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Bonds Of Steel - Episode Thirty-Seven

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Prologue:

Episode One | Episode Two | Episode Three | Episode Four | Episode Five | Episode Six | Episode Seven | Episode Eight 


Story Arc: A Brotherhood Besieged


Episode Nine | Episode Ten | Episode Eleven | Episode Twelve | Episode Thirteen | Episode Fourteen | Episode Fifteen | Episode Sixteen | Episode Seventeen | Episode Eighteen | Episode Nineteen | Episode Twenty | Episode Twenty-One | Episode Twenty-Two | Episode Twenty-Three | Episode Twenty-Four | Episode Twenty-Five | Episode Twenty-Six, p.1 | Episode Twenty-Six, p.2 | Episode Twenty-Seven 


Story Arc: The Ghosts of Sierra Madre

Episode Twenty-Eight | Episode Twenty-Nine | Episode Thirty | Episode Thirty-One | Episode Thirty-Two | Episode Thirty-Three | Episode Thirty - Four | Episode Thirty-Five | Episode Thirty-Six | Episode Thirty-Seven | Episode Thirty-Eight | Episode Thirty-Nine | Episode Forty | Episode Forty-One | Episode Forty-Two | Episode Forty-Three 


Story Arc: No More Lies

Episode Forty-Four | Episode Forty-Five | Episode Forty-Six | Episode Forty-Seven | Episode Forty-Eight | Episode Forty-Nine | Episode Fifty | Episode Fifty-One | Episode Fifty-Two | Episode Fifty-Three |


Story Arc:  Operation Sunrise + Epilogue

Episode Fifty-Four | Episode Fifty-Five | Episode Fifty-Six | Episode Fifty-Seven, p.1 | Episode Fifty-Seven, p.2 | Episode Fifty-Eight | Episode Fifty-Nine | Episode Sixty | Episode Sixty-One | Episode Sixty-Two | Episode Sixty-Three | Episode Sixty-Four (The End)

16 comments

  1. Brigand231
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    Like a coffee IV and super-stim rolled into one. Just enough to give Kate her what, fourth wind?

    I hate playing Dead Money. I love reading Kate's adventures through it.
    1. GhanimaAtreides
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      Something like that; the absolute last of her energy amplified into one burst that might just be enough to get her through (I imagine the come-down was quite unpleasant...)

      Glad you're enjoying my take on the story!
    2. Brigand231
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      A harsh come down is preferable to not making it that far.

      I do enjoy your story very much, especially here.
  2. GhanimaAtreides
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    That scene was inspired by what actually happened the first time I played the DLC; I was out of stims and had just stumbled into a cloud pocket much like it happened here (I was playing the very first incarnation of Kate, the one I went through the entire game with as the Courier), and the only thing left was a bottle of Buffout. After that, it became the moment which marks the height of Kate's struggle through the Villa and simply had to include it. And you're right Buffout was designed for the military.
  3. Druuler
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    Even before you focused on the bottle of Buffout, I noticed it laying on the floor beside Kate. All that went through my mind was "Well, gee, look what we have here: Buffout! Now, that's handy" If I remember correctly, that stuff was originally designed for use by the military, so I think it was put to proper use by Kate. Glad she made it to the gates of the Sierra Madre more or less in one piece!

    Endorsed.
  4. GhanimaAtreides
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    Thanks, I'm glad you like it. All things considered she's very lucky to have survived at all and yes, this isn't an experience she'll soon forget or easily get over.
  5. deshaz
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    Endorsed

    We tend to treat our characters as superhuman when playing the game so it's a nice touch to keep that aspect out of your story. Kate must be really looking forward to a holiday after this adventure, or at least a nap.

    Good work

    Cheers
  6. GhanimaAtreides
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    Originally it was going to be just one big episode, but there's no way I could've gotten it past the Nexus file size limit.

    I almost never use chems in-game, too afraid of getting addicted. Story-wise, had it not been such a dire situation, Kate would never have touched it, which shows just how desperate she was. lol


    omfg two new episodes since the last day i checked? Christmas came early lol
    good ole buffout... how you save me from being encumbered so many times...
  7. ravenclawtom
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    omfg two new episodes since the last day i checked? Christmas came early lol
    good ole buffout... how you save me from being encumbered so many times...
  8. GhanimaAtreides
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    Bernt - you're back! I did wonder where you were! I intend to stick with the non-superhuman approach, in fact I kept thinking it still wasn't tough enough on her given the circumstances, but on the other hand I can't afford to cripple her. In a realistic scenario, a stimpak wouldn't help much if that were to happen. <img class="> Glad you like my compromise.

    Angrod88 - Very apt way of putting it, yes! <img class=">

    jim_uk - Thank you!

    flamenx01 - Thanks a lot, glad you enjoyed them!

    Ogramirad - Oh my, you've given it quite some thought! Though those songs are technically too modern for the Fallout-universe, I can see them fitting, yeah. Her mood went from despair to Buffout-fuelled rage to elation as she realized she was going to make it after all.

    jonas - Thank you <img class=">
  9. jonas66
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    Moving along nicely.
  10. Ogramirad
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    What I saw in My Minds Eye as I read those last few Awesome Frames.. Lol


    As Kate lay there near death in her escape, her eyes closed awaiting certain death, she slowly opened them and looked to her left, and as she did, saw the old bottle of Buffout.

    And one of her old song favorites from the Holotapes, came creeping into her mind and she started humming it as she reached for the Buffout and took the drug.

    James Taylor - You've Got A Friend


    But after Kate began to feel the effects from the Buffout, a new song from her old holotapes came to her mind, and she sang it Loud and Gleefully, as she cut, hacked and slashed her way through the Ghost People all the way to the gate...

    Black Sabbath - War Pigs


    Stopping and looking back from the direction she had come, and the carnage she had left in her wake, she was oddly saddened there were no more attackers, so she turned and went into the gate to the casino...