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<span class="mu-g"><LAS VEGAS, DECEMBER, 2271></span>
<span class="mu-g"><MISSION PARAMETERS: SECURE THE AREA SURROUNDING VAULT 3 FROM THE ADVANCED RAIDER PRESENCE></span>
<span class="mu-g"><MISSION RESULTS: NOMINAL SUCCESS, RAIDER'S KNOWN AS 'THE FIENDS' DRIVEN NORTH INTO THE MOJAVE DESERT, OPPOSITION SUSTAINED SIGNIFICANT CASUALTIES></span>
<span class="mu-g"><RECOMMENDED ACTIONS... COMPUTING... FOLLOW UP OPERATION TO ELIMINATE 'THE FIENDS' RECOMMENDED></span>
It was a fairly long drive down to the Mojave as they had not been given clearance for the vertibrd for this mission, but it was the first time the Veterans had been sent out on a mission in months so they savored the chance for some action.
There were a few tense moments passing through the NCR Checkpoint on the I-15, but they managed to maintain their composure and make it through unaccoasted, especially with a little bit of help from some of the connections the New Reno team had made within the outpost itself.
From there it was only an hour or so before they had made it to the outskirts of South Vegas, the place was rife with Raiders, in fact their vehicle had been fired upon several times just on the way up there. They were forced to pull back and set up their Base of operations for the mission quite a bit further away than they had anticipated due to the sheer aggression they were facing.
Still there was an air of joviality at their camp as they took into the open air of the Mojave, and began dawning their suits of power armor, T-51Bs for the sake of propriety, easier to move through the checkpoint than the APA, though it was still met with heavy scrutiny at the time.
The Veterans were loaded for war in terms of weaponry as well, one of them had actually lifted one of the Gatling Lasers from the base for the mission, something that they were unequivocally reprimanded for by their superior, but then quietly patted on the back for managing it at all.
What would follow next was a testament to the grand acts of violence these adepts of warfare were capable of. There had been at the very least over a hundred if not more raiders in this band the locals had called the fiends, and the south Vegas ruins were very tight, the urban ruins difficult to fight in. It was not what the Veterans had expected, which was an easy fight. No the Fiend's came out in force as soon as they recognized the Power armored soldiers intentions, Energy weapons, pool sticks, and as many drugs as one could dare to put into their system before killing over. These were some intensely well armed and prepared raiders.
