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// Journal 13 
// Story: The Courier's Journal 
// by RF and AG 
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	The Endgame (Part One)


Why part one? Well, assuming I don’t die, I expect to add two more entries into the journal about what is going to happen in the next few days. This one? This one is to record my thoughts, I guess, before I start the Mojave on the path to being remembered as the city that stood up against two empires. 

I made my way back to the Lucky 38 to find my crew waiting there. They apparently had heard a nice little message that Ulysses sent out. They didn’t tell me much about it, and apparently only they received it, since it was delivered by more ED-E models. It didn’t matter too much, as all that mattered was that I wouldn’t need to find them. 

The biggest surprise was that one had apparently found Arcade, the who went missing a while ago. He had surprised everyone by showing up, but what he had to tell me was the biggest surprise of all. 

He was ex-Enclave! I mean, I never had to worry about those fuckers, but all of the stories I heard had painted them as deranged murderers hardly a step away from the Legion. I couldn’t hold back the fact that I was beyond angry at this, but he explained the entire situation. He had been born Enclave and left in order to actually help … or something like that, I honestly was still a little bit too angry to perfectly follow. 

Either way, he offered something that actually made me blank. He offered the support of the Enclave that were still around in The Mojave, like Cannibal Johnson. Somehow that guy got even shadier than before. Either way, the deal was that they would help destroy the Legion at the Dam as long as they were allowed to “re-disappear” without the entire Mojave trying to destroy them. 

If I had more time, I would have liked to meet each one of them to gauge who I was protecting, but that was not a luxury I was allowed to have. Instead, I counter offered them that I would let them ‘re-disappear’ as long as Arcade kept tabs on them. He seemed a little shocked that I was giving in so easily, but I told him that he would be the one paying the price if they fucked up hard.

He simply nodded before starting to leave. He did ask me one question though, “Do the Followers need a man like me in their midst?” 

I replied with “Only a man like you can answer that question.”

I’m not answering his existential crisis questions for him. 

Either way, after he left I took the rest of the gang, which was comprised of Veronica, Boone, Raul, and Cass up to the top of the tower. From our view overlooking New Vegas, and the former home of House, I told them my plan. 

Step 1) Infiltrate The Fort.

Step 2) Kill Caesar.

Step 3) Wait at the Dam for the inevitable attack in response.

Step 4) Crush the Legion under my boots

Step 5) Peacefully remove the NCR from The Mojave 

Simple and effective. Simple and effective. 

To this, they asked what they needed to do. I needed them to make sure I had an extraction in case of being caught after the kill. Put Boone on a hill nearby, Cass and Veronica in an area to cause an uproar, and Raul as my extraction at the gate. It will go off without a hitch, tomorrow night it will all go down. 

In light of such a big event, I wanted to know the status of The Mojave. Boone told me that Novac was under the watch of a few Ex-NCR friends of his while Primm was still doing well with the new sheriff. 

Veronica told me the Brotherhood was ready to help escort the Caravans when needed, as well as repel a Southern invasion near Cottonwood if it happened. She also informed me that she had talked to the Boomers, who had apparently just patted her on her head and told her to watch the skies. I know what they meant, and it will be a sight to see.

Cass said that she had hidden a nice stash of ammo in Hoover Dam, with the help of, as she put it, ‘her way with men.’ She also was able to talk to some smaller caravan parties and explain a few aspects of their new guards. Hopefully they won’t go talking to the NCR about the content of their conversations. 

Finally, at least out of my companions, Raul told me he was able to do some work on the Securitrons, to improve mobility and overall performance. He also told the mutants in Jacobstown that things were going to change for the better for them. 

Yes Man, on the other hand, had a long list of things that he made happen while I was gone. Each tribe on the strip had officially pledged loyalty to a unified Mojave. The Khans also began to clear out of their canyon, not before ensuring that the local area was free of Powder Gang stragglers and Fiends. They will be slightly missed. Those were the major ones, with a handful of other things being done to make sure the transition to independence went smoothly.

I can honestly say that for the first time in over a year, I was happy. Not the gleeful type where everything seems to be all sunshine and rainbows. No, this was more along the line of ‘everything is falling into place nicely.’

First The Mojave, and then maybe Canada. Start with a region and move up to a country? Yeah, that sounds feasible.