Hecate and Sydney took the elevator down from the big rotunda room where meet her. That avoided all the super-mutants. Then when we were in the robot-infested area I stayed as far to the right as possible. There are some locked rooms and corridors that bypass most of the defenders in that direction. I think they only had to actually fight one Mister Gutsy and one Protectron the entire time.

Then once you talk to Button you can take the peaceful option with him, and offer to make a forgery of the Declaration. If you do the robots all become friendly, so getting back out again is no problem. Of course you could also take the back way out as well.

You did well then. Peaceful negotiations never seem to fall into the ballpark that my characters play in. Even when I take I take a high charisma-speech.

Must be that itchy trigger finger.

This post has been edited by Winter Wolf: Jun 23 2016, 07:00 AM

The area around Dukov's place looks much nicer with some trees.

Salute the flag with some fine cr.ap.

Did she try climbing up those plungers?

Better open a warm one if heading for Alaska.

After a few busy weeks I'm coming back to Fallout with an elderly courier that was just about to retire but got shot in the head. Pics soon.

Great shots! I bet you'll have fun working with the limitations you have built into old Ben. Nice that he's got 'sweetie' and a dog along for company/help at the moment.

Ah man, the "own grave" pic made me tear up a little. The sky is so pretty in these pics.

Yikes, THAT's a gecko in NV?

This post has been edited by Renee: Jul 3 2016, 06:01 PM

Cool ghoul eye. Does it see radiation or anything neat like that?

@Acadian - limitations will definitely make his game more difficult, especially because Ben is DiD. He'll get back what was stolen from him or he'll perish in the desert.

@Renee - that's indeed a gecko and one of the smallest of its kind. There are bigger, nastier versions out in the wasteland.

@SubRosa - not sure why it has "ghoul" in its name, but the eye doesn't have anything to do with radiation. It's supposed to be a trace from Benny's bullet.

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Ben Stevens in a thinking pose - deciding whether to head back home or pursue the man who shot him?

Meeting of the seniors - Ben meets Easy Pete.

But Ben can think of his problems later. Goodsprings is about to be attacked by ex-convicts called Powder Gangers and Ben set up some explosive surprises for them.

Powder Gangers attacked in a middle of the night but Goodsprings militia defeated them - I'm not sure if Ben actually killed a single bandit. I know he had a few lucky hits here and there, and his explosive charges from the pic above crippled some bandit but since he has low perception, he's not an accurate shooter. He's my first character to have such low perception and it really makes a difference.

Ben's trophy from the gunfight - a desperado cowboy hat.

The following afternoon, after bidding farewell to fellow Goodspringers, Ben Stevens left the town, still undecided whether to head back to California or pursue his attackers.

He couldn't know that he'll be back in Goodsprings in less than a day in a company of one very unusual youngster...

A pensive moment for Ben.

Meeting of the two old men – they just need a checker board.

Pretty neat having a character that might have to rely on others to do some of his fighing.

Oooh – love his new hat!

Too bad about the ghoul eye. It would have been neat to have a half-ghoul character.

Looks like old Ben is conjugatin' somethin' awful fierce!

Ben might not be a deadshot, but he knows a thing or two about making things blow up! (which come to think of it, is about as American as you can get! )

Ben looks creepy with that dead eye and the hat. But I think its time to upgrade his outfit. A long black duster would look good.

@Acadian - Easy Pete finally met someone older than him.

Yep, Ben will definitely another hand in the wastes. He'll get it soon...

@SubRosa - he'll probably permanently borrow the sheriff's duster from Primm when he gets there. The other one I'm thinking about is US Army General Outfit but that'd require to at least do a few steps in the Divide which would probably be deadly at such a low level.

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Ben Stevens met the kid in need...

...his girlfriend was apparently trapped by geckos on the nearby ridge...

...but in fact the kid tricked old Ben.

Ben likes tricks if they're good but he found this one to be particularly bad...

...so he made sure that the kid would never trick anyone else.

It was time to rest by the warm campfire...

...the following morning Ben wanted to continue for Primm but he heard odd noises coming from the main road. Approaching, he saw what seemed to be another kid in need...

This post has been edited by Lopov: Jul 6 2016, 09:06 PM

My advice to Ben... shoot every kid in need that he meets!

Ahah, a set up – and Ben is kind enough to get roped into it. Grrr.

‘Bad’ is a fabulous action capture. I love all the character that shows on his face – the kind only developed by decades of life. Kid tricked the wrong guy.

I bet the campfire’s warmth feels good to Ben’s old joints.

Great to see the pesky wildlife numbers coming down. Good shooting Ben!

I really miss the wide, open feel of New Vegas. Those gecko sounds still haunt my sleep!

This post has been edited by Winter Wolf: Jul 9 2016, 04:39 AM

@SubRosa - oh no, then Ben wouldn't have any company in the wastes.

@Acadian - I agree, his face is almost like "a biography" in its own way.

@Winter Wolf - come back west if you miss us.

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Being a skilled mechanic, Ben Stevens immediately recognized the problem with the kid's motorcycle.

But what he didn't expect, is that the kid who called himself Niner, wanted to get some gas at a nearby Goodsprings gas station. Like war never happened! After realizing that the gas station is permanently closed and no new gas deliveries are planned, Niner took Ben for a drink at the nearby Yangtze memorial.

It didn't take long for Ben to realize that Niner is a junkie, but a likeable one. After having some whiskey, they returned to the motorcycle but got ambushed. Despite being a junkie, Niner was a damn good shooter with his SMG.

Since both were far away from home, why not travel together?

But taking the road north would be a bad idea...

...and so Ben & Niner headed south.

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Niner is a custom companion, available on Nexus?, fully-voiced, comes with his own main quest, several side quests and comments on a lot of stuff in the game, not just quest-related but also some ordinary stuff. He calls your character "Six" because you're known as Courier Six in the vanilla game. Having him as a companion makes dogs friendly. That's the short description from Nexus:

Niner is just a regular guy looking for a good time. He likes dogs, alcohol, sightseeing, meeting new people, smashing things, the work of Dean Martin, sunsets and hard drugs.

Wow! That close up pic on Ben at the end was so cool! That countenance would haunt dreams.

Good decision to avoid that road up north. I loved scoping that place with my rifle/binoculars just to see how many 'big dang lizards' there were. I stopped counting at six.

Niner looks really neat. Love the head gear.

This post has been edited by Winter Wolf: Jul 9 2016, 07:22 AM

Seven of Nine! Oh. . . I mean Six and Niner. Very cool, Lopov. It seems like the youngster complement's Ben's limitations while hopefully, Ben's seasoned wisdom will help compensate for Niner's apparent rash naivete. . . after all a biker who can't recognize when he is out of gas. . . .

Niner is out of gas. No surprise, given that its been 200 years since any of it has been refined!

That motorcycle blew up real good, even though it doesn't have any gas!

Ben better be careful, Niner kind of looks like old Snake Eyes Deeno...

Going south is a great view of Ben's ghoul eye.

@Winter Wolf - I also love Niner's headgear, actually his entire outfit is nicely done. I don't know the exact number of deathclaws up at the Quarry Junction but there are probably between 15-20.

@Acadian - you explained Ben and Niner's teamwork so good, I couldn't have said it better myself

@SubRosa - Niner indeed resembles Deeno, but he's nowhere as dangerous and backstabbing.

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In some abandoned dresser Ben Stevens found a more appropriate outfit, complimented by Niner that he now looks like a 'super grandpa'.

The duo made it to Primm, occupied by ex-cons. After Ben had a short nostalgic speech about how many towns he helped defending in his young days, Niner encouraged him that it's maybe not too late to liberate another town.

Turns out that the old oak and young junkie could be quite an effective combination - outside & inside.

This post has been edited by Lopov: Jul 10 2016, 09:56 PM

That is a grandpa outfit!

Looks like BenNiner are making a good combo, blasting their way into Primm.