As there’s no higher governing or law enforcement body (exception: Securitrons), it’s pretty hard for things to run smoothly.Ĭaesar created the Legion through brutal means and he is only able to maintain the Legion through similar, in some cases even more severe, means. Each sub-faction within New Vegas is free to conduct themselves as they wish, often coming into conflict with other sub-factions. The independent ending is “free” with all of the consequences that come with a weak/non-existent government.

He leverages economic power and access to resources (water and electricity) to maintain control, as far as that goes. House is strong and stable within his small sphere of influence but dictatorial within that sphere. There’s no going behind House’s back and staying on his good side. You can go behind Colonel Moore’s back to ally NCR with the Brotherhood of Steel. He knows exactly what he wants with very little margin for course-correction. With House, there’s not much negotiation. You can influence how the NCR deals with various groups and get mostly the results you expect, but there are side effects because the NCR is still a soupy mess at the end of it. There’s a lot of corruption, bureaucracy, political pandering, and petty abuses at high levels of authority, but those are things the Courier can steer like a big, awkward ship. The NCR is a soupy mess because that’s how republics tend to be. Their land is supposed to be peaceful and what not, but its safe to assume that wont outlast caesar.īetween the NCR, House, and an independent Vegas, I felt that the player had three “soft” grey choices.

Lastboss-of-theinternet asked: Why, in a game thats trying to be more political and morally grey, did you make the Legion so irredeemable? Prejudiced, tyrannical, Luddite, brutal, cannibalistic, the list goes on. Interesting long Tumblr post from Josh Sawyer about the writing of Caesar's Legion:

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