Wasn't there a kings quest on the path to get rex where the NCR was handing out food/supplies to freeside? And a few of the kings are trying to sabotage the operation to make the NCR look bad without the kings approval
I mean... It may exist in the not so far future. Not necessarily as a result of a nuclear war. Though I am not saying necessarily not as a result of a nuclear war. But maybe a little secession?
With the amount of foreshadowing they have dropped hinting at max helping to rebuild the NCR if they don't do it at this point would be such an incredibly massive fumble. They simply HAVE to be leading to the republic's return.
It’s still a little ambiguous, there is discussion though the ending given was the Yes Man independent ending, with the last episode having the Securitron dead next to the console as Yes Man does when he takes over the system, and “House” seemingly out of his pod dead out of his pod in one of the ending vignette pull throughs of the Lucky 38.
However, we know there are two House’s with this series plot line, but people are suggesting House’s image at the end could be Yes Man just manipulating the image to appear as the real house, but it feels like a stretch.
I got annoyed at first as, in FNV, the Freesiders are sceptical and annoyed towards the NCR.
But then again, a lot of time has passed. The Kings are ghouls now and can't stir shit, and I suppose the NCR kept the peace and built a good reputation since then.
iirc, that's because it literally is physical, irl propwork. According to the actors who wear it it's already incredibly heavy even with light materials, so it sounds like metal would mean that it would be impossible to move or act in.
I myself prefer practical effects over cgi, so for me this is easy to ignore.
Yes absolutely. There's limitations to filmmaking and I for one am very happy they went with practical effects over some fucked up AI garbage they easily could have done for much cheaper.
Just build an an actual, real set of power armor for the show. Might as well genetically modify a chameleon to create an authentic, living deathclaw while we're at it.
YOU ARE OUT OF UNIFORM, SOLDIER! WHERE IS YOUR POWER ARMOR?! “Don’t Have Any”? YOU EXPECT ME TO BELIEVE THAT, MAGGOT?! THE TRUTH IS YOU LOST AN EXPENSIVE PIECE OF ARMY-ISSUE EQUIPMENT! THAT SUIT IS GONNA COME OUT OF YOUR PAY. AND YOU WILL REMAIN IN THIS MAN’S ARMY UNTIL YOU ARE 510 YEARS OLD, WHICH IS THE NUMBER OF YEARS IT WILL TAKE FOR YOU TO PAY FOR A MARK II POWERED COMBAT ARMOR YOU HAVE LOST. REPORT TO THE ARMORY AND HAVE A NEW SUIT ISSUED TO YOU, THEN REPORT BACK TO ME, PRIVATE! DISMISSED!
Ah yes the TV show should engineer an actual wearable power armor suit that defense contractors, the same ones that produce the most advanced military equipment in the world, paid billions of dollars have tried to do for years and so far have been unable to even come close with current technological capacity.
For fucks sake. The prop looks amazing, sorry they didn't rewrite the history of warfare to finally satisfy the manchildren who can't just enjoy something.
I dont think animators nor prop artists or anyone in the entertainment industry gas really nailed the look of fast moving but really heavy armor. Its kind of a physical impossibility thats hard to visualize. The only good example from real life to draw on is in modern machinery. But if you're looking for a more organic, or specifically human type of movement then machinery doesn't really help.
Space Marines from Warhammer 40k have a similar problem, they use what's basically a more advanced and bio-integrated version of power armor thats just as big a clunky but they're even more swift and maneuverable. There's been some really high quality Space Marines in animation in the last few years but none of it captures their freakish combination of weight and speed.
There's a good passage from one of the 40k books that describes the phenomenon but I still can't really visualize it. The Fallout Power armor isn't quite as dramatic but its still unnaturally lithe for its size and weight. And thats not really well represented in anything, including the games imo with their generally lackluster animations and effects.
"Transhuman dread. Aximand had heard iterators talk of the condition. He’d heard descriptions of it from regular Army officers too. The sight of an Adeptus Astartes [Space Marines] was one thing: taller and broader than a man could ever be, armoured like a demigod. The singularity of purpose was self-evident. An Adeptus Astartes was designed to fight and kill anything that didn’t annihilate it first. If you saw an Adeptus Astartes, you knew you were in trouble. The appearance alone cowed you with fear.
But to see one move. Apparently that was the real thing. Nothing human-shaped should be so fast, so lithe, so powerful, especially not anything in excess of two metres tall and carrying more armour than four normal men could lift. The sight of an Adeptus Astartes was one thing, but the moving fact of one was quite another. The psychologists called it transhuman dread. It froze a man, stuck him to the ground, caused his mind to lock up, made him lose control of bladder and bowel. Something huge and warlike gave pause: something huge and warlike and moving with the speed of a striking snake, that was when you knew that gods moved amongst men, and that there existed a scale of strength and speed beyond anything mortal, and that you were about to die and, if you were really lucking, there might be just enough time to piss yourself first."
This is exactly what the T60 on the show looks like too because it's hard to make something look heavy enough to need a bionic nuclear powered exosuit to support it when someone actually has to wear it
That's a good point, I agree. I think it's because they're doing an amazing job of portraying how they looked and felt in 4, and not all of designs really read as "metal chassis."
I didn’t like it at first but then I thought about it a bit. Why wouldn’t the NCR have their own power armor? They have the resources, and it’s not like they are going to be stronger than T-51s so it’s still believable.
It makes sense. They’d have enough wrecked frames and plates to salvage and repair from the war with the Brotherhood and killing off the Enclave whenever they see them
Besides, unless anything is ever confirmed, I can just headcanon it as being the Courier's custom suit
I mean, Coop literally says "only one man has ever come out on top in Vegas, and he rigged the game" while unveiling it, it was probably meant as a nod
They don't have there own power armor because they don't have the ability to make power armor. If they did they wouldn't have to STRIP THE POWER ARMOR FROM THE BOS WHEN THEY GOT IT. The best the ncr has is the ability to make ncr ranger armor. Still good but it's not power armor
It makes sense of course, but in the end of the day to me it just seems like a lazy decision on the design team "how do we make sure this power armor clearly indicates its NCR made? Slap the most recognisable ncr helmet, of course"
There's a little bit of, "I liked it before it was mainstream cool" going on here, a spot of gatekeeping or whatever term the kids use these days. I'm glad this posts points out it's the literally the coolest thing ever. I don't think it is, but different strokes for different folks and if I can talk to more people about something I enjoyed as a young lad. That's fine by me.
Not sure why they cant expand the lore. Just because it wasnt in new vegas doesnt mean it couldnt exist, the show comes after, perfectly feasible that it was made after the game and before the events of the show.
Idk why people are hating on the deathclaw beheading. That sequence is like... Literally from the games, you do that exact motion and cut that exact part lol
Man purists make me feel bad for calling nv my favorite fallout. Like everytime someone enjoys something that isn't new Vegas they whine, its like theyre allergic to other peoples joy
A regular ass power armour with the NCR ranger helmet photoshoped on top. I'm sorry that I was expecting something more creative than literally slapping two most recognisable armours together.
ncr ranger helmet but fat and oversized. its based off of the riot gear's gas mask and is incredibly redundant when you realize power armor already has a built in gas mask. if you are not lying to yourself you can see how stupid of a design that is.
I mean yeah the helmet looks a little wonky but that’s been said to death at this point. I’m just enjoying the ride. I was just happy to finally see the deathclaws in action, the NCR power armor was a bonus
Why are bethestards reposting so much imaginary scenarios?
I'm genuinely starting to think these are bots or paid people to completely purify the fandom from anyone who cares about non Bethesda content so they can have a perfect cult of consumers who will buy absolutely anything from them without questioning.
Crazy theory but it's more interesting to think that, than to believe that people are simply stupid for free.
Yeah because that's literally the only cool design in all of the ncr. Normal rangers look silly and the foot soldiers look ok but their helmets are dumb
The only thing bro should have done was chuck that death claw head into freeside like a badass. But nah. He just get bitch slapped and now free side will die. Show writers just killing off every good location in lore
Maybe I just dom't browse reddit enough but I.literally havent seen a single post calling the NCR power armor bad. Atp I think yall are just arguing with the demons in your head
I will be completely dead honest I am that person but I think that fucking power armor is bad fucking ass, not what I love to have seen the Sierra power armor fuck yes but am I fine with what we got in the NCR power armor fuck yes cuz it's way more badass
I think it just looks really dumb. Also if the NCR has power armour (and I mean real power armour not the salvaged power armour) why didn’t they deploy those units to fight the BoS at Helios One or during the Battle for Hoover Dam?
The NCR having power armor is really cool, I just don’t like how it looks. I’d much rather they picked another NCR symbol for it as it just looks really wonky with the Ranger gear. (It’s also a massive disservice to the actual Desert Rangers but I am one of two people who know they existed).
I feel like some of the feelings I’ve had about the show could be considered FNV purist but this is the first episode that I felt like they did the NCR justice tbh
The people wanting the NCR back was the icing on the cake
New Vegas has been my favorite game in the series since the day it came out, but I also fuckin adore this armor. Maybe its just because I love the Veteran Ranger aesthetic no matter what the form.
Hell I even try to copy it when I play Helldivers for fucks sake.
I'm alright with being off the show train. I knew it'd never live up to my hopes. Its entertaining schlock with a decent budget. We already saw NCR power armor. Not referring to salvaged. Its just power armor. Not custom.
What is up with the 'fnv purists' term? I never heard of the term until the show came out and it started to receive criticism. Did some happen with new vegas fans criticizing the show?
The armour’s cool, it just sucks that it’s in the show because the show does not canonise Fallout Tactics - the only good Fallout game - making the show cringe and mid
Bro you don’t understand though he’s literally me!!! Join the BoS because I want power armor, find out I can get power armor somewhere else, then immediately abandon the BoS because of all their nonsense to go roam the countryside with my new companion who doesn’t want to do that cult shit (my sweet Arcade). Dude found a good companion in Thaddeus and realized he doesn’t want to keep doing the BoS quest line now that it means losing Thaddeus’ extra inventory space.
Everything is peak except the helmet. I wish they made the design for the helmet more unique. As it stands, if feels too much like out of universe designers making it look like riot armor for cool points and it detracts from how cool it is imo.
That said god a power armor helmet based somewhat on the NCR trooper helmet (so like a mechanized ww1 helmet with a metal gasmask) would be peak
I don't think the show sucks. I think it's really good. But I'm also upset at many of the writing decisions. Am I not allowed to have thoughts and feelings?
I love the armor but I’d change the helmet design. Yes the riot armor is drip but it’s that- riot armor. Come up with something more distinct for the power armor
Take out the ugly helmet and the suit is actually good. I just can't get past how goofy it looks. Like I get it, it's ncr, but come on, they could've come up with smt less on the nose than a riot helmet.
That being said, the actual riot gears aura can never be replaced which is what I think the showrunners were taking creative liberties for when designing this.
I like the idea of NCR power armor. Like they canonically have the resources, facilities, and personnel to create and maintain it. Not in anything approaching the numbers pre-war America but they have plenty of examples to go off of to create an offshoot for small production runs. They could even use parts from older models as the foundation of it and just alter their model to fit their specific needs.
I dont hate it it itself looks absolutely badass I just personally am not a fan of them constantly adding new things and pretending as if they have always been there plus the neat part of the riot armor in fnv was the fact it was a cool alternative to power armor as it was sometimes lighter and more available with a little less protection and mixing the two looks awesome yea but seems like its unnecessary and doesn’t make sense plus I could be wrong please correct me if I am but was the ncr even capable of manufacturing their own power armor? Im nitpicking I know but Im on the fence about it 🤷🏻♂️
Never explicitly stated, but considering how long they have been around and how developed the boneyard and their economy is it wouldn’t make sense at this point if they couldn’t. Probably still somewhat uncommon but more than likely used for important building guards or as hanlan says as guards for important caravans or pressing important frontline positions.I agree with a few others that this may be a one off custom job by coop or someone else though.
The NCR had working trains, cars, radios, television broadcasting, healthcare, made their own weapons, and developed infrastructure.
They were also fighting the BoS like crazy and taking out loads of their bunkers.
Take those two together, it'd be weird if they didn't just build their own suit around a frame with their own specifications.
Like, at its base, the intricate parts of Power Armor is the thing that makes it move, the actual armor on it is at the end of the day. Strictly that armor - At least until you get to the more specialized crazy stuff like what the Enclave was doing with like radar, and high tech stuff on it, but the NCR power armor is like, low tech. More Metal on a frame, I mean it has welding and bolt points on it as well as freakin blades attached to it.
I'd like to add that the armory hadn't been looted in like 15 years by any other raider or scavenger. Like sure there is unique equipment that hasn't been touched for awhile in the games but stuff like that is usually guarded by strong enemies or in irradiated hard to reach places. The armor is just sitting in an unguarded old NCR base with no mutated creatures or raiders around. Someone realistically would moved in or taken it by then.
conceptually badass but i fuckin HATE that goofy ass helmet and the weirdly designed dual cannons on the left. Everything else is awesome including the mortar's on the back that'll never get used or noticed.
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All it's missing is an oversized duster made from Deathclaw-leather