If you go all the way to the northeast corner of the map, you'll find a small settlement called the Republic of Dave. It's the home of five adults and a bunch of kids who refer to Dave as "President Daddy". Dave is a delusional blowhard who considers this settlement the last bastion of civilization. Jessica, Rosie, and Shawna are young women reluctant to talk to me without Dave's permission. There's a definite polygamy vibe here. The fifth adult is a guy named Bob who's constantly firing his assault rifle at a target dummy, presumably to blow off steam for being odd man out.

As I arrive, there are elections underway for the office of President of the Republic of Dave. I think it's time for regime change and I'm just the guy to do it.

After the jump, read about how everything goes disastrously wrong.

Inside the capital building (i.e. a shack at one end of the settlement), Dave loiters in his office near a safe. Some of the women tend to hover around, and occasionally everyone comes into the main room next to the office. They sit down for a meal and jabber. Dave says I can stay in the settlement if I give him a hunting rifle. I'm carrying a few back-up hunting rifles, so it's no skin off my nose to let him have one.

Dave has inherited the Republic from Tom, who ruled as a monarch. Dave figures himself as more enlightened than Tom, so he bumped the Kingdom down to a Republic. That means elections. He's the only one running, and the five adults who live here are the only ones voting. I talk to each of them, but my character must not have the charisma, intelligence, or speech skill to make any headway. No one wants to help me oust Dave from office. Bob won't run. The women won't support me unless I get Dave to say it's okay. Dave won't say it's okay.

But maybe there's another way. In the main room is a ballot box. It's locked and requires a key. I can guess who has that key. So I attempt to pick Dave's pocket. Sure enough, there's a key. He's also carrying around 100 bottle caps. Being greedy, I grab the bottle caps first, but Dave catches me red-handed. I'm still pretty low level and my sneak skill is nothing to write home about. So much for subterfuge.

As Dave takes the rifle off his back to attack me, I behead him with a single blast from my sawed-off shotgun. A few kids it the room run screaming. One of the women, Jessica I think, starts shooting at me. I take some damage as I'm reloading the double-barrel shotgun, but then two shots take her out. It was totally self-defense.

Then Rosie comes barging into the office firing a pistol at me. I have to use a couple of stimpacks before returning fire. Again, self-defense. And now Dave, Jessica, and Rosie are dead in a heap. I've single-handedly decimated the population of the Republic of Dave.

Inside the office safe is a fancy unique hunting rifle and more money. I still can't find any way to get into the ballot box, but I guess it's a moot point now. I get my hunting rifle back from Dave. Then I go outside and walk up to Bob while he's firing his assault rifle. He's dead before he can turn his gun on me. After taking a few ineffectual shots, Shawna runs into one of the shacks. I follow and kill her.

I loot a few decent weapons from the Museum of Dave, and I find a few shelves of useful items in the other shacks. I'm unable to find the key to the ballot box anywhere. The Republic of Dave, which now consists entirely of fatherless children, will at least have a secure election.

As I'm leaving, one of Dave's kids is still keeping watch at the gate. Her dialogue options mention each of the adults in turn and how they're dead. She's still keeping watch as I leave. Being evil in a game like this makes you feel like such a jerk. I just wanted to rig the election and be voted President. I just wanted a Republic to call my own, like Dave had. Three wives wouldn't have been a bad deal either. But I got a sweet hunting rifle instead, so there's that.

As I leave this corner of the map, I mentally promise the Republic of Dave that I'll come back another time with a non-evil character.