THE COURIER

who is he?

the courier is the protagonist of the hit game fallout new vegas in the fallout series. the courier's decisions are impacted by the player's dialogue choices and alliances throughout the game. good impactful decisions generate good karma, bad impactful decisions generate bad karma, and a balance of the two maintains a state of neutral karma. there are several major alliances the courier can have throughout the game: with the new california republic, caesar's legion, mr. house, or complete and total independence (technically an alliance with total freedom.) these three factions are fighting over control over the mojave desert and the remains of their region after the nuclear bombs dropped.

the endings of the game culminate in the major final event of the game, the battle of hoover dam. the hoover dam has significant tactical importance to all three groups fighting for control over the mojave desert, as it is a major source of power and water for the entire mojave desert: taking control of it implies control over the entire region, as the region depends on it.

here are some different outcomes that the courier can have at the battle of hoover dam depending on who they help:

the courier is given his iconic name primarily because of his purpose: to carry packages across the mojave wasteland and other regions for different groups. he remains primarily independent before the events of the main story, but the contract that spurs on the events of the story have him carrying out a delivery for the mojave express, backed by the new california republic in an effort to expand their influence across the eastern section of the mojave desert. on the way to deliver this package (containing the platinum chip) he is ambushed by benny and the package is stolen from him. benny and the khans try to murder him, but he is dug out of his grave and brought back to life by doc mitchell and victor, his securitron.

although he is not given much of a backstory, we know he feels some sense of homelessness or home-seeking and is relatively clueless about a lot of things that occur in the mojave wasteland or customs and culture, which makes me extremely fond of him. here are things the courier knows absolute jack shit nothing about:

• fish
• the mormons
• sunset sasparilla caps
• his own history
• the presence of the MT research facility and its happenings
• communism? (although some members of the think tank are insistent he is spreading anti-american commie propaganda, he is not and he has no idea what communism is because he is not very smart (yes he is))
• school
• the entire city of chicago
• hegelian dialectics

here is a list of things the courier is familiar with, which is probably similarly if not more bizarre.

• the latin language
• giving a footjob (female courier only)
• mechanics, including network analysis, car mechanics, frequencies/radio transmissions and operations, and lathing/machining
• bounty hunting
• the brotherhood of steel and their hoarding
• the state of utah
• dead horse creole
• the spanish language
• sniping operations
• being a con artist

the courier has been through... so many things. he once lost his brain, heart, and spine in the 'old world blues' DLC after being experimented on by the think tank. this accounts for a lot of his behavior, including the fact that he apparently has unique lesions from being shot twice in the head. he aurafarms almost constantly and has the stupidest dialogue options known to man. hes sassy. he kills people. he is ruthless and also fair and just. he is whatever the player wants him to be and also just some traveling jackass who knows random shit and has a special interest in machining.

in short he is stupid and i love him he has 12 billion diseases ever

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