Prologue:
It had been two years since the Courier had led Caesar's Legion to victory at the Hoover Dam, but little had changed. As soon as they had possession of the dam they lost it to dwindling resources and the largest tribal revolt in Mojave history. Once the first few tribes had been forced into slavery, it was no time at all until almost every gang of raiders had joined together. What became of this union was the first confederation of tribal leaders in the history of the post-war world.
The Tribal Confederation of the Mojave was able to push Caesar back to the Colorado River where the Legion holed itself up inside the Fort awaiting reinforcements. The confederation managed to hold New Vegas for a brief time before the NCR had retaken Hoover and pushed the tribes back into the desert. Even under Republic control, constant conflicts with the Confederation and the assassination of numerous NCR officers had led to a New Vegas that was just as unstable as in the years before. Years of scheming and fighting had reproduced almost the same stalemate that had plagued Vegas for years.
There were small changes. After the assassination of both President Kimball and Mr. House the Courier vanished back into the wastes. Some say he himself died in the battle at the Hoover Dam, but local legends tell a different story. Some say he traveled north and finally settled in the forests of the Yukon. Others said that he had traveled east to join the Legate in his conquests. Wherever the courier traveled after the Legion's victory at Hoover, he did so in secret. In the end everything that he had worked for, all of his bloodshed, was swallowed by the desert sands.
All of this had little effect on our Hero. Like most lives carried out in the Mojave, his story is one of survival. This story is about Dig, the man from Redding.