[OOC] Bellum Numquam Mutat (B.N.M.)

[Cifeiron]

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Following the Legion's triumph at the Second Battle of Hoover Dam brought about by the Courier, (ideal F:NV ending) Caesar, having crossed his Rubicon, the Colorado River, made himself a Rome out of New Vegas. Legate Lanius resumed his savage campaign westwards not long after, and, greatly assisted by the cunning Vulpes Inculta, conquered much of the weakened New California Republic under the flag of the Bull in the years that followed, despite alarming territorial losses in the east. It is now 2287, six years after civilization, unforgiving as it was, finally came to the Mojave Wasteland, and Edward Sallow can no longer stave off his approaching death. With no clear heir, Caesar's Legion is at the precipice of bloody civil war between the tribes of which it was forged, a massive internal conflict that will surely embolden regional superpowers throughout the southwest, friends and foes alike, to carve up the empire.

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With Caesar dead, the whole West Coast of the former Thirteen Commonwealths holds it's breath, aware of the impact the passing of this single man will have. For before his body will be fully cold, the legates will start to plot and wage over the ultimate price, that is the empire of the Legion. From the golden city of Nova Roma, forged from the debased hole that was New Vegas, the subjugated parts of the NCR, filled with hateful rebels to the far east, the homeland of the Legion, pretenders will rise and fall. These are the days of the legates!

In the west, the NCR, beaten and crippled by the onslaught of the legion, has turned into a monster born from Presidents Tandi's nightmares. Yet, the day of retribution is upon the Legion! With the death of Caesar, the head of the deathclaw has been taken off. For years, the Arsenal of Democracy has been build up, and the true heir of the American Dream is ready to unleash its vengeance onto the weakened Legion! These are the days of the Generalissimos!

Far in the north, the 80s heed the call of the holy highway, with tales of plunder and glory in the south! Old tribes and gangs heed the call of the death of the Bull! The invincible Legion, no longer looks all that threatening. Other powers, long forgotten, resting uneasy for years, now notice the chance to return to this world! These are the days of the Warlords!

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The year is 2287, and a new kind of conflict is brewing in the West Coast of the land that once was the Thirteen Commonwealths. You have the choice to pick a side in the conflict to come, either as a Legate of the Legion, a player in the great game for mighty Caesar's legacy, an NCR Generalissimo, hardened by years of conflict and with potential ambitions for the presidency...or dictatorship, or the warlord/leader/king of a third kind of faction!

While united in name, both the NCR and Legion has splintered in a struggle for power and influence. The NCR is a shadow of its old ideas, with a weak show of democracy still holding congress, while the true power is in the hand of the cliques of Generalissimos. The Legion, held together by the pure willpower of its founder, now finds itself without a leader! With enemies approaching from all sides, this state could turn out deadly soon!

Minor factions, without any connection to the two major powers in this conflict, may enter the great game, yet should be fully aware, of the danger an ant faces, in a war of giants!

The application sheet!

Name:
Flag:
Population:
Territory:
History:
Government:
Notable People:
Economy:
Culture:
Religion:
Technology:
Military: (be reasonable).

*Vault City and New Reno, are all in Legion territory. Long 15 has been nuked.

[Wampower]

Reserving an NCR Generalissimo ruling in SoCal. Either around the Boneyard or Shady Sands. Or both if need be.

[Elgappa]

Reserving Nova Vegas as the new emperor, former Legat Six

[Ayazi]

Deleted

[Crimson Paladin]

Reserving Denver as the Eastern Legion.

[Lewis251]

Reserving Oregon/Washington NCR territory

Hider

name: The NCR 4th Division- The Mechanized Division

Flag: The standard NCR flag but with Tank behind the Bear

Population:

Territory: West Oregon. Headquarters in the town of Eugene

History:

The youngest of the NCR divisons, the mechanzied divison orginally starting out as an Branch of the Supply core but as more vehicles (both per-war and in a few cases post war) where found, repair and pushed into service it was decided to make proper Division to organise the effecive use of the NCR Vehicles.

By the time of the second battle of the Hoover dam the Mechanized Division was an small force to be reckoned with over [record redacted] units. However after the first few units sent to the mojave began to suffer mechincal flaws due to sand and dirt intake it was decided not to field them in mojave- espically after the hopevilie supply line blew up.

instead the order was given to spread the bulk of Mechanized Division out along the I-15, ready to pretty much slaughter the legion should they succed at hoover.... Or would have slaughtered with couriers nuke dashing any chance of an Quick mechanized counter-victory.

Colonel Alex Kimball, the black sheep of the kimball family had been scouting out territory up north Oregon and thus avoided the fate of his fellow officers. As the highest ranking Mechanized officer to survive Alex was recalled to the capital, he learned enroute that he had been promoted to general... and that his older brother had shot himself.

Government:

Notable People:

Colonel/General Alex Kimball

Captain Skylar- Hates communists

Economy:

Culture:

Religion: Atheists

Technology:

Military: (be reasonable).

200 Mechanized Division troopers- You tend have an staffing issues after most of your army is nuked.

17 motorcycles- An collection of Per-war "lone wanderer" Motorbikes and post-war handmade "motorbikes" of various degrees of qaulity. Fast, easy to fix and fuel (fusion cells) they are useful for getting around quickly.

2 Post-war buggies- Post war production buggies

12 Automobiles- An collection of per-war Civilian Cars that the Mechanized Division seized from NCR elite ruling class has access to. Supposedly Highwayman #5 belonged to someone famous long ago.

7 IVF'S- The infantry fighting vehicle (the APC from Fallout4 ) Would be useful for carrying troopers to the front and providing covering fire.... if the Mechanized Division had the Men to transport in these.

2 military flatbed trucks- Simple nuclear power trucks for carrying stuff around on.

1- Vetibird- on permanent loan from the air force Along with the pilot, Captain Skylar

3 - NCR tanks - The Per-war united states of American and NCR frontline two barrel battle tank- Heavy armoured and with considerable firepower it can take on pretty much anything the wasteland has to offer (provided it's well supplied and looked after)

1- AT APA (Anti-power armour) experimental Puma vehicle - With the development of power armour soon came the fear that rival nations would soon invent their own.

One such proposed countermeasure was the Puma- an lightly armoured but quick & agile all-terrain Willys MX200 Jeep but with an powerful (and experimental) Anti-power armour Gauss rifle (F4 model) mounted in the Turret slot. The Great war and an argument over what to call the vehicle prevented the project from ever leaving prototype stage per war but the NCR has since improved design most notably not having engine die every time it was fired although it is still single shot.

[Terminal]

@Wampower and I are reserving a joint claim to Zion, specifically writing for transplanted Jacobstown Mutants and the New Canaan Tribes under Joshua Graham.

[DELETED jdl3932]

So I could potentially play as a former B.o.S Paladin who managed to escape from Hidden Valley with a few other's of his group and went into hiding before reforging his chapter in the mountains to the southwest of the Mojave?

[Terminal]

The Zion New Unity

Territory: Southwestern Half of Zion Canyon

Population: Super Mutants, Nightkin, Humans

History

When the Legion expanded into New Vegas after their crushing victory at the second battle for Hoover Dam, Courer Six - Legate Six's actions in the Mojave had profoundly altered the disposition of the Wasteland Super-Mutants and Nightkin. The 'state' of Utobithia had dissolved after Legate Six persuaded Tabitha to leave peacefully, with many of its members leaving to eventually rejoin with the Jacobstown Mutants. The leader of the Cult of Antler, Captain Davison, had likewise been persuaded to peacefully leave the Reppconn headquarters once it had been revealed the shipment of stealth boys sent there by mistake had been returned. Unable to track the shipment any further, he and his Nightkin returned to Jacobstown as well.

When Legate Six reached Jabostown itself, they willingly assisted Doc Henry in curing the Nightkin of their Schizophenia via the rediscovery and analysis of the Stealth Boy MK. II, and convinced the leader of the Jacobstown Nightkin, Keene, to remain there with his people.

When the Legion expanded into New Vegas after their crushing victory at the second battle for Hoover Dam, they thus encountered very little resistance or troubles involving Super Mutants or the Night Kin. Marcus and Keene, despite their misgivings concerning the Legion and its modus operandi, would ultimately weigh whether to resettle or bargain with it due in part to the efforts of Legate Six. In the end, Marcus and Keene elected to willingly submit to the Legion, becoming a subject, dissolute settlement obligated to pay taxes and tithes in exchange for Legion protection. Their willing subjugation was only possible in light of the assistance of Legate Six, and only because the Legion had not encountered any problems with super mutants elsewhere in New Vegas. The single most influential factor, however, was the simple fact that Marcus recognized that Caesar would not live forever - and decided that the long-term benefits of working with the Legion temporarily would far outweigh the detriments.

Despite that, the Legion's discriminatory outlook towards Mutants saw them affixing the Jacobstown Mutants with a much heftier tithe than normal, as well as a stipulation requiring the mandatory auxiliary service of a certain quota of Mutants every year. Further, although Caesar was willing to tolerate the existence of the Jacobstown mutants, he found their proximity to his new, glorious Nova Roma to be distasteful - seeing a way to kill two birds with one stone, he therefore granted the Jacobstown Mutants a dispensation of land where they could peacefully resettle within Legion territory.

Zion Canyon. The same Zion Canyon where a certain nigh-mythical figure manifest in the Burned Man was rumored to reside. The same Zion Canyon the White Legs, a Legion auxiliary tribe, had been driven from in humiliation and defeat by the warlike tribes, the Dead Horses and the Sorrows.

Not anticipating Caesar's intent that the Mutants and tribes should grind away at each other, Marcus and Keene accepted the dispensation as an unforeseen opportunity. Under the protection of the Legion and thanks to some supply relief from the Boomers at Nellis Air Force Base, the Jacobstown Mutants were able to make the journey to Zion Canyon without incident, and at the specific recommendation of the Legion occupied Three Marys, where the White Legs had previously resided. Marcus and Keene, upon their arrival and initial settlement, optimistically named their Mutant colony the New Unity.

The Mutants and the tribes of Zion shortly came into conflict when the tribes learned of the Mutants' subject status under the Legion. Although the New Unity had several advantages over the tribes - their physical strength and resilience, their heavy ordinance, the Nightkin and their stealthboys - they remained largely outnumbered in unfamiliar territory. The tribals took to erecting traps to maim and kill mutants out on patrol or who became too bold, and the Nightkin found their favored stealth tactics countered by the sharper hearing and senses of tribal trackers. Compensating in turn, the mutants began to litter their territory in Zion canyon with barrels filled with radioactive waste, helpfully provided to them on-request by the Legion, eager to dispose of the hazardous materials - and taking further advantage of heightened wasteland security throughout Legion territory, the New Unity broadcast messages and instructions throughout the Midwest instructing mutants everywhere to flock to Zion canyon, while mutant Legion auxiliaries and scouts were able to peacefully negotiate with a number of wasteland mutant bands, convincing them to join as well. The mutant presence in Zion canyon steadily began to grow despite the casualties inflicted by the tribals, and as more and more mutants arrived they brought with them more fixtures of their culture - centaurs, gore-bags, heavy weapons, rebar, and repurposed scrap. As the Nightkin continued to prove themselves of greater and greater use to the Legion as auxiliaries, the Bull saw fit to supply the New Unity with a portion of its bountiful cache of stealthboys, normally reserved for use by Frumentarii, and assigned slaves to help clear portions of the Western entrance into Zion Canyon, enabling more regular overland travel between it and the remainder of the Legion's territory. The tribals of Zion canyon found themselves less able to infiltrate into mutant territory, and also saw themselves being pushed further and further back by the constant influx of mutants and their deformed pets - and were also taken aback when the land itself began to betray them, becoming twisted and unwholesome as radiation seeped into the waters and plants of the canyon. Though it seemed at first the Mutants finally had the upper hand in their battle for the Canyon over the tribals, the conflict was again turned on its head as the tribals began to acquire more and more of the very same heavy ordinance the mutants themselves were so prone to use, either stolen or else claimed as spoils of war. Under the instruction of the Burned Man, the tribals were able to make limited use of the heavy weapons - limited, but to great effect. This proved to be but the first of many new methods employed by the tribals in safeguarding what remained of their home.

Now with news of Caesar's death arriving at Zion, it remains to be seen how the conflict will unfold, given that Marcus and Keene would not otherwise care to battle with the tribals were it not for officers of the Legion breathing down their necks...

Government

The New Unity is a hierarchy predicated upon seniority. By dint of being one of the oldest super mutants remaining in the West, and being one of the few to have personally served in the Master's army, Marcus is widely accepted as the de-facto leader of the New Unity. However, the Nightkin, particularly those who joined the Jacobstown mutants along with Keene and Davison, insist that the Nightkin have rightful seniority over any lesser caste of mutant, as in the First Unity they served as the Master's elite soldiers and tacticians, having access to the best technology and being responsible for coordinating and managing their lessers - on top of being individually more intelligent than any regular mutant. At least, in theory...

The Nightkin are substantially fewer in number than the super mutants, and even though they have convinced some to see things their way they still lack true parity with the authority Marcus wields. Keene, however, holds status as Marcus' unofficial equal - nearly all of the Nightkin in Zion Canyon and serving the Legion as auxiliaries listen to him, and would follow him in nearly any decision he makes. The implicit threat of Keene defying Marcus' orders or attempting to further divide the mutants ensures that Marcus affords the Nightkin leader a healthy amount of attention and respect.

Marcus and Keene are orbited by a number of noteworthy mutant personalities, those few diamonds in the rough amongst mutant-kind who have retained their intellect, their charisma, or who are simply strong and vicious enough to command a following. They all operate within semi-independent bands, but have a firm grasp of the big picture and largely follow orders and direction from Marcus and Keene. However, the mutants who follow these beacons of personality typically must be corralled, intimidated, persuaded, or incentivized into doing anything, and when their leader falls they typically squabble amongst each other or gravitate towards other cliques.

The mutant hierarchy is thus loose and informal, held together by a small number of highly competent leaders commanding a larger morass of otherwise undisciplined and aimless violence. This system has its benefits and drawbacks; the absence of anything resembling bureaucracy and the reduced number of rungs and hoops in the chain of authority means that when something needs to get done, it usually gets done immediately and with excessive enthusiasm, and under direction individual mutant bands are nearly peerless forces both in combat and productivity - but this same compression of authority means that the mutant hierarchy is rife with critical points of failure, and the death of one or two individuals of importance can send the entire Second Unity into chaos as it attempts to restructure itself and reach a new equilibrium.

Persons of Interest

-Marcus, Founder of Jacobstown, Leader of the New Unity.
Marcus is interested in peaceful coexistence between mutants and humans, and in uniting mutant-kind once more. He has a firm moral code and believes that mutants must strive to be better than how the people of the wasteland view them. He accepted subjection to the Legion content with the knowledge that it would inevitably disintegrate with Caesar's death, and intending to use it protection and resources to gather together more mutants where they could be slowly civilized and rehabilitated. As one of the oldest Mutants left in the wasteland to have served under the Master, he is a figure of authority for most Super Mutants and even Nightkin. He deeply regrets the conflict between the Zion New Unity and the tribals led by the Burned Man, and seeks to make peace with them in the wake of Caesar's death. He also abhors the Legion's practice of slavery, and intends to establish a railroad movement to emancipate slaves from the remaining Legion splinter-states. This agenda is not strictly benevolent in design - Marcus fully recognizes and intends that such a movement will serve to endear humans to the New Unity, affording them legitimacy and improving the outlook of mutants in the wasteland. Within Zion Canyon, his word is nearly law amongst mutants. Some may grumble and complain, but even the most divisive and rebellious amongst them, including the Nightkin and their leaders, recognize his merit and the worth of having him as a unifying figure for all mutants.

-Keene, Leader of the Nightkin
Keene agrees with Marcus on several matters. He agrees that all mutants should be united, and he agrees that mutants should be better than how they are generally perceived by humans. However, unlike Marcus, Keene has no problem with the Legion's practice of slavery and even approves of the mutants independently adopting it. He views humans as inferior beings, and them serving mutants as slaves suits him just fine. Keene agrees with Marcus that conflict should be avoided where there is no clear benefit, and admits that the conflict with the Zion tribals is was originally pointless and done only at the Legion's behest. However, he is firmly convinced that true peace with the tribals is impossible, and that in the end either the mutants or the tribals must leave the canyon or be destroyed. Keene's authority is not as universal as Marcus', but it is far more widespread and subtle. His Nightkin who served in the Legion as auxiliaries made many distant contacts, scouted various surrounding lands, and uncovered many secrets not known by others, and it is thought that he retains many contacts with local remnants of the Frumentarii. Keene would not be likely to defy Marcus openly, as Keene respects Marcus despite their differences and acknowledges his status as the leader of the New Unity mutants, but not defying Marcus openly does not mean he does not defy Marcus at all...

-Captain Davison, Leader of the Horns of Mammon
The cure for mutant Schizophrenia, when administered to Davison and his band of Antler-worshiping Nightkin, proved effective up until the Nightkin discovered religious scripture in the form of editions of the King James Bible within the ruins of Zion Canyon, courtesy of the New Canaanites. Even worse, most of Davison's Nightkin retained the necessary intelligence and curiosity both to read and to be interested in reading, and worst of all, enough remnants of their eccentric and erratic behavior remained so as to transform their prior delusional obsession with Antler into a full-fledged cult, inspired by the stories of the New Testament. Davison's schizophrenic perception of Antler has since neatly sidestepped into a delusional pseudo-religious fervor. Obsessed with the precept of Unification as envisioned both by the Master and now by Marcus, Davison has not only made it his mission to cut down all opposition to mutant Unification and superiority, but also to rain torment and suffering upon those who would selfishly abandon others. Both humans and mutants number among his victims, and he is something of an unwelcome wildcard amidst the New Unity - albeit, a wildcard that has serviced to quash open dissent more than once...

[More to Come]

Economy

The Mutants of Zion Canyon do not have much resembling an internalized economy. They do not even operate by barter and trade amongst themselves; and the mutant population at large is paradoxically both tyrannical and communal. Mutants will readily and eagerly steal from one another if not deterred from doing so by their commanders, but also generally have difficulty internalizing the concept of personal property and readily share their possessions with other mutants amongst their own clique.

The mutants' ferocious strength and their willingness to get their hands dirty sees that their more skilled members have access to a diverse - if gruesome - array of scraps, technical components, weaponry, ammunition, and more - all either salvaged or else looted, with more always coming in as mutants arrive in Zion. Although the New Unity is flush with a variety of resources as a result, the low number of intelligent technicians and specialists - and their clumsy fingers - means that complex assembled mechanical and electronic devices are rare. Moreover, anything of nominal value to civilized people is relatively worthless to most mutants, and only their charismatic leaders are typically savvy enough to trade with outsiders as a result.

Super Mutants value heavy industrial materials, hazardous substances, and heavy ordinance bulky enough for them to reliably work with. They readily move and utilize mass quantities of sheet metal, concrete, rebar, wood, acid, and nuclear material. Common weapons and weapon components amongst mutants include miniguns, machine guns, carbines, heavy rifles, missile launchers, and grenade launchers. Mutans highly disfavor the use of caps, and favor food, particularly meat. Finally, due to looting and not using various items of value due to their nature, super mutants typically carry a diverse array of random high-value tech and junk items - All perfectly usable, as long as you're willing to wipe a little viscera off of it first.

Although Nightkin are largely more intelligent than most mutants, they nevertheless value many of the same things for mostly the same reasons, although they are typically slightly more willing to accept caps and significantly more willing to accept tech and electronic components for trade. They are willing to kill in exchange for stealth boys, but on the flipside are willing to kill you for yours. They are also, universally, more receptive to the arcane notion of 'alternative' arrangements.

And then there is Wrangler, who sells Wind-Brahmin for 20k a pop and single-handedly makes up 99% of the Zion Canyon's GDP.

Religion

There are two cult-like Mutant cliques amongst the Zion New Unity which bear mentioning - the Horns of Mammon, a Nightkin Cult inspired by passages from the New Testament, and the Indigo Children, Mutants who have curiously adopted or chosen to mimic aspects of the Zion tribals' ways of life and their ritualistic practices.

The Horns of Mammon is derived from Captain Davison's original Cult of Antler, inspired by passages from the New Testament of the King James Bible, and rooted in nostalgic reverence of the Master's original ideals combined with obsessive fixation with the success of the New Unity. The Horns of Mammon are Nightkin who deliver the retribution of their god - The Master - upon both insubordinate mutants as well as humans working to divide them. The Horns of Mammon individually identify as vengeance accompanying unjust enrichment - those who selfishly seek wealth or power at the expense of others, especially at the expense of families or organizations, are anathema and are going to get exactly what is coming to them. They are known for burning their victims alive, and placing their corpses on display, ritualistically impaled upon barbs and horns, with various items of worth scattered around the base - these are placed both as much as a trap as a symbolic warning, as these valuables are typically booby-trapped by mines or bear-traps. Although they will just as readily target mutants as humans, they are presently seen as more useful than not, as they generally only target those mutants who are genuine risks of creating substantial dissent amongst the New Unity.

The Horns of Mammon are noted for their use of tactics that inspire fear and dread in the enemy. Inspired by Zion Canyon's Shishkebabs, the Horns make use of bumper swords modified with flamer components to make mutant-sized flaming blades. They also make use of thermal lances, where they can get their hands on them. Their only dedicated ranged weapons of choice are flamers and incinerators. They disdain explosives beyond using them to trap their totems, and they make prolific use of molotov cocktails over grenades.

The Indigo Children are seemingly ordinary super mutants from the wasteland that, since their introduction to Zion Canyon, have begun to emulate the rituals and practices of the tribes led by the Burned Man. They habitually engage in stealth (poorly) despite not being Nightkin, adorn their bodies with ritual paint and marks, stack cairns, concoct ritual substances and chems (mostly ineffective given their physiology) and even carve personalized war-clubs from driftwood or, in extreme cases, steel girders. They have adopted similar social customs, are more tightly-knit than other mutant cliques, and have particular traditions concerning the handling of the dead, particular in regards to burial or, more commonly, their consumption. They seem inexplicably familiar with the landscape of Zion canyon, serving as scouts and guides for other mutant cliques. They also create their own local totems, etching, and drawings to warn and intimidate the Zion tribals. A few rare cases amongst the Indigo Children, exceptionally clever for standard second-generation super mutants, have even been noted to tamper and interfere with the totems and signs of Dead Horse and Sorrow scouts, throwing off their ability to track and guide.

The Indigo Children and their ideals are not widely understood amongst the mutants of the New Unity, but seeing as they cause comparatively little trouble they are largely tolerated.

Technology

The New Unity mutants have very little in the way of sophisticated technology, but thankfully also require little of it. Their optimized physiology grants them complete immunity to radiation, and a resilience to various toxins commonly found in the canyon - though this benefit cuts both ways, since this same chemical resistance also prevents most of the benefits conferred by derived pharmaceutical substances. They do not require clean water to drink, they possess enhanced cellular regeneration that allows them to heal from injuries more quickly, and although they require prodigious amounts of meat the wildlife of Zion Canyon is already appropriately calibrated for their size. The only technology the mutants 'require' is that necessary to maintain their heavy weapons, and basic electronic and junk tech components necessary to maintain stealth boys. The only other substance of reliable value to mutants are stimpacks and their derived chems.

The one boon the Legion has seen fit to grant the New Unity mutants unironically with nearly no strings attached has been regular shipments of stealth boys, as the Nightkin have been the most regular auxiliaries amongst the Legion and best-adapted to their use. Although these shipments undoubtedly have ceased with Caesar's death, the New Zion mutants nonetheless sit on a substantial stockpile of the devices.

Having worked with the Boomers of Nellis Air Force base prior to the second battle of Hoover Dam as part of a secretive arrangement, the Super Mutants have a stockpile of grenade launchers and ammunition for them, as well as a number of rockets and launchers.

Mutants favor heavy weapons not only because their prodigious strength favors their use, but also out of necessity, as few standard weapons are designed to accomodate for a mutant's massive grip and fingers. The original Jacobstown mutants, and those who came after, brought with them an armory's worth of heavy weapons and munitions, including light machine guns, miniguns, heavy carbines and rifles, flamers, and incinerators.

The New Unity mutants have been graciously accepting shipments of nuclear waste and material from the various territories of the region, using Zion Canyon as a dumping ground. The Legion was reasonably observant in examining everything they shipped to Zion for more useful tech components, but due to an aversion to chems and a susceptibility to ionizing radiation understandably missed a few items of note. The New Zion mutants consequently are in possession of a number of rare reactor and tech components that might otherwise only be found in power plants or military facilities.

Military: [Under Construction]

[Cifeiron]

So I could potentially play as a former B.o.S Paladin who managed to escape from Hidden Valley with a few other's of his group and went into hiding before reforging his chapter in the mountains to the southwest of the Mojave?

@ZAVAZggg

I think if you want to be a B.O.S. group, you should be the West Coast Chapter proper, not a sad offshoot of the already crippled Mojave Chapter.

[DELETED jdl3932]

@Cifeiron
Alright.

Edit: Okay...um, well this is awkward but I won't be joining. Mainly because my attempt at building a B.o.S faction failed miserably. Someone else can create one if they want though.

Sorry about changing my mind on you like this.

[Cifeiron]

@Cifeiron
Alright.

Edit: Okay...um, well this is awkward but I won't be joining. Mainly because my attempt at building a B.o.S faction failed miserably. Someone else can create one if they want though.

Sorry about changing my mind on you like this.

@ZAVAZggg

That's ok. A roleplay isn't an obligation. Have fun doing whatever.

[Elgappa]

Imperators Legion W.I.P

Name: The Imperators legion
Flag: (placeholder)
Territory: The province of Nova Roma
History: Little is known about the past of the man, that changed the world as the legendary courier six, the man that would change the fate of the west coast. Some say he was a Baja-Rebel, fighting the NCR tooth and nail, losing his family to their expansion. Other claim he was a Reno Caravaner, who was bought out by Brahmin barons. Yet one story seems to hold the most water, about a vagabund and gambler, that found himself on the wrong side of a firing squad for deserting the NCR army. None of these stories have been ever confirmed by the man that now is known as the Legate Six, the right hand of mighty Caesar himself.

The tales of his fateful gambits in the prelude of the second battle for the Hoover Dam are well-known, yet it would only be the stepping stone of a glorious career, as the right hand of Caesar himself. In the wars to come, he more and more replaced Lanius as Caesars second-in-command, as he had a far better understanding of the political game inside the legion. Able to be charismatic, yet also ruthless, he used his connection to Caesar to install his own men into positions of power, the declining health of the dictator of clear benefit to his own ambition. In the final year, with Caesar unable to leave his own bed, the First Legate used his position to "convey" the words of Caesar, banishing all his enemies to other parts of the Legions empire. For the day will come, when Caesar will die..
Government:
Notable People:
Legate Six
Economy:
Culture:
Religion:
Technology:
Military: (be reasonable).

[Crimson Paladin]

Legio Orientis

Name: Legio Orientis (informally "Eastern Legion")
Flag:

Hider

Population: 350,000 (according to most recent census)
Territory: New Mexico and Colorado, minus the southeastern quadrant.

History:

When Caesar's forces triumphed at the Second Battle of Hoover Dam, it marked the start of the Legion's focus on the west, in both military and civil matters. New Vegas was Caesar's Rome, and the NCR was to be the Legion's next conquest. Legionaries and resources were diverted from the Legion's eastern holdings to fuel these ambitions, leaving behind minimal garrisons to maintain order and keep their borders secure against the Brotherhood of Steel.

The ranking official in charge of the eastern holdings, the Praetor of Denver, sought to mitigate Caesar's neglect by spearheading his own efforts to build up the east in military, civil, and economic matters. Able-bodied men were conscripted from settlements to build up the Legion's forces, while militias of both men and women were organized to maintain order in towns. The Followers of the Apocalypse, no longer welcome in the Legion's western territories, were invited and allowed to ply their services in exchange for assistance in agricultural assistance. Protection was offered to any Brotherhood Scribes who agreed to defect. Educated slaves from as far away as Nova Roma were purchased at a premium.

The next few years were difficult due to the lack of available resources, but the Praetor's efforts to bring needed talent to the east bore fruit. Food production grew, order was maintained, and trade routes remained safe. Cities began to be built up and an uneasy armistice with the Brotherhood of Steel was maintained. At the same time, however, loyalty to Caesar diminished and his influence began to fade, as many in the east felt neglected by his all-encompassing focus on the west. Rumors of Caesar's origin as not the Son of Mars, but a Follower of the Apocalypse began to spread.

When Caesar died, all pretenses ceased, and the Praetor made his move. Renaming himself Constantine, he implemented a number of policies that flew directly in the face of Caesar's old regime- persecution of New Canaanites and their allies was outlawed, the Cult of Mars was replaced by Christianity as the state religion, and Joshua Graham was venerated as a saint. The Praetor was determined to see his nation survive the second Fall of Rome, just as the Eastern Roman Empire outlived the west.

Government: The Eastern Legion is currently an autocracy, led by Praetor Constantine. Beneath him are the civil leaders presiding over Denver, and the Legate and Centurions presiding over the military. The Legion is additionally in the process of organizing its new state religion, the leaders of which will be expected to wield a degree of power.

Notable People:

Praetor Constantine

The Praetor of Denver, the Centurion who would later become Constantine was a veteran Decanus who distinguished himself during the Second Battle for Hoover Dam and was promoted to Centurion under the former Courier's command. The two became friends throughout Caesar's campaigns, and the Courier even confided in his underling the truth of Caesar's origin- that he was not the Son of Mars, but a Follower of the Apocalypse who had based his society around an ancient empire.

As time went by, however, they grew apart. The Courier delved more deeply into the luxuries and debaucheries of life in Nova Roma, while the Centurion rejected such pleasures, instead yearning for spirituality to fill the void left by the truth of the Cult of Mars. As their purposes grew further apart, the Courier had the Centurion "kicked upstairs" and promoted as the Legate of Denver, out of the way but far from the bloody front lines of Caesar's war of conquest in the west. Intended to be effectively a backwater assignment, the Legate found himself fighting a number of skirmishes with the Brotherhood of Steel,

During this period of peace, the Legate was promoted to Praetor and tasked with building up Denver with what little he was provided with. He made an effort to bring in educated men and women to help modernize, from Brotherhood defectors to enslaved Followers of the Apocalypse. He also sought out the history of the empire that Caesar had emulated, seeking to draw inspiration from it himself. What stuck with him, however, was not the military genius of Marius or Caesar, but rather the rise of Christianity, the faith of the disgraced Malpais Legate and his people. This became an obsession, one he relentlessly pursued behind Caesar's back, to the point of seeking out those who had preserved the faith, not to martyr them, but to learn from them.

When Caesar passed away, any semblence of loyalty to the man's vision disappeared. Renaming himself Constantine, he instituted a number of radical reforms, ending the persecution of New Caananites and promising legal protection to them, declaring Joshua Graham a saint, adopting the symbol of the Chi Rho in place of the Legion Bull, and replacing the Praetorian Guard with power armored Palatini. While some opposed his reforms, the East had by this time grown distant from the West and Caesar's cult of personality had long faded.

Economy: In most of the Eastern Legion's holdings, the economy is centered around agriculture. The exception is Denver, which is a major trading hub, linking the Legion's western holdings with the lands to the east.

Culture: Under the direction of its leader and far from the conflicts in the west, the Eastern Legion has grown less militaristic and more focused on civil, artistic, and philosophical development, with the intention of emulating the Roman society that Caesar idolized- a project that has been simultaneously accelerated and derailed by the revelation of Caesar's inspiration and Constantine's insertion of elements of later Roman society. Their society is more puritanical than that of the western Legion, due to both the rise of Christianity and the lack of influence from havens of debauchery in the west such as New Reno or Nova Roma, but crucifixion is banned as sacrilege.

Religion: With the diminishing of Caesar's influence in eastern lands and Constantine's reforms, Christianity has replaced the Cult of Mars as the dominant religion in Constantine's territories. Surviving New Canaanites and their converted followers have established a presence in Denver, while Constantine has funded the rebuilding of the Cathedral Basilica. Outside of Denver, tribal paganism is still common among more primitive settlements, and despite Constantine's efforts to phase it out, the Cult of Mars retains some presence.

Technology: WIP

Military: The Legio Orientis was undermanned for many years as a result of most of Caesar's forces being diverted to California, and much of its armed forces were built up by Constantine as a result. Composition is similar to that of Caesar's model, and relative peace in the east has resulted in them being well-supplied but poorly experienced compared to those in the west. One aspect that has not suffered, however, is their mongrels; because of Denver's role in the breeding and training of the Legion's war dogs, the Legio Orientis has ample access to some of the Legion's best mongrel stock. Beyond this, there exist a few key differences in the form of troops that do not exists elsewhere in Caesar's lands:

Scholae Palatinae- Based on the military unit created by the Praetor's namesake, the Scholae Palatinae serve as Constantine's bodyguards as well as his most elite shock troops. Recruited primarily from the Legion's best and most loyal veterans and based on the Brotherhood of Steel's Paladins (and further inspired by the fact that the term Paladin was derived from the Roman Palatine), the Palatini wear power armor and carry the best weapons that the Legio Orientis has access to. On the battlefield, they serve as the tip of the spear.

Militia- The Legio Orientis maintains state-sponsored militia in many of its settlements rather than waste manpower garrisoning them with Legionaries. Militias are composed of local volunteers trained and equipped by the Legion, and while they lack the combat ability of proper Legionaries, they have proven sufficient for maintaining order. Unlike the Legion's regular forces, women and mutants can join the militia.