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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic036
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Goodbye.
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Well enough. Be on your way.
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VDialogueM_VDialogueMrHous_00133710_1
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RSCharlieAudioLog2Audio
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RSCharlieAudioLog2Audio
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This is a message to the NCR from the Legion.
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VFreeformN_RSCharlieAudioL_0017B5AB_1
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RSCharlieAudioLog2Audio
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RSCharlieAudioLog2Audio
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We are coming for you. Run, and we will catch you. Hide, and we will find you. No matter what you do, you are all going to die.
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VFreeformN_RSCharlieAudioL_0017B5AB_2
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RSCharlieAudioLog2Audio
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RSCharlieAudioLog2Audio
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We took one of the women alive.
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VFreeformN_RSCharlieAudioL_0017B5AB_3
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic011
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What the hell are you?
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{disappointed}A crude question, crudely asked.
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VDialogueM_VDialogueMrHous_0015AB8A_1
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic011
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What the hell are you?
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I'll be happy to satisfy your {disapproving}rambunctious curiosity at a more appropriate moment. But now, I'll repeat my question...
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VDialogueM_VDialogueMrHous_0015AB8A_2
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic011
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What the hell are you?
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What do you make of what you've seen?
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VDialogueM_VDialogueMrHous_0015AB8B_1
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VDialogueMrHouseTopic014
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I've already destroyed their bunker.
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{nonplussed}You have?
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VDialogueM_VDialogueMrHous_001418AC_1
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic142
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Not interested.
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Not interested? {louder}Not interested?
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VDialogueM_VDialogueMrHous_0014D2CD_1
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic142
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Not interested.
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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.
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VDialogueM_VDialogueMrHous_0014D2CD_2
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic142
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Not interested.
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Return to the Fort and do whatever it takes to recover the Chip.
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VDialogueM_VDialogueMrHous_0014D2CD_3
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic283
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Why is the terminal on the North wall off-limits?
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I recommend following the Securitron's instructions. Its programming is... {beat}strict, and I don't have time to change it.
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VDialogueM_VDialogueMrHous_00159478_1
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic248
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It's a good thing we stopped the Omertas in time.
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Indeed. Moving on...
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VDialogueM_VDialogueMrHous_0014189A_1
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VDialogueMrHouseTopic010
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I don't want to kill off the entire Brotherhood.
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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!
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VDialogueM_VDialogueMrHous_001418A6_1
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VDialogueMrHouseTopic010
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I don't want to kill off the entire Brotherhood.
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{not unkindly}In any case... this is an employer - employee relationship. I've given you an assignment, and the directions are clear.
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VDialogueM_VDialogueMrHous_001418A6_2
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic290
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Goodbye means goodbye.
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I've spent too many years waiting for this moment to see it fumbled by an insubordinate contractor.
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VDialogueM_VDialogueMrHous_0014B642_2
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic290
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Goodbye means goodbye.
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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.
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VDialogueM_VDialogueMrHous_0014B642_3
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic012
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Why didn't you intervene sooner when Benny ambushed me?
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Why didn't {emphasis}Victor intervene sooner, you mean?
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VDialogueM_VDialogueMrHous_0011D987_2
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic012
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Why didn't you intervene sooner when Benny ambushed me?
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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.
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VDialogueM_VDialogueMrHous_0011D987_3
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic012
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Why didn't you intervene sooner when Benny ambushed me?
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Victor's combat algorithms determined the proper course of action. Benny and his thugs were more than a match for a lone Securitron.
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VDialogueM_VDialogueMrHous_0011D987_4
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic012
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Why didn't you intervene sooner when Benny ambushed me?
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When he alerted me, I instructed him to approach the site after Benny and the others had departed.
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VDialogueM_VDialogueMrHous_0011D987_1
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic396
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Why didn't you restart the reactor earlier?
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I needed the operating software on the Platinum Chip to bring it back online.
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VDialogueM_VDialogueMrHous_001550F4_1
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic396
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Why didn't you restart the reactor earlier?
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And to start the reactor itself requires a tremendous jolt of current. Very attention-getting.
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VDialogueM_VDialogueMrHous_001550F4_2
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic396
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Why didn't you restart the reactor earlier?
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The NCR has its hands full now, of course. I doubt they'll raise much of a fuss.
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VDialogueM_VDialogueMrHous_001550F4_3
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic274
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The Legion took it from me at the Fort.
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So what are you doing here? Return to the Fort at once.
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VDialogueM_VDialogueMrHous_0014B653_1
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic274
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The Legion took it from me at the Fort.
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Recover the Platinum Chip. Once you've entered the bunker hidden beneath the weather station, you'll receive further instructions.
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VDialogueM_VDialogueMrHous_0014B653_2
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VDialogueMrHouseTopic013
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Let me think about it.
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There's nothing to think about. You have a job to do, so do it.
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VDialogueM_VDialogueMrHous_00141896_1
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic394
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What's this about a dormant reactor?
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The strain of defending Las Vegas from annhilation exceeded my power systems' capacity. My primary reactor shut down.
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VDialogueM_VDialogueMrHous_001550F2_1
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic394
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What's this about a dormant reactor?
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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.
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VDialogueM_VDialogueMrHous_001550F2_2
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic394
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What's this about a dormant reactor?
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Negotiating an allotment of power from Hoover Dam was crucial. That's what's powered the Strip for the past seven years.
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VDialogueM_VDialogueMrHous_001550F2_3
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic155
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I'm still looking into it.
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Then look harder.
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VDialogueM_VDialogueMrHous_001418B4_1
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Conversation
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vDialogueMrHouseFirstTalk
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vDialogueMrHouseFirstTalk
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Hello.
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VDialogueM_vDialogueMrHous_00158264_1
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Conversation
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vDialogueMrHouseFirstTalk
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vDialogueMrHouseFirstTalk
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Come over and introduce yourself.
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VDialogueM_vDialogueMrHous_00158265_1
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Conversation
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vDialogueMrHouseFirstTalk
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vDialogueMrHouseFirstTalk
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Come now, don't keep me waiting.
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VDialogueM_vDialogueMrHous_00158266_1
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Conversation
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vDialogueMrHouseFirstTalk
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vDialogueMrHouseFirstTalk
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I invited you here so we could talk, not so you can nose around.
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VDialogueM_vDialogueMrHous_00158267_1
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Conversation
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VDialogueMrHouseSecuritronUpgrade
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VDialogueMrHouseSecuritronUpgrade
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Step closer to the demonstration area, if you would...
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VDialogueM_VDialogueMrHous_001564FA_1
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Conversation
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VDialogueMrHouseSecuritronUpgrade
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VDialogueMrHouseSecuritronUpgrade
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I expect you're well familiar with my Securitrons by now.
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VDialogueM_VDialogueMrHous_00158271_1
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Conversation
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VDialogueMrHouseSecuritronUpgrade
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VDialogueMrHouseSecuritronUpgrade
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The titanium alloy housing that protects its electronic core deflects small arms and shrapnel easily enough...
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VDialogueM_VDialogueMrHous_00158272_1
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Conversation
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VDialogueMrHouseSecuritronUpgrade
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VDialogueMrHouseSecuritronUpgrade
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Its X-25 gatling laser, produced to spec by Glastinghouse, Inc., is deadly against soft targets at medium range...
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VDialogueM_VDialogueMrHous_00158273_1
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Conversation
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VDialogueMrHouseSecuritronUpgrade
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VDialogueMrHouseSecuritronUpgrade
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And for close-range suppression or crowd control, the Securitron is armed with a 9mm submachinegun.
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VDialogueM_VDialogueMrHous_00158274_1
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Conversation
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VDialogueMrHouseSecuritronUpgrade
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VDialogueMrHouseSecuritronUpgrade
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All of this, you probably already knew...
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VDialogueM_VDialogueMrHous_00158275_1
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Conversation
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VDialogueMrHouseSecuritronUpgrade
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VDialogueMrHouseSecuritronUpgrade
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What you did not know is that these are the Securitrons' {emphasis}secondary weapons.
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VDialogueM_VDialogueMrHous_00158276_1
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Conversation
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VDialogueMrHouseSecuritronUpgrade
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VDialogueMrHouseSecuritronUpgrade
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All this time, my Securitrons have had to get by running the Mark I operating system, which lacked software drivers for their primary weapons!
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VDialogueM_VDialogueMrHous_00158277_1
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Conversation
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VDialogueMrHouseSecuritronUpgrade
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VDialogueMrHouseSecuritronUpgrade
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Today, with the delivery of the Platinum Chip, all that changes. Behold, for the first time, Securitrons running the Mark II OS!
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VDialogueM_VDialogueMrHous_00159A16_1
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Conversation
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VDialogueMrHouseSecuritronUpgrade
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VDialogueMrHouseSecuritronUpgrade
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The M-235 Missile Launcher gives the Securitron the ability to engage ground and air targets at significantly longer ranges...
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VDialogueM_VDialogueMrHous_00158278_1
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Conversation
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VDialogueMrHouseSecuritronUpgrade
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VDialogueMrHouseSecuritronUpgrade
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And a rapid-fire G-28 grenade launching system ensures the Securitron is deadly in close-range engagements.
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VDialogueM_VDialogueMrHous_00158279_1
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Conversation
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VDialogueMrHouseSecuritronUpgrade
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VDialogueMrHouseSecuritronUpgrade
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The software upgrade also includes drivers for the Securitrons' highly sophisticated onboard auto-repair systems.
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VDialogueM_VDialogueMrHous_0015827A_1
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Conversation
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VDialogueMrHouseSecuritronUpgrade
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VDialogueMrHouseSecuritronUpgrade
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All together, the Mark II {emphasis}software upgrade confers a 235% increase in combat effectiveness per unit.
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VDialogueM_VDialogueMrHous_00159A17_1
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Conversation
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VDialogueMrHouseSecuritronUpgrade
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VDialogueMrHouseSecuritronUpgrade
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The city of New Vegas finally has soldiers worthy of protecting it!
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VDialogueM_VDialogueMrHous_0015827B_1
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Conversation
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VDialogueMrHouseSecuritronUpgrade
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VDialogueMrHouseSecuritronUpgrade
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Return to the penthouse now. We have much to discuss...
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VDialogueM_VDialogueMrHous_0015827C_1
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VDialogueMrHouseTopic009
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Any possibility of a diplomatic solution?
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We're talking about a {COAT-ah-ree}coterie of bulging-eyed fanatics who think all Pre-War technology belongs to them.
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VDialogueM_VDialogueMrHous_001418B6_2
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VDialogueMrHouseTopic009
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Any possibility of a diplomatic solution?
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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.
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VDialogueM_VDialogueMrHous_001418B6_4
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic393
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I'll take care of it.
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With this accomplished, all preparations will have been made. The battle for Hoover Dam will be upon us before long.
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VDialogueM_VDialogueMrHous_0015510F_1
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Conversation
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vDialogueMrHouseLastWillTestament
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vDialogueMrHouseLastWillTestament
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If this statement is being broadcast, I am deceased. Please approach a Securitron and take one of the printed obituaries.
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VDialogueM_vDialogueMrHous_001564FC_1
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Conversation
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vDialogueMrHouseLastWillTestament
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vDialogueMrHouseLastWillTestament
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I, Robert Edwin House, am deceased. Please approach a Securitron and take one of the printed obituaries.
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VDialogueM_vDialogueMrHous_00159A11_1
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic363
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Nothing I can do. Trying to stop them would be a suicide mission.
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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.
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VDialogueM_VDialogueMrHous_00155101_1
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic363
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Nothing I can do. Trying to stop them would be a suicide mission.
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{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...
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VDialogueM_VDialogueMrHous_00155101_2
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic363
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Nothing I can do. Trying to stop them would be a suicide mission.
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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.
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VDialogueM_VDialogueMrHous_00155101_3
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic385
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No thanks.
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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.
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VDialogueM_VDialogueMrHous_001550EA_1
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic255
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You wanted me to come down here?
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{are you dense?}That's rather obvious, isn't it?
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VDialogueM_VDialogueMrHous_001550F5_1
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic391
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<Use Speech to deny responsibility.>
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I was set up. The Legion used me as a patsy.
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[SUCCEEDED] They knew you were coming? They were better prepared than I anticipated, then. I won't underestimate them again.
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VDialogueM_VDialogueMrHous_00155102_1
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic391
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<Use Speech to deny responsibility.>
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I was set up. The Legion used me as a patsy.
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Before that happens, I'd ask you to complete one final task. It may seem trivial, but that's far from the case.
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VDialogueM_VDialogueMrHous_00155102_3
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic391
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<Use Speech to deny responsibility.>
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It... it wasn't Kimball, it was an imposter. It had to die!
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[FAILED] Whatever your reasons, you've jeopardized the success of this entire concern!
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VDialogueM_VDialogueMrHous_00155103_1
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic256
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Who are you, exactly?
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{don't play dumb}Surely you know that I am Robert Edwin House, President, CEO, and sole proprietor of the New Vegas Strip.
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VDialogueM_VDialogueMrHous_0014B641_2
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic256
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Who are you, exactly?
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I oversaw the city's renovations starting from 2274 onward. The Three Families are my employees.
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VDialogueM_VDialogueMrHous_0014B641_3
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic280
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I'm still working on it.
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I'll expect to see some tangible progress before long, then.
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VDialogueM_VDialogueMrHous_0014EAAA_1
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic347
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Tell me about the Boomers.
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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.
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VDialogueM_VDialogueMrHous_0014EAB7_1
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic347
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Tell me about the Boomers.
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Odds are they were Vault dwellers. That's everything I know about them, really.
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VDialogueM_VDialogueMrHous_0014EAB7_2
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic347
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Tell me about the Boomers.
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The Boomers sound dangerous.
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Only if you come within a mile or so of them.
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VDialogueM_VDialogueMrHous_0014EAB8_1
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic347
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Tell me about the Boomers.
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The Boomers sound dangerous.
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Given their history of extreme isolationism, it's tempting to leave them be. But those howitzers of theirs...
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VDialogueM_VDialogueMrHous_0014EAB8_2
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic347
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Tell me about the Boomers.
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The Boomers sound dangerous.
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You can't let indeterminate variables rattle around in your equations like that. They have to be accounted for, one way or another.
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VDialogueM_VDialogueMrHous_0014EAB8_3
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic245
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I'm going to kill you now, Mr. House.
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After all that we've accomplished?
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VDialogueM_VDialogueMrHous_00141890_1
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic173
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The Omertas had it coming.
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{dry}An opinion you expressed with supreme subtlety and finesse. Moving on...
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VDialogueM_VDialogueMrHous_001550FE_1
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic175
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I had to wipe out their leadership.
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There's more than one way to skin a cat, as the saying goes. {beat}Or {emphasis}went, that is - cats being extinct.
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VDialogueM_VDialogueMrHous_0014189F_1
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic175
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I had to wipe out their leadership.
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I don't promote political assassination as a first option, but it has a long and storied history. I'll consider the Boomers neutralized.
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VDialogueM_VDialogueMrHous_0014189F_2
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic300
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Nope, I'm going to blow it all up anyways.
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Then there will be no safe haven for you.{monitor goes dark}
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VDialogueM_VDialogueMrHous_0014B658_1
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic319
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Not interested. Good luck getting the Chip back.
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As I've told you before, you are contractually obligated to deliver the Chip. Do your job - you have everything to gain.
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VDialogueM_VDialogueMrHous_0014EAD2_1
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic188
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I think I'll sit this one out.
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This is not an optional assignment. Kimball may be a grandstanding boor, but I want him protected.
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VDialogueM_VDialogueMrHous_0014F566_1
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic268
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<Use Barter to negotiate for higher reward.>
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This work sounds important - and expensive.
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[SUCCEEDED] Fine, you'll receive a nice bonus when the work is done. And speaking of getting it done...
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VDialogueM_VDialogueMrHous_0014B64F_1
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic268
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<Use Barter to negotiate for higher reward.>
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I could use a raise!
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[FAILED] You signed a contract to deliver the Platinum Chip, and you'll be paid when the delivery is made.
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VDialogueM_VDialogueMrHous_0014B650_1
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic181
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I'll be on my way.
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{cross}There's a job that needs doing here, and I'm assigning it to you.
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VDialogueM_VDialogueMrHous_0015510D_1
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic181
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I'll be on my way.
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{sarcastic}Marvellous work ethic, bravo.
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VDialogueM_VDialogueMrHous_0015510E_1
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic227
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Goodbye.
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Goodbye.
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VDialogueM_VDialogueMrHous_00137B11_1
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic320
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What do I do next?
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I won't lie to you. It'll be dangerous.
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VDialogueM_VDialogueMrHous_001599C7_1
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic073
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I'm ready. Let's finish this.
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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.
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VDialogueM_VDialogueMrHous_0015EB69_4
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic128
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Like I said, I'll think about it.
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You're making me question your usefulness, you realize.
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VDialogueM_VDialogueMrHous_0014F55B_1
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic206
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It was an accident.
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Your "accident" has jeopardized the success of this entire concern.
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VDialogueM_VDialogueMrHous_00141891_1
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic206
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It was an accident.
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Up to this point, your efforts yielded near-perfect results. But now I'm forced to fumble in the dark - to gamble.
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VDialogueM_VDialogueMrHous_001550FB_1
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic206
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It was an accident.
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Light must be brought to this darkness.
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VDialogueM_VDialogueMrHous_001550FB_2
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic213
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No thanks.
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I much prefer working with robots...
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VDialogueM_VDialogueMrHous_0015510C_1
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic263
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What is this place?
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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.
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A woman named Emily asked me to bug one of your data terminals.
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I should let you know that I planted a surveillance device on one of your data terminals.
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Yes, I know. It was detected immediately and deactivated... let's see... 39.735 seconds after you planted it.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic006
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A woman named Emily asked me to bug one of your data terminals.
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I should let you know that I planted a surveillance device on one of your data terminals.
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You thought I wouldn't notice?
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic006
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A woman named Emily asked me to bug one of your data terminals.
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One of the Followers of the Apocalypse, I'm sure. They're curious about me.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic006
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A woman named Emily asked me to bug one of your data terminals.
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Good luck planting a surveillance device here in the Lucky 38 without my knowing about it.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic204
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I'm done working for you.
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{not buying it}This is no time to be droll...
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic220
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You want me to kill Caesar?
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Absolutely not! Caesar is of great use to me.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic220
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You want me to kill Caesar?
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I don't want you harming a hair on that man's head - assuming you can find one.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic242
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I'll check into the Omertas.
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The Omertas are fanatically loyal to each other. Still, among any group, one can find the occasional degenerate.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic242
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I'll check into the Omertas.
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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.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic242
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I'll check into the Omertas.
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A few months ago, she clammed up. Odds are she's scared, but I've had no way of approaching her. Start with her.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic242
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I'll check into the Omertas.
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The print-out I've given you lists every lead I've been able to uncover. See what you can find out.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic185
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The Brotherhood of Steel has been wiped out.
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Singlehandedly destroying a Brotherhood of Steel bunker is quite an accomplishment. Platoons of NCR troops have died, trying to do the same.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic185
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The Brotherhood of Steel has been wiped out.
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This welcome news comes just in time, as events in the wider world are coming to a head...
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic214
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I may know something about that...
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You'll have to be more specific.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic117
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Any ideas on how I could catch him off-guard?
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Sneaking into Benny's suite on the 13th floor would be very difficult... but not impossible.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic117
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Any ideas on how I could catch him off-guard?
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There might be guards. Certainly there'd be a sturdy lock on his front door.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic216
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When the Legion assaults Hoover Dam, the Omertas are going to massacre everyone on the Strip.
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{shocked at magnitude of Omerta plot}And how do you know this?
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic230
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What's the next step?
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Outside New Vegas, at what was once called Nellis Air Force Base, resides an unusual tribe known as the Boomers.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic230
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What's the next step?
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They are, shall we say, {understating}aggressively reclusive? They have several howitzers they fire at anyone who dares approach the base.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic230
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What's the next step?
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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.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic230
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What's the next step?
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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.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic233
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I'll make sure they support the right side.
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Use extreme caution when approaching the base. Their firepower is... considerable.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic233
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I'll make sure they support the right side.
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Recently, one of my roaming Securitrons observed a man near the base studying the pattern of its artillery fire. Maybe he's learned something.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic265
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Caesar wants me to destroy this place.
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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.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic265
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Caesar wants me to destroy this place.
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But you're not going to do that. You're going to do the smart thing, and work for me.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic295
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What was that you said about security systems?
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The same equipment failure that prevents me from remotely operating this facility seems to have activated its security robots and turrets.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic295
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What was that you said about security systems?
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There's a security room near the base of the stairs... perhaps you can deactivate them yourself.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic330
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Goodbye.
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Come back when you have something to report.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic231
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I've done enough work for you.
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I offer many benefits, but vacation time isn't one of them.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic167
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I've secured their loyalty. They'll do as I say.
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Well done. The Boomers' firepower may prove an advantage when the battle for Hoover Dam comes around.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic182
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Vouche for me? How?
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I'll send a Securitron ahead to meet with the NCR at the security checkpoint and get things started.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic182
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Vouche for me? How?
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Once you get there ask for Ranger Grant. I've used roaming Securitrons to feed him useful information in the past.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic182
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Vouche for me? How?
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If I tell him we've heard of a Legion assassination plot, I believe he'll let you investigate.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic212
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What's the deal with the snowglobe collection?
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What of it? I enjoy them. There's something about a little diorama set inside a glass dome that I... {beat}find pleasing.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic212
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What's the deal with the snowglobe collection?
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If you run across any out in the wastes, turn them in to Jane. She'll compensate you.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic218
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I kind of helped them perfect their plan...
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{quiet outrage}I see. So where does that put us?
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic259
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What was Vegas like before the war?
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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.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic259
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What was Vegas like before the war?
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I grew up not far from here, and though I traveled the old world extensively, I never found another place like it.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic259
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What was Vegas like before the war?
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You say that you saved Las Vegas. How?
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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.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic259
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What was Vegas like before the war?
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You say that you saved Las Vegas. How?
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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.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic259
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What was Vegas like before the war?
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You say that you saved Las Vegas. How?
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I set to work immediately. I thought I had plenty of time to prepare. As it turned out, I was 20 hours short.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic259
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What was Vegas like before the war?
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What preparations did you make to save Las Vegas?
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On the day of the Great War, 77 atomic warheads targeted Las Vegas and its surrounding areas.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic259
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What was Vegas like before the war?
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What preparations did you make to save Las Vegas?
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My networked mainframes were able to predict and force-transmit disarm code subsets to 59 warheads, neutralizing them before impact.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic259
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What was Vegas like before the war?
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What preparations did you make to save Las Vegas?
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Laser cannons mounted on the roof of the Lucky 38 destroyed another 9 warheads. The rest got through, though none hit the city itself.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic259
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What was Vegas like before the war?
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What preparations did you make to save Las Vegas?
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A sub-optimal performance, admittedly. If only the Platinum Chip had arrived a day sooner...
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic259
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What was Vegas like before the war?
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Why didn't the Platinum Chip arrive on time?
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The Platinum Chip was printed in Sunnyvale, California on October 22, 2077 - the day before the Great War.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic259
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What was Vegas like before the war?
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Why didn't the Platinum Chip arrive on time?
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It was to have been delivered by courier the following afternoon... but by then, the world had ended.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic259
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What was Vegas like before the war?
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Why didn't the Platinum Chip arrive on time?
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The Chip contained vital software upgrades, but not just for my Securitrons. Every aspect of the missile defense grid would have been upgraded, too.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic259
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What was Vegas like before the war?
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Why didn't the Platinum Chip arrive on time?
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Given that I had to make do with buggy software, the outcome could have been worse. I nearly died as it was.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic259
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What was Vegas like before the war?
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How did you nearly die, defending Vegas?
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Software glitches set off a cascade of system crashes. I had to take the Lucky 38's reactor offline, lest it melt down.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic259
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What was Vegas like before the war?
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How did you nearly die, defending Vegas?
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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.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic259
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What was Vegas like before the war?
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How did you nearly die, defending Vegas?
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I spent the next few decades in a veritable coma. But I survived, obviously - and eventually thrived.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic168
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The Boomers and I don't get along. I'd rather keep my distance.
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It seems diplomacy is not your forte.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic168
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The Boomers and I don't get along. I'd rather keep my distance.
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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.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic207
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My only regret is that he got away.
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Your impulsivity has jeopardized the success of this entire concern!
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic221
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<Speech to lie to Mr. House about RACKET involvement.>
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I infiltrated the Omertas in order to gain their confidence.
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[SUCCEEDED] In that case, I commend you for your initiative. What do you recommend for next steps?
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic221
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<Speech to lie to Mr. House about RACKET involvement.>
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Well, thing is... I, uh... they tried to involve me...
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[FAILED]{quiet rage}And you assisted them? That's what you mean to say, isn't it?
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic232
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I've come here to kill you, Mr. House. <Attack Mr. House.>
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{first Benny, now the player}Why is good help so impossible to find?
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic238
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If I want more work, I'll come see you.
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You laid the foundation for my victory, so fine - I'll permit some {beat, begrudging}latitude in how you schedule your work.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic238
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If I want more work, I'll come see you.
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You're welcome.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic246
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The Omertas were clever, but no match for me.
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Arrogance was their undoing. {referring to the player}There might be a lesson in that. But moving on...
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic105
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Not interested. I'll see myself out.
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You have an "interest" in this, whether you like it or not. You signed a contract to deliver the Platinum Chip to me.
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{seething}
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic105
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Not interested. I'll see myself out.
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{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.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic105
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Not interested. I'll see myself out.
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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.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic262
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What is this place?
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{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.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic018
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Sure, off to the dam I go.
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I'm sure the assassins will wait for you to show up.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic110
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If the Chip's so valuable, why use a single courier to transport it?
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You realize you were just one of many couriers, the rest of them {beat}dummies, so to speak?
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic110
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If the Chip's so valuable, why use a single courier to transport it?
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Add to that many thousands of caps worth of mercenary protection to screen your avenue of approach.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic110
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If the Chip's so valuable, why use a single courier to transport it?
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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!"
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic110
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If the Chip's so valuable, why use a single courier to transport it?
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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.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic162
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The Omertas who were conspiring against you are dead.
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Well done. They won't be causing any trouble, then.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic278
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You do know Caesar is dead, don't you?
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By my calculations, his death will affect the shape of the battle for Hoover Dam minimally, if at all.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic278
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You do know Caesar is dead, don't you?
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The Legion's aggression will outlive Caesar. Indeed, they'll try to take the dam as a tribute to his memory.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic278
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You do know Caesar is dead, don't you?
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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.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic278
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You do know Caesar is dead, don't you?
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It's irrelevant. In the short term, the Legion is still monster enough that defeating it will make me look powerful indeed.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic279
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Where does New Vegas get all its electricity?
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{stating the obvious}Hoover Dam, of course. A hydroelectric dam?
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic279
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Where does New Vegas get all its electricity?
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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.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic297
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I'm going to do as Caesar asks and blow everything up down here.
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Listen to me, very carefully. I've waited too long for this moment for you to go fouling it up on a lark.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic297
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I'm going to do as Caesar asks and blow everything up down here.
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Do as I say, and your rewards will be immense. Thwart me, and your punishment will become the purpose of my existence.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic349
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Tell me about the Brotherhood of Steel.
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They're a terrorist group, basically. Militant, quasi-religious fanatics obsessed with hoarding Pre-War technology.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic349
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Tell me about the Brotherhood of Steel.
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Not all technology, mind you. You don't see them raiding hospitals to cart away Auto-Docs or armfuls of prosthetic organs.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic349
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Tell me about the Brotherhood of Steel.
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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.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic349
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Tell me about the Brotherhood of Steel.
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Why do you hate the Brotherhood so much?
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Because they're ridiculous! Because they galavant around the Mojave pretending to be Knights of Yore.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic349
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Tell me about the Brotherhood of Steel.
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Why do you hate the Brotherhood so much?
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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.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic349
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Tell me about the Brotherhood of Steel.
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Why do you hate the Brotherhood so much?
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The world has no use for emotionally unstable techno-fetishists. Just wipe them out, will you?
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Why do you care whether Kimball lives or dies?
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I care because he is a known quantity - not the man so much as the political context he inhabits.
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Why do you care whether Kimball lives or dies?
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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.
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Why do you care whether Kimball lives or dies?
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Ordering the occupation of Hoover Dam was his first act of office. As water and electricity flowed to NCR cities, his popularity soared.
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Why do you care whether Kimball lives or dies?
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Conversely, his failure to annex the Mojave these seven years, and the immense costs of occupying a foreign land, have eroded his popular support.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic351
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Why do you care whether Kimball lives or dies?
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So why don't you want the NCR President to die?
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{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.
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Why do you care whether Kimball lives or dies?
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So why don't you want the NCR President to die?
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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.
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Why do you care whether Kimball lives or dies?
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So why don't you want the NCR President to die?
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In retrospect, the Mojave and Hoover Dam will seem like one man's misadventure. Kimball will be blamed, not me. Not New Vegas.
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Why do you care whether Kimball lives or dies?
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And if Kimball were to be assassinated?
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Then the Hero of the Mojave would become the Martyr of Hoover Dam. And when, subsequently, I force the NCR to retreat...
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Why do you care whether Kimball lives or dies?
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And if Kimball were to be assassinated?
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They lick their wounds, and dream of righteous vengeance against New Vegas. Hello, embargo, farewell, tourist economy.
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Why do you care whether Kimball lives or dies?
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And if Kimball were to be assassinated?
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I've calculated and re-calculated these probabilities. Kimball must live.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic352
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What should I expect at the dam?
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{amusing yourself}Imagine two snarling dogs fighting over a curve of bone, perhaps the rib of their master, long-dead.
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What should I expect at the dam?
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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.
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What should I expect at the dam?
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Any speculation on Legion tactics?
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With Caesar dead, it's hard to know what to expect. The Legate, Lanius, is renowned as a brutal man, not a subtle tactician.
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What should I expect at the dam?
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Any speculation on Legion tactics?
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Frontal assaults, wave attacks - these are the sort of tactics one would expect from such a man.
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What should I expect at the dam?
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Any speculation on Legion tactics?
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The Legion will mount a ferocious and determined frontal assault from the east, that much is certain.
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What should I expect at the dam?
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Any speculation on Legion tactics?
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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.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic352
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What should I expect at the dam?
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How will the NCR defend Hoover Dam?
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General Oliver's {disparaging}strategy - or "tunnel vision," as I like to call it - has been to mass troops at Hoover Dam.
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What should I expect at the dam?
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How will the NCR defend Hoover Dam?
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He wants to out-fight the Legion in a straight-forward slugging match, and then, when they rout, pursue and destroy them in detail.
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What should I expect at the dam?
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How will the NCR defend Hoover Dam?
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A crushing, decisive victory of this sort would overshadow the tactical ingenuity of Chief Hanlon's defense four years ago, you see.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic352
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What should I expect at the dam?
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What's your battle plan for the Dam?
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A good deal should be obvious to you by now. I won't spoil the rest by talking out of turn.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic366
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Wait for them to make their move. Forewarned is forearmed.
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I suppose you're right... When the Legion assaults Hoover Dam, my Securitrons will be waiting for the Omertas. They won't accomplish much.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic376
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Any recommendations on how to complete the mission?
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From time to time, the NCR has assaulted Brotherhood bunkers. In four of the six incidents I know of, the bunkers self-destructed.
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Any recommendations on how to complete the mission?
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I surmise it's standard practice for the Brotherhood to install a self-destruct system. It's consistent with their {disdain}uncompromising nature.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic376
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Any recommendations on how to complete the mission?
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You might use that against them. Or kill them another way, it's up to you. Return when it's done.
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What's the goal?
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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.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic402
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What's the goal?
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The override will enable to control the entire dam's power output.
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What's the goal?
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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.
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What's the goal?
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You've already uploaded the new operating system to the Securitrons. All they need is power and they'll be in fighting trim.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic402
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What's the goal?
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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?
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VDialogueMrHouseTopic008
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Where do you want me to start?
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Since 2278, I've lost five roaming Securitrons near Hidden Valley.
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Where do you want me to start?
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I didn't receive any clear video of the incidents, but telemetry from the units destroyed indicates they were attacked with energy weapons.
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VDialogueMrHouseTopic008
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Where do you want me to start?
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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.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseOUTDATEDTopic001
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[Barter] for better terms.
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It's a great start... but well below market price.
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[SUCCEEDED] Very well... five times your delivery bonus - {with finality}not one cap more.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseOUTDATEDTopic001
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[Barter] for better terms.
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Raise your price or... or... you'll be "chip outta luck."
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[FAILED] Is that an attempt at...{beat}{distaste} humor?
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseOUTDATEDTopic001
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[Barter] for better terms.
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Raise your price or... or... you'll be "chip outta luck."
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I've always taken business negotiations seriously. I advise you to do the same.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic074
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I have some things to take care of before the battle.
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{tense}Then handle them with dispatch. The Legion's assault is imminent.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic114
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Isn't that overstating things a bit?
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To your untrained eyes, it may look as though mankind is making a comeback. In the NCR, you have something that remsembles a nation state.
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Look around you. How can the human race have a future when it's still living in the wreckage of its past?
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Isn't that overstating things a bit?
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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.
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Isn't that overstating things a bit?
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Bring me the Platinum Chip, and in ten years you'll hardly recognize this city.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic275
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<Lie> I'm not sure what happened to it.
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Are you a child? The Platinum Chip was taken from you, obviously.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic294
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What will you do with your Securitrons?
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My army will do what an army does best - defend territory from invaders... and maintain order.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic367
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Send your Securitrons into Gomorrah and kill off the Omertas' leaders.
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Exactly how many civilians did you want to die in that crossfire?
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic367
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Send your Securitrons into Gomorrah and kill off the Omertas' leaders.
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Still, you raise a fair point. My Securitrons can handle this. When the Legion attacks Hoover Dam, I'll be waiting for the Omertas.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic383
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I'll do it.
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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.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic392
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What more could I have done?
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You could've succeeded!
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseOUTDATEDTopic016
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It's not safe for me to go back. The Legion will attack me on sight.
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You'll need a disguise, then. Or overwhelming firepower. Whatever works.
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It's not safe for me to go back. The Legion will attack me on sight.
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Sorry for the inconvenience, but it can't be helped. This is too important.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic106
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Why did Benny betray you?
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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.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic106
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Why did Benny betray you?
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One of the problems of a tribal work force, I'm afraid. No intuitive understanding of how complex technologies can be.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic109
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I have a right to know more.
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That's simply not true.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic109
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I have a right to know more.
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I am the only person to hold any rights pertaining to the Chip. I designed it, and I paid for it - dearly.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic109
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I have a right to know more.
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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.
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I have a right to know more.
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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.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic109
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I have a right to know more.
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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.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic116
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Say I want to take a diplomatic approach.
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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.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic313
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I'll go get the Platinum Chip.
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{stating the obvious}Excellent idea.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic316
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Where do you think Benny's gone?
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His destination is hardly a mystery. It's a near certainty that he's making his way for Caesar's camp, at Fortification Hill.
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Where do you think Benny's gone?
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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.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic335
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I worked out a deal where the Brotherhood will help the NCR defend the dam.
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{nonplussed}And why would you have done that?
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic335
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I worked out a deal where the Brotherhood will help the NCR defend the dam.
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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?
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic335
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I worked out a deal where the Brotherhood will help the NCR defend the dam.
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Your assignment is unchanged - destroy the Brotherhood of Steel. Please get it right this time.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic372
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The Brotherhood is holed up in Hidden Valley.
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{admiring the player's knowledge}You're absolutely right. You must've had run-ins with them. As have I...
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic380
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There nothing I can do to protect Kimball?
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I can't use you. Had you shown moderation in your dealings with the NCR, we'd be in a different position.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic389
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I had my reasons.
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Whatever those reasons may be, you've jeopardized the success of this entire concern.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic401
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Why do I need to be there? The NCR has an army.
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Indeed they do - an army that'll be too distracted with killing Legionaries to notice the real reason you're there.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic118
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The Chairmen are your employees. Don't they take orders?
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It's more complicated than that. The Chairmen share what you might call a... {beat}tribal affinity.
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The Chairmen are your employees. Don't they take orders?
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Look for a man named Swank, Benny's second-in-command. He's always been a reliable, if unimaginative, employee.
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The Chairmen are your employees. Don't they take orders?
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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.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic131
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Whatever happens, happens.
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Success depends on forethought, dispassionate calculation of probabilites, accounting for every stray variable.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic131
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Whatever happens, happens.
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Your history of aggression towards the NCR has rendered you useless in this concern, unable to influence the outcome of events.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic131
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Whatever happens, happens.
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Consequently, I have to "wait and see" what happens. It's... grotesque.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic157
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I've found evidence of an Omerta plot.
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I don't employ you to uncover evidence. This isn't a court of law.
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I've found evidence of an Omerta plot.
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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.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic199
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Seriously, I'm not interested.
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Until you do this, consider yourself suspended... without pay.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic203
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When the Legion assaults the dam, the Brotherhood will attack the NCR and weaken them.
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Not surprising. Also not acceptable.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic203
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When the Legion assaults the dam, the Brotherhood will attack the NCR and weaken them.
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I didn't ask you to tell me what they were planning, I asked you to kill them. This was a waste of time.
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When the Legion assaults the dam, the Brotherhood will attack the NCR and weaken them.
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Go back to the bunker and destroy it. My directions have been clear from the start.
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I'd like to ask some questions first...
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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.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic317
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He set me up for an ambush!
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And whose idea was it to offer yourself up as a sacrificial lamb? Really, what did you expect?
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic317
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He set me up for an ambush!
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Are you going to keep giving him opportunities to kill you? It's becoming a hobby of his.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic404
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Do I need to remind you that the NCR hates me?
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No cause for alarm - you'll have an escort of Securitrons to help you fight your way onto the dam.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseOUTDATEDTopic009
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How do I open the hatch?
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You can't - but the Chip can. The hatch will recognize the Platinum Chip and "open sesame."
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What use would you have for a protege?
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To achieve my aims, I require a capable human agent to perform certain... {choosing word}tasks.
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What use would you have for a protege?
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I knew Benny was ambitious, even ruthless. But I believed he would do the job, so long as he was incentivized appropriately.
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What use would you have for a protege?
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Obviously, I miscalculated his drive for supremacy. But in any case, you've come along - a more-than-suitable replacement.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic208
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I did my best, but the Legion did better.
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Your incompetence has jeopardized the success of this entire concern!
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vDialogueMrHousePenthousePissed
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Think you're doing well to have made it this far?
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[Casino floor]
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Your chances of breaking through my defenses, they're... minimal, at best!
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Why are you doing this?
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vDialogueMrHousePenthousePissed
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I would've made you wealthy! You could've helped change the world!
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vDialogueMrHousePenthousePissed
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You're actually going to do this all over again?
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Damn it, will you die already?
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic124
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How did you establish New Vegas?{Before chip turned in.}
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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.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic124
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How did you establish New Vegas?{Before chip turned in.}
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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.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic124
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How did you establish New Vegas?{Before chip turned in.}
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Instead of war, a treaty was negotiated. And the money started to pour in.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic210
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So Kimball's dead. So what?
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Every step of my plan has been precisely calculated and was, until now, well-executed.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic223
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I have some questions to ask first...
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I'll be happy to satisfy your every curiosity once the Platinum Chip has been delivered.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic223
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I have some questions to ask first...
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This is not the time for Q&A. Kindly hand over the Chip.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic254
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What makes you think Caesar gave me the Chip?
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{sigh of impatience - oh, the burden of intelligence}The Platinum Chip unlocks this bunker. Hence, you have it.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic254
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What makes you think Caesar gave me the Chip?
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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.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic254
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What makes you think Caesar gave me the Chip?
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Hence, Caesar wants you to destroy whatever you find in this bunker.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic254
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What makes you think Caesar gave me the Chip?
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{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...
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic254
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What makes you think Caesar gave me the Chip?
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I also regard it a certainty that the Chip was discovered, taken from you, and given to Caesar - who returned it to you.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic254
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What makes you think Caesar gave me the Chip?
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Two plus two equaling four, Caesar wants you to destroy whatever you find in this bunker.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic254
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What makes you think Caesar gave me the Chip?
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But that's not going to happen, because {confident, not bossy}you're going to work for me.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic285
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<WGS cannibalism>
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Did you know I killed some White Gloves who were eating their customers?
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Cannibalism was strictly forbidden in their contract. If some of them broke that stricture, they deserved whatever punishment you dealt them.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic285
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<WGS cannibalism>
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Did you know some of the White Gloves are... eating people again?
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{perturbed}No, I was not aware of this.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic285
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Did you know some of the White Gloves are... eating people again?
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Is it really so hard {emphasis}not to engage in cannibalism? My goodness...
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic285
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Did you know some of the White Gloves are... eating people again?
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It's a violation of their contract. I authorize you to deal with them in any way you see fit.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic285
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<WGS cannibalism>
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Were you aware that the White Glove Society used to be cannibals?
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{not going to deny it}Yes, of course. But refraining from those "dietary practices" is a primary requirement of their contract.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic285
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<WGS cannibalism>
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Were you aware that the White Glove Society used to be cannibals?
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They've been good to their word. Put together one hell of a resort hotel, too.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic285
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<WGS cannibalism>
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Were you aware that the White Glove Society used to be cannibals?
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From what I hear, I'd want to eat at the Gourmand every night... if I were ambulatory.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic314
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Goodbye.
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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.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic318
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Were you aware that he hijacked a Securitron and used it to infiltrate your network?
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I suspected he'd found a way to access my encrypted databases, but well - this explains it.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic318
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Were you aware that he hijacked a Securitron and used it to infiltrate your network?
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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.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic318
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Were you aware that he hijacked a Securitron and used it to infiltrate your network?
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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.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic382
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I'll be leaving, then.
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Oh no, not so quick. I still have work for you.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic397
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You already have power. Why is this important?
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This is not a good time to be dependent on energy from Hoover Dam. When the Legion attacks, the NCR may cut power altogether.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic397
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You already have power. Why is this important?
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And I'll be needing a good deal more power than the NCR has allotted to the Strip.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic397
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You already have power. Why is this important?
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Broadcasting encrypted VMQ-boosted command signals to hundreds of Securitrons eats up more power than you might expect.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic395
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Goodbye.
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Come back when your work at the substation is done.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic336
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I'm still working on it.
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Hidden Valley is the place to keep working, then.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic103
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I think I'll be leaving.
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You are the first person to step foot inside the Lucky 38 in over 200 years. It was not an invitation I made lightly.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic103
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I think I'll be leaving.
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We have a serious matter to discuss, concerning a contract you have yet to fulfill.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic112
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Why don't you send your robots into the Tops to arrest Benny?
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Frontal assaults on casinos? Not good for business.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic112
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Why don't you send your robots into the Tops to arrest Benny?
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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.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic112
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Why don't you send your robots into the Tops to arrest Benny?
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Our foremost advantage is that Benny doesn't know that I know he has the Chip - let's not squander it.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic113
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What happens if the Platinum Chip is never lost?
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Then Vegas shall be lost, and with it, mankind's best hope for long-term survival.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic115
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How do I get to Benny?
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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...
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic123
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Why can't you be the one to tell Swank?
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By contract, Securitrons are to enter the casinos only when invited by the Three Families or if other extraordinary circumstances arise.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic123
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Why can't you be the one to tell Swank?
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The moment I send one into the Tops, Benny will know I'm on to him.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic277
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You're asking me to commit suicide. The Legion will attack me on sight.
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Then gather together the firepower or explosives or whatever else you need and improvise.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic277
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You're asking me to commit suicide. The Legion will attack me on sight.
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I don't care if you have to kill every Legionary at the Fort. Get the job done.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic286
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Goodbye.
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Goodbye? Is that some kind of joke? You barely understand what I want you to accomplish down there.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic302
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What if I destroy all three?
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{lying}The bunker will be destroyed, and you'll die instantly.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic304
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Who are you to tell me what to do?
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I'm the person who will pay you when you complete the delivery contract you signed. Now go get the Chip.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic321
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What about Benny?
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What about him? He has every reason to go to the Fort, so that's where you'll find him.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic321
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What about Benny?
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All I ask is that you recover the Chip. What happens to Benny is up to you.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic348
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You recruited the Omertas as one of the Three Families?
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Yes, though at the time they called themselves the "Slither Kin." A vicious clan, not that that's changed, exactly.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic348
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You recruited the Omertas as one of the Three Families?
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They were nomads, capable fighters, but their specialty was betrayal. They'd invite travelers into their yurts, drug them, murder or enslave them.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic348
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You recruited the Omertas as one of the Three Families?
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They took pride in their craft. I don't think Omertas saw other people as people at all. Everyone else was just... prey.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic348
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You recruited the Omertas as one of the Three Families?
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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.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic348
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You recruited the Omertas as one of the Three Families?
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What were the original names of the other tribes?
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The Chairmen, as we know them now, went by the unfortunate appellation of the "Mojave Boot-Riders." They were nomads, too.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic348
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You recruited the Omertas as one of the Three Families?
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What were the original names of the other tribes?
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As for the White Glove Society, I afraid I'm contractually obligated not to reveal their original name.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic403
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Sounds like I get to kill lots of Legionaries.
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Indeed you will. Just bear in mind that's not the reason you're there.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic267
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Maybe I should destroy everything down here.
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{steely}I don't respond well to threats. {moving on}Now, where were we...?
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic269
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I'll upload the data, as you ask.
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Good. I won't hold you up any longer.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic272
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We'll see what happens.
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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.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic276
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I'll do as you say.
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That would make for a welcome change.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic291
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What are you doing here?
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It is obvious to you that I built this place? The Platinum Chip opened it, after all?{sigh - the burdens of intelligence}
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic291
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What are you doing here?
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In any case, you're here. So let's get to it.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic301
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Caesar will kill me unless he believes I blew something up down here.
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I see - you're in a predicament.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic301
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Caesar will kill me unless he believes I blew something up down here.
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Just off the turbine room down below are three power regulators. It's a redundant system - only one is needed.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic301
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Caesar will kill me unless he believes I blew something up down here.
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Go ahead and destroy one. The explosion will be large enough to be heard and felt aboveground.
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VDialogueMrHouseTopic011
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What do you want me to do?
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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.
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What do you want me to do?
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Given your reputation, it's a near-certainty that he'll accept your offer.
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What do you want me to do?
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Don't dally. The precise time of Kimball's visit is a closely-guarded secret, but it will happen soon.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic163
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What's the next step?
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The Legion has nothing left to wait for. Their assault on the dam could begin at any moment.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic163
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What's the next step?
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Before that happens, I'll ask you to complete one other task. It may seem trivial, but that's far from the case.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic224
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Not so fast, Mr. House. We need to discuss payment.
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Fine - give me the Chip, and I'll pay you four times the delivery bonus stipulated in your contract. How's that?
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VHSecuritronHouse
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VHSecuritronHouse
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Ah, General Oliver. I expected you would survive.
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VHSecuritronHouse
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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.
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I'd pay very close attention to what she has to say, as well as any official papers she hands over for your perusal.
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I'd pay very close attention to what he has to say, as well as any official papers he hands over for your perusal.
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VHSecuritronHouse
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{eager to enjoy triumph}Let's get on with it, shall we? Hmm?
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vDialogueMrHouseCasinoPissed
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vDialogueMrHouseCasinoPissed
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You dared come here, after what you did?
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[Casino floor]
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vDialogueMrHouseCasinoPissed
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vDialogueMrHouseCasinoPissed
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What do you think you're going to do? Fight you way up to the penthouse and assassinate me?
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[Casino floor]
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vDialogueMrHouseCasinoPissed
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vDialogueMrHouseCasinoPissed
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You came here to finish what you think you started?
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[Casino floor]
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vDialogueMrHouseCasinoPissed
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vDialogueMrHouseCasinoPissed
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This is nothing compared to what's waiting for you up in the penthouse.
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[Casino floor]
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vDialogueMrHouseCasinoPissed
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vDialogueMrHouseCasinoPissed
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Vegas will still rise again. Your betrayal won't defeat me!
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[Casino floor]
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vDialogueMrHouseCasinoPissed
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vDialogueMrHouseCasinoPissed
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The Lucky 38 will be your grave. I'll finish what Benny couldn't get right!
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[Casino floor]
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vDialogueMrHouseControlPissed
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Hold on, now, hold on. Just a moment...
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vDialogueMrHouseControlPissed
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vDialogueMrHouseControlPissed
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Turn around and leave, and I'll... I won't attack you any further.
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vDialogueMrHouseControlPissed
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vDialogueMrHouseControlPissed
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Just... stay away from the console. It doesn't do anything...
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vDialogueMrHouseControlPissed
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vDialogueMrHouseControlPissed
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You've come back to kill me this time, I assume?
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vDialogueMrHouseControlPissed
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vDialogueMrHouseControlPissed
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Ironic, how this turned out. The thousands of hours I spent calculating odds, running projections, planning for every contingency...
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vDialogueMrHouseControlPissed
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vDialogueMrHouseControlPissed
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...only to be done in by a mail carrier with a grandiosity complex.
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vDialogueMrHouseControlPissed
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vDialogueMrHouseControlPissed
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Get it over with, will you?
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vDialogueMrHouseElevatorAlert
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vDialogueMrHouseElevatorAlert
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Aggressive acts on the casino premises will be met with lethal force. Vacate the premises immediately.
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vDialogueMrHouseElevatorAlert
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vDialogueMrHouseElevatorAlert
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Vacate the premises immediately. The casino is off-limits for 24 hours.
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vDialogueMrHouseElevatorAlert
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vDialogueMrHouseElevatorAlert
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Vacate the premises immediately. All Securitrons are at a state of high alert.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic008
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The NCR will welcome my help.
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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.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic022
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Not so fast, Mr. House. We need to discuss payment.
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Our terms were clear. Now that you have the Chip in your possession, any attempt to "re-negotiate" payment would be tantamount to blackmail.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic046
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I'm not going to give you the Chip.
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{drawn out}Hmm... {to yourself}How shall I put this?
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic046
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I'm not going to give you the Chip.
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{taking time, spelling it out}Delivery of the Platinum Chip is non-negotiable.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic046
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I'm not going to give you the Chip.
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I invite you to think carefully about what you do next... standing alone before me, surrounded by my heavily-armed Securitron guards.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic047
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Attack me and you risk destroying the Chip.
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{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.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic047
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Attack me and you risk destroying the Chip.
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{restraining anger}Do you really think I'm going to let an upstart come into my home and ransom my property to me?
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic047
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Attack me and you risk destroying the Chip.
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{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!
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic048
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Here it is. <Give the Platinum Chip to Mr. House.>
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{sarcastic}Why, thank you so much. You played that {beat}very poorly, you realize?
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic048
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Here it is. <Give the Platinum Chip to Mr. House.>
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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.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic049
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I'm not afraid of you, Mr. House. The Platinum Chip belongs to me.
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{ordering attack}You needn't be afraid of me. It's my Securitrons that are going to kill you.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic050
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I think that sounds insane.
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Not if you've been invited. You realize that you've made quite a splash here in New Vegas?
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic050
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I think that sounds insane.
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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.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic055
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What do you want me to do there?
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I want you to open a hatch in the basement of the derelict weather station atop Fortification Hill.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic055
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What do you want me to do there?
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You'll recognize it on sight. The hatch bears the logo of the Lucky 38, same as the Platinum Chip.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic061
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Caesar has already invited me to the Fort.
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I'm not surprised. The Legion has spies on the Strip.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic065
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I've already visited Caesar.{Kill Benny at Tops, see CL 1st}
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{nonplussed}You have? So you have the means to gain entry?
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic066
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No thanks, Mr. House.
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If you find Caesar's Legion so frightening at this remove, imagine them rampaging across the Strip.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic066
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No thanks, Mr. House.
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We have a chance to see them detroyed, to see New Vegas become the harbinger of a new age.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic067
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I have some questions to ask first...
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This is not the time for Q&A. Kindly hand over the Chip.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic070
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I have some questions to ask first...
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This is not the time for Q&A. Kindly hand over the Chip.
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{DUPLICATE}
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic094
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What's my stake in this?
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I'm not offering you an incentive as crude as money - though there'll be plenty of that.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic094
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What's my stake in this?
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What I'm offering you is a ground-floor opportunity in the most important enterprise on Earth.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic094
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What's my stake in this?
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What I'm offering is a future - for you, and for what remains of the human race.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic136
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Here, take it. <Give the Platinum Chip to Mr. House.>
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Well enough. We can put the past behind us, I think.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic137
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I'm still not giving you the Chip.
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{exasperated sigh}Then this is a waste of time.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic138
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What happens next?
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{FORT SECS NO}A great deal shall be happening - a cascade of events, with you taking a central role.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic138
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What happens next?
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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...
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic138
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What happens next?
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{FORT SECS UP}A great deal shall be happening - a cascade of events, with you taking a central role.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic138
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What happens next?
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At the moment, however, all you need to do is take the elevator all the way down to the bottom level.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic138
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What happens next?
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What you see there will help you understand the significance of what you accomplished at the Fort.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic139
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What does the Chip do, exactly?
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{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...
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic139
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What does the Chip do, exactly?
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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.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic139
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What does the Chip do, exactly?
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Don't worry, you'll like what you see. We have much to accomplish, you and I...
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic140
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I'll be on my way, then...
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{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.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic140
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I'll be on my way, then...
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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...
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic140
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I'll be on my way, then...
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I must insist that you stay long for me to show you what the Chip does. I promise you'll like what you see...
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic140
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I'll be on my way, then...
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Events of great import are about to unfold, with you taking a central role.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic140
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I'll be on my way, then...
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To get started, all you need to do is take the elevator all the way down to the bottom level...
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic143
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Why show your hand like that? Now your enemies know what you're up to.
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I'm surprised you can still underestimate me after everything you've seen.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic143
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Why show your hand like that? Now your enemies know what you're up to.
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I haven't shown my hand - I've shown one card. I've given my enemies a single, provocative datum upon which to fixate.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic143
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Why show your hand like that? Now your enemies know what you're up to.
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They have no idea what other cards I'm holding. It's a strong hand, believe me - I dealt it to myself.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic144
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You think your Securitrons can defeat Caesar's Legion *and* the NCR?
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Why would I want to go to war against the NCR? They're my best customers.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic144
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You think your Securitrons can defeat Caesar's Legion *and* the NCR?
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If their leaders weren't scheming to steal Vegas out from under me, I'd have no troubles with the NCR at all.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic145
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I'll be on my way, Mr. House.
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No no no, you'll want to hear this out...
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic145
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I'll be on my way, Mr. House.
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Disappointing. In the extreme.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic146
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I'm listening.
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The next step will require you to infiltrate Caesar's camp at Fortification Hill.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic146
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I'm listening.
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You'll have to return to Caesar's camp at Fortification Hill.{Player got Chip at CL Fort, didn't activate bunker army}
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic148
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The Chip's been delivered. We're through.
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Do you have any idea how prodigious is the opportunity you're casting aside here?
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic154
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I'll do as you ask.
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Here, take the Platinum Chip again. You will need it.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic154
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I'll do as you ask.
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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.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic154
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I'll do as you ask.
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I expect that if Benny doesn't have the Chip, Caesar will make sure you get it. More on that later. Be off.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic159
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What's inside the hatch?
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Something very important. I wouldn't want to spoil the surprise - so don't bother asking.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic177
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I'm surprised you haven't asked what became of Benny.
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That's because he ceased to be relevant when you recovered the Platinum Chip. Revenge doesn't interest me, progress does.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic177
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I'm surprised you haven't asked what became of Benny.
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Sorry to deny you a moment of primate triumph, but you'll have to go elsewhere to sound your barbaric yawp.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic193
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Like I said, I'm not interested.
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I'll give you time to think over the consequences of what you're saying. I urge you to reconsider.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic000
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I've never seen anything like this place.
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Of course you haven't. Vegas always was one of a kind.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic000
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I've never seen anything like this place.
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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.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic000
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I've never seen anything like this place.
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Or perhaps you were referring to the Lucky 38? The years haven't been kind to her, but still she manages to impress.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic001
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A city devoted to vice and sin - what's not to love?
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{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.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic001
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A city devoted to vice and sin - what's not to love?
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They come to Vegas chasing penny-ante dreams of high-living, to feel like they're big shots, like they're winners.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic001
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A city devoted to vice and sin - what's not to love?
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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.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic002
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I prefer the wasteland, to be honest.
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{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?
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic002
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I prefer the wasteland, to be honest.
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A radioactive desert where humans subsist in a barbaric state? Difficult to glorify convincingly. They are, however, aptly named.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic002
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I prefer the wasteland, to be honest.
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For that's what you'd be out there - wasted. Here on the Strip, your talents can be put to use.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic003
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Can we get down to business?
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Oh, by all means - yes. That's refreshing.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic003
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Can we get down to business?
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The business is this. One of my employees has stolen an item of extraordinary value from me, and I want it recovered.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic003
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Can we get down to business?
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Simple enough?
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic003
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Can we get down to business?
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You're ready to move forward, then?
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic004
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Why the VIP treatment? I'm just a courier.
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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.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic017
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What are your plans for New Vegas?{Securitrons upgraded.}
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I've resurrected Vegas, spirit intact. What I need now is the ability to enforce my rightful claim.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic017
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What are your plans for New Vegas?{Securitrons upgraded.}
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Not just against Caesar's Legion, by the way. In fact, the NCR is a more present and insidious threat.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic017
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What are your plans for New Vegas?{Securitrons upgraded.}
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How do you intend to enforce your claim on the city?
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To enforce, one must have force - a position of strength.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic017
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What are your plans for New Vegas?{Securitrons upgraded.}
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How do you intend to enforce your claim on the city?
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Years ago, when I detected NCR scouts roaming the Mojave, I could tell from their uniforms that these were no mere tribesmen.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic017
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What are your plans for New Vegas?{Securitrons upgraded.}
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How do you intend to enforce your claim on the city?
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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.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic017
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What are your plans for New Vegas?{Securitrons upgraded.}
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How do you intend to enforce your claim on the city?
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And so I recruited the Three Families. Vegas belongs to me because I mustered enough strength to bring the NCR to the bargaining table.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic017
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What are your plans for New Vegas?{Securitrons upgraded.}
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Wasn't the NCR's army big enough to defeat your Securitrons and the Three Families?
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Indeed it was - and still is. But not without taking significant casualties.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic017
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What are your plans for New Vegas?{Securitrons upgraded.}
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Wasn't the NCR's army big enough to defeat your Securitrons and the Three Families?
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Would Kimball and Oliver have traded the lives of hundreds of soldiers for absolute control of Hoover Dam? Oh yes.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic017
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What are your plans for New Vegas?{Securitrons upgraded.}
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Wasn't the NCR's army big enough to defeat your Securitrons and the Three Families?
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They weren't afraid of me, they were afraid of Caesar - that attacking me would leave them vulnerable to a Legion offensive.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic017
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What are your plans for New Vegas?{Securitrons upgraded.}
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Wasn't the NCR's army big enough to defeat your Securitrons and the Three Families?
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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.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic017
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What are your plans for New Vegas?{Securitrons upgraded.}
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What were the terms of your treaty with the NCR?
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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.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic017
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What are your plans for New Vegas?{Securitrons upgraded.}
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What were the terms of your treaty with the NCR?
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They recognized my sovereignty over the Vegas Strip and agreed to supply electricity and water once their engineers repaired the dam.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic017
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What are your plans for New Vegas?{Securitrons upgraded.}
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What were the terms of your treaty with the NCR?
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Written into the treaty were provisions that the NCR do nothing to prevent its soldiers and civilians from visiting the Strip.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic017
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What are your plans for New Vegas?{Securitrons upgraded.}
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What were the terms of your treaty with the NCR?
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That's how I harnessed the NCR to my endeavor. Their occupation has been the engine of my growing economy.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic017
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What are your plans for New Vegas?{Securitrons upgraded.}
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You would go to war against the NCR?
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The salient issue is that they will go to war with me, if given the chance.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic017
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What are your plans for New Vegas?{Securitrons upgraded.}
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You would go to war against the NCR?
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There's just one reason why the NCR hasn't contrived some outrage to justify invading the Strip - Caesar's Legion.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic017
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What are your plans for New Vegas?{Securitrons upgraded.}
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You would go to war against the NCR?
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The final battle between those two armies is fast approaching. I can't afford to let either side win on their terms.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic017
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What are your plans for New Vegas?{Securitrons upgraded.}
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Say you keep control of New Vegas. What happens next?
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New Vegas is more than a city - it's the remedy to mankind's {beat}derailment.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic017
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What are your plans for New Vegas?{Securitrons upgraded.}
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Say you keep control of New Vegas. What happens next?
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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.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic017
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What are your plans for New Vegas?{Securitrons upgraded.}
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Say you keep control of New Vegas. What happens next?
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What is the NCR? A society of people desperate to experience comfort, ease, luxury... A society of customers.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic017
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What are your plans for New Vegas?{Securitrons upgraded.}
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Say you keep control of New Vegas. What happens next?
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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.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic017
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What are your plans for New Vegas?{Securitrons upgraded.}
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Say you keep control of New Vegas. What happens next?
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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.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic017
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What are your plans for New Vegas?{Securitrons upgraded.}
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In the meantime, you'd rule Vegas as some kind of dictator?
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I prefer the term "autocrat."
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic017
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What are your plans for New Vegas?{Securitrons upgraded.}
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In the meantime, you'd rule Vegas as some kind of dictator?
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I would rule as a chief executive. I would not answer to a board of directors or any other entity.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic017
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What are your plans for New Vegas?{Securitrons upgraded.}
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In the meantime, you'd rule Vegas as some kind of dictator?
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Nothing to impede progress. If you want to see the fate of democracies, look out the windows.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic017
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What are your plans for New Vegas?{Securitrons upgraded.}
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What's to keep you from abusing your power?
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My judgement.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic017
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What are your plans for New Vegas?{Securitrons upgraded.}
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What's to keep you from abusing your power?
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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.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic017
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What are your plans for New Vegas?{Securitrons upgraded.}
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What's to keep you from abusing your power?
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Nor have I any interest in being worshipped as some kind of machine god messiah. I am impervious to such corrupting ambitions.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic017
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What are your plans for New Vegas?{Securitrons upgraded.}
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What's to keep you from abusing your power?
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But autocracy? Firm control in the hands of a technological and economic visionary? Yes, that Vegas shall have.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic029
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1000 caps? I accept your terms.
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{satisfied}Well enough. Return to me when you have the Platinum Chip in your possession. Any final matters for us to discuss?
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic030
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What terms are you offering?
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My only concern is the recovery of the Platinum Chip. What happens to Benny, I leave to your discretion.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic030
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What terms are you offering?
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When you bring the Chip to me, I will pay you four times the delivery bonus stipulated in your contract. How's that?
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic030
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What terms are you offering?
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Tell me your terms again?
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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.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic031
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Tell me about Benny.{alive}
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Benny has led the Chairmen ever since I recruited his tribe seven years ago.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic031
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Tell me about Benny.{alive}
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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...
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic032
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No thanks.
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My offer far exceeds the original terms of your contract, which, I will remind you, already obligate you to deliver the Chip.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic033
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[Barter] for better terms.
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It's a good start... but well below market price.
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[SUCCEEDED] Very well, five times the bonus. {with finality}Not one cap more.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic033
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[Barter] for better terms.
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Raise your price or... or, uh... you're "chip outta luck."
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[FAILED] Is that an attempt at...{beat}{distaste} humor?
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic033
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[Barter] for better terms.
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Raise your price or... or, uh... you're "chip outta luck."
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I've always taken business negotiations very seriously. I advise you to do the same.
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{Duplicate.}
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic034
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What is the Platinum Chip?
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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.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic034
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What is the Platinum Chip?
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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.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic038
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What was your relationship with Benny... back when he was breathing?
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Benny was the leader of the Chairmen for seven years, ever since I recruited the tribe. I considered him something of a protege.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic039
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Who exactly are you, Mr. House?{Before Chip turned in.}
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I am Robert Edwin House, President, CEO, and sole proprietor of the New Vegas Strip.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic039
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Who exactly are you, Mr. House?{Before Chip turned in.}
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I oversaw the city's renovations starting from 2274 onward. The Three Families are my employees.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic039
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Who exactly are you, Mr. House?{Before Chip turned in.}
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Before the Great War of 2077, I was the founder, President and CEO of RobCo Industries, a vast computer and robotics corporation.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic043
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Tell me about the factions vying for New Vegas.
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It's understandable that you'd be curious about this topic, but we'll hold off until the Platinum Chip has been recovered.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic051
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Use [Speech] to press Mr. House about the Chip.
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The more I know about the Chip, the easier I can find it...
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[SUCCEEDED] You might keep an eye out for any computers that Benny's been using. Maybe even a computer lab of some sort...
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic051
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Use [Speech] to press Mr. House about the Chip.
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The less I know, the less I care. Know what I mean?
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[FAILED] You have a contract to fulfill, a delivery to make.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic051
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Use [Speech] to press Mr. House about the Chip.
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The less I know, the less I care. Know what I mean?
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If you can't hold to a contract, simply for the ethic of holding to a contract, you're worthless to me.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic056
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You appear to be a computer, not a man.
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Don't let the video screens and computer terminals fool you. I'm flesh and blood, not silicon.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic057
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Use Medicine skill to surmise House's condition.
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The lifespan you're claiming is impossible, except for ghouls and super mutants.
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[SUCCEEDED] I see you've made a study of the topic. My knowledge of the science of longevity would fill several text books...
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic057
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Use Medicine skill to surmise House's condition.
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The lifespan you're claiming is impossible, except for ghouls and super mutants.
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Perhaps, after a decade or two of economic reconstruction, I can commercialize these technologies and offer to others, such as yourself.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic057
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Use Medicine skill to surmise House's condition.
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You must be, like... a brain in a jar!
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[FAILED] No. While brains demonstrated some use as organic processors in the robots produced by General Atomics International...
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic057
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Use Medicine skill to surmise House's condition.
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You must be, like... a brain in a jar!
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They never retained personality once removed from the human body.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic058
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How have you stayed alive all this time?
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Let's just say it was very... {beat}costly. But I was willing to make the sacrifices longevity entailed, financial and otherwise.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic063
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I'll return when I have the Chip.
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Until then.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic078
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No thanks, not interested.
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So you've said before. You're making a habit of wasting my time.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic082
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No, I'm still not interested.
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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...
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic084
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Never mind. Goodbye.
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{impatient}Please focus on the task at hand - for both our sakes.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic085
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I've changed my mind.
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No, you haven't.
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VDialogueMrHouseMrHouseTopic085
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I've changed my mind.
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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.
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GREETING
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GREETING
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I knew you'd make it. Resourceful, as always.
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GREETING
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GREETING
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The override module is functioning properly. I'm rerouting power to the Securitron vault at the Fort as we speak...
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GREETING
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GREETING
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I just need you to head over to the east power plant and manually activate the switch.
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GREETING
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GREETING
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When you return topside, I think you'll see that my Securitron army is a little more than the Legion was prepared to handle.
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GREETING
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GREETING
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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.
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GREETING
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GREETING
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I thought you might enjoy the honor of presenting them to the NCR's commanding officer, once the Legion has been defeated. Cheers!
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GREETING
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GREETING
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{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.
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GREETING
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GREETING
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{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.
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GREETING
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GREETING
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{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.
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GREETING
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GREETING
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{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.
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GREETING
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GREETING
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{LATER, BUNKER}Well! You're here ahead of schedule! I suppose it's just as well...
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GREETING
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GREETING
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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.
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GREETING
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GREETING
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{LATER, BUNKER, MISSION}I see that you reached your destination safely. Shall we get to work?
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GREETING
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GREETING
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{BUNKER}Have you come to your senses? It's not too late to upload the Platinum Chip's data to the primary computer.
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GREETING
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GREETING
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{BUNKER}Stop wasting time. Go upload the data on the Platinum Chip to the facility's primary computer.
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VDialogueMrHouse_GREETING_0014B66A_1
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GREETING
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GREETING
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{BUNKER}As you know, the Platinum Chip upgrades my Securitrons' operating software. Well... there's an army of them here.
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GREETING
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GREETING
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The Securitrons policing the Strip are a fraction of the total number manufactured. The rest, I stored here.
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GREETING
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GREETING
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{BUNKER}The Platinum Chip is a data-storage device.
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VDialogueMrHouse_GREETING_0014B66C_1
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GREETING
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GREETING
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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.
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VDialogueMrHouse_GREETING_0014B66D_2
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GREETING
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GREETING
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There's a complication. While I can broadcast to this screen, I can't control any of the facility's systems.
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GREETING
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GREETING
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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.
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VDialogueMrHouse_GREETING_0014B66D_4
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GREETING
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GREETING
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{BUNKER, FORT SECS DEST}{devastated}Do you have the slightest idea of what you've done, of what you've destroyed?
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GREETING
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GREETING
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You've doomed Vegas to be ruled by corrupt bureaucrats or fanatical savages.
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VDialogueMrHouse_GREETING_0014B66E_2
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GREETING
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GREETING
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Singlehandedly, you've brought mankind's best hopes of forward progress crashing down. No punishment would be too severe.
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VDialogueMrHouse_GREETING_0014B66E_3
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GREETING
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GREETING
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{BUNKER}Your work here is done. Return to the Lucky 38 so we can discuss next steps.
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GREETING
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GREETING
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You have a very bright future ahead of you. Thanks to your actions today, so does the rest of mankind.
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GREETING
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GREETING
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{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.
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GREETING
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GREETING
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I don't suppose you forgot to search his body?
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GREETING
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GREETING
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{LOST CHIP}Before we go any further - where is the Platinum Chip?
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GREETING
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{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.
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GREETING
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GREETING
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{HAD CHIP, REFUSED, RETURNED}Have you come to your senses - or will there be a repeat of the last incident?
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GREETING
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GREETING
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{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.
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I will admit, when you ignored my invitation, I predicted... negative outcomes. But - you have a way of exceeding expectations, don't you?
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Well enough. Let's have the Chip, then.
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{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.
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{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?
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{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.
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Now, because of your carelessness, Benny has fled the Strip, taking with him the Platinum Chip.
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{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.
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{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?
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{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?
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{TERMS, NO TOPS}Have you considered the terms of my offer? There's else little for us to discuss until you have.
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{TERMS YES, NO CHIP}What is the purpose of this delay?
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{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.
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{LATER, BENNY FLED}Benny must be pursued, and the Platinum Chip, recovered.
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{LATER, HAS CHIP, BENNY DEAD TOPS}So... Benny has been {slight beat}handled and you've recovered the Platinum Chip. Let's have it.
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{LATER, HAS CHIP}I take it you've come to deliver the Platinum Chip?
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{HOUSE RECEIVES CHIP}{tenderly regarding the Chip}Such a small thing, isn't it? And yet so... {capacious = inexhaustibly capable}capacious. So very dear.
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Decades of hiring salvagers out west to search for this little {beat}relic in the ruins of a place called Sunnyvale. Back then, anyway.
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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.
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But the bombs fell first. Suffice it to say, the delivery was never made.
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{CHIP IN, STRIP SECS NO}{jaunty, eager to share your secret}Come now, come now... get thee to the elevator.
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{CHIP IN, STRIP SECS NO}{growing impatient}To the elevator, if you please... Stop dragging your feet.
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{STRIP SECS UP}{dry}Trips to the basement are rarely so educational, don't you think?
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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!
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{L38, HAS BUNKER MISSION}Make your way to Caesar's Camp at Fortification Hill. Something very interesting awaits you...
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{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.
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{STRIP SECS UP}Have you found the courage to do what's necessary?
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{MQN, B4 CHIP}What did you wish to know?
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{MQN, B4 CHIP}What else did you want to know?
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{FORT SECS NO}We'll talk again once you've concluded your work in the bunker at Fortification Hill.
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{FORT SECS UP}The foundation is laid. My Securitrons on the Strip are upgraded, and those at the Fort, ready for action.
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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.
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{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.
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As I was saying, I need you to enlist or neutralize the Boomers at Nellis Air Force Base.
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{BOOMERS QUEST ACTIVE}Any progress with the Boomers?
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Your next assignment won't take you far. It concerns the Omertas and their den of vice, Gomorrah.
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As the decisive encounter between the bull and the bear looms close, my concerns about the Omertas have grown.
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I've never expected loyalty, mind you. A reliably underhanded tribe is just as constant to deal with as one that always run true.
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But that's just it - lately the Omertas' cooperative silence has been deafening. Not a single complaint? They're up to something.
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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.
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I should compensate you as though it were an official assignment, however. Wouldn't want to {beat}disincentivize your proactivity.{cash out Omerta quest}
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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.
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I'll see if I can make some progress with informants. You're useless in this matter.
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As I said before, I need you to investigate the Omertas, to see what they're up to.
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What do you have to report about the Omertas?
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Your next assignment is to locate and destroy remnants of the Mojave chapter of the Brotherhood of Steel.
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The NCR nearly did the job at Helios One a few years ago, but there seem to have been survivors, unfortunately.
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Given the Brotherhood's fanatical views on technology, they can be counted on to oppose my regime.
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Please - put them out of my misery.
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As I've said, I need you to locate and destroy the Brotherhood of Steel.
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Have you destroyed the Brotherhood of Steel?
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Will you ensure that President Kimball survives his visit to Hoover Dam?
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{ALL REPUTATIONS LEAD-IN}Aaron Kimball, the president of the New California Republic, is going to visit Hoover Dam to "boost morale."
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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.
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{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...
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{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.
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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.
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Last I knew, President Kimball wasn't scheduled to visit the Lucky 38. Be on your way to Hoover Dam, will you?
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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.
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Why in the world did you attack President Kimball?
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Kimball is dead - what a mess you've made!
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{GIVES EL DORADO SUBSTATION QUEST}Between the Strip and HELIOS One lies the El Dorado electrical substation.
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Humble as it appears, the substation has immense strategic value, for it's there that you'll jumpstart the Lucky 38's dormant reactor.
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Gain access to the substation's control room and install this override module. Just so you know, there are NCR troops guarding the station.
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Until the Lucky 38's reactor has been restarted, we have nothing to discuss.
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As you can see, Vegas is humming along. I've tested my c3i broadcasting arrays. Everything is in order.
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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.
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Their assault could begin at any moment. So that's where you'll be heading, if you're ready - Hoover Dam.
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The Legion's assault could begin at any moment.
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{MQN, STRIP SECS UP}What did you want to discuss?
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{MQN, STRIP SECS UP}What else did you want to discuss?
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{Player fled combat last time}There will be no repeat of the trouble we had last time, I trust?
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{Player fled combat last time}I'm optimistic that this conversation will go more smoothly.
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{MQN, FORT SECS UP}I'd rather you just dealt with the Boomers, but all right...
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{MQN, FORT SECS UP}I suppose the Omertas can wait a few minutes.
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{MQN, FORT SECS UP}A few questions, and then you'll handle the Brotherhood, I hope?
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{MQN, FORT SECS UP}Questions like "Will President Kimball survive his visit to Hoover Dam?"
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{MQN, FORT SECS UP}Even now? On the brink of battle?
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