Experimentation files? Oh man so that's how they made Frank Horrigan.
>Looks like a prototype for an improved model of Advanced Power Armor, called the Mk. II
>Advanced Power armor Tesla variant schematics? Like what Captain Nelson was wearing? Awesome.

----

He stood up, "We've got some good shit here."

She shook her head, "Now lets get the hell out, I think the MPs are back."

He looks at her confused, "What do you mean back?"

She resists the urge to punch him, "Back as in you took your sweat fucking time you ass. Now follow my lead and we might just get out of this alive." She posts up against the door checking subtly out the window on it, the guards were back.
She frowned, and moved quickly to one of the other windows.

The building they were in was raised up due to having an above ground foundation, so the drop out of the window was a decent distance, liable to cause noise if the landing wasn't perfect, but it was the best and fastest way out so she opened the window, "You go first." she tells Jacob.

He doesn't argue, she's the expert here and frankly he just doesn't want to die right now.

He jumps down rolling into the fall holding his breath and biting his toung. was that blood he tasted? well at least he didn't grunt or make much noise. Rosaline quickly Followed getting out grabbing the edge and then closing the window with one hand as she held her self in place before dropping and sticking the landing.

Together they rushed out of there to get back to their exit, just as they did and were leaving the fence area Sirens blared, "THIS IS NOT A DRILL, BROTHERHOOD BUNKER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THE REGION, CO-ORDINATES CONFIRMED, ALL FORCES REPORT FOR SORTIE DUTIES."

Jacob laughed, "That'll keep them busy for a while."

once everyone was back together you finally breathed a sigh of relief, "Lets get the hell out of here. now."

(MISSION RESULTS: OVERWHELMING SUCCESS, RECORDS OBTAINED, ADDITIONAL RECORDS OBTAINED, CAMP NAVARRO FORCES WEAKENED, BROTHERHOOD FORCES WEAKNED)
(RECOMENDED ACTIONS.... COMPUTING... NO FURTHER ACTION REQUIRED)

Jacob got a new Perk:
[pick 1]
>Computer Wizard: I think I've proven my superiority over the binary system (+5 to all tech rolls, +1 reroll for tech test)
>Unorthodox Strategist: Sometimes you gotta think outside the box (+10 to all leadership tests against conventional tactics, +1 reroll for leadership tests)

Rosaline got a new Perk:
[pick 1]
>Hiding in plain sight: They think they're so clever, when I'm right here under their noses (+5 to all stealth rolls, May add +1 success to any stealth test Per session)
>Follow the leader: Alright now listen up, this is how you do it (+5 to all leadership tests, +5 to all speech tests, +1 reroll for leadership tests)

>>4931009
hmm... I gotta go with the FEV experimentation. If we can work with a VERY MILD version of the virus, maybe we can enhance pretty much everyone. Artificial RNA that pumps out proteins that are three times as efficient and yadda yadda...

>>4931009
>>Looks like a prototype for an improved model of Advanced Power Armor, called the Mk. II

>>4931033
>>Computer Wizard: I think I've proven my superiority over the binary system (+5 to all tech rolls, +1 reroll for tech test)

>>Hiding in plain sight: They think they're so clever, when I'm right here under their noses (+5 to all stealth rolls, May add +1 success to any stealth test Per session)

>>4931009
>FEV Experimentation files? Oh man so that's how they made Frank Horrigan.

>>4931033
>Computer Wizard: I think I've proven my superiority over the binary system (+5 to all tech rolls, +1 reroll for tech test)

>Hiding in plain sight: They think they're so clever, when I'm right here under their noses (+5 to all stealth rolls, May add +1 success to any stealth test Per session)

>>4931034
Maybe not everyone. It would be useful to use on really old people so they could get roided up and get a couple more ventures on their life span though.

>>4931033
Oh boy. On one hand I want to vote for the stuff rosaline and jacob excelled in, but on the other hand LEADERSHIP REROLLS AND BONUSES. I am a little torn here...

>Unorthodox Strategist for Jacob
>Follow the leader for Rosaline

>>4931033
>Hiding in plain sight: They think they're so clever, when I'm right here under their noses (+5 to all stealth rolls, May add +1 success to any stealth test Per session)

>Computer Wizard: I think I've proven my superiority over the binary system (+5 to all tech rolls, +1 reroll for tech test)

>>4931009
>FEV Experimentation files? Oh man so that's how they made Frank Horrigan.

Other enclave remnants have the plans for the others right? Not like we can make any anytime soon. Better off with the research files. I don't recall any other enclave remnant having the FEV files.

>>4931033
>Computer Wizard: I think I've proven my superiority over the binary system (+5 to all tech rolls, +1 reroll for tech test)
>Hiding in plain sight: They think they're so clever, when I'm right here under their noses (+5 to all stealth rolls, May add +1 success to any stealth test Per session)

>>4931009
>Looks like a prototype for an improved model of Advanced Power Armor, called the Mk. II
Imagine we slap these improvements on the absolutely massive amounts of power armor we have right now, we'd be damn near unstoppable in combat.

>>4931033
>Computer Wizard: I think I've proven my superiority over the binary system (+5 to all tech rolls, +1 reroll for tech test)
Infinite Tech Successes

>Hiding in plain sight: They think they're so clever, when I'm right here under their noses (+5 to all stealth rolls, May add +1 success to any stealth test Per session)
One sneaky little bitch.

>>4931033
>Computer Wizard: I think I've proven my superiority over the binary system (+5 to all tech rolls, +1 reroll for tech test)

>Hiding in plain sight: They think they're so clever, when I'm right here under their noses (+5 to all stealth rolls, May add +1 success to any stealth test Per session)

>FEV Experimentation files? Oh man so that's how they made Frank Horrigan.

We could reproduce the others with time, but not this.

>>4931033
>Looks like a prototype for an improved model of Advanced Power Armor, called the Mk. II
>Computer Wizard: I think I've proven my superiority over the binary system (+5 to all tech rolls, +1 reroll for tech test)
>Hiding in plain sight: They think they're so clever, when I'm right here under their noses (+5 to all stealth rolls, May add +1 success to any stealth test Per session)

Anons the other enclave remnants have the tech for the two power armor blueprints. However NOBODY has the FEV research files. Meaning once it's gone it's gone forever. It's a strictly temporary offer one time offer only. Both the Chicago and Eastern Enclave remnants both have those blueprints and later will have the next gen Hellfire power armor as well. Plus even if we DO have the blueprints we CANNOT even make any. Our tools, manufacturing, labs, and supply lines are shit. So its completely useless to us. They need top of the line manufacturing to make which we blatantly do not have and will not find in the NCR turf. So its a really shitty deal to go for the power armor offers and not the FEV files.

>>4931093
If I may offer an important question regarding the FEV experimentation notes.
How will you make FEV?
If not make the how will you obtain FEV?
Do you have the facilities to perform these experiments or modifications to FEV?

There's more to these choices than is immediately obvious, I don't make options that are useless anon.

>>4931009
>FEV Experimentation files? Oh man so that's how they made Frank Horrigan.

>>4931033
>Computer Wizard: I think I've proven my superiority over the binary system (+5 to all tech rolls, +1 reroll for tech test)
>Hiding in plain sight: They think they're so clever, when I'm right here under their noses (+5 to all stealth rolls, May add +1 success to any stealth test Per session)

As much as I'm tempted to give them the leadership traits, doubling down on their roles is what really one us the day. The squad deserves a party after this, and we should personally thank everyone for their success on this day.

Also, how do the rerolls work?

>>4931104
Basically for every related test that a character with a reroll for that test makes they may reroll a roll that has been made.
you can't reroll crit fails or successes, but you can re roll anything else.

>>4931100
Honestly? We need all three, but if we can make someone (or others) like Frank Horrigan, it will negate our numbers problem with pure combat quality, and it'll make it easier to deal with SPECIAL individuals like Bishop or the Chosen One, which we will need to deal with eventually.

>>4931111
Perfectly valid reasoning, I was just pointing out that the FEV is a long term investment, the other two may be more immediate than is obvious.

>>4931107
Thank you for explaining, that adds a lot of versatility to our rolls. Would their bonuses translate to leadership tests that they are apart of as a group?

>>4931117
their bonuses are halved for any test they act as support in if they have relevant bonuses

>>4931114
That's fine, all these are just long term projects. I can't wait when we actually have the resources available for the more advanced stuff mate.

>>4931119
Thanks again, that makes sense.

>>4931100
FEV samples were available enough that some random scientist in the Capital Wasteland got a sample and created fire ants from it that rapidly spread across America in only a few years. A sample is strangely not that hard to get and can be carefully cultivated to increase it. The real question is what FEV strain can we get a sample of. East Coast FEV strains result a lot dumber and more aggressive super mutants for example not so good for us since the FEV research we can get mostly covers the West Coast FEV. Labs can be acquired for FEV because we also need labs to handle eugenics and genetic modifications. Which just so happen to also work for FEV research. The tricky part is better security and not knowing which FEV strains we get a sample of to begin with.

It's not so much as useless as having other ways to acquire them. This is true except for the FEV option. There is no other way we can get it, unlike the power armor choices. As soon as we find that uplink to connect with the other Enclave Remnants in the East for example we get all their tech and research just as they gave it to the Chicago remnants. We just gotta follow the Eastern Remnants trail and find which bases and outposts they set up on their journey so we can reconnect with them. It's not THAT urgent though unless we want their research sooner rather than later and hopefully intervene to keep them from making an enemy of the Lone Wanderer and Vault 101. I personally think the Mojave, Vault City, and Hopeville/Ashton operations are more critical to do so first. I wouldn't mind setting the veteran squad to follow the trail though as they likely have the best leads for it anyway.

>>4931111
FEV experimentation is best reserved for old and dying. If we want we can also track down the ghoulish and atom gene to let us know who can turn into a ghoul or are naturally immune to radiation. Yeah, there was no boss stronger than Frank Horrigan who was the strongest character to ever appear in the Fallout Franchise. Knowing how they made him would be huge and arguably the only way we can ever hope to counter bullshit characters like the Chosen One, Courier, and Lone Wanderer. Who can slaughter entire armies on their own. Another neat thing about FEV research is we need it to study how to 'fix' wastelanders who mutated due to diluted mutated FEV and radiation exposure. Which we can use to create more 'pure' humans and remove negative mutations/genetic illnesses. Overall immensely valuable if we can fix wastelanders or as a last ditch effort convert the otherwise soon to be dead into useful super mutants to give them another chance.

>>4931033
>>Computer Wizard: I think I've proven my superiority over the binary system (+5 to all tech rolls, +1 reroll for tech test)
>>Hiding in plain sight: They think they're so clever, when I'm right here under their noses (+5 to all stealth rolls, May add +1 success to any stealth test Per session)
>>FEV Experimentation files? Oh man so that's how they made Frank Horrigan.

if we are tied on the armor or FEV vote I will default to

>Looks like a prototype for an improved model of Advanced Power Armor, called the Mk. II

>>4931119
I'm voting for the mk 2 power armor

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>spend a few characterization prompts establishing our main character's (Ford) motivations is to maintain the purity of humanity within our cell unless it's impossible without catastrophic genetic degradation
>anons suggest we immediately turn our cell into Super Mutants and Ghouls
>pic related

I'd rather not give our Cell even more reason to splinter over growing ideological gaps. While using it to rid Wastelanders of mutation is a noble goal, there is no fucking way we convince the Cell proper that this is the way to use it. Bringing the FEV Schematics back to base will 100% split the cell down the line of "Do we use it to kill all the Wastelanders, or do we keep it hidden for now". Worst case scenario Mom runs away with whatever radical supporters she can muster, takes the Vertibird and the Virus Schematics with her to find some other Enclave cell that want to use it to murder the impure.

The Power Armor will give us an edge in combat that doesn't require us to jeapordize the human purity of the cell and sure as shit won't cause a political fracture down the center of it. We don't have time to wrangle the Cell over this issue if we want to get all the other shit we discussed done.

>>4931033
>FEV Experimentation files? Oh man so that's how they made Frank Horrigan.
>Computer Wizard: I think I've proven my superiority over the binary system (+5 to all tech rolls, +1 reroll for tech test)
>Hiding in plain sight: They think they're so clever, when I'm right here under their noses (+5 to all stealth rolls, May add +1 success to any stealth test Per session)

>>4931173
I'm not saying that we use it on our cell per se, and I don't want to fracture our cell even further along ideological lines, but this is a good combat solution to SPECIAL individuals that won't result in a large amount of casualties or almost all of our manpower and resources to deal with. This will help us in the long run, more so than power armor will (which one anon comments we can get from other Enclave Remnants).

>>4931173
Uhm anon this is West Coast FEV enclave research. They never did any research on how to create an FEV strain that would kill all mutated life. That was strictly the East Coast Enclave and only Eden as even the other enclave even under Colonel Autumn was disturbed by it and Eden was forced to do it secretly. As he knew most of the other Enclave would disapprove and even try to stop him hence its attempts to convince the Lone Wanderer to do it for him instead of his own people. West Coast FEV research was studying super mutants, how to tinker with FEV, the mutations it can cause/how to guide it and the like. Strangely they never did any genocidal research with it.