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1) All of the Legion camps are forward bases where direct military service is given the most weight and is of the most immediate importance. Because only Legionary males are involved in that service, they look down upon females, strangers and civilians alike.

2) The Hub isn't far from Nevada and merchants have been traveling through that area for a while. Bottlecaps can be exchanged directly for water there, so merchants carry them because they weigh a lot less.

3) Much to the NCR's dismay, one of the clauses in the New Vegas treaty forbids them from installing a permanent civilian radio station in the Mojave Region.

4) The Mojave Music Radio station had a DJ months ago, but doesn't have news segments anymore. Speculation says that the original owner died and that the station has been on a loop ever since.

5) New Vegas locals occasionally refer to NCR folk as simply "Republicans".

6) The Brotherhood of Steel first allied with outsiders during their campaign of extermination against the Vipers tribe as a retribution for the death of their High Elder. From these beginnings, the Hub and the Brotherhood opened full trade relations.

7) The Damage Threshold system means that in certain circumstances, armor with a lower DT may actually be just as effective at reducing damage as armor with higher DT -- and light/medium armor typically weighs less than comparable heavy armor.

8) The Brotherhood of Steel and the NCR weren't always at war. One of the five states of the NCR is called Maxson, after the name of the Brotherhood's founding family.

9) The Office of Science and Industry is the primary research and development agency within NCR, following the breaking of ties with the Followers of the Apocalypse.

10) Fort Aradesh was the NCR's most eastward outpost, built in Arizona. It was destroyed in Caesar's Legion's first major victory against the NCR, and the ruins are now called Fort Abandon.

11) Caesar created a female-only caste of priestesses, charged with establishing and maintaining his cult among the slaves. One of their goals is to homogeneously raise the children taken away from their parents as true members of the Legion.

12) Caesar's Legion openly discriminates against super mutants and ghouls, considering them beasts. However, they will not go out of their way to attack or destroy them, if they do not provoke an attack.

13) The people that would eventually become the Great Khans, the Jackals, the Vipers and the NCR all originally came from the overcrowded, multi-cultural Vault 15.

14) The punishment for cowardice and defeat in Caesar's Legion is decimation: the faulty units are divided into groups of ten, and one soldier of each group is executed, regardless of the individual degree of fault or rank and distinction.

15) Life in Caesar's Legion society is harsh for the weak and the slaves, but their children are eventually raised and treated as any other members.

16) Homosexuality is officially punished by death in Caesar's Legion, as breeding and raising new soldiers is of the utmost importance, but some Centurions are more lenient towards it, seeing it as a way for soldiers to bond together and to boost their fighting spirit.

17) There is little to no sexism in the NCR, due to the community's origins in Vault 15 and Tandi's extended presidency.

18) It is said that the first rangers of the New California Republic were inspired by the Desert Ranger follower of the mythical Vault Dweller. History later led to the Ranger Unification Treaty in 2271.

19) Many doubt that the mythical Vault Dweller really came from a Vault or that he ever existed at all. His tales are now legend, and some tried to canonize him for his actions.

20) Shady Sands is the capital city of the New California Republic. It is the largest settlement in the post-War United States.

21) Deeper in California, the NCR rebuilt some of the old Pre-War railroads. The NCRCF original mission was to clean and repair the Mojave railroad network, and was thus supplied with a lot of explosives.

22) Due to some clever propaganda from the NCR, the Brotherhood of Steel is sometimes called the "Steel Plague" back in California, even if they never purposefully targeted civilians.

23) Even before the appointment of the High Elder that started the war, the NCR and the Brotherhood were divided about the ruling of the state of Maxson and the sharing of Navarro's technological spoils.

24) Thought it was for egotistical reasons, the Brotherhood often cleaned the Wasteland of dangerous individuals such as rogue robots, the Vipers and the Master's Army remnants.

25) The Brotherhood is reclusive, but even during more peaceful times its members and holdings were often attacked by raiders and people wanting to steal their technology.

26) Brotherhood of Steel Initiates are trainees who are expected to perform well enough in the training process to be promoted to Apprentices. After proving themselves, Apprentices are promoted to the rank of Knights or Scribes.

27) The Brotherhood is mostly composed of descendants of military officers, soldiers, and scientists, and aside from some very rare outsiders amongst their ranks, the Brotherhood is as close to pure-strain humanity as possible.

28) Ironically, both the Brotherhood of Steel and the Super Mutants originated from the same place: the Mariposa military base.

29)In the Brotherhood symbol, the gears represent their engineering knowledge, the sword is their will to defend themselves, the wings represent the uplifting hope of lost technology and the circle represents the fraternal unity of the organization.

30) Before the Enclave's appearance, the Brotherhood believed itself to be the sole source of technology left to mankind. Secure in this belief, the order declined over the years, until the Oil Rig's destruction lead them to more expansionist strategies.

31) The Brotherhood of Steel military strength and technological tolerance diminished greatly over the years, as rebellious members and freethinkers were often sent away on long and dangerous missions for thinly-veiled reasons.

32) Scribes are responsible for investigating and reverse-engineering the ancient technologies, maintaining the current technology of the Brotherhood and even experimenting with new weapons and other useful devices.

33) Most members of the Brotherhood of Steel are usually gruff in dealing with outsiders, but not hostile to them..unless their secrecy or Pre-War technology is involved.

34) The Lost Hills is a pre-war government bunker in Southern California and the headquarters of the Brotherhood of Steel. Mysterious and impenetrable, it is the subject of myths and legends amongst many wastelanders.

35) Formerly, only the best Knights were promoted to Paladins after many years of service, to ensure their experience with the Brotherhood arsenal. Nowadays, a full Knighthood for every soldier would take too much time.

36) The Shi of San Francisco were paid a very healthy amount of money when they sold the Gun Runners the rechambered schematics of many weapons from behind the Iron and Velvet Curtains.

37) The Wright family of New Reno recently started a profitable business plan of selling some of their bootleg alcohol as ethanol fuel to the growing economy of the NCR.

38) While strict, the Brotherhood is a fair society to its members - brothers are treated equally, expected to respect other castes and, while highly disciplined, allowed room for friendship, camaraderie and romance.

39) Under normal circumstances, the ability to become an Elder and lead the Brotherhood is reserved for Paladins, although there is one exception, Elijah, who was a Scribe. Since Elder is primarly a military rank, the civilian title of "Father" was given to him.

40) The Brotherhood grew angry when various salvaging operations began in the Glow, a location which the Brotherhood came to regard highly both for their fallen comrades and the pre-Great War technology located there, with Dayglow ghouls at the forefront.

41) For years the war waged on and was considered a victory for the Brotherhood of Steel. However, no matter how many troops fell to the Brotherhood's superior technology, the NCR always seemed to have more replacements available.

42) Knights usually wear the Brotherhood Combat Armor, but Initiates wear Recon Armor to familiarize themselves with the T-45d Power Armor servos and modus operandi.

43) To activate the Pip-Boy light, hold down the Pip-Boy access button. It can then be deactivated the same way.

44) Holding down the Activate button at a sink, toilet, or water valve allows you to drink faster without pausing.

45) New Reno is the city in the Core Region known for its casinos and its tourist trade, but the popularity of the "capital of sin of the West" has recently declined because of its mob-based anarchy and the emergence of the safer Strip.

46) The Van Graffs are a powerful caravan family operating out of New Reno and Redding. While their rival, the Wright family, trades in drugs and prostitution, the Van Graffs trades in gold and energy weapons.

47) The Van Graffs are a huge matriarchal family. The mother, Tiaret Van Graff, has ten children, all from different fathers, and all of them are intensely loyal to both her and each other.

48) The NCR's money initially relied on coins minted from gold. But after the Brotherhood of Steel destroyed NCR's gold reserves, their money is now instead backed with water reserves and issued as banknotes.

49) The Ciphers are a tribe of scientifically-gifted people. They live concealed in the hills and are usually dismissed as normal tribals, but they spend their days memorizing pre-War schematics no contemporary Wastelander can understand.

50) Legion tactics commonly involve sending two lines of Recruits and Primes, then a third line of Veterans that devastate the opponents that have tired themselves fighting the less valuable troops.

51) All members of Caesar's society are forced into specific roles. Soldiers of the Legion have no more personal freedom than their slaves.

52) After the death of President Tandi, her successors would gradually change the direction of the NCR. Rapidly expanding the Republic's borders in every direction in a more imperialistic fashion, they sacrificed some of the NCR's principles and moral high ground in the process.

53) The heart of the NCR's territory isn't far from New Vegas, but the Mojave Wasteland only has a few access points.

54) Caesar's Legion has the practice of damnatio memoriae, in which a person's name is removed from official records and mustn't ever be mentioned again, under penalty of death.

55) NCR's money is fiat. The NCR dollars are not payable in specie, and the money is of low value relative to caps due to inflation.

56) Caesar's Legion money is made of precious metals for the same reasons ancient cultures did: they are not consumables, they are rare, and they are difficult to counterfeit.

57) Every community in the Mojave Wasteland that is not located directly next to a source of water has a water reserve that is filled by caravans bringing water in and selling it.