Nice pics from Linda Hand

Linda and your game look great, Renee.

Agree with SubRosa about your avatar.

Two tails indeed.

I like her color choices when it comes to dresses.

Yes, Veronica has a Power Fist by default I think, so maybe that's why it'd say 0/0.

Thanks for the compliment, Rosa! I love my new forum avatar. Renee Gade / Arena immortalized in all my forums posts.

Thanks mirocu and Acadian. Acadian I know you never played Vegas, but what about you, Crow?

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"Veronica we have to talk."

"Have you ever been in love? Because if we're going to do this, it's going to require some dedication from you. I've had my heart broken more than once. And trying to find out what happened to my brother Les has been tearing at me. I know he's still out there. Even you say you think you saw him. ... Err. Sorry. Maybe I shouldn't have used the "L" word. I'm all confused. Sorry. We did things differently back in our vault."

"It's okay, Linda. We'll just take this one step at a time. And I am with you. You think I feel happy about having to abandon my family in that bunker? Well I am not. But it had to be done. Maybe the situation with your brother is the same. Maybe he had to abandon you, for better or worse, even though he did not wish to."

Linda ponders Veronica's words, especially her mysterious family, well after they've arrived in Primm. Mysterious, this odd, bratty lady she's met, certainly is.

I really like the rich dialogue that New Vegas has to offer. You implemented this very nicely in a conversation between Linda and Veronica.

As Lopov said, nice little dialogue with supporting screens. Though I've not played any of the FO games, I'd like to think I get to see enough screens here to get a bit of a feel for things.

Acadian does not have to play New Vegas, he lives there!

That was a really sweet little L-Word interlude.

It's Steam, so no

Also I'm content enough with 3.



That's why I watch Alchestbreach's vids on FONV. Fun as heck and I get to see the world.



+1

Because of the RadRona Virus 19 spreading through the Mojave, all visitors of the Lucky 38 Casino must wear hazmat cowls all the time while inside the casino. Gloves are mandatory as well, as is the 6 feet distance between all attendants. The obligatory protective equipment will be handed by Securitrons upon entering.

Dress like Red Orchid, the casino proprietor, and a chance of getting infected, is minimal.

That's some nurse!

I hear that wrapping yourself in toilet paper also makes you immune from the RadRona Virus...

Hellooooo dealer!

Radrona Virus 19!

Date: 11.30.81, 12:51
Location: Bolder City

Minimum Temperature: 36.0 °F
Mean Temperature: 45.7 °F
Maximum Temperature: 55.0 °F

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"Well here it is, Bolder City."

"Not quite as nice as my motel room back in Novac, sister."

"Whatever. It'll do. I say we continue on to 188. But it'll do."

"Which uh... bedroll do you want?"

And so Linda Hand and Veronica Santangelo turned in for bed, under cold Nevada skies. The next morning, one lady followed the other lady around Bolder City, and into its general store. There, Veronica immediately opened fire on the store's shopkeeper. Or perhaps, the store's shopkeeper opened fire on Veronica. Whatever the events, Linda now feels some confusion and concern about her new partner.

"I warned you that I am Brotherhood of Steel, Linda. Any NCR I see, are dead."

"Yeah. Guess I understand."

"Maybe we should part ways. Maybe that'd be for the best. Our goals. Our ideals, are way different."

"Are we saying this is it?"

Nice set of screenies! I especially like the last one, taken between the bottle and the lamp.

I wonder why Veronica would shoot the bartender in the Boulder City? The guy's friendly enough and has always been non-hostile in my games.

Welcome to the wild night life of Boulder City!

Whoa, I don't think Veronica is supposed to kill the people at the 188. That is where you meet her at!

Awww, Linda just has to cut her loose. I do love the sky in that last picture.

Boulder City has certainly seen better days.

Well, opening fire on a shopkeeper is one way to get a bargain, but probably something more subtle in a shopping partner will better suit Linda.

Did Linda and Veronica by chance kill the NCR soldier at the memorial outside of the Boulder City Saloon? I read that if he gets killed by the player, then Ike in the saloon will turn hostile. I remember that the soldier can be provoked into attacking if one insults him.

Thanks you all. Dammit I misspelled Boulder! Oh well.

The merchant she shot was in Boulder City, Rosa, not 188. She reacts fine at 188, which is where most of those soap opera-ish pictures were taken.

Lopov it is possible that in the past Linda might have gotten in some kind of scuffle. I noticed the sentry who stands outside of BC was no longer there. What's more likely is Veronica is the one who's caused some sort of Faction shift. This is not the first time she's misbehaved. But I haven't really been taking notes. All the politics in this game confuse me!

Acadian: is there a real Boulder City? I know that in Fallout 3, most of the locations in the game have corresponding real locations, like Farragut Metro Station and Jefferson Memorial.

That final pic was by total mistake. I really like the way it turned out, but I didn't plan everything to be symmetrical like that.

Yup, Boulder City is a small town to the southeast of Las Vegas. Less than an hour from downtown Las Vegas (the Strip).

Here's something brand new to bring to this thread: Fallout 1. I assume this is the first time someone has posted screenshots of pre-Bethesda Fallout games. Unfortunately, it took me toward the end of the game to find how to take screenshots (and it was right in front of my face every time I clicked on the game in the Steam client to play it). Thus, there isn't a whole lot of variety to these screenshots. But I figured some people might be interested in them.

In a bunker out in the middle of nowhere is where the Brotherhood of Steel resides, out in Lost Hills. The small area above the surface masks the vast complex that lies beneath the ground. There are four levels to the place, and here are a few screenshots.

Brotherhood of Steel - Level 2 ----- This particular room is where some Brotherhood Knights are training. Well, they actually just stand there the whole time, but, you know...

Brotherhood of Steel - Level 4 ----- The man in the bluish/purple robes there is John Maxson. That last name should sound familiar to probably all of you from Fallout 3 and 4 (can't remember if there is one in New Vegas). This Maxson is the grandson of Roger Maxson, founder of the Brotherhood of Steel.

Brotherhood of Steel - Level 4 (Meeting with the Elders) ----- You can request armed assistance in your assault against the Mariposa Military Base, which is where super mutants are being created in vats of goo and FEV.


These next few screenshots are from the very final level in the game (technically, it can instead be the second-to-last level).

The Depths Below the Cathedral ----- Yes, that is human flesh lying everywhere.

These Super Mutants Met the Gatling Laser ----- Such catharsis to unload on them like that.

The Hallway to the Big Bad ----- Oh, you didn't ask for more human flesh oozing out of the walls? Too bad. This is the Big Bad

Face-to-Face with the Master ----- The guy in the middle at the end of the human-flesh hallway is The Master, the main antagonist and the one responsible for creating super mutants in New California. Once you kill him, you have 300 seconds (5 minutes) to get out of the base and the Cathedral up top before it gets blown to kingdom come.


Unfortunately, however, the Vault Dweller will be cast out of Vault 13, their home, forever despite being recognized as a hero throughout the wasteland. Why is this the case? Well...

I can provide more context on all of this for people who want to know more. I just wanted to get these screenshots up and show them off. Here are a couple pictures from the very end of the game.

The Hero Cast Out

What Else Lies in Store for the Vault Dweller?

Very neat to see some pics of Fallout 1! We don't normally see them. I never got far enough to meet the BOS. I think I got as far as Shady Sands. I remember rescuing someone from there from a raider gang that had kidnapped them. Then I recall exploring an abandoned vault somewhere nearby. That is as far as I ever went.

The whole hero is cast out at the end is a common trope in the Fallout games. I think Fallout 4 and Fallout Tactics are the only ones that do not do it.

Awesome, thanks for posting these! I was interested in Fallout 1 myself a couple years ago, but after watching some Let's Play videos I knew I'd never be able to get used to using guns & bombs in isometric perspective.

That boss (you call him the Master) looks menacing.

That would be Tandi, who was the daughter of then-Shady Sands leader Aradesh. She becomes the first president of the NCR and pops up in Fallout 2. The vault you are talking about is Vault 15, and some of them went on to found Shady Sands and some of them formed raider groups like the Khans (who were holding Tandi and populate that camp you rescue her from).

I suppose it is a common trope in Fallout, though IIRC it is the only time it happens at the very end of the game. Unless I am forgetting something, in Fallout 3 you are cast out at the beginning before you become a hero. Don't know about Fallout 2 yet as I have just started it.



Well, you should see him up close and personal. https://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Master?file...PC_Master_B.png

The Master is an NPC that actually has a face in the dialogue box when you interact with characters. Most NPCs don't have them, as it is usually reserved for particularly important characters. You can read more about him in that aforementioned link. He's actually the combination of a bunch of people during the events of Fallout 1, but originally he was just another human named Richard Moreau who came from Vault 8.

In Fallout 3 you are cast out at the very start. But also later in the game there is a quest where you go back into the vault, and find out that a civil war has started after you left. You can settle the war one way or another. But no matter how it goes, you are once again cast out of the vault.

Nice to see Fallout 1 pics! *claps* I've spent many years playing Fallout 1, Fallout 2 & Tactics and Baldur's Gate 1 and 2, because my computer couldn't handle more modern games, so I kept switching between these. The Master has an incredible backstory from what I remember, even his real name can be found out in the game (without checking the online wiki). I remember there are several ways to deal with him, you can either attack him outright, convince him to make a suicide or avoid him completely and instead detonate the bunker yourself. And it's not just about the Master, there are lots of ways to deal with any quest in the game.

I hope you'll post more Fallout pics in the future.

If you haven't played Fallout 2, you're in for a treat. The game feels less desolate than Fallout 1, it's much longer, but just as good and in some aspects even better. It features my favorite town from the entire FO series - New Reno - if you want to experience that town in full, you need 3 characters at least, because as you progress through one questline in that town, you systematically "close" the other questlines. You'll know what I mean once you get there.

Oh, and there's also Vault City, another great town. Followers are well done in both games but I especially remember some guy, he was father of Rose of Sharon Cassidy (FNV), and he was allergic to something...I don't remember anymore what it was. But if you gave him that stuff in inventory, he died.

EDIT: Who's your follower in the final pics? Katja?

Ha ha The Master looks like a hideous monster! I've heard Fallout has tons of content and humor. That Master just got a chuckle from me.


Yes. There are different options, but they all lead to the same conclusion, sadly. Cho Zen Wan had a crush on Amata, and wanted her to follow him out into the world, but as events spiraled out of control during that quest he wound up killing the Overseer (her father) so now she had even more reason to never leave 101.

I had a crush on Amata.

Mm hmm, she is a cutie. And we get to protect her from that stupid Tunnel Snake guy... if I remember correctly.

And then the Tunnel Snake guy later becomes our barber. Ah ... good times.

Harold, the mutant in the Hub (who apparently isn't quite a ghoul), indicates The Master's name although he has no idea that he is the one creating the super mutants or that he is even alive. I'm not sure where else in the game it indicates it though. I learned it from reading up on the lore before, otherwise I probably wouldn't have made the connection.

Although I was going to deal with The Master head-on anyway, I think that killing him was my only option anyway. The option to convince him the Unity was all for nothing didn't pop up although I thought I had done the prerequisites. I was going to fight him regardless but I wanted to see what that route looked like especially since it is voice-acted. I think I needed the key from the Super Mutant Lieutenant at Mariposa to avoid the Master, but after a few times trying to fight the Lieutenant I didn't know how in the world to beat him and just went straight to detonating the place. In hindsight, I think I could've done if I went for The Master first, as I got the Tesla Armor and Gatling Laser in the Cathedral, and then fought the Lieutenant, but it just felt wrong to not save The Master for last.

I just started Fallout 2 yesterday and ended on getting to Klamath. I've read some of the lore before so I have some idea of events to come (for example, I learned that The Master, when he was Richard Moreau, was exiled from Vault City/Vault 8 and changed his last name to Grey), but there will still be plenty of surprises for me.

Yep, that's Katja in the pictures. He might be hard to see, but Dogmeat is also there. The amount of times I had to reload the game to keep him alive since he got himself into mortal danger or in the way of my or other companions' weapons constantly...I successfully kept Dogmeat alive to the end, though. Katja was alive, too, but I picked her up late in the game. I had Ian earlier on as well, and though he was very helpful in eradicating the Khan slavers, he probably had the dumbest AI otherwise. Eventually, Ian died in a raider ambush while we protected one of the Crimson Caravan convoys, and I just got tired of reloading to keep him alive. I got Tycho on my way to the Master, and he unfortunately died in that Cathedral tower to a nightkin when we went up to kill Morpheus.

EDIT: Here are some shots of my Vault Dweller. As with 3/NV/4, I named her Mariah.

Final Stats and Perks - with Tesla Armor

Final Karma

Final Kill Count

Final Stats - with Brotherhood Power Armor




Yep, he is one ugly S.O.B. It was easy to fight him with the Tesla Armor you get right before the end of the game while lighting him up with a Gatling Laser and Plasma Rifle, but otherwise it would've been a really tough fight. I purposely ran far ahead of Katja and (especially) Dogmeat so they wouldn't get caught in the crossfire.



Amata sure is a cutie. But Sarah in the Vault Shop in New Vegas...whew...well, let's just say my Courier paid more than a few visits to her after getting those vault suits.

That is a lot of dead rats!

Wow, it actually counts dead men separate from dead women.

Mariah is all heroic with that power armor.

@Rader - I think there's a holodisk somewhere in the Mariposa Military Base that tells the story of Richard Moreau becoming the Master. Or maybe it's in another place, but there definitely is one. Just like with many other stuff in Fallout, it's quite easy to miss.

I forgot to mention another option of dealing with the Master, although it's not canon. You can join his army. In this case IIRC in the final video mutants storm Vault 13.

Is Lieutenant the guy who calls himsef Lou Tenant? I remember that he's one tough SOB to bring down.

I rarely used companions just because of the AI issues you mention. But as you say, Ian is the worst. In the end I left him dead for good, because I got tired of reloading. I used companions more extensively in Fallout 2.

Nice! This would make a totally fab Renee name. Too bad I didn't think of it first!

Yep, that's Lou. Probably could've killed him if I went to him after the Master because of the equipment in the Cathedral, but oh well.

I'd find it awfully hard to get through the whole game without companions, though it was mostly just Dogmeat and I at the beginning.


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Although I started Fallout 2, I've been having the urge to play Fallout 3 again. And that's exactly what I'm doing. I actually started a 2nd character (which is not a common occurrence for me). Her name is Emilia and I wanted to make a fairly different playthrough than with Mariah. She's still a good person, but she is also not above stealing certain things or breaking into terminals/locked containers. I've already had quite a few differences than my first playthrough and had some dialogue I never encountered before due to different choices and attribute/skill checks. I've also explored a couple of places that have had things occur that I do not remember running into, but that may just be my memory.

To make this a fairly or much different playthrough, I have been taking mostly different perks (somehow, I didn't take Wild Wasteland before) and I changed a lot in the S.P.E.C.I.A.L. attributes. If I remember correctly, Emilia started off with these S.P.E.C.I.A.L. stats:

Strength: 5
Perception: 4
Endurance: 3 or 4
Charisma: 8
Intelligence: 8
Agility: 9
Luck: 2

Here are some early shots of her adventures.

A Whole New World

Dressed for the Occasion

Stone Cold

Someone's Lost Their Head

Looks That Can Kill

The Wild Wasteland Perk in Action

Never Should Have Come Here

Kablooie! (another Wild Wasteland shot)

Big Town's Big Stand

No Paradise for Raiders

Technically, This Gun Wasn't on the Sign

It's Dangerous to Go Alone

Power Fist = Explosion (more Wild Wasteland)

Haymaker!

The Doctor Will Not Be Seeing You

Emilia is very pink!

She is stone cold, but not Steve Austin.

I see Emilia is turning heads... inside out!

So is this Wild Wasteland perk just something like Bloody Mess, that gibs enemies most of the time? I was thinking of the one in NV, which added specific encounters.

Ever since I learned the console command to open NPCs inventories and change what they have, I have always saved up guns and armor all game, and equipped everyone in Big Town with Combat Armor and Assault Rifles.

Paradise has fallen.

Emilia is performing some shotgun surgery.

Welcome to Emilia! Pretty in pink - but I'm guessing she couldn't find a nice pink gun so opted to shift her palette to more subdued colors to match her guns and dog.

I'm pretty sure it is supposed to add unique encounters as well, but I'm not sure if I have run into any of them yet. I've definitely seen a bunch of things that I didn't in my first playthrough, but at least most of it is probably endemic to the game to begin with.



She didn't really think about it that much. Just needed to use better armor in a lot of places. Although she's worn a few outfits that I never really put on Mariah.


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More pictures from the last few days.

Absolutely Floored

Bye Bye, Big Guy

Emilia, Wasteland Ranger

"Four Score and Seven Years Ago..."

I've Got a Fever, and the Prescription is More Explosions

Galaxy News Radio Shootout

The Big One

"I've Had it With These [censored] Mutants..."

Big Game Hunting

No Memorial for Slavers

Regulator Justice

Raided Raiders

More explosions!

The big fight outside of GNR!

No home for old slavers.

Some great action shots as Emilia explores and fights her way around the badlands. She's easy to spot with that hair!

Emilia's cute with her pink hair!

I got a fever, and the only prescription is more cowbell! Does Emilia put her pants on one leg at a time?

Linda spends the next day trying to move on. But things just aren't the same.

The good times they'd shared.

"It's quiet out here. We like to keep it that way."

"Thanks for keeping me around. Not much else to do out here without you, Linda.."

"And I .. I also can't do this without you, Veronica. But it won't be easy."

And so one woman follows the other. Linda and Veronica. Headed toward the Vegas strip in search of Linda's brother. What will the future entail for the former inhabitant of Vault 6, and the lady from Trading Post 188?

"It's all just one step at a time."



Thanks to the Google Map of all Fallout locations found in this thread, I have determined that Linda Hand once lived in Vault 6 perhaps, since she is supposed to be from Oregon. Thank you for viewing.

Looks like Linda is the Lone Wanderer.

Oh, but she cannot go on without Veronica. How sweet, even though V is a homicidal maniac...

Linda Hand, wandering the desert badlands with her gal pal.

Let's take a peek to New Vegas, where Red Orchid has been ruling over the Strip for the past two and a half years.

Breast enlargement finished

"No peeking, Alfred."

"What shall I dress today?"

"Something unobtrusive."

Hairstyle change

Ready for guests

Casino 1

Casino 2

Casino 3

Time for a late evening walk

The Queen of the Strip

Completely unobtrusive

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To refresh memory - who is Red Orchid?

A former prostitute from New Reno, who saw the opportunity of her life when she was asked to deliver a package to the Strip. Compare her face in this pic to the one above and you'll see, that she had numerous cosmetic surgeries.

On her way to the top she removed those that were against her.

She dealt with House as well and took the Lucky 38 over.

With the help of her part-time lover Benny and the securitron army she eventually took over the entire Strip and subdued other casinos.

But instead of with Benny, she prefers to sleep with her teddy bear.

I love Alfred the robot!

Oh yes, that is very unobtrusive... Completely so!

Red looks lovely! She certainly packs plenty of distraction power and I'm sure she knows how to use it.

Love the shots of home (casinos and the Strip).

Oh no, nudity! Call the moderators! Oh wait...

I could stay in her room for a week or two. She needs a new mirror though.

I am laughing. i try to imagine Lopov getting into RO's head, trying to see what she'd like to wear and Because I have trouble imagining what happens if your wife comes along and sees your glam lady onscreen. Is she jealous at all? Is there any conversation about this? Most wives wouldn't tolerate Red Orchid, that's why I'm asking.

@SubRosa - Red Orchid is putting Alfred's robotic emotions to a test, walking around as unobtrusive as possible.

@Acadian - Red was hoping to meet the paladin on the Strip, but I assume he was busy down in Cyrodiil.

@Renee - my wife rarely checks the screen, and even if she does, she asks something like "Is that you?" regardless of, if there's a human / ghoul / beast / Red Orchid on the screen. The quickest way to continue gaming is "Yes, that's me" because I don't think that she's interested in the answer at all, it's just a passing question.

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After reigning over the Strip for a long, long time, it was...well, time to journey out to the barren wasteland. There were problems with water shortage on the Strip, and Red's goons couldn't solve the problem, so the queen of the Strip, her lover Benny and her bodyguard securitron Bodytron went out to fix the problem themselves.

Embrace of the snakes

Fit for the Mojave

"Is that really her? Red Orchid? Wow!"

She walks the line

Dirty work

If necessary...

...Red Orchid can shoot too

"She's with me, pal!"

That's a disturbing shot of Red and Bennie trying for the same space at the same time. That happens to Buffy sometimes when she uses an ESO wayshrine. Sometimes she appears and the boobs for some busty Nord are resting on her head. Other times all we can see is her ponytail sticking out someone's back.

What an outfit! I see Red missed all the classes on unobtrusiveness.

Good thinking, letting Benney and Bodytron take care of the fashion-deprived undesirables.

Wow, that is an eye-catching outfit!

@Acadian - Red Orchid was never into proper combat, that's why she managed to keep her main weapon Lucky in an almost pristine condition. She prefers others to fight instead of her, after all she must take care of her haircut, skin and outfit.

@SubRosa - it's called Moxxi outfit. A Google search revealed that the outfit is from Moxxi from Borderlands.

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Blondie the bounty hunter is back, sporting Vesuvius' hairstyle. I assume that she found the copy of the Thaldorn Manor somewhere in the post-war Vegas.

Where's Blondie, there's also Guts of course!

Together they're a perfect team.

Meeting Daren of the Sand.

Takin' care of geckos.

She walks the line.

Although Blondie arrests or kills her bounty hunting targets most of the time, she occasionally spares some. Like she did with Lechtus, who left his days of banditry behind and joined the NCR rangers instead. He agreed to leave the Mojave behind, and in return gave Blondie his hat, as a proof for Daren that he had been eliminated.

Blue moon.

Red Orchid is dressed quite silly today. This is a common theme for Vegas though: lots of things can be over-the-top and ridiculous.

Goodness, such language in that new bounty hunting mod. I gotta wash my ears out with hand sanitizer! Blondie looks great though. She walks the line, as well. Linda Hand also walks the line.