Mila (A.K.A. Courier Six) is overwhelmed with all of the NCR's meetings about their newest state, and is desperate for a vacation. She eagerly accepts a job with the Happy Trails Caravan Company, but quickly finds herself caught up in a brewing tribal war that threatens the Mojave, and must help those she meets face the ghosts of the past to preserve the future. Rated M to be safe

Courier Six stops in Novac for the night and meets Boone, one of the resident snipers. He reveals a dark secret and tasks her with the job of finding answers. It's another detour in her mission to find the man with the checkered suit, but one that she accepts gladly. After all... she'd also been intimate with loss. (Novelization of the quest 'One For My Baby')