While I hate when NCR fans swear up and down the Legion would lose because "haha spears", Legion players tend to forget the empire's kinda screwed once Caesar's dead. Lanius isn't an Octavian. He wasn't groomed for rule, he was Caesar's sledgehammer. Clearly the guy has some intelligence in him, as evidenced by the barter/speech endings to his encounter in the game, but that took someone looking him in the eye and talking him down. No subordinate is going to risk that, so he'll never get the wake-up call. Great vid as always man.

So, this scenario basically ends with this: "In order to ensure the security and continuing stability, New California Republic will be reorganized into the First California Empire! For a safe and secure society!"

The ending is so beautifully ironic in how Caesar's plan for a synthesis between the NCR and Legion ultimately succeeded, just differently than how he had envisioned, in a future without him. And the NCR evolving into a organized military state due to failing/dying leadership is hardly surprising considering some of their FO2 endings.

"And so, the NCRs eyes glazed over as their grace was lost. Their most powerful enemy, most brutal enemy, was not felled by them in the end. Instead, the enemy was defeated by the cruel, painful passage of time. The NCR, now lacking its own soul, wandered and conquered what little it could. Not for its own gain, but because its all they knew how to do anymore."

I'd think House would go for a boulder city 2. Overload the Lucky's reactor and blow Vegas sky high. Or simply lock himself up and try again later, remember the legion had tried everything and couldn't get in the bunker. It's enough to blow the elevator up to stall them for months

Basically everything goes downhill. The NCR loses their control of the Mojave, House's dream collapses all around him, the various towns gangs and tribes of the Mojave are either integrated into the Legion or destroyed and wiped from history, and the Legion collapses without Ceaser leading them. This outcome is inevitable without the Courier and leads to a destroyed Mojave, the Legion fractured, and the NCR weakened. Not the ending one would want, all because of one man. Merry Christmas, everyone, and to you too Omega!

I would have loved if Vulpes Inculta could take over the Legion given his intelligence of warfare. Aswell as his ability discieve and plant spys in enemy territories. The legion would be much more scary with Vulpes' intelligence with Lanius' ruthlessness

Now here's an idea I've always wondered about. What if the Legion won during the First Battle of Hoover Dam With Graham still an active member in the forces, I suspect we could wind up with an even worse ending than this Which obviously would make it all the more fun.

Thesis. The NCR. Antithesis. The Legion. And finally Synthesis, a Republic as expansionist and chauvinist as Rome. Caesar would indeed be proud.

With that ending, Caesar acheived his ultimate goal. NCR because of the conflict with the ideology of the Legion, took on parts of the Legions ideologically and shifted theirselves towards a militaristic empire.

What's interesting about this is how pointless the outcome becomes. The first Ceasar had an end goal in mind as flawed and as brutal as it was. Lanius on the other hand does not and is not a good ruler. So with all of the bloodshed and victories the Legion literally is like "now what" with Lanius

Nothing better than starting Christmas Eve with an Omega Intiative video.

I think you should do a “What if Elijah won” video. Vegas may be a relatively dark game but if the Courier sided with Elijah or if someone was lucky enough to survive the Sierra Madre’s horrors and sided with Elijah it would instantly turn the world of Fallout into a universe just as grimdark as 40k

Graham would have gone all old testament on the Legion

I think that the interesting thing following this scenario is what happens with Vulpes Inculta, providing he's still alive. Vulpes is far more conservative with his resources, worse perhaps at outright battle, but more calculated with his brutality than Lanius, and more capable of diplomacy. He'd probably be Lanius' natural successor and might be able to give it a degree of resurgence. Knowing when to retreat, and when to attack.

Even if Caesar could defeat the NCR, he would ultimately be defeated by a foe far more powerful... Brain cancer.

This question hits different if you've played the Old World Blues mod for HOI4. The Legion usually just stomps the NCR and conquers California. Turns into a total shit show, though, if Lanius gets turned by the Twin Mothers, or if Caesar dies and it turns into a four-way brawl as Lanius, Lucius, Vulpes, and Aurelius all struggle for control.

People keep forgetting that likely Caesar adopts the legion aligned courier as his son and heir And a house aligned courier is likely his executor should anything happen to house

The legion collapsing under Lanius is no surprise

Oops, the Legion tried to kill the Bear, but only turned it *rabid* ..

I'd love an expansion on the story where Caesar is only interested in taking New Vegas was just to commandeer Mr.House's stasis bed, thus becoming immortal. That way he could rule the legion and the Mojave from behind a screen similar to the Wizard of Oz. He would need to hide that from the rest of his Legion, save his top officers. Question is, what would he do with the army of Securitron's? With the combined might of his troops and the Secturitons, New Vegas would in fact become his 'Rome".

I may be an ncr fanboy but I do love killing profilgates

Your alternative fallout history videos are some of the major reasons why I hate the Internet and the overall KZfaq landscape. Cause people that have actual talent towards story writing and storytelling barely have 50k subs with videos getting around 60k views whilst outright MrBeast clones are getting millions of subs and views. You are a truly underrated content creator and I hope that a day will eventually come when the algorithm will bless you and help you blow up. I mean your videos are not only interesting but relaxing af, no joke sometimes I put your longer videos on whenever I have problem falling asleep

Imagine in the next fallout game, during the entire game there have been vertibirds flying over head, then we get a quest about a village being wiped off the map, and soldiers with advanced technology marching though the wasteland, and are almost at your location, the half way though the game they arrive, the player has been lead to think that this threat must be the Enclave again, but no. In a scene similar to fallout 4 trucks and other vehicles come swarming into the wasteland, but it’s not the Enclave, it’s the NCR.

And then, Ulysses nukes everyone. The End.

My goodness dude I freaking love your what if and alternate history videos. Every time I get a notification that you release some new content, its one of the things that truly brightens up my day. Great material as always Omega! You're the best and merry Christmas!

This was a very well-crafted scenario building upon much of the critical source material from New Vegas. There's many ways this story could branch out from the militant NCR moving into a Mojave and finding whatever little remains of what was once a legendary army of slaves that conquered 86 tribes. Nothing is mentioned of the Brotherhood upon the NCR returning to Vegas. It is established that all of the advanced tech has been stripped. What follows is my opinion of what could happen after the end of the story put out in this video. What was once a bountiful bastion of wealth, power and glory, is now a dry, barren desert long past its prime with whatever oasises now mirages long-gone. The Mojave Wasteland has returned to a time not seen before the rise of Vegas. The city became an action-packed entertainment jewel ripe with casinos in the mid-20th century. Now it is just a grizzled old shadow. Dominated by an arid mass with quiet, sleepy settlements no different than the humble railway water stop that Old Vegas started out as in the early 1900s. The city was quiet for two centuries after the bombs and had a second chance that is now went. But time must go on. The Brotherhood may have had no problem plundering whatever gizmos they deemed "unsafe" from the Mojave. The only trouble they had was with lowlife wasters, muties and savage Legion scum, that fought over the scraps themselves. But their and the Legion's acts of defiance against the NCR only made the Bear a scourge that could conquer that entirety of the old American West, perhaps all 50 states if they had what it took for such a feat. For such a powerhouse as the might of the NCR, they may have had it easy. That is taking a dust bowl of a Mojave no other group would see the value in. But greater challenges rest beyond the old sands. No doubt with what they may have taken, it is a very likely possibility the Brotherhood has also built up steam - a great army of their own. The Enclave that tried to conquer without resistance in the 2240s was spread out across the vast Old World. What the NCR found is only the prelude to a great game for the control of the West, perhaps for all of America. No matter how further the great bear of the west has changed from it's beginnings, the Lord never meant for their demons to rule unchecked forever. Only time will tell how the great crucible for the fate of America will play out after the NCR's return to the Mojave.

It would be cool to see what a militant ncr would do going forward after realizing the collapse of the legion.

interesting. very different from how I imagine it but I like the idea of the Caesar getting his way with the NCR, just not how he anticipated it

What if the Brotherhood won? I could possibly see it happening if Veronica managed to convince McNamara to start recruiting people of the wasteland or, with the war in the west potentially going poorly, the main group of BOS sends a large force to the Mojave, maybe trying to go further east before finding the Mojave chapter.

I do love that you included Joshua Graham, one of my favorite characters in all of Fallout

Through some kind of a dialectical process, as Caesar enjoyed to use for interpretating the evolution of societies, his objective like he said himself in the game was to transform the NCR from a corrupted republic into a "military dictatorship", and he did. Great video

I absolutely love the style of presentation and direction in which you took this hypothetical scenario. You didn't simplify practically anything, things weren't boiled down to just 'the Legion wins and takes everything with little opposition', you emphasised not just what made the Legion strong, but what made it weak, its founding principles, acting as a double-edged sword. Sure, a violent, totalitarian regime is quite effective in swiftly dealing with problems in the short-term, but it requires a specific mindset to deal with long-term problems as well. The fundamental issue being that, the mindset of the dictatorship is centred around the dictator. And when the dictator is replaced by someone without the necessary mindset, he can't just be removed peacefully by a subordinate authority or opposition group in an official manner like in a democracy or even an oligarchy. It requires a plot, scheming in the shadows to facilitate a coup, which in turn requires far too many steps to be pulled off reliably every time an inept dictator comes along. The realism on display is commendable, seeing the Legion show its cracks after their conquests because Lanius is now in control is quite believable. It quite strongly reminds me of more recent WWII Axis victory scenarios created in modded Paradox games such as Hearts of Iron IV (if you'll excuse the cringe-worthy comparison).

It's absolutely insane the way you come up with this stuff. I honest to god take this as straight cannon the way its so well crafted and thought out. You do so well tying the cannon into fiction that its hard to tell where the line is so I sit here mesmerized watching these videos for hours upon discovering you. Absolutely amazing work never stop doing what you're doing. Sorry I'm a little smacked at the moment and am going to spend the rest of the night watching your entire Fallout Archive.

6:31 I love this. Followers: We are here to help the people of freeside. House: I'll pay 10000 caps for you to fuck off.

This is such an awesome story. I think this is your best video yet.

Ave, true to caesar.

Love your Alternate History scenarios, especially the Enclave ones, those are my favorite. Really immersive too! It pretty much says a lot about what happens when Lanius becomes Caesar.

The legion basically faces the same problems the NCR had, only exacerbated by poor leadership, causing the legion to leave its “Persia” and collapse internally. It’s ironic how Caesar saw Vegas as the legion’s “Rome,” but the entire area became the equivalent of Afghanistan. It was only when it was deserted that the NCR took it by force, with nothing to show for it other than dirty casinos and ghost towns. The only thing of true value in the area was Hoover Dam, it’s electricity, and all the fresh water the Colorado River could collect. That’s would certainly alleviate the monopoly of The Hub on water merchants. Side tangent: My theory is that Lake Powell has been capturing all the radiation filled water and the clean stuff has been skimmed off the surface and sent downstream to Lake Mead.

38:06 Gotta give credit, you somehow managed to make the Republic look cool

beautifully written and spoken, perfectly encapsulates the spirit of fallout and is an incredible standalone story. this is your best work yet, and i say this as a fan of neither house, the legion, or the ncr.

Found your videos by accident. Pretty awesome story lines. Nice job.

Literally fall asleep to your "what if" series every night. What a lovely way to drown out my tinnitus

As always, awesome storytelling and creativity!

Three videos, Christmas gift of a lifetime!

God I hate how these videos are so good, I keep watching them one after another and loving it 😭

You know who Legate Lanius remind me of? Robert Baratheon. A warrior who should never rule.

Thanks for do this Omega.

Absolutely love these sorta what if videos you make though do you think you could do a sorta short story on Boone since in most Legion endings Boone becomes a high class bounty or just goes on a murder spree. Unless he died with the PMC during the defense of Vegas it’d be cool to know his fate in this alternate timeline and to see his reactions towards the newly formed NCR

I feel like by the point of the NCR retreating from Vegas House would have the strip obliterated before giving it up to the Legion, considering his response if the courier allows him to live after disconnecting him from the Lucky 38

It's sad that a man just sat down and wrote out the entire plot for New Vegas 2, and doesn't even crack 100k views for it.

13:41 As the wise man once said, "Remind Yourself that Overconfidence is a Slow and Insidious Killer."

this is before the courier video in the playlist

I noticed the changed thumbnails for both videos, amazing work

so the final conversation/ talking Lanius "down" proved correct in the end and Hoover Dam did become the be the grave stone of the Legion. nice to see the Brotherhood "won" but it feels like a hollow victory somehow as they still retreated to their bunker

The fact that it devolved the NCR into the very thing they were fighting is poetic

As a huge fall out fan I absolutely love your fallout alt history videos. You are amazing should start writing fallout lore novels if God Howard approves of course. Keep up the amazing work.

I love how you told the story from the POV of the ones losing

They wont go quietly, the legion can count on it.

Such amazing videos:D

Looks like the biggest winners here are the brotherhood of steel, they get the tech they wanted, survive, have their enemies damaged, and disappear

This is the best interpretation of house in a while. Its really hard to properly picture house as hes so insanely methodical, its likely for example that he would have presicted the ncr would leave and maybe even order an evacuation of his body you never know, but you know hes the most stybborn old bastard in the entire fallout franchise so it makes sense once he realizes its rsther hopeless he fights untill death

I truly love all your fallout vids :)

Amazing video dude

Another great video

22:30 Damn, the Brotherhood of Steel's stealth build was so good they even snuck up on the Narrator.

Glad to see that this isn't just a legion playthrough but without the courier.

I’d love to see a scenario where Benny actually takes over and kills house and maybe actually claims a independent Vegas (especially since his late Voice Actor Matthew Perry has passed away recently)

This is the best Christmas present, true to Caesar

So the legion falls apart and the NCR evolves from an empire in all but name into a full fledged empire. Now though I wonder what happens to Elijah? Does he simply wither and die in the Sierra Madre with no one else to come and put Dead Money into motion? What of Ulysses?

What about the other DLCs? Granted they are all stuck in a dead lock Elijah can’t weaponize the madre 100% Ulysses seems like a 2nd courier And I think he’d become a legend like graham The Big MT is a interesting ticking time bomb (also the tunnelers in lonesome road but that’s a story for another time) Not to mention the various bits and pieces of The Mojave that are no-go zones. Nelis is basically Vegas 2 and it’s basically a suicide mission for the legate

You make amazing videos

This series would be amazing books, audiobooks, podcasts, etc. amazing alt history series about an amazing alt history game!

The Legion will die unless it finds it's Augustus.

I like that even when Caesar's Legion won, they still lose to the NCR.

Christ on a cracker that was a movie and epic story :D Thank you!

I really liked the point when NCR turned to pre-war McCartneyism after losing the Mohave, really makes the entire loop of "war never changes".

Great video

Love ur work

"The NCR turns into the Enclave"

Tbf whatever happens the ncr wins. The further west they go it becomes harder to integrate nationalist NCR citizens, longer supply lines and shorter ones for NCR and in addtion tbe ncr has modern industrial power

I love the idea of the PMC

As someone with moderate sympathies for the NCR, I’ll follow this new NCR. Great video, Peace ✌🏻 and Happy New Year. Part 2 to this please? 😎👍 P.S. Sad that Mr. House’s dream didn’t work out so well.

HO-LY SHIT. that was an incredible fever dream of a video. thx bro

The main thing I love about all of these vids that you make (especially the ones on fnv) is the very real possibility that these could happen Like I could see the events in these serving as the backstory for new fallout games Great job on this one

Happy new year Omega!

So in the end Caesar's planned synthesis of the Legion and NCR was succesful.

This is a better plot than most movies

Ironically ceasers thesis and antithesis came true with the absence of the courier. The parts that conflicted washed away to create a stronger combined being.

Me : do one for the legion Omega : I don't like the legion Omega: dose it anyway

That was great!

Was waiting for the BOS to drop the Archimedes II on the legion

Really my only gripe with your presentation is how the legion takes the dam. We see in game that when it comes to war Lanius is actually a very clever fox, discovering old tunnels into the dam even the NCR overlooked believing no one would be crazy enough to swim through them, which is exactly what Lanius had his best men doing. He didn’t need to mass his troops for human waves on the top of the damn to push in because he hit every level of the dam at the same time. Realistically the courier involvement in this tactic too is so simple it could be assigned to any legate or veteran. But yeah my rant over lol it’s a good video I did enjoy it a lot

Great what if video. I don't think the House backed mercenaries would stick around to fight the Legion after the NCR left. Historically mercs have always dipped out when it becomes apparent they don't stand to gain anything.

If only Lanius had someone to explain how attritional warfare works.

You tell good stories

I love the fact that my favourite faction i.e: the BoS is, by the end, lurking in the shadows, probably stronger than ever

Alternativ Tietle for this Video what if Benny was a better Shot.

Tl;dr Ulysses/Brotherhood win? This video doesnt really discuss what happened with the DLC characters besides Graham. What about Ulysses, or the Sierra Madre? I doubt anyone would ever get into the Casino, although maybe one day this NewNCR could take it by force, only to find their endeavors being for nothing as the vault self-destructs, and the matter fabrication technology likely lost along-side it. As for Big MT? Well, without the Courier's intervention, not much changes. The toaster dies, likely, and Cazadors, and other such mutated creatures steadily enter the Mojave as usual. And regarding Ulysses, I feel he would *eventually* figure out the Courier's death, probably working backwards in the process (hearing of the Legion's fall, and basically watching this video in reverss). That is, if he isnt the one to put the final nail in the Legion's coffin, activating his nuclear warheads to completely decimating the Legion's base of operations. OR, maybe he never had the chance to destroy the Legion, maybe they collapse within too quickly? And it is the NCR, this rabid, destructive animal that is *put down* by Ulysses with his warheads completely glassing the New California Republic. It'd likely be a mercy killing, from his point of view. Ironically? If the Brotherhood was able to hold out even as the Legion collapsed, and the NCR retake the Mojave, they'd probably be the ones to "win" overall in this scenario. They picked the Mojave clean of technology they deemed unsafe, and if Ulysses nukes the NCR, will likely be able to take back Helios One as well (maybe dealing with some cut off, rogue NCR troops in the process).

I would love to see how it would be if benny would have been in charge of new vegas