1. No Expansion
- the NCR will be unable to take any tiles until its political issues are resolved, at a minimum of 2 years after a player has picked up the faction. RPs resolving the issue must be submitted to moderators for approval.

2. Non-Aggression Pact
- The NCR cannot attack any of its neighbors for any reason. If pulled into a defensive war, it may not take or demand territory in a peace deal. May be lifted at the same time the No-Expansion rule is lifted.

3. Low Morale
- The defeat at the Dam has turned the Army into a paraiah. Desertions are frequent and rarely prosecuted. The NCR cannot use more than 5% of its population in its military regardless of its Combat stat. May be lifted at the discretion of the mods, but will never exceed 25%.

1. Weapons
- 30,000 Service Rifles
- 1,000 Sniper Rifles
- 1,000 Anti-Material Rifles
- 3,000 Single Action Army Revolvers (caliber of choice)
- 650 miniguns

2. Armor
- NCR Armor, Ranger Veteran Armor, Desert Ranger Armor
- 650 Salvaged Power Armor

3. Vehicles
- 100 trucks
- 4 VB-02 vertibirds

4. Special
- Gun Runner's Factory (Small)
- Railroads

1. Elite Legion
- The Legion's notoriously brutal training regime, combined with its practice of only inducting tribals into the armed forces, means that Legionaries are tough, elite fighters. However, it also means that the Legion is a very small force. The Legion cannot use more than 20% of its population in its military, regardless of Combat level.

2. The West is Closed
- The West is closed to the Legion. Even Caesar's most loyal and ardent supporters acknowledge that there is no way the Legion can go against either New Vegas or the NCR anytime soon. The Legion may not start wars with the NCR or New Vegas. If involved in a defensive war with either, may not demand territory as a peace condition. May be removed through roleplay.

1. Weapons
- 3,000 Hunting Rifles
- 3,000 Winchester Model 1892 (.357)
- 500 Anti-Material Rifles
- 500 12.7mm SMGs
- 1,500 Browning Hi-Power Pistols
- 1,500 Single Action Army Revolvers (.357)
- Assorted melee weapons

2. Armor
- The various Legionary armors.

3. Vehicles
- none

4. Special
- none

1. Radio Silence
- Securitron operations are limited by the range of their radio control. Radio Relay Towers will need to be built or captured/repaired before being able to operate outside of New Vegas.

1. Weapons
- 1,000 Grease Guns
- 1,000 .44 Magnum Revolvers
- 1,000 10mm Submachine Guns
- 1,000 Browning Hi-Power Handguns
- Assorted melee (player choice)

2. Armor
- none

3. Vehicles
- 18 C-47 Cargo Plane

4. Special
- 10,000 Mk.2 Securitrons

No special conditions.

1. Weapons
- Standard Custom Faction loadout, up to Fallout Conventional Weapons

2. Armor
- none

3. Vehicles
- Horses

4. Special
- none

1. Treaty Inviolate
- The Shi have a number of treaties with the NCR that allow them to retain their independence in exchange for some concessions. Crucially, the Shi provides the NCR with 1 unit of Biofuel, something the NCR doesn't yet know how to make itself. The Shi also start out with a non-aggression pact with the NCR.

2. Legacy of Chan Lee
- The Shi are no slouches in modern gunfighting, but where they excel is hand-to-hand combat. Generations of martial artists, rising from the first masters (who were self-taught from watching old Kung-Fu movies), have given rise to a pervasive culture that means Shi warriors are masters of melee combat. Practically, this means Shi soldiers are better at melee combat and in ambushes, regardless of Combat stat.

3. Radiotrophy
- The Shi have developed fast-growing flora that eats radiation and cleans it from the environment. Rations tiles produce .25 food more at basic level.

1. Weapons
- Standard Custom Faction loadout, up to Fallout Conventional Weapons/Laser Weapons

2. Armor
- Shi Combat Armor

3. Vehicles
- 1 Oil Tanker (PMV Valdez)

4. Special
- 1 Large Factory (Biofuel)
- 1 Hydroponics Bay (1 unit of food/day)
- VB-02 Vertibird Designs

1. Bunker-Bound
- The Mojave Brotherhood of Steel's whole world is pretty much just their bunker. Bunkers don't have a lot of space, not that their numbers have grown significantly anyway since they don't take in outsiders, like the Codex mandates. Starting pop is reduced to 1,000. Pop growth capped at 3% regardless of E stat. Starts out with a BoS Bunker, which provides +1 rations/day.

2. The Way of the Scribe
- The Brotherhood has never really controlled the kind of infrastructure to mass-produce its equipment in its history. Instead, scribes have gotten very good at repairing scavenged weapons and, crucially, building new ones. Cottage Industry produces at the same rate as normal manufacturing.

3. Organization
- This faction is less a nation and more an organization. They are exempt from normal resource rules but do not take tiles. Up to 90% of its population may be militarized. This is voided if a tile is taken.

1. The Sole Survivor
The Minutemen being one of the first factions the Sole Survivor encountered upon leaving the Vault, he/she quickly got roped into helping them out. The Minutemen starts out with the Sole Survivor as the General (for RP purposes only, does not confer any material benefit)

2. Laser Musketry
The Minutemen might not be technologically advanced in most ways, but they at least know enough to turn scavenged laser rifles into their unique weapons, the Laser Musket. The Minutemen are the only faction allowed to manufacture laser muskets from scavenged laser rifles.

3. Salt of the Commonwealth
The Minutemen are a collection of settlers who have are in the business of trying to live off the land. Commonwealth locations identified as Settlements will act as Rations tiles (and can be upgraded as such), regardless of the resource rolled for the tile they're in. Hangman's Alley, the Castle, and Boston Airport are excepted. Does not apply outside the Commonwealth.

1. Weapons
- 5,000 Laser Muskets
- 13,000 Fallout Conventional Firearms
- 5 Minutemen Artillery Pieces

2. Armor
- none

3. Vehicles
- none

4. Special
- none

1. Radio Silence
- The Teleporter utilizes radio waves as a carrier for the matter being teleported. This means that its teleporter is limited by its radio range (and also things like lead walls, bad weather, etc.) Radio relay towers will be required to be built/repaired in taken tiles in order to be used outside the Commonwealth.

2. Bioscience, boys
- The Institute has a very advanced bioscience division that has achieved remarkable breakthroughs in recreating and growing fresh food. The Institute produces 5 rations so long as it is occupied.

3. Limited Space
- Living underground has its limitations, first and foremost being a lack of space. As such, the Institute has had to severely restrict its population growth. The Institute is restricted to a starting population of 2,500.

1. Weapons
- 15,000 Institute Laser Rifles

2. Armor
- Synth armor, Courser gear

3. Vehicles
- none

4. Special
- 7,500 Gen3 Synths
- 2,500 Gen2 Synths
- 2,500 Gen1 Synths

1. Entrance Made
- The Prydwen is the most highly advanced Brotherhood airship built to date, capable of projecting power into the wasteland far from home territory. Maxson's Brotherhood may take 1 non-contiguous tile, using the Prydwen as a base. If the Prydwen is moved before the tile is connected, lose the tile.

2. The Way of the Scribe
- The Brotherhood has never really controlled the kind of infrastructure to mass-produce its equipment in its history. Instead, scribes have gotten very good at repairing scavenged weapons and, crucially, building new ones. Cottage Industry produces at the same rate as normal manufacturing.

3. Project: Purity
- Maxson still maintains a foothold in the Capital Wasteland and control over Project Purity. The purifier is crucial in maintaining his supply chain and collecting resources from the settlements dependent on the clean water. Capital Wasteland provides +2 rations. Perk is transferrable if someone captures the Capital Wasteland.

4. Neo-Feudalism
- The Brotherhood has a bad habit of forcing settlements to supply them with food in exchange for the nebulous proclamations of helping with the Brotherhood's mission of "protecting humanity". Captured locations in the Commonwealth designated as Settlements produce 0.5 rations, in addition to the tile's resource. Hangman's Alley, the Castle, and Boston Airport excepted. Does not apply outside the Commonwealth.

1. Weapons
- 9,000 Laser Rifles
- 250 Gatling Lasers
- 500 Laser Pistols

2. Armor
- Brotherhood Combat Armor
- 195 T-60e Power Armor Suits

3. Vehicles
- 15 VB-01 Vertibirds

4. Special
- The Prydwen

1. Mercs with Mouths
- The Gunners are a mercenary group, not a nationstate. They're interested in strategic locations, scavenging tech, not all that silly business of ruling. The Gunners may take locations, but they aren't allowed to take tiles. This can be reversed through RP.

2. Whatcha gonna do with caps? Ya can't eat 'em!
- As a mercenary organization, the Gunners don't grow their own food. Instead, they buy it with the caps they make from their private mercenary work, supplemented by scavenging. The Gunners are exempt from the food rules. This condition is invalidated if the faction becomes a nation-type and a tile is taken.

1. Weapons
- 5,000 Laser Rifles
- 5,000 Assault Rifles (player choice)
- 1,000 Sniper Rifles
- 1,000 M1911 Pistols
- 1,000 Colt Single Action Army Revolver
- 500 M249b SAW
- 250 Miniguns
- 225 M79 Grenade Launchers
- 25 Missile Launchers

2. Armor
- Combat Armor
- 5 T-45d Power Armor

3. Vehicles
- none

4. Special
- none

1. World of Refreshment
- The Nuka-Raiders (and by the raiders I mean their trader slaves) have somehow managed to successfully repair the monorail leading from the Commonwealth to Nuka World. This allows them to quickly move men and equipment back and forth, or to utilize it as a trap for unwary travelers. The Nuka-Raiders start out with a repaired monorail.

2. Yoho, a raider's life for me!
- Being a raider is all about making other people give you the stuff you need, or want. This includes forcing poor Commonwealth settlers to provide the raiders with food and caps on a weekly basis. Captured locations designated as Settlements produce 0.5 food regardless of the tile resource. Hangman's Alley, the Castle, and Boston Airport are excepted. Outside of the Commonwealth, the Nuka-Raiders can roll every week for additional rations per tile owned.

1. The Brotherhood-NCR War
The Brotherhood in California is at the tail end of a devastating war between the Brotherhood and the NCR that they have mostly lost. Once powerful, they're now reduced to a small amount of holdouts in their main bunker in Lost Hills. The California Brotherhood starts with 1 BoS bunker (complete with hydroponics) at Lost Hills. Starting pop is reduced to 1,000 people.

2. Hardened Steel
Part of the reason the war has gone on so long and so destructively is that the Brotherhood's attitudes towards technology and wastelanders has only gotten more extreme over the years. Unfortunately, this precludes any chance of peace with the NCR. The CBoS will need significant reforms in their leadership and attitudes before this state of war may be resolved peacefully. The CBoS cannot make peace with the NCR or trade with it. Condition resolved only at management's discretion.

3. The Way of the Scribe
- The Brotherhood has never really controlled the kind of infrastructure to mass-produce its equipment in its history. Instead, scribes have gotten very good at repairing scavenged weapons and, crucially, building new ones. Cottage Industry produces at the same rate as normal manufacturing.

1. Weapons
- 250 AER9 Laser Rifles
- 150 Gauss Rifles
- 150 AER9 Laser Pistols
- 50 Laser Gatlings
- 50 Miniguns

2. Armor
- Combat Armor
- 125 T-45d Power Armor
- 200 T-51b Power Armor

3. Vehicles
- none

4. Special
- Designs for VB-01s

1. Volunteer Army
- The NCR military is mainly comprised of volunteers, and as such is generally smaller in total percentage of the population. Available military reduced to 25%.

2. Young Nation
- The NCR is still only in its prime, having only just unified its 5 states in the southern half of California. While still the most populous state in the wasteland, it's not quite where it will be by 2281. Starting population set to 150,000

1. Weapons
- 30,000 Service Rifles
- 2,000 Sniper Rifles
- 2,000 Combat Shotguns
- 2,500 10mm pistols
- 1,000 Anti-Materiel Rifles

2. Armor
- Combat Armor

3. Vehicles
- none

4. Special
- Gun Runner's Factory (Small)

1. Radio Silence
- Securitron operations are limited by the range of their radio control. Radio Relay Towers will need to be built or captured/repaired in annexed tiles before being able to operate outside of New Vegas.
2. When the Chips Fall
- The Platinum Chip is buried under rubble in Sunnyvale, California, and thus the Securitron army at Fortification Hill is unavailable. Should the chip be acquired through negotiation or otherwise, the Securitron Vault will contain 7,000 more Securitrons in the Mk. 2 configuration.

1. Weapons
- none

2. Armor
- none

3. Vehicles
- none

4. Special
- 3,000 Mk.1 Securitrons

Agriculture: 2
Biology: 4
Energy: 1
Industry: 1
Weapons: 8
Engineering: 0

1. Do It Yourself
- The Desert Rangers are a group of survivalists patrolling the end of civilization. There are no factories, no appliance stores, no Amazon to order parts from. Everything has to be handmade, and they've gotten good at it. Desert Rangers can't build factories, but Artisan production is the same as regular factory production.
2. Home, Home on the Range
- The Rangers are the pre-eminent survivalists of the wasteland. They know all the best tricks to squeeze out a couple extra grams of protein from wasteland plants, where to find the cleanest water, etc. Militarized population produces 1 food per every 1,000 soldiers, including "leftovers" (less than 1,000).

1. Weapons
- 10,750 Hunting Rifles (NV)
- 500 Anti-Materiel Rifles
- 5625 Colt SAA (.375 magnum)

2. Armor
- Desert Ranger Armor

3. Vehicles
- Horses

4. Special
- none

1. Treaty Inviolate
- The Shi have a number of treaties with the NCR that allow them to retain their independence in exchange for some concessions. Crucially, the Shi provides the NCR with 1 unit of Biofuel, something the NCR doesn't yet know how to make itself. The Shi also start out with a non-aggression pact with the NCR.

2. Legacy of Chan Lee
- The Shi are no slouches in modern gunfighting, but where they excel is hand-to-hand combat. Generations of martial artists, rising from the first masters (who were self-taught from watching old Kung-Fu movies), have given rise to a pervasive culture that means Shi warriors are masters of melee combat. Practically, this means Shi soldiers are better at melee combat and in ambushes, regardless of Combat stat.

3. Radiotrophy
- The Shi have developed fast-growing flora that eats radiation and cleans it from the environment. Rations tiles produce .25 food more at basic level.

1. Weapons
- Standard Custom Faction loadout, up to Fallout Conventional Weapons/Laser Weapons

2. Armor
- Shi Combat Armor

3. Vehicles
- 1 Oil Tanker (PMV Valdez)

4. Special
- 1 Large Factory (Biofuel)
- 1 Hydroponics Bay (1 unit of food/day)
- VB-02 Vertibird Designs

1. The Sole Survivor
The Minutemen being one of the first factions the Sole Survivor encountered upon leaving the Vault, he/she quickly got roped into helping them out. The Minutemen starts out with the Sole Survivor as the General (for RP purposes only, does not confer any material benefit)

2. Laser Musketry
The Minutemen might not be technologically advanced in most ways, but they at least know enough to turn scavenged laser rifles into their unique weapons, the Laser Musket. The Minutemen are the only faction allowed to manufacture laser muskets from scavenged laser rifles.

3. Salt of the Commonwealth
The Minutemen are a collection of settlers who have are in the business of trying to live off the land. Commonwealth locations identified as Settlements will act as Rations tiles (and can be upgraded as such), regardless of the resource rolled for the tile they're in. Hangman's Alley, the Castle, and Boston Airport are excepted. Does not apply outside the Commonwealth.

1. Weapons
- 5,000 Laser Muskets
- 13,000 Fallout Conventional Firearms
- 5 Minutemen Artillery Pieces

2. Armor
- none

3. Vehicles
- none

4. Special
- none

1. Radio Silence
- The Teleporter utilizes radio waves as a carrier for the matter being teleported. This means that its teleporter is limited by its radio range (and also things like lead walls, bad weather, etc.) Radio relay towers will be required to be built/repaired in taken tiles in order to be used outside the Commonwealth.

2. Bioscience, boys
- The Institute has a very advanced bioscience division that has achieved remarkable breakthroughs in recreating and growing fresh food. The Institute produces 5 rations so long as it is occupied.

3. Limited Space
- Living underground has its limitations, first and foremost being a lack of space. As such, the Institute has had to severely restrict its population growth. The Institute is restricted to a starting population of 2,000.

1. Weapons
- 8,000 Institute Laser Rifles

2. Armor
- Synth armor, Courser gear

3. Vehicles
- none

4. Special
- 3,000 Gen3 Synths
- 2,000 Gen2 Synths
- 2,000 Gen1 Synths

1. Mercs with Mouths
- The Gunners are a mercenary group, not a nationstate. They're interested in strategic locations, scavenging tech, not all that silly business of ruling. The Gunners may take locations, but they aren't allowed to take tiles. This can be reversed through RP.

2. Whatcha gonna do with caps? Ya can't eat 'em!
- As a mercenary organization, the Gunners don't grow their own food. Instead, they buy it with the caps they make from their private mercenary work, supplemented by scavenging. The Gunners are exempt from the food rules. This condition is invalidated if the faction becomes a nation-type and a tile is taken.

1. Weapons
- 5,000 Laser Rifles
- 5,000 Assault Rifles (player choice)
- 1,000 Sniper Rifles
- 1,000 M1911 Pistols
- 1,000 Colt Single Action Army Revolver
- 500 M249b SAW
- 250 Miniguns
- 225 M79 Grenade Launchers
- 25 Missile Launchers

2. Armor
- Combat Armor
- 5 T-45d Power Armor

3. Vehicles
- none

4. Special
- none

1. World of Refreshment
- The Nuka-Raiders (and by the raiders I mean their trader slaves) have somehow managed to successfully repair the monorail leading from the Commonwealth to Nuka World. This allows them to quickly move men and equipment back and forth, or to utilize it as a trap for unwary travelers. The Nuka-Raiders start out with a repaired monorail.

2. Yoho, a raider's life for me!
- Being a raider is all about making other people give you the stuff you need, or want. This includes forcing poor Commonwealth settlers to provide the raiders with food and caps on a weekly basis. Captured locations designated as Settlements produce 0.5 food regardless of the tile resource. Hangman's Alley, the Castle, and Boston Airport are excepted. Outside of the Commonwealth, the Nuka-Raiders can roll every week for additional rations per tile owned.

1. The Brotherhood-NCR War
The Brotherhood in California is at the tail end of a devastating war between the Brotherhood and the NCR that they have mostly lost. Once powerful, they're now reduced to a small amount of holdouts in their main bunker in Lost Hills. The California Brotherhood starts with 3 BoS bunker (complete with hydroponics) at Lost Hills. Starting pop is reduced to 3,000 people.

2. Hardened Steel
Part of the reason the war has gone on so long and so destructively is that the Brotherhood's attitudes towards technology and wastelanders has only gotten more extreme over the years. Unfortunately, this precludes any chance of peace with the NCR. The CBoS will need significant reforms in their leadership and attitudes before this state of war may be resolved peacefully. The CBoS cannot make peace with the NCR or trade with it. Condition resolved only at management's discretion.

3. The Way of the Scribe
- The Brotherhood has never really controlled the kind of infrastructure to mass-produce its equipment in its history. Instead, scribes have gotten very good at repairing scavenged weapons and, crucially, building new ones. Cottage Industry produces at the same rate as normal manufacturing.

1. Weapons
- 250 AER9 Laser Rifles
- 150 Gauss Rifles
- 150 AER9 Laser Pistols
- 50 Laser Gatlings
- 50 Miniguns

2. Armor
- Combat Armor
- 125 T-45d Power Armor
- 200 T-51b Power Armor

3. Vehicles
- none

4. Special
- Designs for VB-01s

1. The Rig
The Poseidon Oil Rig, also known as Control Station E.N.C.L.A.V.E., is a massive, highly advanced living platform situated over the last known oil deposit on earth. Built with all the best toys money can buy, the Rig is a fully functional nation-state on its own and is fully capable of supporting all the Enclave's mainland mission needs. Unfortunately, the size of the Rig means that there is very little human population onboard. Starts with the Rig, an Enclave Bunker with an automated Large Factory, an automated Refinery producing one of each fuel type, and a hydroponics farm capable of supporting 1 pops. Starting pop reduced to 1,000.

2. Remember Navarro!
By 2241 the Enclave has already started operations on the mainland and has established Navarro as a research base and refueling station for its oil-powered Vertibirds. Being their main military stronghold on the mainland, it is heavily fortified and has similar if smaller facilities to the Rig, being also a fallback location in case the Rig is lost. Starts with Navarro as an Enclave Bunker with a small automated factory, a hydroponics farm capable of supporting 1 pop, an additional 1000 population and 10 Mr. Handy pops.

3. Pride of the U.S. Navy
When the bombs fell, the military tried to converge on the Rig. Only the Pacific Fleet managed to make it, and only a small portion of it. Starts with two Iowa-class Battleships in Moderate condition.

1. Weapons
- 1,000 REPCONN Plasma Rifles
- 300 Plasma Defenders
- 150 Gauss Rifles
- 100 Gauss Pistols
- 50 Laser Gatlings

2. Armor
- Combat Armor
- 160 APA-II power armor

3. Vehicles
- 20 VB-02 Vertibirds
- 2 Iowa-Class Battleships (USS Iowa and USS Missouri)

4. Special
- 1000 Mr. Handy robots

Children of the Vault
It's been several decades since you left the vault, and life was much harder than either you or Vault-Tec anticipated. You've managed to form a stable society, but the going was rough and in the struggle to survive, you've lost things. After all, who has time to keep track of holotapes when you're out in the fields all day or scavenging for scrap? While you're still noticeably more advanced than your wastelander counterparts, you're also notably regressed from your days in the vault.

Starting Tech
Agriculture: 4
Biology: 7
Energy: 4
Industry: 4
Weapons: 6
Engineering: 3

Starting Equipment
Vietnam-Era weapons

Foreign Government Remnants
You're like the Enclave but from a different country. Perhaps you were an Asian government-in-exile after China took over your country. Maybe you're the government of Mexico, in hiding for so long after the occupation, or the Canadian government. Maybe you're the scion of an exiled royal family, sheltering in the Americas, scheming to take back their throne and finding opportunity in the post-apocalypse. Whatever the case, you were well-stocked with the best equipment and bunkers money could buy - though not quite as good as the Enclave, or even the Brotherhood.

Starting Tech
Agriculture: 7
Biology: 7
Energy: 7
Industry: 7
Weapons: 6
Engineering: 6

Starting Equipment
Vietnam-era weapons, 2 Engineering appropriate vehicles of choice, 1 bunker.

Special Bonuses
Two Engineering appropriate vehicles of choice and a bunker.

Restrictions
Starting population reduced to 2,500. Starts out as a dot in the tile instead of a whole tile.

Military Remnants
You're a band of brothers, descended from the remnants of a pre-war military outfit that weathered the apocalypse by sticking together. The journey wasn't without challenge and loss, of course, but your strong collectivist ethic meant that you survived to the present day. Of course, being military brats means you know your way around weapons, but everything else tends to be greek to you.

Starting Tech
Agriculture: 3
Biology: 4
Energy: 4
Industry: 4
Weapons: 9
Engineering: 8

Starting Equipment
Fallout-era conventional weapons

Neo-Medievals
You ain't a tribe, but you ain't much better either. You've at least got an appreciation for knowledge, even if a lot of the world is still considered magic to you, but that's slowly changing. You might even be on the cusp of a renaissance. In the meantime, though, you've made some agricultural improvements and made strides in your fight for survival, having figured out basic engineering and architecture to build walls and protect yourself from the horrors of the wastes. You still haven't quite figured out gunpowder, but your melee weapons and your crossbows are at the zenith of their development.

Starting Tech
Agriculture: 3
Biology: 1
Energy: 1
Industry: 1
Weapons: 1
Engineering: 1

Starting Equipment
Crossbows and melee weapons

Raiders
You're raiders. Not much else to say. You don't produce anything yourselves but thrive on stealing it from everybody else. Either that or you scavenge it from the ruins. When you're not doing that, you're brewing up alcohol and drugs to feed your addictions and drown your depression. Your society, if you can call it that, is entirely based on strength and natural selection. Only the strongest, smartest, and most brutal rule. Time will tell whether or not your society will survive this unsustainable form of living.

Starting Tech
Agriculture: 0
Biology: 7
Energy: 1
Industry: 1
Weapons: 4
Engineering: 1

Starting Equipment
Scavenged melee and pipe weapons

Society of Wizards
You're a society descended from pre-war academics, dedicated to the preservation of knowledge and the furtherance of science beyond what was achieved by the pre-war world. Unfortunately, this task was much harder than it seemed and you've spent the majority of the last two centuries clawing your way back from the dark ages in most areas. That being said, you do have one or two areas of specialization where you've made great progress, maybe even surpassing the pre-war world in that field.

Starting Tech
Agriculture: 3
Biology: 3
Energy: 3
Industry: 3
Weapons: 3
Engineering: 2

Starting Equipment
WW1-era weapons

Special Bonuses
Choose up to 2 Tech Categories to advance to Tier 10

Restriction
Starting Pop reduced to 2,500

Tribals
You're a tribe, in that old Jingoistic sense. Your concept of medicine is herbal, you consider guns to be magic, and you haven't even heard of the plow. Your life is a constant struggle for survival in the harsh wastes of post-war North America. But you at least have a functioning society that, with the right mindset, might make something of itself someday. After all, what doesn't kill ya makes ya stronger.

Starting Tech
Agriculture: 1
Biology: 1
Energy: 1
Industry: 1
Weapons: 1
Engineering: 0

Starting Equipment
Basic bows and melee weapons

Vault Dwellers
You've lived in a vault since the bombs fell. Living underground for two centuries hasn't been easy, but you've made it work somehow. More impressively, you've either managed to survive Vault-Tec's social experimentation or was fortunate enough to land in a control vault. Sturdy as Vault-Tec's construction is, eventually, you'll have to venture beyond your door if only to get supplies to repair your home. If you decide to leave, you're well-equipped to do so, armed with what knowledge the pre-war world thought useful to you, and that they could cram onto a holotape. As Vault-Tec used to say, "Prepared for the Future!"

Starting Tech
Agriculture: 8
Biology: 7
Energy: 8
Industry: 8
Weapons: 8
Engineering: 3

Starting Equipment
Laser weapons and other Fallout weapons

Restriction
Starting pop reduced to 1,000.

Wasteland State
You're a band of plucky wastelanders who recently emerged from the Dark Ages, having formed a stable state and have begun to claw your way back to civilization. Knowledge is slowly increasing; you've rediscovered medicine, basic agricultural techniques, even figured out how to make smokeless powder in small amounts. You're not out of the woods yet, but there is hope for the future, that you might eventually master the wasteland and all its horrors.

Starting Tech
Agriculture: 3
Biology: 4
Energy: 3
Industry: 4
Weapons: 4
Engineering: 3

Starting Equipment
Small arms from WW2

Brotherhood of Steel
The Brotherhood of Steel. Some call them heroes. Others call them jerks (or worse). Most people think they worship technology. The Brotherhood would tell you otherwise, that they're merely keeping harmful toys out of the hands of children. Either way, the Brotherhood is one of the most well-equipped factions in the wasteland, at least in the East, and remains a relevant power in wasteland politics.

Starting Tech
Agriculture: 8
Biology: 8
Energy: 8
Industry: 8
Weapons: 9
Engineering: 8

Starting Equipment
Laser weapons and Fallout conventional weapons

Special Bonuses
The Prydwen, Liberty Prime, and VB-01 vertibirds

Restrictions
Individual chapters may have different starting conditions. Ask a moderator for details.

Caesar's Legion
Caesar's Legion, a motley collection of tribes forged into a mighty hammer by Edward Swallow, the first Caesar. They are the Antithesis of the NCR - autocratic, misogynistic, and brutal to the benevolent negligence and democracy of the NCR. That being said, the Legion has now twice lost at Hoover Dam, and with Caesar on his deathbed - or perhaps even dead - the Legion is facing a similar identity crisis to its neighbor across the Colorado River. Will the Legion survive the death of Caesar?

Starting Tech
Agriculture: 3
Biology: 2
Energy: 1
Industry: 1
Weapons: 4
Engineering: 1

Starting Equipment
WW2 Era small arms and melee weapons.

Special Bonuses
Starting pop increased to 100,000

Restrictions
See Lore Faction Starting Conditions

Enclave Remnants
The remnants of pre-war America's political, economic, and social elite, the Enclave survived the war in relative comfort and emerged as a power in the wasteland. A series of defeats, however, culminating with the destruction of the Oil Rig and, much later, the Mobile Base Crawler, have reduced them to a shadow of their former self. The Enclave is one of the most technologically advanced factions in the wasteland, rivaling the Institute, but a century of defeat at the hands of wastelanders has left them weak and splintered.

Starting Tech
Agriculture: 9
Biology: 9
Energy: 9
Industry: 9
Weapons: 10
Engineering: 10

Starting Equipment
Plasma weapons and Fallout conventional weapons, X-02/Hellfire power armor, and up to 4 VB-02 Vertibirds.

Restrictions
Starting pop reduced to 1000.
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Great Khans
The Khans are a former gang, now a tribe with a long and storied history. Formed from one of the groups that came out of Vault 15, the Khans quickly established themselves as one of the toughest and most ruthless gangs in the wasteland. Decimated first by the Vault Dweller, then again by the Chosen One (both on behalf of the NCR), the Great Khans had been reduced to a shadow of their former glory, living on a reservation in the Mojave. The NCR-Legion War allowed them, however, the chance to escape and start afresh, using the glory of the Mongols as a template for their revival. During the chaos of the 2nd Battle of Hoover Dam, they upped stakes and escaped into the wasteland. Where exactly they went remains to be seen, though it is assured that wherever they turn up, they will be a formidable force.

Starting Tech
Agriculture: 3
Biology: 7
Energy: 5
Industry: 1
Weapons: 8
Engineering: 1

Special Bonuses
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Gunners
The Gunners are best described as a private military outfit with its own agenda that happens to hire out mercenaries on the side. They are definitely the best mercenaries in the business, with soldiers regularly carrying laser rifles and wearing combat armor. This, of course, means they're also one of the tougher factions in the Commonwealth. Mercenaries aside, the Gunners seem to have some sort of goal for the Commonwealth - though what that is, no one knows.

Starting Tech
Agriculture: 0
Biology: 7
Energy: 8
Industry: 1
Weapons: 8
Engineering: 4

Starting Equipment
Laser weapons and Fallout conventional weapons

Starting Conditions
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Institute
Secretive and ominous, the Institute is the most highly advanced faction in the wasteland, with technology rivaled only by Big MT and the Enclave. The Institute makes up for its smaller population by producing Synths, both of the Terminator variety and of the near-perfect human replica that is their Gen3 Synth. Time will tell, though, if they can continue to lead their utopian underground life undisturbed by those living on the surface...

Starting Tech
Agriculture: 9
Biology: 10
Energy: 10
Industry: 9
Weapons: 4
Engineering: 4

Starting Equipment
Institute lasers weapons

Special Bonuses
4,000 Gen-1/2 synths, 3,000 Gen-3 synths, and 100 Coursers and a Teleporter (allows instantaneous travel wherever the Institute can broadcast their radio signal)

Restrictions
Starting pop reduced to 2,000

Minutemen
If the Institute is the bogeyman of the Commonwealth, then the Minutemen are its heroes. Well, were its heroes. The Minutemen have fallen far from their glory, reduced to the Castle and a handful of splinter cells across the Commonwealth. But they still have their artillery, and in the Sole Survivor, they have a rallying point, meaning they are poised to reclaim their glory and finally build the dream of a United Commonwealth.

Starting Tech
Agriculture: 4
Biology: 3
Energy: 6
Industry: 4
Weapons: 8
Engineering: 3

Starting Equipment
Laser Muskets and Fallout conventional firearms

Special Bonuses
The Sole Survivor leads this faction. Starts with the Castle and five artillery pieces there.

New California Republic
The New Californian Republic, the shining beacon of democracy in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. More than any other faction in the wasteland, the NCR represents the rebirth of civilization and the true continuation of American ideals. That being said, the NCR is slowly rotting on the vine as decades of incessant war and expansion take their toll on its political and economic institution. With a bureaucracy plagued by corruption and having recently experienced defeat at the hands of the Courier at the 2nd Battle of Hoover Dam, the NCR is a nation gripped in paralysis, teetering on the edge of either a renaissance - or a collapse into authoritarianism.

Starting Tech
Agriculture: 4
Biology: 7
Energy: 6
Industry: 6
Weapons: 8
Engineering: 4

Starting Equipment
Fallout conventional weapons, trucks, and 4 VB-02 Vertibirds.

Special Bonuses
Starting pop increased to 700,000

Restrictions
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New Vegas
The glittering jewel of Nevada, outshining New Reno, New Vegas is a power just coming on the scene. New Vegas was the true winner of the Second Battle of Hoover Dam, first utilizing NCR troops to defeat the Legion, then kicking the tired and overstretched NCR forces out with its massive army of Securitrons. With the dam under its thumb and money continuing to roll in from the casinos, New Vegas is poised to lead the world - though whether under House or under the Courier is up to you.

Starting Tech
Agriculture: 4
Biology: 7
Energy: 8
Industry: 9
Weapons: 9
Engineering: 6

Starting Equipment
Fallout Conventional Weapons

Special Bonuses
Starts with 10,000 Securitrons and control of Hoover Dam and Camp McCarran.

Restrictions
Starting pop set at 10,000. Securitrons need a functioning Radio Relay Tower to operate outside of the New Vegas tile.

Nuka-World Raiders
Savage, ruthless, and cunning, the Nuka-Raiders are less raiders and more a warlord state living out of the old Nuka-World park. An alliance between three different raider gangs underneath a powerful Overboss, tyrannically ruling over the slave Traders, the Nuka-Raiders are a new force in the Commonwealth and one to be reckoned with. Time will tell if their parasitic lifestyle can survive the challenges of civilization - or if they can claim their place in the crowded field that is the Commonwealth.

Starting Tech
Agriculture: 3
Biology: 7
Energy: 3
Industry: 1
Weapons: 8
Engineering: 1

Starting Equipment
Fallout conventional firearms, Nuka-Raider weapons, and Nuka-Raider armor

Special Bonuses
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Railroad
If the Institute is secretive, then the Railroad is downright shadowy. The Railroad is less of a nation, more of an organization dedicated to the liberation of synths from the Institute as well as the eventual destruction of the Institute. What they lack in the way of advanced technology they make up for in sheer gumption and exceptional combat ability.

Starting Tech
Agriculture: 0
Biology: 7
Energy: 8
Industry: 5
Weapons: 9
Engineering: 6

Starting Equipment
Gauss rifles and Fallout conventional weapons

Special Bonuses
Mercenaries and resources from the Merchant are cheaper.

Restrictions
Population reduced to 2,500. Cannot take tiles (but may still occupy bases).

Shi
Ah, yes, the Castaways, now grown into a nation and culture of their own. The Shi are a people descended from a Chinese submariner crew stranded in San Francisco when the bombs fell. Technologically adept, the Shi rival both the Enclave and the Institute with their scientific achievements. However, their position surrounded by the NCR means they have little opportunity to expand and are constantly in danger of being swallowed up by it. It remains to be seen if the Shi will amount to anything more than just another NCR protectorate.

Starting Tech
Agriculture: 9
Biology: 9
Energy: 8
Industry: 9
Weapons: 9
Engineering: 10

Starting Equipment
Fallout conventional weapons

Special Bonuses
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