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This is a transcript for dialogue with Mr. House (computer). |
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TOPIC | TOPIC TEXT / PROMPT | EMOTION | RESPONSE TEXT | # |
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GREETING | GREETING | Neutral 50 | I knew you'd make it. Resourceful, as always. | 1 |
Neutral 50 | The override module is functioning properly. I'm rerouting power to the Securitron Vault at the Fort as we speak... | 2 | ||
Neutral 50 | I just need you to head over to the east power plant and manually activate the switch. | 3 | ||
Neutral 50 | When you return topside, I think you'll see that my Securitron army is a little more than the Legion was prepared to handle. | 4 | ||
Neutral 50 | Oh, and before you go - grab that print-out spooling from the console here - those papers set the terms for the NCR's unconditional surrender. | 5 | ||
Neutral 50 | I thought you might enjoy the honor of presenting them to the NCR's commanding officer, once the Legion has been defeated. Cheers! | 6 | ||
GREETING | Neutral 50 | {FIRST, BUNKER, BENNY FLED} I do wish you'd come and met with me at the Lucky 38 when you first arrived on the Strip. Or after Benny fled, even. | 7 | |
GREETING | Neutral 50 | {FIRST, BUNKER, BENNY DEAD CASINO} I do wish you'd come and met with me at the Lucky 38 when you first arrived on the Strip. Or after you killed Benny, even. | 8 | |
GREETING | Neutral 50 | {FIRST, BUNKER} Quite an honor you spurned, my invite. You would be the first person to set foot inside the Lucky 38 in over 200 years. | 9 | |
Neutral 50 | {sigh of pique} But... you still wound up here, right where I wanted you. {self-satisfied} I knew I could rely on Caesar to return the Platinum Chip to you. | 10 | ||
GREETING | Neutral 50 | {LATER, BUNKER} Well! You're here ahead of schedule! I suppose it's just as well... | 11 | |
Neutral 50 | This is where I wanted you to end up, after all. {self-congratulating} I knew I could rely on Caesar to give you back the Platinum Chip. | 12 | ||
GREETING | Neutral 50 | {LATER, BUNKER, MISSION} I see that you reached your destination safely. Shall we get to work? | 13 | |
GREETING | Neutral 50 | {BUNKER} Have you come to your senses? It's not too late to upload the Platinum Chip's data to the primary computer. | 14 | |
GREETING | Neutral 50 | {BUNKER} Stop wasting time. Go upload the data on the Platinum Chip to the facility's primary computer. | 15 | |
GREETING | Neutral 50 | {BUNKER} As you know, the Platinum Chip upgrades my Securitrons' operating software. Well... there's an army of them here. | 16 | |
Neutral 50 | The Securitrons policing the Strip are a fraction of the total number manufactured. The rest, I stored here. | 17 | ||
GREETING | Neutral 50 | {BUNKER} The Platinum Chip is a data-storage device. | 18 | |
GREETING | Neutral 50 | I need you to manually upload the data from the Chip to the facility's primary computer. There's a terminal at the other end of this facility. | 19 | |
Neutral 50 | There's a complication. While I can broadcast to this screen, I can't control any of the facility's systems. | 20 | ||
Neutral 50 | That means I can't deactivate its security bots... most of which appear to be active, according to the status board I'm looking at. | 21 | ||
GREETING | Neutral 50 | {BUNKER, FORT SECS DEST} {devastated} Do you have the slightest idea of what you've done, of what you've destroyed? | 22 | |
Neutral 50 | You've doomed Vegas to be ruled by corrupt bureaucrats or fanatical savages. | 23 | ||
Neutral 50 | Singlehandedly, you've brought mankind's best hopes of forward progress crashing down. No punishment would be too severe. | 24 | ||
GREETING | Neutral 50 | {BUNKER} Your work here is done. Return to the Lucky 38 so we can discuss next steps. | 25 | |
Neutral 50 | You have a very bright future ahead of you. Thanks to your actions today, so does the rest of mankind. | 26 | ||
GREETING | Neutral 50 | {PLAYER DIDN'T GET CHIP} {Should be Securitron on the Strip} Benny is dead, and yet you don't appear to be carrying the Platinum Chip. | 27 | |
Neutral 50 | I don't suppose you forgot to search his body? | 28 | ||
GREETING | Neutral 50 | {LOST CHIP} Before we go any further - where is the Platinum Chip? | 29 | |
GREETING | Neutral 50 | {FIRST, HAS CHIP, FORT SECS UP} {spoke to player at the Fort bunker first} So, we meet in person finally... so to speak. You did well at the Fort - kudos. | 30 | |
GREETING | Neutral 50 | {HAD CHIP, REFUSED, RETURNED} Have you come to your senses - or will there be a repeat of the last incident? | 31 | |
GREETING | Neutral 50 | {FIRST, HAS CHIP, BENNY DEAD TOPS} You've been a busy courier, haven't you? You take your obligation to deliver an package very seriously - an ethic for which I am grateful. | 32 | |
Neutral 50 | I will admit, when you ignored my invitation, I predicted... negative outcomes. But - you have a way of exceeding expectations, don't you? | 33 | ||
Neutral 50 | Well enough. Let's have the Chip, then. | 34 | ||
GREETING | Neutral 50 | {FIRST, NO TOPS} {even tones, welcoming the player but appraising, too} This meeting has been a long time coming, hasn't it? You've come a long ways, literally and, I suspect, figuratively as well. | 35 | |
Neutral 50 | {proud of the Vegas you built} I have to ask - now that you've reached your destination, what do you make of what you see? | 36 | ||
GREETING | Neutral 50 | {FIRST, BENNY FLED} The point of my inviting you to visit me here at the Lucky 38 {emphasis} before stomping into the Tops on your own was to help you prepare - tactically. | 37 | |
Neutral 50 | Now, because of your carelessness, Benny has fled the Strip, taking with him the Platinum Chip. | 38 | ||
GREETING | Neutral 50 | {FIRST DISCUSS, PLAYER VISITED TOPS} {welcoming player, trying to hide irritation} Well... this meeting has been a long time in coming... longer still, since you took time to {disapproving} charge into the Tops before coming to see me. | 39 | |
Neutral 50 | {putting aside irritation} Before we get down to details, I must ask - now that you've arrived at your destination, what do you make of what you see? | 40 | ||
GREETING | Neutral 50 | {NO TERMS, NO TOPS} {player walked away without accepting terms last time} Can I look forward to a more {beat, emphasis} substantial conversation this time? | 41 | |
GREETING | Neutral 50 | {TERMS, NO TOPS} Have you considered the terms of my offer? There's else little for us to discuss until you have. | 42 | |
GREETING | Neutral 50 | {TERMS YES, NO CHIP} What is the purpose of this delay? | 43 | |
GREETING | Neutral 50 | {LATER, BENNY FLED} Events have transpired in a... {beat} less-than-optimal fashion. Benny has fled the Strip, and the Platinum Chip has not been recovered. | 44 | |
GREETING | Neutral 50 | {LATER, BENNY FLED} Benny must be pursued, and the Platinum Chip, recovered. | 45 | |
GREETING | Neutral 50 | {LATER, HAS CHIP, BENNY DEAD TOPS} So... Benny has been {slight beat} handled and you've recovered the Platinum Chip. Let's have it. | 46 | |
GREETING | Neutral 50 | {LATER, HAS CHIP} I take it you've come to deliver the Platinum Chip? | 47 | |
GREETING | Neutral 50 | {HOUSE RECEIVES CHIP} {tenderly regarding the Chip} Such a small thing, isn't it? And yet so... {capacious = inexhaustibly capable} capacious. So very dear. | 48 | |
Neutral 50 | Decades of hiring salvagers out west to search for this little {beat} relic in the ruins of a place called Sunnyvale. Back then, anyway. | 49 | ||
Neutral 50 | That's where the Chip was printed, on October 22, 2077. It was to have been hand-delivered to me here, at the Lucky 38, the next day. | 50 | ||
Neutral 50 | But the bombs fell first. Suffice it to say, the delivery was never made. | 51 | ||
GREETING | Neutral 50 | {CHIP IN, STRIP SECS NO} {jaunty, eager to share your secret} Come now, come now... get thee to the elevator. | 52 | |
GREETING | Neutral 50 | {CHIP IN, STRIP SECS NO} {growing impatient} To the elevator, if you please... Stop dragging your feet. | 53 | |
GREETING | Neutral 50 | {STRIP SECS UP} {dry} Trips to the basement are rarely so educational, don't you think? | 54 | |
Neutral 50 | I've since broadcast the upgrade to every Securitron in range of my transmitters, and I must say, it's causing quite a stir down on the Strip! | 55 | ||
GREETING | Neutral 50 | {L38, HAS BUNKER MISSION} Make your way to Caesar's Camp at Fortification Hill. Something very interesting awaits you... | 56 | |
GREETING | Neutral 50 | {STRIP SECS UP, GIVES BUNKER MISSION} To secure the future of New Vegas, I must have your assistance. The work ahead is dangerous, but {beat} you weather danger well. | 57 | |
GREETING | Neutral 50 | {STRIP SECS UP} Have you found the courage to do what's necessary? | 58 | |
GREETING | Neutral 50 | {MQN, B4 CHIP} What did you wish to know? | 59 | |
GREETING | Neutral 50 | {MQN, B4 CHIP} What else did you want to know? | 60 | |
GREETING | Neutral 50 | {FORT SECS NO} We'll talk again once you've concluded your work in the bunker at Fortification Hill. | 61 | |
GREETING | Neutral 50 | {FORT SECS UP} The foundation is laid. My Securitrons on the Strip are upgraded, and those at the Fort, ready for action. | 62 | |
Neutral 50 | Now it's just a matter of adjusting the attitudes of some lesser groups while we wait for Caesar's Legion to attack Hoover Dam. | 63 | ||
GREETING | Neutral 50 | {PLAYER HASN'T ACCEPTED BOOMER QUEST YET} The next step is to add the Boomers' considerable firepower to my growing arsenal... or at the very least, ensure their neutrality. | 64 | |
GREETING | Neutral 50 | As I was saying, I need you to enlist or neutralize the Boomers at Nellis Air Force Base. | 65 | |
GREETING | Neutral 50 | {BOOMERS QUEST ACTIVE} Any progress with the Boomers? | 66 | |
GREETING | Neutral 50 | Your next assignment won't take you far. It concerns the Omertas and their den of vice, Gomorrah. | 67 | |
Neutral 50 | As the decisive encounter between the bull and the bear looms close, my concerns about the Omertas have grown. | 68 | ||
Neutral 50 | I've never expected loyalty, mind you. A reliably underhanded tribe is just as constant to deal with as one that always run true. | 69 | ||
Neutral 50 | But that's just it - lately the Omertas' cooperative silence has been deafening. Not a single complaint? They're up to something. | 70 | ||
GREETING | Neutral 50 | Your next assignment would've been to investigate the Omertas, but you managed to foil their scheme before I could put you to the task. | 71 | |
Neutral 50 | I should compensate you as though it were an official assignment, however. Wouldn't want to {beat} disincentivize your proactivity.{cash out Omerta quest} | 72 | ||
GREETING | Neutral 50 | I'd hoped to have you investigate the Omertas, but after the trouble you caused at Gomorrah, they won't let you in the front door. | 73 | |
Neutral 50 | I'll see if I can make some progress with informants. You're useless in this matter. | 74 | ||
GREETING | Neutral 50 | As I said before, I need you to investigate the Omertas, to see what they're up to. | 75 | |
GREETING | Neutral 50 | What do you have to report about the Omertas? | 76 | |
GREETING | Neutral 50 | Your next assignment is to locate and destroy remnants of the Mojave chapter of the Brotherhood of Steel. | 77 | |
Neutral 50 | The NCR nearly did the job at Helios One a few years ago, but there seem to have been survivors, unfortunately. | 78 | ||
Neutral 50 | Given the Brotherhood's fanatical views on technology, they can be counted on to oppose my regime. | 79 | ||
Neutral 50 | Please - put them out of my misery. | 80 | ||
GREETING | Neutral 50 | As I've said, I need you to locate and destroy the Brotherhood of Steel. | 81 | |
GREETING | Neutral 50 | Have you destroyed the Brotherhood of Steel? | 82 | |
GREETING | Neutral 50 | Will you ensure that President Kimball survives his visit to Hoover Dam? | 83 | |
GREETING | Neutral 50 | {ALL REPUTATIONS LEAD-IN} Aaron Kimball, the president of the New California Republic, is going to visit Hoover Dam to "boost morale." | 84 | |
Neutral 50 | 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. | 85 | ||
GREETING | Neutral 50 | {GOOD REP LEAD-IN} 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... | 86 | |
GREETING | Neutral 50 | {NCR REPUTATION TERRIBLE} Unfortunately, I can't use you to protect Kimball. The NCR won't let you come within a thousand feet of the President. | 87 | |
Neutral 50 | Odds are that Caesar will launch his assault on the dam after Kimball's visit is concluded, one way or the other - so be on guard. | 88 | ||
GREETING | Neutral 50 | Last I knew, President Kimball wasn't scheduled to visit the Lucky 38. Be on your way to Hoover Dam, will you? | 89 | |
GREETING | Neutral 50 | If not for you, President Kimball would be dead. So you needn't feel guilty when the NCR's rout from Hoover Dam demolishes his political career. | 90 | |
GREETING | Neutral 50 | Why in the world did you attack President Kimball? | 91 | |
GREETING | Neutral 50 | Kimball is dead - what a mess you've made! | 92 | |
GREETING | Neutral 50 | {GIVES EL DORADO SUBSTATION QUEST} Between the Strip and HELIOS One lies the El Dorado electrical substation. | 93 | |
Neutral 50 | Humble as it appears, the substation has immense strategic value, for it's there that you'll jumpstart the Lucky 38's dormant reactor. | 94 | ||
Neutral 50 | Gain access to the substation's control room and install this override module. Just so you know, there are NCR troops guarding the station. | 95 | ||
GREETING | Neutral 50 | Until the Lucky 38's reactor has been restarted, we have nothing to discuss. | 96 | |
GREETING | Neutral 50 | As you can see, Vegas is humming along. I've tested my c3i broadcasting arrays. Everything is in order. | 97 | |
Neutral 50 | 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. | 98 | ||
Neutral 50 | Their assault could begin at any moment. So that's where you'll be heading, if you're ready - Hoover Dam. | 99 | ||
GREETING | Neutral 50 | The Legion's assault could begin at any moment. | 100 | |
GREETING | Neutral 50 | {MQN, STRIP SECS UP} What did you want to discuss? | 101 | |
GREETING | Neutral 50 | {MQN, STRIP SECS UP} What else did you want to discuss? | 102 | |
GREETING | Neutral 50 | {Player fled combat last time} There will be no repeat of the trouble we had last time, I trust? | 103 | |
GREETING | Neutral 50 | {Player fled combat last time} I'm optimistic that this conversation will go more smoothly. | 104 | |
GREETING | Neutral 50 | {MQN, FORT SECS UP} I'd rather you just dealt with the Boomers, but all right... | 105 | |
GREETING | Neutral 50 | {MQN, FORT SECS UP} I suppose the Omertas can wait a few minutes. | 106 | |
GREETING | Neutral 50 | {MQN, FORT SECS UP} A few questions, and then you'll handle the Brotherhood, I hope? | 107 | |
GREETING | Neutral 50 | {MQN, FORT SECS UP} Questions like "Will President Kimball survive his visit to Hoover Dam?" | 108 | |
GREETING | Neutral 50 | {MQN, FORT SECS UP} Even now? On the brink of battle? | 109 | |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseOUTDATEDTopic001 [Barter] for better terms. |
It's a great start... but well below market price. | Neutral 50 | [SUCCEEDED] Very well... five times your delivery bonus - {with finality} not one cap more. | 110 |
Raise your price or... or... you'll be "chip outta luck." | Neutral 50 | [FAILED] Is that an attempt at...{beat} {distaste} humor? | 111 | |
Neutral 50 | I've always taken business negotiations seriously. I advise you to do the same. | 112 | ||
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseOUTDATEDTopic009 | How do I open the hatch? | Neutral 50 | You can't - but the Chip can. The hatch will recognize the Platinum Chip and "open sesame." | 113 |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseOUTDATEDTopic016 | It's not safe for me to go back. The Legion will attack me on sight. | Neutral 50 | You'll need a disguise, then. Or overwhelming firepower. Whatever works. | 114 |
Neutral 50 | Sorry for the inconvenience, but it can't be helped. This is too important. | 115 | ||
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic000 | I've never seen anything like this place. | Neutral 50 | Of course you haven't. Vegas always was one of a kind. | 116 |
Neutral 50 | What you see down on the Strip is just a fraction of the city's former glory, and yet... {beat} more than an echo. I preserved its spirit. | 117 | ||
Neutral 50 | Or perhaps you were referring to the Lucky 38? The years haven't been kind to her, but still she manages to impress. | 118 | ||
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic001 | A city devoted to vice and sin - what's not to love? | Neutral 50 | {not buying it} Oh, come now - don't play the fool. Vegas has fools enough, a superfluity of them. They're what makes it so profitable. | 119 |
Neutral 50 | They come to Vegas chasing penny-ante dreams of high-living, to feel like they're big shots, like they're winners. | 120 | ||
Neutral 50 | You see that you and I are of a different stripe, don't you? We don't have to {emphasis} dream that we're important. We {emphasis} are. | 121 | ||
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic002 | I prefer the wasteland, to be honest. | Neutral 50 | {arch} You aren't going to ramble on about the virtues of life out in the wastes, are you? It's a desert, you do realize? | 122 |
Neutral 50 | A radioactive desert where humans subsist in a barbaric state? Difficult to glorify convincingly. They are, however, aptly named. | 123 | ||
Neutral 50 | For that's what you'd be out there - wasted. Here on the Strip, your talents can be put to use. | 124 | ||
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic003 | Can we get down to business? | Neutral 50 | Oh, by all means - yes. That's refreshing. | 125 |
Can we get down to business? | Neutral 50 | The business is this. One of my employees has stolen an item of extraordinary value from me, and I want it recovered. | 126 | |
Neutral 50 | Simple enough? | 127 | ||
Can we get down to business? | Neutral 50 | You're ready to move forward, then? | 128 | |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic004 | Why the VIP treatment? I'm just a courier. | Neutral 50 | Oh, don't be coy. You've been playing a high-stakes game ever since Victor dug you out of the ground. Don't be afraid to admit it. | 129 |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic006 | I should let you know that I planted a surveillance device on one of your data terminals. | Neutral 50 | Yes, I know. It was detected immediately and deactivated... let's see... 39.735 seconds after you planted it. | 130 |
Neutral 50 | You thought I wouldn't notice? | 131 | ||
A woman named Emily asked me to bug one of your data terminals. | Neutral 50 | One of the Followers of the Apocalypse, I'm sure. They're curious about me. | 132 | |
Neutral 50 | Good luck planting a surveillance device here in the Lucky 38 without my knowing about it. | 133 | ||
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic008 | The NCR will welcome my help. | Neutral 50 | 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. | 134 |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic011 | What the hell are you? | Neutral 50 | {disappointed} A crude question, crudely asked. | 135 |
Neutral 50 | I'll be happy to satisfy your {disapproving} rambunctious curiosity at a more appropriate moment. But now, I'll repeat my question... | 136 | ||
What the hell are you? | Neutral 50 | What do you make of what you've seen? | 137 | |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic012 | Why didn't you intervene sooner when Benny ambushed me? | Neutral 50 | Why didn't {emphasis} Victor intervene sooner, you mean? | 138 |
Neutral 50 | Goodsprings is a bit too far away for me to reliably control a Securitron agent by remote. I can send and receive packets of data, at best. | 139 | ||
Neutral 50 | Victor's combat algorithms determined the proper course of action. Benny and his thugs were more than a match for a lone Securitron. | 140 | ||
Neutral 50 | When he alerted me, I instructed him to approach the site after Benny and the others had departed. | 141 | ||
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic017 | What are your plans for New Vegas?{Securitrons upgraded.} | Neutral 50 | I've resurrected Vegas, spirit intact. What I need now is the ability to enforce my rightful claim. | 142 |
Neutral 50 | Not just against Caesar's Legion, by the way. In fact, the NCR is a more present and insidious threat. | 143 | ||
How do you intend to enforce your claim on the city? | Neutral 50 | To enforce, one must have force - a position of strength. | 144 | |
Neutral 50 | Years ago, when I detected NCR scouts roaming the Mojave, I could tell from their uniforms that these were no mere tribesmen. | 145 | ||
Neutral 50 | 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. | 146 | ||
Neutral 50 | And so I recruited the Three Families. Vegas belongs to me because I mustered enough strength to bring the NCR to the bargaining table. | 147 | ||
Wasn't the NCR's army big enough to defeat your Securitrons and the Three Families? | Neutral 50 | Indeed it was - and still is. But not without taking significant casualties. | 148 | |
Neutral 50 | Would Kimball and Oliver have traded the lives of hundreds of soldiers for absolute control of Hoover Dam? Oh yes. | 149 | ||
Neutral 50 | They weren't afraid of me, they were afraid of Caesar - that attacking me would leave them vulnerable to a Legion offensive. | 150 | ||
Neutral 50 | 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. | 151 | ||
What were the terms of your treaty with the NCR? | Neutral 50 | 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. | 152 | |
Neutral 50 | They recognized my sovereignty over the Vegas Strip and agreed to supply electricity and water once their engineers repaired the dam. | 153 | ||
Neutral 50 | Written into the treaty were provisions that the NCR do nothing to prevent its soldiers and civilians from visiting the Strip. | 154 | ||
Neutral 50 | That's how I harnessed the NCR to my endeavor. Their occupation has been the engine of my growing economy. | 155 | ||
You would go to war against the NCR? | Neutral 50 | The salient issue is that they will go to war with me, if given the chance. | 156 | |
Neutral 50 | There's just one reason why the NCR hasn't contrived some outrage to justify invading the Strip - Caesar's Legion. | 157 | ||
Neutral 50 | The final battle between those two armies is fast approaching. I can't afford to let either side win on their terms. | 158 | ||
Say you keep control of New Vegas. What happens next? | Neutral 50 | New Vegas is more than a city - it's the remedy to mankind's {beat} derailment. | 159 | |
Neutral 50 | The city's economy is a blast furnace in which can be forged the steel of a new rail line, running straight to a new horizon. | 160 | ||
Neutral 50 | What is the NCR? A society of people desperate to experience comfort, ease, luxury... A society of customers. | 161 | ||
Neutral 50 | With all that money pouring in? Give me 20 years, and I'll reignite the high technology development sectors. 50 years, and I'll have people in orbit. | 162 | ||
Neutral 50 | 100 years, and my colony ships will be heading for the stars, to search for planets unpolluted by the wrath and folly of a bygone generation. | 163 | ||
In the meantime, you'd rule Vegas as some kind of dictator? | Neutral 50 | I prefer the term "autocrat." | 164 | |
Neutral 50 | I would rule as a chief executive. I would not answer to a board of directors or any other entity. | 165 | ||
Neutral 50 | Nothing to impede progress. If you want to see the fate of democracies, look out the windows. | 166 | ||
What's to keep you from abusing your power? | Neutral 50 | My judgement. | 167 | |
Neutral 50 | I have no interest in abusing others, just as I have no interest in legislating or otherwise dictating what people do in their private time. | 168 | ||
Neutral 50 | Nor have I any interest in being worshipped as some kind of machine god messiah. I am impervious to such corrupting ambitions. | 169 | ||
Neutral 50 | But autocracy? Firm control in the hands of a technological and economic visionary? Yes, that Vegas shall have. | 170 | ||
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic018 | Sure, off to the dam I go. | Neutral 50 | I'm sure the assassins will wait for you to show up. | 171 |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic022 | Not so fast, Mr. House. We need to discuss payment. | Neutral 50 | Our terms were clear. Now that you have the Chip in your possession, any attempt to "re-negotiate" payment would be tantamount to blackmail. | 172 |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic028 | What use would you have for a protege? | Neutral 50 | To achieve my aims, I require a capable human agent to perform certain... {choosing word} tasks. | 173 |
Neutral 50 | I knew Benny was ambitious, even ruthless. But I believed he would do the job, so long as he was incentivized appropriately. | 174 | ||
Neutral 50 | Obviously, I miscalculated his drive for supremacy. But in any case, you've come along - a more-than-suitable replacement. | 175 | ||
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic029 | 1000 caps? I accept your terms. | Neutral 50 | {satisfied} Well enough. Return to me when you have the Platinum Chip in your possession. Any final matters for us to discuss? | 176 |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic030 | What terms are you offering? | Neutral 50 | My only concern is the recovery of the Platinum Chip. What happens to Benny, I leave to your discretion. | 177 |
Neutral 50 | When you bring the Chip to me, I will pay you four times the delivery bonus stipulated in your contract. How's that? | 178 | ||
Tell me your terms again? | Neutral 50 | As I said before, Benny's fate is yours to decide. Once you've delivered the Chip, I will pay you the amount agreed-upon. | 179 | |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic031 | Tell me about Benny.{alive} | Neutral 50 | Benny has led the Chairmen ever since I recruited his tribe seven years ago. | 180 |
Neutral 50 | Until his recent misbehavior, I'd planned to make him my protege. Maybe if I'd begun grooming him sooner, none of this would've happened... | 181 | ||
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic032 | No thanks. | Neutral 50 | My offer far exceeds the original terms of your contract, which, I will remind you, already obligate you to deliver the Chip. | 182 |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic033 [Barter] for better terms. |
It's a good start... but well below market price. | Neutral 50 | [SUCCEEDED] Very well, five times the bonus. {with finality} Not one cap more. | 183 |
Raise your price or... or, uh... you're "chip outta luck." | Neutral 50 | [FAILED] Is that an attempt at...{beat} {distaste} humor? | 184 | |
Neutral 50 | I've always taken business negotiations very seriously. I advise you to do the same. {Duplicate.} | 185 | ||
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic034 | What is the Platinum Chip? | Neutral 50 | It's a very special item. There's nothing else like it in the entire world. It was lost a long time, and difficult to find. | 186 |
Neutral 50 | That's all you need to know about it, for this stage of our enterprise. Fulfill your contract, deliver the Chip, and good things will come your way. | 187 | ||
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic036 | Goodbye. | Neutral 50 | Well enough. Be on your way. | 188 |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic038 | What was your relationship with Benny... back when he was breathing? | Neutral 50 | Benny was the leader of the Chairmen for seven years, ever since I recruited the tribe. I considered him something of a protege. | 189 |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic039 | Who exactly are you, Mr. House?{Before Chip turned in.} | Neutral 50 | I am Robert Edwin House, President, CEO, and sole proprietor of the New Vegas Strip. | 190 |
Neutral 50 | I oversaw the city's renovations starting from 2274 onward. The Three Families are my employees. | 191 | ||
Neutral 50 | Before the Great War of 2077, I was the founder, President and CEO of RobCo Industries, a vast computer and robotics corporation. | 192 | ||
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic043 | Tell me about the factions vying for New Vegas. | Neutral 50 | It's understandable that you'd be curious about this topic, but we'll hold off until the Platinum Chip has been recovered. | 193 |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic046 | I'm not going to give you the Chip. | Neutral 50 | {drawn out} Hmm... {to yourself} How shall I put this? | 194 |
Neutral 50 | {taking time, spelling it out} Delivery of the Platinum Chip is non-negotiable. | 195 | ||
Neutral 50 | I invite you to think carefully about what you do next... standing alone before me, surrounded by my heavily-armed Securitron guards. | 196 | ||
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic047 | Attack me and you risk destroying the Chip. | Neutral 50 | {restraining anger} By the time I was 30 years old, I was a billionaire 30 times over. I founded and ran a vast economic empire. | 197 |
Neutral 50 | {restraining anger} Do you really think I'm going to let an upstart come into my home and ransom my property to me? | 198 | ||
Neutral 50 | {restraining anger, losing it a little towards end} I spent two centuries searching for the Platinum Chip. It's my invention, my property - mine. Now be a good courier and deliver it! | 199 | ||
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic048 | Here it is. <Give the Platinum Chip to Mr. House.> | Neutral 50 | {sarcastic} Why, thank you so much. You played that {beat} very poorly, you realize? | 200 |
Neutral 50 | You're fortunate that I have a certain {beat} tolerance for greed. I expect my business partners to be self-interested - but {unlike you} smartly so. | 201 | ||
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic049 | I'm not afraid of you, Mr. House. The Platinum Chip belongs to me. | Neutral 50 | {ordering attack} You needn't be afraid of me. It's my Securitrons that are going to kill you. | 202 |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic050 | I think that sounds insane. | Neutral 50 | Not if you've been invited. You realize that you've made quite a splash here in New Vegas? | 203 |
Neutral 50 | I can predict with a high degree of confidence that you'll receive an official summons from Caesar. If you haven't already, that is. | 204 | ||
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic051 Use [Speech] to press Mr. House about the Chip. |
The more I know about the Chip, the easier I can find it... | Neutral 50 | [SUCCEEDED] You might keep an eye out for any computers that Benny's been using. Maybe even a computer lab of some sort... | 205 |
The less I know, the less I care. Know what I mean? | Neutral 50 | [FAILED] You have a contract to fulfill, a delivery to make. | 206 | |
Neutral 50 | If you can't hold to a contract, simply for the ethic of holding to a contract, you're worthless to me. | 207 | ||
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic055 | What do you want me to do there? | Neutral 50 | I want you to open a hatch in the basement of the derelict weather station atop Fortification Hill. | 208 |
Neutral 50 | You'll recognize it on sight. The hatch bears the logo of the Lucky 38, same as the Platinum Chip. | 209 | ||
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic056 | You appear to be a computer, not a man. | Neutral 50 | Don't let the video screens and computer terminals fool you. I'm flesh and blood, not silicon. | 210 |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic057 Use Medicine skill to surmise House's condition. |
The lifespan you're claiming is impossible, except for ghouls and super mutants. | Neutral 50 | [SUCCEEDED] I see you've made a study of the topic. My knowledge of the science of longevity would fill several text books... | 211 |
Neutral 50 | Perhaps, after a decade or two of economic reconstruction, I can commercialize these technologies and offer to others, such as yourself. | 212 | ||
You must be, like... a brain in a jar! | Neutral 50 | [FAILED] No. While brains demonstrated some use as organic processors in the robots produced by General Atomics International... | 213 | |
Neutral 50 | They never retained personality once removed from the human body. | 214 | ||
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic058 | How have you stayed alive all this time? | Neutral 50 | Let's just say it was very... {beat} costly. But I was willing to make the sacrifices longevity entailed, financial and otherwise. | 215 |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic061 | Caesar has already invited me to the Fort. | Neutral 50 | I'm not surprised. The Legion has spies on the Strip. | 216 |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic063 | I'll return when I have the Chip. | Neutral 50 | Until then. | 217 |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic065 | I've already visited Caesar.{Kill Benny at Tops, see CL 1st} | Neutral 50 | {nonplussed} You have? So you have the means to gain entry? | 218 |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic066 | No thanks, Mr. House. | Neutral 50 | If you find Caesar's Legion so frightening at this remove, imagine them rampaging across the Strip. | 219 |
Neutral 50 | We have a chance to see them destroyed, to see New Vegas become the harbinger of a new age. | 220 | ||
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic067 | I have some questions to ask first... | Neutral 50 | This is not the time for Q&A. Kindly hand over the Chip. {DUPLICATE} | 221 |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic070 | I have some questions to ask first... | Neutral 50 | This is not the time for Q&A. Kindly hand over the Chip. {DUPLICATE} | 222 |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic073 | I'm ready. Let's finish this. | Neutral 50 | 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. | 223 |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic074 | I have some things to take care of before the battle. | Neutral 50 | {tense} Then handle them with dispatch. The Legion's assault is imminent. | 224 |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic078 | No thanks, not interested. | Neutral 50 | So you've said before. You're making a habit of wasting my time. | 225 |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic082 | No, I'm still not interested. | Neutral 50 | You signed a contract in good faith to deliver that Chip. You're going to have a hard time on the Strip if you are so incautious of making enemies... | 226 |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic084 | Never mind. Goodbye. | Neutral 50 | {impatient} Please focus on the task at hand - for both our sakes. | 227 |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic085 | I've changed my mind. | Neutral 50 | No, you haven't. | 228 |
Neutral 50 | This is the second time you've promised to deliver the Platinum Chip. Even if you don't hold yourself to your promises, I will. | 229 | ||
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic094 | What's my stake in this? | Neutral 50 | I'm not offering you an incentive as crude as money - though there'll be plenty of that. | 230 |
Neutral 50 | What I'm offering you is a ground-floor opportunity in the most important enterprise on Earth. | 231 | ||
Neutral 50 | What I'm offering is a future - for you, and for what remains of the human race. | 232 | ||
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic103 | I think I'll be leaving. | Neutral 50 | You are the first person to step foot inside the Lucky 38 in over 200 years. It was not an invitation I made lightly. | 233 |
Neutral 50 | We have a serious matter to discuss, concerning a contract you have yet to fulfill. | 234 | ||
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic105 | Not interested. I'll see myself out. | Neutral 50 | You have an "interest" in this, whether you like it or not. You signed a contract to deliver the Platinum Chip to me. {seething} | 235 |
Neutral 50 | {you need the player; threats won't work} Now, I could stop you from leaving, but what would that accomplish? If you want to go, go. | 236 | ||
Neutral 50 | See what the Strip I built - the Strip I own - has to offer. Think about what I could offer you. I expect we'll have occasion to talk again. | 237 | ||
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic106 | Why did Benny betray you? | Neutral 50 | I have to think that he found out about the Platinum Chip and mistakenly convinced himself that he could use it to his own ends. | 238 |
Neutral 50 | One of the problems of a tribal work force, I'm afraid. No intuitive understanding of how complex technologies can be. | 239 | ||
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic109 | I have a right to know more. | Neutral 50 | That's simply not true. | 240 |
Neutral 50 | I am the only person to hold any rights pertaining to the Chip. I designed it, and I paid for it - dearly. | 241 | ||
Neutral 50 | To develop that Chip, I spent a sum of U.S. dollars - not the bottle caps that pass as currency these days - but a sum beyond counting. | 242 | ||
Neutral 50 | For decades, I paid salvagers to comb the ruins for it. And when it was finally discovered, tens of thousands of caps spent to have it brought here. | 243 | ||
Neutral 50 | We know how that turned out. Complete your contract and it will be the last time I pay for the Chip. Save your questions for then. | 244 | ||
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic110 | If the Chip's so valuable, why use a single courier to transport it? | Neutral 50 | You realize you were just one of many couriers, the rest of them {beat} dummies, so to speak? | 245 |
Neutral 50 | Add to that many thousands of caps worth of mercenary protection to screen your avenue of approach. | 246 | ||
Neutral 50 | Had I used an armed caravan to transport the Chip, I might as well have been announcing to the world "this is important. Attack this!" | 247 | ||
Neutral 50 | I didn't want to attract the attention of groups like the Great Khans or the Brotherhood of Steel. Alas, the real threat was closer to home. | 248 | ||
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic112 | Why don't you send your robots into the Tops to arrest Benny? | Neutral 50 | Frontal assaults on casinos? Not good for business. | 249 |
Neutral 50 | In any case, Benny would see it coming. And all he'd have to do is hold the Chip up and point a pistol at it. | 250 | ||
Neutral 50 | Our foremost advantage is that Benny doesn't know that I know he has the Chip - let's not squander it. | 251 | ||
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic113 | What happens if the Platinum Chip is never lost? | Neutral 50 | Then Vegas shall be lost, and with it, mankind's best hope for long-term survival. | 252 |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic114 | Isn't that overstating things a bit? | Neutral 50 | To your untrained eyes, it may look as though mankind is making a comeback. In the NCR, you have something that remsembles a nation state. {Look around you. How can the human race have a future when it's still living in the wreckage of its past?} | 253 |
Neutral 50 | 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. | 254 | ||
Neutral 50 | Bring me the Platinum Chip, and in ten years you'll hardly recognize this city. | 255 | ||
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic115 | How do I get to Benny? | Neutral 50 | It won't be easy... Benny is always surrounded by at least four bodyguards - except when he's in his private suite on the 13th floor of the Tops... | 256 |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic116 | Say I want to take a diplomatic approach. | Neutral 50 | If you were to approach Benny in public, you might be able to leverage his fear of exposure to make him agree to meet with you in private. | 257 |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic117 | Any ideas on how I could catch him off-guard? | Neutral 50 | Sneaking into Benny's suite on the 13th floor would be very difficult... but not impossible. | 258 |
Neutral 50 | There might be guards. Certainly there'd be a sturdy lock on his front door. | 259 | ||
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic118 | The Chairmen are your employees. Don't they take orders? | Neutral 50 | It's more complicated than that. The Chairmen share what you might call a... {beat} tribal affinity. | 260 |
Neutral 50 | Look for a man named Swank, Benny's second-in-command. He's always been a reliable, if unimaginative, employee. | 261 | ||
Neutral 50 | Do your best to convince him that you're working under my auspices. If you have evidence of Benny's crimes, show it to him. | 262 | ||
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic123 | Why can't you be the one to tell Swank? | Neutral 50 | By contract, Securitrons are to enter the casinos only when invited by the Three Families or if other extraordinary circumstances arise. | 263 |
Neutral 50 | The moment I send one into the Tops, Benny will know I'm on to him. | 264 | ||
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic124 | How did you establish New Vegas?{Before chip turned in.} | Neutral 50 | We can discuss this in greater detail at another time. Suffice it to say that when my Securitrons detected NCR scouts at Hoover Dam, I took action. | 265 |
Neutral 50 | I recruited a tribal force to supplement my Securitrons and renovated the Strip just in time to welcome the NCR as it marched into the region. | 266 | ||
Neutral 50 | Instead of war, a treaty was negotiated. And the money started to pour in. | 267 | ||
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic128 | Like I said, I'll think about it. | Neutral 50 | You're making me question your usefulness, you realize. | 268 |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic131 | Whatever happens, happens. | Neutral 50 | Success depends on forethought, dispassionate calculation of probabilites, accounting for every stray variable. | 269 |
Neutral 50 | Your history of aggression towards the NCR has rendered you useless in this concern, unable to influence the outcome of events. | 270 | ||
Neutral 50 | Consequently, I have to "wait and see" what happens. It's... grotesque. | 271 | ||
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic136 | Here, take it. <Give the Platinum Chip to Mr. House.> | Neutral 50 | Well enough. We can put the past behind us, I think. | 272 |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic137 | I'm still not giving you the Chip. | Neutral 50 | {exasperated sigh} Then this is a waste of time. | 273 |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic138 | What happens next? | Neutral 50 | {FORT SECS NO} A great deal shall be happening - a cascade of events, with you taking a central role. | 274 |
Neutral 50 | At the moment, however, all you need to do is take the elevator all the way down to the bottom level. You'll understand soon enough... | 275 | ||
What happens next? | Neutral 50 | {FORT SECS UP} A great deal shall be happening - a cascade of events, with you taking a central role. | 276 | |
Neutral 50 | At the moment, however, all you need to do is take the elevator all the way down to the bottom level. | 277 | ||
Neutral 50 | What you see there will help you understand the significance of what you accomplished at the Fort. | 278 | ||
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic139 | What does the Chip do, exactly? | Neutral 50 | {FORT SECS UP} Yes, so far as you've seen, all it does is change the picture on the Securitrons' face screens from policemen to soldiers. But as you'll see... | 279 |
What does the Chip do, exactly? | Neutral 50 | Some things are more easily shown than told. Take the elevator all the way down to the bottom level, and you'll see what I mean. | 280 | |
Neutral 50 | Don't worry, you'll like what you see. We have much to accomplish, you and I... | 281 | ||
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic140 | I'll be on my way, then... | Neutral 50 | {FORT SECS UP} I must insist that you stay long for me to show you that the Platinum Chip does more than change the pictures on the Securitrons' face screens. | 282 |
Neutral 50 | Events of great import are about to unfold, with you taking a central role. To get started, all you need do is take the elevator all the way down... | 283 | ||
I'll be on my way, then... | Neutral 50 | I must insist that you stay long for me to show you what the Chip does. I promise you'll like what you see... | 284 | |
Neutral 50 | Events of great import are about to unfold, with you taking a central role. | 285 | ||
Neutral 50 | To get started, all you need to do is take the elevator all the way down to the bottom level... | 286 | ||
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic142 | Not interested. | Neutral 50 | Not interested? {louder} Not interested? | 287 |
Neutral 50 | You have an interest in this even if you're too stupid to know it. If you have an interest in breathing, you have an interest in this. | 288 | ||
Neutral 50 | Return to the Fort and do whatever it takes to recover the Chip. | 289 | ||
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic143 | Why show your hand like that? Now your enemies know what you're up to. | Neutral 50 | I'm surprised you can still underestimate me after everything you've seen. | 290 |
Neutral 50 | I haven't shown my hand - I've shown one card. I've given my enemies a single, provocative datum upon which to fixate. | 291 | ||
Neutral 50 | They have no idea what other cards I'm holding. It's a strong hand, believe me - I dealt it to myself. | 292 | ||
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic144 | You think your Securitrons can defeat Caesar's Legion *and* the NCR? | Neutral 50 | Why would I want to go to war against the NCR? They're my best customers. | 293 |
Neutral 50 | If their leaders weren't scheming to steal Vegas out from under me, I'd have no troubles with the NCR at all. | 294 | ||
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic145 | I'll be on my way, Mr. House. | Neutral 50 | No no no, you'll want to hear this out... | 295 |
I'll be on my way, Mr. House. | Neutral 50 | Disappointing. In the extreme. | 296 | |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic146 | I'm listening. | Neutral 50 | The next step will require you to infiltrate Caesar's camp at Fortification Hill. | 297 |
I'm listening. | Neutral 50 | You'll have to return to Caesar's camp at Fortification Hill.{Player got Chip at CL Fort, didn't activate bunker army} | 298 | |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic148 | The Chip's been delivered. We're through. | Neutral 50 | Do you have any idea how prodigious is the opportunity you're casting aside here? | 299 |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic154 | I'll do as you ask. | Neutral 50 | Here, take the Platinum Chip again. You will need it. | 300 |
Neutral 50 | Upon arrival at the Fort, it's likely that you'll be searched and the Chip taken from you. Don't worry - it will come back to you. | 301 | ||
I'll do as you ask. | Neutral 50 | I expect that if Benny doesn't have the Chip, Caesar will make sure you get it. More on that later. Be off. | 302 | |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic155 | I'm still looking into it. | Neutral 50 | Then look harder. | 303 |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic157 | I've found evidence of an Omerta plot. | Neutral 50 | I don't employ you to uncover evidence. This isn't a court of law. | 304 |
Neutral 50 | If the Omertas pose a threat to the physical or economic security of the Vegas Strip, I want you to do whatever it takes to neutralize that threat. | 305 | ||
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic159 | What's inside the hatch? | Neutral 50 | Something very important. I wouldn't want to spoil the surprise - so don't bother asking. | 306 |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic162 | The Omertas who were conspiring against you are dead. | Neutral 50 | Well done. They won't be causing any trouble, then. | 307 |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic163 | What's the next step? | Neutral 50 | The Legion has nothing left to wait for. Their assault on the dam could begin at any moment. | 308 |
Neutral 50 | Before that happens, I'll ask you to complete one other task. It may seem trivial, but that's far from the case. | 309 | ||
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic167 | I've secured their loyalty. They'll do as I say. | Neutral 50 | Well done. The Boomers' firepower may prove an advantage when the battle for Hoover Dam comes around. | 310 |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic168 | The Boomers and I don't get along. I'd rather keep my distance. | Neutral 50 | It seems diplomacy is not your forte. | 311 |
Neutral 50 | Given the strength of your past performance, I think we can let this go without further comment. I'm pulling you on to a new assignment. | 312 | ||
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic173 | The Omertas had it coming. | Neutral 50 | {dry} An opinion you expressed with supreme subtlety and finesse. Moving on... | 313 |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic175 | I had to wipe out their leadership. | Neutral 50 | There's more than one way to skin a cat, as the saying goes. {beat} Or {emphasis} went, that is - cats being extinct. | 314 |
Neutral 50 | I don't promote political assassination as a first option, but it has a long and storied history. I'll consider the Boomers neutralized. | 315 | ||
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic177 | I'm surprised you haven't asked what became of Benny. | Neutral 50 | That's because he ceased to be relevant when you recovered the Platinum Chip. Revenge doesn't interest me, progress does. | 316 |
Neutral 50 | Sorry to deny you a moment of primate triumph, but you'll have to go elsewhere to sound your barbaric yawp. | 317 | ||
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic181 | I'll be on my way. | Neutral 50 | {cross} There's a job that needs doing here, and I'm assigning it to you. | 318 |
I'll be on my way. | Neutral 50 | {sarcastic} Marvellous work ethic, bravo. | 319 | |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic182 | Vouche for me? How? | Neutral 50 | I'll send a Securitron ahead to meet with the NCR at the security checkpoint and get things started. | 320 |
Neutral 50 | Once you get there ask for Ranger Grant. I've used roaming Securitrons to feed him useful information in the past. | 321 | ||
Neutral 50 | If I tell him we've heard of a Legion assassination plot, I believe he'll let you investigate. | 322 | ||
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic185 | The Brotherhood of Steel has been wiped out. | Neutral 50 | Singlehandedly destroying a Brotherhood of Steel bunker is quite an accomplishment. Platoons of NCR troops have died, trying to do the same. | 323 |
Neutral 50 | This welcome news comes just in time, as events in the wider world are coming to a head... | 324 | ||
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic188 | I think I'll sit this one out. | Neutral 50 | This is not an optional assignment. Kimball may be a grandstanding boor, but I want him protected. | 325 |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic193 | Like I said, I'm not interested. | Neutral 50 | I'll give you time to think over the consequences of what you're saying. I urge you to reconsider. | 326 |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic199 | Seriously, I'm not interested. | Neutral 50 | Until you do this, consider yourself suspended... without pay. | 327 |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic203 | When the Legion assaults the dam, the Brotherhood will attack the NCR and weaken them. | Neutral 50 | Not surprising. Also not acceptable. | 328 |
Neutral 50 | I didn't ask you to tell me what they were planning, I asked you to kill them. This was a waste of time. | 329 | ||
Neutral 50 | Go back to the bunker and destroy it. My directions have been clear from the start. | 330 | ||
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic204 | I'm done working for you. | Neutral 50 | {not buying it} This is no time to be droll... | 331 |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic206 | It was an accident. | Neutral 50 | Your "accident" has jeopardized the success of this entire concern. | 332 |
It was an accident. | Neutral 50 | Up to this point, your efforts yielded near-perfect results. But now I'm forced to fumble in the dark - to gamble. | 333 | |
Neutral 50 | Light must be brought to this darkness. | 334 | ||
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic207 | My only regret is that he got away. | Neutral 50 | Your impulsivity has jeopardized the success of this entire concern! | 335 |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic208 | I did my best, but the Legion did better. | Neutral 50 | Your incompetence has jeopardized the success of this entire concern! | 336 |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic210 | So Kimball's dead. So what? | Neutral 50 | Every step of my plan has been precisely calculated and was, until now, well-executed. | 337 |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic212 | What's the deal with the snowglobe collection? | Neutral 50 | What of it? I enjoy them. There's something about a little diorama set inside a glass dome that I... {beat} find pleasing. | 338 |
Neutral 50 | If you run across any out in the wastes, turn them in to Jane. She'll compensate you. | 339 | ||
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic213 | No thanks. | Neutral 50 | I much prefer working with robots... | 340 |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic214 | I may know something about that... | Neutral 50 | You'll have to be more specific. | 341 |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic216 | When the Legion assaults Hoover Dam, the Omertas are going to massacre everyone on the Strip. | Neutral 50 | {shocked at magnitude of Omerta plot} And how do you know this? | 342 |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic218 | I kind of helped them perfect their plan... | Neutral 50 | {quiet outrage} I see. So where does that put us? | 343 |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic220 | You want me to kill Caesar? | Neutral 50 | Absolutely not! Caesar is of great use to me. | 344 |
Neutral 50 | I don't want you harming a hair on that man's head - assuming you can find one. | 345 | ||
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic221 <Speech to lie to Mr. House about RACKET involvement.> |
I infiltrated the Omertas in order to gain their confidence. | Neutral 50 | [SUCCEEDED] In that case, I commend you for your initiative. What do you recommend for next steps? | 346 |
Well, thing is... I, uh... they tried to involve me... | Neutral 50 | [FAILED]{quiet rage} And you assisted them? That's what you mean to say, isn't it? | 347 | |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic223 | I have some questions to ask first... | Neutral 50 | I'll be happy to satisfy your every curiosity once the Platinum Chip has been delivered. | 348 |
I have some questions to ask first... | Neutral 50 | This is not the time for Q&A. Kindly hand over the Chip. | 349 | |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic224 | Not so fast, Mr. House. We need to discuss payment. | Neutral 50 | Fine - give me the Chip, and I'll pay you four times the delivery bonus stipulated in your contract. How's that? | 350 |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic227 | Goodbye. | Neutral 50 | Goodbye. | 351 |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic230 | What's the next step? | Neutral 50 | Outside New Vegas, at what was once called Nellis Air Force Base, resides an unusual tribe known as the Boomers. | 352 |
Neutral 50 | They are, shall we say, {understating} aggressively reclusive? They have several howitzers they fire at anyone who dares approach the base. | 353 | ||
Neutral 50 | Artillery of this sort has a range of several miles. If it's going to fire on Hoover Dam, I want it firing at my targets. | 354 | ||
Neutral 50 | If not, then I want to make sure that the Boomers don't sign similar treaties to fire their guns in support of the NCR or Caesar's Legion. | 355 | ||
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic231 | I've done enough work for you. | Neutral 50 | I offer many benefits, but vacation time isn't one of them. | 356 |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic232 | I've come here to kill you, Mr. House. <Attack Mr. House.> | Neutral 50 | {first Benny, now the player} Why is good help so impossible to find? | 357 |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic233 | I'll make sure they support the right side. | Neutral 50 | Use extreme caution when approaching the base. Their firepower is... considerable. | 358 |
Neutral 50 | Recently, one of my roaming Securitrons observed a man near the base studying the pattern of its artillery fire. Maybe he's learned something. | 359 | ||
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic238 | If I want more work, I'll come see you. | Neutral 50 | You laid the foundation for my victory, so fine - I'll permit some {beat, begrudging} latitude in how you schedule your work. | 360 |
Neutral 50 | You're welcome. | 361 | ||
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic242 | I'll check into the Omertas. | Neutral 50 | The Omertas are fanatically loyal to each other. Still, among any group, one can find the occasional degenerate. | 362 |
Neutral 50 | Gomorrah's receptionist happens to be one. For years she passed on whispers of what was taking place at the casino, in exchange for payment. | 363 | ||
Neutral 50 | A few months ago, she clammed up. Odds are she's scared, but I've had no way of approaching her. Start with her. | 364 | ||
I'll check into the Omertas. | Neutral 50 | The print-out I've given you lists every lead I've been able to uncover. See what you can find out. | 365 | |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic245 | I'm going to kill you now, Mr. House. | Neutral 50 | After all that we've accomplished? | 366 |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic246 | The Omertas were clever, but no match for me. | Neutral 50 | Arrogance was their undoing. {referring to the player} There might be a lesson in that. But moving on... | 367 |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic248 | It's a good thing we stopped the Omertas in time. | Neutral 50 | Indeed. Moving on... | 368 |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic254 | What makes you think Caesar gave me the Chip? | Neutral 50 | {sigh of impatience - oh, the burden of intelligence} The Platinum Chip unlocks this bunker. Hence, you have it. | 369 |
Neutral 50 | Hence, Benny was captured or killed - possibly by you, but by my estimates, far more probably by Caesar's Legion. Hence, Caesar gave you the Chip. | 370 | ||
Neutral 50 | Hence, Caesar wants you to destroy whatever you find in this bunker. | 371 | ||
What makes you think Caesar gave me the Chip? | Neutral 50 | {sigh of impatience - oh, the burdens of intelligence} That you were searched very thoroughly when you arrived at the Fort is a certainty. And as the Chip is a little too large to be {beat, implying hiding it up rectum} secreted away... | 372 | |
Neutral 50 | I also regard it a certainty that the Chip was discovered, taken from you, and given to Caesar - who returned it to you. | 373 | ||
Neutral 50 | Two plus two equaling four, Caesar wants you to destroy whatever you find in this bunker. | 374 | ||
What makes you think Caesar gave me the Chip? | Neutral 50 | But that's not going to happen, because {confident, not bossy} you're going to work for me. | 375 | |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic255 | You wanted me to come down here? | Neutral 50 | {are you dense?} That's rather obvious, isn't it? | 376 |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic256 | Who are you, exactly? | Neutral 50 | {don't play dumb} Surely you know that I am Robert Edwin House, President, CEO, and sole proprietor of the New Vegas Strip. | 377 |
Neutral 50 | I oversaw the city's renovations starting from 2274 onward. The Three Families are my employees. | 378 | ||
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic259 | What was Vegas like before the war? | Neutral 50 | 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. | 379 |
Neutral 50 | I grew up not far from here, and though I traveled the old world extensively, I never found another place like it. | 380 | ||
You say that you saved Las Vegas. How? | Neutral 50 | 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. | 381 | |
Neutral 50 | 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. | 382 | ||
Neutral 50 | I set to work immediately. I thought I had plenty of time to prepare. As it turned out, I was 20 hours short. | 383 | ||
What preparations did you make to save Las Vegas? | Neutral 50 | On the day of the Great War, 77 atomic warheads targeted Las Vegas and its surrounding areas. | 384 | |
Neutral 50 | My networked mainframes were able to predict and force-transmit disarm code subsets to 59 warheads, neutralizing them before impact. | 385 | ||
Neutral 50 | Laser cannons mounted on the roof of the Lucky 38 destroyed another 9 warheads. The rest got through, though none hit the city itself. | 386 | ||
Neutral 50 | A sub-optimal performance, admittedly. If only the Platinum Chip had arrived a day sooner... | 387 | ||
Why didn't the Platinum Chip arrive on time? | Neutral 50 | The Platinum Chip was printed in Sunnyvale, California on October 22, 2077 - the day before the Great War. | 388 | |
Neutral 50 | It was to have been delivered by courier the following afternoon... but by then, the world had ended. | 389 | ||
Neutral 50 | The Chip contained vital software upgrades, but not just for my Securitrons. Every aspect of the missile defense grid would have been upgraded, too. | 390 | ||
Neutral 50 | Given that I had to make do with buggy software, the outcome could have been worse. I nearly died as it was. | 391 | ||
How did you nearly die, defending Vegas? | Neutral 50 | Software glitches set off a cascade of system crashes. I had to take the Lucky 38's reactor offline, lest it melt down. | 392 | |
Neutral 50 | 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. | 393 | ||
Neutral 50 | I spent the next few decades in a veritable coma. But I survived, obviously - and eventually thrived. | 394 | ||
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic262 | What is this place? | Neutral 50 | {impatient to make progress} It's a facility I built many years before you were born. You might think of it as a kind of barracks. You'll understand soon enough. | 395 |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic263 | What is this place? | Neutral 50 | It's a facility I built many years before you were born. You might think of it as a barracks. You'll understand soon enough. | 396 |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic265 | Caesar wants me to destroy this place. | Neutral 50 | Was that meant to be a shocking revelation? Of course Caesar wants it destroyed - he's afraid of what the bunker might hold, and rightly so. | 397 |
Neutral 50 | But you're not going to do that. You're going to do the smart thing, and work for me. | 398 | ||
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic267 | Maybe I should destroy everything down here. | Neutral 50 | {steely} I don't respond well to threats. {moving on} Now, where were we...? | 399 |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic268 <Use Barter to negotiate for higher reward.> |
This work sounds important - and expensive. | Neutral 50 | [SUCCEEDED] Fine, you'll receive a nice bonus when the work is done. And speaking of getting it done... | 400 |
I could use a raise! | Neutral 50 | [FAILED] You signed a contract to deliver the Platinum Chip, and you'll be paid when the delivery is made. | 401 | |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic269 | I'll upload the data, as you ask. | Neutral 50 | Good. I won't hold you up any longer. | 402 |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic272 | We'll see what happens. | Neutral 50 | I like to think you have enough sense to do the right thing. The rewards for doing so are immense... as are the punishments for not doing so. | 403 |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic274 | The Legion took it from me at the Fort. | Neutral 50 | So what are you doing here? Return to the Fort at once. | 404 |
Neutral 50 | Recover the Platinum Chip. Once you've entered the bunker hidden beneath the weather station, you'll receive further instructions. | 405 | ||
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic275 | <Lie> I'm not sure what happened to it. | Neutral 50 | Are you a child? The Platinum Chip was taken from you, obviously. | 406 |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic276 | I'll do as you say. | Neutral 50 | That would make for a welcome change. | 407 |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic277 | You're asking me to commit suicide. The Legion will attack me on sight. | Neutral 50 | Then gather together the firepower or explosives or whatever else you need and improvise. | 408 |
Neutral 50 | I don't care if you have to kill every Legionary at the Fort. Get the job done. | 409 | ||
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic278 | You do know Caesar is dead, don't you? | Neutral 50 | By my calculations, his death will affect the shape of the battle for Hoover Dam minimally, if at all. | 410 |
Neutral 50 | The Legion's aggression will outlive Caesar. Indeed, they'll try to take the dam as a tribute to his memory. | 411 | ||
Neutral 50 | Given a year, they'd have him deified - but by then the Legion will be breaking down, riven by internal conflicts, a monster consuming itself. | 412 | ||
Neutral 50 | It's irrelevant. In the short term, the Legion is still monster enough that defeating it will make me look powerful indeed. | 413 | ||
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic279 | Where does New Vegas get all its electricity? | Neutral 50 | {stating the obvious} Hoover Dam, of course. A hydroelectric dam? | 414 |
Neutral 50 | The NCR had it up and running at 50% capacity within a year of occupying the dam. By treaty, New Vegas receives 5% of its output - more than enough. | 415 | ||
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic280 | I'm still working on it. | Neutral 50 | I'll expect to see some tangible progress before long, then. | 416 |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic283 | Why is the terminal on the North wall off-limits? | Neutral 50 | I recommend following the Securitron's instructions. Its programming is... {beat} strict, and I don't have time to change it. | 417 |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic285 <WGS cannibalism> |
Did you know I killed some White Gloves who were eating their customers? | Neutral 50 | Cannibalism was strictly forbidden in their contract. If some of them broke that stricture, they deserved whatever punishment you dealt them. | 418 |
Did you know some of the White Gloves are... eating people again? | Neutral 50 | {perturbed} No, I was not aware of this. | 419 | |
Neutral 50 | Is it really so hard {emphasis} not to engage in cannibalism? My goodness... | 420 | ||
Neutral 50 | It's a violation of their contract. I authorize you to deal with them in any way you see fit. | 421 | ||
Were you aware that the White Glove Society used to be cannibals? | Neutral 50 | {not going to deny it} Yes, of course. But refraining from those "dietary practices" is a primary requirement of their contract. | 422 | |
Neutral 50 | They've been good to their word. Put together one hell of a resort hotel, too. | 423 | ||
Neutral 50 | From what I hear, I'd want to eat at the Gourmand every night... if I were ambulatory. | 424 | ||
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic286 | Goodbye. | Neutral 50 | Goodbye? Is that some kind of joke? You barely understand what I want you to accomplish down there. | 425 |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic290 | Goodbye means goodbye. | Neutral 50 | I've spent too many years waiting for this moment to see it fumbled by an insubordinate contractor. | 426 |
Neutral 50 | I can't reach through this monitor and compell you to follow instructions, but know this - if you disappoint me, you will pay for it. | 427 | ||
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic291 | What are you doing here? | Neutral 50 | It is obvious to you that I built this place? The Platinum Chip opened it, after all?{sigh - the burdens of intelligence} | 428 |
Neutral 50 | In any case, you're here. So let's get to it. | 429 | ||
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic294 | What will you do with your Securitrons? | Neutral 50 | My army will do what an army does best - defend territory from invaders... and maintain order. | 430 |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic295 | What was that you said about security systems? | Neutral 50 | The same equipment failure that prevents me from remotely operating this facility seems to have activated its security robots and turrets. | 431 |
Neutral 50 | There's a security room near the base of the stairs... perhaps you can deactivate them yourself. | 432 | ||
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic297 | I'm going to do as Caesar asks and blow everything up down here. | Neutral 50 | Listen to me, very carefully. I've waited too long for this moment for you to go fouling it up on a lark. | 433 |
Neutral 50 | Do as I say, and your rewards will be immense. Thwart me, and your punishment will become the purpose of my existence. | 434 | ||
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic300 | Nope, I'm going to blow it all up anyways. | Neutral 50 | Then there will be no safe haven for you.{monitor goes dark} | 435 |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic301 | Caesar will kill me unless he believes I blew something up down here. | Neutral 50 | I see - you're in a predicament. | 436 |
Neutral 50 | Just off the turbine room down below are three power regulators. It's a redundant system - only one is needed. | 437 | ||
Neutral 50 | Go ahead and destroy one. The explosion will be large enough to be heard and felt aboveground. | 438 | ||
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic302 | What if I destroy all three? | Neutral 50 | {lying} The bunker will be destroyed, and you'll die instantly. | 439 |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic304 | Who are you to tell me what to do? | Neutral 50 | I'm the person who will pay you when you complete the delivery contract you signed. Now go get the Chip. | 440 |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic313 | I'll go get the Platinum Chip. | Neutral 50 | {stating the obvious} Excellent idea. | 441 |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic314 | Goodbye. | Neutral 50 | By "goodbye," I assume you mean to say that you can't talk right now because you need to go get the Platinum Chip off Benny's body. | 442 |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic315 | I'd like to ask some questions first... | Neutral 50 | There will time for questions and answers once you've delivered the Chip. Until then, you'll have to tolerate your ignorance... just as I do. | 443 |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic316 | Where do you think Benny's gone? | Neutral 50 | His destination is hardly a mystery. It's a near certainty that he's making his way for Caesar's camp, at Fortification Hill. | 444 |
Neutral 50 | It's one of just two places on Earth that have the hardware necessary to read the Platinum Chip - the Lucky 38 is the other, of course. | 445 | ||
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic317 | He set me up for an ambush! | Neutral 50 | And whose idea was it to offer yourself up as a sacrificial lamb? Really, what did you expect? | 446 |
Neutral 50 | Are you going to keep giving him opportunities to kill you? It's becoming a hobby of his. | 447 | ||
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic318 | Were you aware that he hijacked a Securitron and used it to infiltrate your network? | Neutral 50 | I suspected he'd found a way to access my encrypted databases, but well - this explains it. | 448 |
Neutral 50 | That would be how he learned of the Platinum Chip in the first place... not to mention where to intercept you, on your way in. | 449 | ||
Neutral 50 | Highly resourceful, Benny. He would've made a fine agent, had he stayed loyal. It's fortunate you came along to replace him - and ironic. | 450 | ||
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic319 | Not interested. Good luck getting the Chip back. | Neutral 50 | As I've told you before, you are contractually obligated to deliver the Chip. Do your job - you have everything to gain. | 451 |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic320 | What do I do next? | Neutral 50 | I won't lie to you. It'll be dangerous. | 452 |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic321 | What about Benny? | Neutral 50 | What about him? He has every reason to go to the Fort, so that's where you'll find him. | 453 |
Neutral 50 | All I ask is that you recover the Chip. What happens to Benny is up to you. | 454 | ||
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic330 | Goodbye. | Neutral 50 | Come back when you have something to report. | 455 |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic335 | I worked out a deal where the Brotherhood will help the NCR defend the dam. | Neutral 50 | {nonplussed} And why would you have done that? | 456 |
Neutral 50 | Success depends on forcing the NCR to rout from Hoover Dam. Hmm, does giving then a powerful ally in the battle make that more or less likely? | 457 | ||
Neutral 50 | Your assignment is unchanged - destroy the Brotherhood of Steel. Please get it right this time. | 458 | ||
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic336 | I'm still working on it. | Neutral 50 | Hidden Valley is the place to keep working, then. | 459 |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic347 | Tell me about the Boomers. | Neutral 50 | They occupied Nellis Air Force Base a little over 50 years ago. One of my Securitrons got some video of their arrival - and then... exploded. | 460 |
Neutral 50 | Odds are they were Vault dwellers. That's everything I know about them, really. | 461 | ||
The Boomers sound dangerous. | Neutral 50 | Only if you come within a mile or so of them. | 462 | |
Neutral 50 | Given their history of extreme isolationism, it's tempting to leave them be. But those howitzers of theirs... | 463 | ||
Neutral 50 | You can't let indeterminate variables rattle around in your equations like that. They have to be accounted for, one way or another. | 464 | ||
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic348 | You recruited the Omertas as one of the Three Families? | Neutral 50 | Yes, though at the time they called themselves the "Slither Kin." A vicious clan, not that that's changed, exactly. | 465 |
Neutral 50 | They were nomads, capable fighters, but their specialty was betrayal. They'd invite travelers into their yurts, drug them, murder or enslave them. | 466 | ||
Neutral 50 | They took pride in their craft. I don't think Omertas saw other people as people at all. Everyone else was just... prey. | 467 | ||
Neutral 50 | They reminded me of a certain criminal element Vegas used to attract. I told them some stories, gave them some clothes - and they ran with it. | 468 | ||
What were the original names of the other tribes? | Neutral 50 | The Chairmen, as we know them now, went by the unfortunate appellation of the "Mojave Boot-Riders." They were nomads, too. | 469 | |
Neutral 50 | As for the White Glove Society, I afraid I'm contractually obligated not to reveal their original name. | 470 | ||
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic349 | Tell me about the Brotherhood of Steel. | Neutral 50 | They're a terrorist group, basically. Militant, quasi-religious fanatics obsessed with hoarding Pre-War technology. | 471 |
Neutral 50 | Not all technology, mind you. You don't see them raiding hospitals to cart away Auto-Docs or armfuls of prosthetic organs. | 472 | ||
Neutral 50 | No, they greatly prefer the sort of technology that {emphasis} puts people in hospitals. Or graves, rather, since hospitals went the way of the Dodo. | 473 | ||
Why do you hate the Brotherhood so much? | Neutral 50 | Because they're ridiculous! Because they galavant around the Mojave pretending to be Knights of Yore. | 474 | |
Neutral 50 | Or did, until the NCR showed them that ideological purity and shiny power armor don't count for much when you're outnumbered 15:1. | 475 | ||
Neutral 50 | The world has no use for emotionally unstable techno-fetishists. Just wipe them out, will you? | 476 | ||
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic351 | Why do you care whether Kimball lives or dies? | Neutral 50 | I care because he is a known quantity - not the man so much as the political context he inhabits. | 477 |
Neutral 50 | 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. | 478 | ||
Neutral 50 | Ordering the occupation of Hoover Dam was his first act of office. As water and electricity flowed to NCR cities, his popularity soared. | 479 | ||
Neutral 50 | Conversely, his failure to annex the Mojave these seven years, and the immense costs of occupying a foreign land, have eroded his popular support. | 480 | ||
So why don't you want the NCR President to die? | Neutral 50 | {Oh, the burdens of intelligence} Kimball's entire political career is inextricably bound up with the NCR's occupation of the Mojave. It's his war. | 481 | |
Neutral 50 | If I compell the NCR to retreat, Kimball will be the sacrifice offered to the gods, so decent NCR citizens can get on with their lives. | 482 | ||
Neutral 50 | In retrospect, the Mojave and Hoover Dam will seem like one man's misadventure. Kimball will be blamed, not me. Not New Vegas. | 483 | ||
And if Kimball were to be assassinated? | Neutral 50 | Then the Hero of the Mojave would become the Martyr of Hoover Dam. And when, subsequently, I force the NCR to retreat... | 484 | |
Neutral 50 | They lick their wounds, and dream of righteous vengeance against New Vegas. Hello, embargo, farewell, tourist economy. | 485 | ||
Neutral 50 | I've calculated and re-calculated these probabilities. Kimball must live. | 486 | ||
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic352 | What should I expect at the dam? | Neutral 50 | {amusing yourself} Imagine two snarling dogs fighting over a curve of bone, perhaps the rib of their master, long-dead. | 487 |
Neutral 50 | 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. | 488 | ||
Any speculation on Legion tactics? | Neutral 50 | With Caesar dead, it's hard to know what to expect. The Legate, Lanius, is renowned as a brutal man, not a subtle tactician. | 489 | |
Neutral 50 | Frontal assaults, wave attacks - these are the sort of tactics one would expect from such a man. | 490 | ||
Any speculation on Legion tactics? | Neutral 50 | The Legion will mount a ferocious and determined frontal assault from the east, that much is certain. | 491 | |
Neutral 50 | 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. | 492 | ||
How will the NCR defend Hoover Dam? | Neutral 50 | General Oliver's {disparaging} strategy - or "tunnel vision," as I like to call it - has been to mass troops at Hoover Dam. | 493 | |
Neutral 50 | He wants to out-fight the Legion in a straight-forward slugging match, and then, when they rout, pursue and destroy them in detail. | 494 | ||
Neutral 50 | A crushing, decisive victory of this sort would overshadow the tactical ingenuity of Chief Hanlon's defense four years ago, you see. | 495 | ||
What's your battle plan for the Dam? | Neutral 50 | A good deal should be obvious to you by now. I won't spoil the rest by talking out of turn. | 496 | |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic363 | Nothing I can do. Trying to stop them would be a suicide mission. | Neutral 50 | Can't put the genie back in the bottle, is that it? Maybe you should've thought of that {emphasis} before you conspired to destroy my property. | 497 |
Neutral 50 | {lightening somewhat} That said, I'd know nothing of the Omertas' plot if you'd kept it secret. Perhaps I owe you my gratitude, after all... | 498 | ||
Neutral 50 | The information you've provided will suffice. When the battle for Hoover Dam comes, I'll make sure my Securitrons are waiting for the Omertas. | 499 | ||
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic366 | Wait for them to make their move. Forewarned is forearmed. | Neutral 50 | I suppose you're right... When the Legion assaults Hoover Dam, my Securitrons will be waiting for the Omertas. They won't accomplish much. | 500 |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic367 | Send your Securitrons into Gomorrah and kill off the Omertas' leaders. | Neutral 50 | Exactly how many civilians did you want to die in that crossfire? | 501 |
Neutral 50 | Still, you raise a fair point. My Securitrons can handle this. When the Legion attacks Hoover Dam, I'll be waiting for the Omertas. | 502 | ||
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic372 | The Brotherhood is holed up in Hidden Valley. | Neutral 50 | {admiring the player's knowledge} You're absolutely right. You must've had run-ins with them. As have I... | 503 |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic376 | Any recommendations on how to complete the mission? | Neutral 50 | From time to time, the NCR has assaulted Brotherhood bunkers. In four of the six incidents I know of, the bunkers self-destructed. | 504 |
Neutral 50 | I surmise it's standard practice for the Brotherhood to install a self-destruct system. It's consistent with their {disdain} uncompromising nature. | 505 | ||
Neutral 50 | You might use that against them. Or kill them another way, it's up to you. Return when it's done. | 506 | ||
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic380 | There nothing I can do to protect Kimball? | Neutral 50 | I can't use you. Had you shown moderation in your dealings with the NCR, we'd be in a different position. | 507 |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic382 | I'll be leaving, then. | Neutral 50 | Oh no, not so quick. I still have work for you. | 508 |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic383 | I'll do it. | Neutral 50 | Don't attack unless there are clear signs that Kimball's visit is imminent. Cause enough chaos to cancel the visit, no more. Then return to me. | 509 |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic385 | No thanks. | Neutral 50 | Not so eager to take on a suicide mission, is that it? If you'd shown moderation in your dealings with the NCR, we wouldn't be in this position. | 510 |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic389 | I had my reasons. | Neutral 50 | Whatever those reasons may be, you've jeopardized the success of this entire concern. | 511 |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic391 <Use Speech to deny responsibility.> |
I was set up. The Legion used me as a patsy. | Neutral 50 | [SUCCEEDED] They knew you were coming? They were better prepared than I anticipated, then. I won't underestimate them again. | 512 |
Neutral 50 | Before that happens, I'd ask you to complete one final task. It may seem trivial, but that's far from the case. | 513 | ||
It... it wasn't Kimball, it was an imposter. It had to die! | Neutral 50 | [FAILED] Whatever your reasons, you've jeopardized the success of this entire concern! | 514 | |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic392 | What more could I have done? | Neutral 50 | You could've succeeded! | 515 |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic393 | I'll take care of it. | Neutral 50 | With this accomplished, all preparations will have been made. The battle for Hoover Dam will be upon us before long. | 516 |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic394 | What's this about a dormant reactor? | Neutral 50 | The strain of defending Las Vegas from annhilation exceeded my power systems' capacity. My primary reactor shut down. | 517 |
Neutral 50 | 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. | 518 | ||
Neutral 50 | Negotiating an allotment of power from Hoover Dam was crucial. That's what's powered the Strip for the past seven years. | 519 | ||
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic395 | Goodbye. | Neutral 50 | Come back when your work at the substation is done. | 520 |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic396 | Why didn't you restart the reactor earlier? | Neutral 50 | I needed the operating software on the Platinum Chip to bring it back online. | 521 |
Neutral 50 | And to start the reactor itself requires a tremendous jolt of current. Very attention-getting. | 522 | ||
Neutral 50 | The NCR has its hands full now, of course. I doubt they'll raise much of a fuss. | 523 | ||
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic397 | You already have power. Why is this important? | Neutral 50 | This is not a good time to be dependent on energy from Hoover Dam. When the Legion attacks, the NCR may cut power altogether. | 524 |
Neutral 50 | And I'll be needing a good deal more power than the NCR has allotted to the Strip. | 525 | ||
Neutral 50 | Broadcasting encrypted VMQ-boosted command signals to hundreds of Securitrons eats up more power than you might expect. | 526 | ||
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic401 | Why do I need to be there? The NCR has an army. | Neutral 50 | Indeed they do - an army that'll be too distracted with killing Legionaries to notice the real reason you're there. | 527 |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic402 | What's the goal? | Neutral 50 | 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. | 528 |
Neutral 50 | The override will enable to control the entire dam's power output. | 529 | ||
Neutral 50 | 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. | 530 | ||
Neutral 50 | You've already uploaded the new operating system to the Securitrons. All they need is power and they'll be in fighting trim. | 531 | ||
What's the goal? | Neutral 50 | As I've said, your objective is to install an override module in the control room halfway across the dam. Are you ready perform this task? | 532 | |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic403 | Sounds like I get to kill lots of Legionaries. | Neutral 50 | Indeed you will. Just bear in mind that's not the reason you're there. | 533 |
VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic404 | Do I need to remind you that the NCR hates me? | Neutral 50 | No cause for alarm - you'll have an escort of Securitrons to help you fight your way onto the dam. | 534 |
VDialogueMrHouseTopic008 | Where do you want me to start? | Neutral 50 | Since 2278, I've lost five roaming Securitrons near Hidden Valley. | 535 |
Neutral 50 | I didn't receive any clear video of the incidents, but telemetry from the units destroyed indicates they were attacked with energy weapons. | 536 | ||
Where do you want me to start? | Neutral 50 | It's obvious that the Brotherhood has a base in Hidden Valley or thereabouts. Finding it won't be easy, but getting inside will be the real trick. | 537 | |
VDialogueMrHouseTopic009 | Any possibility of a diplomatic solution? | Neutral 50 | We're talking about a {COAT-ah-ree} coterie of bulging-eyed fanatics who think all Pre-War technology belongs to them. | 538 |
Neutral 50 | They'll never accept my using an army of robots to defend New Vegas. While it's a fight I can win, I'd rather sidestep it altogether. | 539 | ||
VDialogueMrHouseTopic010 | I don't want to kill off the entire Brotherhood. | Neutral 50 | Don't tell me that you've fallen for the stories of noble paladins on crusade, preserving mankind's technology in a benighted age? Dross! | 540 |
Neutral 50 | {not unkindly} In any case... this is an employer - employee relationship. I've given you an assignment, and the directions are clear. | 541 | ||
VDialogueMrHouseTopic011 | What do you want me to do? | Neutral 50 | Simple - an NCR Ranger named Grant is in charge of security arrangements for the visit. Present yourself to him, let him know you want to help. | 542 |
Neutral 50 | Given your reputation, it's a near-certainty that he'll accept your offer. | 543 | ||
Neutral 50 | Don't dally. The precise time of Kimball's visit is a closely-guarded secret, but it will happen soon. | 544 | ||
VDialogueMrHouseTopic013 | Let me think about it. | Neutral 50 | There's nothing to think about. You have a job to do, so do it. | 545 |
VDialogueMrHouseTopic014 | I've already destroyed their bunker. | Neutral 50 | {nonplussed} You have? | 546 |
Conversation
TOPIC | TOPIC TEXT / PROMPT | EMOTION | RESPONSE TEXT | # |
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VDialogueMrHouseSecuritronUpgrade | VDialogueMrHouseSecuritronUpgrade | Neutral 50 | Step closer to the demonstration area, if you would... | 547 |
VDialogueMrHouseSecuritronUpgrade | Neutral 50 | I expect you're well familiar with my Securitrons by now. | 548 | |
VDialogueMrHouseSecuritronUpgrade | Neutral 50 | The titanium alloy housing that protects its electronic core deflects small arms and shrapnel easily enough... | 549 | |
VDialogueMrHouseSecuritronUpgrade | Neutral 50 | Its X-25 gatling laser, produced to spec by Glastinghouse, Inc., is deadly against soft targets at medium range... | 550 | |
VDialogueMrHouseSecuritronUpgrade | Neutral 50 | And for close-range suppression or crowd control, the Securitron is armed with a 9mm submachinegun. | 551 | |
VDialogueMrHouseSecuritronUpgrade | Neutral 50 | All of this, you probably already knew... | 552 | |
VDialogueMrHouseSecuritronUpgrade | Neutral 50 | What you did not know is that these are the Securitrons' {emphasis} secondary weapons. | 553 | |
VDialogueMrHouseSecuritronUpgrade | Neutral 50 | All this time, my Securitrons have had to get by running the Mark I operating system, which lacked software drivers for their primary weapons! | 554 | |
VDialogueMrHouseSecuritronUpgrade | Neutral 50 | Today, with the delivery of the Platinum Chip, all that changes. Behold, for the first time, Securitrons running the Mark II OS! | 555 | |
VDialogueMrHouseSecuritronUpgrade | Neutral 50 | The M-235 Missile Launcher gives the Securitron the ability to engage ground and air targets at significantly longer ranges... | 556 | |
VDialogueMrHouseSecuritronUpgrade | Neutral 50 | And a rapid-fire G-28 grenade launching system ensures the Securitron is deadly in close-range engagements. | 557 | |
VDialogueMrHouseSecuritronUpgrade | Neutral 50 | The software upgrade also includes drivers for the Securitrons' highly sophisticated onboard auto-repair systems. | 558 | |
VDialogueMrHouseSecuritronUpgrade | Neutral 50 | All together, the Mark II {emphasis} software upgrade confers a 235% increase in combat effectiveness per unit. | 559 | |
VDialogueMrHouseSecuritronUpgrade | Neutral 50 | The city of New Vegas finally has soldiers worthy of protecting it! | 560 | |
VDialogueMrHouseSecuritronUpgrade | Neutral 50 | Return to the penthouse now. We have much to discuss... | 561 | |
VHSecuritronHouse | VHSecuritronHouse | Happy 10 | Ah, General Oliver. I expected you would survive. | 562 |
VHSecuritronHouse | Happy 10 | I see you've met my star employee. {Beat, pleased} A real performer, obviously - and a lot more {emphasis} reliable than the other candidate I considered for the position. | 563 | |
VHSecuritronHouse | Happy 10 | I'd pay very close attention to what she has to say, as well as any official papers she hands over for your perusal. | 564 | |
VHSecuritronHouse | Happy 10 | I'd pay very close attention to what he has to say, as well as any official papers he hands over for your perusal. | 565 | |
VHSecuritronHouse | Neutral 50 | {eager to enjoy triumph} Let's get on with it, shall we? Hmm? | 566 | |
vDialogueMrHouseCasinoPissed | vDialogueMrHouseCasinoPissed | Neutral 50 | You dared come here, after what you did? {[Casino floor]} | 567 |
vDialogueMrHouseCasinoPissed | Neutral 50 | What do you think you're going to do? Fight you way up to the penthouse and assassinate me? {[Casino floor]} | 568 | |
vDialogueMrHouseCasinoPissed | Neutral 50 | You came here to finish what you think you started? {[Casino floor]} | 569 | |
vDialogueMrHouseCasinoPissed | Neutral 50 | This is nothing compared to what's waiting for you up in the penthouse. {[Casino floor]} | 570 | |
vDialogueMrHouseCasinoPissed | Neutral 50 | Vegas will still rise again. Your betrayal won't defeat me! {[Casino floor]} | 571 | |
vDialogueMrHouseCasinoPissed | Neutral 50 | The Lucky 38 will be your grave. I'll finish what Benny couldn't get right! {[Casino floor]} | 572 | |
vDialogueMrHouseControlPissed | vDialogueMrHouseControlPissed | Neutral 50 | Hold on, now, hold on. Just a moment... | 573 |
vDialogueMrHouseControlPissed | Neutral 50 | Turn around and leave, and I'll... I won't attack you any further. | 574 | |
vDialogueMrHouseControlPissed | Neutral 50 | Just... stay away from the console. It doesn't do anything... | 575 | |
vDialogueMrHouseControlPissed | Neutral 50 | You've come back to kill me this time, I assume? | 576 | |
vDialogueMrHouseControlPissed | Neutral 50 | Ironic, how this turned out. The thousands of hours I spent calculating odds, running projections, planning for every contingency... | 577 | |
vDialogueMrHouseControlPissed | Neutral 50 | ...only to be done in by a mail carrier with a grandiosity complex. | 578 | |
vDialogueMrHouseControlPissed | Neutral 50 | Get it over with, will you? | 579 | |
vDialogueMrHouseElevatorAlert | vDialogueMrHouseElevatorAlert | Neutral 50 | Aggressive acts on the casino premises will be met with lethal force. Vacate the premises immediately. | 580 |
vDialogueMrHouseElevatorAlert | Neutral 50 | Vacate the premises immediately. The casino is off-limits for 24 hours. | 581 | |
vDialogueMrHouseElevatorAlert | Neutral 50 | Vacate the premises immediately. All Securitrons are at a state of high alert. | 582 | |
vDialogueMrHouseFirstTalk | vDialogueMrHouseFirstTalk | Neutral 50 | Hello. | 583 |
vDialogueMrHouseFirstTalk | Neutral 50 | Come over and introduce yourself. | 584 | |
vDialogueMrHouseFirstTalk | Neutral 50 | Come now, don't keep me waiting. | 585 | |
vDialogueMrHouseFirstTalk | Neutral 50 | I invited you here so we could talk, not so you can nose around. | 586 | |
vDialogueMrHouseLastWillTestament | vDialogueMrHouseLastWillTestament | Neutral 50 | If this statement is being broadcast, I am deceased. Please approach a Securitron and take one of the printed obituaries. | 587 |
vDialogueMrHouseLastWillTestament | Neutral 50 | I, Robert Edwin House, am deceased. Please approach a Securitron and take one of the printed obituaries. | 588 | |
vDialogueMrHousePenthousePissed | vDialogueMrHousePenthousePissed | Neutral 50 | Think you're doing well to have made it this far? {[Casino floor]} | 589 |
vDialogueMrHousePenthousePissed | Neutral 50 | Your chances of breaking through my defenses, they're... minimal, at best! | 590 | |
vDialogueMrHousePenthousePissed | Neutral 50 | Why are you doing this? | 591 | |
vDialogueMrHousePenthousePissed | Neutral 50 | I would've made you wealthy! You could've helped change the world! | 592 | |
vDialogueMrHousePenthousePissed | Neutral 50 | You're actually going to do this all over again? | 593 | |
vDialogueMrHousePenthousePissed | Neutral 50 | Damn it, will you die already? | 594 |
- Quotes if you want to switch it up
- "I like to think you have enough sense to do the right thing. The rewards for doing so are immense... as are the punishments for not doing so."
- "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."
- "From what I hear, I'd want to eat at the Gourmand every night... if I were ambulatory."
- "I offer many benefits, but vacation time isn't one of them."
- "You don't see them raiding hospitals to cart away Auto-Docs or armfuls of prosthetic organs. No, they greatly prefer the sort of technology that puts people in hospitals. Or graves, rather, since hospitals went the way of the Dodo."
- "We're talking about a coterie of bulging-eyed fanatics who think all Pre-War technology belongs to them."
- "Because they're ridiculous! Because they galavant around the Mojave pretending to be Knights of Yore. The world has no use for emotionally unstable techno-fetishists. Just wipe them out, will you?"
- "Ideological purity and shiny power armor don't count for much when you're outnumbered 15:1."
- "Goodbye? Is that some kind of joke? You barely understand what I want you to accomplish down there."
- "I can't reach through this monitor and compel you to follow instructions, but know this - if you disappoint me, you will pay for it."
- "Are you a child? The Platinum Chip was taken from you, obviously."
- "Until you do this, consider yourself suspended... without pay."
- "Marvelous work ethic, bravo."
- "Kimball may be a grandstanding boor, but I want him protected."
- "An opinion you expressed with supreme subtlety and finesse. Moving on..."
- "Do you have any idea how prodigious is the opportunity you're casting aside here?"
- "Why would I want to go to war against the NCR? They're my best customers."
- "Not interested? Not interested? You have an interest in this even if you're too stupid to know it. If you have an interest in breathing, you have an interest in this."
- "I haven't shown my hand - I've shown one card. I've given my enemies a single, provocative datum upon which to fixate. They have no idea what other cards I'm holding. It's a strong hand, believe me - I dealt it to myself."
- "Consequently, I have to "wait and see" what happens. It's... grotesque."
- "You're making me question your usefulness, you realize."
- "Had I used an armed caravan to transport the Chip, I might as well have been announcing to the world "this is important. Attack this!""
- "I'm not offering you an incentive as crude as money - though there'll be plenty of that. What I'm offering you is a ground-floor opportunity in the most important enterprise on Earth. What I'm offering is a future - for you, and for what remains of the human race."
- "If you find Caesar's Legion so frightening at this remove, imagine them rampaging across the Strip. We have a chance to see them destroyed, to see New Vegas become the harbinger of a new age."
- "Don't let the video screens and computer terminals fool you. I'm flesh and blood, not silicon."
- "You needn't be afraid of me. It's my Securitrons that are going to kill you."
- "By the time I was 30 years old, I was a billionaire 30 times over. I founded and ran a vast economic empire. Do you really think I'm going to let an upstart come into my home and ransom my property to me? I spent two centuries searching for the Platinum Chip. It's my invention, my property - mine. Now be a good courier and deliver it!"
- "I invite you to think carefully about what you do next... standing alone before me, surrounded by my heavily-armed Securitron guards."
- "I'm sure the assassins will wait for you to show up."
- "I much prefer working with robots..."
- "Absolutely not! Caesar is of great use to me. I don't want you harming a hair on that man's head - assuming you can find one."
- "What of it? I enjoy them. There's something about a little diorama set inside a glass dome that I... find pleasing."