2CHanlon.txt

== Topics ==
TOPIC	TOPIC TEXT / PROMPT 	EMOTION 	RESPONSE TEXT 	#
 	GREETING 	Anger 35 	{serious} I don't believe there's anything left for us to talk about. 	
 	GREETING 	Sad 35 	Go on. Go fetch a ranger and do this right. 	
 	GREETING 	Happy 25 	Sorting and manipulating intelligence is what I do. It's what rangers are supposed to do. 	
 	GREETING 	Happy 45 	{joking a bit} This job isn't all gunfighting and gulping shots of whiskey, no matter what the boys and ladies out there say. 	
 	GREETING 	Neutral 50 	I'm occupied at the moment. Come see me when I'm on the balcony. 	
 	GREETING 	Happy 40 	Back west, you don't see too many of these. Lakes, I mean. Natural or man-made. Any kind, really. 	
 	GREETING 	Happy 15 	We neglected the dams or pumped all the water out a long time ago. Owens, Isabella, the San Luis. Drained the aquifers of everything they had. 	
 	GREETING 	Neutral 50 	Just a lot of mud and dust now. It's a different feeling, watching the sun come up over the water. Takes some getting used to. 	
 	GREETING 	Sad 20 	But if you're here long enough, it starts to seem normal. That's what a ranger's life is now. Looking east. 	
 	GREETING 	Happy 10 	You've come back to see the chief. Nice of you to humor the radio tender. What can I do for you? 	
 	GREETING 	Sad 5 	Like I said, I won't run out on you, but I can't let my people get dragged through the mud for this. 	
 	GREETING 	Sad 10 	You did good and you did it well. Work a ranger would be proud of. I'll handle the rest from here. 	
 	HanlonConfession 	Neutral 50 	Rangers, this is the chief. I know I can ramble on sometimes, but I need you to listen close for the next minute or so. I've got some bad news. 	
 	HanlonConfession 	Neutral 50 	I messed up. Made a mistake. I thought I could help get us out of here, but... it didn't work out. 	
 	HanlonConfession 	Neutral 50 	Rangers get injured all the time. It's part of the job. But if you lose a few fingers, get a bad break, that's it. You step down. 	
 	HanlonConfession 	Neutral 50 	We rely on each other too much to let our infirmities become a liability. A ranger knows when it's time. Only I didn't. 	
 	HanlonConfession 	Neutral 50 	Somewhere along the way, something broke inside me. I couldn't find us a way out of this desert. I wrestled with it, and it took me down a dark road. 	
 	HanlonConfession 	Neutral 50 	I wish I could explain it to you. The old chief's finally at a loss for words. 	
 	HanlonConfession 	Neutral 50 	Send me all the Legion you can. I'll be waiting for them. 	
 	Tell me about yourself. 	Happy 35 	Folks around here call me the chief{han-luhn} , but Hanlon's just fine. The rangers run themselves pretty well, but I try to lend a hand. 	
 	Tell me about yourself. 	Neutral 50 	Mostly administrative work, helping coordinate intel on the radio. That and keeping an eye on the fires growing across the water. 	
 	Let's talk about something else. 	Neutral 50 	Shoot. 	
 	Goodbye. 	Neutral 50 	Adios. 	
 	What do you know about Caesar? 	Neutral 50 	The best of the best, worst of the worst. He came out of NCR, one of the Followers of the Apocalypse. 	
 	What do you know about Caesar? 	Neutral 50 	Like a lot of the Followers, he went out in the wilderness with a partner to try to help those who needed helping. 	
 	What do you know about Caesar? 	Sad 35 	Not much different from how the rangers used to be, except with books and medicine instead of guns. 	
 	How is NCR doing? 	Sad 25 	It's no secret that we've had better campaigns. Holding this whole length of river isn't easy. 	
 	How is NCR doing? 	Neutral 50 	We're stretched thin and the Long 15 just keeps getting longer. Slow to get supplies. Slower to get reinforcements. 	
 	How is NCR doing? 	Anger 20 	NCR's senate has got funds tied up at the Boneyard and President Kimball ordered our most experienced rangers to chase ghosts down in Baja. 	
 	How is NCR doing? 	Neutral 50 	Even Caesar knows that General Oliver's coming back to Hoover. Colonel Moore's doing a fine job of running things over at the dam. 	
 	How is NCR doing? 	Happy 25 	In her own way, of course, when she's not trying to wrangle my rangers into helping her. 	
 	How is NCR doing? 	Neutral 50 	But just keeping that dam secure and operational day to day is enough work for one person, never mind building a defense against the Legion. 	
 	How is NCR doing? 	Neutral 50 	Mojave Outpost sent word through the stations. The rangers coming up from Baja moved through Dayglow a week ago. 	
 	How is NCR doing? 	Happy 5 	Some of the patrol rangers have reported that Oliver's power armor heavy troopers are starting to reinforce the front lines. 	
 	How is NCR doing? 	Neutral 50 	Wish they got here a bit earlier, but that's the senate for you. 	
 	What's the Legion been up to? 	Neutral 50 	Not too long ago, they took Nelson and Searchlight. 	
 	What's the Legion been up to? 	Anger 5 	They've got some camps on the eastern shore of the Colorado, and the monstrosity on the hill across the lake - that's for Caesar. 	
 	What's the Legion been up to? 	Neutral 50 	Some folks don't believe he's here yet, but you can tell. He's the eye of the storm. It all roils and spins around him. 	
 	What's the Legion been up to? 	Anger 5 	You don't have to see the man to see the effect he has. 	
 	What's the Legion been up to? 	Neutral 50 	Intel says the legate's coming. {lan-ee-us} Lanius. They call him the Monster of the East. If he's half as bad as Graham was, we're in for a heck of a fight. 	
 	What's the Legion been up to? 	Neutral 50 	With Caesar and a new legate here, the Legion's not going to fall for the same old bag of tricks. 	
 	What's the Legion been up to? 	Fear 5 	Word is that the Legion's old timers have shown up, Caesar's veterans from the Red Okie {sen-tur-ee-ah} Centuria and what was the Painted Rock tribe. 	
 	What's the Legion been up to? 	Neutral 50 	They're the best of the best and the baddest of the bad. Short of a centurion or {pray-tor-ee-an} praetorian, they don't come any tougher. 	
 	What's the Legion been up to? 	Neutral 50 	You come across a pack of them, weigh your options carefully. 	
 	Tell me about the rangers. 	Happy 5 	I could tell you a lot if you had the time, but at my age I'm not sure which of us would get tired first. What do you want to know? 	
 	Do you ever stop talking? 	Surprise 35	I didn't realize you were in such a hurry. 	
 	Do you ever stop talking? 	Neutral 50 	I get so used to sitting in this chair and listening to radio reports, sometimes I forget people are getting ready for a war out there. 	
 	I'm investigating some intel problems for Technical Sergeant Reyes. 	Anger 25 	Interesting that she would wrangle someone else into sorting out the problem. 	
 	I'm investigating some intel problems for Technical Sergeant Reyes. 	Happy 25 	But I suppose you're in the right place. A lot of intel comes through here. 	
 	I'm investigating some intel problems for Technical Sergeant Reyes. 	Anger 50 	This again? All right. What do you want to know? 	
 	I know you're the one who's been manipulating intelligence data. 	Sad 35 	Hold on. If we're going to have this conversation, let's go somewhere more private. 	
 	I know you're the one who's been manipulating intelligence data. 	Happy 25 	{joking a bit} Don't worry. Not much bite left in this old dog. 	
 	Do you know anything about the problems? 	Surprise 35	I don't know Technical Sergeant {ray-ess} Reyes, but coordinating intel can be messy sometimes. Things get mixed up, people get confused. 	
 	Do you know anything about the problems? 	Happy 25 	Heck, I get confused and I've been doing this for a long time now. What he - or she - sees as a problem might be standard operating procedure. 	
 	Do you know anything about the problems? 	Happy 35 	That's not to say Reyes is wrong for being concerned, but it's easy for the sand to get in your eyes out here. 	
 	Can you give me any advice? 	Neutral 50 	Well... {thinking} the logical thing to do is to check with the patrol rangers and comm officers. Don't be too discouraged if some things don't match up. 	
 	Can you give me any advice? 	Happy 35 	Different people see different things, and sometimes the meaning gets twisted, lost in static from person to person. 	
 	How do you coordinate the intel? 	Neutral 50 	It's a simple system, when it works. Patrol rangers radio intel to ranger stations. 	
 	How do you coordinate the intel? 	Neutral 50 	Comm rangers send the intel up the station chain until it reaches Camp Golf. 	
 	How do you coordinate the intel? 	Neutral 50 	Then I or one of the other rangers on duty organize the data, evaluate it, and send information to camps or troopers in the field. 	
 	Why don't the ranger stations send the intel directly to the troopers? 	Neutral 50 	Comm rangers might have an incomplete picture of the situation. There's a lot going on out there. 	
 	Why don't the ranger stations send the intel directly to the troopers? 	Neutral 50 	Intel needs to be coordinated through Golf so we can verify and advise appropriately. 	
 	Why don't the ranger stations send the intel directly to the troopers? 	Anger 25 	Troopers have enough to deal with. We don't want them questioning their intel. 	
 	But you're inventing your own intelligence reports. I've seen the logs and talked to the rangers.	Happy 35 	{smiling a bit} You have, have you? {Beat, more somber} Misdirection. When you're pinned down, outnumbered, and two days from any help, it's just about the best friend you can have.	
 	But you're inventing your own intelligence reports. I've seen the logs and talked to the rangers.	Sad 45 	Misdirection's what's saved me all these years. It's what saved us at Hoover Dam. But it's been five years now and {see-zar's} Caesar's right across that lake. 	
 	But you're inventing your own intelligence reports. I've seen the logs and talked to the rangers.	Anger 35 	He's closer now than he ever was before. {bit angry} I was a young man once. I know what it's like to want to fight for your home, but this isn't it. 	
 	Why did you do it? 	Sad 50 	It's never going to end. This fight with Caesar. People back home don't know what these young men and women are in for. 	
 	Why did you do it? 	Sad 50 	The Legion is the worst enemy we've ever faced, but we can't stop Caesar here, not without getting a lot of good people killed. 	
 	Why did you do it? 	Sad 65 	More than anyone cares to count up. And even if we do stop him, I don't see how we're ever going to be able to pull out. 	
 	Aren't you fighting for the people of New Vegas? 	Anger 35 	We're fighting on their behalf, but Mr. House and the families are stringing us up, inch by inch. 	
 	Aren't you fighting for the people of New Vegas? 	Anger 50 	They'll drain us dry while we fight and die over this dam. We offered them sanctuary in NCR territory before, but they won't listen. 	
 	Aren't you fighting for the people of New Vegas? 	Disgust 25 	Troopers and rangers have been dying here for more than five years while the families sit pretty behind that... damned wall. 	
 	How does spreading false intel help anything? 	Anger 45 	{exasperated} People back home don't listen. They don't care. Senators, Brahmin barons, folks who are just trying to make it from day to day. 	
 	How does spreading false intel help anything? 	Sad 35 	It's been so many years that people forget about it. Conscription brings in fresh troops to die here every month. Like it's routine. 	
 	How does spreading false intel help anything? 	Anger 25 	{getting more worked up} And even if we hold this dam, what then? Are we going to send the NCR's men and women to die here for another five years? Ten? 	
 	How does spreading false intel help anything? 	Sad 25 	Patrol the whole length of the Colorado for hundreds of miles? Holding this dam. {pause, downbeat} It'll be the death of us. 	
 	What do you think I should do about this? 	Sad 25 	First thing that comes to mind is to turn me in. But that might not be the best play, all things considered. 	
 	What do you think I should do about this? 	Fear 25 	Even if your heart's in the right place, I reckon it might do a lot more harm than good. 	
 	You're dead. 	Surprise 50	Hold on. This is ranger headquarters. There might be a dozen rangers within earshot. 	
 	You're dead. 	Surprise 25	Think twice before you decide to give the old chief a gut full of lead. 	
 	But what does that accomplish? 	Sad 35 	{pause, quieter} Creating fear and instability among the troopers without causing harm, it's the only thing I could think of to shake things up. 	
 	But what does that accomplish? 	Sad 50 	It took some people getting killed to realize I had gone too far. I had to stop. 	
 	Too bad. I'm turning you in. 	Anger 15 	Fair enough. You want to do this the right way, go get one of the rangers. Don't worry. I'm not gonna run out on you. 	
 	What will you do if I don't turn you in? 	Neutral 50 	Oliver can't stand that rangers got credit for victory at Hoover. Whatever I recommend, he does the opposite. I said I wanted them on the ridge. 	
 	What will you do if I don't turn you in? 	Sad 35 	He put them right on the western part of the dam itself. We don't have enough firepower to hold that spot. 	
 	What will you do if I don't turn you in? 	Pained 25 	If the troopers fall back, and they will, the rangers will advance to cover Oliver's retreat. We lose the dam, Oliver and the senate are ruined. 	
 	What about you and the rangers? 	Anger 25 	Rangers are volunteers. Every man and woman who signs up is willing to die for the NCR, myself included. 	
 	What about you and the rangers? 	Sad 50 	A lot of this is my fault. It's only right that I stand with them. 	
 	That's crazy. 	Anger 35 	Maybe fifty rangers will die on that dam. We lose over a thousand troopers every year. Being here is crazy. Getting out's the only sane thing to do. 	
 	Caesar's dead. The Legion can't hold itself together for five years, much less ten. 	Fear 35 	It's a gamble either way. Even with Caesar gone, we still might not outlast the Legion. I suppose that's a risk I'll have to take. 	
 	Caesar's dead. The Legion can't hold itself together for five years, much less ten. 	Neutral 50 	For our sake, I hope you're right. I guess I should thank you for bringing me to my senses. So... thanks. 	
 	Caesar's dead. The Legion can't hold itself together for five years, much less ten. 	Anger 15 	Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to walk out that door and pretend we never had this talk. 	
 	Caesar's sick. He won't live long. The Legion will fall apart a few years after he's gone. 	Fear 35 	It's a gamble either way. Even with Caesar gone, we still might not outlast the Legion. I suppose that's a risk I'll have to take. 	
 	Caesar's sick. He won't live long. The Legion will fall apart a few years after he's gone. 	Neutral 50 	For our sake, I hope you're right. I guess I should thank you for bringing me to my senses. So... thanks. 	
 	Caesar's sick. He won't live long. The Legion will fall apart a few years after he's gone. 	Anger 15 	Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to walk out that door and pretend we never had this talk. 	
 	Caesar's dead. What more do you need? 	Anger 25 	{a little angry} The Legion is more than just Caesar! It's got the momentum of thousands of men behind it. 	
 	Caesar's dead. What more do you need? 	Anger 20 	They're not just going to roll off into Arizona if we give them a good shove. 	
 	Caesar is sick. Like... really sick. He could drop any day. 	Anger 25 	{a little angry} The Legion is more than just Caesar! It's got the momentum of thousands of men behind it. 	
 	Caesar is sick. Like... really sick. He could drop any day. 	Anger 20 	They're not just going to roll off into Arizona if we give them a good shove. 	
 	You've convinced me. Your secret is safe. 	Fear 5 	I don't know if you're working for Caesar or if desperation's made me a heck of a lot more persuasive. Either way, this is the right thing to do. 	
 	You've convinced me. Your secret is safe. 	Neutral 50 	Now, I trust we're done discussing this. I'm going to step through that door and pretend like we never had this talk. 	
 	Doesn't matter. Your time's up, Hanlon. 	Sad 25 	Well, you got that right. 	
 	Fires? 	Sad 25 	Legion fires. They burn high wherever the Legion goes. 	
 	Fires? 	Anger 25 	Caesar's a hard man to figure out, but he always wants you to know when more troops are at your front door. 	
 	Where did he go? 	Neutral 50 	Out to the Grand Canyon. He met a missionary from Utah, a man by the name of Joshua Graham. Graham helped translate for the Followers and the tribes. 	
 	Where did he go? 	Neutral 50 	All three of them got nabbed by the Blackfoots down there, back when they were still at war with every other tribe in the southwest. 	
 	How did a Follower wind up becoming Caesar? 	Neutral 50 	Somewhere along the way, he realized he needed to educate the Blackfoots or they were going to get wiped out with the rest of the tribe. 	
 	How did a Follower wind up becoming Caesar? 	Neutral 50 	Showed them how to use guns, how to make explosives. Once he taught the Blackfoots a thing or two, they needed him. 	
 	How did a Follower wind up becoming Caesar? 	Anger 25 	And he no longer needed the Followers, NCR, or anyone else. He decided he could remake the tribes of the southwest, whether they wanted it or not. 	
 	How did a Follower wind up becoming Caesar? 	Sad 25 	He became Caesar and Joshua Graham became his legate, his right hand. And that's where Graham stayed until Hoover Dam. 	
 	What happened to Graham after Hoover Dam? 	Neutral 50 	Losing the dam was the worst defeat the Legion ever suffered. Graham had been with Caesar since the beginning, but he had to set an example. 	
 	What happened to Graham after Hoover Dam? 	Neutral 50 	The praetorians covered Graham in pitch, lit him on fire, and down into the Grand Canyon he went. 	
 	Are the Blackfoots part of the Legion? 	Neutral 50 	Yes and no. The Blackfoots don't exist anymore, just like any other tribe that gets swallowed by the Legion. 	
 	Are the Blackfoots part of the Legion? 	Disgust 25 	Caesar takes the tribal out of the tribe. Scrapes and burns off tattoos, breaks up families, forces mixed breeding so all the old loyalties die away. 	
 	Are the Blackfoots part of the Legion? 	Disgust 45 	The only tribe in the Legion is the Legion. Caesar is their chief, father, and god all rolled into one. 	
 	So that was the end of Graham? 	Neutral 50 	It's not that clear cut. You have to understand, Graham was the toughest son of a gun anyone around these parts had ever seen. 	
 	So that was the end of Graham? 	Neutral 50 	Before Hoover, we had five kill reports on Graham from rangers and 1st Recon sharpshooters who tried to take him out. 	
 	So that was the end of Graham? 	Fear 25 	Some folks think he's still alive, call him the Burned Man. 	
 	Why are funds tied up at the Boneyard? 	Disgust 25 	Senate elections are coming up. Local representatives don't want to push any more funding to the Mojave campaign because it's unpopular. 	
 	Why are funds tied up at the Boneyard? 	Disgust 25 	Most of the folks around the Boneyard haven't been to New Vegas and probably never will. 	
 	Why are funds tied up at the Boneyard? 	Sad 25 	All they know is that their money gets sucked away to this desert and their brothers, sisters, sons, and daughters die here. 	
 	What's going on in Baja? 	Neutral 50 	It's complicated. Goes way back. I told President Kimball that we need more rangers here. 	
 	What's going on in Baja? 	Anger 20 	He accepted that, but took the most experienced ones and sent them south. Patrol rangers are good men and women, but we're about to fight a war. 	
 	What about the troopers? 	Anger 25 	You've seen it yourself. Some of them don't even have proper service rifles or armor. 	
 	What about the troopers? 	Anger 30 	Our heavy infantry, power armor units, they're back in NCR territory protecting the interests of Brahmin barons against small-time raiders. 	
 	What about the troopers? 	Neutral 50 	Brahmin barons only have one vote at the ballot box, but they have a lot of money to throw around. 	
 	Tell me about General Oliver. 	Surprise 30	Oh, well... now, you'll have to excuse me. The general and I don't always see eye to eye on things. 	
 	Tell me about General Oliver. 	Neutral 50 	Maybe it's best that I just say that he is a trooper, through and through. The man will not give up an inch for anything, least of all to the Legion. 	
 	Colonel Moore's "way"? 	Neutral 50 	The colonel is an effective commander - one of the best - but she sharpened her claws on the Vipers and the old Jackals. 	
 	Colonel Moore's "way"? 	Neutral 50 	Did four tours against the Brotherhood, too. She used to be ranger until an injury took her out of action. Happens to a lot of us, unfortunately. 	
 	Colonel Moore's "way"? 	Pained 25 	She's better at making graves than making friends. Bring in Moore and the earth will be razed. Fields will be salted. 	
 	Is Moore in charge of all the NCR troopers out here? 	Happy 5 	No, and thanks to General Oliver for that. Colonel {shoo} Hsu is at McCarran. Most of the New Vegas troopers are under his command. 	
 	Is Moore in charge of all the NCR troopers out here? 	Neutral 50 	He's more sympathetic to the locals than Moore, but he's got the Fiends to deal with. 	
 	Is Moore in charge of all the NCR troopers out here? 	Happy 5 	No, and thanks to General Oliver for that. Colonel {shoo} Hsu is at McCarran. Most of the New Vegas troopers are under his command. 	
 	Is Moore in charge of all the NCR troopers out here? 	Neutral 50 	He's more sympathetic to the locals than Moore. Now that the Fiends aren't giving him grief, we should see more troopers assigned to the front lines. 	
 	Is Moore in charge of all the NCR troopers out here? 	Happy 5 	Good work on that, by the way. Hope you got good bounties out of it. 	
 	What do the new rangers mean for NCR? 	Neutral 50 	The Baja rangers can do more advance night scouting and sharpshooting to assist the troopers. 	
 	What do the new rangers mean for NCR? 	Neutral 50 	Ranger combat helmets are old Pre-War gear. They have built in low-light optics. Makes a big difference. 	
 	Tell me about the heavy troopers. 	Neutral 50 	They have the best equipment the NCR can get its hands on, power armor salvaged from our war with the Brotherhood. 	
 	Tell me about the heavy troopers. 	Neutral 50 	Techs strip out the joint servos so you don't need special training to wear it. 	
 	Tell me about the heavy troopers. 	Happy 5 	It feels like you're carrying a Brahmin on your back, but it can take a heck of a lot of punishment. 	
 	Tell me about Nelson. 	Neutral 50 	Nelson was barely set up. We had a big stretch of unprotected land between Forlorn Hope and Searchlight, and Nelson was the solution. 	
 	Tell me about Nelson. 	Neutral 50 	A {deh-can-us} decanus named Dead Sea took the place and caused a lot of damage. 	
 	What happened at Searchlight? 	Sad 15 	Searchlight was worse. One of Caesar's {froo-men-tar-ee} frumentarii must have found something in there, flooded the whole camp with radiation. 	
 	[Continue] 	Happy 5 	By the way, I appreciate what you did for the troopers down there. 	
 	[Continue] 	Neutral 50 	Nelson might not be the most strategically important place, but taking Dead Sea out means a lot to them. 	
 	[Continue] 	Sad 5 	I can't say I think the legionaries at Cottonwood deserved the same fate, but what's done is done. 	
 	[Continue] 	Neutral 50 	Thanks to you, that's one less pack of slavers for people to worry about. 	
 	Why do they call Lanius the Monster of the East? 	Neutral 50 	Oh, the usual reasons. People say he's enormous, carries a big sword, chops peoples' heads off. That's not what makes him a good commander, though. 	
 	Why do they call Lanius the Monster of the East? 	Neutral 50 	Folks say he came from a heck of a tough tribe, took Caesar a long time to conquer. It was thanks to Lanius. 	
 	Why do they call Lanius the Monster of the East? 	Neutral 50 	But once Caesar broke him, he was born again. He'll go anywhere and do anything to win. Legion says he can smell weakness. 	
 	Why do they call Lanius the Monster of the East? 	Neutral 50 	Once he finds out where an army's vulnerable, he'll go to it like a dog for the throat. 	
 	How bad was Graham? 	Neutral 50 	He was a missionary from Utah who hooked up with Caesar at the Grand Canyon, became his translator. 	
 	How bad was Graham? 	Neutral 50 	Graham helped Caesar with the Blackfoots after they got captured together. Up until Hoover Dam, he was Caesar's legate. 	
 	How bad was Graham? 	Sad 20 	You wouldn't think a man of god could turn so brutal. Cruel to his opponents. Did the sort of things that make you sick to talk about. 	
 	Was Graham a good commander? 	Neutral 50 	He wasn't a brilliant strategist. Wasn't tactically flexible, either. There was something about him, though. Menace, indestructibility. 	
 	Was Graham a good commander? 	Neutral 50 	It made everyone afraid of him. Heck, the praetorians burned Graham four years ago and some of the tribes are still afraid of him. 	
 	Was Graham a good commander? 	Fear 5 	They say the Burned Man still walks the land, blackens the earth wherever he sets foot. 	
 	What makes the veterans so tough? 	Neutral 50 	Take a regular legionary and age him ten years. Whatever they lose to age they make up for with experience. Life expectancy isn't long in the Legion. 	
 	What makes the veterans so tough? 	Neutral 50 	You live ten years in Caesar's army, you're a force to be reckoned with. 	
 	Tell me about centurions. 	Neutral 50 	There's no real equivalent to them in the NCR. Centurions are battle-born, elite officers who earned their rank with blood and sweat. 	
 	Tell me about centurions. 	Neutral 50 	They wear special outfits, too, pieced together from the armor of all their defeated enemies. Good commanders, tough opponents. 	
 	Who are the praetorians? 	Neutral 50 	Caesar's elite guard. They travel with him wherever he goes. A bit of insurance in case any of his guests get funny ideas. 	
 	Who are the praetorians? 	Neutral 50 	They aren't the toughest legionaries, but they're the most devoted to Caesar. They believe in everything the Legion stands for. 	
 	Have any good stories to tell? 	Neutral 50 	Suppose it depends on what you think is "good." Most folks want to hear about Hoover Dam and Boulder City, but it's a long story. 	
 	Have any good stories to tell? 	Sad 5 	If you want some tall tales about hunting down slavers or busting up gangs, talk to one of the younger rangers. 	
 	How long have you been in the rangers? 	Neutral 50 	Oh, well. I guess it must be coming up on... forty years or so. Back before {eh-leez} Elise was chief, anyway. It was a heck of a lot harder then. 	
 	How long have you been in the rangers? 	Pained 5 	Weren't as many of us to go around. But I think it was a lot easier to tell the good guys from the bad. 	
 	What do the rangers do? 	Anger 5 	Well, there's what we're supposed to be doing and what we're actually doing. 	
 	What do the rangers do? 	Neutral 50 	There's a big gap between those two things, about as wide as that lake out there. 	
 	Why are the rangers here? 	Neutral 50 	There's a lot of answers to that question, but it started with the Ranger Unification Treaty. We weren't always the only show in town. 	
 	Why are the rangers here? 	Pained 5 	Nevada had its own posse, the Desert Rangers. They fought Caesar even farther east, out in Arizona. Didn't go well for them. 	
 	Why are the rangers here? 	Neutral 50 	Years back, we met with the Desert Rangers at Mojave Outpost and agreed to help them against Caesar if they would join the NCR. 	
 	Okay, what are you supposed to be doing? 	Sad 5 	To protect against all forms of tyranny. As simple as that. Thirty, forty years ago, the wasteland was full of despots. 	
 	Okay, what are you supposed to be doing? 	Neutral 50 	Slavers. Raiders. Tough-talking hoodlums with gangs who liked to kick around towns. Back then the NCR military was still young. 	
 	Okay, what are you supposed to be doing? 	Happy 5 	Couldn't cover much ground. It took groups like ours to tip the balance back to the good guys. 	
 	What are you actually doing? 	Sad 5 	Sitting on the shore of Lake Mead, looking east. Listening to a radio. Trying to not get too many people killed. 	
 	What are you actually doing? 	Sad 10 	I'm too old to be slapping leather, but I had hoped for something else. More than this, anyway. 	
 	There must be something good the rangers have done that you're proud of. 	Neutral 50 	[SUCCEEDED] It's kind of a long one, but all right. About twenty, twenty-five years ago, a group of NCR settlers pushed way south into Baja. 	
 	There must be something good the rangers have done that you're proud of. 	Neutral 50 	I guess it doesn't seem so far now if you look at a map, but back then, they were out a ways. 	
 	There must be something good the rangers have done that you're proud of. 	Neutral 50 	They built this little shanty town around a well in the middle of nowhere. Called it {rat-ul-tayl} Rattletail. 	
 	Come on. You must have lots of stories. 	Sad 10 	[FAILED] I do, but I'm tired of telling them. Time changes how you look at things. 	
 	So what happened at Hoover Dam and Boulder City? 	Neutral 50 	In big battles, Caesar deploys his legionaries in waves. Recruits up front, prime soldiers behind the recruits, old guard bringing up the rear. 	
 	So what happened at Hoover Dam and Boulder City? 	Pained 5 	Opponents wear themselves out dealing with the first two waves, if they survive that long. When the veterans step up, there's not much fight left. 	
 	So what happened at Hoover Dam and Boulder City? 	Neutral 50 	Caesar can adapt, though, and when required, he can run any mix of legionaries as skirmishers and still retain order in the ranks. 	
 	[Continue] 	Neutral 50 	Word got back to one of our stations that raiders had been attacking the place. I went out with six rangers. 	
 	[Continue] 	Sad 10 	We must have been on the trail for a week before we got to Rattletail. We lost one woman to Night Stalkers and another almost died of dehydration. 	
 	[Continue] 	Sad 5 	When we reach the place, it's six shacks set up around an old well. 	
 	[Continue] 	Neutral 50 	There's over two dozen bodies lying in the dunes way outside of town and five men with {three-oh-eight} .308 rifles crouched behind sand bags. 	
 	[Continue] 	Disgust 10 	And these bodies, these people out in the sand, they aren't raiders. Aren't even heavily armed. 	
 	[Continue] 	Disgust 5 	They're just people who were trying to get to the only well in fifty miles. I didn't have to talk to the men to see that they did not care one bit. 	
 	[Continue] 	Neutral 50 	They had planted an NCR flag over the well and they would not budge until every last one of them was laid out, dead and cold. 	
 	[Continue] 	Happy 5 	So I walked up and told them there was a group of raiders coming, one hundred strong. {laughing a bit} I made up some cockamamie name for them and everything. 	
 	[Continue] 	Neutral 50 	The men looked at each other, looked at us, and asked me what we were going to do about it. 	
 	[Continue] 	Neutral 50 	I told him we would take them back into NCR territory because we had already lost ten rangers on the way out. Ten rangers, five men with .308 rifles. 	
 	[Continue] 	Sad 5 	Well, that was enough for them. They packed up what they could and we took them back north. Last I heard, they settled somewhere in {ahn-zah} Anza-{boh-reh-goh} Borrego. 	
 	[Continue] 	Pained 5 	Raised Bighorners. Had some tough times, but it worked out okay for them. So there you go. That's my one bit of good. 	
 	[Continue] 	Neutral 50 	Joshua Graham, Caesar's old legate, he's wasn't so flexible. 	
 	[Continue] 	Neutral 50 	When the Legion attacked Hoover Dam, General Oliver ordered his troopers back to the middle ground just after first contact. 	
 	[Continue] 	Neutral 50 	Graham pushed all of the legionaries onto the dam, filling the east side with recruits up front and veterans in the back, by the book. 	
 	[Continue] 	Happy 5 	But once they were in, they were stuck there. Oliver's troopers were entrenched and wouldn't give a foot. 	
 	[Continue] 	Neutral 50 	That's when we ordered the rangers and 1st recon sharpshooters to start picking off veteran legion officers from a high ridge west of the dam. 	
 	[Continue] 	Neutral 50 	That only lasted about a minute before Graham ordered the back ranks to push through to the front and rush the ridge. 	
 	[Continue] 	Neutral 50 	Caused total chaos among the younger legionaries, and Oliver's troopers fell back to the side walkways and stayed out of the veterans' way. 	
 	[Continue] 	Happy 5 	By the time the veterans got to the ridge, we were already in Boulder City. 	
 	[Continue] 	Neutral 50 	They followed us down there, but we were out before they realized what was happening. 	
 	[Continue] 	Neutral 50 	We had packed the old city with C4 and dynamite. Crude, but it did the job. Those who didn't die in the blast were in no position to mount a defense. 	
 	[Continue] 	Neutral 50 	The ones left on the dam didn't know what to do. The troopers routed them. Graham pulled the remaining legionaries back, but the battle was over. 	
 	[Continue] 	Fear 5 	He went south, back to the Grand Canyon, back to Caesar. And that was the last we saw or heard from Joshua Graham. 	
 	VCampGolfHanlonRepBranch 	Neutral 50 	You must be the courier folks have been talking about. Word on the radio is that someone wronged you back in Goodsprings. 	
 	VCampGolfHanlonRepBranch 	Happy 50 	The Mojave has a way of burning decent people up, but it sounds like you've done right by the NCR. It's appreciated. Now what can I do for you? 	
 	VCampGolfHanlonRepBranch 	Anger 5 	I know a bit about you, courier. Heard someone messed you up pretty bad over in Goodsprings. I heard a few other things too. Some good, but not all. 	
 	VCampGolfHanlonRepBranch 	Anger 10 	If you're going to be associating with rangers, you'd best stay on their friendly side. With that out of the way, what can I do for you? 	
 	VCampGolfHanlonRepBranch 	Anger 10 	I'm surprised to see you here. Folks with your kind of reputation, I expect to see them cooking in the sand with some {forty four} .44 slugs to keep them company. 	
 	VCampGolfHanlonRepBranch 	Neutral 50 	If the rangers haven't caught up to you yet, they will. Myself excluded, of course. {joking} The only thing I catch up on now is chair time. 	
 	VCampGolfHanlonRepBranch 	Happy 5 	I don't think we've had the pleasure of meeting before. What can I do for you? 	
 	VEndingRangers 	Neutral 50 	{narrating} After the death of Chief Hanlon, the power of NCR's Rangers was broken for years. 	
 	VEndingRangers 	Neutral 50 	{narrating} Their organization, so reliant on the wisdom and guidance of its elder members, became a shadow of what it once was to people across the wasteland. 	
 	VEndingRangers 	Neutral 50 	{narrating} Defying Chief Hanlon's worst fears, NCR's rangers persevered and distinguished themselves during the second Battle of Hoover Dam. 	
 	VEndingRangers 	Neutral 50 	{narrating} The rangers, along with NCR's many troopers, shared the glory of victory. 	
 	VEndingRangers 	Neutral 50 	{narrating} Hanlon wisely stayed out of the spotlight, crediting General Oliver's leadership for NCR's success. 	
 	VEndingRangers 	Neutral 50 	{narrating} After a brief fanfare, Hanlon stepped down as chief and returned to the peace and quiet of his ranch outside of Redding. 	
 	VEndingRangers 	Neutral 50 	{narrating} During the attack on Hoover Dam, Chief Hanlon and his rangers threw themselves into the path of the Legion assault, dying to the last man and woman. 	
 	VEndingRangers 	Neutral 50 	{narrating} In the aftermath that followed in the NCR, bitter citizens and opportunistic senators were quick to denounce President Kimball and General Oliver. 	
 	VEndingRangers 	Neutral 50 	{narrating} Hanlon and his fallen rangers were revered for their bravery and sacrifice. 	
 	VEndingRangers 	Neutral 50 	{narrating} Despite distinguishing themselves during the second Battle of Hoover Dam, the rangers' victory was short-lived due to the Courier's interference. 	
 	VEndingRangers 	Neutral 50 	{narrating} Chief Hanlon personally directed the evacuation of the rangers to Mojave Outpost as they fell back into NCR territory. 	
 	VEndingRangers 	Neutral 50 	{narrating} Bitter over the waste of life in the Mojave, Hanlon stepped down from his post. 	
 	VEndingRangers 	Neutral 50 	{narrating} After a campaign in which he denounced Oliver's and Kimball's hawkish, imperialist ways, Hanlon was elected as the senator of Redding. 	
 	VEndingRangers 	Neutral 50 	{narrating} Although they performed admirably during NCR's defense of Hoover Dam, the rangers fell into decline soon after. 	
 	VEndingRangers 	Neutral 50 	{narrated} With Hanlon's plot against the occupation exposed and Oliver hailed as NCR's new war hero, many rangers were greeted coldly on their return home. 	
 	VEndingRangers 	Neutral 50 	{narrating} Few openly blamed the rangers for Hanlon's treachery, but public and political support for the organization quickly dwindled. 	
 	VEndingRangers 	Neutral 50 	{narrating} With Caesar's victory came a small measure of vindication for the rangers' late Chief Hanlon. 	
 	VEndingRangers 	Neutral 50 	{narrating} Upon the military's return, debate raged within NCR's senate about who was to blame for the loss of Hoover Dam. 	
 	VEndingRangers 	Neutral 50 	{narrating} Though some in NCR regarded Hanlon as a traitor, many believed he was the only military commander who saw the futility in defending New Vegas. 	
 	VEndingRangers 	Neutral 50 	{narrating} Although they performed admirably during NCR's defense of Hoover Dam, the rangers fell into decline soon after. 	
 	VEndingRangers 	Neutral 50 	{narrating} With Hanlon's plot against the occupation exposed and Oliver denounced for losing Hoover Dam, many rangers were greeted coldly on their return home. 	
 	VEndingRangers 	Neutral 50 	{narrating} Few openly blamed the rangers for Hanlon's treachery, but public and political support for the military as a whole quickly dwindled. 	
 	VEndingRangers 	Neutral 50 	{narrating} Due to the Courier's intervention, Chief Hanlon abandoned his plan to sabotage the defense of Hoover Dam. 	
 	VEndingRangers 	Neutral 50 	{narrating} The rangers assisted the troopers admirably during the Legion's ill-fated attack. 	
 	VEndingRangers 	Neutral 50 	{narrating} Though General Oliver and Chief Hanlon were both praised for their leadership, the chief quietly stepped out of the spotlight. 	
 	VEndingRangers 	Neutral 50 	{narrating} After a brief fanfare for a life full of accomplishments, Chief Hanlon retired and returned to the peace and quiet of his ranch in Redding. 	
 	VEndingRangers 	Neutral 50 	{narrating} Due to the Courier's intervention, Chief Hanlon abandoned his plan to sabotage the defense of Hoover Dam. 	
 	VEndingRangers 	Neutral 50 	{narrating} The rangers heroically assisted NCR's troopers in their ill-fated defense against the overwhelming power of Caesar's Legion. 	
 	VEndingRangers 	Neutral 50 	{narrating} Though many NCR military officers fled the territory soon after the dam was lost, Chief Hanlon remained at Camp Golf to surrender to the Legion. 	
 	VEndingRangers 	Neutral 50 	{narrating} Out of respect for Hanlon's composure and worth as an adversary, Caesar had him beheaded. 	
 	VEndingRangers 	Neutral 50 	{narrating} Due to the Courier's intervention, Chief Hanlon abandoned his plan to sabotage the defense of Hoover Dam. 	
 	VEndingRangers 	Neutral 50 	{narrating} The rangers heroically assisted NCR's troopers in their ill-fated defense against the overwhelming power of Caesar's Legion. 	
 	VEndingRangers 	Neutral 50 	{narrating} Though many NCR military officers fled the territory soon after the dam was lost, Chief Hanlon remained at Camp Golf to surrender to the Legion. 	
 	VEndingRangers 	Neutral 50 	{narrating} Despite the late Caesar's respect for Chief Hanlon as an adversary, Legate Lanius had Hanlon crucified along with all of the other rangers. 	
 	VEndingRangers 	Neutral 50 	{narrating} Due to the Courier's intervention, Chief Hanlon abandoned his plan to sabotage the defense of Hoover Dam. 	
 	VEndingRangers 	Neutral 50 	{narrating} The rangers assisted the troopers admirably during the Legion's ill-fated attack. 	
 	VEndingRangers 	Neutral 50 	{narrating} Though the Courier snatched victory from NCR, only General Oliver was blamed for the loss of Hoover Dam. 	
 	VEndingRangers 	Neutral 50 	{narrating} Hanlon, exhausted after a lifetime of service to the NCR, stepped down from his position in the rangers and retired to his ranch in Redding. 	
Category:Fallout: New Vegas dialogue files
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