Fallout 4: The Wasteland Life of a Pillager

Chapter 286: Past Events - Operation Rising Sun

At noon, the scorching sun hung high in the sky, shining with scorching sunlight and baking New Vegas.

Yi Beiwang and the postman each drove a truck loaded with supplies such as food, water, weapons and ammunition.

George, Ivan and others were sent to cooperate with Cass in business.

When she heard that they could make money by running a caravan again, Cass was more excited than him, the founder, and said that she wanted to drive with them to Thorn City to deliver the goods in person. The postman and Yi Beiwang tried to stop them for a long time but it was no use.

They had no choice but to let Cass follow the caravan to Thorn City and pray that nothing would happen.

Due to the terrain, there was a mountain between the Yibei Merchant Group's headquarters and the Yixianshengji camp, so the two of them could only take a long detour to get there.

It was really boring to drive on this desert road. Yi Beiwang thought about everything in his life, but he still hadn't reached his destination, which gave him a headache.

Fortunately, at this moment, the postman seemed to see something and asked him to stop the car and rest for a while.

In the distance, a huge photovoltaic power plant stands there. After two hundred years of erosion, it only looks a little shabby.

Apparently, many people have been using and maintaining this place over the past two hundred years.

Observing through the telescope, some NCR soldiers were stationed at the power station to guard it.

Yi Beiwang observed and asked, "Is that the Yishenyuan camp over there?"

The postman shook his head and said, "No, that's the Apollo Power Plant, the second largest power generation facility in New Vegas after the Hoover Dam."

"I brought you here mainly to show you the scale of this place and to tell you what happened here."

"Before I tell you the story, let me ask you a question. Have you heard of the Brotherhood of Steel?"

Yi Beiwang was stunned at first, then he boasted: "Oh, I've heard that a lot. The leader of the Eastern Brotherhood and I are close friends, friends for life and death."

"I didn't expect there's a Brotherhood of Steel here. That's great. I'm not bragging, but with my low status, anyone in the Brotherhood has to give me some respect."

"What did the Brotherhood of Steel do here? Tell me about it."

The postman didn't know whether Yi Beiwang was bragging or telling the truth. He looked towards the Apollo Power Station and grabbed a handful of sand from the ground to show Yi Beiwang.

Yi Beiwang looked over and found several shell casings and bullet heads mixed in the sand.

He seemed to realize something, took out a shovel and dug the sand and gravel under his feet twice, and found that the place was full of bullet casings and shrapnel, and even a broken laser pistol.

All this tells Elbe that a great battle once took place here.

The postman clapped his hands and said, "Don't tell the NCR people that you know anyone from the Brotherhood, or they will beat you to death."

"There was a huge feud between NCR and the Brotherhood of Steel, so huge that NCR was severely damaged and the Brotherhood was on the verge of extinction."

Hearing this, Yi Beiwang scratched his head awkwardly and said, "Well, I was just bragging just now, don't take it too seriously."

"But where did the hatred between NCR and the Western Brotherhood come from?"

I originally thought that since we are all members of the brotherhood, we can take care of each other here.

Now, as the postman said, I should be thankful that the Western Brotherhood did not come to hold me back.

And from what Long Wande said, the Council of Elders of the Western Brotherhood doesn't seem to be a good thing.

The Elder Council must be holding some trump card in its hand to make Long Wande so fearful.

We still have to strengthen our own strength, otherwise we are not qualified to investigate these matters.

The postman lit up a cigarette and started smoking. He puffed at it and said, "Once upon a time, the NCR and the Western Brotherhood were quite harmonious. They even joined forces to defeat the last large base of the Enclave."

"Later, NCR captured the Enclave base, and conflicts began to break out. For technology, territory, resources... NCR and the Brotherhood clashed and clashed with each other, and the conflicts gradually escalated into hatred, and they even started fighting."

"Until a few years ago, an elder named Elijah from the Western Brotherhood led most of the knights of the Brotherhood to the Apollo Power Station."

Having said that, the postman stomped out his cigarette, as if he was recalling some unpleasant past.

He sighed and said, "You don't need to know too much about Ilya. You just need to know that this old man is annoying. I almost fell into his hands."

"Although the Helios Power Station is just a photovoltaic power station on the surface, it is also connected to a low-Earth orbital cannon in space."

"At that time, Ilya wanted to crack the program in the power station and control the low-Earth orbital cannon for his own selfish desires."

"The NCR thought this was a great opportunity to wipe out the Brotherhood in one fell swoop, so they sent troops to surround this place and launched a rare large-scale battle in New Vegas."

"It's called Operation Rising Sun."

Hearing this, Yi Beiwang looked towards the power station again.

In a trance, he seemed to see countless NCR soldiers charging with guns raised, fighting with the Brotherhood knights wearing power armor.

How big a battle could it be that you could just dig up bullet casings and broken guns?

In comparison, Nuke and Dawn are just playing house, there is no comparison at all.

(If you haven’t played New Vegas, you can search for Operation Rising Sun on Bilibili, where you can find animations made by the masters.)

The postman continued, "At that time, the NCR and the Brotherhood deployed a 15:1 force, and used a lot of tactics. The First Battalion and the engineers cooperated with each other and exhausted the Brotherhood's power armored forces before they completely took over this place."

"After that, both sides were badly hurt. Many people died in NCR, and the Brotherhood became a younger brotherhood. It hasn't shown up in the past two years."

"I've told you so much today because I want to tell you that Mojave is not as simple as you think. Your past legendary experiences may be worthless here."

"Yi Beiwang, if you want to survive here, you have to work harder."

Yi Beiwang nodded, and suddenly remembered something, and asked: "Who took the rail gun, and what happened to Ilya later?"

It can be imagined that Ilya is a ruthless character, as he could almost kill a ruthless man like the postman. Yi Beiwang is quite curious about the ending of this story.

The postman smiled and said, "I locked Elijah up. I don't know if he's dead or not."

"As for the railgun, I have its attack module in my hands. Don't have any evil thoughts. The railgun is like a nuclear bomb. It is most powerful when it is not in use."

Yi Beiwang smiled awkwardly. He did have the idea of ​​borrowing the railgun just now, but it was not needed now, so he let the postman keep it well.

He took one last look in the direction of the Apollo Power Station, then followed the postman and left, heading towards the Lifeline Camp.