Nobody has actually explained to me what happens in this show that makes New Vegas non canon, other than some weird blackboard being cheeky and gay.
And I've asked at least twice now.
Pretty sure I've seen a few people talk about it, main example is the end shot of New Vegas which shows it partially destroyed. Shady Sands is also nuked, which apparently crippled the NCR according to the show. Odd thing I heard is that apparently the Brotherhood guy said the NCR "failed," I'm not sure the NCR would be put into "splinter groups" like the show says considering how absolutely massive they are, not to mention how it's mostly the spread out Brahman Barons who really control the NCR. But if they indeed
are splinter groups of NCR left, then how would they invade the Mojave and fight the Legion at the Hoover Dam? Would the Legion just take over the Hoover Dam and then move on to New Vegas itself, which is why NV is such shambles? I haven't seen anything related to the Legion in that rubble so that's probably not the case, regardless that would fuck up the plot of NV. That would also imply that, despite Shady Sands being God knows how small a fraction of the NCR's total fighting force, it was enough of a blow to borderline destroy the massive NCR. Do they not have supply lines? Do they keep all their forces, equipment, everything at Shady Sands? Do they just give up? Retarded. Don't people in NV talk about Shady Sands like it's a functioning city? That would mean if it was nuked 4 years prior to NV and destroyed, why would people talk about it like it's still a powerhouse? Which it was before it got nuked. They'd have to move the nuking of Shady Sands up to after NV for it to even remotely make sense. Even if the Legion won at Hoover Dam, I doubt the NCR wouldn't return with a more consolidated force to try and push them out, but now they probably won't even fight in the first battle if they're in shambles like the show says.
If Washington D.C was nuked, the military wouldn't just crumble into 1000 pieces. If London was obliterated the British Army wouldn't suddenly be put into a state of utter disarray for so long they can't function anymore, turning into different roving bands of groups. There are military bases, government buildings, all you need to keep a country functional without Washington. It was be a hell of a blow, maybe less so than Shady Sands, but it wouldn't destroy an entire organization.
These people are telling me that all that territory doesn't matter because one city got fucked? Did they put all their eggs in one basket? INB4 they write it so the Shi took over the NCR territory, probably with the help of a girlboss. Even if the NCR lost the battle of Hoover Dam they still have so much more territory and resources to survive off of, it's not the biggest deal, just humiliating. Given that Bethesda (probably more Todd than anything) loves the idea of a wasteland more than a recovering world rebuilding itself from the apocalypse, they probably retconned any development Shady Sands, fuck it the whole NCR, have had over the 88 years since the NCR was founded and when the battle of Hoover Dam-oh I'm sorry, the nuking of Shady Sands. Even if Shady Sands was actually nuked later, say 2282 after NV took place, its stated the NCR was in the decline (that's where the blackboard is mentioned) which uh...yeah lmao nigger no. And the
reason it was nuked is even fucking more stupid, two smucks wanted to hide the real reason the Vaults were made, or rather the "Societal Preservation Program." Why the fuck would that matter now? Even dumber, it was to kill
one person,
ONE FUCKING PERSON. Do they not have the ability to hire assassins? What would happen if the NCR knew about the Vaults? Why would they care at this point? Why waste a fucking nuke? It's all so fucking retarded.
