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In our last episode we took care of some of Mr. House's... dirty work,
eliminating or forcing into compliance some of the other minor
factions in the Mojave to prevent them becoming a threat. We can check in with Mr.
House when done. (Mr. House) have you destroyed the Brotherhood of Steel. (Ox)  I wiped out the Brotherhood of Steel
(Mr. House) Single-handedly destroying a brotherhood of steel bunker is quite an accomplishment.
Platoons of NCR troops have died trying to do the same.
This welcome news comes just in time, as events in the wider world are coming to a head.
Aaron Kimball, the president of the New California Republic, is going to visit hoover dam to boost morale.
Apparently he hasn't considered the effect on the troops morale of seeing their beloved leader get his brains
Blown out by a legion sniper. I need you to make sure that no harm comes to President Kimball.
It's fortunate that you've maintained good relations with the NCR.  (Ox) We must be at least
accepted with the NCR to even receive this quest, otherwise we
automatically fail it but being accepted will make this quest very hard to complete.
It's much better if we're on really good terms with the NCR.
Well House, before I head on over I'd like to ask some questions first.
(Mr House) Questions like will President Kimball survive his visit to Hoover Dam. (Ox) Why do you care
whether Kimball lives or dies? (Mr. House) I care because he is a known quantity,
not the man so much as the political context he inhabits.
Kimball rose to prominence as the "hero" of the Mojave when he led a campaign of reprisals
against tribals who dared to attack NCR citizens.
ordering the occupation of Hoover Dam was his first act of office. As
water and electricity flowed to NCR cities his popularity soared.
Conversely, his failure to annex the Mojave these seven years and the immense costs of occupying a foreign land
have eroded his popular support.
(Ox) So why don't you want the NCR President to die?
(Mr. House) Kimball's entire political career is inextricably bound up with the NCR's occupation of the Mojave. It is war
If I can tell the NCR to retreat Kimball will be the sacrifice offered to the gods so decent NCR citizens
can get on with their lives. In retrospect the Mojave and Hoover Dam will seem like one man's
Misadventure. Kimball will be blamed not me, not New Vegas. (Ox) And if Kimball were to be assassinated?
Then the hero of the Mojave would become the martyr of Hoover Dam and when
Subsequently, I forced the NCR to retreat
But they lick their wounds and dream of righteous vengeance against New Vegas. Hello Embargo,
farewell, tourist economy.
I've calculated and recalculated these probabilities Kimball must live
(Ox) Calculated and recalculated,
sounds more to me like a lot of fortune telling. All right House,
so what do you want me to do? (House) Simple an NCR ranger named Graham is in charge of security
arrangements for the visit. Present yourself to him, let him know you want to help.
Given your reputation, It's a near certainty that he'll accept your offer.
Don't dally the precise time of Kimball's visit is a closely guarded secret
but it will happen soon. (Ox) With that
We begin the quest, "you'll know it when it happens" and we need to head to Hoover Dam to talk with
Ranger Grant. Now because my character is idolized with the NCR this is gonna be much easier for me.
I can just walk in and everyone recognizes me as a hero, doors opened wide and I have all the access I need.
But if our reputation is only at accepted, Mr.
House has to send a Securitron to
accompany us to the dam to convince the NCR to allow us to help out. Either way we find Hoover Dam by first
traveling to Boulder City.
That's right
The very same city we visited in our first episode. If we follow the road out of Boulder City to the east,
we see a sign pointing towards  Hoover Dam.
This gravel road soon connects to the old paved road that used to flow from Boulder City. The road twists and turns
We find another sign pointing us in our direction until at last we crest a hill to see Hoover Dam.
This is what the Legion and the NCR are fighting for, this is the reason so much blood has been spilled.
Continuing north we round a corner to find the Hoover Dam visitor center and right outside is a
Pre-War monument. We see two bronze angels covered in green patina atop a black marble pedestal
Next to an inscription. This monument is a carbon copy of the real-world
monument that sits today outside
Hoover Dam. The inscription in the game reads exactly like the one found in the real monument. "It
Is fitting that the flag of our country should fly here in honor of those men, who
inspired by a vision of lonely lands made fruitful,
conceived this great work and of those others whose genius and labor made that vision a reality."
I said carbon copy
But there's one major difference between the real-world version and the one we find here, in the real world on the ground below the monument
We find a star chart this chart was designed to instruct
civilizations from the future who may not speak
English or any other known human language about the date and time that this dam was constructed
And so they recreated an exact map of the stars as seen from Earth at the time of this dam's dedication.
Presumably any future civilization would still understand the mathematics and physics
understood at that time to be able to figure out that date this dam was created in their own language
however in the game instead of seeing that chart
We just see a tile floor. In the real world the American flag flies proudly from this flagpole
But here 200 years after the apocalypse no flag flies.
Turning around we see howitzers
pointed across the river towards Caesar's Legion, looks like the NCR is gearing up for the coming battle, but to find Ranger Grant
we must head through the doors into the visitor center. We arrive in a large round room
Decorated in the Art
Deco style that was popular at the time of this dams
construction. On the receptionist counter we find the hoover dam snow globe. You have found a Limited Edition Mojave
Landmark Snow Globe! We can now put this with the others in our collection at the lucky 38. And turning around we find Ranger Grant
giving orders to other Rangers.
(Ranger Grant) I've heard of you. I'm glad you're here to help us out.
This is a delicate matter, and we need all that I help we can get from people we can trust.
We've got a lot to do to prepare for the president's visit him not much time. Once we start
we'll be on a strict timetable. Are you ready? (Ox) I have some questions first ask your questions, but keep it short
Can I use my weapons during the president's visit? We trust you so you're free to have your weapons
just don't do anything too crazy
and we'll back you up. If our reputation was too low he would have said no here and
NCR troopers would have fired upon us if we drew our weapons during this quest
making it much more difficult to complete. well Ranger  What are your security arrangements?
(Grant) Security detail consists of Rangers stationed here at the dam some will keep an eye on the crowd while others will watch the perimeter
snipers and sharpshooters have been assigned to key locations
and we also have a special k-9 unit sniffing out members of the crowd.
I've also locked down access to critical locations such as the landing platform on the visitor center
(Ox) I'm gonna need access everywhere (Grant) all right I'll give you full access.
(Ox) Again if our reputation was too low he would have said no here
but we need this access in order to conduct our security sweep if we don't get his permission
We'll have to find other ways including possibly wearing an NCR disguise. Do you have a detailed schedule for the visit?
(Grant) I have a full itinerary here. There you go
(Ox) Grant gives us a note "President Kimball's itinerary". Taking a look at it in our inventory,
"Hoover Dam Presidential visit schedule the
President will visit Hoover Dam
to give a speech to the troops and award a medal to Private Watson for his bravery and service to the NCR. The President is
scheduled to arrive via vertibird from
California. The vertibird will land on top of the Visitor Center where Colonel Moore will greet the president.and escort him out to the stage.
After a brief introduction by Colonel Moore the president will give his speech the speech will only take.approximately four minutes.
During the speech the president will award a middle to private Jeremy Watson for his service to the NCR.
Once the speech is over the president will be
Escorted directly back through the visitor center to his vertibird for immediate departure. In the event of an emergency
the speech will be
canceled and the president will be rushed to the vertibird for immediate departure if there is a problem with the vertibird a room on the
Second level of the visitor center will be used as a safe room to keep the president secure until any threat is over
Access to this room has been restricted and Colonel Moore has the key in her desk."
Thanks for that Ranger grant. Do you have any leads on possible security threats. (G) The Legion will definitely try something?
We don't have any solid leads yet, I'd almost expect something direct from them, but given the circumstances
There's a possibility of something more subtle like sabotage, but since we don't have anything solid
we'll just have to keep our eyes out for anything out of the ordinary. (Ox) What can I do to help? (Grant) someone like you
I'm just glad to have you on board.
Do whatever you can security sweeps, talk to people keep an eye out if there's nothing else then let's get moving all right?
(Ox) I'm all set. (Grant) Good the president doesn't arrive until tomorrow get some rest
I'll brief you in the morning. After a good night's sleep we can check back in with Ranger Grant. (Grant) Glad
You could join us most of my men are already on duty and the crowd has already started gathering outside
We've got a busy day ahead of us.
(Ox) So what's the plan for today. (Grant) The plan is to get through today without the shit hitting the fan.
So I'll be overseeing the security team personally and keeping in constant contact with people over the radio
It's a good bet that the Legion is gonna try something today, so we have to be prepared for anything
We'll do whatever it takes to get the president through this visit in one piece.(Ox) Let's get this show on the road.
President Kimball is arriving  shortly you want to do any last-minute security sweep or take a look around for anything suspicious do it now.
Once you're ready meet me outside on the observation deck
but don't take too long. (Ox) with that Ranger grant and his other Rangers head outside
but, we need to do a security sweep if the Legion has sabotaged this place, we should keep an eye out for clues
We'll start by reading the nearby front desk terminal
It's locked with an average lock, but after hacking it we find three entries. The first is Hoover Dam security report
Security report Ranger grant with the president's arrival today
Security is running a final sweep of the area making preparations only members of the security team will have weapons at the President's speech
This means that all troopers at the speech must relinquish their weapons beforehand
We will limit the number of people allowed to see the speech to a small number to reduce any potential risk to the president
I've gotten word that the president is traveling with only two Rangers so our security team will need to be on full alert.
I'd still like to lug my concerns about not having enough time to prepare for this, but we'll do our job here today
-Grant
Sounds like this whole thing was rushed. Poor Grant didn't have time to prepare in the next one security duty roster
We noticed that the duty roster has been accessed by an unknown
Login ID. it would be a good idea to keep an eye out for anything out of the ordinary
hmm...
Attention security personnel regarding security assignments for the president's visit the basic assignments are this
Rangers will secure the perimeter and keep an eye out for any external threats
Additional Rangers will be stationed around the stage and the crowd
Their primary job is to keep an eye on the crowd to make sure nothing funny happens
I want sharpshooters positioned at the following potential sniper locations
The visitors center roof the Western Ridge and the dam tower number one roof
I want a radio up here to check in. Stay frosty today. Nothing bad is going to happen on our watch
-Grant
So somebody accessed this log using faulty credentials
What did they learn well they learned the three potential places where Grant was going to place NCR Ranger snipers.
What does this tell us could it be that the Legion is trying to take out the snipers before they attempt the?
assassination or maybe they just wanted to know whether sharpshooters would be so that they could avoid them or
could the Legion be planting one of their snipers in place of one of the NCR's.
Looks like we need to examine each of these sniper roasts. In the final one
Engineering Report.
Engineering report Mike Lawson we've received word that the president's vertibird is having some issues with the flight control computer
I've had some of the text here examine the logs that were sent and we think we can fix the issue with a small computer
Update Ranger grant has given me permission to have one of the NCR engineers
Examine the vertibird when it arrives as well as having our computer update the vertibird systems after it arrives
Mike Lawson. So wait a minute, does this mean that an engineer is going to be fiddling with the vertibird after it lands
well if anything screams of a potential sabotage opportunity
That's it. Well
We have quite a few options where to start well on this ground floor of the visitors center
We find a few doors leading deeper into the dam. These are just the barracks and manned by NCR personnel
We don't need to go there so instead. We'll go upstairs
We see a few ruin displays from before the war and a woman walking around aimlessly.
(Allison Valentine) Hey, you haven't seen my friend around here. Have you?
His name is Ben, and he's an engineer we were supposed to meet up so we can watch the President's speech together
But he hasn't shown up yet. (Ox) I haven't seen him. ( Allison V.) Okay. Well, I guess I'll just keep waiting
Sorry to bother you. (Ox) maybe he's down in the barracks. (A.V) He isn't I already checked there this morning
We were supposed to meet up here about an hour ago
Hmm, I guess. I'll just keep waiting
Sorry to bother you. (Ox) we could be senselessly mean to Allison. I'd say he probably ditched you for someone cuter
(A.V.) Why would you say something like that? That's just mean just leave me alone. (Ox) Ah poor girl, but wait a minute
She had an engineer friend who went missing didn't we just read that grant was gonna have one of his engineers work on
President Kimball's vertibird uh-oh we need to find this engineer.
We see a door leading back outside, and then we find a very hard locked door here
There's a spiral staircase leading up and that's it for this level and when I make sure I didn't miss anything so heading back downstairs
We find a door leading to a supply closet under the stairs,
heading inside,
What's this we see a blood smear on the ground next to a toolbox if we examine it?
There is a pool of blood on the floor
It requires
perception of six to examine it. If
our perception is high enough, and we examine the stain we examine the area and notice a bloody wrench and a toolbox nearby
Someone was killed here recently and judging by the scene it was one of the engineers
We should keep our eyes open for any
engineers acting strangely. oh
No.
Alison's friend was murdered and they did something to dispose of the body could it have been stuffed in one of these lockers
Well we do find an NCR engineer jumpsuit in here
But no body. This jumpsuit is useful for those with lower
Reputation with the NCR because it does count as faction armor, which means if we wear this jumpsuit
We gain access to areas that otherwise would turn the NCR hostile if we explored them well things just .got really complicated
First we learn that some unauthorized
Saboteur successfully found out sniper positions from the lobby terminal and we learned that an assassin
killed an NCR engineer and that President Kimball's
Vertibird has a computer problem that will be fixed by an engineer once it lands on the roof.
Heading upstairs to continue our investigation
I really wanted to find out what was in this hard locked door so consuming a locksmiths reader to push my luck picking skill above
100 we can pick the hard locked doors.
Also, remember we learned from the itinerary that a key to this door is held in Colonel Moore's desk
We could delve deeper into the dam to find her office and steal the key from her desk., but inside
We don't find anything out of the ordinary this however must be the room we read about in Ranger Grants
itinerary. This is the room where the Rangers will hide president Kimball if anything goes wrong with the vertibird.
That's good to know we'll remember that for later
Heading out and turning right we see some spiral stairs leading to the roof.
Heading up top sure enough we see a vertibird landing pad we find one NCR Ranger sniper
just as the lobby terminal told us we would, looking over
we see the monument to the west and a hillside, but we don't see anything on the hillside though,
we do see the tower and a ranger perched atop the tower.
So those are the three sniper vantage points
But only two are manned with Rangers.Turning to the southeast we see a ladder leading down to the ground.
Okay, so we can reach the vertibird landing pad either from inside the visitor center or from outside good to know well
We've scoured this Visitor Center turning it upside down
And I think we've walked away with all possible clues with president Kimball arriving at any moment,
We need a head outside and check in with Ranger Grant. (Grant) Have you finished your security sweep?
(Ox) I'm ready when will the president be here? (Grant) looks like that's his vertibird coming right now
It's show time let's not mess this up now if you'll excuse me
I've got some security procedures to oversee. (Ox) Ranger grant attends to his men and pretty soon
We hear the buzzing of vertibird propellers.
We see it coming from the northwest.
I want to make sure that we witness
Absolutely everything when it lands, so racing beyond the gate we can climb the ladder to the top of the Visitor Center where we know
This vertibird will land
Sure enough president Kimball and two Rangers exit the vertibird but contrary to the itinerary Colonel Moore
Never shows up oh
Wait, what's this guy doing? Oh that must be the engineer here to upgrade the vertebrates computer?
Wait a minute vertibirds don't have computers in their wheels
Something fishy just went down here walking over to the vertibird
You were looking at the presidential
Vertibird the assassins could have done something to the vertibird you need a repair or an explosive skill of 50 or higher
To examine it I do, so upon examining the vertibird we searched the vertibird and notice a strange item that doesn't belong
Upon examination we notice that it's a bomb. We skillfully disable the bomb and remove it from the vertibird
aha, we have worte the assassin this could have gone a couple of different ways if we
Intercepted the assassin before he reached the vertibird. (Legion Assassin)  is there a problem here?
(Ox) Oh, no problem here. (Assassin) then leave me alone. (Ox) Actually you're the problem here.(Assassin) I'm not sure what you mean
I think you have me confused with someone else. (Ox) Oh my mistake. (Assassin) yeah, though, so (Ox) just come with me right now.
(Assassin) Sorry that just ain't gonna happen
FOR CAESAR!
Hehe hoho
He blows himself up killing us in the process the engineer was strapped with explosives
Well, it's a good thing we didn't talk to him then, but this means that we've lost the engineer. somewhere out
there is a rogue Legion assassin peering over the side we see president Kimball approached the stage
Did you see that! just as his speech began
someone pushed the NCR ranger sniper off the tower to his death oh
No, it's that second assassin!
We've got to do something about it taking the ladder down we can head towards the crowd
and there's the Legion assassin dressed up as an engineer he's walking into the crowd
We've got to intercept him before we lose him!
But Boone chooses this moment to share with us his thoughts. (Boone) If I was the assassin I'd be up on that Ridge
or If I didn't care about escaping maybe that near tower
or the landing pad behind us.
(Ox) He must not have seen the Legion assassin kill the Ranger on the opposite tower like we did
But Boone is right here on two accounts,
there's no one on the western Ridge, but there was an assassin on the landing pad and the tower., But oh no
We've lost the engineer! He merged seamlessly into the crowd look at all of these people NCR troopers
Civilians and a bunch of engineers, which one of these looks like a legionary is that this guy?
No
What about this engineer
What about this guy hey, wait a minute. Oh yeah, he looks like a legionary
Creeping behind him we can crouch down until we're hidden and on his inventory we find a redundant failsafe
Detonator. If we pickpocket it we can prevent the legionary from detonating the explosive,
this is useful if we didn't have high enough repair or explosives skill to disarm the bomb
Another way to spot the engineer in the crowd is to wait for a moment in the speech when the crowd is
applauding if we look closely we see that everyone cheers or claps a
except the legionary assassin.
In most way we can easily pick him out.
Well the assassin dressed up like an engineer may still be alive,
But at least we've thwarted his plan. Now to deal with the sniper on the tower racing forward
We see the body of the Ranger on the ground. (in a worried voice)
This Ranger was killed not too long ago. He looks to be the sniper that was stationed to watch from the top of this tower
What a fall we see a ramp erected to the side of the building and a ladder that brings us up top
climbing the ladder
(A2) What are you doing here? (Ox) I Need you to radio in an emergency report! (A2) settle down no one uses the radio until I know what's going on
(Ox) There's a dead Ranger downstairs!
(Assassin 2) Oh shit, really we should go take a look. (Ox) Is it okay for you to leave your post?
(A2) we're just going to be a moment we should both take a look first. (Ox) ah
Let's radio it in first. (A2) uhh I think I should check it out first before radioing it in (Ox) aha
No radio it in first (A2) fuck it. You're more trouble than you're worth.
And
With that we thwart the assassination attempt.
Alternatively if we went along with this guy and said oh you want me to go first sure let's go (A2) okay lead the way
(Ox) He immediately turns hostile prepared to shoot us when our back is turned now
There is a way to save the Rangers life
instead of going to the vertibird
Landing pad first as soon as we see the vertibird in the sky we can run straight towards the sniper tower
Climbing to the top we see the real ranger at his post and we can wait for the assassin to arrive.
If we are fast enough we can kill the assassin before he can murder the Ranger.
But if for some reason we missed the legionary assassin kill the NCR ranger
And we never discovered his body if we look closely towards the end of the speech we can see the assassin lining his shot
This gives us a brief period of time to race to the top of the tower to deal with the assassin
before the inevitable happens.
If however we successfully prevented the assassination
attempt we can check in with Ranger grant from the ham radio. (Ranger Grant) Report.
We're all fine here. Thank you. How are you?
(Grant) Quit goofing off and clear the channel. I"ll be damned if the President dies on my watch because you were screwing around.
(Ox)I found sniper on the roof of the tower!
(Grant) Dammit!I can't believe the Legion actually got someone past
security. good job catching him
I'll have a security team sweep the area to see if the legion has any more surprises for us,
I'm also cancelling the president's speech. we'll
have a security team get him out of here right away, but let's not relax until he's safe. (Ox) With that Ranger
Grant cancels the president's speech and sends two Rangers to escort the president from the stage.
Wait where did that engineer go?
Oh!
The engineer tried to assassinate the president with a knife!
Looks like an NCR ranger gotten away instead we find both the corpse of the Ranger and the engineer lying on the stage,
At least the Rangers were quick enough to kill him before he got to the president the engineer only resorts to
Assassinating with a knife if we inform
Grant about the sabotage. There are many ways to tell Grant about the sabotage the ham radio on the tower like we just explored or
If we couldn't disarm the bomb
but we found the detonator on the
Engineer we can go to Grant and say I found a detonator on that man over there. (Grant) What the hell!
This must control some sort of bomb that he was gonna use to kill the president
Nice work catching this I'll have my Rangers. Go deal with this man right away.
(Ox) Grant sends two Rangers to apprehend the engineers.
The legionary assassin dressed like an engineer kills one of the Rangers
before he's dispatched or another way this can play out is if we never got rid of that assassin on the tower
And we never learned which engineer was responsible,
But we did disable the bomb we can go to Ranger grant and tell him that we found a bomb on the vertibird
His response, then is to send two Rangers to end the speech and escort president Kimball from the stage
But if they do the legionary assassin dressed as an engineer charges the stage.
Now remember in the itinerary
We read that if anything were to go wrong with the vertibird the Rangers were to ask or president kimball into that locked room
inside the visitor center
so if we report to Ranger grant the bomb on the vertibird, that's
Exactly what they do they run up the stairs and then open the doors to the visitor center
Somehow the legion got a bomb in the safe room! this is
Incredibly frustrating because no matter what we do we can't disable the bomb
The only way to prevent President Kimball's death is to prevent him from
Coming to this room to begin with which means we can't ever report to Ranger grant about the bomb on the vertibird
I went through this room with a fine-tooth comb
Examining everything we could interact with and there's just no bomb here to make things more frustrating
There's no evidence of any sabotage. if we find Colonel Moore's office
Deeper in the dam we discover the safe room key in her desk
Just as the itinerary said we would however if the key is still in this desk even after the president is assassinated
Then this means that either the legion picked this door planted the bomb left and then Re-locked the door
or that Col. Moore herself was somehow
involved in president Kimball's assassination.
But we learn all about Colonel Moore's personality when completing these quests with the NCR and she's a die-hard
President kimball supporter, so there's no way that she would ever try to murder the guy,
so I have no explanation as to how the Legion could have possibly planted a bomb in the safe room at any rate if
President Kimball dies on his body we find a unique item: president
Kimball's suit. This of course is the only one in the entire game. It's not very interesting it has
0 DR, but it does grant +5 to speech
It's a handsome suit however distinct from the dirty pre-war suits
It's a dark navy pinstripe blue, and it has an NCR flag pin pinned to the lapel.
Allowing Kimball to be killed is the only way to get it. If
we never discovered the bomb on the vertibird after president Kimball finishes his speech
He walks towards the visitors center and the vertibird takes off.
If Kimball dies in any of the ways shown here we fail the quest and when we return to Mr.
House he expresses his disappointment
So Kimball's dead so what!? (Mr. House) Every step of my plan has been precisely calculated and was until now
well executed. (Ox) what more could I have done? (Mr. House) You could have succeeded.
(Ox) I did my best but the Legion just did better. (Mr. House) your
Incompetence has jeopardized the success of this entire concern.
Up to this point your efforts yielded near-perfect results, but now I'm forced to fumble in the dark to gamble
Light must be brought to this darkness.
(Ox) But the best way to complete this mission is to disarm the bomb
Kill the assassin on the tower and then let president Kimball finish his speech
Without telling grant about the sabotage if we do so then the engineer assassin has no reason to believe that his
sabotage
Didn't work after all he'll only find out about his failure when he tries to use the detonator after the vertibird takes off and so
He allows president Kimball to return to his vertibird
It flies away unharmed, the Legion fails
and we complete the quest you'll know it when it happens and with that we can report our success to Mr.
House. (House) If not for you president Kimball would be dead,
so you needn't feel guilty when the NCR's round from hoover dam demolishes his political career.
(Ox) What's the next step. (House) The Legion has nothing left to wait for their assault on the dam could begin at any moment.
Before that happens, I'll ask you to complete one other task it may seem trivial, but that's far from the case
between The Strip and Helios One lies the El dorado Electrical Substation.
Humble as it appears the substation has immense strategic value for it's there that you'll jump-start the lucky 38
dormant reactor.
Gain access to the substations control room and install this override module,
Just so you know there are NCR troops guarding the station.
(Ox) What's this about a dormant reactor? (Mr. House) The strain of defending, Las Vegas from annihilation?
exceeded my power systems capacity.
My primary reactor shut down for years. I played a miser with my emergency power supply
I began to run out of reserves around the time. I woke the first batch of securitrons.
Negotiating an allotment of power from hoover dam was crucial. That's what's powered the strip for the past seven years
(Ox) Why didn't you restart the reactor earlier? (Mr. House) I needed the operating software on the Platinum Chip to bring it back online
and to start the reactor itself requires a tremendous jolt of current very, attention-getting.
The NCR has its hands full now of course. I doubt they'll raise much of a fuss.
(Ox) You already have power. Why is this important?
(Mr. House) This is not a good time to be dependent on energy from Hoover Dam
when the Legion attacks the NCR may cut power altogether and
I'll be needing a good deal more power than the NCR has allotted to the strip
Broadcasting encrypted vmq boosted command signals to hundreds of securitrons eats up more power than you might expect
(Ox) Alright, I'll take care of it. (House) With this accomplished all preparations will have been made the battle for hoover dam will be
Upon us before long. (Oxhorn) To find the El Dorado
Electrical substation we head to the 188 trading post. From here we follow a bunch of electrical towers
West until they turn south into the mountains. They stop at a ledge
overlooking El Dorado
Just north of Helios One. We see a bunch of NCR milling about outside and just as we hop down
(NCR Trooper) Stay out of the control room and enclosure or there's gonna be trouble. got it?
(Ox) Despite this warning the NCR don't really do anything when we enter the substation although the soldiers here
Do have unique dialogue) (NCR Troopers) all the juice from hoover flows right through the dorad
and we send it west to keep the home lights burning. look all you want just don't mess with any of the equipment.
The control rooms off limits and so is the enclosure.
(Ox) heading inside
We see that the NCR has been using this as a bit of a barracks,
mattresses on the ground, small containers littered about, we can find an eat-o-tronic on the wall
but it's empty sadly and on the wall to the northwest we find a terminal.
El dorado substation we find an option to leave it alone or to power the substation.
Upon powering the substation we gain NCR infamy
Which could potentially be enough to cause the NCR outside to turn hostile
but thankfully since I was idolized the NCR continued to ignore me upon leaving the
substation. When this minor task is done we can head back to House to check in. (House) as you can see Vegas is humming along
I've tested my c3 I
broadcasting arrays
Everything is in order and just in time as it turns out the forces of Caesar's Legion are on the march
establishing a staging area east of the Dam.
Their assault could begin at any moment, so that's where you'll be heading if you're ready, Hoover Dam.
(Ox) why do I need to be there the NCR has an army? (Mr. House)  indeed they do an
Army that'll be too distracted with killing legionaries to notice the real reason you're there
Your objective is to reach a control room
Halfway across the dam and install an override module similar to the one you used at the substation
The override will enable me to control the entire dams power output.
You may remember how the bunker at The Fort was rather dimly lit? Well Just like the lucky 38
It needs a big jolt of electricity to power up.
You've already uploaded the new operating system to the securitrons all they need is power, and they'll be in fighting trim.
(Ox)I have some questions first. (House) even now on the brink of battle? (Ox) What should I expect at the dam?
(Mr.House) imagine - snarling dogs fighting over a curve of bone
perhaps the rim of their master long dead. It'll be a pitched battle
that's a certainty perhaps the greatest battle the earth has seen since the human race nearly made itself extinct.
(Ox) Any speculation on Legion tactics? (House) The Legion will mount a ferocious and determined frontal assault from the east that much is certain
Still Caesar is a capable strategist,
I'd be surprised if he hasn't found some way to infiltrate the dam or the NCR's rear areas
(Ox) Let's get back to business. (House) As I said your objective is to install an override module in the control room
halfway across the dam are you ready to perform this task?
(Ox) Sounds like I get to kill a lot of legionaries. (House) indeed you will just bear in mind
That's not the reason you're there (Ox) the NCR will welcome my help. (House) precisely
you'll have no trouble joining the battle on their side, and they'll be too distracted to notice why you're really there
(Ox) I'm ready, let's finish this
(House) We've accomplished a great deal you and I one last task and our work is complete. I'll see you in the control room
(Ox) You are committing to fight for Mr.
House at the battle of Hoover Dam which will determine the fate of New Vegas for decades to come if there's anything you want to
Do before you enter the battle do it now before you cross the point of no return
You know what let's do this!
We arrived at Hoover Dam
and we find it on fire! We must now reach the control terminal and install an
Override module for Mr.
House all the while pretending to be assisting the NCR in their fight and
Dodging legion bullets will explore the dramatic conclusion to the Mr.
House plot of Fallout New Vegas in our next episode
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