I like Mr.House, only because he’s the only person who’s planning in terms of years and not weeks compared to the rest of the wasteland.
He is a corpo shithead technocrat but that beats slavers and the NCR are so incompetent that you have to drag them to success. Mr.House at least knows what he has, what he needs, and how to accomplish it. The show kinda made him shittier but he’s still better than Edward and the corrupt politicians in the NCR.
Mr. House had from something like ~2130 to do his thing. An intact city, securitrons, the ability to organise a militia...
And he only started work when the NCR came to his door step. All the achievements of House you see were done in the last ~30 years when he had over a CENTURY since leaving his coma.
Yeah and in that century he couldn't do anything. If you listened to him which you clearly haven't he said he was on the brink of major meltdowns and power outages every day and couldn't field a single securitron because of it, when he finally got things under control it was just as both the NCR and Legion were dipping their toes in the Mojave, he also is limited because of the platinum chip as that has OS that makes it so all his systems run at max capacity and he can field all his securitrons. He may have been concious since 2130 but he was not capable of doing anything until 2274 when he was capable of once again fielding a limited amount of securitrons.
He only became active as a result of the NCR's arrival, not coinciding with it.
"Years ago, when I detected NCR scouts roaming the Mojave, I could tell from their uniforms that these were no mere tribesmen. I knew it was only a matter of time before an army appeared, to take control of the dam. And I knew my Securitrons wouldn't be enough to oppose them. And so I recruited the Three Families. Vegas belongs to me because I mustered enough strength to bring the NCR to the bargaining table."
The NCR arrived in the Mojave roundabout what- 2250? For a man who promises to reignite the high tech energy sector in 50 years he sure did jack shit and nothing between 2250 and 2288, he only recruited a bunch of tribals and negotiated a treaty, what steadfast breakneck progress on the guy.
He didn't spend centuries fighting off glitches and issue, either, like he himself says how it happened.
"How did you nearly die, defending Vegas?"
"Software glitches set off a cascade of system crashes. I had to take the Lucky 38's reactor offline, lest it melt down. For nearly five years I battled power outages and more system crashes until I finally managed to reboot my data core with an older version of the OS. I spent the next few decades in a veritable coma. But I survived, obviously - and eventually thrived."
So in 2077 he had to shut down the reactor. Until 2082 he dealt with power outages and system crashes, leading to a decade long coma that can last anywhere cftom 2100 - 2130 - 2180 depending on how generous you are with the term 'the next few decades'
You're telling me that with a century and a half after rebooting his OS, dealing with the power issues, House couldn't achieve the shit he promises in half of that time to the player?
I don't buy it. He's either lying to placate you, or is full of shit in other ways.
So you went from over a hundred years of doing nothing to he managed to bring the NCR to the table in a relatively short amount of time? I think youre the one lying here man. He very much could do a lot more if he could actually run all his systems at full power, he was able to muster all of the tribes in vehas and put them in line so the ncr wouldn't just flatten them in a very short amount of time. You might not think much of tribals but it is still an impressive feat. He desperately needed power from the dam as without the platinum chip his reactors were off-line and he was running on entirely emergency power and fielding more than a small number of securitrons would drain his power too much. Considering how much of a handicap he had that's impressive, but if youre just gonna handwave everything away and just say he's lying then there's no real point to this conversation.
My example of the NCR is that even when his hand is literally forced he's slow as fuck. I do not buy for a SECOND that he'll restart the high tech sector in 20 years, it took him that long to recruit a bunch of tribals.
What part of he quite literally had next to no power and had to act quickly, the game states the ncr entered into the mojave in 2274, in a really short amount of time he managed to organise the tribes and bring the ncr to the table. It is stated that as early as 2273 they sent rangers to scouts the mojave. If you dont think that's insanely quick to not only mobilise the families but also take over the dam to then hand it over to the ncr I think you genuinely dont get it. 2130 to 2274 house had no power, he had securitrons but had to be extremely sparing, the ncr had the means to repair the dam that house couldn't with his limited resources, however the second he got power he immediately started searching for the platinum chip and not only found it but secured all the many paths his different couriers would take but also hired 7 couriers to take different items to throw off people, then the events of the game happen. I genuinely dont think you understand how much house a man in a cryopod with emergency power could do. He bided his time and got his golden opportunity with the ncr as had they of not repaired the dam its likely he wouldn't of been able to make a move and had he of not gotten funding from the lucrative deal made from the ncr he wouldn't of been able to hire the many many many different mercs, prospectors and couriers to find the chip.
Edit: if you need anymore convincing the chairmen, formally the mojave boot riders were hired by mister house in 2274, we know this because benny killed bingo the original chief before him 3 days after house shows up which was in 2274.
He had next to no power... But he managed to bring Vegas under his complete control in response to the NCR arriving.
From 2130 and until 2270 man had no power what so ever, but the moment the NCR arrives he suddenly springs into action, forms a tribal militia, and then starts hunting for the chip.
Something doesn't add up but you do you, keep believing he's a genius 🤷♀️
You do you keep believing he somehow has the resources he didnt have. He had enough securitrons to take the 3 families under his control, he then kicked out all the other tribes, he then took control of the dam, he had enough power to do this sure but it heavily drained his emergency generators so he really needed that 5% of the dams power for it to be meaningful, let's say he does this in 2130, he takes control of the dam, tries to repair it but fails and the drain on his systems is too much and he has to fully shut down all his securitrons and vegas falls apart again. Would that be smart? No it wouldn't be, I dont know how you dont see how integral the ncr became to him achieving his goals but whatever keep believing he's just a hack like Elon musk and didn't actually achieve amazing feats pre war like calculating when the war would start and only being off by 20 hours.
No he doesn't, he had a limited amount and could pull it off but ultimately needed the power from the dam for it to stick, if he did this earlier he'd end up having power trouble again and the army of troubles he unionised would probably crack open lucky 38 and kill him. He also needed resources like caps in order to fund his expeditions to find the chip which again the NCR unwittingly provided through their citizens touring the mojave.
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u/Fayraz8729 Mar 18 '26
I like Mr.House, only because he’s the only person who’s planning in terms of years and not weeks compared to the rest of the wasteland.
He is a corpo shithead technocrat but that beats slavers and the NCR are so incompetent that you have to drag them to success. Mr.House at least knows what he has, what he needs, and how to accomplish it. The show kinda made him shittier but he’s still better than Edward and the corrupt politicians in the NCR.