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Big Mountain (or Big MT, alternatively known as the Big Empty) is a massive, highly advanced pre-War scientific research center and defense contractor in Fallout: New Vegas. Originally built inside a mountain, a catastrophic accident later vaporized the peak, leaving a large open-air crater
Purpose: Built with no moral or technical restraints to advance human technology.The Crater: An experiment led by Dr. Klein vaporized the mountain top, turning the secret underground complex into an exposed, circular crater.Unethical Research: Pre-War scientists conducted groundbreaking but horrific experiments, utilizing American volunteers and imprisoned Chinese-Americans as test subjects.
After the Great War, the facility's surviving scientists transferred their brains into robotic life-support chassis.Known as The Think Tank, these brilliant but deranged scientists are highly intelligent, deeply out of touch with reality, and possess incredibly arrogant, comical, and bizarre personalities.
The Landscape & HazardsThe Sink: The central base of operations and player housing, which features highly advanced, talking, and upgradeable utilities (e.g., a sentient Auto-Doc and talking light switches).Flora & Fauna: The crater is infested with warped, dangerous creations including lobotomites, robo-scorpions, cazadors, and nightstalkers.The Y-0 Facility: The ruins where much of the matter-transformation tech (like Sierra Madre vending machines) was invented.
Key Tech & LegacyBig MT is the source of many of the wasteland's most advanced and dangerous technologies.Inventions include force fields, holograms, Saturnite alloys, sonic emitters, and the mind-wiping technology used to lobotomize the Courier.

Origins: The Legion originated when a Follower of the Apocalypse, Edward Sallow, and a Mormon missionary, Joshua Graham, were captured by the tribal Blackfoot tribe. Sallow taught the tribe Roman military tactics to survive, ultimately leading him to crown himself Caesar.Expansion: By 2281, the Legion had brutally assimilated over 80 tribes into a monolithic, homogenous society.Philosophy: Caesar believes the NCR (New California Republic) mirrors the flawed, pre-war democracies that destroyed the world. His goal is to conquer the NCR, merge its infrastructure with the Legion's military, and forge a new, uncorrupted empire.
Totalitarian Hierarchy: The Legion is entirely run by Caesar. Society is divided simply into soldiers and slaves, with a strict chain of command. Individual value only exists in how a person can serve the collective state.Life in Legion Territory: Though absolutely ruthless to those they conquer, Legion-controlled territories in Arizona and New Mexico are highly secure. Trade routes are safe and communities function without corruption, but subjects have absolutely zero personal liberties or say in their government.Treatment of Women: Legion society is strictly patriarchal. Women are not permitted to be soldiers; instead, they are treated as lower-class property used for breeding, healing, and domestic labor.Prohibitions: Caesar completely outlaws alcoholAsymmetrical Warfare: The Legion relies on conventional, melee-heavy infantry and guerrilla tactics rather than firearms, though higher-ranked soldiers loot and use scavenged gear.Fanaticism: Soldiers are trained from a young age to suppress fear and doubt, often preferring to die in battle rather than surrender.

Ideology & Laws: They champion democracy, the rule of law, civil liberties, and the abolition of slavery. They protect marginalized groups, including ghouls and super mutants.The Military: The NCR is the largest standing army in the wasteland, but they rely heavily on under-supplied and inexperienced conscripts for their Mojave campaign. They are backed by elite NCR Rangers, who act as highly trained scouts and special forces.Economy & Corruption: Their rapid growth has resulted in rampant inflation, severe taxation, and heavy political manipulation by wealthy "Brahmin barons" and mega-corporations (like the Crimson Caravan
The New California Republic (NCR) is a massive, democratic federation attempting to rebuild pre-war United America. In Fallout: New Vegas, their primary goal is to annex the Mojave Wasteland and control Hoover Dam to secure power and fresh water, although their aggressive expansion is plagued by bureaucracy and overextension.
Reduced to a shadow of its former self by a devastating war with the New California Republic (NCR), the Mojave chapter went into a strict, self-imposed lockdown. Under the cautious leadership of Elder Nolan McNamara, they bide their time in hiding to avoid further conflict

Reduced to a shadow of its former self by a devastating war with the New California Republic (NCR), the Mojave chapter went into a strict, self-imposed lockdown. Under the cautious leadership of Elder Nolan McNamara, they bide their time in hiding to avoid further conflict
the Brotherhood of Steel is a reclusive, militant faction that hoards advanced pre-war technology. Operating from a hidden bunker in Hidden Valley, the Mojave Chapter is an isolationist group fiercely dedicated to keeping destructive technologies out of the hands of outsiders
Technology Hoarding: Their primary mission is to collect and preserve pre-war energy weapons, power armor, and knowledge.Isolationism: They strictly enforce a policy of non-interference with the outside world, refusing to help wastelanders or participate in regional politics.Hierarchy: The chapter operates on a strict caste system consisting of Elders, Paladins (warriors), Knights (craftsmen/maintainers), and Scribes (researchers).

Vault 34: The Boomers originated as residents of Vault 34, a vault notorious for its overstocked and unsecured armory. After an internal rebellion over restricted weapons, they fled to the surface and eventually occupied Nellis Air Force Base.Isolationist Ideology: They are completely self-sufficient. They produce their own food, power, and weaponry, refusing to engage with the outside world, which they view as full of "savages".The End-Game Goal: Their ultimate cultural belief is a prophecy that the outside world will be consumed by another war. When that happens, they plan to take to the skies in their restored aircraft and rain high-explosive ordnance upon the rest of the wasteland.