Mike sat next to Joshua as they checked their weapons. The sun slowly started to set as Joshua asked Mike an interesting question.
"Have you heard of a group called UGR?" he asked.
"Once or twice but never the whole thing." Mike replied.
"Before the bombs fell a belief was born. That belief was not a religion but an understanding of the future that few believed. Because it was thought that this once great nation would never fall they where shunned by everyone. But not their own. They had many names and faces, flags and colours but one thing remained the same."
"Their belief."
"Yes. Somehow they found each other and became a world wide group despite other things. This was called the 'Event' from that moment on they grew. Families, soldiers, workers, politicians and others believed that this world will end in atomic fire. When it did only rumours came about them. Some say they live in the north where they can rebuild in peace but come out when something happens that will interest them. A pre-war group called..."
"The United Global Republic." they both said.
"An echo of the old world." Mike finished. "An echo that some will hear once again."
As they finished checking their weapons the sun disappeared. Mike gave thought to the story, UGR was nothing more than a legend of a group who had pre-war treasures and technology that rivalled NCR and BOS. But if it was true then why haven't they shown themselves.
OOOOO
Soldiers wearing tan uniforms with armour on the chest, shins and shoulders repelling down from the Vertibirds. As soon as they landed they brought weapons up and started yelling at civilians and soldiers. Regardless if they where doing what they told the soldiers grabbed each and everyone and pined then down weapons trained on them. Mike watched as he moved with Boone into the strip. Both of them had stealth boys on so they couldn't be seen.
As they approached the Lucky 38 Mike watched as Dela and Saya where dragged from the casino. Anger raged within him as he charged at the nearest soldier and tackled him to the floor. His stealth boy wore off. Before he could do anything else the click of a weapon sounded and he froze. Two soldiers picked him up and threw him with others they had gathered in the centre of the street. Boone was thrown with him but the sniper kept quiet guessing that this was some kind of interrogation.
Saya held Mike's hand as Dela held her step dad tightly. Mike got a good look at the uniforms. The colour, clothing and rebreathers where the same but the head ware, armour and flags on their arms where completely different. No mistaking it, this was defiantly UGR. The weapons they held resembled Chinese assault rifles but they where a lot smaller and held a number of attachments on. Their training obviously could outshine NCR and BOS. Just then one of the soldiers in a black beret looked on them as she held a sheet of paper. Her eyes looked at each of the faces before her eyes fell onto Mike.
"You up." she commanded pointing at Mike.
Mike stood but poised ready for a fight if need be.
"Come with us."
Mike just slowly nodded and followed the woman to the embassy.
OOOOO
Arcade just watched as towering 9ft men in power armour he'd never seen before. It was obviously pre-war, but which country? One armour suit that one of them wore looked like some kind of samurai armour. The face and scale-like armour, others wore proper knight like armour. The flags that they wore on their breastplates and arms meant nothing to him. All the followers where thrown in the centre of the fort. Patients however stayed in the tents with soldiers in white uniforms moving in to take care of them.
Just then gunfire sounded. The followers looked to the tent where people infected with the new virus where being held.
"Wait what are you doing?" Arcade yelled.
"This is vhy ve are here. The nev virus you found, you cannot stop it. Burn it." the leader said.
Two soldier's with flame throwers ignited the tent. The tent burned and the followers just watched helpless to do anything. Arcade was then grabbed by the arm and forced out by the power armoured soldiers. As they dragged him off he noticed The King being unconsciously dragged. The leader of The Kings must have put up a fight in order for this to happen. The rest of the Kings sat in the centre of Freeside weapons stripped from them.
The residents where not too far from the Kings and few where putting up a fight against armoured soldiers. But they where no match. But then they entered the strip. Where were they taking him?
OOOOO
The Brotherhood set up barricades as power armoured soldiers moved into the bunker fast. Power armour maybe tough but it was heavy and slow. These new soldiers moved faster than any known power armour allowed. The new soldiers also set up a barricade on their end and fired training rounds at the Brotherhood. The new soldiers where trying to take them alive. Among the new soldiers ranks stood a stealth suit soldier with a red flag on his arm.
"Ok ready Battle-Sargent." the woman said.
"Remember take alive specialist." the Sargent replied.
The woman just nodded as her stealth capabilities activated. When the firing stopped she ran over to the other side. Her training made her silent even when running. She saw a gap in the Brotherhood's defences. Carefully she used her flexibility and slid through the gap like a snake. Her hands then helped her onto the wall to avoid being detected. She moved along the wall staying close to it as much as possible. The fighting could still be heard as she moved through the bunker to the Elders chamber.
Her movement was swift and sure as she moved to her target. Another set of knights passed her as she entered the chamber. Seeing her target she ran at the Elder grabbed his arm and twisted it so it was almost bent the wrong way behind him. And pressed a pistol to his head. Her stealth disengaged and the brothers inside the chamber aimed their weapons at her.
"Stand down or he's dead." she yelled.
"Do it." the Elder McNamara yelled.
The BOS dropped their weapons.
"Now go tell your friends to stand down."
Within ten minuets the bunker had finally fallen to UGR. Two powered armoured soldiers took the elder away as the rest set up shop in the bunker with the Brotherhood in the barracks.
OOOOO
Despite what the Legate had said a few agents watched as this new group take over Vegas in a matter of minutes but not kill anyone. This fascinated them in the fact that a legendary group like this would be weak. A few Legion scouts got the message from the agents and made their way back over Hover dam. As they did however they took care not to be spotted by the UGR snipers on the dam as they moved. Despite their tech and training the Legion scouts managed to make it to the end and onto Legion territory.
The snipers didn't even notice. Despite their aversion to technology the Legion used radios to communicate messages. The scouts made it to a small encampment for communicating news to the rest of the Legion. The leader of the scouts operated on the radio.
"Dam calling the Legate Lanius." He said.
"Speak…" the radio called.
"NCR has fallen without a man killed."
"How is that possible?" the Legate asked with interest.
"UGR has come."
Silence then filled the radio as the Legate thought for a few moments.
"Finally a challenge worthy of the Legion. I'll gather the best amongst us and march west to face the UGR. We will show them the power of the Legion, then after we have made slaves out of the legends I will ascend to ruler of the legion." The Legate said with pride.
"Of course Legate."
OOOOO
Saya and the others who were in the Lucky 38 where shoved back into the casino with UGR guards at the entrances and exits. Say picked a few trips from Mike as she looked around for escape. These guys where extremely thorough in keeping them in. She never felt so cornered before but now he was.
Dela held onto her mother closely looking around herself. She was scared. These men and women reminded her of tiles of the Legion. She didn't want to be one of them, as her eyes moved from one soldier to the other she then noticed a red circle with a whit background behind it. She recognised it in a book once.
"Japan…" she said aloud.
The group looked at her eyes wide as did UGR soldiers. Nothing happened for a few moments as Saya held her close. As the solder that had the flag on his arm came over. The room fell silent he got down to eye level of Dela. His reabreather still on she couldn't see his face bur could tell that he meant no harm.
He reached into his pocket and bulled out a silver bar of something and offered it to Dela who moved to her mother a bit more. The soldier then removed his reaberether to show his tanned skin. He offered it again but Dela still wouldn't take it. He opened it to show a brown substance it the silver he broke a bit of it off and ate it. Once again he offered it to her. This time she took it and bit into it. It tasted good and she ate all of it as the man when back to his post. Saya smiled as her daughter now had brown lips from the substance. Just then she became dizzy and collapsed.
"Mommy!" Dela practically yelled.
Two soldiers ran up to her weapons on their backs. They looked over Saya carefully but found no visible wounds they looked at each other before one of them got their radio on.
"Med station we have a collapsed person here." The soldier called.
"Medic on the way." The radio said.
Dela held onto her mother as Boone came up and placed hit hand on her solder looking at Saya as well. A few moments later the doors burst open and a white uniformed UGR member walked in with a case in hand. The medic moved up to Saya and looked over her carefully. She then moved her hands across the tribal's body.
"Mommy." Dela just said.
The medic then took out a device and moved it across the woman's body slowly and stopped over her belly. The UGR leader came up.
"Infected?" he asked.
"No just fainted, lack of blood. But I cannot do much." The medic said.
"Why?"
"She's pregnant." The medic answered.
"Pregnant?" Dela asked.
The medic turned to the child and gave a smile.
"You are going to have a brother or sister in a few months." The medic said before turning to the leader. "I need to take her to the Med station to do a full examination."
"Take the child with you." The leader said.
"This child isn't going anywhere without me." Boone then spoke up.
"Why's that?"
"I'm her father's friend."
The leader just nodded. The two soldiers picked up Saya and took her out with the medic, Boone and Dela following behind. Dela held Boone's hand tightly as they walked through the strip watching the UGR prepare for a war.
'No not war.' Boone thought. 'Invasion. But against what?'