[quote=paragonskeep]
NILLOC 916 wrote:
Here is a map of the US
saying why that doesn't make sense. Why would the NCR send units all the way to the other side of the country where they would be cut off from supply, when they have all this other land in between there that they are more presently concerned with.
Where's this map from?
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I think I got it on the fallout wiki. I can't remember.
wish I could get a blown up version of that map. I can hardly make out what's written on it.
And like I said, it would be excusable, even welcome, if you saw Legion vs NCR skirmishes in the capital wasteland if you had Wild Wasteland. Otherwise it wouldn't make much sense for either faction to be there.
Wild Wasteland is for wacky things, I still don't see it making much sense - it's not wacky so much as totally out of place. I can understand the occasional excursion - maybe a five-person scouting party, tops - but not a whole contingent of either side.
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[quote=rylasasin]
wish I could get a blown up version of that map. I can hardly make out what's written on it.
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Just right click on the image and choose "View Image" or whatever your browser says that is similar, it will take you to the real size image 
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I think it'd work fine if the legnionaries/troopers were either disgruntled or retired. It wouldn't make much sense for the faction leaders to send anyone to DC, beyond perhaps finding out if it even exists, but I could easily enough see disgruntled members of the respective armies taking that train to get as far from the Mojave as they could. Plus, the way I understand it, the only way to 'retire' from the Legion is to die, so any legionary who's done with the fighting would need to exile themselves as far from Caeser's reach as they could, and DC would fit that bill nicely.
[quote=KennyMcCormick]
I think it'd work fine if the legnionaries/troopers were either disgruntled or retired. It wouldn't make much sense for the faction leaders to send anyone to DC, beyond perhaps finding out if it even exists, but I could easily enough see disgruntled members of the respective armies taking that train to get as far from the Mojave as they could. Plus, the way I understand it, the only way to 'retire' from the Legion is to die, so any legionary who's done with the fighting would need to exile themselves as far from Caeser's reach as they could, and DC would fit that bill nicely.
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This makes sense. I could see someone making a mod or two adding people like this across DC.
[quote=Keleigh3000]
How about a recruiter? The NCR needs fighters. The CW wouldn't be a bad place to recruit them. And they have the engineers to have gotten the railroad running in the first place. The posters write themselves: "Go West, young women and men." Sign up for three years and retire in California. Wouldn't you go?
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This still seems a bit far fetched
[quote=Mariofan17]
ImMrRev wrote:
To the people that say it seems a bit far fetched, or doesn't make an sense you are by far wrong. Besides the fact the NCR are ever expanding, the railroad is a threat the NCR can't ignore. If the NCR wants to keep any potential threats they would need to secure each end. I actually found it extremely odd that the NCR or even the kings not having the station in free side occupied. I personally want to make a side project of having an NCR quest to secure the railroads for them. (especially if the discover that you used it 9 years ago.) Following a small group of rangers and heavy infantry being station in union station. I have other ideas for NCR taking places in the museums, and kinda have recruiting drive maybe with the ghouls. Though that is a big addon. I think seeing NCR rangers in DC is s bit believable with the TTW addon. Heck there is even a delayed train from boston to union station who knows what you might show up next
No one can be "wrong" when it's a matter of opinion. Not to mention it really doesnt make sense. There's nothing out in DC that would make going out there worth it for the NCR or Legion. Both groups want the Mojave for both New Vegas and Hoover Dam. DC has nothing like this except for maybe the Capital Building and even then,that's being fought over by Talon Company and Super Mutants. The Jefferson Memorial would probably be the only thing of decent interest to either side.
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How would they know that though unless they sent a scouting party through ? All they'd probably know was what pre-war records would say. They'd say things like the area had.... what, 5 military bases ? Or that Vault Tec HQ was out there. Given the value of some of the Vault's experiments, databases on the Vaults would be nice. Also, I'm sure that a scouting party reporting back that there's an organized Enclave presence on the East Coast would be of interest to the NCR.
The NCR isn't authoritarian. It can't commit itself to such a long-winded campaign, indeed is even seen to be on the verge of failing in its own backyard, having launched an offensive to seize and hold the Hoover Dam, without fomenting significant, negative backlash from powerful special interests within its own borders. It isn't realistic that everyone would glibly support throwing young men and women into another campaign for very long without exhausting themselves and their enthusiasm for the current administration who chose to push into the Capital Wasteland.
I could see a MacArthur-type figure within the NCR brass wanting to push across the US, driven by personal ambition and grand delusions who might want to see the NCR in DC. This, however is insane.
Upon discovering the railroad, I could totally see an expeditionary force launched, just to see what's what.
The concentration of hostile, unintelligent SMs, well entrenched BoS and flourishing Enclave would discourage them from overt military action.
Though if it were revealed that the NCR paid the Talon Co to cause trouble I wouldn't be surprised (though I am fairly sure it's Boston related in actual canon).
