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This is a transcript for dialogue with Caesar. |
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| TOPIC | TOPIC TEXT / PROMPT | EMOTION | RESPONSE TEXT | # |
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| GREETING | GREETING | Neutral 50 | {FIRST TALK, TROUBLE} {slow burn} You're the courier who's caused so much trouble for my Legion, and yet you dare come before me. | 1 |
| GREETING | Happy 50 | {FIRST TALK, BAD NCR REP} {appraising} So I finally get to meet the courier who's caused so much trouble for the New California Republic. | 2 | |
| GREETING | Anger 50 | {FIRST TALK} So I finally get to meet the courier who's accomplished so much in so little time. That is why I summoned you here, right? | 3 | |
| Surprise 50 | I mean, a man nearly kills you, and your response is to track him across the breadth of the Mojave? | 4 | ||
| GREETING | Anger 50 | {FIRST TALK} The question is... are you ready to get started? | 5 | |
| GREETING | Neutral 50 | Down the hill, at the west edge of camp, is an old building. It was here when the Fort was taken in 2277. | 6 | |
| Neutral 50 | Inside the building is a hatch, and inside that hatch are two steel doors that bear the {SIH-jihl} sigil of the Lucky 38 casino. | 7 | ||
| GREETING | Anger 50 | Now that same sigil is on the Platinum Chip Benny was carrying when we captured him. Isn't that interesting? | 8 | |
| GREETING | Anger 50 | Now that same sigil is on the Platinum Chip you were carrying. Isn't that interesting? | 9 | |
| GREETING | Anger 50 | Even more interesting, there's a slot about the same size as the Chip on the console that opens the hatch. So you know what I think? | 10 | |
| Anger 50 | I think the Platinum Chip opens those doors - doors that can't be pried open or drilled open or blasted open. Because all that, I tried. | 11 | ||
| GREETING | Anger 50 | {BEFORE VAULT DESTROYED} We'll talk again when you've destroyed whatever is down in that bunker - not before. | 12 | |
| GREETING | Happy 50 | {AFTER VAULT DESTROYED} I felt the ground shake a while ago. I'll take that as a sign you got the job done. | 13 | |
| GREETING | Happy 50 | There are rewards for doing as I command. Today, your reward is vengeance. You get to decide how Benny dies. | 14 | |
| Happy 50 | Go to Benny, let him know what you've decided. My Praetorians will perform the execution - {giving player credit} unless you want to perform it yourself. | 15 | ||
| GREETING | Anger 50 | We have nothing to discuss until you've dealt with Benny. | 16 | |
| GREETING | Happy 50 | I'm sure you found Benny's demise pleasing. The destruction of an enemy... there are few things more satisfying. | 17 | |
| GREETING | Neutral 50 | Let's press on, shall we? As I was telling you before, I want Mr. House out of the picture. | 18 | |
| Anger 50 | You have an interest in his death, too. If he knows that you destroyed his {for lack of a better term} gadgets beneath the Fort, he will strike back. | 19 | ||
| Neutral 50 | You know where to find him. How he dies, I leave up to you. | 20 | ||
| GREETING | Anger 50 | Until Mr. House has been dealt with, you and I have nothing to talk about. | 21 | |
| GREETING | Happy 50 | I've read Mr. House's obituary. Had a high opinion of himself, didn't he? | 22 | |
| GREETING | Anger 50 | {seething} I spent months feeding the Omertas bribes, nursing their betrayal, and you've ruined all that. | 23 | |
| GREETING | Anger 50 | {seething} Do you have any idea how much effort it took to place a mole at McCarran who could plant that bomb on the monorail? The one you defused? | 24 | |
| GREETING | Anger 50 | {seething} The garrison I placed at Nelson served a vital strategic function. Did you think you could wipe it out and I wouldn't find out? | 25 | |
| GREETING | Anger 50 | {seething} Weeks were spent convincing the Great Khans to join the Legion, but you've ruined all that. {louder} Haven't you? | 26 | |
| GREETING | Happy 50 | With Mr. House out of the way, I can focus on smoothing out a few {slight beat} lingering complications elsewhere in the Mojave. | 27 | |
| Neutral 50 | First up are the Boomers of Nellis Air Force Base, a tribe so reclusive, it lobs artillery shells at anyone who comes near their settlement. | 28 | ||
| Neutral 50 | I want you to offer them an alliance with my Legion. My terms are simple: target their guns against the NCR side of the dam when I assault it... | 29 | ||
| Anger 50 | ...and they can keep their freedom. If you find they aren't amenable to this offer, destroy them. | 30 | ||
| GREETING | Neutral 50 | It's reached me that you killed Silus before he could talk. I approve. | 31 | |
| GREETING | Neutral 50 | I understand that you freed Silus before he could talk. I approve. | 32 | |
| Happy 50 | Silus dishonored himself when he let himself be captured, and he'll pay the price for that. But the NCR didn't learn anything valuable. | 33 | ||
| GREETING | Anger 50 | Have you brought news of the Boomers? | 34 | |
| GREETING | Neutral 50 | {SUDDEN PAIN} I would've asked you to forge an alliance with the White Glove Society, but you've already killed its leaders. So instead - | 35 | |
| Pained 100 | {sudden, excruciating pain in head} {gritting teeth} Ehhhh! Goddammit! | 36 | ||
| GREETING | Neutral 50 | {SUDDEN PAIN} I want you to forge an alliance between Caesar's Legion and the White Glove Society. | 37 | |
| Neutral 50 | They used to be cannibals. I expect that information can be used to manipulate them. Go to -{stopping short as pain eplodes inside head} | 38 | ||
| Pained 100 | {sudden, excruciating pain in head} {gritting teeth} Ehhhh! Goddammit! | 39 | ||
| GREETING | Anger 100 | {limping off to bed, head feels like it's being crushed} Goddammit, go away! Come back when I've had some sleep! | 40 | |
| GREETING | Anger 50 | {head feels like it's being crushed} I warned you not to bother me! | 41 | |
| Anger 100 | Praetorians, kill this asshole! | 42 | ||
| GREETING | Neutral 50 | {recovered from yesterday's sudden headache} The last time we met, I believe we were talking about the White Glove Society? | 43 | |
| GREETING | Neutral 50 | Have you been successful in your efforts to recruit the White Glove Society? | 44 | |
| GREETING | Anger 50 | {ABSENCE SEIZURE} I want you to destroy the Mojave Chapter of the Brotherhood of Steel. It's not a full-strength chapter, mind you. The Profligates...{trail off. Absence seizure begins} | 45 | |
| Sad 50 | ...{breathe through nostrils for several seconds} | 46 | ||
| Sad 100 | Urh...{continue breathing through nostrils} | 47 | ||
| GREETING | Anger 50 | {Caesar heading for bed} {tired} If you interfere with me getting some sleep again, I'm going to have you killed. {resolved} We will talk later. | 48 | |
| GREETING | Anger 100 | {tired, growing angry} You want to die? Fine! | 49 | |
| Anger 100 | {shouting for guards, voice weaker than usual} Praetorians! Kill this asshole! | 50 | ||
| GREETING | Neutral 50 | Has the Brotherhood been destroyed? | 51 | |
| GREETING | Pained 50 | {Brotherhood resolved} I want you to join me in my tent. You and I are going to have a private conversation. | 52 | |
| GREETING | Neutral 50 | All right, let's state the obvious. There's something wrong with me. | 53 | |
| Neutral 50 | The headaches started a couple months ago. They weren't too bad at first... but now they come frequently and they're... {beat} debilitating. | 54 | ||
| Fear 50 | For the past two weeks, my left leg has been dragging. It's stiffer, hard to move. And you've seen me blank out. | 55 | ||
| Anger 50 | Lucius says I stare into space, blink a few times, then keep talking like nothing happened. So what's the diagnosis? | 56 | ||
| GREETING | Happy 50 | {Successful surgery} I thank you for saving my life. You're a warrior {emphasis} and a healer - a rare combination. | 57 | |
| GREETING | Happy 50 | I thank you for saving my life. Arcade will be a fine addition to my retinue. | 58 | |
| GREETING | Happy 50 | I thank you for saving my life. The Auto-Doc module you recovered did the trick. | 59 | |
| GREETING | Anger 50 | I trust this payment is adequate compensation for your troubles. Now, lest we grow sentimental here... | 60 | |
| GREETING | Anger 50 | The time for battle will soon be upon us. {Le-GAH-tus La-nee-OOS} Legatus Lanius draws nigh. When he arrives, my Legion will assault Hoover Dam. | 61 | |
| Happy 50 | In the meantime, the Profligates have prepared a welcome gift for us. The President of the NCR intends to visit Hoover Dam. | 62 | ||
| GREETING | Happy 100 | You {slight beat} dispatched President Kimball with real skill. Right under their noses, too - {enjoying it} what a humiliation. | 63 | |
| GREETING | Anger 50 | {seething} Why did you not attack President Kimball? | 64 | |
| GREETING | Anger 50 | {seething} President Kimball was there on the Dam, right before you. And yet he lives. {beat} How did you fuck this up? | 65 | |
| GREETING | Anger 50 | {Kimball quest resolved} My forces are in position to assault the Dam. {Leh-GAH-tus Lah-Nee-OOS} Legatus Lanius has assumed command. | 66 | |
| Surprise 50 | Are you ready to go to him? To tell him to begin the assault? | 67 | ||
| GREETING | Anger 50 | You know everything you need to know. Be on your way. | 68 | |
| GREETING | Neutral 50 | {MASTER QUESTION NODE} What did you want to know? | 69 | |
| GREETING | Neutral 50 | {MASTER QUESTION NODE} What else did you want to know? | 70 | |
| GREETING | Anger 50 | {MASTER QUESTION NODE} Even with the Boomers to deal with, you have questions? | 71 | |
| GREETING | Anger 50 | {MASTER QUESTION NODE} Even with the White Glove Society to deal with, you have questions? | 72 | |
| GREETING | Anger 50 | {MASTER QUESTION NODE} Even with the Brotherhood to deal with, you have questions? | 73 | |
| GREETING | Anger 50 | {MASTER QUESTION NODE} Even with a President to kill, you have questions? | 74 | |
| GREETING | Anger 50 | {MASTER QUESTION NODE} Even on the brink of the final battle, you have questions? | 75 | |
| GREETING | Anger 50 | Allow me to make this clear. Because you've been of service to me, I will forgive your crimes against my Legion this one time. | 76 | |
| Anger 50 | In the future, if I become aware that you've committed other crimes, I'll have my Praetorians butcher you before my eyes. | 77 | ||
| GREETING | Anger 50 | If you've committed any other crimes, this is the time to confess them, because after today there will be no forgiveness. | 78 | |
| GREETING | Anger 100 | I warned you about this. {to your guards} Praetorians, slaughter this degenerate! | 79 | |
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic000 | The President's visit was cancelled. I never got the opportunity to attack him. | Anger 50 | {controlled anger} When I command you to complete a mission, you will complete it, or you should die in the attempt. | 80 |
| Anger 50 | I will overlook this error, but only because I think you can still be useful. | 81 | ||
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic003 | Goodbye. | Anger 50 | Come back when you have news about the Boomers. | 82 |
| Goodbye. | Anger 50 | Come back when you know more about the White Glove Society. | 83 | |
| Goodbye. | Anger 50 | Return to me when you've destroyed the Brotherhood of Steel. | 84 | |
| Goodbye. | Anger 50 | Come back when you've destroyed whatever you find down in that bunker. | 85 | |
| Goodbye. | Neutral 50 | Complete your mission, then return to me. | 86 | |
| Goodbye. | Anger 50 | {WAHL-ay} Vale. | 87 | |
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic005 | Thank you, Caesar. | Happy 50 | Consider it the first of many {slight emphasis, you know your using a fancy word} bestowments. | 88 |
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic006 | I don't want to decide. | Anger 50 | What's wrong with you? This man shot you, stole from you, left you in the desert to die. | 89 |
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic007 | Can I set him free? | Anger 50 | You need to work on your bloodthirst. We won't speak again until Benny is dead. | 90 |
| Anger 50 | Walk away if you want, but if you do, he's going up on a cross. You're still making a choice. | 91 | ||
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic014 | You should probably be talking to somebody else. | Anger 50 | Answer the question. | 92 |
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic015 | What do you know of the White Glove Society? | Happy 50 | There were tales once, of a cannibal tribe near Vegas, one that hid itself in a cavern far below ground, hunting men as prey above. | 93 |
| Happy 50 | The scouts I occasionally sent west many years ago reported these tales, but never had contact. Well, except the ones who went missing, perhaps. | 94 | ||
| Anger 50 | There are rumors that the White Gloves might be this lost tribe. Maybe you can help them find themselves. | 95 | ||
| How could savage cannibals run the Ultra-Luxe? | Surprise 50 | Culture is an odd thing. Sometimes a tribe grows tired of its identity, grabs for an opportunity to reimagine itself. | 96 | |
| Neutral 50 | The tribe becomes its own antithesis. Everything flips to the opposite polarity. | 97 | ||
| Surprise 50 | Dialectics tells us that this can't last. There has to be a synthesis, a final sorting out. | 98 | ||
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic016 | How did you capture Benny? | Surprise 50 | I'll hand it to that piece of shit, he was determined. He used some kind of Old-World stealth device to get across the river in a Legion boat.{get alternate take with "him" instead of "that piece of shit"} | 99 |
| Neutral 50 | Seems the device ran out of juice once he got here, but he was dressed like a Legionary. He was caught just outside the weather station. | 100 | ||
| Happy 50 | See, thing is, he didn't change his hairstyle. {amused at Benny's stupidity} To go through all that effort and fail because you're too vain to muss your hair... | 101 | ||
| What happened after Benny was caught? | Neutral 50 | He was brought before me, along with the Platinum Chip. That's how I knew he wasn't some kind of Profligate infiltrator. | 102 | |
| Happy 50 | Benny tried to sell me a story, but Lucius has a way coaxing the truth out of captives. {not just the truth} Everything just comes spilling out. | 103 | ||
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic018 | I've already reverted the White Glove Society back to cannibalism. | Neutral 50 | All right, that's a start. But now you have to convince them to support my Legion. | 104 |
| Happy 50 | Tell them they'll be allowed to continue practicing their {beat} dietary habits without interruption. {slightly amused} They can eat a portion of what they conquer. | 105 | ||
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic019 | What do you think of the NCR? | Surprise 50 | Do you want my opinion as a former citizen, or future conqueror? {shrug} Actually, my opinion's the same either way. | 106 |
| Anger 50 | As a young man I was taught to venerate {mocking slightly} President Tandi of Shady Sands. "The Founding Mother of the New California Republic." | 107 | ||
| Neutral 50 | Did you know her Presidency lasted 52 years? And that her father, Aradesh, was the Republic's first President? | 108 | ||
| Anger 50 | Does that sound like democracy to you, or a hereditary dictatorship? | 109 | ||
| President Tandi was voted into office each time. | Neutral 50 | Because the council didn't dare oppose her. She was too popular. She had the people's love. | 110 | |
| Neutral 50 | So things ran smoothly, more or less. And as soon as she was gone, as soon as there really could be "democracy" - what happened then? | 111 | ||
| Anger 50 | Ever since losing its queen, the NCR has been weaker, more diffuse. Democracy has been its weakness, not its strength. | 112 | ||
| How is the NCR weak? | Disgust 50 | Greed runs rampant. The government is corrupt, accepting bribes from Brahmin barons and landowners, to the detriment of citizens. | 113 | |
| Disgust 50 | The NCR is a loose conglomerate of individuals looking out for themselves. It's lost virtue. No one cares about the collective, the greater good. | 114 | ||
| Disgust 50 | It's not built to last. I'm just hastening the inevitable. | 115 | ||
| Surely, the NCR is a powerful foe? | Neutral 50 | Of course. The most powerful my Legion has faced. Also the first to which I am {beat} ideologically opposed. | 116 | |
| Anger 50 | Until now, every tribe I've conquered has been so backwards and stunted, enslavement has been a gift bestowed upon them. | 117 | ||
| Surprise 50 | My conquest of the Mojave will be a glorious triumph, marking the transition of the Legion from a basically nomadic tribe to a genuine empire. | 118 | ||
| Happy 50 | Just as my namesake campaigned in Gaul before he crossed the Rubicon, so have I campaigned, and will cross the Colorado. | 119 | ||
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic020 | What do you know about Mr. House? | Disgust 50 | I know he's a coward, hiding behind an army of robots, ensconced in that tower of his like {beat as you think of it} a wizard in one of those Grognak comic books. | 120 |
| Anger 50 | Some say he's a man, others, a machine. I don't care. He's in the way. | 121 | ||
| What did you know about Mr. House? | Anger 50 | I know he's dead. I know he's no longer a factor. That's all I need to know. | 122 | |
| Disgust 50 | Losers don't matter in the history books. He's a fucking footnote. | 123 | ||
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic021 | What role will regional powers play in the conflict? | Neutral 50 | I've analyzed the region's tribes to determine how they might be useful. I may tell you more at a later time, if it suits me. | 124 |
| What role will regional powers play in the conflict? | Neutral 50 | {Safety lines} Here, this document has clear instructions on what to do next. | 125 | |
| Neutral 50 | Here, these written orders make it plain. | 126 | ||
| Neutral 50 | These written orders will tell you what to do next. | 127 | ||
| What role will regional powers play in the conflict? | Neutral 50 | See {WULH-pace} Vulpes for details about your next mission. | 128 | |
| Neutral 50 | For further instructions, see {WULH-pace} Vulpes. | 129 | ||
| Neutral 50 | Go see {WULH-pace} Vulpes. He'll brief you. | 130 | ||
| What role will regional powers play in the conflict? | Neutral 50 | Go see Lucius for details about your next mission. | 131 | |
| Neutral 50 | For further instructions, see Lucius. | 132 | ||
| Neutral 50 | Go see Lucius. He'll brief you. | 133 | ||
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic022 | How did you rise to power? | Surprise 50 | Ironically, I was born a Profligate myself, a citizen of the NCR. | 134 |
| Sad 50 | My family lived not far from the great Boneyard. After Raiders killed my father, my mother sought the Followers' protection. I was two years old. | 135 | ||
| Neutral 50 | She found work at their Library, cooking and cleaning. I learned how to read and soon I was taking courses, free of charge. | 136 | ||
| You were a Follower of the Apocalypse? | Sad 50 | Oh yes, raised in that tradition. And the teaching stuck. I was taught it was my responsibility to bring the torch of knowledge to the wastes. | 137 | |
| Happy 50 | {joking about your conquests} I may have taken the torch part more literally than they intended. | 138 | ||
| What changed you from a Follower to dictator? | Neutral 50 | When I was 20, the Followers sent me East to Grand Canyon. It was my first expedition, just me and a physician named Calhoun. | 139 | |
| Anger 50 | As an anthropologist and linguist, my assignment was to learn the dialects of the Grand Canyon tribes. What a fucking waste of time!{get alternate take with "What a waste of time that would've been!"} | 140 | ||
| Why would learning dialects be a waste of time? | Anger 50 | If you think it's worthwhile to make smart people learn how to talk like backward savages, you're a Follower of the Apocalypse... or an idiot. | 141 | |
| Neutral 50 | Anyway, we met up with a Mormon missionary who already knew a bunch of dialects - Joshua Graham. He was supposed to teach me. | 142 | ||
| Neutral 50 | But before that went too far, the Blackfoot tribe captured us, to hold us for ransom. | 143 | ||
| Surprise 50 | They were a backward bunch. But the real problem was, they didn't know how to fight. | 144 | ||
| What was wrong with the Blackfoot? | Neutral 50 | The Blackfoot were at war with seven other tribes, each just as pissant as they were. But outnumbered like that, they weren't going to last long. | 145 | |
| Anger 50 | It's one thing to be taken hostage, another to be lashed to a sinking ship. So over Calhoun's objections, I decided to take certain steps. | 146 | ||
| What steps did you take? | Neutral 50 | I taught them how to use the guns they already had - how to strip and clean them, how to breathe when pulling a trigger, how to reload ammunition. | 147 | |
| Surprise 50 | They looked at me like I was some kind of a sorcerer. So I taught them how to make explosives, and started drilling them on small unit tactics. | 148 | ||
| Happy 50 | {amused} If there's anything I learned as a Follower of the Apocalypse, it's that there's a lot of good information in old books. | 149 | ||
| What happened after you trained the Blackfoot? | Neutral 50 | {LATIN} {dih-WE-day et im-PEER-ah} Divide et impera - divide and conquer. I led the Blackfoot against the Ridgers, their weakest enemy. | 150 | |
| Neutral 50 | When they refused to surrender, I ordered every man, woman, and child killed. When next we surrounded the Kaibabs and they likewise refused... | 151 | ||
| Anger 50 | I took one of their envoys to the Ridgers' village and showed him the corpse piles. | 152 | ||
| Surprise 50 | This was new for the tribes, you see. They played at war, raiding each other, a little rape and pillage here, a little ransoming there. | 153 | ||
| Happy 50 | I showed them total warfare. Like I said, there's a lot you can learn from old books. | 154 | ||
| What happened to the tribes? | Neutral 50 | The Kaibabs joined me, and the Fredonians after that - all the pissant tribes, with names that should be forgotten. | 155 | |
| Anger 50 | I knew from the start I'd need to eradicate this plague of tribal identities, replacing them with a monolithic culture, a uniform identity. | 156 | ||
| Neutral 50 | So that's what I did, once my confederation of tribes was large enough. I crowned myself {KAI-zar} Caesar and created a single Great Tribe - my Legion. | 157 | ||
| Anger 50 | I sent Calhoun, the Follower captured with me, back West with a message that I should not be interfered with. | 158 | ||
| Neutral 50 | Joshua Graham, the Mormon interpreter, stayed with me and served as my first {leh-GAH-tus} Legatus. | 159 | ||
| And since forming the Legion, all you've done is conquer other tribes? | Neutral 50 | That's right. Decades of warfare, absorbing lesser tribes, gathering power. Forging the dross into a vast, razor-sharp scythe. | 160 | |
| Neutral 50 | My Legion's expansion has never ceased. Much of the Utah and Colorado, and all of Arizona and New Mexico, are mine. | 161 | ||
| Happy 50 | We have cities of our own, but nothing compared to Vegas. Finally, my Legion will have its Rome. | 162 | ||
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic023 | Why is Caesar's Legion so... strange? | Neutral 50 | I used imperial Rome as the model for my Legion precisely because it was so foreign, so {beat} alien. | 163 |
| Disgust 50 | I'd seen what had become of the NCR's attempts to emulate the culture of Pre-War America - the in-fighting, the corruption. | 164 | ||
| Neutral 50 | Rome was a highly militarized autocracy that effectively integrated the foreign cultures it conquered. | 165 | ||
| Surprise 50 | It dedicated its citizens to something higher than themselves - to the idea of Rome itself. | 166 | ||
| Surprise 50 | In Rome I found a template for a society equal to the challenges of the post-apocalyptic world - a society that could and would survive. | 167 | ||
| Neutral 50 | A society that could prevent mankind from fracturing and destroying itself in this new world, by establishing a new {packs Ro-MAH-na} Pax Romana. | 168 | ||
| What does "Pax Romana" mean? | Neutral 50 | It means a {taking time with each term} nationalist, imperialist, totalitarian, homogenous culture that obliterates the identity of every group it conquers. | 169 | |
| Surprise 50 | Long-term stability at all costs. The individual has no value beyond his utility to the state, whether as an instrument of war, or production. | 170 | ||
| So you'll destroy the NCR because you hate its inefficiencies? | Anger 50 | No, I'll destroy it because it's inevitable that it be destroyed. It's {heh-GEHL-ee-an} Hegelian Dialectics, not personal animosity. | 171 | |
| Hegelian Dialectics? What are those? | Happy 50 | {enjoying the superiority of teacher} How do I put this basically enough? It's a philosophical theory, the kind you might encounter if you took time to read some books. | 172 | |
| Neutral 50 | The fundamental premise is to envision history as a sequence of "dialectical" conflicts. Each dialectic begins with a proposition, a {emphasis} thesis... | 173 | ||
| Neutral 50 | ...which inherently contains, or creates, its opposite - an antithesis. Thesis and antithesis. The conflict is inevitable. | 174 | ||
| Neutral 50 | But the resolution of the conflict yields something new - a synthesis - eliminating the flaws in each, leaving behind common elements and ideas. | 175 | ||
| So what's "dialectic" about you and the NCR? | Anger 50 | The bombs wiped the slate clean. Human civilization descended to a level of ignorance that effectively set our cultural progress back to zero. | 176 | |
| Disgust 50 | The NCR has all of the problems of the ancient Roman Republic - extreme bureaucracy, corruption, extensive senatorial infighting. | 177 | ||
| Neutral 50 | Just as with the ancient Republic, it is natural that a military force should conquer and transform the NCR into a military dictatorship. | 178 | ||
| Surprise 50 | Thesis and antithesis. The Colorado River is my Rubicon. The NCR council will be {beat} eradicated, but the new synthesis will change the Legion as well... | 179 | ||
| Neutral 50 | ...from a basically nomadic army to a standing military force that protects its citizens, {finality} and the power of its dictator. | 180 | ||
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic024 | What is that machine in your tent? | Neutral 50 | It's called an Auto-Doc. As the name suggests, it's an automated physician - more or less. | 181 |
| Neutral 50 | It can treat broken bones, cuts, punctures, scrapes. Sometimes I bestow its use upon someone I favor. | 182 | ||
| Happy 50 | Makes for a powerful gift, in a culture that forbids painkillers and is largely ignorant of medical science. | 183 | ||
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic024 DUPLICATE000 |
What is that machine in your tent? | Neutral 50 | It's called an Auto-Doc. As the name suggests, it's an automated physician - more or less. | 184 |
| Neutral 50 | It can treat broken bones, cuts, punctures, scrapes. Sometimes I bestow its use upon someone I favor. | 185 | ||
| Surprise 50 | Makes for a powerful gift, in a culture that forbids painkillers and is largely ignorant of medical science. | 186 | ||
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic025 | Are you all right? | Pained 100 | {fighting through the pain} Fuck this, I'm going to lie down! | 187 |
| Pained 100 | {fighting through the pain} Come back later - tomorrow! | 188 | ||
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic025 DUPLICATE000 |
Are you all right? | Anger 50 | {fighting through the pain} Fuck this, I'm going to lie down! | 189 |
| Pained 100 | {fighting through the pain} Come back later - tomorrow! | 190 | ||
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic027 | It will be an honor to fight for the Legion. | Happy 50 | {satisfied grunt - responding to the player's readiness} Good. {LATIN} {In the sign of the bull you will conquer} {En hock SIG-no Tor-OOS VINH-chase} "In hoc signo taurus vinces." | 191 |
| Anger 50 | Report to {Leh-GAH-tus LAH-nee-oos} Legatus Lanius immediately - he'll brief you on the plan of battle. Come back victorious, or don't come back. | 192 | ||
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic028 | I must prepare myself before I go. | Anger 50 | Then be quick about it. | 193 |
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic030 [Medicine responses] |
Is this the first time you've experienced sudden onset headaches? | Pained 100 | [SUCCEEDED] {having some difficulty speaking} Never this... bad before. | 194 |
| Does your head hurt? | Anger 100 | [FAILED] {fighting through the pain} What's it look like, you asshole? | 195 | |
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic030 DUPLICATE000 [Medicine 40+] |
Is this the first time you've experienced sudden onset headaches? | Anger 100 | [SUCCEEDED] {having some difficulty speaking} Never this... bad before. | 196 |
| Does your head hurt? | Anger 100 | [FAILED] {fighting through the pain} What's it look like, you asshole? | 197 | |
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic032 | I'll handle the Boomers for you. | Neutral 50 | Good. Your first challenge will be to reach their settlement without getting blown up. After that, should be easy. | 198 |
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic033 [Speech]{Try to convince Caesar of the Brotherhood's usefulness.} |
When the Legion attacks Hoover Dam, the Brotherhood will attack HELIOS One. | Anger 50 | [SUCCEEDED] And you think the value of their attack on HELIOS, the chaos it will sow behind the Profligates' lines, is worth letting them live. | 199 |
| Neutral 50 | All right, let it be so. The Brotherhood will have to be dealt with eventually, but for the moment, they {getting one over on them} live to serve. | 200 | ||
| When we attack the dam the Brotherhood will rise from their bunker to conquer HELIOS One! | Anger 50 | [FAILED] And you think they'll stop at that? How long before they attack the dam, or Vegas? | 201 | |
| Anger 50 | The risks outweigh the rewards. Go back to their bunker and finish the job. | 202 | ||
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic034 | Mr. House sent me to infiltrate your camp. | Anger 50 | Mission accomplished, asshole. {playing with him} I never would've suspected a thing if you hadn't told me - but now I'll have to have you killed. | 203 |
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic035 [Medicine responses] |
You're limping when you walk. How long has that been going on? | Anger 50 | [SUCCEEDED] {intense pain} A week, maybe two... {frustrated} it doesn't matter! | 204 |
| You don't look so good. | Anger 100 | [FAILED] {growled, drawn out} Fuck off. | 205 | |
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic037 | What were you saying about the White Glove Society? | Anger 50 | {meaning it} Disturb me again and I'll have you killed! | 206 |
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic038 | I'll eliminate Mr. House for you. | Neutral 50 | Good. {beat} I don't know what kind of security he has inside the Lucky 38, but if you can find a way of catching him off-guard, do so. | 207 |
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic040 | I've already wiped out the Boomers' leadership. | Surprise 50 | {mildly surprised} Is that right? You are good, aren't you? | 208 |
| Neutral 50 | If the Boomers are out of the picture, I can focus on other preparations - but not without first rewarding your initiative. {beat} Now moving on... | 209 | ||
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic041 | I've already won over the Boomers. They'll do as I say. | Surprise 50 | {mildly surprised} Is that so? You are good, aren't you? | 210 |
| Neutral 50 | If the Boomers will toe the line, I can focus on other preparations. But not without first rewarding your initiative. {beat} Now moving on... | 211 | ||
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic042 | The last time we met, your head seemed ready to explode. | Anger 50 | {irritated} I get headaches every once in a while. So what? {switching modes} Anyway, we have other matters to discuss. | 212 |
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic043 | What about the White Glove Society? | Anger 50 | I was saying that I'd planned to ask you to forge an alliance with them, but you killed their leaders. | 213 |
| Anger 50 | By the time the White Gloves sort themselves out, the battle for Hoover Dam will have come and gone. So, on to the next matter at hand... | 214 | ||
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic044 | I'll see what I can work out with the White Glove Society. | Neutral 50 | The leader of the tribe is a woman named Marjorie. My understanding is that she strongly opposes a {slight emphasis} reversion to cannibalism. | 215 |
| Surprise 50 | If she's intractable, you might find Mortimer, her second-in-command, more flexible. | 216 | ||
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic046 [Medicine options!!!] |
I'm concerned your headaches might be symptoms of a more serious condition. | Pained 50 | [SUCCEEDED] I appreciate your concern, but I'm in excellent health. And we have other matters to discuss. | 217 |
| Do you get headaches a lot? | Anger 50 | [FAILED]{irritated} Only when you're around.{leads to "So I get headaches every once in a while..."} | 218 | |
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic047 | Are you okay? | Sad 50 | Hmm...{breathe through nose} | 219 |
| Sad 50 | {as though waking from a cat nap} Huh... Yeah. Yeah. | 220 | ||
| Sad 50 | {tired, unaware you aren't making sense} Yeah, the Brotherhood. Them. | 221 | ||
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic049 [Medicine options] |
You just experienced an Absence Seizure. Was this the first time? | Sad 50 | [SUCCEEDED] {tired} I don't know... There have been a couple... | 222 |
| What were you daydreaming about? | Sad 50 | [FAILED] {tired} I'm... I'm not sure. {confused} What was I saying? {remembering, to yourself} That's right, the Brotherhood... | 223 | |
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic050 | You just blanked out for several seconds. | Sad 50 | {tired} It's nothing. Just tired, that's all. | 224 |
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic051 | Where do I find the Brotherhood? How do I destroy them? | Sad 50 | {tired} Look for the Brotherhood's bunker around, uh... {trying to remember} Hidden Valley. My scouts... saw some things. | 225 |
| Sad 50 | I'm going to bed. We'll talk later. | 226 | ||
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic052 [Medicine option] |
I'm concerned you may have a serious neurological condition. | Pained 50 | [SUCCEEDED] {tired} Don't... just leave it alone. I'm fine. Now what was I saying...? Right. | 227 |
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic053 | I think we should talk about your health. | Anger 50 | Take care of the Brotherhood. {beat - considering it, tantamount to admitting there's a problem} Maybe then we can have a conversation. | 228 |
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic054 | Seriously, let's talk about your health. | Anger 50 | {back the fuck off} I said, take care of the Brotherhood. Then we talk - maybe. | 229 |
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic055 | What about the Auto-Doc in your tent? | Neutral 50 | It's never had a functional diagnostic scanning module. Without that, it's useless for surgery. | 230 |
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic056 [Medicine Check] |
I'm afraid your symptoms are consistent with a brain lesion, most likely a tumor. | Neutral 50 | [SUCCEEDED] {not surprised} I figured as much. | 231 |
| Anger 50 | Congratulations, you just became my personal physician. Do you have what you need to treat my condition? | 232 | ||
| I don't know. Sounds serious, though. | Anger 50 | [FAILED]{pretty obvious, asshole} Yeah, it does. So if you can't help me, who can? | 233 | |
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic057 [Speech Check.] |
Straight-forward case of intra-cranial blastoma fibrolosis, I wager. | Surprise 50 | [SUCCEEDED] {no idea what that diagnosis is} I'm not familiar with that condition. Is it treatable? | 234 |
| Sounds like a moderately severe case of Skullatosis. | Anger 50 | [FAILED] {the player is full of shit} There's nothing "moderate" about the severity of this. And if you're going to make up names for diseases, come up with good ones. | 235 | |
| Anger 50 | If you can't help me, who can? | 236 | ||
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic058 [Medicine Check 75+] |
I can perform the surgery, but I'll need proper tools and supplies from a Doctor's Bag. | Fear 50 | [SUCCEEDED] Then gather those items together and hurry back to perform the operation. I don't know how long I've got. | 237 |
| Even with proper Surgical Tools, an operation of this sort might be beyond me. | Anger 50 | [FAILED] Then gather the tools you need, and study up on your medical skills. | 238 | |
| Fear 50 | When you're confident you can perform the operation, hurry back. I don't know how long I've got. | 239 | ||
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic060 | You guaranteed my safety. | Surprise 100 | And you fell for that? Really? Because I'm going to have you killed now. | 240 |
| You guaranteed my safety. | Anger 50 | You do know why I wanted to meet you, right? | 241 | |
| Neutral 50 | A man nearly kills you, so you track him across the breadth of the Mojave? | 242 | ||
| You guaranteed my safety. | Surprise 50 | You arrive on the Strip and waltz into the Lucky 38 like someone left you a key under the doormat? | 243 | |
| You guaranteed my safety. | Surprise 50 | You assassinate the head of the Chairmen {emphasis} in his own casino - and get away with it? | 244 | |
| You guaranteed my safety. | Surprise 50 | You visit the Tops, and next thing you know, the head of the Chairmen is fleeing the Strip like a whimpering little pup? | 245 | |
| You guaranteed my safety. | Surprise 50 | Then something happens to Mr. House's robots - some kind of military upgrade? | 246 | |
| You guaranteed my safety. | Happy 50 | But the topper, the {coo de gras, "s" not silent} coup de grâce? Mr. House dies - while you're visiting him at the Lucky 38.{grunt of admiration} | 247 | |
| You guaranteed my safety. | Happy 50 | When you set your mind to something, you get results. I like that. | 248 | |
| You guaranteed my safety. | Happy 50 | {beat} ...Relax. I'm fucking with you. | 249 | |
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic065 | I've already destroyed the Brotherhood's bunker in Hidden Valley. | Surprise 50 | {surprised} You destroyed the Brotherhood's bunker? {chuckle of admiration} Very well. | 250 |
| Neutral 50 | I'll trust your word, and reward you as though you {playing with the language a bit} wreaked this destruction at my behest. | 251 | ||
| Anger 50 | Of course, if the Brotherhood should suddenly rise up to oppose my rule, you will be held responsible. {beat to let it sink in} Now, moving on... | 252 | ||
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic066 | I'll destroy the Brotherhood. | Neutral 50 | Good. Two of my scouts have reported seeing patrols of men in power armor near Hidden Valley. Begin your search there. | 253 |
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic067 | Is it really necessary to destroy the Brotherhood? | Anger 50 | {irritated} If I say the Brotherhood should be destroyed, it's necessary. | 254 |
| Anger 50 | My Legion can win a fight against the Brotherhood of Steel, but it would be costly. Your job is to make sure there's no Brotherhood for us to fight. | 255 | ||
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic068 | I won't destroy the Brotherhood of Steel. | Anger 50 | Is that so? | 256 |
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic069 | I've destroyed the Brotherhood of Steel's bunker in Hidden Valley. | Happy 50 | Very well. This latest victory brings to a close my efforts to reshape the power balance of the Mojave - and not a minute too soon... | 257 |
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic071 | I've been inside the Brotherhood's bunker, but I haven't destroyed it yet. | Anger 50 | {no-nonsense} Then get yourself back there, and get it done. | 258 |
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic073 | I'll kill President Kimball for you. | Happy 50 | That's what I like to hear. | 259 |
| Neutral 50 | One of my {froo-men-TAR-ee} Frumentarii has set up camp near Hoover Dam. His name his {KAY-toh Hos-TIL-ee-oos} Cato Hostilius. | 260 | ||
| Neutral 50 | Go to him. He'll have further instructions. | 261 | ||
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic074 | Won't killing President Kimball just anger the NCR? | Anger 50 | {setting player straight} I don't have to explain the reasoning behind my commands. I just give them - and you do them. | 262 |
| Anger 50 | That said, every once in a while I hear something so ignorant, I have to respond. This is one of those times. | 263 | ||
| Anger 50 | The Profligates' morale is in the shitter. They've occupied the Mojave for years, getting picked off one by one. They were told it'd be easy. | 264 | ||
| Surprise 50 | They keep being told that victory is right around the corner, that Vegas will roll over, become the sixth state of their little union. | 265 | ||
| Happy 50 | It's President Kimball who's been telling them that. When he dies, the enormity of his lies will come crashing down, the punchline to a bad joke. | 266 | ||
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic075 | I'm not going to kill the NCR's President. | Anger 50 | Oh? You're going to {beat} defy me? | 267 |
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic076 | You're in possession of something that interests me. | Anger 50 | We'll deal with Benny when the time comes. In the meantime... | 268 |
| I need to get that Platinum Chip back. | Anger 50 | We'll talk about the Platinum Chip when the time comes. In the meantime... | 269 | |
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic077 | I had to see the Mighty Caesar with my own eyes. | Happy 50 | Maybe I should have you struck blind so my face is the last sight you ever behold. {tiring of the jest, to business} Look...{transitioning to "You do know why I wanted to meet you, right?"} | 270 |
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic078 | Death to tyrants! <Start combat.> | Anger 50 | Praetorians, to arms! | 271 |
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic079 | That I'd decorate this tent with your guts. | Fear 100 | {Pray-TOR-ee-ahns} Praetorians, to me! | 272 |
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic080 [Speech Check 65+] |
It's a simple procedure... as brain surgeries go. | Happy 50 | [SUCCEEDED] Then go find some proper Surgical Tools. The medications from a Doctor's Bag might come in handy, too. | 273 |
| Fear 50 | I'll make sure you're allowed to bring the necessary medications into the camp. Hurry back. I don't know how long I've got. | 274 | ||
| I'll need a vise... or a large nutcracker... | Anger 50 | [FAILED] If you think this is funny, you should give crucifixion a try. Now that's hilarious. | 275 | |
| Anger 50 | If you can't help me, who can? | 276 | ||
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic082 | There was no reasonable chance of success. | Anger 50 | {controlled anger} When I command you to complete a mission, you will complete it, or you should die in the attempt. | 277 |
| Anger 50 | You lost me a great opportunity to deal a blow to the Profligates' morale. If not for the service you've rendered unto me, I'd have you crucified. | 278 | ||
| Anger 50 | I will overlook this error, but only because I think you can still be useful. | 279 | ||
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic086 | One of my companions, Arcade, has medical expertise. You could take him as a slave. | Surprise 50 | And where is this Arcade? | 280 |
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic088 | And once I'm inside? | Neutral 50 | I want you to destroy whatever you find in there. And then I want you to come back here and tell me about it. | 281 |
| And once I'm inside? | Disgust 50 | So go to the building and take this {weary of it} fucking Platinum Chip with you. My Legionaries will meet you there, with your weapons and equipment. | 282 | |
| And once I'm inside? | Happy 50 | Talk to Benny on your way out. He knows I'm going to let you decide how he dies. Maybe you want to remind him. | 283 | |
| And once I'm inside? | Anger 50 | {Get your ass moving already} Goodbye. | 284 | |
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic089 | I should be going. | Anger 50 | I'm not asking you to do this. I'm telling you. | 285 |
| Anger 50 | Now take the Platinum Chip, go down in that bunker or whatever it is, and destroy whatever gizmo-happy Brahmin shit you find. {business concluded} Now get to it. {WAH-lay} Vale. | 286 | ||
| I should be going. | Anger 50 | I'm not asking you to do this. I'm telling you. | 287 | |
| Anger 50 | Now take the Platinum Chip, go to the bunker or whatever it is, and destroy whatever gizmo-happy Brahmin shit you find down there. | 288 | ||
| Happy 50 | And just in case you're thinking of {beat} slipping away, now that you've finally got that Platinum Chip in your hands? | 289 | ||
| Anger 50 | Go ahead, try that. And I'll have you hunted down, and your head mounted on a pole. {business concluded} Now get to it. {WAH-lay} Vale. | 290 | ||
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic090 | I'm still working on the Boomers. | Anger 50 | I expect results sooner rather than later. | 291 |
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic093 | <Inert Node to hold lines for how player has troubled Legion.> | Anger 50 | {WUHL-pace in-CUHL-tah} Vulpes Inculta, the best of my {froo-men-TAR-ee} frumentarii, is dead. | 292 |
| <Inert Node to hold lines for how player has troubled Legion.> | Anger 50 | {player killed Omerta leaders} All the bribes I sent to the Omertas ended up buying me {beat} nothing. | 293 | |
| <Inert Node to hold lines for how player has troubled Legion.> | Anger 50 | {Player spoiled his plans for the Great Khans.} The Great Khans aren't exactly clamoring to fight for my Legion now. | 294 | |
| <Inert Node to hold lines for how player has troubled Legion.> | Anger 50 | The garrison I established at Nelson has been wiped out. | 295 | |
| <Inert Node to hold lines for how player has troubled Legion.> | Anger 50 | Years of meticulous scheming to place a mole at Camp McCarran - wasted. | 296 | |
| <Inert Node to hold lines for how player has troubled Legion.> | Anger 50 | The Kings of Freeside are cooperating with the NCR now, which frees up soldiers to defend the dam. | 297 | |
| <Inert Node to hold lines for how player has troubled Legion.> | Anger 50 | You even disrupted a promising weapons deal with the Van Graffs. | 298 | |
| <Inert Node to hold lines for how player has troubled Legion.> | Surprise 50 | Is it any wonder my Legion has so little love for you? | 299 | |
| <Inert Node to hold lines for how player has troubled Legion.> | Anger 50 | So tell me this, because I really want to know. I am feared - with good reason. | 300 | |
| Anger 50 | But you - of all people - dare to come here and stand before me, the mighty {KAI-zar} Caesar. {beat} What were you thinking? | 301 | ||
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic094 | <INERT NODE TO HOLD LINES FOR HOW PLAYER HAS TROUBLED NCR.> | Happy 50 | You spread word of the massacre of Nipton, just like {WUHL-pace} Vulpes asked you. | 302 |
| <INERT NODE TO HOLD LINES FOR HOW PLAYER HAS TROUBLED NCR.> | Happy 50 | Beams of light shot down from the sky over HELIOS One, killing who knows how many Profligate troops. | 303 | |
| <INERT NODE TO HOLD LINES FOR HOW PLAYER HAS TROUBLED NCR.> | Happy 50 | Silus, the {Ken-TOO-ree-on} Centurion who let himself get captured, died at McCarran before he could reveal sensitive information. | 304 | |
| <INERT NODE TO HOLD LINES FOR HOW PLAYER HAS TROUBLED NCR.> | Happy 50 | You freed the {Ken-TOO-ree-on} Centurion Silus from McCarran so that he might be punished for his cowardice. | 305 | |
| <INERT NODE TO HOLD LINES FOR HOW PLAYER HAS TROUBLED NCR.> | Happy 50 | The monorail that the Profligates rode from McCarran to the Strip has been destroyed. | 306 | |
| <INERT NODE TO HOLD LINES FOR HOW PLAYER HAS TROUBLED NCR.> | Happy 50 | You turned Camp Forlorn Hope into a mass grave. | 307 | |
| <INERT NODE TO HOLD LINES FOR HOW PLAYER HAS TROUBLED NCR.> | Happy 50 | Chief Hanlon, a nemesis of my Legion, died the humiliating death he deserved. | 308 | |
| <INERT NODE TO HOLD LINES FOR HOW PLAYER HAS TROUBLED NCR.> | Happy 50 | In Boulder City, you let the renegade Khans go free, but left NCR troopers gurgling on the ground, drowning in their own blood. | 309 | |
| <INERT NODE TO HOLD LINES FOR HOW PLAYER HAS TROUBLED NCR.> | Happy 50 | A number of NCR Ranger stations have been wiped off the face of the Mojave, thanks to you. | 310 | |
| <INERT NODE TO HOLD LINES FOR HOW PLAYER HAS TROUBLED NCR.> | Happy 80 | {ironic} The Profligates still hate me more than they hate you, I think, but I've been at this longer than you have. | 311 | |
| <INERT NODE TO HOLD LINES FOR HOW PLAYER HAS TROUBLED NCR.> | Anger 50 | I get it. We share a common enemy. And now you come before the mighty {KAI-zar} Caesar to what - offer your services? | 312 | |
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic095 | How do you know so much about me? | Anger 50 | I have eyes and ears everywhere. {kind of obvious} It behooves me not to invade the west blind and deaf. | 313 |
| Neutral 50 | It hasn't been hard to track your progress. It's not as though you've been keeping a low profile. | 314 | ||
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic096 | He's standing right outside your tent. | Happy 50 | I'll have my guards take him captive. If he cures my condition, I'll see to it that your reward is several times his value. | 315 |
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic097 | What's on the other side of those doors? | Happy 50 | Benny's theory, if I understood it through all the screaming, was that Mr. House stashed some kind of ultimate weapon down there. | 316 |
| Anger 50 | A gigantic robot to stomp us all to death, who cares? Whatever it is, House built it, so I want it destroyed. | 317 | ||
| What's on the other side of those doors? | Anger 50 | I don't know. And I don't like not knowing. | 318 | |
| Neutral 50 | {there's an alternate take with "couldn't" instead of "can't"} I know Mr. House built it. I'm thinking it's probably some kind of weapon that he can't activate from a distance. | 319 | ||
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic099 | How may I serve your Legion, Caesar? | Happy 50 | {pleased} I like the servile attitude. Keep it up. | 320 |
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic102 | What were you looking to start? | Neutral 50 | The time is fast approaching when my Legion will assault the great dam and invade the west. | 321 |
| What were you looking to start? | Anger 30 | Before that happens, I want Mr. House knocked out of the game, a quick one-two punch - with you doing the punching. | 322 | |
| What were you looking to start? | Anger 30 | Before that happens, I want Mr. House erased from the picture. Not just the man you killed, but what he left behind. His legacy. | 323 | |
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic105 | Can't your Legionaries take care of this? | Neutral 50 | Yes. But then I'd have to kill them. | 324 |
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic106 | Maybe Benny could do this for you. | Anger 50 | I wouldn't trust Benny to lick my boots clean. This one falls to you. | 325 |
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic108 | You should use Mr. House's technology to attack the dam. | Anger 50 | You don't get it, do you? The weapons I wield are forged from blood, flesh, sinew, bone - mortal stuff. Fragile, even. | 326 |
| Surprise 50 | And yet my Legion obeys me, even unto death. Why? Because they live to serve the greater good, and they know of no alternatives. | 327 | ||
| Disgust 50 | House's machines, his technologies - what do they propose? The possibility of victory without sacrifice. No blood spilled, just... rivets. | 328 | ||
| Anger 50 | That's not an idea to be put in circulation. If mankind's going to survive this moment in history, it needs warriors, not {contempt} gadgets. | 329 | ||
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic109 | I'll bring him to you. | Happy 50 | All right. Just leave him outside the tent when you return. If he cures my condition, I'll see to it that your reward is several times his value. | 330 |
| I'll bring him to you. | Fear 50 | Be on your way, then. And try not to take too long. | 331 | |
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic110 | The cannibals among the White Glove Society are dead. | Anger 50 | They'll be of no use to the Legion, then. | 332 |
| Anger 50 | You squandered a potentially valuable resource. {direct} Do better with your next assignment or there will be trouble... | 333 | ||
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic111 | Where would I find a diagnostic scanning module? | Neutral 50 | It's been said that Auto-Docs were standard equipment in the underground Vaults where mankind survived when the bombs fell centuries ago. | 334 |
| Neutral 50 | You can search the Vaults, but every Auto-Doc my Legion has run across has been stripped for parts long before we found it. | 335 | ||
| Surprise 50 | {remembering, feeling hope} Some of my scouts did report an abandoned Vault near Nellis Air Force Base. Overrun by ghouls, they said. | 336 | ||
| Surprise 50 | Maybe the infestation has been there long enough to keep scavengers out. Why don't you go and see? | 337 | ||
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic112 | Tell me about the Boomers. | Neutral 50 | The Boomers settled at the old air base northeast of Vegas many years ago. No one knows exactly how long it's been. | 338 |
| Anger 50 | It may be that no one's traded with them or even spoken to them that entire time. If so, they're sitting on one hell of a stockpile of ammunition... | 339 | ||
| Don't you know anything about their society? | Neutral 50 | My scouts have seen people moving around the base. The perimeter is guarded, with spotters in towers directing the artillery fire. | 340 | |
| Surprise 50 | They must have extraordinary vision. Some of my scouts were targeted at extreme distances. | 341 | ||
| Anger 50 | So no, I can't tell you what to expect inside the base. No one's been inside it, except them. | 342 | ||
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic113 | What do you think of the Brotherhood of Steel? | Anger 50 | The worst impulses of mankind, concentrated in one insane, backward tribe. | 343 |
| Anger 50 | The Brotherhood seems to have formed not long after the great atomic war. It's hard to know - they care little for history. | 344 | ||
| Anger 80 | Some of the Brotherhood scribes we captured further East didn't even know the name of their founder, Roger Maxson. | 345 | ||
| Anger 50 | They like to pretty up their mission with trappings of chivalry, but the truth is they're horders. They horde technology. | 346 | ||
| Disgust 50 | It's been 200 years, and they still have the mentality of scavengers. They say they're preserving these technologies, but for what? | 347 | ||
| Disgust 50 | They have no vision. They offer no future. They're a dead end. | 348 | ||
| Couldn't you use the Brotherhood to your advantage? | Anger 50 | You don't think very far ahead, do you? | 349 | |
| Anger 50 | Sure, their hatred of the NCR would seem to qualify them for use as proxies. But then what do you do with them? Each paladin is quite powerful. | 350 | ||
| Anger 50 | I'd have to be convinced that present benefits outweighed future costs. | 351 | ||
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic114 | What's your opinion of President Kimball? | Surprise 50 | A man of potential, held back by the {slight beat} craven political context he inhabits. You realize he was a general? "The Hero of the Mojave," they called him. | 352 |
| Happy 50 | A title he earned by extirpating lesser tribes that dared attack NCR citizens. His responses were {approving} swift and draconian. | 353 | ||
| Anger 50 | President Tandi, the "founding mother," coddled hostile tribes... but her successors were less naive, so they gave Kimball free rein. | 354 | ||
| Disgust 100 | And after a respectable military career, what does he do? Become a {distaste} politician. | 355 | ||
| Isn't it natural for someone like Kimball to seek greater power? | Disgust 50 | But he did so by {disapproving} election. What better way to stunt the growth of leaders, not to mention whole cultures? | 356 | |
| Anger 50 | A leader shouldn't have to kowtow to those who serve him. With so much energy wasted on those below, how is he ever to move forward? | 357 | ||
| Surprise 50 | Had he taken the government by force, used his army to stage a coup, things would be very different. | 358 | ||
| Anger 50 | I'll just have to do it for him. | 359 | ||
| How will the NCR react to Kimball's death? Won't it just anger them? | Happy 50 | It'll frighten them. If I can reach out and kill whomever I choose, then they know the only reason they're alive is I haven't tried yet. | 360 | |
| Surprise 50 | You have to understand that Kimball is a symbol. Without him, there would be no NCR occupation of the Mojave. | 361 | ||
| Disgust 50 | He mustered the troops - {distaste} as many as his senate would allow - and sent them in. All the right reasons, done all the wrong ways. | 362 | ||
| Disgust 50 | Any invasion by a democracy is a half-measure. When Kimball dies, the NCR will {emphasis} recoil from the Mojave, and from his legacy. | 363 | ||
| Happy 50 | By the time they recover and try to strike back, I'll be invading them. | 364 | ||
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic115 | I've heard rumors of your legate, Lanius. What's his story? | Anger 50 | {Lan-ee-OOS} Lanius is the greatest of my battlefield commanders. Some might call him a great man, but I'm not sure he qualifies. | 365 |
| Happy 50 | Once, he was the greatest warrior of the Hidebarks, a tribe of the Arizona. Maniacal in battle. Sometimes he'd ambush Legion patrols {emphasis} by himself. | 366 | ||
| Neutral 50 | When, after several {emphasis, usually campaigns are faster} months we found and surrounded the Hidebarks' camp, their Chieftain raised a banner of surrender. | 367 | ||
| Happy 50 | The warrior who was not yet {Lan-ee-OOS} Lanius went insane with rage. {a pleasing memory} He struck down his Chieftain and attacked his own tribe. | 368 | ||
| What happened when Lanius attacked his own tribe? | Neutral 50 | He killed fifteen before they brought him down. He didn't die, obviously. | 369 | |
| Neutral 50 | I had him tended to. He was {beat} maimed, most of face torn off. It was days before he regained consciousness. | 370 | ||
| Neutral 50 | When he did, I went to his bedside and showed him the helmet I'd had forged to cover his face. I said he could have it if he'd fight for me. | 371 | ||
| Happy 50 | He accepted... on condition that he be allowed to kill the surviving males of his tribe. {chuckle} I said, make it the {emph} adult males and you have a deal.{Children are malleable and thus valuable to the Legion.} | 372 | ||
| He sounds more like a savage than a general. | Happy 50 | {Lan-ee-OOS} Lanius is savage. Savagely loyal, too, but only to me - he has no love for my Legion. But this has its uses. | 373 | |
| Neutral 50 | He has no attachment to his men, no compunction about battlefield losses. All he cares about is destroying the enemy. | 374 | ||
| Anger 50 | When another legatus or a {Ken-TOO-ree-on} Centurion fails to achieve results, I send {Lah-nee-OOS} Lanius to make things right. | 375 | ||
| Happy 50 | His first step is to beat the failed commander to death in front of his assembled troops. Then he orders the ritual of {deck-ih-MAH-tee-oh} decimatio. | 376 | ||
| What is "decimatio?" | Neutral 50 | It means "decimation," but in ancient Rome the word had a very specific meaning - a punishment for cowardice. | 377 | |
| Neutral 50 | The Legionaries are lined up in ranks. Every tenth man steps forward and is beaten to death by his brothers. | 378 | ||
| Happy 50 | It instills a certain... robust obedience. | 379 | ||
| Lanius will lead the assault on Hoover Dam? | Happy 50 | {Lan-ee-OOS} Yes. This time my Legionaries will be more frightened of the commander behind them than the enemy before them. | 380 | |
| Anger 50 | There will be no failure this time, no retreat, no years of gathering slaves and resources for another assault. | 381 | ||
| Neutral 50 | With {Lah-nee-OOS} Lanius to drive the Legion forward, the dam will be taken. It will be our {slight beat} bridgehead across the Colorado. | 382 | ||
| Why did the Legion lose the first battle? | Anger 50 | It's not going to happen again. That's all I have to say about it. | 383 | |
| I've heard the commander of the first battle called "The Burned Man." | Anger 50 | And I've heard it's a bad idea to tempt the wrath of {KAI-zar} Caesar. Change the subject. | 384 | |
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic116 | Tell me about Vulpes Inculta. | Neutral 50 | {WUHL-pace} Vulpes is the best of my {Froo-men-TAR-ee} Frumentarii. A remarkable individual from an unremarkable tribe south of the Utah. | 385 |
| Neutral 50 | He was brought into the Legion as a boy, survived training, fought well enough as Legionary to be promoted to the rank of {deh-CAN-us} Decanus. | 386 | ||
| Anger 50 | Then, in battle against an {dismissive} unimportant tribe, he broke ranks and led his {con-too-BUR-nee-um - a Roman squad} contubernium through a hole in their defenses to capture its chieftain. | 387 | ||
| Happy 50 | {amused} Well, his {ken-too-REE-on} Centurion wanted him crucified for disobedience. So I made him a {froo-men-TAR-eye} Frumentari. | 388 | ||
| What do the Frumentarii do? | Happy 50 | Whatever I require. Infiltration, assassination, dramatic atrocities to break the spirit of the enemy - {souless, matter of fact} et {KEH-tur-ah} cetera. | 389 | |
| Neutral 50 | They're mentally flexible. They operate behind enemy lines for extended periods, imitating the enemy's customs without becoming {slight beat} sullied. | 390 | ||
| Happy 50 | In all these things, {WUHL-pace} Vulpes is a master. | 391 | ||
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic117 | Are your bodyguards special in any way? | Surprise 50 | My Praetorians embody the martial ideals of my Legion. Each one of them has done enough conquering and killing to deserve the rank of {Ken-TOO-ree-on} Centurion. | 392 |
| Surprise 50 | Instead, I invited them to join my guard. So the invitee chooses whichever current guard he thinks is weakest - and challenges him. | 393 | ||
| Happy 50 | The fight is to the death. It keeps them from getting complacent. | 394 | ||
| How long has Lucius been the head of your Praetorians? | Neutral 50 | Lucius has been the head of my guard for five years now. He was a subordinate guard for eight before that. | 395 | |
| Anger 50 | No invitee has dared to challenge him yet. Maybe it's an issue of respect - he is getting on in years. | 396 | ||
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic118 | What should I expect at the dam? | Neutral 50 | {Lah-nee-OOS} Lanius will be waiting for you. Your arrival will signal to him that it's time to launch the attack. | 397 |
| Happy 50 | As for what to expect, it's going to be the greatest battle - and victory - mankind has seen since it almost wiped itself off the face of this Earth. | 398 | ||
| Anger 50 | Tactically, it's simple - kill and kill some more. I may have a few surprises in store for the NCR, but that won't concern you. | 399 | ||
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic119 | The White Glove Society has agreed to an alliance with Caesar's Legion. | Neutral 50 | {satisfied} Good. It will be valuable to have allies on the Strip when Hoover Dam is taken. {beat} Now, as for your next assignment... | 400 |
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic124 | I'll leave at once. | Anger 50 | {WAHL-ay} Vale. | 401 |
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic125 | There's no way the White Glove Society will be cannibals again - I've already seen to that. | Anger 50 | You've been resourceful in the past. Why are you a failure now? | 402 |
| Anger 50 | You'd best step up your performance with this next assignment... | 403 | ||
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic127 | Why must Mr. House be killed? | Anger 50 | Because he complicates the equation of force. He's a free agent, an unpredictable element. | 404 |
| Surprise 50 | I'm sure he's trying to sit out this battle, just as he did four years ago, hoping the Legion and Profligates will wipe each other out. | 405 | ||
| Happy 50 | When he sees the Profligates losing this battle, however, he might throw his support behind them. Except he won't, because he'll be dead. | 406 | ||
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic128 | I'm done working for you. | Anger 50 | Mark my words, you piece of shit. This is the last time you will ever refuse to perform an order I've given you. | 407 |
| Anger 50 | If you meant what you said, you best be on your way, and at good speed. And forget all that I could have given you. | 408 | ||
| Anger 50 | If you ever - ever - disobey me again, I will order my Praetorians to hack you to death with their machetes for my entertainment. | 409 | ||
| I'm done working for you. | Anger 50 | I warned you about the price of disobedience. I guess you weren't listening. | 410 | |
| Anger 100 | Praetorians! Kill this nuisance! | 411 | ||
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic129 | I'm still working on the White Glove Society. | Anger 50 | {what the fuck are you doing talking to me, then?} Then get to it. | 412 |
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic130 | There may be another solution. | Surprise 50 | And what would that be? | 413 |
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic131 | I had to wipe out the Boomers' leaders. | Neutral 50 | A perfectly satisfactory way of resolving the threat they posed. It's impressive that you made it through their barrage. | 414 |
| Neutral 50 | Now, as for your next assignment... | 415 | ||
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic132 | I've won over the Boomers. They'll do as I say. | Neutral 50 | Good. Make sure they help the Legion when the time comes. As for your next assignment... | 416 |
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic133 | The Boomers hate me. They'll never follow my lead. | Anger 50 | {irritated - the solution is obvious} Then you'll have to be extraordinarily persuasive. Or kill them - their leaders, at least. | 417 |
| Anger 50 | Get to it, will you? You're wasting my time. | 418 | ||
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic134 | The White Glove Society won't listen to me - I've caused them too much trouble. | Anger 50 | So what you're telling me is, you're useless. You have no ability to influence events, so I'm forced to work around your incompetence. | 419 |
| Anger 50 | Try to do better with your next assignment... | 420 | ||
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic135 | I killed the Omertas who were scheming to attack the Strip. | Anger 50 | Months spent feeding the Omertas bribes, nursing their betrayal - all for nothing. Any other crimes? | 421 |
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic137 | I may have disrupted plans to recruit the Great Khans to your cause. | Anger 50 | Weeks of effort to convince those miserable Khans to join the Legion - ruined. Any other crimes? | 422 |
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic138 | The Legionaries at Nelson attacked me, so I had to fight back... | Anger 50 | And so you wiped out the garrison I placed at Nelson? That strategically vital garrison? {beat} What else? | 423 |
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic139 | I defused the bomb on the monorail. | Anger 50 | Do you have any idea how much effort it took to place a mole at Camp McCarran? What else have you done? | 424 |
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic140 | I've committed no other crimes. | Anger 50 | Understand this. From this moment forward, any other crimes will be punished by death. No exceptions. | 425 |
| Anger 50 | I will have you hacked into pieces by my Praetorians - for my amusement. Understand? | 426 | ||
| Neutral 50 | Now getting back to business... | 427 | ||
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic141 | I apologize for my failure, mighty Caesar. It will not happen again. | Anger 50 | That's right. Under normal circumstances, the reason it wouldn't happen again is that you'd be crucified - or worse. | 428 |
| Disgust 50 | Only in light of the extraordinary service you've rendered unto me am I going to overlook this failure. | 429 | ||
| Anger 50 | Bear in mind how much you have to make up for, how much you have to prove yourself in your next task... | 430 | ||
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic142 | That's enough questions for now. | Surprise 50 | What else, then? | 431 |
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic143 | I won't fight for the Legion. | Anger 50 | What did you just say? | 432 |
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic146 | Just let me deal with Benny and I'll be on my way. | Anger 50 | Benny is my prisoner. You don't "deal with him" unless you've dealt with me. | 433 |
| Anger 50 | {I can read your mind} Don't worry, you'll get the Platinum Chip he was carrying. And then you'll use it like I tell you to. | 434 | ||
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic147 | I should be going. | Anger 50 | {putting player in his/her place} You should be listening, that's what you should be doing. | 435 |
| I should be going. | Anger 50 | {keeping player in his/her place} That's right, you should be going - because you have work to do. | 436 | |
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic150 | Just give me back the Platinum Chip and I'll be on my way. | Anger 50 | Oh, I'll give you the Platinum Chip. And then you'll use it exactly like I tell you to. | 437 |
| VDialogueCaesarFortCaesarTopic152 | I'll see what I can find out. | Anger 50 | Do that. And try not to take too long. | 438 |
Conversation[]
| TOPIC | TOPIC TEXT / PROMPT | EMOTION | RESPONSE TEXT | # |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOODBYE | Goodbye. | Anger 50 | Come back when you have news about the Boomers. | 439 |
| Goodbye. | Anger 50 | Come back when you know more about the White Glove Society. | 440 | |
| Goodbye. | Anger 50 | Return to me when you've destroyed the Brotherhood of Steel. | 441 | |
| Goodbye. | Anger 50 | Come back when you've destroyed whatever you find down in that bunker. | 442 | |
| Goodbye. | Neutral 50 | Complete your mission, then return to me. | 443 | |
| Goodbye. | Anger 50 | {WAHL-ay} Vale. | 444 | |
| vDialogueCaesarOnWayToChair | vDialogueCaesarOnWayToChair | Anger 50 | {irritated} Let me get to my chair. | 445 |
| vDialogueCaesarOnWayToChair | Anger 50 | {even more irritated} I said, let me get to my chair. | 446 |