Jolty114

Just chiming in to say I've been lurking on this thread for a while in anticipation of the mod, and it did not disappoint. What a fantastic work. I'm not sure I've ever felt so guilt-ridden or helpless in any other game I've played. Marko was everything I hoped he'd be. I can't say enough how much I enjoyed this mod. Kudos, dude.

I don't trust House or Yes Man, and I despise the Legion. So I go with the NCR. Flawed? Yes. But better than the alternatives (IMO).

My first playthrough? I hit every single mind/booby trap I found. From Primm, all the way to Hoover Dam I'd step on every landmine, trip every wire, run onto every pressure plate. a number of times I even saw the trap well in advance, setting it off when I went to see what it was. Anders, the Ranger in the Fiend's vault, got me good with that grenade boquet. I just stared at them once they hit ground, wondering if I'd possibly found a stash of goodies... I imagine that my first Courier Six had more shrapnel in him than the field in front of Nellis AFB.

Name: Rock Gender: Male Age: Unkown exactly, probably mid 30's Race: Caucasian Combat Style: Revolvers and lever-action rifles Specialties: Rifles and revolvers, with extensive melee and a bit of explosives Weaknesses: Long range enemies, power armor Companions: Willow, Cass, Boone, Veronica Love Interest: Willow Likes: Custom revolver, once part of a pair, and his Cowboy Repeater named "Lucy", NCR Dislikes: Slavers, Caeser's Legion, Chem addicts, criminals Wants: A quiet life near New Vegas, hunting and relaxing alone Fears: Losing what few friends and loved ones he has Friendly Factions: NCR, BoS, Goodsprings, Novac, The Kings Enemy Factions: Great Khans, Caeser's Legion, Powder Gangers, Fiends Parents: Murdered by a slaver when his parents refused to let him be taken into slavery Early Life: Rock traveled around the Midwest, where he grew up, in the 2240's. A band of raiders killed his parents to protect him and he raised himself until he settled in Montana and met a girl he fell in love with at an early age Teen Years: At 16 he impregnated the girl he loved, Jenny, and ran away with her when her parents wouldn't let them see each other anymore. He met up with a ghoul in southern Montana named John who told him of a great Pre-War city untouched by the bombs in Nevada called New Vegas. With Jenny's father hiring mercenaries to bring back his little girl and his grandson, Rock decides to make the trek to New Vegas with John and his family to begin again. After heading south, they turned west and the group's caps ran out somewhere in western Arizona where they settled in a small tribal village for what they thought would be the rest of their days. After coming back from a hunt one day Rock found that only ashes and bodies remained of the town, as the Legion had come through and executed or enslaved everyone there. John had been crucified, and told rock that they had abducted his young son after they raped and enslaved his wife. He was then ambushed by a small band of Legion Frumentarii and left for dead. He managed to crawl his way out of the village and headed west to warn anyone he met of the Legion's advance. Needing more caps, he began bringing in bounties put out by the Desert Rangers of Nevada and soon forgot about his quest to warn others in the west about the Legion. He went after many dangerous targets, during which time he found a pair of custom revolvers that had belonged to a Pre-War military officer, and an old rifles used by a bighorner rancher until his ranch was raided by fiends. Many of his targets were slavers, and he killed every one of them in retribution for his lost friends and family. He became known in the East as the "Scourge of Slavers" during his time as abounty hunter. He killed most of his bounty targets as he slowly realized that killing was the only thing he had ever been good at and slipped into a depression. When the NCR arrived in the Mojave, he began hunting for them as well. This lead to his crossing the Legion and every major slaver in the wasteland as he became infamous to slavers, fiends, murderers, and legionaries throughout the desert. Shortly before the first Battle of Hoover Dam, Rock was nearly killed tracking a Legion raid party led by Joshua Graham himself. After being cut across the face several times by a machete, he was saved from the killing blow by an NCR Ranger who killed most of the legionaries but died as a result. He joined NCR forces at the first battle of Hoover Dam with many other mercenaries and bounty hunters. Mant legionaries died by his hand, but after the battle he found his son's body in a pile of dead legionaries. His son hadn't been a slave, but was conscripted into service by the Legion and had died when Boulder City was destroyed. Rock vowed never again to take up his guns in hatred and moved to a small ranch just outside of Primm where he locked up his guns for good and put his bounty hunter dister in the deepest, darkest part of the closet. How did he/she become a courier: Soon after putting away his guns he signed on as a courier for Johnathan Nash and the Mojave Express. His vast traveling in his younger years made the job an easy and quiet one that he worked for four more years. After a few years of quiet living, his past catches back up to him when one of the Chairman, named Benny, ambushes him near Goodsprings. Benny tells him he was sent by Jenny's father to find him after he made a name for himself as a bounty hunter, and that her father blames him for her death and wants him killed in return. Benny shoots him in the head and takes one of his fingers with him to show to her father, who is waiting in New Vegas for Benny to return with proof that the deed is done. After being patched up by Doc Mitchell he embarks on a journey to Vegas where he feels he can settle things once and for all.