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It was 5pm and an hour after Captain Mark Adams of Her Majesties Royal Army Medical Corps had seen his last patient of the day. Mark was every bit a man, tall, toned and strong. His reddish brown hair and blue eyes complemented his handsome masculine face. He was all alone in the converted barrack block, his patients and staff long gone for the day. His last patient had been a rather fine figure of a man, just eighteen and already in his second year of service, whilst he disapproved of the British army's policy of recruiting from sixteen he didn't mind the results of two years of an army regime on the young men's physique. This particular private had been to see him about a birthmark that had recently changed shape. Mark, secretly enjoyed watching the young soldier squirm as he tried to manoeuvre around telling the rather handsome doctor exactly where this birthmark was. Eventually he plucked up enough courage and unbuckling his trousers, much to the surprise of the doctor, pulled them and his boxers to his knees, revealing the said birthmark on his groin. But Dr Mark was less interested in the birthmark and more in the six inches of flaccid man meat that the young man was sporting between his legs. As Dr Mark regained his composure, he donned his latex gloves and moved towards the private reaching out towards the birthmark, he moved his head towards the young soldiers groin, taking in the scent of his manliness. Touching the birthmark now just a matter of inches from his face, the as yet lifeless privates' cock suddenly started to swell and harden finishing its assent just an inch from Mark's mouth. Already hardening himself, this was the spur that Dr Mark's own impressive cock needed to swell to its full eight inches. For the private however, his embarrassment overcame the urge to fuck the muscular, handsome and obviously aroused Doctor, and just as soon as he had taken them off he pulled his trousers and boxers back up, desperately trying to stuff his ramrod stiff eight incher into his trousers, he turned and fled red faced back out through the waiting room.
Mark was left sitting in his chair speechless, yet amused, and with a raging hardon that needed his attention. The sight of the young soldiers long thick cock on his young smooth muscular body was enough to reignite that urge within him to give his cock a damn good seeing to. As soon as the last member of his staff said there goodbyes for the evening he turned to his computer, found his favourite website, unzipped his trousers to release his engorged cock and began to stroke, sighing with the instant pleasure of relief that it brought him.
As much as he hated to admit it, one of the reasons he had joined the Medical corps rather than go into the National Health Service, was the chance to see young muscular studs, stood only in their underwear, or sometimes not even that, on a daily basis. During his time in the army he had grown fond of the military type and particularly those with above average fillings for their boxers. His fondness for large bulges didn't only stop at military men, but extended to his porn preferences as well. A certain fellow Briton had recently come to his attention on several websites, and his mammoth appendage was the prominent feature on his computer screen as he stroked his own more than ample endowment. Slouched back in his desk chair he stroked away, his hand sliding up and down his long thick cock, swollen with the lustful urges of a young man in his prime. He slid off his trousers and boxers and spread his legs, moving them occasionally as he continued to pleasure himself with his fist locked tightly around his shaft. The images of his favourite Brit porn star fucking the ass off various young men with his ten inch cock proved to be just the ticket for the horny doctor, the pictures combined with his experience with the young private earlier in the day meant that the doctor couldn't resist much longer. His breathing became shallower and faster, gasping as his facial muscles clenched, his legs twitched and his toes dug into the carpet. His hand flying faster and faster up and down his smooth stiff dick, lubricated by his own pre-cum, became nothing more than a blur, his eyes closed, his head rolled back and his back arched as several streams of thick creamy cum shot from the head of his eight inch cannon, swollen and red from the fist fuck he had given it. He moaned with pure delight as the cum splashed over his well defined toned abs, splashing him as far as his chin and landing on the desk in front of him.
'I'm not as big as your porn star there, but I could sure give him a run for his money.'� Mark span round on his swivel chair, there stood in front of him was a six foot seven Guardsman, every inch of him the finest example of what Her Majesties forces had to offer the world. Stood there in his full dress uniform, a scarlet red tunic, black trousers and his Russian black bearskin hat locked under his arm, he stood to attention as the doctor rose. Desperately trying to regain some form of composure Mark grabbed his boxers and trousers and pulling them on said,
'Who the blazes are you and what exactly do you think you are doing barging into here? Surgery finished over an hour ago! Well? Explain yourself man.'�
'Corporal James Campbell, Sir, Second Battalion Scots Guards, I was referred to you Sir,'� the Guardsman replied surprised at the doctors sudden outburst.
'Referred? Then you should have been given an appointment then. Come back tomorrow and make one. And if I hear any word of what of you have seen from anyone, you can kiss your place in the Guards goodbye, I have friends in high places and you will be sorry if you embarrass me.'� Mark angrily shouted at the soldier.
Calmly, the Guardsman still stood ramrod stiff to attention, tried to explain himself.
'My referral was not on a medical matter Sir.'�
'What do you mean not a medical matter?'� Mark snapped.
'My Cousin referred me to you Sir.'�
'Cousin? who the bloody hell is your cousin and why would they refer you to me?'�
'You served with him Sir, when you were stationed in Northern Ireland. Lieutenant James Douglas, 1st Battalion Royal Engineers.'�
Mark looked puzzled, then a wave of realisation and memories swept over him, James 'nine inch' Douglas, and now that he came to mention it, he could see the family resemblance, not just in the face but also the rather large protrusion tent polling from beneath the guardsman's belt.
'And what exactly made your cousin refer you to me then Corporal?'� Mark enquired in a tone now somewhat more alluring than his previous outburst.
'He told me you were an outstanding example of a doctor sir, and a credit to the service. He also said you were the best piece of ass he had ever had Sir and that you give the best blowjobs in the army. Sir'�
'Your cousin was right Corporal, though I must say you are being somewhat forward.'�
'I know Sir but I haven't had any for 6 months Sir, and I cant remember the last time I wanked, my balls are fit to burst, seeing you sitting there stroking that big cock of yours has just made me so randy.'�
Mark smiled and moved slowly towards the Guardsman, pushing the door closed and locking it.
'So then, Corporal, lets see what's in there shall we?'� said Mark as he pressed his hand against the Guardsman's bulging crotch, unbuttoned and unzipped his trousers, sliding them and his boxers off in one swift movement, revealing a very thick nine inch cock with a big glistening head. 'What's it going to be then, Corporal? My mouth locked around that nice big cock of yours with my tongue, desperate, for a workout stimulating that nice cock head of yours until you empty the contents of your big balls down my throat, or is it my hot moist and very tight arse that will benefit from the attention of your monster?:
The Corporal was dazed but with a look of sheer lust about his face he quickly recomposed himself and whilst slowly stroking his now rock hard cock locked Mark in his gaze. 'Every way I can stick my cock in your mouth and ass in the next four days I will. I'm going to fuck you senseless, and I don't fucking care which way you get me off first, I'm just looking forward to fucking your ass and your throat if what my cousin said was true.'�
'What exactly did he say?'�
'He told me that ever since he spent that time with you he hasn't stopped Jerking off to the memory of how good it felt, and how no-one has come close to matching your skills at sucking cock.'�
'Not everyone has the ability to deep throat the size of cock that obviously run in your family Corporal, but I've had a lot of experience. When was the last time you had a big strong man suck you off Corporal?'�
'Too long ago sir, now if you don't mind, Sir I would really like you to suck me off Sir. I'm not sure how long I can stop myself from throwing you on the floor, lifting your legs on my shoulders and fucking your ass until you cum all over us.'� He said forcefully yet passionately with a hint of desperation.
Mark knelt down on the carpeted floor of his office, and eyed his treat. James' thick nine inch cock stuck almost perfectly horizontally out, ramrod stiff, throbbing with desire. Mark inched forward, grasped his cock with his right hand, and placed his left on James' muscle packed thigh. Slowly yet firmly Mark began to stroke James' cock, first down towards its root then up, flowing over and hugging tightly every contour, his fingers rippled over the ridge beneath the glistening and swollen cock head. James moaned and sank back against the wall as Mark administered to his every need. James' moans grew louder as Mark's soft warm lips slowly enveloped the head of James' cock taking it within his warm moist and needy mouth. James unable to resist took hold of Mark's head with both hands and started to force his mouth onto his throbbing cock, gyrating his hips slowly in a rhythmic motion fucking his gorgeous doctor's mouth.
With his eyes closed and his muscular back pressed against the wall, James moaned and groaned as he slowly fucked Marks mouth. As he received more and more of the good doctor's attention and as more and more of his long and thick shaft disappeared into Marks mouth, he remembered what his cousin had told him, and agreed that Mark did give the best blowjobs in the service. He was slow and steady yet firm, his mouth applying the necessary pressure to make James moan and flinch every time his swollen cock head was passed in and out, and Marks tongue swirled around it. James had not noticed, but Marks left hand had fallen from clutching James' thigh and instead was rapidly beating his own impressive cock, already fully hard. James was now fixated on the sight of Mark's hand gliding up and down his thick hard and perfectly straight cock. This combined with the best bit of cock sucking James had ever come across was too much to continue the slow and steady approach. James forcefully began to face fuck Mark, and Mark responded by increasing the speed at which he jerked his own cock. Suddenly Mark bent to one side, moaned and gripped James cock even more firmly in his mouth and with his hand. James felt the warmth of Marks cum splatter up his thighs and hit his low hanging and full balls. James' balls however, quickly tightened and he pushed Marks head off his cock.
'I want to cum on your face,'� James said almost through clenched teeth.
Mark took the hint and positioned his face near the end of James engorged and throbbing cock, his hand flew up and down James' cock until he felt James clench every muscle in his body, his face screwed up and the most sexually satisfied groan Mark had ever heard came from James mouth, as five thick and copious streams of cum splattered over Marks face and into his open mouth. Mark took James cock into his mouth once more and sucked the remaining cum out of it. James collapsed onto the floor, with a smile on his face. Mark leant over to him and said
'I think we need to get you cleaned up.'� Mark started to lick his own cum that had splashed all over James' muscular thighs and balls, then feeding it to James, they shared their first of many kisses.
'So you plan to do this for four days then James?'� Enquired Mark
'Yes, I have leave Sir, as I believe do you.'�
'Indeed I do, how the hell did you know that? And stop calling me bloody sir, I've just sucked your cock for gods sake '� call me Mark.'�
'Well, Mark, I bribed an orderly to tell me when you had leave booked and thought I would pay you a visit.'�
'How exactly did you bribe him?'�
'He wanted to suck my cock, so I let him.'�
'Did he enjoy it?'�
'Not as much as I did.'�
'Anyway I thought you said you hadn't had any action for 6 months.'�
'I lied'� blushed James.

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Edward Swallow and fellow Follower of the Apocalypse Bill Calhoun along with seven other members were sent east to study tribal languages. Along the way, they met a new canaanite missionary named Joshua Graham, who was a specialist in tribal dialects. However, not long after meeting up with Graham, all ten were captured by the Blackfoot tribe and held for ransom. At the time, the tribe was at war with seven other tribes, a war they were inevitably going to lose.
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Caesar and Joshua Graham, now known as "the Malpais Legate", used the power base they established to attack and press more tribes into the Legion. For decades, they fought and absorbed lesser tribes, erasing tribal identities and shaping them into a massive, fanatically loyal army that, in Caesar's eyes, embodied the concept of perfect post-nuclear society. By 2271, the Legion had conquered 86 tribes and become by far the largest and most dangerous organization east of the Colorado. They clashed with the Desert Rangers in Arizona and nearly crushed them before the Desert Rangers were integrated into the NCR. In 2277, as a sign of their growing power, the Legion advanced westward toward New Vegas and created what would become their main base in the Mojave Wasteland: Fortification Hill. It is in the Mojave that they made first contact with the New California Republic.
The Republic would have the dubious distinction of being recognized by Caesar as a worthy opponent. Under the command of the Malpais Legate, Legion forces marched against the NCR garrison at Hoover Dam, in an attempt to take the strategic asset and river crossing. In what became known as the First Battle of Hoover Dam, the Malpais Legate initially had the upper hand. The Legate was able to push the NCR defenders back and lead his forces over the dam. Lead elements of the NCR, including members of the 1st Recon Battalion and NCR Rangers, executed a tactical retreat west across the dam and into Boulder City, all the while using their marksmanship prowess to kill the Legion officers (primarily centurions, and decanii). The Legate, unable to adapt his strategies in combat or see the deception unfolding in front of him, chose to order his legionaries to push the rangers, not knowing the NCR had booby-trapped Boulder City, packing C4 along their line of retreat and within the city itself, and drawing the Legion into a trap. When the Legion forces entered the city, the NCR detonated the explosives and inflicted severe casualties among the Legion forces, crippling their offensive. The NCR forces then counter-attacked, pushing back and eventually routing the Legion forces who fled east back over the dam. Caesar, angered at the failure of his Legate, made an example of him. The Praetorian Guard covered the Legate in pitch, set him on fire, and cast him into the depths of the Grand Canyon. Caesar forbade mention of his name, and now he is spoken of only in hushed whispers by the lowest Legionaries and slaves; they call him the Burned Man.
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The ideology of the society is based on the idea that, due to the weakness of humankind brought about by the atomic bombs, the chance now exists to unite the world under one flag. By using brutal and militaristic tactics, the Legion can take advantage of the weakness of the world to create one united society, and Caesar claims that the atomic bombs were sent by the god of war, Mars, for this purpose. This goal is often used by the Legion to justify their tactics and way of life.
The main goal of the Legion is to, ultimately, unite humanity. They see democratic societies as tools the rich and powerful used to keep the majority of humanity in a state of constant irresponsibility. By keeping the people addicted to their consumerism, they could effectively drain them of their wealth, while keeping them in a state of being where they could not truly affect anything. This not only partially explains their disdain of alcohol and chemical stimulants, as well as pointless luxuries, it also explains why they see the majority of people as "animals", and are so quick to use violence against them. To them, "animals" are any creature that lives only to survive. Humanity, in their eyes, is defined by the ability to override that fear of death and blind will to survive. By doing so, humans can achieve goals for the betterment of all, and can work towards goals that require their own self-sacrifice.
Caesar greatly dislikes democratic societies, especially the NCR, because of their glorification of the wealthy, and not the worthy. In addition, Caesar greatly dislikes sectionalism and consumerism, because he believes they turn humans into "animals", or simple beings that live only for the sake of surviving. Because of the atomic bombs destroying the pre-War societies, Caesar believes that this is his opportunity to unite all humankind under one banner, ushering in an age where each human is judged by their merit, and given power accordingly. Because of this, the NCR and Caesar's Legion are on opposite ends of the spectrum of society. The NCR believe they can use the mercantilist nature of humankind to eventually bring peace to the wastes. While the greedy may rule now, when peace and stability come, the populace will eventually gain more and more power through reform, not unlike the middle class dominated societies of today. Caesar, however, sees that as a curse, not a blessing. In his mind, it will turn humans into simple animals stuck in a constant state of infancy, where they live only to consume and be preyed upon by the greedy that will inevitably rule such a society. While the NCR uses their great wealth to fund research that improves the average life expectancy of their citizens, the Legion believes that their longer life comes at the cost of their humanity and purpose, and entices people to blindly try to extend their lives instead of truly living without fear of death hanging over them. This is why the Legion refuses to use medical sciences, except in rare cases. Because of their greatly different ideas of what true freedom is, the NCR and Legion will undoubtably quarrel with each other until one of them is defeated.
The Legion has a very specific code in regards to their people. The men are all expected to serve in the military, and the women are all expected to become wives and care takers. Each gender has it's specific roles, given to them at birth. The reason for this is that Caesar believes he must conquer the world to unite it and free it, and yet by doing so he would have to revert to the very way of life that his enemies live by. Instead of focusing on consumerism and exploitation of the poor, as he believes the NCR does, he uses the above tactic to turn the small number of people under his command into a dedicated army capable of actually standing up to the superior numbers of the NCR. Each person in the Legion has a specific duty given to them at birth, and they train their whole lives to fulfill it. While the NCR may greatly criticize this tactic, it has allowed Caesar to conquer over eighty tribes, each with superior numbers to his own, and to pose a threat to the once undefeatable NCR.
Caesar's military is comprised of all able-bodied men in his society, as well as any children they encounter in their conquests. They train these children, alongside their own, to become dedicated legionnaires. The legionnaires themselves are taught to fight to the death for Caesar, and are often very hard to stop because of this. Any adults they meet, however, are killed to prevent any sectionalism in the Legion, and their cultural identities are erased to prevent factions from being formed; tattoos are scraped and burned, families are split apart and mixed breeding is enforced to destroy any old loyalties. The Legion's military is structured after the army of the Roman Empire. The largest unit of organization in Caesar's Legion is the "Cohort", numbering about 480 infantrymen. Cohorts are further divided into "Centuriae", which contrary to their name numbers about 80 men(Accurate to the ancient Roman army as a Centuriae consisted of 80 professional soldiers and 20 noncombatants), and each Centuriae is divided into ten "tent groups" ("Contubernia"), making this the squad level of organization. Raiding parties are of this size (about eight men) and will be led by a Decanus (squad leader).
Most members of the Legion pronounce Caesar's name /ˈkaisar/. Wastelanders and members of NCR, as well as older Legion members use the Anglicized pronunciation /ˈsiːzər/. Legion members are fastidious about classical Latin pronunciations, such as pronouncing the traditional Roman greeting "ave" (hail) [ˈaweː]. Soldiers are called "legionaries" (not legionnaires, which is a modern phrase and applied to the Légion étrangère). Those who are liked by the Legion will be called "Friend", Latin for comrade/friend.
In 2250, Caesar declared himself the Son of Mars, ordered by the god to conquer all of Earth, and the cult of Mars, as well as Caesar himself is the religion followed by the Legion. Members of the Legion believe that in order to prepare the way for Caesar, Mars cleansed the Earth with fire and it is his son's duty to save the Wasteland from barbarism and chaos. It is not known whether any of the other Roman gods are revered as well. Most members of the Legion, excluding some of the most trusted ones, are oblivious to the fact that the Legion's culture is based on books about ancient Rome - they believe that all of the customs enforced by Caesar were dictated to him by Mars himself.
The Legion society is largely hierarchical. Anyone outside its ranks is considered to be Dissolute (lacking in morals), while those that are both outside of it and hostile (usually the NCR and its subjects) are called Profligates (slightly more dissolute). Freshly caught humans are called Captures and are considered the lowest of the low. Their only right is to be tested as a slave. If they do not meet the requirements, they are killed.
Slaves are one step above Captures and consist of captured humans unfit for combat duty as a Legionary. They are expected to adhere to the virtues of a slave (Honestas, Industria, Prudentia - honesty, industry, and prudence) and follow their master's orders without questions. They are given a new name and wear rags with a light red X painted over the chest. During the Capture stage, slaves seem to be forced to wear slave collars. Later, when they have been "broken in" and transported deeper into Legion territory, the collars are removed as seen with the slaves at Fortification Hill. Children of slaves are taken from their parents after birth and placed in the care of priestesses, who raise them in keeping with Caesar's doctrine. Physically fit males are chosen to serve as Legionaries.
Legionaries are the main fighting force of the Legion and form the bulk of its society. Composed of capable men conscripted into service, Legionaries are expected to demonstrate the height of Roman values. Advancement in ranks is purely merit based - if a Legionary proves himself in combat, he will be promoted. If he doesn't, he'll be lucky to escape with his life.
The entire Legion military army is led by a Legate, who answers only to the Caesar. In addition to this, the Legion's forces have two special branches, the Frumentarii, who are tasked with infiltration and subterfuge, and the Chief's Shadow, whose sole role is safeguarding the Chief.
Unlike the NCR Army, Legionaries are not organized by rank but by direct combat experience. The most inexperienced of them, recruits (equivalent to pre-Marian Hastati or post-Marian auxiliary skirmishers), wear the simplest of garments and are usually marched in the front line. Survivors of multiple skirmishes can expect to be recognized as prime legionaries and considered for Decanus status, or may simply be marched in the middle of the ranks (equivalent to the pre-Marian Principes).
The most experienced of Legionaries, veterans (equivalent to pre-Marian Triarii), make up the rear guard and join battle only if recruits and prime legionaries fail to meet their objectives. This practice is not a matter of rewarding elite soldiers for their service; by allowing the Legion to hold the best warriors in reserve, the practice forces an enemy weakened by previous waves to engage the fiercest Legionaries.
The main commanders, centurions and the Legate, are also the deadliest members of the Legion. Unlike their counterparts in the NCR or any other organization, each has reached their rank through their battlefield accomplishments, and their armor reflects that fact - it is made up of trophies taken from defeated enemies. However, they rarely enter the battlefield, as they are few in number and possess valuable leadership skills. The loss of a centurion will likely result in a dramatic loss of unit cohesion.
A special post in the Legion military is the Vexillarius (standard-bearer). The standard-bearers carry the sign of the Legion into battle and act as rally points for Legionaries.
The discipline of legionaries is absolute. In combat, they obey every order without question and if needed, will gladly sacrifice their lives. The reason for this is simple: punishment for failure is severe. Legionaries that fail will be lucky if they escape with their lives. Those that fail will often be crucified or hacked to pieces by Praetorians in front of Caesar. It is also possible that the Legate will invoke decimation, where every tenth legionary will be beaten to death by his comrades as punishment. Life expectancy in the Legion army is low - any Legionary who can survive extended service is a formidable opponent.
While this disciplined style of warfare is extremely effective, it does create a few very exploitable weaknesses. Soldiers in the legion are trained to obey their superiors in all situations; this often makes the Legion troops, especially recruits, slow to adapt to changing battlefield situations. If the officers and veterans are eliminated, the chain of command will be in severe danger of collapsing. With recruits unable to control the situation, the leaderless army will become disoriented and confused, ultimately rendering it easily routed or wiped out. Under the command of Chief Hanlon, the NCR demonstrated and exploited these weaknesses to great effect during The First Battle of Hoover Dam.
The Legion excels at melee combat, as evinced by their choice of weaponry - primarily, the machete, which cripples limbs. They are not adverse, tactically speaking, to using firearms - scouts carry hunting rifles, while ranked Decanus may use a cowboy repeater. Ultimately, this leads to extremely effective Legion raids and surprise assaults. Legionaries are more versatile than the NCR troopers in that they are skilled with both firearms and melee weapons, as well as having been trained to fight aggressively under any and all conditions, whether armed or not. Legion soldiers have nearly double the hit points of NCR troopers, and fair favorably against them in battle, especially at close range. Legion raids typically involve suddenly attacking, killing everyone (sometimes taking slaves) and leaving quickly. As Lanius states, their forces are much better suited at taking positions than holding them due to their up close style of fighting. While Legion raids are often very successful, it is worth noting that the number of positions the Legion actually controls over a period of time in the Mojave is very small compared to the NCR.
The Cheif's Shadow, sometimes referred to as the Cheif's Guard is a faction within the insurgency composed of five elite rebel soldiers personally hand picked by the Cheif to serve as his personal guards. Members of the Cheif's Shadow are individually referred to as a Shadow Guard.
Relations with the outside
As a single-minded, monolithic empire, the Legion's aim is to dominate the known world and unite it under its banner. In 2281, it is locked in conflict with the New California Republic at the Colorado River. Tribes that weren't pressed into it are also openly hostile to the Legion, fearing that they too will become victims of its campaign of conquest, as even with guarantees of safety and independence, Caesar has gone against his word and assimilated tribes he previously promised he'd leave alone. This causes even ruthless organizations like the Van Graffs to oppose the Legion in addition to organizations like the Desert Rangers. The weakness of the Legion is it's inability to gain true allies like the NCR does. They make enemies fast due to their brutal, merciless battle style and drive neutral factions to side with the NCR out of fear.
Dale Barton often prefers to trade in Legion territories, saying that he finds it cheaper as he rarely has to hire protection or pay extortionate taxes, due to the effectiveness of Legion suppression of raiders and wasteland creatures. Even Rose of Sharon Cassidy has admitted to admiring Legion-controlled areas, as they attract traders, merchants, and wastelander communities in general to their high level of safety, especially when compared to NCR territories and uncontrolled regions.
Caesar firmly believes that reliance on technology weakens humans, and was responsible for the Great War. As such, his Legion is mostly a low-tech organization, relying on numbers, physical fitness and discipline to achieve their objectives. A typical legionary will wear armor mimicking the Roman lorica hamata or lorica segmentata, usually created from pre-War sports gear (mostly if not exclusively football gear) armored with metal plates, including the helmet, worn over a tunic. In combat, they use either simple firearms (typically revolvers or lever-action rifles), power fists, or melee weapons in the form of machetes and throwing spears, crafted from scavenged materials that mimic the ancient Roman short sword (gladius) and javelin (pilum).
However, it is incorrect to treat their technology as primitive. As simple as regular combat gear is, the Legion is capable of erecting large fortifications out of scrap (e.g. Fortification Hill encampment) and mass producing standardized weapons and armor for its footmen. In fact, the armor and weapons of higher ranking soldiers compares favorably to the NCR. In major battles, centurions will use rather advanced weaponry such as anti-materiel rifles, Marksman carbines, and super sledges. The personal guards of Caesar themselves are equipped with high tech ballistic fists to complement their martial prowess.
While no Legion member wields energy weapons, they show interest in purchasing them from the Van Graffs. The Legion is also never shown using power armor, though pieces of what appears to be T-45d power armor are used in centurion armor. Oddly enough, the Legion has huge amounts of Stealth Boys. These Stealth Boys are never seen used by legion soldiers in the Mojave, but are used by the legion at Dry Wells and the legion Marked men at the Divide. A high reputation with the legion will lead to a steady cache of Stealth Boys for the courier.
The only mentioned opposition to military technology is combat robots. Caesar dislikes the thought of having robots win a war fought by men. Because of this he tells the Courier to destroy Mr. House's Securitron army, even if the Courier offers to use the technology to destroy the NCR. He has no problem with Lucius trying to repair a howitzer, for the purposes of suppressing 1st Recon and Veteran Ranger snipers. They occupy the HELIOS One station if the player decides to activate Archimedes I, Fantastic joins the Legion as the overseer of the power plant with the comment "Hey, when in Rome, man.". The Legion appears to use radios as shown at Cottonwood Cove HQ but overall opts for devices that use no power. The Legion does not need or truly desire power sources like the NCR, but at no point oppose its usage as they do with chems, alcohol and combat robots. The Legion is overall a very Neo-Luddite organization hoping to return to the days of the Roman Empire and this idea conflicts with using "old world" technology. While the Legion uses technology when appropriate, there is no interest in the pursuit of technology in any aspect like there is with most other major factions in the wasteland.
- Siding with the Legion can make keeping companions very difficult while following the main questline, and most human companions will likely abandon the player over time. Veronica will likely leave when the Brotherhood bunker is destroyed, Boone will leave when the player kills several NCR soldiers, and Arcade will leave when your reputation with the Legion grows too high. Cass allows the player to work with the Legion despite her dislike for them, Raul is somewhat supportive due to their ability to provide security, and Lily is too mentally damaged to have any opinion whatsoever. It is possible to maintain all companions through a mix of not speaking to Gannon, not traveling with Boone while killing NCR and luck in Veronica's case.
- If the Courier is well-respected by the Brotherhood, and Veronica has never hassled the Courier for provoking the Brotherhood, then using the self-destruct password while Veronica waits in a faraway location will usually keep her from dropping you. She will instead tell you to never do it again. This is easy, as she and Paladin Sato (in the Brotherhood of Steel safehouse) are the only remaining members of the Brotherhood in the Mojave Wasteland (unless you destroy the bunker at night, when the patrol is out.)
- Although initially neutral towards the player character, Legion patrols in the Mojave Wasteland are openly hostile towards most travelers, including prospectors and traveling merchants, and will attack them on sight.
- The Legion's territory is known to be considerably safer than NCR territory, especially in the Mojave. Due to Legion patrols as well as their intolerance of Non-Legion groups, there is little or no raider activity in Legion-controlled territory, allowing caravans to safely travel without the fear of being attacked.
- Cannibalism is readily accepted and even practiced by some high ranking officers, like Aurelius of Phoenix. There is little discussion of this policy, but it seems to be well known as members of the White Glove Society are aware of it.
- While several non-player characters, such as Cass and Major Knight allude to homosexuality being accepted (if not the norm) in the Legion, Jimmy claims from first hand experience that homosexuality is punishable with death. It's unclear which claim is correct or how they reconcile. The best possible theory is that homosexuality isn't tolerated, but most outsiders use the concept to slander them (i.e. cracking wise about their togas being "skirts").
The Caesar's Legion concept was created by Chris Avellone during pre-production for Black Isle's canceled Fallout 3. J.E. Sawyer then elaborated on the concept:
- "One of the few big things I did on Van Buren was taking an organization Chris invented and changing it (perhaps mangling it in the process) into a neo-Roman slavers' legion with all the weird titles, makeshift costumes, and traditions of that group."
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According to Chris Avellone's test pen-and-paper campaign, the first fringe unit of Caesar's Legion was planned to appear as a hostile enemy in the Circle Junction Train Yards. Furthermore, the Daughters of Hecate and Caesar's Legion was thought as the female and male polar opposites, which was supposed to allow the player, depending on gender, to rule either one and use them to build an army, Postman style.[1]
Sharptooth, a member of Hangdog tribe, was planned to be a spy for Caesar's Legion, reporting to their agents in Denver, only because Caesar holds Sharptooth's sister as a slave. If this became known, the other Hangdogs would demand to banish him and his family to the wasteland. Bares His Teeth would have no qualms about doing this.[2] Before being merged by designers with the Blackfoot tribe, Hangdog's tribe could be planned to live in northeastern Colorado, near Denver.[3]
Caesar's Legion appears only in Fallout: New Vegas. They were also to appear in Black Isle Studios' canceled Fallout 3, as well as Black Isle's never-realized Fallout 4. Caesar's Legion was also to play in a minor role in the canceled Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel 2.
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- "Breeding issues are pretty huge in cultures that took a big step back from infant mortality progress made in the last 100-200 years. Prior to the last few centuries, infant mortality was often around 50%-ish. Child mortality (prior to age 12) was about 60%. Those are pretty awful odds of reaching adulthood.
Remember that Caesar's Legion is basically a roving army that continually breaks down and absorbs tribes that it conquers. That can only go on for so long, and Legionaries who are indoctrinated from birth are even more loyal than adolescents who are integrated. Breeding new generations of Legionaries is vital for the Legion's continued existence.
Even though breeding is incredibly important in the Legion, there isn't any concept of family outside of the Legion's structure. All of the places where the player encounters the Legion are forward camps where direct military service is given the most weight and is of the most immediate importance. Because only males are involved in that service, they look down upon females even though it's incredibly short-sighted."
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Hellhounds are supernatural beasts which serve demons. Described as demonic pitbulls, Hellhounds are ferocious, terrifying entities that inspire fear in humans, demons and even Angels.
They're tasked with collecting the souls of people whose deals are come due. In such circumstances, Hellhounds can only be seen by those whom they have come for, making them a sort of Reaper of the damned. In later seasons, Hellhounds are seen working for other demons (not just Crossroads demons), usually acting as foot soldiers, guard dogs and/or assassins.
According to Crowley, no demon knows the hounds better than him.
Their true form hasn't been fully documented, as those who see them generally don't survive the encounter. Lore depicts them as black with red eyes, terrifying and ferocious. They vary in size, ranging from standard medium sized dogs to that of a small horse.
Hellhounds are voracious, tenacious and not altogether unintelligent. Once a hound has the scent of its target, it has it for life and will never give up the hunt until one or the other is dead, or unless its master calls it off. They can be clever, almost impossible to trick or distract, and are not disinclined to improvisation in order to get to their prey. Hellhounds will often physically rip their victims to shreds in order to collect their souls. In some cases, however, their mere presence is enough to literally scare people to death. Other times, the victims will be driven to commit suicide.
As dogs, they are loyal, and answer only to the demons they serve; they cannot be swayed or bargained with, either. Not even the Crossroads King could devise a way to throw them off short of using a hound of his own to kill them.
Pretty much any demon can command a hellhound, but very few of them can overpower one, or at least many at the same time -it's unknown if any Demon could overpower one without the use of certain weapons as even Castiel ran from them. In the episode "The Devil You Know", it is reveled that Crowley has his own hellhound that he keeps as a pet. This hellhound is bigger than most other hellhounds and Crowley uses it to fight another, smaller hellhound.
Powers and Abilities
- Enhanced Senses - Just like any supernatural creature, their senses are extremely keen.
- Enhanced Speed - They are naturally much faster than humans.
- Enhanced Strength - A hellhound is able to overpower and kill humans and even demons.
- Infinite Stamina - Once a hellhound has the scent of its prey, it will never stop hunting him or her, unless it is killed or called off by its master.
- Invisibility - Hellhounds are invisible to most humans. However, many supernatural creatures such as demons and angels can see them. They can also be seen by the humans they're assigned to hunt.
- Tracking - They can locate any human they are sent after.
- Salt - serves as a barrier which they cannot pass. Shotgun rounds filled with rock salt can also harm them.
- Goofer Dust - Can be used to create a barrier, like salt.
- Devil's Shoe String - This herb can serve as a barrier preventing Hellhounds from passing through a door it's placed over.
- Demon-Killing Knife - Ruby's knife can possibly harm them.
- The Colt - This gun proves the most effective, as it can seemingly kill them.
- Angel blade - This weapon can kill one.
- Archangel Blade - This weapon can probably kill one, as it is even more powerful than a standard Angel blade.
- Iron - Iron can harm and even kill Hellhounds, as demonstrated in the episode "Abandon All Hope..." in which Ellen and Jo sacrifice themselves to destroy the attacking Hellhounds by detonating a propane bomb filled with iron nails and rock salt.
Season 2
- "Crossroad Blues"
Season 3
- "Time Is on My Side"
- "No Rest for the Wicked"
Season 4
- "Lazarus Rising" (flashback)
- "Yellow Fever" (hallucination)
Season 5
- "Abandon All Hope..."
- "The Devil You Know"
Season 6
- "Weekend At Bobby's"
- "Caged Heat"
- Hellhounds are never seen by viewers in the run of the series, though there have been instances where scenes are seen from their perspectives.
- Oddly enough, Hellhounds aren't seen from their own perspectives either.
- Meg is the only known character to have grappled with multiple Hellhounds and not only survive, but win.
- Jo died from wounds sustained during a Hellhound attack; so did Dean.
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By Simon Fudge
Last Updated: 01/01/70 1:00am
Rochdale have signed former Torquay United striker Morike Sako on a free transfer.
Rochdale have signed former Torquay United striker Morike Sako on a free transfer.
The Frenchman joined the Spotland club before Saturday's 1-1 draw at Accrington Stanley, having endured a frustrating pre-season looking for pastures new.
Unsuccessful trials at League One clubs Bristol City, Northampton Town and Blackpool eventually led to a fruitful run-out with Steve Parkin's side.
The Dale boss was delighted to take the Parisian on board.
"He will bring something different to the squad," Parkin told the club's official website.
"Morike is an addition to our small squad and he gives us options, obviously with his physical presence and his football too.
"He needs a little more fitness, there is no doubt about that, and I'm sure he will be a hit with the club and a hit with the fans."
Meanwhile, Dale chairman Chris Dunphy says striker Rickie Lambert has not turned down a contract with the League Two club.
As we earlier reported on skysports.com, Lambert is believed to have rejected the offer of a contract extension at Spotland, with clubs throughout The Football League thought to be monitoring the player's situation.
Dunphy has refuted those claims, stating contract talks with Lambert are ongoing.
"The facts are that we are still in negotiations with him and those talks are at a very advanced stage," said Dunphy.
"We have worked very hard to put a package together over the last couple of weeks and if anything, I would say we are very close to an agreement.
"Rickie Lambert hasn't turned down any deal we have put to him and I refute any suggestion he has done so."


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Playing for or supporting your college football team is not only a gargantuan part of the American college experience, but an important rite of passage. For Americans, college football is far more than just a game.
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|Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:59:23 GMT
[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-6208?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=12760967#action_12760967 ] Bradley Buda commented on HADOOP-6208: -------------------------------------- To answer the question about subsequent reads, no, unfortunately, getting one read of the latest version of an object does not guarantee that that object is fully propagated and that you won't get any more stale reads. I ran a quick test yesterday to see how likely this scenario is (stale read after fresh read from the same client) and I was able to find one instance of a good read followed by a bad read over ~10,000 file writes (about 420,000 total reads). For comparison, I found 7 instances in the same test where the very first read after a write was stale, but subsequent reads were all of the newest version. The end result here is that with the current behavior, we'd have 7 truncated files of 10,000 written; with a patch to verify writes, we'd only get 1 truncated file out of 10,000. Since the patch is simple and the verification step is cheap, I think it's worth the tradeoff; I'll let my script run a little longer and see if I can gather more significant data. Tom: I think the safest thing to do is to verify writes (poll for consistency) after each INode write. Looking through the code, this happens in 4 places: on directory creation, on file close, on file flush, and on rename. Verifying file close and flush prevents truncated files as in this issue; verifying renames prevents a situation where a file can be renamed, then data can be written to the old filename (which should no longer exist), resulting in two copies of the file pointing to the same blocks (sort of like a weird hard link). Verifying directory creates just prevents errors where a newly created directory doesn't show up for a little while; I don't think there are any data-loss issues possible in that scenario. I have a patch and unit test for verifying in these places; I have a bit more testing to do, but I should be able to submit it to JIRA later today. > Block loss in S3FS due to S3 inconsistency on file rename > --------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: HADOOP-6208 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-6208 > Project: Hadoop Common > Issue Type: Bug > Components: fs/s3 > Affects Versions: 0.20.0 > Environment: Ubuntu Linux 8.04 on EC2, Mac OS X 10.5, likely to affect any Hadoop environment > Reporter: Bradley Buda > Attachments: S3FSConsistencyTest.java > > > Under certain S3 consistency scenarios, Hadoop's S3FileSystem can 'truncate' files, especially when writing reduce outputs. We've noticed this at tracksimple where we use the S3FS as the direct input and output of our MapReduce jobs. The symptom of this problem is a file in the filesystem that is an exact multiple of the FS block size - exactly 32MB, 64MB, 96MB, etc. in length. > The issue appears to be caused by renaming a file that has recently been written, and getting a stale INode read from S3. When a reducer is writing job output to the S3FS, the normal series of S3 key writes for a 3-block file looks something like this: > Task Output: > 1) Write the first block (block_99) > 2) Write an INode (/myjob/_temporary/_attempt_200907142159_0306_r_000133_0/part-00133.gz) containing [block_99] > 3) Write the second block (block_81) > 4) Rewrite the INode with new contents [block_99, block_81] > 5) Write the last block (block_-101) > 6) Rewrite the INode with the final contents [block_99, block_81, block_-101] > Copy Output to Final Location (ReduceTask#copyOutput): > 1) Read the INode contents from /myjob/_temporary/_attempt_200907142159_0306_r_000133_0/part-00133.gz, which gives [block_99, block_81, block_-101] > 2) Write the data from #1 to the final location, /myjob/part-00133.gz > 3) Delete the old INode > The output file is truncated if S3 serves a stale copy of the temporary INode. In copyOutput, step 1 above, it is possible for S3 to return a version of the temporary INode that contains just [block_99, block_81]. In this case, we write this new data to the final output location, and 'lose' block_-101 in the process. Since we then delete the temporary INode, we've lost all references to the final block of this file and it's orphaned in the S3 bucket. > This type of consistency error is infrequent but not impossible. We've observed these failures about once a week for one of our large jobs which runs daily and has 200 reduce outputs; so we're seeing an error rate of something like 0.07% per reduce. > These kind of errors are generally difficult to handle in a system like S3. We have a few ideas about how to fix this: > 1) HACK! Sleep during S3OutputStream#close or #flush to wait for S3 to catch up and make these less likely. > 2) Poll for updated MD5 or INode data in Jets3tFileSystemStore#storeINode until S3 says the INode contents are the same as our local copy. This could be a config option - "fs.s3.verifyInodeWrites" or something like that. > 3) Cache INode contents in-process, so we don't have to go back to S3 to ask for the current version of an INode. > 4) Only write INodes once, when the output stream is closed. This would basically make S3OutputStream#flush() a no-op. > 5) Modify the S3FS to somehow version INodes (unclear how we would do this, need some design work). > 6) Avoid using the S3FS for temporary task attempt files. > 7) Avoid using the S3FS completely. > We wanted to get some guidance from the community before we went down any of these paths. Has anyone seen this issue? Any other suggested workarounds? We at tracksimple are willing to invest some time in fixing this and (of course) contributing our fix back, but we wanted to get an 'ack' from others before we try anything crazy :-). > I've attached a test app if anyone wants to try and reproduce this themselves. 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How Can We Help His Alcoholics Parents as They Age?
My boyfriend lives in his childhood home while his parents live in an apartment above the garage they built for themselves. This arrangement worked out in the beginning but as they are alcoholics. His father is disabled and almost despondent most days. His mother gets angry when drunk and frequently makes things up. We have also caught her in sober lies, truly delusional in some cases.
I am going to move in with my boyfriend in less than two months, he is on the deed with them and gives them the tax money to hold 'in escrow' for the year. However, he recently found out that they have been skimming off the top to the tune of $3000 a year. Neither of them work so essentially this money is used to supplement their government assistance. Sadly, they are only 54.
We not only trust them to handle the finances at this point, we don't want them to. Together we are making almost $100,000 and are making improvements to the home every day. They refuse to let him take over the finances and it scares me to death as an independent businesswoman that I'm allowing us to be put in a situation not of our own making.
Can we call social services, etc. to get some sort of record? We live in New York. My love for him outweigh my fears at the moment but we understand that we may have to leave this home when we have children, leaving us open for liabilities with them and the property itself.
Any suggestions would be helpful, thank you!
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Helping alcoholic parents is not easy. As long as the alcoholic is drinking, which only he or she can decide to do or not, I had a friend who put her alcoholic mother into a treatment center where she gave up drinking and started smoking. When she got out, she returned to drinking. So my friend complained that her mother both drank and smoked.
But I can share some red flags that went up in my mind as I read your question. In many places it is impossible to get Social Security Disability if you are alcoholic. There may be more to the story than you know. Does your partner pay rent for the house in addition to paying the taxes. If he doesn't, they may think that $3000 is little to ask for the rent of the house. In any case, it is important to work out communication and make legal arrangements for these kinds of transactions (especially with family).
I can't help but wonder why your partner's parents moved out of their house at such a young age.
If you want to be helpful, I would suggest that you attend al anon meetings which often often makes a real difference in family communication issues. You also meed to get a good lawyer to help you identify and sort out issues that could lead to real trouble, even losing your business.
When you see people, especially people you love, in such trouble, you tend to think that alcoholism and depression and poor communication are stronger than sanity, compassion, love, and happiness. Your instincts are good. You don't want to enter into a world (no matter how much you love him) that is ruled by people who are suffering so much their judgement is impaired.
With proper help, these not old parents of your partner could turn their lives around and move back into their home when you move out to have your children. Or they could continue to live where they are and use the rent from the other house as income for a simple and decent life.
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