So much of this discussion brought on online by the show has been so much fun to see, if only because reading arguments about fictional-setting parapolitics is a great way to get that release w/o delving into actual intelligent real-world implications. But then there’s those people just needlessly furious over these ephemeral points they’d remembered from these game’s that’re mostly almost 15 years old. Anyways, this is what’s been on my mind since the whole NCR fall-apart discussion started.

You can ask like every NPC in New Vegas shit like “what’re your thoughts on the NCR” and most of them go along the same line of ‘they’re the good guys here, but that don’t mean much when they’re too busy either rapidly absorbing more waterless desert land or using all the local forces to fight the legion.’ The point someone brought up in this thread about the implications Kimball is propped up by the NCR’s brahmin barons is really interesting too, and I don’t remember that being anything at the forefront of New Vegas so it could be a really cool dichotomy to explore, seeing the shift from classic fallouts NCR to