Hoover: Long-term, the electricity from hoover is our big bargaining chip to maintaining peace with NCR and getting some real expansion currency being paid consistently. It's worth some investment to make sure we have a decent surplus to offer them if they come knocking.
Militia: a decentralized militia is one difficult to organize to face a concentrated or heavily armed threat, but a professional military is just not in the budget right now. So we stick with the kings and tops. Given the kings have been protecting people this way for years, I'm not sure why it's so annoying for them to start doing it outside freeside. Seems like pretentions of independence that are a bit ambitious for former refugees driven from their homes.
Funding: minimal just isn't going to cut it, maximum is too provocative.
Gomorah: we need some kind of boost to trade income in the short term whatever we take, and this will do.
Freetime: we need either more trade or more military whatever we pick for airport. Graham can provide either of we get him to come down here.
Airport: either we use it for a base to give our military the extra oomph to be effective on their own and work out trade agreements with Graham, or we use it as a trade depot and work out a raider breaking joint military campaign with Graham.
Either way, this should allow us the best of both worlds in encouraging trade or defending our people. Honestly I'm in favor of Top Protection most. It's a more lasting solution to securing the Mojave against outside threats, while an alternative trading depot can always be constructed later.
[X] Plan Top Protection for a Price.
-[X][AIRPORT] Reactivate McCarran as a military outpost.
-[X][HOOVER] Gradually return the Dam to its prior capacity.
-[X][MILITIA] Enlist your loyal tribes as peacekeepers.
-[X][FUNDING] Maybe a
little squeeze.
-[X][GOMORRAH] Convert it into a trade emporium.
-[X][FREETIME] Get in touch with Graham.
Whether to call upon him to lead his warriors south to help you with your own Raider problem or negotiate further trade, there was plenty to be accomplished by inviting one of your few allies to come visit your city now that conditions were improving.
[X] Plan Top Profit for a Price.
-[X][AIRPORT] Convert McCarran into a regional trade depot.
-[X][HOOVER] Gradually return the Dam to its prior capacity.
-[X][MILITIA] Enlist your loyal tribes as peacekeepers.
-[X][FUNDING] Maybe a
little squeeze.
-[X][GOMORRAH] Convert it into a public hospital.
-[X][FREETIME] Get in touch with Graham.
That doesn't even come close to addressing my point but thanks for telling me I'm wrong over an offhand use of terminology.
It's a double taxable income, and we need both in the long-term, still, I guess we could eventually repurpose the dilapidated motel outside the Airports entrance for that purpose when we have a good deal more desposable income.
I mean smaller traders or internal new vegas markets would also be able to set up shop at the Gomorrah, stuff that doesn't need a caravan to transport but also is more complex than something homemade.
I think that's covered by the shops mentioned earlier in the update? The ones our refugees took over?
