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Racket was a planned attack on the New Vegas Strip organized between Caesar's Legion and the Omertas around 2282.[clarification needed][2][3]
Background[]
Under the leadership of Big Sal and Nero, the Omertas planned to stage a coup within the New Vegas Strip to coincide with the eventual Second Battle of Hoover Dam. The operation was planned with Caesar's Legion's head frumentarius, Vulpes Inculta.[4]
For months, Caesar regularly fed bribes to Nero to support the Omertas' betrayal of Mr. House. The main goal for the Legion was to induce as much chaos as possible during their military campaign across the Mojave.[5] Despite Legate Lanius' belief that the Omertas attack was unnecessary and could sully a Legion victory at Hoover Dam, Caesar carried on with the plan.[4]
Gomorrah had a reputation for being the most popular casino in New Vegas, and tended to attract lonely NCR personnel looking for certain "company." Nero and Big Sal saw this as an opportunity for leverage in Racket.
The Omerta leaders acquired the services of specialists to help make the plan a reality. Clanden, a brutally sadistic but highly skilled chemist and bomb maker, would rape, torture and murder some of the hookers.[6] The Omerta leaders would sell the resulting snuff tapes as side income to sadists, while using the dead hookers as blackmail material to force certain high-value targets like Troike to work for them as either smugglers, henchman or foot soldiers.[verification needed] The frumentarius Picus was also tasked to disable the monorail between Camp McCarran and the Strip[7], which would slow the deployment of NCR infantry in the event of an attack on the Strip.
The Courier's involvement[]
The plan had run into difficulties, however, with Clanden lacking materials to make anything that could kill as many people as the Omertas wanted, and Troike losing a shipment of smuggled weapons to the Fiends.[8] The Courier, upon arrival on the New Vegas Strip, could intervene, either bringing the plan to fruition, or completely derailing it.
The Courier could find evidence that Omertas lieutenant Cachino was making secret deals that went against the family's interests, something the Omertas punished with death. Giving it to Big Sal and Nero, the pair would have Cachino killed, and would recruit the Courier to further help with the plan. Told to speak with Clanden and Troike to help solve their problems, the Courier could have retrieved the disassembled weapons shipment stolen by the Fiends, and acquired a container of chlorine so Clanden could make a chlorine gas to help with the attack.
However, the plan could also be ended before it truly began. By blackmailing Cachino with knowledge of his off-the-books dealings, the Courier could have been informed of the plan as well as Troike and Clanden's involvement. Finding evidence of Clanden's murders, the Courier could have turned him in to the New California Republic Military Police, blackmailed him into leaving Vegas, or got him alone and killed him. Troike had been blackmailed into helping the Omertas after supposedly killing a hooker while high on Jet. Suspecting the Omertas intended to betray him once they got enough weapons, he made some thermite as insurance to destroy the weapons he had smuggled into the casino.[9] After destroying the guns, the Courier would be called to meet with Big Sal and Nero, who were aware of the Courier's involvement in the destruction of the guns. The pair would attempt to kill the Courier; however, the Courier would win the ensuing gun fight, leaving Cachino in charge of Gomorrah and Operation: Racket in tatters.[8]
Regardless, no matter who won the Second Battle of Hoover Dam, the White Glove Society, Chairmen, and Securitrons were able to dampen the coup if it occurred and stop the Omertas.[1]
Outcome[]
The following messages are played by NCR Emergency Radio during the Second Battle of Hoover Dam if the mentioned conditions are met.
- "What the fuck is happening on the Strip? I'm getting reports that someone just bombed the embassy." – If How Little We Know is not completed in Cachino's favor.
- "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." – If How Little We Know remains unfinished.
- "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?" – If How Little We Know was completed in favor of Big Sal and Nero.
Notes[]
The White Glove Society will still aid in putting down the Omertas, even if they have sided with Caesar.
Appearances[]
Racket is mentioned only in Fallout: New Vegas.
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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."
- ↑ The Courier: "Tell me about the plan."
Big Sal: "The plan is called Racket, but that's all the info you're going to get out of me right now."
(Big Sal's dialogue) - ↑ The Courier: "Tell me about the plan."
Nero: "We call it Racket, and it is going to show Not-At-Home and every other fucker in our business just what the Family can do."
(Nero's dialogue) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 The Courier: "Good, because the Omertas' plan was stopped, Vegas is as strong as ever."
Lanius: "A plan by Vulpes... treachery is a weapon that one should never rely on. I can only hope that the Omertas died when their treachery was exposed, to have the plan succeed only would have sullied the Legion. It does not matter, victory shall be ours, it shall be swift, and it will be honest, purchased with blood."
(Lanius' dialogue) - ↑ The Courier: "I killed the Omertas who were scheming to attack the Strip."
Caesar: "Months spent feeding the Omertas bribes, nursing their betrayal - all for nothing. Any other crimes?"
(Caesar's dialogue) - ↑ The Courier: "I found these tapes in Clanden's room, can you verify this is him?"
Cachino: "Yeah this is Clanden, this guy is one sick motherfucker. The way I see it you have a few options. Maybe you could use what's on these tapes to get him by himself, or maybe you could use them to leverage him out of the casino."
(Cachino's dialogue) - ↑ I Put a Spell on You
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 The events of the quest How Little We Know.
- ↑ The Courier: "What can we do to take care of the guns?"
Troike: "As a little pet project I've been making some thermite. Thermite burns as hot as the devil's asshole and can melt through just about anything. I've been keeping it so if the Family betrays me I can hopefully do some damage before I end up dead or in jail."
(Troike's dialogue)