
The first spark of conflict ignited over the Mojave, and the region braced for bloodshed. They soon realized that they had all sorely underestimated the threat of Caesar's Legion (or overestimated the strength of the New California Republic). The local NCR contingent crumbled in a single, decisive battle. Hundreds of troopers and rangers lay dead, claimed by the wastes to join their ancient American forebears in the anonymity of destroyed democracy. The New Vegas region, while never entirely amenable to NCR influence, recoiled at the immediacy of their new reality. What powers remain that can stand in the way of Caesar's slavers?