Silath's Journal: Day 23 - November 10, 2281

Headed over to the Lucky 38 with Yes Man, told him I was working on the Khans, other than that he had no news for me. No news is good news. I decided that it'd be a good idea to head back to Redrocks, but as soon as I got into Freeside to leave the strip another of those huge sandstorms struck.
I ducked into the nearest building, King's House of Impersonation. Since I was there, and the Kings effectively ruled Freeside, I decided to talk to the King himself, see if he had any work for me.
King wanted me to check out a suspicious bodyguard, one of the escorts tourists could hire while making their way through Freeside. Seemed easy enough so I told him I'd check it out, and he gave me 200 caps to cover the bodyguard's fee. Told me his name was Orris.

Dicked around at the bar for 5 hours, till the sandstorm finally started to taper off. Was still windy and dusty, but at least you could move around and see. Found Orris and hired him.
Everything was going smoothly till about halfway through Freeside, Orris noticed a suspicious group of men and took me on a detour through a side street. Then all the sudden he started sprinting around a corner. I heard three gunshots, and when I caught up a moment later there were four dead men on the ground.
Four dead men, three gunshots. When I asked Orris, he said one of the rounds had gone through the first man and struck the second. Since he was using a 45-70 revolver, this was mildly believable.
Then, I noticed that all four men were still breathing. Right... as soon as Orris' little tour was done, I headed back to King and let him know about the scam. The King was appreciative of my help and offered another job; seems three of his men had gotten beat up and he wanted me to find out who.

So I went to the old Mormon Fort and talked with an older man named Roy. He said the attack had happened about 11 at night, as they were headed out of the Atomic Wrangler. Apparently they 'took a wrong turn' and ended up in the area of the NCR refuges.
They were confronted by three large men, who asked them rather gruffly what the hell they were doing. Then, one of Roy's buddies with a temper started yelling at them, and it devolved into a fight. Wayne, one of the other men who had been beaten, told me one of their attackers referred to the other as 'Luitenant'. So it sounds like NCR troopers did this.
When I returned to the King, he suggested I talk to Julie Farkas and see if she knew anything. Julie sent me to talk to a Major Kieran, who was coordinating the NCR relief efforts for Freeside.

Kieran told me that she had initially tried to coordinate the relief with the Kings, had sent over an envoy. The envoy had been returned to her beaten to a bloody pulp, almost dead. This was an alarming development, so I rushed back to King to see if this story was true.
Pacer stopped me at the door and claimed the envoy was a spy, and 'not tough enough to last in Freeside'. That I shouldn't waste the Kings time with NCR lies. I insisted I speak with the King, and Pacer wandered off.

When I asked the King if he had had the envoy beaten, he was shocked and said he had never recieved an envoy. We were interupted by an out of breath man, who said that Pacer was stirring up some sort of trouble with the NCR. The King asked me to go check it out and calm everybody down.
Well, I found Pacer hiding behind a bus stop, with two NCR troopers shooting at him from a small tower. Three dead kings lay between them. I found Major Kieran and ran up and asked her what the hell was going on, explained that Pacer was the one who had her envoy beaten.
Kieran said as long King was willing to work with the NCR, they could get something going, but that he better be on his best behaviour after what just happened. Pacer slinked off back to King territory. I expect he'll be dealt with.

The King was well pleased with my detective work, and offered me a favor, whatever I wanted. I think I'll hold on to it, you never know when a favor could save your life in Vegas. Afterwards I asked him about his cyborg companion, Rex. Seemed like he was sick, and I offered to examine him; something was obviously wrong with his brain and the cerebral fluid.
King said he had taken Rex to the FoA for help, and told me to talk to Julie Farkas again. When I did, she said the Followers didn't have the skills to fix what was wrong with Rex, and mentioned Doctor Henry up at Jacobstown.
Remember him? I vaguely recalled him mentioning that he had specialized in canine neuroscience. Hell of a coincidence. I offered to take Rex up to Jacobstown for the King, an offer he gladly took me up on.

Figured I could go through Cazadore Canyon to get to Redrocks after dropping Rex off with Dr. Henry. It was getting late in the day though, so I set Veronica up with a really nice room at the Lucky 38 (I figured as long as she didn't see Yes Man it'd be fine) and had Rex come into my room.
Tomorrow we'll head up to Jacobstown, and pray that Cazadore Canyon hasn't been repopulated... for now though, a shower and sleep.