Davis Aurini - Fallout: New Vegas - Part 1
Aired: 2020-09-28
Duration: 28:09


=== Canon Playthrough (03:35) ===

[00:00:39]  Welcome, folks, to Fallout New Vegas.
[00:00:44]  Let's play with Davis Orrini.
[00:00:55]  Probably the best game ever made.
[00:01:02]  So, while we watch these intro slides, let me tell you what we're going to be doing with this playthrough.
[00:01:08]  It's going to be a couple of things.
[00:01:10]  First of all, this is going to be the Canon playthrough.
[00:01:19]  Nothing weird, no murdering important quest characters.
[00:01:23]  This is going to be if they ever make a sequel to this, and I'm not including Fallout 4.
[00:01:30]  If they ever make a sequel to this, this is going to be my version of the Canon playthrough.
[00:01:38]  All the important events, achieving every option, exploring everything, learning everything you can about the Mojave Wasteland.
[00:01:48]  We're going to be doing that.
[00:01:51]  As well as doing the best ending that we can, the best out of a bunch of bad options.
[00:02:03]  Second of all, we're going to be playing my version of the Courier, which is also the Canon version of the Courier.
[00:02:14]  He's from up north, Montana, Alberta.
[00:02:19]  He's from somewhere up there.
[00:02:23]  He knows California, he knows the Mojave.
[00:02:26]  Never been to Vegas.
[00:02:28]  The guy's in his mid-30s.
[00:02:32]  Never had a wife.
[00:02:37]  Knows how to use guns, knows how to use bladed weapons as an act for science.
[00:02:44]  And he's very pissed off that he got shot in the head.
[00:02:47]  Let's get started.
[00:03:18]  Without a love of my own.

=== Platinum Chip Delivery (15:57) ===

[00:04:14]  War.
[00:04:15]  War never changes.
[00:04:20]  When atomic fire consumed the Earth, those who survived did so in great underground vaults.
[00:04:27]  When they opened, their inhabitants set out across the ruins of the old world to build new societies, establishing villages, forming tribes.
[00:04:39]  As decades passed, what had been the American Southwest united beneath the flag of the New California Republic, dedicated to old world values of democracy and the rule of law.
[00:04:54]  As the Republic grew, so did its needs.
[00:04:58]  Scouts spread east, seeking territory and wealth in the dry and merciless expanse of the Mojave Desert.
[00:05:07]  They returned with tales of a city untouched by the warheads that had scorched the rest of the world, and a great wall spanning the Colorado River.
[00:05:17]  The NCR mobilized its army and sent it east to occupy Hoover Dam and restore it to working condition.
[00:05:28]  But across the Colorado, another society had arisen under a different flag.
[00:05:34]  A vast army of slaves forged from the conquest of 86 tribes, Caesar's Legion.
[00:05:43]  Four years have passed since the Republic held the dam just barely against the Legion's onslaught.
[00:05:50]  The Legion did not retreat.
[00:05:53]  Across the river, it gathers strength.
[00:05:56]  Campfires burn, training drums beat.
[00:06:01]  Through it all, the New Vegas Strip has stayed open for business, under the control of its mysterious overseer, Mr. House, and his army of rehabilitated tribals and police robots.
[00:06:16]  You are a courier, hired by the Mojave Express to deliver a package to the new Vegas Strip.
[00:06:24]  What seemed like a simple delivery job has taken a turn for the worse.
[00:06:32]  God, what the hell, my head.
[00:06:36]  You're crying in the rain, Pally.
[00:06:39]  What the hell is this?
[00:06:45]  Who the hell are you?
[00:06:49]  Will you get it over with?
[00:06:51]  Maybe cons kill people without looking them in the face.
[00:06:54]  What the fuck are you talking about?
[00:07:00]  You other assholes, what the hell is going on?
[00:07:03]  That's my chip!
[00:07:05]  That's my delivery.
[00:07:10]  From where you're kneeling, must seem like an 18-carat run of bad luck.
[00:07:15]  You poetic piece of shit.
[00:07:18]  That game was rigged from the start.
[00:07:52]  Where am I?
[00:07:52]  What?
[00:07:54]  What's that?
[00:07:55]  Platinum chip.
[00:07:58]  Why?
[00:07:59]  The platinum.
[00:08:00]  Platinum chip.
[00:08:05]  It's low there easy you've been out cold a couple of days now I've been much less relaxing Get your bearings.
[00:08:14]  Let's see what the damage is.
[00:08:17]  How about your name?
[00:08:19]  Can you tell me?
[00:08:22]  Parents, they had data tapes.
[00:08:27]  Data shapes, they, what were they?
[00:08:30]  Half-gun will travel.
[00:08:31]  Paladin.
[00:08:34]  This old cowboy story.
[00:08:39]  Cowboy story on data tapes.
[00:08:41]  Half Gun Will Travel.
[00:08:43]  name was paladin you can't say it's what I'd have picked oh me neither that's your name that's your name I'm Doc Mitchell Welcome to Good Springs.
[00:08:56]  My Good Springs.
[00:08:57]  I know this place.
[00:09:02]  Wait, what?
[00:09:03]  Shit, I take pride in my needlework.
[00:09:05]  It was real.
[00:09:09]  The bullet was real.
[00:09:13]  How'd that do?
[00:09:15]  Alright, folks, I have a safe game.
[00:09:18]  Right after this, I'm just going to skip over the facial animation.
[00:09:22]  As I said, I'm playing my courier, my descendant, and 200 years.
[00:09:30]  We're just going to skip all this and be UGMO for a few minutes.
[00:09:34]  Then we're going to load the game.
[00:09:36]  Anyway.
[00:09:40]  Well, you're most of it right anyway.
[00:09:43]  Stuff that matters.
[00:09:44]  Okay.
[00:09:45]  No sense keeping you in bed anymore.
[00:09:48]  Did a good job.
[00:09:48]  Good job, Stockholm.
[00:09:54]  I'm on them.
[00:09:54]  I'm on them.
[00:09:56]  Why don't you walk down to the end of the room?
[00:09:58]  Over by that figure tester machine there.
[00:10:02]  Take it slow now.
[00:10:03]  It ain't a race.
[00:10:05]  These things.
[00:10:08]  I thought these were Carney's sideshows.
[00:10:10]  is this thing looking good so far go ahead and give the figure tester a try all right quick if you get back all your faculties Alright, alright.
[00:10:24]  I mean, you're the doctor.
[00:10:27]  Alright, guys, we are min-max in this game.
[00:10:30]  We are doing Strength of 5, Perception of 5, Endurance of 5, we are doing...
[00:10:36]  Now Charisma is a dump stat in this game!
[00:10:38]  It is basically useless.
[00:10:42]  But there is one event that requires a charisma of seven.
[00:10:48]  So we are going to increase charisma to seven as the game goes on to achieve that one extremely minor event.
[00:10:55]  But for now, we'll leave it at five.
[00:10:57]  Going on, intelligence of eight.
[00:11:03]  Agility of five, and luck of seven.
[00:11:07]  This is a game in Las Vegas, after all.
[00:11:11]  We're gonna be nine by end of game.
[00:11:15]  That said, There we go, Doc.
[00:11:19]  That's uh, yeah.
[00:11:22]  That's where we are.
[00:11:25]  Got a weird machine here, man.
[00:11:29]  Look at that.
[00:11:30]  Maybe them bullets done your brain some good.
[00:11:33]  Yeah, you got some interesting bedside manner.
[00:11:48]  Oh, we can, Doc, I...
[00:11:50]  I wasn't uh I wasn't that smart to begin with, though.
[00:11:55]  A lot of people think I'm nuts.
[00:12:00]  All right.
[00:12:02]  I'm gonna say a word.
[00:12:03]  I want you to say the first thing that comes to mind.
[00:12:07]  Dog.
[00:12:09]  Cat.
[00:12:11]  House.
[00:12:12]  Um, shelter?
[00:12:14]  Night.
[00:12:15]  Day.
[00:12:16]  Campfire.
[00:12:16]  Sure, campfire.
[00:12:18]  Enemy.
[00:12:19]  Target.
[00:12:21]  I mean, Swiss cheese.
[00:12:24]  Light.
[00:12:26]  Dark.
[00:12:27]  Mother.
[00:12:28]  Saint.
[00:12:29]  Caretaker.
[00:12:32]  Okay.
[00:12:33]  Now I got a few statements.
[00:12:35]  I want you to tell me how much they sound like something you'd say.
[00:12:39]  First one: conflict just ain't in my nature.
[00:12:43]  Well, Doc.
[00:12:49]  I'm not saying I'm an asshole.
[00:12:50]  I'm just going to disagree on that one.
[00:12:56]  I might start things sometimes.
[00:12:59]  What the?
[00:12:59]  I ain't given to relying on others for support.
[00:13:03]  I know that one I can doc, this is weird.
[00:13:09]  Shoot.
[00:13:11]  Where.
[00:13:11]  Yeah, yeah, strong lickery.
[00:13:13]  Strong lickery.
[00:13:14]  I'm always fixing to be the center of attention.
[00:13:17]  Well, shoot, Doc, look at me.
[00:13:19]  I mean, let's be frank.
[00:13:20]  That scar, that's that just.
[00:13:22]  I look even better with it.
[00:13:23]  So, I mean.
[00:13:25]  Alright, yeah.
[00:13:26]  Yeah, I got a bit of an ego.
[00:13:28]  I'm slow to embrace new ideas.
[00:13:31]  Well, I suppose it depends on the idea, don't it?
[00:13:33]  It's I mean, good ideas are strongly disagree on that one.
[00:13:37]  Good ideas are good ideas.
[00:13:39]  I charge in to deal with my problems head on.
[00:13:42]  Yeah, yeah.
[00:13:44]  Shoot, is that how they sandbagged me?
[00:13:48]  That, yeah, yeah.
[00:13:51]  Yeah, fair enough, fair enough.
[00:13:53]  You got me.
[00:13:53]  Almost done here.
[00:13:55]  What do you say you have a look at this?
[00:13:57]  Tell me what you see.
[00:13:59]  I don't know.
[00:14:00]  It's kind of like a chemical reaction or something like that.
[00:14:02]  Okay.
[00:14:03]  How about this one?
[00:14:06]  I looks like something technological.
[00:14:12]  Last one.
[00:14:14]  Oh, now that right there, that's two bears high fiving.
[00:14:17]  That's two bears high fiving.
[00:14:18]  We both know that.
[00:14:20]  Well, that's all she wrote.
[00:14:23]  I don't have nothing to compare it to, so maybe you'd better just have a look at the results.
[00:14:28]  See if it all seems right to you.
[00:14:32]  Alrighty, guys, we are doing science, guns, and speech.
[00:14:42]  And we are going to be doing secondary lockpick and melee weapons.
[00:14:50]  With, of course, some lockpicking and all that other very good stuff.
[00:14:56]  But guns, science, and speech.
[00:14:58]  This is the courier that we are going to be playing.
[00:15:04]  Smart guy that knows how to sling a pistol.
[00:15:10]  Before I turn you loose, I need one more thing from you.
[00:15:13]  Wait, I got a form for you to fill out so I can get a sense of your medical history.
[00:15:17]  Okay, just the formality.
[00:15:19]  Ain't like I expect to find you got a family history of getting shot in the head.
[00:15:25]  Well, Doc, I ain't gonna argue with you.
[00:15:28]  Doc, I owe you.
[00:15:30]  Alright, once again, my courier is four-eyed, like me, and good-natured, like me.
[00:15:39]  They do have the Wild Wasteland down here, but we're gonna be vanilla with this game.
[00:15:44]  Wild Wasteland's a little bit of fun.
[00:15:46]  There's a little bit of extra lore in there, but nah, we are just gonna be.
[00:15:53]  This is my courier.
[00:15:55]  This is my descendant in 200 years' time.
[00:16:00]  All right, I guess that about does it.
[00:16:03]  Come with me, I'll see you out.
[00:16:09]  Funny, this courier actually looks almost exactly like the guy I was shooting crossbows with earlier today.
[00:16:18]  Doc, I owe you so much.
[00:16:22]  I what do I owe you, Doc?
[00:16:24]  What do I owe you?
[00:16:26]  Here, these are yours.
[00:16:29]  Was all you had on you when you were brought in?
[00:16:31]  I hope you don't mind, but I gave the note a look.
[00:16:34]  I thought it might help me find a next of kin, but it was just something about a platinum chip.
[00:16:40]  Well, if you're heading back out there, you ought to have this.
[00:16:43]  They call it a pip boy.
[00:16:45]  I grew up in one of them vaults I made before the war.
[00:16:48]  A pip boy?
[00:16:50]  Ain't much used to be now, but you might want such a thing after what you've been through.
[00:16:55]  I know what it's like having something taken from you.
[00:16:59]  And put this on too, so the locals don't pick on you for lacking modesty.
[00:17:04]  Never was much my style, anyway.
[00:17:07]  Doc, I can't even begin a pip boy.
[00:17:11]  Doc, Mitchell, I can't even begin to thank you for all for patching me up for geez.
[00:17:20]  What the hell happened to me?
[00:17:22]  Doc, thank you for patching me up.
[00:17:25]  Don't mention it.
[00:17:26]  It's what I'm here for.
[00:17:28]  You should talk to Sunny Smiles before you leave town.
[00:17:30]  She can help you learn to fend for yourself in the desert.
[00:17:34]  She'll likely be at the saloon.
[00:17:37]  I reckon some of the other folks at the saloon might be able to help you out too.
[00:17:41]  And the metal fella, Victor, who pulled you out of your grave.
[00:17:45]  Anyway, you ever get hurt out there, you come right back.
[00:17:48]  I'll fix you up.
[00:17:49]  But try not to get killed anymore.
[00:17:52]  I'll make a point of it.
[00:17:54]  And yes, folks, we are going to be doing hardcore mode because it's just not worth playing this game otherwise.
[00:18:01]  Hey, Doc, one last favor.
[00:18:03]  You didn't have to find a pair of glasses on me when.
[00:18:11]  Let me see.
[00:18:13]  What are these?
[00:18:16]  Oh and...
[00:18:17]  Hey Doc, can I borrow the magazine?
[00:18:19]  I'm going to borrow his magazine.
[00:18:22]  Oh, thank goodness.
[00:18:24]  Let's.
[00:18:28]  We are going to load the game right now, folks.
[00:18:32]  And we are going to go grab Doc Mitchell's magazine and reading glasses.
[00:18:49]  Thank you very much, Doc.
[00:18:50]  That was mighty neighborly of you.
[00:18:53]  Mighty, mighty neighborly.
[00:18:56]  Now let's get dressed.
[00:19:02]  We are going to put on this.
[00:19:04]  Yes, we got a bunch of stuff.
[00:19:06]  We're going to put this lightweight leather armor on.
[00:19:10]  And there we go, reading glasses.
[00:19:14]  Now, there we go.
[00:19:23]  A cowboy named Paladin.
[00:19:28]  And let's...
[00:19:31]  Thanks for getting me upright, Doc.
[00:19:34]  I'm headed out.

=== Still Looking Fit (08:26) ===

[00:19:42]  Ugh!
[00:19:45]  sun is brighter than it needs to be.
[00:19:50]  Okay, where the hell am I?
[00:19:52]  Good Springs, he said.
[00:19:53]  Good Springs.
[00:19:54]  Good Springs.
[00:19:55]  I've heard of this place.
[00:19:56]  This was.
[00:19:59]  Shoot, where'd I hear about this?
[00:20:03]  Wait, what the...
[00:20:06]  what the hell is that?
[00:20:07]  What the hell is that?
[00:20:15]  Howdy, partner!
[00:20:17]  Might I say you're looking fit as a fiddle?
[00:20:20]  Well, I feel about 20 bucks right now.
[00:20:26]  Wait.
[00:20:28]  You're that robot that dug me out of the grave, aren't you?
[00:20:31]  I think I owe you some thanks.
[00:20:34]  Don't mention it.
[00:20:35]  I'm always ready to lend a helping hand to a stranger in need.
[00:20:39]  Well, that explains that white hat you got right there.
[00:20:44]  Partner, how'd you happen to find me?
[00:20:47]  I was out for a stroll that night when I heard the commotion up the old bone orchard.
[00:20:53]  Saw what looked like a bunch of bad eggs, so I laid low.
[00:20:57]  Once they had run off, I dug you up to see if you were still kicking.
[00:21:01]  Turns out you were.
[00:21:03]  So I hauled you off to the dock right quick.
[00:21:06]  Bad eggs is one way of putting it.
[00:21:09]  There's this clown show man.
[00:21:10]  He's wearing this flashy suit.
[00:21:13]  Flashy suit in the middle of, uh, we're not in Vegas right now.
[00:21:19]  A bunch of great cons behind him.
[00:21:22]  Do you know who those guys were?
[00:21:23]  Can't say that I'm familiar with the rascals.
[00:21:26]  Some of the fine folks in town might be able to help you out with that.
[00:21:32]  Alright, I guess I'll look around a bit.
[00:21:35]  Say, Victor, how do you wind up in this place?
[00:21:37]  Good Springs, right?
[00:21:39]  I wasn't in town, oh, 10, 15 years ago.
[00:21:44]  Before that, I.
[00:21:48]  I can't quite seem to recall.
[00:21:51]  Ah.
[00:21:52]  Anyway, it's a right, peaceful town, and I reckon it's as fine a place to settle as any.
[00:21:59]  I'll be frank, Victor.
[00:22:00]  My noggin's still aching, so can't blame you for not remembering things.
[00:22:06]  Do appreciate you digging me out, like I said.
[00:22:09]  say just one last question I've never seen what sort of model robot are you anyway I'm a securitron.
[00:22:17]  Rob co-secured the model 2060B.
[00:22:20]  If you ever see any of my brothers, tell him Victor says, Howdy.
[00:22:24]  Well, I'll make a point of doing that.
[00:22:27]  Goodbye, Victor.
[00:22:29]  Thank you.
[00:22:30]  Thank you.
[00:22:30]  You have a good afternoon.
[00:22:32]  Happy Trails!
[00:22:36]  Alright, so...
[00:22:37]  What did the doc say?
[00:22:39]  Sunny Smiles?
[00:22:42]  Sunny Smiles.
[00:22:44]  Over at the bar.
[00:22:47]  Now, alright.
[00:22:50]  Folks, funny story for you.
[00:22:54]  I've actually been to this bar.
[00:22:58]  Good Springs is a real town.
[00:23:01]  It's mostly a ghost town.
[00:23:02]  It actually does not look too dissimilar from this.
[00:23:07]  I have been to this bar.
[00:23:08]  Drank there with a very beautiful girl.
[00:23:10]  Then I drove up into the hills north of the city.
[00:23:15]  I saw a checked out some satellite arrays, saw a herd of wild horses, I saw some burrows.
[00:23:24]  Might have spotted a drug compound, actually.
[00:23:27]  It was a good fine time southwest of Las Vegas.
[00:23:33]  But anyway.
[00:23:36]  Easy Pete, you say.
[00:23:37]  Greetings to you, sir.
[00:23:38]  How's it going?
[00:23:40]  What can Easy Pete do for you?
[00:23:43]  Well, I tell you what, I'm looking for those.
[00:23:45]  I'm the guy that just got shot up on the hill.
[00:23:47]  You know anything about those folks who attacked me?
[00:23:50]  The one in the fancy suit seemed to be calling the shots.
[00:23:53]  Yeah?
[00:23:54]  That's as much as I know.
[00:23:55]  Other folks in town might know more.
[00:23:58]  Word of advice, though.
[00:23:59]  If you ever catch up with him, watch out.
[00:24:02]  The man's got cold eyes like a snake.
[00:24:05]  Can't be trusted, I'd say.
[00:24:08]  I'd say you're about right about that.
[00:24:11]  Easy Pete, you said.
[00:24:12]  Why'd they call you that?
[00:24:14]  Was a prospector until I decided to settle here to get away from the NCR.
[00:24:20]  Now we'll just take it easy and help out with the Brahmin and Bighorners.
[00:24:26]  Prospector, like gold and silver?
[00:24:29]  They're still doing mining out here?
[00:24:32]  Nah, nah.
[00:24:34]  Means I poke through old buildings looking for working tech and such.
[00:24:39]  Some folks just call it salvaging, but never like the term.
[00:24:44]  Way I see it, salvage means it's broken, near worthless.
[00:24:48]  Me, I look for the good stuff: guns, chems, spare parts, good money in it.
[00:24:54]  They call them drugs where I come from, but uh, anyway, you ever find anything good while you were prospecting?
[00:25:00]  No.
[00:25:01]  Had a pretty good claim once, way out east by the river, but got off raiders.
[00:25:08]  Eventually got too old to keep going out.
[00:25:13]  I feel that.
[00:25:14]  I can't believe I'm vertical right now.
[00:25:17]  Hey, you're mentioning the NCR.
[00:25:19]  Like, I know a bit.
[00:25:20]  I've been out to California before, I think.
[00:25:24]  What's wrong with them?
[00:25:26]  Don't get me wrong.
[00:25:27]  The NCR's got a lot of decent folk in it.
[00:25:30]  It's just that they make you part of them, whether you like it or not.
[00:25:34]  Towns like Good Springs and Prim don't stay independent for long.
[00:25:39]  Not if you've got something the NCR wants.
[00:25:42]  Still, the NCR keeps the Legion away.
[00:25:45]  Wait, wait, the who?
[00:25:48]  They keep the Legion away?
[00:25:49]  They're slavers, led by a guy named Caesar, or Kaiser.
[00:25:55]  Not sure how you're supposed to say it.
[00:25:57]  A couple of years ago, they tried to take over Hoover Dam, but the NCR beat them back.
[00:26:03]  The NCR didn't or couldn't finish the job, though.
[00:26:07]  The Legion's got its strength back and is getting ready for another round at the dam.
[00:26:13]  My money's still on the NCR winning, but you never know.
[00:26:17]  We've been hearing stories about Legionaries on the Nevada side of the river.
[00:26:22]  So keep a gun handy.
[00:26:24]  You don't want to get caught by them.
[00:26:28]  Well, keep that in mind.
[00:26:29]  No offense, ECP, to try and avoid getting involved in local politics, you know what I mean?
[00:26:34]  But Hoover Dam, I read about that once.
[00:26:38]  That's something pre-war, ain't it?
[00:26:40]  What's so important about it?
[00:26:42]  The dam powers a lot of New Vegas.
[00:26:44]  And then there's all that clean water lying in Lake Mead, too.
[00:26:48]  Anybody who owns the dam owns the territory.
[00:26:51]  I can't believe we're still fighting over ancient history, but yeah.
[00:26:57]  Same anywhere I go.
[00:27:00]  You said ba bighorners?
[00:27:01]  I know a brahmina.
[00:27:02]  What's the bighorner again?
[00:27:04]  Meet and hide mostly.
[00:27:07]  Can't put it back on them.
[00:27:08]  They just lay down until you take it off.
[00:27:10]  I gotta respect that.
[00:27:11]  Find a bunch of wild ones high up in the hills, but gotta be careful around them.
[00:27:16]  They can put up a decent fight if wanted.
[00:27:20]  I like them already.
[00:27:22]  Say, that robot that dug me out of my grave.
[00:27:28]  You know about him?
[00:27:30]  The machine?
[00:27:32]  Harmless.
[00:27:33]  No matter what Trudy says.
[00:27:35]  She thinks it's hiding something.
[00:27:37]  But I think it's just a broken down relic with no place to be.
[00:27:42]  Probably why I like that thing.
[00:27:43]  And probably I like you, Easy Pete.
[00:27:47]  It's been a pleasure chatting with you.
[00:27:49]  Thank you for the advice.
[00:27:50]  Keep your gun handy if you go poking around some of the abandoned places around here, like the schoolhouse.
[00:27:57]  Critters move in there sometimes.
[00:28:00]  Well, keep that in mind.
[00:28:03]  Stay easy, Easy Pete.
[00:28:06]  And folks, I'm just gonna do a quick save.