Gaping plot holes in New Vegas

And let's not forget that some NCR troops might kill legion soldiers and loot the money out of them. So accepting legion currency is also a good way for underpaid troops to still have some coin to spend on the Strip.
 
Alphons said:
Legion currency is backed like NCR's (maybe even more as Legion coin is worth more than NCR bill). There's also a flow of their money from all those traders that trade in Legion territory.
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How does that work though? It's not like people can just go to Legion territory. Most would end up enslaved. The only person known to do so is at Fortification Hill. That people would make coin in Legion territory, and then bring goods or caps back over with them would make more sense. Partly as it would be a trivial task for the NCR to place spies near traders, to keep tabs on anyone trading significant coins in the Mojave.

If there were Legion allied traders west of the Colorado, and trade of coin was restricted to them it would make sense. They would have to give off the impression that they're keeping a low profile though; probably through speech checks, which could be reputation or skill based.

The Dutch Ghost said:
I think that was a game design oversight.
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I imagine things would be different if we got to visit Legion territory.
 
i'd be fairly certain that the legion doesn't fully prohibit trade, but might tax it.
just my take on things anyway.
 
Yeah, I think accepting Legion money might actually make sense.
Dale Burton even says things like
"Between having to hire protection and getting slapped with taxes, it's more profitable to stick to Arizona and New Mexico. But, I do cross the river from time to time when an opportunity comes along."
"Hell, I don't even need to travel with guards most of the time in Legion territory. All the bandits are dead or run off.
I grabbed those from a wiki. If merchants have a lot of success within Legion territory, then they'd have reason to want and use Legion currency. So even if a merchant is trading with NCR or someone from Vegas, the Legion wouldn't necessarily know where those coins came from, and it puts those coins back into circulation if they were lost or looted during fights. NCR, casinos and whatnot can have an extra currency to deal with so when merchants from Legion territory come around, they can barter easier with them. They'll likely prefer currency they use across the river rather than caps or NCR bills.

I'm not an expert on economies but it makes enough sense to me until someone else proves that wrong at least.
 
This is also from the wiki, concerning the new vegas treaty between House and NCR:

"In this agreement, Mr. House conceded the McCarran Airport to the NCR to use as a base of operations in the Mojave Area. House also accepts that the NCR occupies a small building within the Strip which functions as the NCR Embassy and the HQ for the NCR military police. By this, the NCR agreed that they have no jurisdiction within the Strip, they can't carry firearms within the Strip, they have to respect the authority of the securitrons and they can't prevent any NCR citizen from using the services offered on the Strip."

Perhaps this explains the casinos accepting legion currency. A smart businessman like House would accept any denomination as long as it is filling his pockets. NCR have no juristiction, and therefore, no real control over what happens with the casino policy. It states that only NCR are free from being blocked, but that wouldn't stop some traders from playing both sides, as can happen in real life.

This is pure speculation, obviously, and may well just be oversight as mentioned above or just added game stuff (since legion coin is pointless unless you are a legion character otherwise).
 
I'm guessing House would dump all of his coin and NCR currency just before the 2nd battle for Hoover Dam in that scenario.
 
Oh sure, probably starting with the losing currency. Well....when they get the chance. My courier always puts off the hoover dam until the last possible moment, since it's one-way-ticket-town.

"Yeah, I know the battle is about to start! I was just there. What are you, an anchorman now? Just deal me my freakin cards and let's play."
 
How does The Courier go through Vault 22 without having any ill effects whatsoever?

The logs from Keely suggest that the spores from the lichen-covered scientists in the vault are not contagious to ghouls, but that's it.
 
The Man From Nowhere said:
How does The Courier go through Vault 22 without having any ill effects whatsoever?

The logs from Keely suggest that the spores from the lichen-covered scientists in the vault are not contagious to ghouls, but that's it.
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Now that's a good question. I cannot remember if there's answer for this.
I googled it and the only explanation people can reach is the obvious one, time. The Courier must not have spent enough time in the Vault for exposure to the spores to matter. Or at least it would take a longer amount of time for the spores to have an effect on the Courier. It's also worth noting the Vault 22 survivor camp in Honest Hearts (the one with the warning holotape labeled "BEWARE - A VENGEFUL SPIRIT STALKS THESE CANYONS"). So I'd say if it was to infect the Courier and kill them, it would take a long time or that there was so much exposure needed for it to matter at all. There's another Vault 22 survivor camp on the map too. Both show spore plants and carriers.

I think there's also assumptions that Wastelanders would have higher resistances to radiation, infection, and disease unlike Vault Dwellers as they've been exposed and living dirtier lives compared to people who live their lives in a close environment with clean water and food.
We don't know much about the Courier before the events of the game outside of the Platinum Chip delivery. The Courier could have a very good immune system also buying him more time around the spores.

There's a lot of speculation here that would likely not be resolved. You can assume Courier's safe or the spores get to them years later and they die.
 
Are they even actively sporulating though? There could be a cycle or some kind of trigger. We don't know much other than only vault dwellers have been infected, aside from the test zone in Big MT where know tf knows what happened.
 
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