It takes 3 hours to get to Lone Wolf Radio, and another hour to repair, upgrade, and install turrets for defense. In that time, John feels the strain of making so many things today, but he knows that he needs to keep pressing on. With every ounce of focus, John curates 10 more eyebots, knowing it will be the last thing he is able to make today.

( converting components into 10 eyebots)

Gasping for breath, John speaks to Mr. 8 through the radio: "Mr. 8, have the eyebots stay right outside of Primm and wait for my signal. I'll use the power armor's stealthboy function to get close and find out what's going on."

"Of course, sir. I will wait for your signal. Although you should know that with my new signal range, I am picking up a lot of NCR radio chatter near Primm," Mr. 8 says.

John narrows his eyes at that with suspicion. In the game, the NCR did nothing to help Primm. "Mr. 8, can you make out anything from the radio chatter?" John asks.

"I'm sorry, sir, but it's very broken up. At best, I tell you there's at least one NCR Ranger present," Mr. 8 says.

"Continue with the plan. I'll figure out what is going on," John says.

As the eyebots leave, John turns on the stealthboy function of the power armor and begins walking to Primm. After an hour, he makes it there, sticking to the rocky path to hide better. Taking out his sniper rifle, John looks through the scope to see what is going on in the town, and what he sees shocks him.

The NCR has most of Primm's residents right under the small bridge at the entrance of Primm, and given that there are some bodies off to the side, the residents aren't there by choice.

John looks on in anger as the NCR troopers start to line up the townspeople, service rifles trained at their heads. One of the NCR troopers begins to speak.

The trooper sneered at the townspeople, his grip tightening on his rifle. "Where are you hiding the tribals?" he growled, his voice dripping with malice.

One of the townspeople speaks in a shaky voice. "What do you want with them? They're just kids."

The trooper fired a shot right above their heads."Those children stole NCR supplies. They're now wanted criminals."

John has heard enough of this. He orders Mr. 8 to get the eyebots in place to surround the troopers and wait for his signal.

"Of course, sir. It takes a few minutes." Mr. 8 says.

While John waits for the eyebots, he takes count of the NCR forces: 10 troops and 1 NCR Ranger. All of them look like they're on their last legs. With blood and bullet wounds all over their bodies and exhaustion in their faces.

"Sir, the eyebots are in position, waiting for your orders," Mr. 8 says.

"Okay, once I step out and decloak, you will surround them with the eyebots. I'll try to talk to them first. If that doesn't work, open fire," John orders.

John takes a deep breath, steps out into the open, and decloaks his power armor. "Stop. The kids in the town of Prim are under my protection. Why are you threatening them?" John says as the eyebots surround the NCR troopers.

The NCR ranger, seeing that they are outgunned, raises his hands and orders the troopers to stand down. "Hiding wanted criminals from the law will make your enemy the NCR," the NCR Ranger says, with a face full of anger.

John stares down at the ranger in his power armor. "I think the NCR knows better than to start a war with the unknown. Are you sure you want to try your luck?" John says with as much confidence as he can.

The NCR Ranger's face went red. "You will regret this, troopers. Let's get out of here," he said as he walked away.

John lets out a breath as he watches them leave, then goes to help the townspeople get on their feet.

"Are any of you severely injured?" John asks.

One of the town's folks shook their head. "No, they shot anyone who resisted in the head."

Another one of the townspeople looks at you and asks, "You're the owner of Goodsprings, right? Are you going to leave some of those robots? Please, we're defenseless."

John nodded his head. "Primm is now under my protection. I'll be leaving some eyebots here and have some construction robots come here to help out with the defenses as well."

Many of the townsfolk are relieved that "Oh, that Taylor girl is in the Vikki and Vance. There's a secret back room where she took the kids." one of the townspeople says.

With that knowledge, John walks back to the ruined buildings where the NCR made their camp, then crosses the bridge into Primm. It's just a short walk to the Vikki and Vance.

Opening the doors, John shouts, "Taylor, it's clear to come out. The NCR is gone."

With a muffled shout, a door near the bar area opens up from the wall."Well, it was about time you got here. I was starting to get worried," Taylor says in a happy tone.

"What can I say? I like dramatic timing. Why don't you take the kids to Goodsprings, Taylor? There's a few things I need to get settled in Primm before I head back." John says.

Taylor nods and says, "Yeah, I'm gonna take the kids to Good Spring, then I'm gonna head to New vegas. I wish you luck on what you're doing, John."

"I wish you the same luck on your journey, Taylor. When you have time, stop by in Good Spring." John says.

Watching as Taylor and the kids leave for Goodsprings, John goes to find somewhere where he can rest so he can start rebuilding Primm as soon as he wakes up.