**Cinematic opens with Sinatra's "Blue Moon" playing, slower than normal**
**44 seconds in, the music fades and you hear the various sound effects associated with whats on the screen**
**cue Ron Perlman's beautiful narration voice at 1:22**
"War, war never changes. When atomic fire consumed the earth, those who survived did so in great, underground vaults.
When they opened, their inhabitants set out across the ruins of the old world to build new societies, establish new vilages, form new tribes.
As decades past, what had been the American Southwest united beneath the flag of the New California Republic, dedicated to old world values and democracy, and the rule of law.
"As the republic grew, so did its needs. Scouts spread East seeking territory and wealth in the dry and merciless expanse of the Mojavi Desert.
They returned with tales of a city untouched by the warheads that had scorched the rest of the world,
and the great wall spanning the colorodo river.
"The NCR mobilized its army and sent it East to occupy the hover dam and restore it to working condition.
But across the colorado, another society had arisen under a different flag.
A vast army of slaves forged under the conquest of 86 tribes. Caesars Legion.
4 years have passed since the Republic held the dam just barely against the legions onslaught.
The legion did not retreat.
Across the river, it gathers strength. Campfires burn, training drums beat.
Through it all, the New Vegas strip has stayed open for business;
under the control of its mysterious overseer, Mr. House,
and his army of rehabilitated tribals and police robots.
You are a courier, hired by the Mojavi Express to deliver a package to the new vegas strip
What seemed like a simple delivery job has taken a turn for the worse..."

**Cue dialogue between two thugs and Benny

Thug 1: you got what you were after, so pay up
Benny: You're crying in the rain, pally
Thug 2: guess whos waking up over here
Benny: time to cash out
Thug 1: will you get it over with
Benny: Maybe cons kill people without looking them in the face, but I'm not a fink, dig? You made your last delivery, kid.
Sorry you got twisted up in this scene. From where you're kneeling, must seem like an 18 carat run of bad luck. Truth is, the game was rigged from the start.

**gun shot**