History Characters / FalloutNewVegas

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* DefectorFromDecadence: One of Caesar's motivations, evidenced by all his talk of "profligates" and "degenerates".

** Even then, he has some vaguely altruistic reasons: he tells the Courier with enough economic growth, he could bring back the old world in all its glory. In fifty years, he could put men into space; in a hundred, he'll have spaceships going for [[SidMeiersAlphaCentauri a new planet to colonies]]. He's also kept New Vegas as independent, clean and orderly as possible, even if it meant an autocratic police state.
* BigGood: Although he isn't unambiguously "good", no one in this game is, but certainly closer to this than the NCR.
* BreadAndCircuses: House's method of governing... more or less. Well, he ''is'' in charge of VivaLasVegas, after all. House operates under a little of the first type, a lot of the second, and -[[YourMileageMayVary - depending on your point of view -]]- a dash of the third. And it's available to everyone! ... for a fair and reasonable price, of course.

* InsufferableGenius: If Mr House has a flaw, [[spoiler: aside from certain disabilities]], it's that he's a genius. And he ''knows'' it. He's never so droll as to directly point it out, but he obviously talks down to people, and can't even fathom the idea that he might be wrong.

** Even then, he has some vaguely altruistic reasons: he tells the Courier with enough economic growth, he could bring back the old world in all its glory. In fifty years, he could put men into space; in a hundred, he'll have spaceships going for [[SidMeiersAlphaCentauri a new planet to colonise]]. He's also kept New Vegas as independent, clean and orderly as possible, even if it meant an autocratic police state.

* BreadAndCircuses: House's method of governing... more or less. Well, he ''is'' in charge of VivaLasVegas, after all. House operates under a little of the first type, a lot of the second, and -[[- YMMV depending on your point of view -]]- a dash of the third. And it's available to everyone! ... for a fair and reasonable price, of course.

* BreadAndCircuses: House's method of governing... more or less. Well, he ''is'' in charge of VivaLasVegas, after all. House operates under a little of the first type, a lot of the second, and -[[- YMMV depending on your point of view -]]- a dash of the third. And it's available to everyone! ... for the right price, of course.

* BeingGoodSucks: [[spoiler:If he aids the Courier in the final battle in the NCR path, his epilogue shows that the NCR has declared him a war criminal for his past affiliation to the Enclave, and he is forced to go on the run.]]

* SelfMadeMan: He was orphaned at an early age, but though his intelligence and hard work he founded the RobCo Industries on his 22nd birthday, one of the most wealthy and influential corporations in history. By the time he was thirty, he was already a billionaire three times over.

* BeingGoodSucks: [[spoiler:If he aids the Courier in the final battle in the NCR path, his epilogue shows the NCR declaring him a war criminal for his past affiliation to the Enclave, and is forced to go on the run.]]

* FinalBoss: Surprisingly for this game, played completely straight, unlike, say, [[ZeroEffortBoss Colonel Autumn]].

* FinalBoss: Surprisingly for this game, played completely straight, unlike, say, [[AnticilmaxBoss Colonel Autumn]].

-->Option 3: Oh my, it seems I have so many caps in my pocket that I am not sure what to do with them! I think I will just leave some on the table...

-->''''NCR officer:''' "Sorry, doing so is against the rules."

-->Option 3: Oh my, I have so many caps in my pocket that I am not sure what to do with them! I think I will just leave some on the table...

-->Courier: "Excuse me, do you mind to [[spoiler:giving sheriff Meyers a pardon]]/[[spoiler: allow the Great Khans to leave peacefully]]/[[spoiler:stop attacking the super mutants]]?
-->NCR officer: "Sorry, doing so is against the rules."
-->Option 1 (Speech): Remind him the values and ideals that the NCR stands for.
-->Option 2 (Reputation): Tell him that you are a hero to the NCR and that he should do what you say.
-->Option 3: Look, I have so much money in my pocket that I am not sure what to do with them! I think I will just leave some on the table....

* ScrewTheRules,IHaveMoney!: A real effective way to skip though the red tape when dealing with the NCR if you lack high speech skills or reputation is by bribing the officals.

* ScienceIsBad: Caesar believes that mankind's dependence on technology is what caused the Great War. He also thinks that it makes people weak and lazy over time. Therefore ALL forms of technology except for basic firearms are banned.[[spoiler: Not that this stops him from having his own personal Auto-Doc Robot for his brain tumor, giving advanced weapons to his Praetorian guard or taking Arcade as his own personal physician.]]

--> '''Mr. New Vegas:''' "And you thought ''your'' boss was a pain."

* BadBoss: The Radio New Vegas news story in which he is first mentioned involves him killing a centurion due to poor performance, and then ordering his soldiers to beat the centurion's centuridae to death.
--> '''Mr. New Vegas:''' "And you thought ''your'' boss was bad."

** DragonWithAnAgenda / DragonAscendant: [[spoiler: If you suddenly decide to go for the WildCard ending while in his service.]]

** More specifically, he's basically [[{{Fallout2}} K-9]].

* BeingGoodSucks: [[spoiler: The only have possible good ending for them is if you get them to work with NCR and leave the republic in power. All the other endings results in them either kicked out of the region, get overwhelmed with patients, or hunted down and killed.]]

* BadAssArmy: had a kill raito of 40 to 1, and that's before moving into an air force base
* {{Crazy Survivalist}}s: Justified by a belief that outside humans are nothing but savages, but they can be convinced to change their view.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler: He isn't really evil, so this is more like even jerkass have standards. If you threaten to order your robot army to attack the NCR embassy in the Yes Man/Independent ending, he will agree to retreat since he doesn't want to throw away the lives of innocent NCR citizens just to make a point.
* Expy: He has the speech and mannerism's of George S Paton down to a T.
* {{Jerkass}}: At least to some NCR members
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: He is nicknamed 'General wait-and-see' by lower ranking NCR soldiers since he refuse listen to the advice from his officers that he should launch smaller attacks against the Legion instead of just sit and wait. [[spoiler: It is later revealed that he want to gather enough troops to push the Legion out of the area in a single decisive battle. By doing so he hopes to become a war hero that over shadows Chief Hanlon of the rangers.]]
* GeneralRipper

** That's actually just a poster of a generic Frumentarii, which Inculta is a member of.
*** He's the leader of all of them, actually.
* PayEvilUntoEvil: A definite believer of this.

* LawfulNeutral: At first the seem to be {{Lawful Good}} with them preferring to use diplomacy to solve problems instead of violence. Also, most of the members of NCR that you meet are sincere about helping to resort the world into a better place and bring democracy to New Vegas. However, ones you get enough of their trust, [[spoiler: their military wil start to send you to do some really morally questionable mission.]] Including, [[spoiler: getting the Great Khan to sign an alliance that the NCR have absolutely no intention of honoring, blowing up the Brotherhood of Steel's bunker when there are children in it, murdering Mr. House, etc.]] Finally, if you talk to some of the NPCs, you can learn about [[spoiler: the 'Battle' of BitterSprings. During which the NCR massacred an entire village of fleeing woman and children. Whether this is an accident or an intended attack depends on who's story you believe.]]