Chapter 690 Outpost
As Su Jing and Gai Qi crawled out of the giant disc-shaped object, the smoke and dust when they fell to the ground were slowly dissipating. The two patted each other's ashes on each other. The rest of the caravan also approached one after another, and it took Adam a long time to come back to his senses.
"You...wait, what is this?"
"Alien spaceship." Su Jing said not very concerned, "Xiaoqi and I accidentally bumped into them in the outer space, and then we were captured. Then we made a big fuss inside, and after messing up the things inside, it fell off by itself. There were also many little green people running around inside, but their life-saving system was completely broken and should have been completely destroyed now."
"Mothership Zeta" is the funny one among the stories of several DLCs in Fallout 3. The entire DLC is not highly evaluated, telling a bizarre story about the protagonist being sucked into an alien spacecraft. Because the style is too fantastic, the story is not exciting enough, and is usually regarded as a place to play with memes and stuff easter eggs. However, although the story is not very good, the alien technology in this spacecraft mothership is very high-end, and it can even be said to be the highest technology in the story of the Fallout series.
A few years ago, Su Jing, who was alone, came to Washington, DC on this wasteland and met Adam, a young man who had just come out of the shelter. With his assistance, the two completed the "Water Purification Plan" together, helping the world's capital waste to rebuild a clean water cycle. In the process, Su Jing wiped out slave traders, Eagle Claw mercenaries and bandits, established his own private armed "Black Crusade", and with the assistance of the Capital Brotherhood of Steel, defeated the pre-war government remnant party "Encret" who intends to exterminate all mutant animals and humans on the North American continent.
Although Su Jing left, the army he left behind was still growing. Because he gave Adam a needle of modified fev (forced evolution virus). Therefore, this blonde young man gradually possessed powerful single-player force and clearer and more keen intelligence, allowing him to suppress the original unruly scumbags with various young but powerful wrists. He also transformed those scumbags into truly useful soldiers through the balance between the people and the Iron Brotherhood of the Capital Special Administrative Region.
"You are finally back... It's so great." Adam walked forward and hugged Su Jing sincerely. When he met Adam, Su Jing was still a small black iron-level three-star adventurer, with only courage and extraordinary individual combat power. Now Su Jing is already a golden-level adventurer, but when he sees his former friends, he still feels simple friendship.
"I'm here this time, maybe I won't leave for a long time in the future." Su Jingshen looked at the land under his feet and the mountains in the distance with emotion. Although the level of the radiation world was not high, it was the first world he had explored alone, and it had special significance to him.
"With you here, a lot of troubles here can be solved." Adam whispered in Su Jing's ear. "But if your purpose is similar to what I guess, I suggest you don't use your previous identity."
"I know." Su Jing also whispered, "I will use a pseudonym and a fake identity. The Black Crusade needs your leadership, and I used to be just a totem. And I only need your...assistance."
"If I hadn't known that you looked down on these people, maybe I would have tried to make you become their leader again..." Adam shook his head regretfully, "I am indeed not suitable to be a leader, and I always want to live a free life. Even Sarah is more suitable for this position than me. Sorry, it's a shame. Who is this lady?"
"My girlfriend, Gai Qi." Su Jing rubbed the brunette girl's head affectionately, and the latter stretched out his left hand to shake hands with Adam. The hard prosthetic limb surprised the young man who walked out of the 101 refuge.
"Find a place to rest. I believe we still have a lot of news to exchange." Su Jing raised his nose and sniffed it, looking into the distance, "There seems to be a rest stop in front?"
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Caravans who come to the Mojave Desert along the national highway will not miss the Mojave Desert outpost established by the Republic of New California. A dozen miles away, you can also see the two huge statues of the mountain pass. These two statues are the greatest symbol of the power of the NCR in Nevada. These two rough statues show that two soldiers in different costumes are holding each other. They were built to commemorate the 2271 "Joint Declaration of the Rangers".
In 2271, the NCR Rangers signed an agreement with the Mohavi local force "Desert Rangers". The Desert Rangers organized the NCR Rangers in exchange for NCR protection of the Mohavi Desert, Hoover Dam and the entire Southern Nevada, protecting it from the invasion of the Caesars's regiment.
The Rangers may be one of the most combat-capable special forces on the entire wasteland. The NCR Rangers were the Shazhou Town Guards before the founding of the NCR. In nearly a hundred years of expansion and conflict, the NCR Rangers have gradually become the special elite troops in the NCR Army. Only the most elite and experienced soldiers can become members of the Rangers. In the eyes of bandits and robbers and Caesar's Legion, these Rangers are undoubtedly equivalent to the incarnation of the God of Death. The Rangers are all top-notch in the single-player skills and tactics, and when they form a team, they are invincible.
In the first Hoover Dam Battle, the Rangers were responsible for introducing the main force of the Caesars Legion into the Rock City. The then commander, Sergeant Han Long, became famous in one battle after this war and became a war hero in the New California Republic.
"Simply put, our current task is mainly to open up the trading channels between the East Coast and the West Coast, and to reach some cooperation agreements with important forces. At the same time..." Adam, who was sitting in the outpost bar, hesitated for a moment, and finally whispered a few words, "We carry the beacons used internally by the Iron Brotherhood. It is said that there is an Iron Brotherhood here. Elder Lyon hopes that we can contact them. But I have investigated the history of the Iron Brotherhood here during this period, and I am afraid... it is not very wonderful."
"What's going on?" Su Jing ordered a glass of beer and stared at a beautiful woman drinking by herself in the corner of the bar, "Tell me."
"Speaking of this...the Iron Brotherhood here has some conflicts with the NCR." Adam considered the wording. "Five or six years ago... it was about 2276, and the Iron Brotherhood branch here tried to compete with the NCR for the Sun God Power Station. A large sunlight power plant. For some reason, they seemed to have fought their best to get control of the power station. In the offense and defense surrounding the power station, both sides suffered heavy casualties. The NCR had more people, but the Iron Brotherhood held more advanced technology. In the end, the NCR forced the Sun God Power Station with almost 10:1 people. In that fire, the Iron Brotherhood disappeared and moved underground."
"The question you are considering now is how to balance the local Brotherhood of Steel and NCR, right?" Su Jing took a sip of beer, and the inferior taste made the Zerg, who was used to high-end products, frowned slightly.
"Yes. Morally, as a member of the Capital Brotherhood, I should stand with the members of the Desert Brotherhood. But their previous local war with NCR was a hurdle that was hard to ignore. If you choose to stand opposite to the New California Republic... it is not something a responsible leader would do." Adam said solemnly, "If I were the only one, maybe I could have a more free choice. But now I am the head of a group... and I must consider those who follow the black crusade flag in my hands."
"You have indeed grown a lot." Su Jing sighed, "Time can really change a person."
But there was one thing that had not changed. Su Jing thought to himself that Adam's eyes looked a little melancholy, but his kindness with a hint of naiveness and kindness still had not changed. No matter how long he had been in the wasteland, Adam still had the old traditional morality as a person born in a refuge. He and his father were both good people in the traditional sense.
It is precisely because of knowing his kindness that Su Jing can trust him.
"There is no right to speak without investigation." Su Jing took the beer left in the cup, "How many people do you have in your hands?"
"Probably..." Adam blinked. "Forty-eight people. Plus I forty-nine people, one of them was stung to death by a scorpion a few days ago, and two others unfortunately died in the battle with the bandits on the road."
"How are these people at their level?"
"...The quality of the ordinary NCR soldiers should be stronger." Adam estimated. "After all, most of the veterans who survived the war zones in the capital are much stronger than the new recruits in the NCR army who have only undergone a week or two of basic military training. Perhaps stronger than ordinary veterans."
"I think about it, your next plan should be to go to New Las Vegas City, visit the NCR ambassador to Las Vegas, and reach some basic agreements. A small part of your goods will be donated." Su Jing kept snapping his fingers, "There is basically no problem. The problem is that the transactions here, the bulk arms and resources are usually controlled by three large trading companies, namely the "Crimson Caravan", the "Van Graff Family" and the "arms dealers". If you want to intervene - or if you seem to have to intervene - this piece of cake that has been divided, you have to directly oppose these three families. The big merchants on the wasteland are not good men and women."
"Hmm? I did hear that the Crimson Caravan might not be clean." Adam held his chin and thought for a while. "I guess that a large caravan like us at the level of forty or fifty people would not encounter any open trouble. Instead, they might be tripped up by others, such as their priority trading agreement with NCR. This time, I mainly came here to explore the way and analyze the power and market here, so that I can formulate the next specific policy for the Black Crusade."
"You just need to continue to follow the original plan." Su Jing pushed the empty wine glass back to the exposed female bartender, "I have another plan. After I investigate some things, you will get my help."
Due to his experiences a few years ago, Adam trusted Su Jing very much. He instinctively felt that as long as the man in front of him was there, all problems would no longer be problems.
When the two men started talking about the political situation, the mechanic was bored to remove and install the two 45 pistols. She seemed to be able to create many strange parts from every corner of her body. The two m1911-a1 military pistols were changed into messes by her. She changed the laser aiming, silencer and other messy accessories. It seemed that she could not tell whether it was a pistol or something.
"...The current task is to remove some useful things from the mothership. These 'goods' are high-end goods that are not available on the earth." After a while, the two men stood up, Su Jing patted the girl's head, and the mechanic finally breathed a sigh of relief and inserted two pistols into the holster on the outside of the thigh.
After the caravan left, Ranger Jackson, the head of the outpost's management, also breathed a sigh of relief. Although the reputation of the Black Crusader was not significant in Mohavie, the caravan of forty or fifty people was still quite eye-catching, especially the caravan bodyguards in their hands were all excellent assault rifles or combat shotguns. The soldiers here could notice that these caravan members all had obvious military imprints on their bodies, and they all felt blood stained on their hands. If there was a conflict, the outpost's garrisons were probably not against them.
A Ranger climbed down from the observation post on the roof of the outpost barracks. Although he was wearing a beret covering his hair and a pair of sunglasses, the elite Ranger with a sniper rifle was a woman, and had abnormal white scars on his skin, which seemed to be albino.
"That group of people seemed to have encountered some minor trouble." The sniper "Ghost" in the Lookout Gate said concisely, "It may be related to the smoke and dust when an unknown object fell before. I guess I encountered bandits like the Viper Snake Gang."
"Hey... we can't even control ourselves. I'm afraid we don't have the leisure to distribute troops to help others. Let's pray for good luck for them." Jackson bit his beard and couldn't help but sigh, "Not only troops, arms, supplies... we lack anything. In such a desert where birds do not shit, NCR will spend a lot of energy and military expenses to maintain. The war with Caesar will also waste our last drop of blood."
The Ranger "Ghost" shrugged. As one of the most elite soldiers of the Republic, she also had strong dignity. However, she was like the rest of the soldiers, and was useless.
The woman sitting in the corner drinking stood up staggeringly. She picked up the shotgun with a sniper lens next to her and walked out with a burp.
"Hey, Cass! What are you doing?" Jackson shouted.
"Go and have a look." The female drunkard staggeredly raised the hunting rifle in her hand and said lazily. (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!