While some survivors managed to take shelter in the Strip's now-abandoned casinos, many citizens were not so lucky. The city would ultimately fall to the Cloud and to the dust storms that blew in from the West.
Eventually, the situation became so bad that NCR General Lee Oliver ordered an evacuation of all NCR personnel from New Vegas via the Strip Monorail. NCR troops then dumped radioactive waste into the Sewers to kill any survivors, before fleeing the city themselves. The rebels were forced out of and under the city, to the Sewers below. The NCR locked the gates to the Strip, with all civilians inside. The Followers of the Apocalypse were forced to abandon the Old Mormon Fort. In response, the Kings rebelled against the NCR, while also aiding in an evacuation of Freeside, saving countless lives. NCR troopers began to execute innocent civilians in the streets. It is implied that a disgruntled Vault 21 custodian may have intentionally sabotaged the Lucky 38 laboratory, causing a new Cloud to form over the Strip, much more lethal and corrosive than the Cloud of the Sierra Madre.Īs the Cloud descended upon New Vegas, panic engulfed the Strip and Freeside. They did not share this information with the public, and instead began to outline evacuation procedures.įive years after the Second Battle of Hoover Dam, something went terribly wrong. Though the full nature of the experiments is unknown, it is implied that they were brutal, sadistic, and inhumane.Īround the same time, the NCR received reports that a massive sandstorm was approaching New Vegas. Many of these experiments were conducted in a makeshift laboratory set up in the lobby of the Lucky 38 casino.
It is implied that the NCR conducted experiments with the Cloud, bringing both massive samples of Cloud Residue and corpses of Ghost People back to the Mojave.
Some time after the Second Battle of Hoover Dam, the NCR discovered the Sierra Madre Casino, as well as the mysterious and deadly Cloud. As a result, unrest grew in Freeside and Outer Vegas, which would eventually become full-scale rebellion.
The NCR would eventually annex the Strip by force and brand the Courier as a terrorist. However, the Courier ultimately turned on the NCR (either by order of Robert House or Yes Man) and ordered them to leave New Vegas. The NCR, aided by Courier Six, claimed victory over Caesar's Legion and drove them back across the Colorado River. Twenty years before the events of Fallout: DUST, the Second Battle of Hoover Dam occurred.
0 kommentar(er)
