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“To your untrained eyes, it may look as though mankind is making a comeback. In the NCR, you have something that resembles a nation state. Savage as it is, in Caesar's Legion, you have an organized society. But neither of these offer a future. They're regurgitations of the past.”

Mr. House or Robert Edwin House is the founder, President, and CEO of RobCo Industries, a vast computer and robotics corporation before the Great War. In 2281, he is the sole proprietor of the New Vegas Strip in the Mojave Wasteland.

Background

Pre-War

Born on June 25, 2020, House grew up in the Las Vegas area.[1][2] He was orphaned at an early age when his parents died in a freak accident involving an auto gyro and lightning, and his older brother, Anthony House, cheated him out of his inheritance.[1][Pub 1]

Robert House attended the Commonwealth Institute of Technology and founded his own company, RobCo Industries, on his 22nd birthday.[1] Within five years, RobCo was one of the most profitable corporations in the world.[1][Pub 2] House traveled extensively and dated starlets, his wealth allowing for the acquisition of REPCONN Aerospace and the establishment of the House Resort and Country Club.[2][3][4]

In 2065, House projected that atomic war would devastate the world within 15 years, and began preparations to save Las Vegas.[5] He devised defensive technologies to protect the city's structural integrity.[6] House commissioned a high capacity storage device known as the Platinum Chip which contained vital software upgrades for defensive robots known as Securitrons and the city's missile defense grid.[7] House created a chamber to allow the extension of his lifespan, integrating himself with the subsystems of the Lucky 38 via a cerebral interface.[8][9]

Great War

When the Great War took place in 2077, the Platinum Chip was lost in transit.[7] House's networked mainframes were still able to predict and force the transmission of disarm code subsets to 59 warheads, neutralizing them before impact.[6] Laser cannons mounted on the roof of the Lucky 38 destroyed nine warheads, and remaining bombs struck outside of the city limits.[4][6]

During the bombardment, software glitches set off a cascade of system crashes, and House took the Lucky 38's reactor offline to avoid meltdown.[10] For five years, he struggled with power outages and additional system crashes until he successfully rebooted his data core with an older operating system version, but the effort caused House to fall into a coma for several decades.[10]

Post-War

For the first 5 years after the Great War, House struggled with power outages and system crashes caused by his defense of New Vegas without the Platinum Chip. After rebooting his data core however, he fell into a coma for several decades.[10]

After waking up, House bided his time until the first NCR scouts entered the Mojave. Realizing they were no mere group of tribals, he quickly activated the Lucky 38's Securitrons and recruited the tribes that would become the Three Families, building New Vegas before the NCR reached it.[11] During this time he also contacted Vault 21, and his representatives engaged in a gambling competition to size control of the vault, as was it's custom. He stripped the Vault of it's advanced technology, before filling it with concrete. He was convinced by Sarah Weintraub to spare the top floor, which she turned into a hotel and gift shop. With the Families' support, he cleared the Strip of all other tribals, including what would later become The Kings.

Upon the NCR's arrival, House leveraged his force of tribals and Securitrons, knowing that the NCR couldnt beat him and the Legion, so instead he offered a treaty.[12] By the terms of the treaty, the NCR got control of Hoover Dam and McCarran Airport, and an embassy inside New Vegas. However, in exchange, New Vegas maintained it's independence under House, and water and 5% of the power from Hoover Dam would be sent to the Strip, vitally important to House as the Lucky 38's reactor was still offline from the Great War, and activating the Securitrons drained the reserves on his emergency power generators. The NCR was also forced by the treaty to take no action to prevent it's citizens or soldiers from going to the Strip. [13]

New Vegas prospered from the influx of tourists and their caps, although House had to abandon Freeside and focus on the Strip after building the walls around it. Using the caps, House hired teams of scavengers to comb the ruins of Sunnyvale, looking for the Platinum Chip. Once it was finally located, he used Victor to place an order with the Mojave Express, hiring 7 Couriers, though only 6 would accept, with one, Ulysses, refusing at the last minute. All except one was given a single decoy item to carry, with Courier Six being given the Platinum Chip. Meanwhile, House used thousands of caps to pay for mercenaries to clear the routes being used. He preferred this method over simply having an armed caravan as it would have attracted the attention of groups such as the Brotherhood of Steel and the Great Khans. Unknown to him however, the real threat was the leader of the Chairmen who had been with him since his tribe was first hired, Benny. Using a reprogrammed Securitron named Yes Man, Benny hacked into House's systems and found Courier Six, shooting him in the head outside Goodsprings.


Articles

Fallout: New Vegas

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Main article: Mr. House (Fallout: New Vegas)

Fallout Television Series

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Main article: Robert House (Fallout Television Series)

Notes

  • Another portrait of Robert House, similar to the one in the House Resort, is found in House #00 of Higgs Village in the add-on Old World Blues. It was punctured by several knives, most likely by Doctor 0, who has an intense hatred for House.
  • If Mr. House is disintegrated by an energy weapon, the stasis chamber disintegrates with him. The same event occurs when using a plasma weapon.
  • Mr. House is given the nickname "Not-At-Home" by the Omertas for his tendency to remain ostensibly neutral in Strip affairs.[14]
  • House cannot be targeted in V.A.T.S.
  • If the player character kills him using the Ranger Takedown with any kind of displacer glove, Mr. House and the stasis chamber will flip over, causing a lag or freeze.
  • When killed, the player character loses Karma, despite House's Neutral Karma.
  • If the player character speaks to Ulysses after the end of Lonesome Road, they can tell him if they have killed House. At first he is indifferent and wonders what will happen to Vegas and the Three Families now that House is gone, but soon after he states that it's for the best.
  • In Fallout 4, approaching Deezer in Covenant while having Deacon as a companion will trigger a dialogue in which he says "Command override. Vocal audio House, Robert. Access core programming." Deacon claims that this is House's personal security override code and that he won it in a poker game.[15]
  • House is mentioned in the RobCo Auto-Cache terminal in Fallout 76.[16]

Quotes

Appearances

Robert House appears only in Fallout: New Vegas and Fallout Television Series and is mentioned in Fallout 4 and Fallout 76.

Gallery

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 A Tragedy Has Befallen All Mankind
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Courier: "What was Vegas like before the war?"
    Robert House: "It was a place of splendor. As magnificent as today's Strip may seem, it's but a shadow of the neon paradise that was Las Vegas. I grew up not far from here, and though I traveled the old world extensively, I never found another place like it."
    (Robert House's dialogue)
  3. ↑ Courier: "Maybe there's a connection. Can you remember anything else about Robert House?"
    Raul Tejada: "I remember there were some weird stories about him, especially near the end. There was a tell-all in El Periodico de las Aburridas by a starlet House dated. She said they never, um... don't make me spell it out, boss. Anyway, she said all he wanted to do was scan her brain and make her dress up in different outfits."
    Courier: "That's sickening."
    Raul Tejada: "It was quite the scandal, at least in the Latin-American tabloid journalism market."
    (Raul Tejada's dialogue)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Courier: "Can you tell me anything about Mr. House?"
    Raul Tejada: "Just how old do you think I am, boss? Because I can pretty much guarantee I'm older than that. Let me tell you a story from before the Great War: Everybody knew Robert House. He was a genius. A superstar. Founded RobCo at 22, dated Hollywood starlets, the works. They say he saved Las Vegas. I was in Mexico City when the bombs dropped. Even from there, we could see House's defensive rockets shooting down the incoming missiles. Everybody assumed he died in the War. Maybe he did. But his robots are still out there, roaming the Wastes. And now, a Mr. House rules New Vegas."
    (Raul Tejada's dialogue)
  5. ↑ Courier: "You say that you saved Las Vegas. How?"
    Robert House: "By 2065 I deemed it a mathematical certainty that an atomic war would devastate the Earth within 15 years. Every projection I ran confirmed it. I knew I couldn't "save the world," nor did I care to. But I could save Vegas, and in the process, perhaps, save mankind. I set to work immediately. I thought I had plenty of time to prepare. As it turned out, I was 20 hours short."
    (Robert House's dialogue)
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Courier: "What preparations did you make to save Las Vegas?"
    Robert House: "On the day of the Great War, 77 atomic warheads targeted Las Vegas, Hoover Dam, and its surrounding areas. My networked mainframes were able to predict and force-transmit disarm code subsets to 59 warheads, neutralizing them before impact. Laser cannons mounted on the roof of the Lucky 38 destroyed another 9 warheads. The rest got through, though none hit the city itself."
    (Robert House's dialogue)
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Courier: "Why didn't the Platinum Chip arrive on time?"
    Robert House: "The Platinum Chip was printed in Sunnyvale, California on October 22nd, 2077 - the day before the Great War. It was to have been delivered by courier the following afternoon... but by then, the world had ended. The Chip contained vital software upgrades, but not just for my Securitrons. Every aspect of the missile defense grid would have been upgraded, too. Given that I had to make do with buggy software, the outcome could have been worse. I nearly died as it was."
    (Robert House's dialogue)
  8. ↑ Lucky 38 terminal entries; Control room terminal, Disable Cerebral Interface
  9. ↑ Courier: "You appear to be a computer, not a man."
    Robert House: "Don't let the video screens and computer terminals fool you. I'm flesh and blood, not silicon."
    Courier: "The lifespan you're claiming is impossible, except for ghouls and super mutants."
    Robert House: "[SUCCEEDED] I see you've made a study of the topic. My knowledge of the science of longevity would fill several text books... Perhaps, after a decade or two of economic reconstruction, I can commercialize these technologies and offer to others, such as yourself."
    Courier: "How have you stayed alive all this time?"
    Robert House: "Let's just say it was very... costly. But I was willing to make the sacrifices longevity entailed, financial and otherwise."
    (Robert House's dialogue)
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Courier: "How did you nearly die, defending Vegas?"
    Robert House: "Software glitches set off a cascade of system crashes. I had to take the Lucky 38's reactor offline, lest it melt down. For nearly five years I battled power outages and more system crashes until I finally managed to reboot my data core with an older version of the OS. I spent the next few decades in a veritable coma. But I survived, obviously - and eventually thrived."
    (Robert House's dialogue)
  11. ↑ Courier Six:"How do you intend to enforce your claim on the city?" Mr. House: "Years ago, when I detected NCR scouts roaming the Mojave, I could tell from their uniforms that these were no mere tribesmen. I knew it was only a matter of time before an army appeared, to take control of the dam. And I knew my Securitrons wouldn't be enough to oppose them. And so I recruited the Three Families. Vegas belongs to me because I mustered enough strength to bring the NCR to the bargaining table."
  12. ↑ Courier Six:Wasn't the NCR's army big enough to defeat your Securitrons and the Three Families?" Mr. House:"Indeed it was - and still is. But not without taking significant casualties. Would Kimball and Oliver have traded the lives of hundreds of soldiers for absolute control of Hoover Dam? Oh yes. They weren't afraid of me, they were afraid of Caesar - that attacking me would leave them vulnerable to a Legion offensive. And so they negotiated. Not out of the kindness of their hearts, as they try to make it seem. Because the calculus of power left no other choice."
  13. ↑ Courier Six:"What were the terms of your treaty with the NCR?" Mr. House:"NCR forces were permitted to occupy Hoover Dam and establish a military base at McCarran Airport. {not an airport anymore} Well, it used to be one. They recognized my sovereignty over the Vegas Strip and agreed to supply electricity and water once their engineers repaired the dam. Written into the treaty were provisions that the NCR do nothing to prevent its soldiers and civilians from visiting the Strip. That's how I harnessed the NCR to my endeavor. Their occupation has been the engine of my growing economy."
  14. ↑ Courier: "I think I'm going to keep this for a little while."
    Cachino: "All right, all right. I can't stop you, but I think we can help each other out. I know Not-At-Home and the NCR would be happy to get some dirt on the Family. I can help you get that dirt, and you got me by the short hairs."
    (Cachino's dialogue)
  15. ↑ Deacon: "Let me try something. Override code. Gamma 3 Delta Tango Cinnamon."
    Deezer: "Psst. Hey, mister. Do you want a cold delicious... lemonade?"
    Deacon: "Command override. Vocal audio House, Robert. 'Access core programming.'"
    Deezer: "You're really missing out. Enjoy a longer, healthier life with: Deezer's Lemonade."
    Deacon: "Ah, too bad. I won those codes in a poker game once. Hasn't worked yet."
    (Deacon's and Deezer's dialogue)
  16. ↑ RobCo Auto-Cache #001 terminal entries; System registration terminal
Publications
  1. ↑ Fallout: New Vegas Official Game Guide Collectors Edition p.305: "[2.06] H&H Tools Factory: Long before the war, H&H Tools Company provided Nevada and California high-quality robotics equipment. Owned by the half-brother of Robert Edwin House (the founder of RobCo, and—were it not for the 200 year gap—the same man who lives in the Lucky 38 Casino). When their father was killed in an accident, the elder brother swindled Robert out of the family fortune, and assumed control of the company."
    (Fallout: New Vegas Official Game Guide/Tour of the Mojave Wasteland)
  2. ↑ Fallout: New Vegas Official Game Guide Collectors Edition p.305: "[2.06] H&H Tools Factory: Robert went on, through his dealings with RobCo and their lucrative contracts, to become one of the wealthiest men on earth. His half-brother meanwhile, became increasingly paranoid, seeking to guard himself against a vengeance that never came, and inflicting all manner of strange HR rules on his workforce. The remains of this factory still stand, surrounded by husk-like remains of North Vegas' industrial area."
    (Fallout: New Vegas Official Game Guide/Tour of the Mojave Wasteland)
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