Just a reminder that Mr. House is the best route in New Vegas as it is the only one where someone with sufficient resources actually has the intentions and the capacity to restore humanity to a non-fucked up state. The current government of the Republic of New California is focused on expansionist practices similar to those of the USA, Europe and China in the ancient world. Mismanagement has led them to forcibly absorb territories to obtain their resources (Chief Hanlon mentions that many of the NCR lakes have been depleted through misuse, which explains the interest in Hoover Dam), even if they do not really have sufficient capacity to maintain control. As things stand during NV, it is clear that the NCR will suffer from growing discomfort among citizens (not just Mojave) that will likely end in revolution and loss of control over annexed territories. The "independent" option (which is really following Yes Man's plans) may be the one that improves the situation in Mojave with the least amount of fatalities if it is decided to leave everyone on their own as they were before the war. However, this option provides nothing else. With House and the NCR out on this route, the chances of improving the situation in Mojave disappear, and although the people's situation may improve in the short term (if the player helps them), the progress of the civilization itself would be extremely discouraged by the lack of organization, resources and knowledge. Mojave would remain a place where the only thing that matters is to survive indefinitely. The Legion is the worst option of all, not only because it is too incomplete with respect to all the other routes, or because it holds a retrograde ideology that would place technological progress (and everything benefited by it) in a forced stagnation, but because in essence it is still a tribe where everything revolves around the personality of Caesar (the title, not the character), and as soon as Caesar ceases to please the tribe it will be violently dissolved. As Marcus said, this won't happen overnight, but it will happen eventually. It is because of this and other things that Mr House is the best (or at least the least bad, since it is not perfect) choice for Mojave. Like the NCR and Legion, House has no qualms about using force to wipe out those who get in the way of his plans, but unlike them and more in line with Yes Man House has an ideal of letting everyone be free to work for him and do what they want (as long as they don't oppose his personal interests). Also, unlike the NCR and similar to the Legion, House has a simple and defined objective that is not corrupted by the pursuit of money (on the contrary, he uses money to further his plans and convince others to help him). In short, House unites the qualities of the other factions into a semi-immortal man with an almost autistic (considering he spent 200 years and millions just looking for a chip) desire for progress, something Mojave desperately needs. Discuss.