Mojave Hellhole

It wasn't long before Rob reached Kingman, at the front of the town was a market probably for those who weren't interested in slaves, he went to one stall to see an enthusiastic salesman saying he had the best prices in all of Arizona, he was selling all sorts of weaponry, Rob browsed the ammo and picked up incendiary ammo for his 12.7mm pistol which considerably costed less than Gun-runners.

In the centre of town there was a cheaply made arena where some slaves were pitted against each other to fight to the death with machetes, most of the audience was made up of Legion troops, as Rob was about watch the upcoming fight a man who worked there said to him

"Sir, feeling lucky today? How 'bout you bet on the slaves, Red or Blue?"

"I'll bet twenty Legion coins on Red"
 
Lupo walked until he saw a broadcast tower and barricades at the outskirts. When he examined closer, he found it was an NCR outpost. He approached the gate where he was stopped by a vet. Ranger.
"Halt."

"What?let me through."

"Cannot do that sir, you do not have access permission. This is a strictly restricted area, limited to only Ranger Anderson, Comm Officer Leina and Halo Squad, which consists of veteran rangers. Please go back sir."

"Godammit pal." Just then, a ranger came out who had a suave moustache, a faint stubble and had eyes that had aged with the passage of time and pain.

"Let him in Jonny, he looks like he could be of some use." With that, Lupo was gestured inside. Anderson then started speaking to him.
"So what brings you here?"

"Just wandering, I don't know what for. Probably for ultimate justice as I crush the Legion."

"So you're a lone wolf eh? My scouts have been reporting you to me. The Outcast they call you; cause you mocked the bear and uniform. Still, I salute you and so do my squad for the efforts you have accomplished for keeping the name of peace true. Even though of your rebellious talents, the veteran rangers will always support you."

"Thanks sir, so what is this place?"

"This rusted outpost? It's one of two stations set in Arizona to recon information from the legion and we lead attacks to lower their morale and support. I'm in charge here and it's been a pleasure to meet you. I'm Roger Anderson, migrated from the East Coast, got a young kid back at home. You'll also meet the Comm officer; Leina Richards. She's a stubborn git but you'll get used to her, she'll always support the flag with a machine gun and plenty of ammo. Then we got Silence, leader of Halo Squad. Not much of a talker, a bit like you. He's the best sniper I've seen though, take both brahmin's heads off from a mile away without needing to look. Exaggerated it may sound, but we tried it and he done it. No more proof than that. Now you should get talking to Leina, she might have something for ya."

Lupo thanked him and went to talk to Leina. "Ma'am."

"You're the new soldier lad right? Then get hopping here now! We need all the hands we can get and you're a stable bunch. We're expecting a legion raiding squad soon, larger than any squad we've encountered. Made up of 5 prime units, which would mean a prime decanus, and 5 prime legionaries in each unit. Thus they'll be bringing mongrels, two vexillarius and rumours of a frumentarii will try to mole himself inot the base. Two centurions will lead the battalion, so I'd ready yourself and prepare for a long gruelling fight. The battalion's coming all the way from Kingsman, north of here. Be prepared stranger, and go talk to Silence. Dismissed!"

"Affirmative ma'am." Lupo headed to the north sniper tower at the base and found Silence.
"I was sent here."

"So?" Replied Silence.

"You wanted me?"

"No." There was nothing but silence for a while. Then Silence spoke himself.
"Stand here and shoot as well."

"Affirmative." Responded Lupo.
"Anything else?" Asked Lupo.

"......." Silence said nothing. "Now you know why they call me Silence." Now, the battle would arrive in half an hour.
 
Rob had enjoyed the fight, he had earned so much more Legion coins from when he had come in, looks like it was his lucky day, he turned around to spend his new found wealth at one of the market stalls when a he overheard a conversation of a large group that consisted of Legionaries, the main Centurion out of the two said

"Acanthus had died last week due to cazador poisoning, so we will be one man short for the raid"

The second Centurion spotted Rob and his Legion badge and had an idea, he grabbed him by the collar and said to him in a threatening voice

"You seem like a capable man, and you bow to Caesar's will, I'm not asking you, I'm ordering you to join us on wiping out a pathetic profligate camp"

"As long as I don't have to wear your uniform, I'll come along"

"Consider it done"

The raiding party loaded their guns, sharpened their weapons and set off towards the camp, when they got within a mile radius, and covered by a large hill, the Centurion ordered them to stop

"Our last raiding party was killed by a single sniper, there may be two this time, so we've got a plan to counter this" The Frumentariis appeared out of nowhere, they had Stealth-boys

The Centurion explained the plan carefully "The Frumenarii will flank them on the left, and take out the snipers, the Vexillarius including our guest will take out our foes from a distance, from there it will effortless, and we will charge at the enemy, oh yes another thing, take prisoners for executions" His speech was followed by a 'Hoorah!'

Back at the NCR camp Silence was looking furiously for any Legion troops, but was interrupted by a strange feeling in his mouth, it was filling up with blood, he looked down to see a blade coming out of his stomach, then the world went black. Lupo didn't see his parter die, and before he knew it, something hit him round the head, the Frumenarii tied him up and uncloaked so that the snipers could see that their job was done, Rob and the Vexillarius began to mow down the camp with their high powered rifles and once the camp was weak the whole group charged at the NCR camp and began severing limbs left and right with their machetes.

At the end of the blood bath the raiding party lined up their prisoners and began executing while the rest of the group cheered

"This is what you get for going into our lands, profligate!" The Centurion shot Ranger Anderson in the head and moved onto Comm Officer Leina, Rob saw that Lupo was one of the prisoners.
 
Lupo woke to see himself captured by a Legionaire and spat in disgust. He then saw Rob, and muttered something in Latin. His knots were loose though, and then he thought Rob might have had something to do with it, maybe he still had good in him. But to see him work with the Legion brought the thought that Rob must have lost his guts as a true man. He untied his knots and saw the centurion guarding him, who had his back on him and Rob was far in the distance. He saw Anderson on the floor dead and Lupo nodded to the poor man. He sneaked behind the centurion and immediately broke his neck. He took his weapons off the table then went to take Anderson's dog tag when Anderson grabbed his wrist. "I'm not dead yet sonny, one shot doesn't kill me where the metal is. Already experienced it before. Now I gotta get home, Krldraav will be waiting, sorry for the pressure kid. Oh by the way, Silence's gone back to Hoover Dam to report sonny."

"I thought he was dead? I saw the body."

"As if he'd let that happen, he knew the frumentarii were coming so he planned ahead and took his clothes off and put them on a target dummy in place. You weren't of much importance so he thought the frumentarii would rather take you prisoner. Silence is probably running Hoover Dam with only his underwear and a mask. He hates having his true identity revealed. People think he's acting cool but his face is badly scarred, hence his silence. Now I'll be seeing you sonny, do what you gotta do, but stay alive ya hear me?! See ya now." With that Anderson travelled far into the distance far from any Legion. Now Lupo had to get himself out of the mess, so he undressed the Centurion and disguised himself....
 
"I suggest your company leaves now mister Pawnsy" Pawnsy gave the soldier a drunken smile. "Well fer one,we're not even close to Hoover this is Boulder city. Two, we're still servicing your army,hell the saloon owner over there loves all the business he's getting from soldiers waiting for some alone time with Susan. So fuck off soldier boy." Pawnsy's head hit the table with a thud,his bottle landing next to it. So far the army rejected his offer and he was stuck owing money to his new hires. Pawnsy drunk as hell had an idea,let the company fall apart without him.The whole thing was just a cover for his true plan anyway. Tomorrow he was heading into Arizona army or not and prospecting,with some luck and stolen legion maps he could setup a new Redding and become it's gold plated king.
 
*NAC Convoy*

Eric was packed into the IFV with the other soldiers like so many sardines in a can. Every bump or pothole banged the soldiers inside against eachother or the hard metal interior. The smell of body odour was overwhelming. However, the vehicle did provide protection ranging from small arms fire to rocket propelled grenades. Its offensive armament varied widely from co-axial mounted cyberdog guns, various mini-gun incarnations for close infantry support, and the heavier explosive/energy weapons.

'Fucking legion is at it again. They hit an NCR outpost and we're supposed to help them take it back. Why the fuck does the NCR have bases in Arizona anyway?' replied a soldier.

'Its because we need them to handle the border areas and places we cannot reach. Also, we are trying to rebuild America and in order to do that we need more cooperation.' said Eric

'I say you two loudmouths shut the hell up and focus on the mission', that was the commander.
 
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