- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Vault Dweller: "{195}{}{What made you come up north?}"
Nicole: "{214}{Nic_36}{There aren't many left down south. The radiation has polluted almost everything. Most of the remaining people followed us to start the organization.}"
The Vault Dweller: "{215}{}{How did your family survive?}"
Nicole: "{217}{Nic_37}{We lived on the outskirts of the Great Glow. Sickness had started spreading, so we gathered all the people and we made our way north. [Sigh] That's when my parents were killed.}"
(NICOLE.MSG)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Courier: "Who, Caesar?"
Arcade Gannon: "Of course, Caesar! You can hardly even hold his men responsible, given how they're practically raised to worship him as a living deity. What's the point of surviving the war? Why did the founders of the Followers crawl their way out of vaults to bring knowledge back to the wasteland? So we could act like the last two thousand years didn't happen? Play dress up so we can fight ancient wars all over again? No way is he getting away with this. I'm not letting it happen. You're not letting it happen."
(Arcade Gannon's dialogue)
- ↑ See Arcade Gannon and Jerry the Punk
- ↑ The Vault Dweller: "{190}{}{Where did the Followers start?}"
Nicole: "{193}{Nic_30}{Far to the south, near the Great Glow. The times were hard, but we managed to survive. We realized then the Great War must never happen again.}"
(NICOLE.MSG)
- ↑ The Vault Dweller: "{194}{}{So, you started the Followers of the Apocalypse?}"
Nicole: "{196}{Nic_31}{After my parents were killed by a marauders, [sigh] it was time the killing stopped. It's our goal to make this land the way it used to be, before the war.}"
(NICOLE.MSG)
- ↑ The Courier: "Who are the Followers of the Apocalypse?"
Julie Farkas: "We arose from the Boneyards of Adytum years ago. Since then, we have made it our mission to rebuild the wasteland and reeducate its inhabitants. We hope to forge a brave new world free of war and poverty by sharing knowledge and resources. Our primary goal is the free exchange of ideas."
(Julie Farkas' dialogue)
- ↑ The Vault Dweller: "{134}{}{What can you tell me about the Followers?}"
Katja: "{143}{}{The Followers of the Apocalypse are a group of peace-preachers who live in a large library near the heart of the Boneyard. Why they haven't been wiped out yet I can't say. They are lousy combatants and have no understanding of the real world, but other than that they are polite and well-educated.}"
(KATJA.MSG)
- ↑ The Vault Dweller: "{323}{}{Do you have any suspicions about them?}"
Nicole: "{185}{Nic_28}{A number of our spies have seen Nightkin coming in and out of the back room of the Children's temple. Something important is back there.}"
(NICOLE.MSG)
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 The Courier: "How did you rise to power?"
Caesar: "Ironically, I was born a Profligate myself, a citizen of the NCR. 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. She found work at their Library, cooking and cleaning. I learned how to read and soon I was taking courses, free of charge."
(Caesar's dialogue)
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 The Courier: "What changed you from a Follower to dictator?"
Caesar: "When I was 20, the Followers sent me East to Grand Canyon. It was my first expedition, just me and a physician named Calhoun. As an anthropologist and linguist, my assignment was to learn the dialects of the Grand Canyon tribes. What a fucking waste of time!"
(Caesar's dialogue)
- ↑ The Courier: "So who *did* train you?"
Thomas Hildern: "Before the bombs, I might have studied at any number of colleges, universities. They gave a man a chance to advance himself... or so I've heard. But after the bombs - until a few years ago - anyone with half a brain had one choice. The Followers of the Apocalypse. Didn't matter if you agreed with them or not. You either played along or you were turned away."
(Thomas Hildern's dialogue)
- ↑ The Courier: "Doesn't sound like a good place for a person of ambition."
Thomas Hildern: "[SUCCEEDED] Exactly right. Imagine what the Followers could have accomplished if they were properly motivated... if they had a unified purpose! Those of us who founded the OSI... we wanted to put our knowledge to work. And we have, to some degree. But the execs at OSI Central... they're still bound to the old ideas. Society of equals, and all that. There's still too little direction. If I can make real breakthroughs here... show the what can be done when junior researchers are kept in line... kept focused on task... Who knows. Maybe I'll be sitting in OSI Central, in a few years time. And there'll be no more coddling of "free spirits" like our friend, Williams."
(Thomas Hildern's dialogue)
- ↑ The Courier: "Hildern mentioned the Followers of the Apocalypse..."
Angela Williams: "My father used say good things about them, but that was years ago... back when they'd teach farmers and ranchers about crop rotation and the like. Nowadays... they've changed. They're doing what they can to discredit the NCR, give us a bad name with the locals. Dr. Hildern trained with them, years ago. Not me, though. I'm an OSI girl."
(Angela Williams' dialogue)
- ↑ The Vault Dweller: "{192}{}{What are your goals?}"
Nicole: "{113}{Nic_4}{We try to remind people why the Great War happened in the first place. And help insure it won't ever happen again.}"
(NICOLE.MSG)
- ↑ The Courier: "Tell me more about the Followers of the Apocalypse."
Ignacio Rivas: "Humanity lost many things after the war. Methods of agriculture, techniques for survival. We took it upon ourselves to piece together this knowledge and bring it back to them."
(Ignacio Rivas' dialogue)
- ↑ The Courier: "You were a Follower of the Apocalypse?"
Caesar: "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. I may have taken the torch part more literally than they intended."
(Caesar's dialogue)
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 The Courier: "What do the Followers believe in?"
Usanagi: "We believe that technology for basic necessities, like food, water, and medicine, should be shared, not hoarded. We're also strongly in favor of proper education. I've come across more than a few "doctors" whose techniques came out of the back of a magazine."
(Usanagi's dialogue)
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 The Courier: "What does it mean to join the Followers of the Apocalypse?"
Julie Farkas: "Our aim is to gradually shape a better brighter future for the wasteland. We seek to heal the planet through efforts not unlike the medicine and education we offer here in the Old Mormon Fort. All we ask is members and those seeking aid do their best to help those in need when the opportunity arises."
(Julie Farkas' dialogue)
- ↑ The Courier: "Go on."
Ignacio Rivas: "Other things weren't lost, but were blocked from our collective memory. Knowledge of what we're capable of, and how things spiral out of control. It's in our nature to want to forget truths that keep us awake at night. And for that reason it's all the more important that the Followers walk the wastes to remind people of them."
(Ignacio Rivas' dialogue)
- ↑ The Vault Dweller: "{102}{}{What do you worship?}"
Nicole: "{111}{Nic_2}{We don't worship so much as follow a set of principles. We want to bring peace back to this wasteland. The world tends toward destruction, so we try to make a difference.}"
(NICOLE.MSG)
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 The Courier: "Are you one of the Followers of the Apocalypse?"
Usanagi: "Yes, I am. I received my medical training at the Angel's Boneyard Medical University back in the NCR. It's not a requirement to be a Follower to enter the university, but I believe in what they do, so I joined them."
(Usanagi's dialogue)
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 The Courier: "Where did you get your medical training?"
Arcade Gannon: "The Followers taught me everything I know about medicine. Despite our humble abode here in New Vegas, we have great facilities back in the NCR. We may have over extended ourselves by setting up camp in Freeside, but the people here need help from someone. If not us, who?"
(Arcade Gannon's dialogue)
- ↑ The Courier: "What is this place?"
Julie Farkas: "The Old Mormon Fort serves as the regional hub for the Followers of the Apocalypse. I am the administrator for this region."
(Julie Farkas' dialogue)
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 The Courier: "What do you do here?"
Julie Farkas: "The Followers of the Apocalypse aren't just interested in research. We care for our fellow man and do everything we can to help humanity. Here in Freeside, we provide food and medical services for those in need. We have also organized reconstruction efforts. With the help of Bill Ronte, we were able to install a water pump just west of here, but the Kings quickly took control of the pump."
(Julie Farkas' dialogue)
- ↑ The Courier: "I met a kid who's unsatisfied with life in the Great Khans. Will you take him on as a Follower?"
Julie Farkas: "We're always looking for new members. Does he have any particular talent?"
(Julie Farkas' dialogue)
- ↑ Induction of the Courier during Friend of the Followers.
- ↑ The Courier: "Well, he's a poet. Kind of."
Julie Farkas: "Hmm. Well, I suppose we could always use another junior archivist in the library. All right, tell him we'll accept him as a probationary initiate."
(Julie Farkas' dialogue)
- ↑ The Courier: "He's obviously a bright, sensitive soul, and he loves literature."
Julie Farkas: "Excellent! Ezekiel's been after me to find him a new assistant for ages. Tell the boy we'll take him."
(Julie Farkas' dialogue)
- ↑ The Courier: "None whatsoever."
Julie Farkas: "Ah. Well... I suppose we could always find him a place. Maybe doing inventory on the Pre-War Unexploded Munitions Collection back West."
(Julie Farkas' dialogue)
- ↑ The White Wash
- ↑ Fallout: New Vegas endings
Note: Note: No ending has been confirmed to be canon.
- ↑ The Courier: "What do you do here?"
Tom Anderson: "I'm with the Followers of the Apocalypse, and I help the locals in Westside grow crops. Unlike the NCR, the Followers don't expect anything back. The soil and the hot, dry environment don't make it easy, but we get by all right. We've even got our own food store, the Westside Co-op, complete with basic refrigeration."
(Tom Anderson's dialogue)
- ↑ The Courier: "Tell me more about the OSI."
Thomas Hildern: "The Office of Science and Industry. That's a rather expansive topic. I could talk for hours, but I'm sure I'd bore you. Suffice to say, we are the leading edge of the NCR. Our work focuses on practical matters. Medicine, engineering, biology. The Dam, for instance. OSI routes its energy supply to our cities in the west. That's only one responsibility of this office."
(Thomas Hildern's dialogue)
- ↑ The Courier: "Tell me about the Brotherhood of Steel."
Robert House: "They're a terrorist group, basically. Militant, quasi-religious fanatics obsessed with hoarding Pre-War technology. Not all technology, mind you. You don't see them raiding hospitals to cart away Auto-Docs or armfuls of prosthetic organs. No, they greatly prefer the sort of technology that puts people in hospitals. Or graves, rather, since hospitals went the way of the Dodo."
(Robert House's dialogue)
- ↑ The Courier: "Who is Ezekiel?"
Julie Farkas: "He's a member of the Followers like myself, but his particular field is pre-War history and tribal culture. I do recall him being fascinated by the Khans, he kept going on about parallels to some ancient historical empire or another."
The Courier: "Where can I find this Ezekiel?"
Julie Farkas: "He rarely stops in here these days - you'd do best to look for him out in the wastes east of New Vegas. He's always looking for new tribes to study."
(Julie Farkas' dialogue)
- ↑ 36.0 36.1 The Courier: "What kind of research?"
Arcade Gannon: "Oh, you know. Finding alternative treatments for common illnesses and injuries. Stimpaks out of barrel cacti and other fantastic improbabilities. As far as fruitless wastes of time go, it's quite noble in its aims."
(Arcade Gannon's dialogue)
- ↑ The Courier: "What's the goal?"
Arcade Gannon: "For the past hundred years or so, the Followers have managed to get by using salvaged medical supplies from the Old World. But the side effect of medical success is that more people live longer. Funny how that works. Eventually, we'll run out of hospitals to loot. We need new ways to produce those supplies. Or maybe old ways, if this research goes anywhere."
(Arcade Gannon's dialogue)
- ↑ The Courier: "You need medical supplies?"
Julie Farkas: "Rates of injury and illness in Freeside are very high. Supplies don't last long."
The Courier: "What do you need?"
Julie Farkas: "Med-X, Rad-Away, and Fixer are Freeside essentials. I can't pay you for any supplies you bring in, but I could discount the charge for our services."
The Courier: "Seems like you need a steady supply, not just whatever I can grab for you."
Julie Farkas: "So far the Crimson Caravan won't cut us a deal. If you can convince them or some other merchant to work with us, I'll discount supplies to you."
(Julie Farkas' dialogue)
- ↑ The Courier: "Tell me about the clinic."
Usanagi: "Everything you see is funded by the Followers of the Apocalypse. We rely a lot on charity to provide low-cost medical services to the less fortunate."
(Usanagi's dialogue)
- ↑ The Courier: "Can I make a donation to the Followers?"
Usanagi: "Of course! We prefer bulk donations of 500 caps - it's apparently a lot easier on the accountants, for some reason."
(Usanagi's dialogue)
- ↑ Short-Term Treatment
- ↑ The Courier: "Do you sell anything here?"
Usanagi: "I have reserved a small part of my supplies for sale. The profits go directly to the purchase of additional supplies to help the less fortunate."
(Usanagi's dialogue)
- ↑ The Courier: "I think I found someone who will be able to cover your supplies."
Julie Farkas: "That's phenomenal! Who did you find?"
The Courier: "The Garret Twins."
Julie Farkas: "They supply Freeside with drugs and liquor. From my point of view they're just better-organized pushers. Upgrading their stills would increase their supply of liquor and chems. How does that help Freeside?"
The Courier: "You get your chems and can help anyone who gets addicted."
Julie Farkas: "True, we could help addicts, but the cycle of addiction, recover, and relapse would remain."
The Courier: "With a surplus of supplies, you could use your caps and influence to expand."
Julie Farkas: "Good point. We wouldn't be paying anything for their supplies, just a portion of our food waste to make ethanol. We get food from nearby wasteland farmers in exchange for medical services, so we could put our caps back into helping Freeside. Tell the Garrets we'll keep their stills running if they provide us with supplies. Thank you for arranging this. You've been a godsend."
(Julie Farkas' dialogue)
- ↑ The Courier: "Seems like you need a steady supply, not just whatever I can grab for you."
Julie Farkas: "So far the Crimson Caravan won't cut us a deal. If you can convince them or some other merchant to work with us, I'll discount supplies to you."
(Julie Farkas' dialogue)
- ↑ The Courier: "Is there anything I can do to help?"
Julie Farkas: "There is always something needing done. A few souls here in Freeside could be great assets to the community, if they'd kick their addictions. We need to get a regular supply of medicine organized, but the Crimson Caravan wants too many caps for what we need. Lastly, tensions between the townies and NCR tourists have been going downhill fast lately. A lot of innocent people will get hurt if things blow up."
(Julie Farkas' dialogue)
- ↑ The Courier: "Tell me about Jacob."
Julie Farkas: "The Garrets hooked Jacob on chems when he was working for them. Ironic, since he used to homebrew detox chems. He's a natural chemist."
(Julie Farkas' dialogue)
- ↑ Bill Ronte's installation of the water pump is an example of this in practice.
- ↑ 48.0 48.1 The Courier: "Do the Followers work together with the NCR?"
Ignacio Rivas: "We did, for a time. But our goals differ. The NCR only cares to expand their wealth and their reach. For us, territorial boundaries mean nothing. And prosperity has to be for everyone, not just citizens of the NCR. So a parting was inevitable. While the NCR pushes east, we clean up the mess they leave behind. Try to provide some stability."
(Ignacio Rivas' dialogue)
- ↑ The Courier: "I think the Followers should support NCR in the coming battle at the dam."
Julie Farkas: "Why should we support the NCR? Their continual operational incompetence gets their soldiers killed, and they hold a monopoly on water in the mojave."
(Julie Farkas' dialogue)
- ↑ The Courier: "War."
Ignacio Rivas: "That's... an unfortunate mistake. As a Follower of the Apocalypse, I've studied it all my life, but I'll never understand how people don't foresee what lies ahead on that path."
(Ignacio Rivas' dialogue)
- ↑ The Courier: "Peace."
Ignacio Rivas: "That's reassuring, although many who've made that claim to the Followers of the Apocalypse over the years have had less than pure intentions. But if it's really as you say, then take my advice. This installation carries with it dangers that no one here has realized. Take care what you do here, and who you listen to. Some things are best left buried with the old world."
(Ignacio Rivas' dialogue)
- ↑ Squatter: "I see you prefer the company of anarchic cultists to civilized peoples."
(Squatters' dialogue) Note: This line is spoken to the Courier when Arcade Gannon is in their party.
- ↑ The Courier: "Julie Farkas told me to ask. She said it was important."
Elizabeth Kieran: "You know Julie? Not everyone in the NCR sees eye-to-eye with the Followers, but they're okay in my book, mostly because of her. If you really want to know, we sent an envoy to the King offering to coordinate the relief effort."
(Elizabeth Kieran's dialogue)
- ↑ 54.0 54.1 The Courier: "Are the Followers part of the NCR?"
Usanagi: "We've worked with them in the past. The NCR became too focused on things like patents and profitability, so the Followers go their own way now. The NCR and the Followers have a cool relationship at the moment. We see them as oppressive, and they view us as anarchists."
(Usanagi's dialogue)
- ↑ The Courier: "I'm looking for something that could inspire the Great Khans. Know of anything like that?"
Julie Farkas: "The Great Khans? Oh, you mean those raiders that used to clash with the Vegas tribes? Yes, some years back we taught them reading, writing, basic science - we hoped they would use it to make medical supplies, but they turned to drugs. I was never much involved in the cultural side of that project, but Ezekiel was."
(Julie Farkas' dialogue)
- ↑ The Courier: "I'm in the Brotherhood of Steel."
Ignacio Rivas: "The Brotherhood? I never thought I'd say it, but I'm glad you're here. I'm a member of the Followers of the Apocalypse, and for once we might want the same thing. This place houses technology beyond anything I've seen. I'm afraid it could be dangerous if either of the warring factions here learns how to use it."
(Ignacio Rivas' dialogue)
- ↑ Fallout: New Vegas endings
- ↑ The Courier: "I think the Followers should support an Independent Vegas through the coming battle at the dam."
Julie Farkas: "Why should we support Vegas? They've locked Freeside out of the city and do nothing to help their neighboring townsfolk."
(Julie Farkas' dialogue)
- ↑ Tom Anderson in Westside
- ↑ Services provided by Usanagi and Julie Farkas
- ↑ The Moon Comes Over the Tower
- ↑ ED-E My Love
- ↑ New Vegas Medical Clinic
- ↑ Usanagi: "Welcome to the New Vegas Medical Clinic. I'm a fully qualified physician and can fix whatever is wrong with you for a reasonable fee. If you've got the caps, I've also got several implants available to enhance your physical attributes."
(Usanagi's dialogue)
- ↑ The Courier: "Corporal Betsy from First Recon will be coming to you for mental treatment."
Usanagi: "Mental trauma can be just as debilitating as physical injuries. Fortunately, I'm well-qualified in such treatment. I'll make time in my schedule."
(Usanagi's dialogue)
- ↑ The Courier: "Why are you here?"
Ignacio Rivas: "I'm a visiting scholar. Solar power technology may be important to our future and I was sent to research it."
(Ignacio Rivas' dialogue)
- ↑ The Courier: "What more is there to this place than a power plant?"
Ignacio Rivas: "I don't entirely know. Our records on the company that built this place suggest that their dealings were not only in energy, but also in weapons. And I've seen equipment here marked with symbols used by the Pre-War military. Targeting computers. Shock sensors. A codeword comes up repeatedly in the papers I've looked through here. ARCHIMEDES."
(Ignacio Rivas' dialogue)
- ↑ "During the Battle of Hoover Dam, the Great Khans quickly evacuated Red Rock Canyon and headed north and east into the plains of Wyoming. There, they reconnected with the Followers of the Apocalypse and rebuilt their strength. Bolstered by ancient knowledge of governance, economics, and transportation, they carved a mighty empire out of the ruins of the Northwest."
(Fallout: New Vegas endings; Slide 15: Great Khans)
- ↑ Vault13.gam: "DESTROY_FOLLOWERS :=0; // (129) // did the player deliver the bomb?"
- ↑ vault13.gam: "FOLLOWER_STEALTH_HELP :=0; // (62) // did the Followers offer to sneak player in Children of Cathedral?
FOLLOWER_MACHO_HELP :=0; // (63) // are Followers going to attack Children of Cathedral?"
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