War Never Changes

War...war never changes.

Right now in the desolation that is the New California Republic, it's as if fate is trying to reinforce that fact. Like in the days leading up to the Great War more than two centuries ago, there's still the same music being played, the same blue moon that never seems to enter a celestial cycle. There's still the same gravestones of poor sods who've succumbed to everything from radiation poisoning to a super mutant's bad side (or rather only side, but that's beside the point). And despite a combination of nuclear weaponry, resource shortages and every other hallmark on a crash course for destruction, New Vegas still stands tall and proud, lights shining.

Vice and sin never change either apparently.

What also never changes are circumstances taking panning out shots. True, these circumstances differ, but showing everything from a TV flickering in a ruined city to a paladin of the Brotherhood of Steel staring as if someone's watching him, these circumstances tend to repeat a lot. And right now, with what looks like a helghast looking over the city of his enemies, panning shots and staring at invisible cameras don't change either. Sure, he may have travelled over four light years from Alpha Centauri to attack his hated UCN enemies, travelling through time and space as he did so, but it's still the same after all. True, even with the number 7 on his helmet as if to specify a point of origin, he isn't fooling anyone.

And he's not fooling himself either. Because even if he's in the wrong universe and the wrong timeframe, it doesn't matter. His enemies are in the city before him. And after taking the time to glance slowly at whoever might be behind him, he sets off to deal with the human scum.

War never changes after all.

A/N

Very short I know, but as I was distinctly unverwhelmed by the trailer for New Vegas, perhaps it's appropriate in a sense. While I'm sure the game itself will be good, the trailer essentially being a rehash of the one for Fallout 3 and featuring what struck me as a helghast didn't exactly get my heart pounding.