New California Republic: Index

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With Fallout the Series finishing and being a very good adaptation of the world of the games, I thought it best to take a look into one of the wasteland's prominent factions, the New California Republic, the NCR. From its origins as a Vault settlement to the country spanning force it is by the time of New Vegas, let's look at the Bear of New California.
This is the Cultural Index a series aimed at exploring various Science-Fiction species.
For outsiders to a series to get to know the basics and maybe even hardened Sci-fi nuts might discover something new.
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  • @Cyber_kumo
    @Cyber_kumoАй бұрын

    The reason I like the NCR is it shows time has passed since the bombs dropped and civilization has started to reemerge. What started as an idea in the first game became a regional superpower 5 games later.

  • @thestanleys3657
    @thestanleys3657Ай бұрын

    "The Ranger vets are on their way from Baja. I've never seen one before, but I heard they chew nails and spit napalm."-NCR soldiers

  • @DeaconBlues117

    @DeaconBlues117

    Ай бұрын

    Yeah, the new guys coming in as support are always legendary badasses. Troops tell themselves stories like that to keep up morale.

  • @theboard6082
    @theboard6082Ай бұрын

    I really hope season 2 of the show has the NCR coming back from the brink. It was always nice knowing that no matter how bleak things in the Wasteland could get, the NCR was out there at least trying to make things better.

  • @jayrodmurderface

    @jayrodmurderface

    Ай бұрын

    Idk, the end credits for the last episode made it look like House and the NCR kicked each other's shit in.

  • @fennoman9241

    @fennoman9241

    Ай бұрын

    I doubt its in the brink, shady shands constituted only 5% of NCR population.

  • @MLPDethDealr32

    @MLPDethDealr32

    Ай бұрын

    why? Bethesda destroyed the West Coast so they could have their damn theme park bs on the West Coast. For that they can F off.

  • @theboard6082

    @theboard6082

    Ай бұрын

    @@jayrodmurderface Things could always change and we obviously shouldn't keep future things TOO beholden to the obviously stylized presentation of end-credit graphics, but someone on Reddit took a pretty thorough look at what was shown there and it really looks more like the NCR and New Vegas forces were fighting deathclaws together. The dead securitron we see is slashed up, not shot, for example, and there's dead deathclaws scattered around.

  • @jayrodmurderface

    @jayrodmurderface

    Ай бұрын

    @theboard6082 hmm, that would be an interesting route to go. I wonder if the courier will make an appearance. Nothing front stage, more like in the background

  • @KingOfMadCows
    @KingOfMadCowsАй бұрын

    In the games, Shady Sands is in the Yosemite area, but the show moved it about 300 miles to Los Angeles. The NCR was also very big by the time of New Vegas. According to the show, Shady Sands had a population of 34,000, but by Fallout 2 the NCR already had a population of over 700,000, and that was 40 years before New Vegas. Shady Sands was also not the biggest city in the NCR. Several of the NCR's cities were as big or bigger than Shady Sands. There's the Hub, a large trading center that was also the center of the water trade. The Hub is the reason why bottle caps are used as currency in Fallout since the water traders built their operation from a bottling plant and repurposed caps to be used as money. There's Vault City, a city built by Vault dwellers who were able to use the resources of their Vault to establish an advanced settlement. They're very technologically advanced and the people are highly educated. Although, they did use wastelanders as slaves during FO2. There's the Boneyard, several settlements built over the ruins of LA that joined together. It had the Gun Runners, who have a weapons factory and supplies the NCR with military equipment. There's a medical university established by the Followers of the Apocalypse. And the Regulators, a law enforcement group that patrolled the Los Angeles area against raiders and mutated animals. There's New Reno, basically the entertainment center of the region. They have gambling, sporting events, alcohol, drugs. It's like a smaller Vegas. There's Dayglow. It's where the Followers of the Apocalypse was founded, a group dedicated to educating and helping the wasteland. They go around building schools and hospitals. Dayglow also has a large ghoul population. There's San Fransisco, populated by survivors from a Chinese nuclear submarine. They used materials from their nuclear sub to build a high tech city with an advanced science lab and factory. They produce some of the most advanced weapons in the world, like Gauss Guns and Plasma Rifles. They're also trying to genetically engineer a plant that can absorb radiation so they can use it to clear up highly irradiated areas and make them habitable for humans again. The NCR also had access to several Vaults and their pre-war technology. It had Vault 15, the people of Shady Sands came from that Vault. It gained access to Vault 13 after Fallout 2. And Vault 8, which founded Vault City.

  • @DeaconBlues117

    @DeaconBlues117

    Ай бұрын

    Note that the billboard in the show said that Shady Sands was the _first_ capital of the NCR, not just "the capital". Similarly, Philadelphia was the first capital of the United States, but that changed over time. Apparently at some point before it was blown up to fail to make a point, the capital was moved from Shady Springs to somewhere else altogether (which, along with your descriptions above, make me wonder if that new capital was the Hub - sounds much more suitable to the task).

  • @patrikhjorth3291
    @patrikhjorth3291Ай бұрын

    "What happens when the cattle ranchers have more power than the sheriff? The whole town burns down."

  • @GODCONVOYPRIME

    @GODCONVOYPRIME

    Ай бұрын

    That doesn't make sense.

  • @GODCONVOYPRIME

    @GODCONVOYPRIME

    Ай бұрын

    Why would the cattle ranchers want to burn down a town?

  • @patrikhjorth3291

    @patrikhjorth3291

    Ай бұрын

    @@GODCONVOYPRIME It's a quote from the Fallout TV series. It's a reference to a Western movie one of the main characters acted in before the war. Another character uses it as a way to explain how the military industrial complex is using its money to essentially take over the government of the USA. It is very likely also a reference to how the NCR was usurped by a cartel of Brahmin barons i.e. cattle ranchers, although that is obviously not known to any of the characters at the time.

  • @MatthewCobalt

    @MatthewCobalt

    Ай бұрын

    @@GODCONVOYPRIME It's also not meant to be taken completely literal, as it's a metaphor for how capitalistic business interests eventually lead to the damage of everything.

  • @rodan9773
    @rodan9773Ай бұрын

    The NCR is my fav Faction in all of Fallout. Respect and keep up the epic work.

  • @daveh7720
    @daveh7720Ай бұрын

    Yes, more Fallout content, please! I don't know how I missed your previous videos on raider and the BoS.

  • @talideon
    @talideonАй бұрын

    It's "Caesar" was pronounced with a /k/, not an /s/, at the start in Latin, which is the reason it's pronounced as such in the game. It's a nod to the fact they aren't simply cosplaying.

  • @hillbillypowpow

    @hillbillypowpow

    Ай бұрын

    And them not having a single ubiquitous pronunciation shows that they really are.

  • @vortimerofkent128

    @vortimerofkent128

    Ай бұрын

    It is also clear for everyone who had Latin lessons at school.

  • @dot2562

    @dot2562

    Ай бұрын

    i am King of germany...and above grammer!

  • @rainerbloedsinn182

    @rainerbloedsinn182

    Ай бұрын

    @@dot2562 I think you refer to "Ego sum rex romanus et super grammaticam!" (I am the king of the Romans and above grammer!) a quotation of Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor.

  • @GODCONVOYPRIME

    @GODCONVOYPRIME

    Ай бұрын

    Caekar?

  • @gent_Carolina
    @gent_CarolinaАй бұрын

    YES, MORE PLEASE! I enjoy hearing these details bc I've never played it, nor am I likely to invest the time into doing so. Thx, Ric 😀

  • @RDPendleton
    @RDPendletonАй бұрын

    My opinion on the NCR has always been "Bless em, they're trying."

  • @DeaconBlues117

    @DeaconBlues117

    Ай бұрын

    Most of the time, anyway. Next time you play FNV, ask Ghost what her opinions are.

  • @keithtorgersen9664
    @keithtorgersen966420 күн бұрын

    I haven't played any of the Fallout games, but I thought it was funny seeing House in shock when you explain to him that you've defeated the entire NCR.

  • @harrychrisrobin
    @harrychrisrobinАй бұрын

    Great break down, would certainly like more Fallout content from you!

  • @coleparrish3705
    @coleparrish3705Ай бұрын

    Certifiably Ingame, my trek know it all comming in for the fallout lore. i cant wait for all your fallout videos to come.

  • @furnacebay5305
    @furnacebay5305Ай бұрын

    Here is a vote for more Fallout content. Your work is awesome and appreciated! I don’t play video games but love the other media that is based on them, so I need a primer for the universe.

  • @nicktechnubyte1184
    @nicktechnubyte1184Ай бұрын

    The best outfit ever made! Perfect for any apocalypse!

  • @inductivegrunt94
    @inductivegrunt94Ай бұрын

    The NCR is my favorite faction in Fallout. Though my heart goes out to Lyon's Brotherhood. Glad you could do a video on the NCR and detail the overall lore and history of the faction. I'd really love for you to do more Fallout videos, maybe Ceaser's Legion as they are a pretty major faction in Fallout as well.

  • @DeaconBlues117

    @DeaconBlues117

    Ай бұрын

    In New Vegas, not Fallout in general, and I think between Caesar's misunderstanding of how the Roman Empire operated and his brain tumor, the Legion is destined to collapse within a generation. It depends on his (questionable, imo) charisma to keep the legions in line; Lanius' methods, while effective over the short term, have historically led to overthrow in the end.

  • @oniwrath
    @oniwrathАй бұрын

    Great vid bro! 😁👍

  • @knightspearhead5718
    @knightspearhead5718Ай бұрын

    Im glad youve finally got into fallout.

  • @frankd4581
    @frankd4581Ай бұрын

    Please make a video explaining the history and culture of the alien race that look like Blue Elephants from the Star Wars franchise please

  • @CertifiablyIngame

    @CertifiablyIngame

    Ай бұрын

    One plays a great keyboard, that much I know.

  • @fullbirdprivate

    @fullbirdprivate

    Ай бұрын

    those are called Ortolons, and they're *tiny*

  • @ES-qu8xw
    @ES-qu8xwАй бұрын

    Yes please! More Fallout content!

  • @samwill7259
    @samwill7259Ай бұрын

    The NCR is the best faction in any fallout game for the actual state of the world it exists in, period

  • @wolfbane7497

    @wolfbane7497

    Ай бұрын

    Well too bad the NCR it doesn't exist anymore

  • @ksiaa814

    @ksiaa814

    Ай бұрын

    Lmao no

  • @ksiaa814

    @ksiaa814

    Ай бұрын

    It's not the best it's a repeat of the old world which is definitely the problem it's just capitalism 2.0, all they do is remind you of the old world and most people think that's better when in fact it's just stagnation all over again the best faction is Mr House.

  • @vidlink

    @vidlink

    Ай бұрын

    ​@wolfbane7497 : It still does, it's capital isn't in Shady Sands anymore.

  • @wolfbane7497

    @wolfbane7497

    Ай бұрын

    @@vidlink without Shady Sands the NCR is nothing within the terms of the TV show Caesar's Legion has practically won the war

  • @Analog_Mind47
    @Analog_Mind47Ай бұрын

    3:44, by 2296 the NCR continued to exist for many years & its capital was not Nuked off the map over a Marital Dispute. Perhaps many decades later, it's internal corruption & it's expansion outpacing its ability to expand its ability to maintain territory leads to internal conflicts & Balkanization into several smaller states with communities caught in between suffering the excesses of the Wasteland

  • @feralprocessor9853
    @feralprocessor985323 күн бұрын

    Right off the bat, a long and decayed road trail.

  • @SweetSweetCandyBoyz
    @SweetSweetCandyBoyzАй бұрын

    Giving the people what they need

  • @Gneeznow
    @GneeznowАй бұрын

    It would have been neat if you showed a bit of footage from Fallout 1 and 2 here, Vault City, NCR City (Shady Sands) and New Reno are all lovely to look at in Fallout 2

  • @nicktechnubyte1184
    @nicktechnubyte1184Ай бұрын

    The outfit fits all kinds of sci-fi themes and old west themes!

  • @danielpasilis4046
    @danielpasilis4046Ай бұрын

    More Fallout please

  • @henryheavy8044
    @henryheavy8044Ай бұрын

    Can you do the Star League from Battletech?

  • @nobodyyouknow1065
    @nobodyyouknow1065Ай бұрын

    “Why in the world did you attack President Kimball?”

  • @MatthewCobalt

    @MatthewCobalt

    Ай бұрын

    He wanted to take my taxes

  • @leemaster777

    @leemaster777

    Ай бұрын

    @@MatthewCobalt "Understandable"

  • @toptiergaming6900
    @toptiergaming6900Ай бұрын

    Literally, the same day, loI decided to finally play New Vegas LoL

  • @darthjekyll3648
    @darthjekyll3648Ай бұрын

    Do the legion soon, please

  • @DCJMS
    @DCJMSАй бұрын

    RIP Shady Sands, never thought I'd feel sorry for Californians

  • @mrbarit529
    @mrbarit529Ай бұрын

    New california is not yet lost!

  • @drewf41
    @drewf41Ай бұрын

    I would like to vote "Yes" on more Fallout lore.

  • @stewlew8449
    @stewlew8449Ай бұрын

    Love it when you jump into other universes for lore

  • @danspawn85
    @danspawn85Ай бұрын

    The Minutemen are the best faction in all of Fallout, at the end of Fallout 4, if you chose to side with the Minutemen, every settlement would be well protected and would have sufficient resources for everyone in the Commonwealth. It a syndicate, a loose group of people with common interests, that help each other.

  • @CertifiablyIngame

    @CertifiablyIngame

    Ай бұрын

    And they're the faction least interested in "controlling" the wasteland.

  • @kingsilvergrass8751
    @kingsilvergrass8751Ай бұрын

    Index video on The Fallout Power armor.

  • @CertifiablyIngame

    @CertifiablyIngame

    Ай бұрын

    This is one I am considering for sure, already making notes

  • @fishyfishumsiii6577
    @fishyfishumsiii6577Ай бұрын

    could you make a video about the cute, 3 eyed robots? when i saw them in the show i instantly loved them (i love most unique robots from most shows, dont judge me lol)

  • @Blasted2Oblivion

    @Blasted2Oblivion

    Ай бұрын

    No judgement here. Robots are cool.

  • @MatthewCobalt

    @MatthewCobalt

    Ай бұрын

    Oh, the Mr. Handy. Yes, I'd like a video on that one. The fact that there are technically 3 models of the thing (Butler, Babysitter, and Military), it makes it a cool way to showcase the wackiness of the pre-war world.

  • @DeaconBlues117

    @DeaconBlues117

    Ай бұрын

    @@MatthewCobalt Mr. Handy, Miss Nanny, Mr. Gutsy (although the Gutsys frequently have a rank designation indicating how powerful they are - a Colonel Gutsy is not an easy encounter for most individuals). They're fun, especially when they've been spending time trying to adjust their programming to adapt to the new world (and usually failing). My personal favorite such encounters are the Sgt. Gutsy in charge of security at the General Atomics Mall in Fallout 4 (it was due to open on October 23, 2077, but the man with the key died in the toy factory when the bombs fell), and the Mr. Handy and Miss Nanny who are a random encounter in Fallout 76, just floating in the middle of a road taking turns asking each other questions.

  • @daverage4729
    @daverage4729Ай бұрын

    Heres hoping that the destruction of Shady Sands doesn't mean the end of the NCR in the show.

  • @DeaconBlues117

    @DeaconBlues117

    Ай бұрын

    No reason why it should. Nations have moved capitals before and been fine; the US used to be headquartered in New York and Philadelphia.

  • @jonathanwatson1054
    @jonathanwatson1054Ай бұрын

    Pls more Fallout content!

  • @feralprocessor9853
    @feralprocessor985323 күн бұрын

    It's been a minute.

  • @krim7
    @krim7Ай бұрын

    More fallout content!

  • @fennoman9241
    @fennoman9241Ай бұрын

    Shady Sands is less than 5% of NCRs population.

  • @Kyora473
    @Kyora473Ай бұрын

    Rick probably won't see this but the pronunciation of "Caesar" is actually an indicator of allegiance, in Fallout. People who say it "Ky-zard", (i.e. the way the romans would have said it), are pro legion, people who say "See-zer" are anti legion or indifferent to the legion

  • @CertifiablyIngame

    @CertifiablyIngame

    Ай бұрын

    That is a cool detail I did not notice in the game! I guess that makes even the narrator antiLegion, lol

  • @90lancaster
    @90lancasterАй бұрын

    Where on earth did he get the footage from ?

  • @patrikhjorth3291

    @patrikhjorth3291

    Ай бұрын

    Most of the footage in this video is gameplay footage captured in Fallout: New Vegas.

  • @CertifiablyIngame

    @CertifiablyIngame

    Ай бұрын

    Indeedy 'twas from Fallout New Vegas (with a few mods on to make it look nicer)

  • @feralprocessor9853
    @feralprocessor985323 күн бұрын

    SCIENCE!!!

  • @caolanmcflynn2412
    @caolanmcflynn2412Ай бұрын

    The series finale should be the ncr being restarted

  • @DeaconBlues117

    @DeaconBlues117

    Ай бұрын

    What makes you think the NCR is gone? Shady Sands was just a city. According to the lore dump in this video, the NCR includes some much better candidates for a capital - were I involved in their government, I'd have been agitating to move the seat to the Hub from the moment they joined.

  • @uwtartarus
    @uwtartarusАй бұрын

    Yeah, Caesar is pronounced like that in Classical Latin, also v is a w sound, so "Ave" (Hail) is pronounced "Ah-way" which is weird.

  • @FoxURA
    @FoxURAАй бұрын

    I’ll take more Fallout content.

  • @fullbirdprivate
    @fullbirdprivateАй бұрын

    Its wierd hearing your voice talking about Fallout. I can't untie it from Star Trek lore.

  • @CertifiablyIngame

    @CertifiablyIngame

    Ай бұрын

    Lore. Lore never changes. EDIT: Actually if Trek has taught me anything that's really not true, lol

  • @fullbirdprivate

    @fullbirdprivate

    Ай бұрын

    @@CertifiablyIngame Insert Lore and Data Meme

  • @bloodnin
    @bloodninАй бұрын

    HOWDY RICK😂😂

  • @_NIKOS9_NIKOS
    @_NIKOS9_NIKOSАй бұрын

    I know that alot of people like to dunk on the NCR but for me they were always the best way for the people of the wastelands to have a better future. Sure they arent perfect but still the fact that they dont allow slavery and actually accept mutants made the whole 'well some politicians are corrupt" talking point irrelevant

  • @ThisIsMeAndNotYou
    @ThisIsMeAndNotYouАй бұрын

    709

  • @SomaSong
    @SomaSongАй бұрын

    It's dean's design ffs. Dime made it iconic, for dean... I'm a big dime fan but he didn't design it. The zero fucks given is because they no they'd get flack regardless.

  • @nonamegiven202
    @nonamegiven202Ай бұрын

    GO my favorite faction that was completely wasted by the show because they just wanted to use Hollywood but not the actual location's lore like Adytum or the followers *is still very salty about it* like i'm sure we'll be seeing them back as a properly in future seasons but MAN did they just throw away a lot of good story potential, from BoS terrorism to LA gentrification to the effects of imperialism/colonialism, to just have a generic wasteland that could had been placed anywhere.

  • @diode92105
    @diode92105Ай бұрын

    moar plz

  • @happyslapsgiving5421
    @happyslapsgiving5421Ай бұрын

    Says "Caesar" with the proper, correct, classical Latin pronunciation. 👍 Immediately apologizes for the weird pronunciation and blames it on the post-apocalyptic setting's language changes. 👎 🤦🏻‍♂️

  • @CertifiablyIngame

    @CertifiablyIngame

    Ай бұрын

    :D

  • @AM-dc7pv
    @AM-dc7pvАй бұрын

    Nice, I got the 666th like...

  • @ayethe4603
    @ayethe4603Ай бұрын

    Im sorry the death of shady sands wouldnt kill even a weaken ncr it had sandiago the new capital vault city and the hoover dam

  • @RememberTheChase

    @RememberTheChase

    Ай бұрын

    Exactly! Agreed

  • @dot2562
    @dot2562Ай бұрын

    fonv bored me

  • @MLPDethDealr32
    @MLPDethDealr32Ай бұрын

    This is the one time i have to give a hard no. It wasnt a good adaptation. it showed that Bethesda destroyed the lore for the games. Games they had no damn hand in creating. Black Isle studios created Fallout. The NCR represents the fanbase for Fallouts 1,2, TACTICS, and FNV. The East Coast games represent the Fallout Themepark created by Bethesda Game Studios. Unless Amazon and Bethesda grow a pair and admit their acted out of malice or Stupidity, from here on out anything made by Bethesda in terms of a Fallout game is hereby NOT CANON and they will be reminded of it DAILY.

  • @Kyronea

    @Kyronea

    Ай бұрын

    Have fun with that.

  • @theboard6082

    @theboard6082

    Ай бұрын

    lol

  • @shitbeausaysofficial
    @shitbeausaysofficialАй бұрын

    I feel like an experienced Ranger could take your average BOS in power armor.

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