"Speaking of which, Mayor Dodge took over this place very smoothly in the first place." Andy sighed in his heart, with the gradual development and external expansion of NcR, the evaluation of NcR by the outside world in recent years can be said to be more and more low. For example, in the Mojave in the west, NcR is not bad

"Exercise restraint"

"Respect the will of the people", and when faced with the almost borderless east, or the owners of the land here are a group of uncivilized natives, NcR often changes his face.

Fortunately, at least here at Hoover Dam, the residents of NcR can almost be said to have welcomed the arrival of the king.

"It's not a takeover." Ralph singled out a miswording.

"In their words, this is called.... Unite? The two looked at each other and smiled.

"Solidarity... Well, okay, unity. Andy took the opportunity to chat about the topic of interest again.

"Well, in general, it was inhabited by a small group of wasteland residents who didn't plan to live for long, and they were harassed by marauders, and it wasn't until NcR came here that peace and order were established, and the original natives continued to live at Hoover Dam, and the original sheriff like you continued to serve as sheriff.... Such a story sounds like a great one. ”

"It's not just us." Ralph took out a cigarette and lit it.

"The Hoover Dam is so big that we only lived on the surface, and the space inside was occupied by another group of people who excluded us from it because they seemed to be indiscriminately hostile to any... They are called outsiders. Those people were actually the first inhabitants of the Hoover Dam, and no one knows when they lived inside the Hoover Dam, but it must have been a long, long time ago. ”

"The inside of the Hoover Dam is relatively safe, so the people live in it all the time, and they're almost completely cut off from the outside world." Andy sat on the side and subconsciously took a sip of wine, frowned and put the inferior wine aside.

"We used to call that group of... The cavemen, who told them to always live inside the closed and dark dam and were so unfriendly, later we changed their name, we called them albinos. This is due to the fact that after the arrival of the NcR, the fellows were forced to face a new situation, and their leader, after meeting with the Dodge Mayor, concluded an agreement that the albinos could continue to live inside the dam but in exchange for giving up the widest space in the dam and being responsible for maintaining the hydroelectric generators in the bottom baseline area. Ralph let out a puff of smoke, and Andy felt distinctly different as he listened to the story.

"Wait, those... The albinos are supposed to be the natives of the Hoover Dam, and even more qualified to call themselves such a group, but they sound as if they have been pushed out to more marginal and harsh areas, and even have to trade their labor in exchange for the right to stay here, why is that? Hearing Andy's question, Ralph couldn't help but laugh.

"Hi... Dude, you haven't seen a single albino person. It was as if the fellows had degenerated, and were not intelligent compared to some of the natives, most of whom could not even speak completely, and spoke rudely and stammered. They seem to have some problems with their brains, irritable and extremely xenophobic, you see... How can this blame everyone for despising them? Frankly, in the new situation, these almost uncontrollable bomb-like guys, we can respect their wishes and allow them to stay in the Hoover Dam without contact with other people, which is more than magnanimous to describe. At this point, Ralph was silent for a moment, and finally sighed.

"I was really happy during that time, and so were a lot of people, and we were all genuinely happy because we watched this crumbling settlement grow into a full-fledged city, and it became Hoover Dam. Mayor Dodge is a good man of magnanimity, and he ..... He doesn't need me to compliment, everybody understands. But happy days are always short-lived, and if you look at Hoover Dam City now, there is a lot of negative energy everywhere..."Andy turned around and looked around, most of them still looked sad.

"So why exactly?" Ralph sighed and pronounced a word in a heavy tone.

"Brotherhood of Steel." Andy knew that this organization, which was also one of the oldest in New California, had been formed shortly after the Great War, and that its forces had rallied around its headquarters, Lost Mountain, and that there were a large number of strongholds, bunkers, etc.

During the NcR expansion phase, the Brotherhood of Steel initially had some unpleasant contact with the NcR, especially in terms of the Brotherhood's handling of high-tech items.

To sum it up, all high-tech belongs to the Brotherhood of Steel. If this is not satisfied, they will be upset, and it is easy to take up arms because of this emotion.

As a militarized organization that has mastered a large amount of pre-war military high technology, this dogma close to extremism is very frightening to outsiders.

However, the NcR was able to unite with the Brotherhood of Steel on the surface, as the two sides had a common enemy: the enclave.

This group of members of the pre-war SA government was not only motivated to regain control of the SA and eliminate all of them, including the wastelanders

The "mutants" are considered enemies by the NcR to be eliminated, and are hated by the Brotherhood of Steel because of the amount of pre-war technology they possess and the dogmas left behind by their founders.

The war had a happy ending, as the last stronghold of the enclave, Ciudad Navarro, was breached by the coalition forces, and the remnants of the enclave fled in all directions, and what was left behind became trophies.

In the midst of this war, the arrogant Brotherhood of Steel forged a battle friendship with the NcR army, and also learned about the strength of the NcR.

Under the mediation of the leaders of the two sides at that time, the Brotherhood of Steel voluntarily gave up some of the high-tech booty, and signed a treaty to define its political attributes as an autonomous state under the jurisdiction of the NcR, and the name of the state used the surname of Roger Maxson, the founder of the Brotherhood of Steel, so that the NcR Maxson State was established.

But there is no feast in the world that will not be dissolved. The Brotherhood of Steel and the NcR became increasingly disdainful of each other after the Eastward Movement followed by the NcR's announcement of the discovery of a number of pre-war technological facilities in the East, including the Hoover Dam and the Great Dome, and the Brotherhood's long-planned rebellion was finally launched.

The Iron Plague. It's just that Andy remembers that the main battlefield of this long-lasting chaotic war is still in New California, although this has caused the connection between the Hoover Dam and the mainland to be broken, but it is really a bit far from New California, could it be that the Brotherhood of Steel sent people from New California to chase all the way to the east?

"Do they have anyone here too?" Ralph nodded in affirmation.

"Of course, those guys didn't know when they came here, maybe shortly after the NcR Eastward Movement began, or maybe earlier or later. Anyway, those guys started a miniature war in the east immediately after the war broke out in New California, and you see, Hoover Dam City is like a trumpet NcR, and that group of people is like a trumpet Brotherhood of Steel. ”

"They do almost anything, and for a long time, they have sent patrols to randomly kill any caravan or citizen who leaves Hoover Dam City, cutting off all contact with the outside world. They carry out this terrorist attack in a phased manner, and every time we think their siege is over, they come back again. ”

"From time to time, they will attack or assassinate, and you can see the terrible signs of destruction on the gates... Also, not long ago, an Assassin infiltrated and nearly killed the Dodge Mayor. Ralph couldn't help but have some anxiety on his face.

"No one knows how long this passive defense will last, and we are actually running out of bullets, and people are afraid to flee to the west, because they will probably be killed. The development on the eastern side was also very bad, since the barbarians destroyed the fortress of Arashid and even destroyed half of the dam crest, people did not dare to go to the east, and everyone was trapped here waiting for death. ”

"Those bastards seem to have relaxed a bit lately, but God knows when their next attack will be waiting for us."