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A city devoted to vice and sin - What's not to love?Courier

The New Vegas Strip is a part of New Vegas in the Mojave Wasteland in 2281.

Background[]

The Strip is the heart of New Vegas, where Mr. House and the casino families are rebuilding the city in the image of its pre-War glory.Fallout: New Vegas loading screen

The pre-War city of Las Vegas was founded on May 15, 1905, and was a thriving tourist destination until the Great War.[1] Las Vegas's main roadway and surrounding areas were saved from complete destruction thanks to Robert House, a wealthy businessman who was able to statistically predict the upcoming conflict and made preparations to protect his home town.[2] Mr. House summarily used his considerable genius and wealth to ensure that most of the incoming missiles would not strike the city, utilizing surface-to-air long range missiles and long-range laser turrets on the roof of his casino, the Lucky 38. Though a few warheads managed to break through the defenses, the main city and vast majority of the surrounding area were spared from nuclear destruction.[3]

In the years following the war, the Strip was settled by tribal families. After close to two hundred years, Mr. House immediately began searching for the mysterious platinum chip and rebuilding the glory of Las Vegas. Sending out PDQ-88b Securitron scouts, Mr. House started negotiating with local tribes to exchange his considerable resource stockpiles for their help. Some of the tribes resisted, but three tribes eventually gained Mr. House's favor. They became the Omertas, Chairmen and White Glove Society, running the Gomorrah, Tops and Ultra-Luxe casinos, respectively.[4] Because Mr. House was dedicated to restoring Las Vegas, he insisted on transforming the tribes into families with cultures that hearkened back to Vegas' glory days.[5]

In the process of rebuilding the Strip, Mr. House also effectively "bought out" the residents of Vault 21. After they evacuated, he had the vault stripped of useful technology, most of its actual volume filled with concrete, and the entrance turned into a gift shop and small hotel.[6][7] While the families were rebuilding the casinos, the rest of the locals were hard at work erecting an enormous wall around the Strip. When NCR traders and explorers arrived on the scene, they were amazed at the Strip and returned back to California with tales of opulence and great wealth awaiting travelers.[8]

Eventually, when the NCR military itself arrived, they were surprised to find the Strip so well-protected and heavily policed. Though they struck a deal with Mr. House to establish a base in the area (along with control of Hoover Dam), the NCR has never had control of the Strip. After the Battle of Hoover Dam, the NCR negotiated an MP (military police) presence on the Strip, but their influence remains small.[9]

Though the tribes that became the Strip's families were once hatefully opposed to each other, the demands of Mr. House have forced the families to play nice. They continue to hold long-standing grudges, but do not act openly against each other for fear of angering Mr. House.

Layout[]

The Strip is located in the heart of New Vegas. When entering through the Strip's north gate, Gomorrah is located to the right and the Lucky 38 is situated to the left. Through the first gate, the Tops casino, the Ultra-Luxe, and the monorail will be found. Through the final gate is Vault 21, Michael Angelo's workshop, and the NCR Embassy.

Buildings[]

Inhabitants[]

Entering the Strip[]

The entrance to the Strip is guarded by several Securitrons. The Courier can not gain entrance initially due to their presence. There are seven possible ways to gain admittance:

  • The Securitrons at the gate will permit entrance to anyone possessing 2,000 caps. They will not take the money, but merely check to ensure that the visitor has sufficient funds to do business.
    • Having a Science skill of at least 80 (which is difficult if the player character heads directly to the Strip), the Securitron can be hacked to gain entrance.
    • Alternatively, killing all the Securitrons at the gate will allow access. Note that this triggers hostility in case of witnesses. The rest of the Securitrons inside will also fight and give Infamy.
  • The Securitrons will also allow access with a New Vegas passport. A Speech of 50 or more allows convincing Ralph, from Mick & Ralph's to forge a passport for 500 caps. It can be acquired for 375 with a Barter check of 50, or for free with high enough NCR reputation.
    • A passport can be acquired for free and without needing to pass the Speech check by completing the G.I. Blues quest given by The King and choosing access to the Strip as the favor.
  • Having a "Liked" or greater reputation with the NCR, wearing an NCR uniform or travelling with Boone will allow travel via the monorail at Camp McCarran to Las Vegas Boulevard Station, bypassing the Freeside gate. After entering the Strip through this manner, the Securitrons at the Freeside gate will allow leaving and entering the Strip freely without having to pass a skill check or showing caps.

Related quests[]

Notes[]

  • The Securitron outside of the Strip guarding Freeside residents from coming in will re-spawn, but Securitrons inside the Strip will not re-spawn except upon completion of The House Always Wins II where the Securitrons are upgraded to the MK II variant.
  • In the opening scene, the Strip is shown without the gates separating each section. The cinematic was rendered earlier in development before the gates were utilized due to memory limitations.
  • A brahmin can sometimes be seen being chased by two MPs from one gate to another near the Tops casino, subsequently disappearing on the other side.
  • The first time the Strip is entered, Dean Martin's song "Ain't that a Kick in the Head?" will play over the loudspeakers.
  • Victor will take control of another Securitron and force a conversation with the Courier the first time they enter the Strip.
  • NCR soldiers are seen dancing with the hookers near the gate leading to the second part of the strip.
  • NCR soldiers can be seen walking drunk around the Strip. Their dialogue is the same as their sober counterparts.
  • Some of Cass's dialogue and the names of several NPCs and scripts in the G.E.C.K. refer to the Strip as "The Street."
  • Sidewalk newspaper boxes can be found on the Strip containing temporary skill magazines.
  • Drunk NCR soldiers can be seen dancing in the fountain of the Ultra-Luxe, being forced out by an MP unit and a Securitron. This event only happens once.
  • Nero and Big Sal are planning on both staging a coup d'etat against Mr. House and massacring everybody that isn't one of their own on the Strip on behalf of Caesar.[10] Should the How Little We Know quest not be completed, the Omertas will bomb the NCR Embassy and mount an all-out assault on the entire Strip,[11][12] whereas if the quest is completed on behalf of Nero and Big Sal, then the Omertas will both bomb the NCR Embassy and use chlorine gas to devastate all of the casinos before launching a full-scale assault on the Strip.[11][12][13] In either scenario, the Omertas will suffer heavy losses to House's Securitron police force, the rest of the Three Families and the NCR military forces that are present on the Strip before eventually being wiped out completely.[12] Should the quest be completed on behalf of Cachino, then the Caesar's Legion plot will be stopped dead in its tracks and permanently brought to an end.

Ending slides[]

This section is transcluded from Fallout: New Vegas endings. To change it, please edit the transcluded page.

Independent[]

Narrated by Ron Perlman

# Slide Voice-over narration In-game condition
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House end slide 01
The Courier, with the aid of Yes Man, drove both the Legion and the NCR from Hoover Dam, securing New Vegas' independence from both factions. With Mr. House out of the picture, the remaining Securitrons on The Strip were hard-pressed to keep order. Anarchy ruled the streets. When the fires died, New Vegas remained, assuming its position as an independent power in the Mojave. Complete Wild Card: You and What Army? for an independent New Vegas without upgrading the Securitron army.
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House end slide 01
The Courier, with the aid of Yes Man, drove both the Legion and the NCR from Hoover Dam, securing New Vegas' independence from both factions. With Mr. House out of the picture, part of the Securitron army was diverted to The Strip to keep order. Any chaos on the streets was ended, quickly. Chaos became uncertainty, then acceptance, with minimal loss of life. New Vegas assumed its position as an independent power in the Mojave. Complete Wild Card: You and What Army? for an independent New Vegas with the Securitron army.

Mr. House[]

Narrated by Ron Perlman

# Slide Voice-over narration In-game condition
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House end slide 01
Mr. House's Securitron army took control of Hoover Dam and the Strip, pushing both the Legion and the exhausted NCR out of New Vegas. Mr. House continued to run New Vegas his way, a despotic vision of pre-War glory. The streets were orderly, efficient, cold. New Vegas continued to be the sole place in the wasteland where fortunes were won and lost in the blink of an eye. Complete The House Always Wins for Mr. House.

Caesar's Legion[]

Narrated by Ron Perlman

# Slide Voice-over narration In-game condition
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Legion end slide 01
Caesar entered The Strip as though it was his Triumph. The Legion pushed the NCR out of New Vegas entirely, driving them back to the Mojave Outpost. The Legion occupied all major locations, enslaving much of the population and peacefully lording over the rest. Under the Legion's banner, civilization - unforgiving as it was - finally came to the Mojave Wasteland. Do not allow Caesar to die in Et Tumor, Brute?, complete the endgame quest Veni, Vidi, Vici for Caesar's Legion.
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Legion end slide 02
The Legate is crowned as the new Caesar. He entered The Strip as though it was a military target, destroying anyone who resisted him. The Legion brutally occupied all major locations, killing and enslaving a large amount of the population. Under the Legion's banner, civilization - savage as it was - finally came to the Mojave Wasteland. Allow Caesar to die in Et Tumor, Brute?, complete the endgame quest Veni, Vidi, Vici for Caesar's Legion.

New California Republic[]

Narrated by Ron Perlman

# Slide Voice-over narration In-game condition
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NCR end slide 01
The New California Republic celebrated its second victory at Hoover Dam, establishing definitive control over the entire Mojave Wasteland. Soon after, they negotiated terms to annex The Strip, Freeside, and many surrounding communities. The Mojave Wasteland, at long last, had entirely fallen under the NCR's banner. Complete the endgame quest Eureka! for the NCR.

Appearances[]

The New Vegas Strip appears only in Fallout: New Vegas.

Behind the scenes[]

The New Vegas Strip is based on the real world location of the Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada. Many locations have real world equivalents, such as the casinos and monorail.

Bugs[]

  • PCPC Playstation 3Playstation 3Playstation 3 Xbox 360Xbox 360 Sometimes, when advancing in "For the Republic, Part 2" or "Wild Card: Side Bets", the door to the Strip is locked.[verified]
    • One solution is to travel to the Strip by monorail from Camp McCarran (unless it is already destroyed).
    • Another solution is to kill a gate Securitron to get a key, resulting in lost reputation (and all gate Securitrons will attack). If a silenced sniper rifle or Christine's CoS silencer rifle (with Old World Blues installed) is used, it is possible to kill one of the Securitrons without alerting the remainder.
    • Xbox 360Xbox 360 Reloading a previous auto-save seems to fix this problem.
    • Xbox 360Xbox 360 This may occur due to the main Securitron getting injured, as the gate locks if this happens.
  • PCPC Going near the gate to New Vegas Strip sometimes causes an extremely loud buzzing noise.[verified]
  • Xbox 360Xbox 360 When in the New Vegas Strip outside of Gomorrah, if the girls dancing outside are attacked, many NPCs will run into Gomorrah. Entering alongside the NPCs will result in a lack of HUD and movement. A reload of a save is required. [verified]
  • Playstation 3Playstation 3Playstation 3 Xbox 360Xbox 360 Entering the Strip may cause a crash, showing only a black screen. Wearing the old cowboy hat can prevent this. [verified]

Gallery[]

References[]

  1. The Strip, Las Vegas, Nevada on Wikipedia
  2. The Courier: "What preparations did you make to save Las Vegas?"
    Robert House: "On the day of the Great War, 77 atomic warheads targeted Las Vegas and its surrounding areas. My networked mainframes were able to predict and force-transmit disarm code subsets to 59 warheads, neutralizing them before impact. Laser cannons mounted on the roof of the Lucky 38 destroyed another 9 warheads. The rest got through, though none hit the city itself. A sub-optimal performance, admittedly. If only the Platinum Chip had arrived a day sooner..."
    (Robert House's dialogue)
  3. The Courier: "How did you nearly die, defending Vegas?"
    Robert House: "Software glitches set off a cascade of system crashes. I had to take the Lucky 38's reactor offline, lest it melt down. For nearly five years I battled power outages and more system crashes until I finally managed to reboot my data core with an older version of the OS. I spent the next few decades in a veritable coma. But I survived, obviously - and eventually thrived."
    (Robert House's dialogue)
  4. The Courier: "How did you establish New Vegas?"
    Robert House: "We can discuss this in greater detail at another time. Suffice it to say that when my Securitrons detected NCR scouts at Hoover Dam, I took action. I recruited a tribal force to supplement my Securitrons and renovated the Strip just in time to welcome the NCR as it marched into the region. Instead of war, a treaty was negotiated. And the money started to pour in."
    (Robert House's dialogue)
  5. The Courier: "I've never seen anything like this place."
    Robert House: "Of course you haven't. Vegas always was one of a kind. What you see down on the Strip is just a fraction of the city's former glory, and yet... more than an echo. I preserved its spirit. Or perhaps you were referring to the Lucky 38? The years haven't been kind to her, but still she manages to impress."
    (Robert House's dialogue)
  6. Vault 21 guest terminal, Opening to a New World
  7. Vault 21 terminal entries; Vault 21 guest terminal, A Tribute to Mr. House
  8. The Courier: "Say you keep control of New Vegas. What happens next?"
    Robert House: New Vegas is more than a city - it's the remedy to mankind's derailment. The city's economy is a blast furnace in which can be forged the steel of a new rail line, running straight to a new horizon. What is the NCR? A society of people desperate to experience comfort, ease, luxury... A society of customers. With all that money pouring in? Give me 20 years, and I'll reignite the high technology development sectors. 50 years, and I'll have people in orbit. 100 years, and my colony ships will be heading for the stars, to search for planets unpolluted by the wrath and folly of a bygone generation."
    (Robert House's dialogue)
  9. The Courier: "How do you intend to enforce your claim on the city?"
    Robert House: "To enforce, one must have force - a position of strength. Years ago, when I detected NCR scouts roaming the Mojave, I could tell from their uniforms that these were no mere tribesmen. I knew it was only a matter of time before an army appeared, to take control of the dam. And I knew my Securitrons wouldn't be enough to oppose them. And so I recruited the Three Families. Vegas belongs to me because I mustered enough strength to bring the NCR to the bargaining table."
    The Courier: "Wasn't the NCR's army big enough to defeat your Securitrons and the Three Families?"
    Robert House: "Indeed it was - and still is. But not without taking significant casualties. Would Kimball and Oliver have traded the lives of hundreds of soldiers for absolute control of Hoover Dam? Oh yes. They weren't afraid of me, they were afraid of Caesar - that attacking me would leave them vulnerable to a Legion offensive. And so they negotiated. Not out of the kindness of their hearts, as they try to make it seem. Because the calculus of power left no other choice."
    (Robert House's dialogue)
  10. The Courier: "So tell me about your plan."
    Big Sal: "Caesar asked us to provide a distraction on the Strip. So when he gives the word we're going to launch an all out assault on the Strip. First we're going to blow the Embassy, then we're going to use soldiers to kill every last motherfucker on the Strip. Then we'll run this joint. That'll teach Not-At-Home what can go on while he sits in his fucking ivory tower lording down from on high."
    (Big Sal's dialogue)
  11. 11.0 11.1 NCR Emergency Radio (broadcast): "What the fuck is happening on the Strip? I'm getting reports that someone just bombed the embassy."
  12. 12.0 12.1 12.2 NCR Emergency Radio (broadcast): "It sounds like the Omertas are mounting some sort of attack on the Strip. They are receiving heavy casualties from the Securitrons and other casinos."
  13. NCR Emergency Radio (broadcast): "The attack is coming from the Omertas. They are using some kind of gas to kill everyone in the casinos on the Strip. How is this possible?"

See also[]

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