Ulysses

This is a sub-page of Proto:Fallout: New Vegas/April 17, 2010/Unused Audio.

Dialogue for the cut companion Ulysses. This dialogue provides additional backstory for the character, as well as general info on the game world and setting.

Generic#

Conversation#

Some generic lines for Ulysses:

Speaker	Dialogue	Form ID
Player
Ulysses	Back around again, with a purpose, questions, or both?	0013713a
Player
Ulysses	Got something to tell me? I'm listening.	0013713b
Player
Ulysses	Still you decided to come up here to trade words with me? I better let you get to it.	0013713c

He also has a greeting line for if spoken to post game:

Speaker	Dialogue	Form ID
Player
Ulysses	Good to see a fellow traveller. Guess the roads are safer now with the troubles at Hoover Dam all settled.	00138492

If the player tried to talk with him whilst in combat:

Speaker	Dialogue	Form ID
Player
Ulysses	Save the talk, we got trouble to settle first.	00137139

A "generic question node":

Speaker	Dialogue	Form ID
Ulysses	Generic question node!	0013848e

A line for changing the current topic:

Speaker	Dialogue	Form ID
Ulysses	Something else is my favourite subject.	00137260

Follower Lines#

These are generic follower lines for Ulysses, used for the companion wheel and discussing tactics.

A line for hiring Ulysses:

Speaker	Dialogue	Form ID
Player	Interested in traveling with me?
Ulysses	Was looking for a reason to break camp anyway. Let's head out.	0013408b

More lines for hiring Ulysses:

Speaker	Dialogue	Form ID
Topic	FollowersHired
Ulysses	Your parade's full up from what I can see.	00136b4d
Topic	FollowersHired
Ulysses	Good. Waiting around was losing its shine.	00136b4e

Some lines for firing Ulysses:

Speaker	Dialogue	Form ID
Player	It's time for us to part ways.
Ulysses	If that's what you want, not one to argue.	00136b47
Player	Yes, I'm sure.
Ulysses	I'll head back to the hill near Nipton where we first crossed paths. I'll keep an eye out for you.	00136b45
Player	On second thought, stick with me for a little longer.
Ulysses	Then here I stay.	00136b42

Lines for controlling whether Ulysses waits or not:

Speaker	Dialogue	Form ID
Player	Wait here.
Ulysses	Got nowhere else to be.	00136b46
Player	Lets get going.
Ulysses	Road it is, then.	00136b49

A line for trading with Ulysses:

Speaker	Dialogue	Form ID
Player	Let's trade equipment.
Ulysses	Share and share alike.	00136b48

Lines for discussing tactics in general:

Speaker	Dialogue	Form ID
Player	Let's talk about your tactics.
Ulysses	No need to make a speech when orders will do.	00136b43
Player	Enough about tactics.
Ulysses	May not matter when bullets start flying anyway.	00136f8c

A generic line for acknowledging the player's orders. This seems to be a generic response for the companion wheel, and so does not have a player prompt:

Speaker	Dialogue	Form ID
Topic	FollowersAcknowledgeMyOrder
Ulysses	I hear you.	00136b4f

Some dialogue for controlling Ulysses aggressiveness during combat:

Speaker	Dialogue	Form ID
Player	I want you to attack enemies the moment you see them.
Ulysses	I'll keep on keeping, then.	00136b4b
Player	I want you to attack enemies the moment you see them.
Ulysses	We all get tired of talking, some times.	00136b4c
Player	I want you to not attack enemies unless I've already engaged them.
Ulysses	What I've been doing, now I'll do it twice.	00136b50
Player	I want you to not attack enemies unless I've already engaged them.
Ulysses	Just be sure to save some for me.	00136b51

Dialogue for discussing his combat style:

Speaker	Dialogue	Form ID
Player	I want you to change your combat style.
Ulysses	Want to win more fights than lose them. Just tell me how.	00136b41
Player	I want you to use ranged weapons.
Ulysses	Alright, I'll keep them from getting close.	00136f87
Player	Switch to a melee weapon.
Ulysses	Letting Old Glory speak for me is what I prefer.	00136b4a
Player	That's all. Let's get going.
Ulysses	Road it is, then.	00136b44

Dialogue for discussing his range:

Speaker	Dialogue	Form ID
Player	Let's talk about how close you're following me.
Ulysses	Am I dogging your heels?	00136f86
Player	Keep your distance. Try to flank them.
Ulysses	They have a blind side, I'll find it.	00136f88
Player	Stay close to me.
Ulysses	Close it is.	00136f89
Player	Your distance is good. Let's talk about something else.
Ulysses	Something else is my favourite topic	00136b52
Player	All right, you're good. Let's get out of here.
Ulysses	Alright, then.	00136f8a

Introduction#

First Meeting#

The player would first encounter Ulysses at his camp in Wolfhorn Ranch. There are three different ways this conversation would play out, depending on what the player was wearing at the time.

No Disguise#

If the player was not currently wearing a disguise, Ulysses would begin the conversation by commenting on the player's Pip-Boy:

Speaker	Dialogue	Form ID
Player
Ulysses	About time a new face showed up. Was starting to think the whole South West had upped and turned into dust.	00133fcd
Ulysses	Though you aren't what I was expecting. Any reason you've got that slice of the old world on your arm?	00133fcd

The player could ask Ulysses what he meant by this:

Speaker	Dialogue	Form ID
Player	It's something I picked up in my travels.
Ulysses	I suspected as much. You don't walk like a vault dweller or act like one.	00137266
Player	Don't walk like a Vault Dweller?
Ulysses	It's the weight, vault dwellers get used to the Pip boy, you're not comfortable with it yet. Shows in how you move, how you stand.	0013725d
Ulysses	Also you've got callouses. Dirt marking your skin deep. And while the Pip boy's weight is new, you're someone who makes walking your living.	0013725d
Player	And how many Vault Dwellers have you known?
Ulysses	Counting you makes zero. Still, those Pip boys got a weight about them, and they're usually a magnet for trouble, responsibility, or both.	00137265
Ulysses	That's history, though. Another piece of the old world peaking through all that atomic dust covering the world.	00137265

There are a number of more hostile responses to this also:

Speaker	Dialogue	Form ID
Player	That an insult?
Ulysses	None intended. I'm not in the business of making enemies with folks who choose talking over shooting.	00137267
Ulysses	You just look to have spent too much of your life walking to have been in a vault unless it's stretched across the whole basement of the Mojave.	00137267
Ulysses	History's got stranger stories in it though, so I shouldn't rush to judge.	00137267
Player	Maybe I'm looking to add to my collection, depending on what you have.
Ulysses	That's a strong maybe you're using. And you're speaking it softly like there's a big stick behind it.	00137258
Ulysses	By my count, the fight would cost you more than it would me, and I don't have anything worth the trouble.	00137258

This branch could also lead into the following conversation:

Speaker	Dialogue	Form ID
Player	Any reason you got an Old World flag on the back of your jacket?
Ulysses	We've all got the old world at our backs. Considering the times, the new world's still sorting itself out.	00133fcc
Ulysses	And it's for history. You're carrying it too. That Pip boy. Most people can't bear history, let alone 5lbs of it strapped to their arm.	00133fcc

This would lead into the task to investigate Nipton:

Speaker	Dialogue	Form ID
Player	Where I got it is none of your business.
Ulysses	Understood. Prying isn't my business. Just not sure the weight suited you.	0013725a
Ulysses	I owe you for the insult, even unintended, so let me pass along some advice. I've been looking over this road for the better part of a day.	0013725a
Ulysses	And you're the only traffic I've seen.	0013725a
Player	If that advice is payment, you're short a few caps.
Ulysses	It depends how you look at it on a map. Nipton's a trading town, not too far. Yet this road's seen nothing but dust from sun up to sun down.	0013725b

Caesar's Legion#

A greeting line for if the player was wearing a Legion disguise:

Speaker	Dialogue	Form ID
Player
Ulysses	Walking the Mojave playing Legion is going to get you turned into a signpost for Caesar, or filled with ranger bullets.	00137262

Another greeting line, possibly for being approached a second time:

Speaker	Dialogue	Form ID
Player
Ulysses	Long way from home for someone favouring Caesar to be.	00138491

The player could tell Ulysses they were part of the Legion. If they were a male, the following responses would be used:

Speaker	Dialogue	Form ID
Player	[Legion] These are my colours.
Ulysses	Must be recent then. You've got the spine for it though, no doubting that.	00138480
Ulysses	Long way from home. Last I heard, most of Caesar's Legion was East of the river.	00138480
Player	It's not where, it's how you serve that matters to Caesar.
Ulysses	Truth in that. Just like Legion to say as much.	00138489
Ulysses	No offense, when I first spoke thought you'd been picking at Legion corpses. Lot of scavengers like that nowadays.	00138489

They could also tell Ulysses they were looking to join up:

Player

I'm interested in joining them, actually.

Ulysses

Your decision, your vote, made this country great.

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Ulysses

Well, as great as you can see all around you with the dust, trash, and bones crunching beneath your feet when you walk.

0013848b

If the player was female, the exchange would differ to accommodate for this:

Speaker	Dialogue	Form ID
Player	[Legion] These are my colours.
Ulysses	Tell Caesar that. Last I heard you needed a weapon between your legs to carry one for Caesar.	00138481
Player	In that case, I doubt you've ever seen a real weapon.
Ulysses	Now what are you...Eh, fair enough. I challenged your manhood, now you challenged mine.	00138484
Player	It's how you serve that matters to Caesar.
Ulysses	Hmm, guess the great bear of the Republic's already winning against Caesar now if he's open to you taking a sword in his name.	00138482

If a female player expressed interest in joining the Legion, Ulysses would say the following:

Speaker	Dialogue	Form ID
Player	I'm interested in joining them, actually.
Ulysses	I think the shape of your hips is going to rule that out. Legion doesn't let women take up machetes unless they want farming done.	0013848c
Ulysses	That's them though. I don't have a problem with whoever is carrying a weapon, long as it's not pointed at me.	0013848c

Here Ulysses would elaborate on what will happen if the Legion catches the player:

Speaker	Dialogue	Form ID
Player	That an insult?
Ulysses	Not to me. Legion catches you with those colours though, the sand will run red.	00138488
Player	What do you mean?
Ulysses	Your colours might be enough to fool a Centurion. Anyone with any sense now can tell you're not legion.	00138485
Ulysses	The pace and standing you got wouldn't make it past against a Decanus, or Caesar's dogs, since I'm betting your scent is off too.	00138485
Player	You seem to know a lot about Legion standards.
Ulysses	I know his a lot less than some, but damn well enough do know what they'll do to you when they catch on.	00138483
Ulysses	It's your life though. Not telling you how to live it, just sharing my thoughts.	00138483

The player could offer the following rebuttals:

Speaker	Dialogue	Form ID
Player	Then you heard wrong.
Ulysses	Don't know about that. Guess we'll see how things play out.	{0013847f
Player	If it comes to a fight, they'll get one.
Ulysses	Yeah you, and the great bear of the republic got it all in hand. I can see it everywhere I go.	00138486
Ulysses	Though you look more capable than most that have tried, they're on telephone poles now, talking to God.	00138486

These exchanges are the same regardless of the player's gender:

Speaker	Dialogue	Form ID
Player	I don't need to join the Legion, just get by.
Ulysses	I hear you. I just don't want to be hearing it atop a telephone pole with your hands welcoming the sky with nails in them.	0013848d
Ulysses	And that's them being kind. If they catch you, I wouldn't wish that death on anyone, especially those that were just trying to get by.	0013848d
Player	I'm not particular when it comes to my gear.
Ulysses	That much I can see. Others might not be so understanding, on both sides.	00138487

NCR#

A greeting line for if the player was wearing an NCR disguise:

Speaker	Dialogue	Form ID
Player
Ulysses	About time someone from the Republic showed. This road was getting too quiet.	00137261

The player could choose from the following responses:

Speaker	Dialogue	Form ID
Player	[NCR] What makes you think I'm from the Republic?
Ulysses	Some other reason you're wearing NCR colours? If you tore that gear off a body I'm not one to judge.	001385c2
Player	[NCR] I'd watch that tone when you talk about NCR.
Ulysses	If you do, that's why I'm here alone. No offense meant though. I think traffic's got me on edge.	001385ba
Player	That an insult?
Ulysses	Only if you take it as an insult. Just making an observation. Next time I'll keep it to my self.	0013848a

These lines would lead into the task to investigate Nipton:

Speaker	Dialogue	Form ID
Player	Is that a complaint?
Ulysses	Not from me. Republic's a rare sight around here though. And that being said that doesn't explain the road stretching empty down below.	001385b7
Ulysses	I think there's been some trouble. Maybe something you and New California need to deal with.	001385b7
Player	[NCR] If it's a military matter maybe I can help.
Ulysses	Well now, those are brave words. May even take you up on them since no one else is around to hear.	001385bc

Investigating Nipton#

Regardless of how the conversation started, Ulysses would eventually bring the player's attention to the incident at Nipton, with the player having a choice of whether to investigate or not:

Speaker	Dialogue	File
Player	Care to tell me what you're doing up here?
Ulysses	Setup camp. Good vantage point. Can see trouble coming before it gets here.	001385c0
Ulysses	Thing is, something tells me it already did.	001385c0
Player	What do you mean?
Ulysses	Usually when I come knocking at someone's door, someone answers. The people below, they're gone, left their crops untended.	001385be

From here the player could ask the following questions:

Speaker	Dialogue	Form ID
Player	So what?
Ulysses	Nipton's a trading town and it's not far. Rare not to see someone heading to or from there.	0013726b
Player	Any trouble around here, maybe you're to blame.
Ulysses	I've been called worse. But I think trouble's come and gone from this place. Just not sure where it went.	001385b8

Responses are not present for the following questions, only player lines:

Speaker	Dialogue
Player	Is this a caravan route?
Player	Maybe that's because you're in the middle of nowhere.
Player	I think you better start explaining yourself.

To continue the conversation, the player would say the following:

Speaker	Dialogue	Form ID
Player	You mean because Nipton's close by.
Ulysses	So you know it, and that's my point. Should have seen someone from there, and there's been no one on the road.	00137259

This would lead to the following questions:

Speaker	Dialogue	Form ID
Player	Think something happened there?
Ulysses	Not sure, and not in a hurry to find out. I'm not one for rushing headlong into trouble so I'm going to sit here and watch for a while.	0013726a
Player	Are you waiting for someone?
Ulysses	Sometimes you can hitch a ride with a caravan, or pair up with a courier. Trading news makes the walking go quicker.	00137269

Here the player suggests they travel together to Nipton:

Speaker	Dialogue	Form ID
Player	You could come with me and we can check it out.
Ulysses	If you want to go I won't stop you. But something's wrong. I'd sooner get a feel for what the Mojave tells me first.	0013725e
Ulysses	Won't be long before the animals and smells give me a sign. Whether it's worth heading West or East.	0013725e

Some more lines from this sequence:

Speaker	Dialogue	Form ID
Player	Sounds like you've been keeping watch.
Ulysses	Not a bad place for it, have to admit. I like to see trouble coming before it gets here.	001385b9
Ulysses	Thing is as far as I can tell, trouble's already been here. As to whether it doubles back, that's something else.	001385b9
Player	What do you mean?
Ulysses	I've been sitting at this post for a while watching the road and haven't seen a citizen except you.	001385bf
Ulysses	Along this stretch you'd at least see a caravan, scrap dealer, someone fool enough walking East. But nobody.	001385bf

News From Nipton#

If the player had been assigned the task to investigate Nipton, Ulysses would then use this greeting:

Speaker	Dialogue	Form ID
Player
Ulysses	Back again? What's the news from Nipton?	00138cfc

Dialogue for turning in the task:

Speaker	Dialogue	Form ID
Player	Nipton's been attacked by the Legion - there's no survivors.
Ulysses	So the Legion's this far West now. Cutting NCR's tendons.	0013725c
Ulysses	Looks like you saved me the trouble of waiting for news to come to me.	0013725c

After bringing Ulysses news from Nipton, the player would unlock him as a companion:

Speaker	Dialogue	Form ID
Player	Were you just waiting for news from Nipton?
Ulysses	More hoping for a caravan or a courier. They bring the news, have a place to go, and don't mind any company that can fend for himself.	0013725f
Ulysses	I may not look like much. I'll fight when I need to and I can make my own way.	0013725f
Ulysses	The Mojave gives me everything I need and more. Besides, sharing goes a longer way than hoarding in my book.	0013725f
Player	You moving on, then?
Ulysses	As soon as purpose comes to me, might be a while. At least it's quiet here. Good spot to see trouble coming.	0013726c
Player	If you've got nothing else to do, you could travel with me.
Ulysses	That so? Might not be a bad thing if Legion's walking the roads.	00137264
Ulysses	Alright then, was looking for a reason to break camp anyway.	00137264

Departure#

These lines would play after departing Nipton. Here the player mentions tracking down some slavers, but there are no references to this task elsewhere in his dialogue. This suggests it was a part of a route that was later cut:

Speaker	Dialogue	File
Player	If we're chasing down these slavers, what's the next step?
Ulysses	First off, know your district before you decide on your platform. We should scout around first, get a feel for things.	001385c3
Ulysses	If you've already checked out the farm below, we need to grab what food from their crops we can carry. No telling how far East we need to go.	001385c3
Ulysses	You really want to catch up to them, we'll need to move fast, which means you'll need my help.	001385c3
Player	Why do we need to gather these?
Ulysses	Radscorpions out there. You could probably kill a whole nest of them in minutes. They sting you once though, the whole nest wins.	001385c1
Ulysses	So let's even the odds. Let's gather some supplies. Crush together some antivenom and we'll live to see next term.	001385c1
Player	So you know the territory?
Ulysses	I've walked this fine nation for a time. And I know this place well enough to know where its loyalties lie. Which is to say, to no man.	001385b6

Government#

The topic of government would've come up as well at some during the conversation:

Speaker	Dialogue	Form ID
Player	And what kind of government is that?
Ulysses	I don't know where you stand, so if what I'm about to say causes any offense, give me a change to explain before you draw.	00137135
Ulysses	Republic means well, but like any two-headed beast of that size it's slow, hungry and two opinions about everything.	00137135
Ulysses	I don't have any love for Caesar and his Legion, but they're charging fast, head low, and they don't waste time debating strategy.	00137135

Companion Quest#

These lines are for Ulysses companion quest, which saw the player help him to pick a side at the upcoming battle for Hoover Dam. These exchanges only seem to only be partially implemented, and are mostly unfinished:

Caesar's Legion#

If the player was currently serving Caesar's Legion, Ulysses would say the following:

Speaker	Dialogue	Form ID
Player
Ulysses	So you're in line with Caesar's plans for the West, then?	00138490

Here he pledges allegiance to the Legion:

Speaker	Dialogue	Form ID
Player	So you're full on with Caesar now?
Ulysses	Always was. Just took watching you to see it.	00138d16
Ulysses	Siding with Caesar doesn't mean it's going to be Caesar's world. That's the past. The new world we're making, that's something else.	00138d16
Ulysses	Not going to hide my colors anymore. That flag's the one I'm standing, and dying under.	00138d16

NCR#

If the player was NCR aligned, Ulysses would begin the conversation with this line:

Speaker	Dialogue	Form ID
Player
Ulysses	So you've chosen your side in the upcoming war. Bear over the bull.	0013848f

Another part of the conversation:

Speaker	Dialogue	Form ID
Player	So you're committed to helping NCR?
Ulysses	It's something I always knew. Caesar's world's over. Even if he takes the dam, moves West, he's still lost.	00138d24
Ulysses	When Caesar hits the sea, his world comes to an end. In all respects there'll be nothing left to fight except the sea and sky.	00138d24
Ulysses	That's when his world's going to change or die. So the two-headed bear, it will win eventually, even if Caesar kills it.	00138d24
Player	The Legion won't take the Dam, Ulysses.
Ulysses	Hope you are right. Regardless, history and me will be right there standing right beside you.	00138d13
Player	So you're with me in futility?
Ulysses	Always was, courier. Now we're going to end this. Cos history don't like to be kept waiting.	00138d17

Mr. House#

Here he expresses support for House's vision for the future:

Speaker	Dialogue	Form ID
Player	You ready to send NCR and the Legion packing? (Mr. House)
Ulysses	Ready to trade two relics of the old world for another. Suppose I am.	00138d23
Ulysses	Not sure what kind of world it'll be. Lit like Vegas, robot on every corner. Can't be any worse than this and at least things won't run red.	00138d23
Ulysses	I'm willing to take the chance that that would be better. The other choices don't seem any better.	00138d23

Independent#

Here he expresses support for the independent ending:

Speaker	Dialogue	Form ID
Player	You ready to send NCR and the Legion packing? (Independent)
Ulysses	Never seen someone so eager to change history. Wouldn't miss it for the world - new world.	00138d22
Ulysses	I'm with you. Always have been. First it was curiosity. Now it's more than that.	00138d22
Ulysses	I think it's time we erased the old world from the stage once and for all. Let it go back into the history books where it belongs.	00138d22

Other#

At some point during the conversation, the player could tell Ulysses he did not want them coming with him:

Speaker	Dialogue	Form ID
Player	I don't want you coming with me.
Ulysses	And why is that?	00138d1d

This dialogue topic is followed by four others, unfortunatel,y they lack responses within the game files:

Speaker	Dialogue
Player	If I don't survive, someone has to tell my story.
Player	I'm willing to fight, but I won't allow you to die with me.
Player	I can't have your death on my conscience.
Player	Because if you're not with me, heart and mind, then we've lost already.

Backstory#

Generic topics for speaking with Ulysses, including more about his backstory and companion abilities.

Combat#

Here the player could ask about his combat skills, as well as his choice of weapon:

Speaker	Dialogue	Form ID
Player	How can you help?
Ulysses	I can move fast when need be. The ways and means of this state are known to me.	001385bb
Ulysses	When I'm with you, just follow my lead and we'll make good time.	001385bb
Player	Is that a flagpole?
Ulysses	Old Glory here? It used to carry a flag. Now I choose to carry its burden.	00133fd3
Ulysses	Its purpose is different now. Same as other pieces of the old world you see around today.	00133fd3

Name#

The player could also ask about his choice of name:

Speaker	Dialogue	Form ID
Player	Why the name Ulysses?
Ulysses	That's irony, nice and sharp. It's the name I chose, same way as you chose yours - felt right.	00138d1b

These should be intelligence checks, but the check itself doesn't actually seem to have been implemented yet, the only condition the game checks for is that the speaker is Ulysses:

Speaker	Dialogue	Form ID
Player	[Int] Fictional character?
Ulysses	No, can't say I've heard of that one. Though I wasn't the first Ulysses to walk the hard road.	00138d1e
Player	[Int] Is it from the Roman myth?
Ulysses	Oh, my name doesn't come from that Ulysses. He had a hard road.	00138d20
Player	[Int] Is it from the Roman myth? (Alternate response)
Ulysses	Ulysses T. Grant. Now, he had a harder road to walk. That name's more my liking.	00138d21
Ulysses	Lot to learn from Ulysses. Stick to what you’re good at. If it's war, let war keep you.	00138d21

Twisted Hairs#

He could be asked about his former tribe the Twisted Hairs also. This dialogue is odd, as Ulysses expresses support for Caesar, something that should be kept a secret until Ulysses confides in the player, but here the player lines give the impression they are not properly acquainted:

Speaker	Dialogue	Form ID
Player	You used to be a tribal?
Ulysses	Caesar came, drafted the men, and then dissolved our little body politic. Earned my support right there.	00138d1f
Ulysses	We worshipped hair, of all things. Now there is an empty path. All goes away eventually, if Caesar's proof.	00138d1f
Player	Worshipped hair?
Ulysses	Yeah, Twisted Hairs. Don't think we even had a proper name except one used by other tribes. We were in our own world.	00138d1c
Ulysses	Did braiding, weaving, the whole bit. Useless religion and ritual. Braid length hierarchy, all sorts of ridiculous shit.	{00138d1c
Player	Nothing to take away from it?
Ulysses	Nothing to be proud of really. There's some use in braiding hair in certain ways so it can become code and things to watch out for.	00138d19
Ulysses	No other real value. Our bighorners and brahmin got used to being sheared and cut every which way.	00138d19
Player	What was life like then?
Ulysses	Fear. Sun beating down. Always watching for an attack.	00138d18
Ulysses	Tribes would steal our women and kids, scalp them, and send them back to humiliate us.	00138d18
Ulysses	When Caesar rolled over them and showed them what brutality really was, that was the day I smiled wider than I ever have in my life.	00138d18
Player	Doesn't sound like you have good memories of it.
Ulysses	Not a one. One tribe in a middle of a bunch of other wife and kid stealing tribes pecking each other.	00138d25
Ulysses	We made families like machines. Because they were cheap labor and status, not because we took pride in them.	00138d25
Ulysses	We needed to be conquered. We were just wasting the world's time.	00138d25

New Vegas#

Ulysses could be asked about his thoughts on New Vegas also:

Speaker	Dialogue	Form ID
Player	What do you think about Vegas?
Ulysses	If you've been you've seen the wall. It's what inside that worries me.	00138d14
Player	Why?
Ulysses	Inside, old world's waking up. No facts or history I've heard tells me that city ever went to sleep, and that makes me think.	00138d1a
Ulysses	The blue skies here. This isn't like the rest of the world. Don't hear as much Geiger ticking here. More to fear from predators than rats.	00138d1a
Ulysses	The city, the whole Mojave wasn't hit by bombs. Been my call, this would have been one of the first pieces of the old world I'd have burned.	00138d1a
Player	That makes you uneasy?
Ulysses	Damn right. Things have to move on. This isn't the old world.	00138d15
Ulysses	Places that hold onto the old, you can lose yourself in the past. No future in it, no future at all.	00138d15
Ulysses	Me? I think you should listen. Make a note of what's happened. Think on it, then move forward. Holding on has no place anymore.	00138d15

Hoover Dam#

Ulysses could be asked about Hoover Dam also at some point:

Speaker	Dialogue	Form ID
Player	What did you mean before, about Hoover Dam?
Ulysses	Our world's going to end there. Nothing anyone can do to stop it. It's an idea now, not a place.	00138d12
Ulysses	Old world never intentionally built things like that to spill blood. It's only when people get into it either now or then, things get red.	00138d12
Ulysses	Territory. Mine. Yours. Things get red. You see the world through missile glare. Rockets. Bombs. Even mirrored red on a machete.	00138d12

Profession#

Traveller#

Some generic lines where the player could ask Ulysses about his profession, a cover story for the fact that he is actually a Legion scout:

Speaker	Dialogue	Form ID
Player	Tell me a little about yourself.
Ulysses	Not much to tell. Traveller, like you, making my way. Trying to stay one step ahead of the local troubles.	00137132
Ulysses	Locals getting bigger and bigger nowadays though. Not leaving much room for folks on the fence like me.	00137132
Player	Making your way doing what?
Ulysses	Oh, you mean a job? Depending on what angle you're looking at it I'm a either a historian or I'm running for president.	00137263
Ulysses	President's got to know the land, the people, and he's got to know the news.	00137263
Ulysses	And I've always found when you know all three, your work's cut out for you. And the Mojave and its people provide.	00137263
Player	So you're not with a caravan or government?
Ulysses	Not a citizen. Not a slave. Not in the business of buying or selling.	00137268
Ulysses	Too much trouble in any of those professions nowadays. Best to stay free and clear, cast your votes when there's a strong winner.	00137268

Scout#

After the reveal, Ulysses would openly discuss his role as a Legion scout with the player:

Speaker	Dialogue	Form ID
Player	How long were you a scout for Caesar?
Ulysses	Long enough. Either you're side by side with the soldiers, or you're out finding a place for them to march.	001385bd
Ulysses	I was in the latter position, which isn't a bad place to be if you like walking and seeing the land before it gets slashed and burned.	{001385bd
Ulysses	I've got a permanent place being one of Caesar's eyes though. Not sure if it's a reward or not.	001385bd

Thoughts On NCR/Caesar's Legion#

The player could also ask Ulysses for his thoughts on the NCR and Caesar's Legion. This seems to be a lead on from the line "Tell me a little about yourself" where Ulysses mentions he's trying to stay ahead of the local troubles:

Speaker	Dialogue	Form ID
Player	You mentioned "trouble" in the Wastes before.
Ulysses	A traveller like you must have seen it. Legion and the Republic. Bull against the bear.	00137137
Ulysses	They're driving toward each other now. Won't be long before they meet head on and one of them kills the other.	00137137
Player	What can you tell me about the Legion?
Ulysses	Not much more than anyone else. They're coming West, making signposts out of people as they go.	00137133
Ulysses	Unless you've got a love for them or a love of dying, I'd let be.	00137133

An NCR dialogue branch:

Speaker	Dialogue	Form ID
Player	Know anything about the NCR?
Ulysses	A bit more than they know themselves. Not boasting, just that the great bear is so big it can't see itself for what it is.	00137134
Ulysses	Any government modelled after a bear with two heads raises questions anyway.	00137134
Player	So you favour the West falling to the Legion, then?
Ulysses	I don't favour one side or the other. Only flag I carry is what's on my back. Non-partisan is what I call it.	00137138
Player	I'm not one for politics.
Ulysses	And I'm not one to judge. All politics did was give us a world looping like a broken holotape.	00137136
Ulysses	Thing is, politics has a way of making you decide when there's enough guns or machetes, on both sides of the issue.	00137136