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[b]Name:[/b] New Vegas 

[b]Territory and Geography:[/b] Robert House has built an immense wall around the outer edges of New Vegas (which include South Vegas, Westside, Freeside, the NCR Farmland, and McCarran Airport). Mr. House has largely left the rest of the Mojave to wither away and rot, though stubborn settlements still exist.

By this point, has specifically occupied Hoover Dam/Boulder City, the REPCONN Test Site, Nellis, and Quarry Junction as immensely well-defended outposts and has kept I-15 safe for eastward travel into New Vegas, though he does not exercise control over the southern regions of the Mojave.

New Vegas is ruled from the impossible heights of the glistening Lucky 38.

[b]History:[/b]

With the help of the Courier, Robert Edwin House drove both Caesar’s Legion and the NCR out of the Mojave Desert, leaving him with nearly a decade of peace and quiet to sculpt the ruins of the Old World into his dream. As he had done with the three families of the New Vegas Strip, Robert House corrupted many of the tribes and independent communities, disintegrating their original identities and refashioning them with old world values and aesthetics.

Soon the population of New Vegas swelled, and an internal economy emerged. Following The King’s tragic death due to a heart attack (and the suspicious demise of Pacer), the largely directionless Kings were an easy target for Robert House – he offered them a casino of their own on the New Vegas Strip (now known as “Kings Casino”) and unstoppable incentives—wealth, women, and power—which ultimately won over many of the surrounding communities.

Anyone who was not onboard or not of use to Robert House’s blast furnace of an economy was quickly pushed out of New Vegas and forced to make it on their own out in the wasteland. South Vegas was rebuilt into an array of Levittown-style homes for the residents of New Vegas to conduct their orderly existences, most of which eerily emulated that of the old world. Freeside and Westside were renovated and comprised many private businesses for those who were not affiliated with the casinos. A gigantic, virtually impenetrable wall was built around the outer edges of the city.

By 2285, New Vegas was a ghostly image of an age long-forgotten. Swing music lingered in the air. Air conditioning rejuvenated the houses. Resourceful men and women wearing peacoats, suits, and pencil skirts kissed their children goodbye in the mornings before contributing to the economy of a faceless man whose intentions they did not fully comprehend. Yet, despite the array of old world facsimiles wandering through New Vegas, one could not deny that the place was clean. Orderly. Safe.

By the latter half of the 2280s, the rest of the forgotten Mojave Wasteland began to wither away like a malnourished animal. Robert House had cunningly embargoed the wasteland’s community from any trade out of New Vegas and waited for desperation to lure the most resourceful people of the wasteland into his services. Uncoincidentally, the Courier disappeared. Many assumed that Mr. House had simply become too powerful and too ruthless to bear, but it is said that only Robert himself knows of her fate.

An entire workforce was hired in Quarry Junction, who provided the building materials for New Vegas to build upward. New skyscrapers emerged. The city became a shining treasure of absurd proportions as the world outside rotted. Citizens of the NCR arrived in droves, many of whom settled permanently in New Vegas. Tribes continued to have their identities bastardized by the allure of it all. 

With the Courier out of the picture, Robert House took it upon himself to manipulate the playing field to his ultimate benefit. He sent securitrons to lace the gigantic rock formations along the walls of the Big Mountain with C4. The resulting landslides and debris clouds completely devastated the once incredible Big MT Research Center. 

The Three Families grew tense as Robert House began to more heavily tax their profits, and as a response, he decided to do away with the old. In a matter of weeks, Marjorie, Cachino, and Swank all disappeared with very little in the way of leads, and they were replaced with compliant members of the families. Despite the lack of evidence toward any particular killer, public assumption is that House orchestrated their removal.

New Vegas now hummed along in perfect synchronicity. In 2289, Robert House instituted the “Immortality Clause”, a stipulation in all business contracts that upon the death of any New Vegas resident, their face, mannerisms, and voice would be uploaded onto one of the city’s countless securitrons. As deaths mounted from dangerous working conditions in Quarry Junction and mob violence on the Strip, the citizens of New Vegas began to be surrounded by ghosts. Suicide rates steeply rose, but for the fortunate that were compliant and not heavily idealistic, New Vegas offered a stellar quality of life that could be found nowhere else…


[b]Population:[/b] 7,000

[b]Government/Domestic Politics:[/b] New Vegas is run by its sole proprietor, Mr. Robert Edwin House. “Micro-dealings”, as House refers to them, are now carried out by his new protégé, a man known as Dean Domino. Under the condition that the Sierra Madre Casino may one day be renovated to be run by Dean (a likely impossible dream), he is at House’s service. Considering that no one other than House could even dream of accomplishing such a feat, this created an infallible link of loyalty.

[b]Notable People:[/b]

Dean Domino – Mr. House’s unlikely right-hand man and replacement of the disappeared Courier. A skeptic might see this relationship as a vanity project on House’s part, as Robert was a fan of Domino’s music in the Old World, but in reality, the man’s cunning and debonair nature appealed greatly to the proprietor of Vegas.

Danielle Raymonde – The most beautiful, mysterious, and talked-about woman in New Vegas, curiously handpicked by Robert House to run the Ultra Luxe Casino & Resort. Her connection to Mr. House is one of secrecy and debate.

“The King” – A quiet, handsome, proud, but malleable young man with an impressive head of hair who replaced the previous man of the same name. He now runs the Kings’ Casino, one of the most successful in New Vegas.

Billy Knight – Once a successful Tops comedian, now a charismatic talk show host and anchor, albeit one that is corroded and limited by House’s influence. He is known for often distastefully injecting humor into grave and serious headlines.

Benny – His ethos as the “one who stood up to the man” has inspired small bits of personal hope for personal success in New Vegas. He is considered both alive and dead, depending on who you ask.


[b]Military:[/b] New Vegas is protected by its growing number of securitrons, now being slowly manufactured by a human workforce in North Vegas. House has hired entire mercenary armies both at home and abroad to manipulate the balance of power in the region, though he has exercised plausible deniability and has never been held culpable for any of their doings.

Supposedly, Robert House is in the midst of developing a Mark IV Securitron, one that he considers to be the “perfect” soldier.

New Vegas is in the beginnings of developing a human military, bannered under the old world flag. It has gone poorly thus far, as he has failed to find any wise and reliable officials to develop training programs.

Economy: Robert House has developed a powerful internal economy, as most of his citizens earn money working in his factories, restaurants, quarries, what-have-you and proceed to lose most of it gambling on the Strip. In addition, the ruined farms have been renovated to provide food for the region, though House still enjoys a remarkable tourism/trading relationship with the NCR.

New communities have indulged in New Vegas tourism, including some from the 80s and countless other tribes that have managed to come across an adequate amount of caps.

[b]Culture and Technology: [/b]

Technology is crucial to the snowglobe that is New Vegas – Mr. House has indoctrinated his residents to become unwaveringly supportive of technological development as the beacon of the future. As a result, Mr. Handys have been repaired and produced—with staggering prices—and many civilians own laser weapons for self-defense. Somehow, Fisto (and others like him) has a steady stream of customers (perhaps out of bounds of House’s vision when he asked his populace to embrace tech).  

As long as they are willing to play by House’s rules and live in his image, ghouls are welcome in New Vegas, though the general snobbish demeanor of the city has a tendency to look down upon them.

Life in New Vegas very much looks like a recreation of the world of 2077 – Mr. Handys preemptively cook dinners and eagerly wait for the working class to return home on each day. The faux grass of the perfectly symmetrical yards in South Vegas have glistening white picket fences surrounding them. Yet there is an uneasiness to it all, as if something in the perfect façade has got to give.

[b]Religion:[/b] The citizens of New Vegas enjoy religious freedom, so long as it falls within the bounds of what House considers “proper decorum” (a term that has been used rather vaguely in order to prosecute people). There are pockets of practiced Christianity, but there are no established churches.

[b]Important Locations:[/b]

The Strip: Now outfitted with new, tall casinos. A splendor to behold and the place where impulsive dreams go to die.

Freeside: Now humming with electricity, Freeside is a hodgepodge of smaller casinos and local businesses.

Westside: Filled with residential apartments for those who wish to live on lower rent.  

South Vegas: House’s own Levittown – a gigantic array of perfect residential blocks.

North Vegas: Farmland.

Hoover Dam: The key to pulling this all off – the source of Robert House’s nearly limitless supply of energy.

REPCONN Test Site: Now operated by House and a growing team of scientists, House has begun to develop his dreams of catapulting toward the stars. However, very little in the way of tangible progress has come into play. Many consider this venture a leech on New Vegas’ economy.

Quarry Junction: Operated by a gigantic crew of physical laborers. Responsible for virtually all of Robert House’s new structures.

Primm: Run remotely and heavily defended by House in order to facilitate northward NCR travel toward Vegas. It now enjoys a bustling economy caused by mass population exoduses from Goodsprings and Novac toward it, as well as being one of the only places supply caravans can afford to gamble.


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