Brotherhood soldier (Fallout 4)

 

Brotherhood of Steel soldiers are members of the Brotherhood of Steel living in the Commonwealth in 2287. They begin appearing in the game after the Sole Survivor triggers the arrival of the Prydwen by exiting Fort Hagen by the elevator leading to the roof.

BackgroundEdit

Brotherhood soldiers are responsible for collecting technology across the Commonwealth and enforcing the will of the Brotherhood. Soldiers who display exceptional loyalty and valor are promoted up the ranks, gaining more formidable gear along the way.^[1]

The Brotherhood's soldiers come from various backgrounds, uniting under one flag. Their ranks are (from lowest to highest): initiate, aspirant, knight, knight sergeant, knight captain, knight commander, paladin, paladin commander, and star paladin.

Interactions with the player characterEdit

Interactions overviewEdit

	This character is a temporary companion.
	This character is involved in quests.	Ad Victoriam The Nuclear Option Search and Destroy

InventoryEdit

VariantsEdit

InitiateEdit

Initiates are commonly found at low levels when traversing the Commonwealth, and when the player character reaches higher levels, aspirants begin to take their place as the "low level." Brotherhood ground soldier.

Name (Base ID)	Statistics	Behavior	Abilities	Items
Initiate 000769fe	1 4 0 0 ? ? ? ?	Aggressive: Will attack enemies on sight. Foolhardy: Will never flee or avoid anyone. Helps friends: Will help friends and allies.	? ?	Laser gun Brotherhood of Steel holotag

AspirantEdit

Aspirants are switched out with initiates at lower levels at random, but when the player character reaches higher levels, they replace initiates permanently.

Name (Base ID)	Statistics	Behavior	Abilities	Items
Aspirant 000769fa	9 ? 0 0 ? ? ? ?	Unaggressive: Will not initiate combat. Cowardly: Will always avoid combat/flee. Helps nobody: Will not help anyone.	? ?	Laser gun Brotherhood of Steel holotag

KnightEdit

Knights are the most commonly found Brotherhood soldier, from guarding checkpoints to acting as drop shock troops off of vertibirds, the Sole Survivor will encounter knights almost at any level.

Name (Base ID)	Statistics	Behavior	Abilities	Items
Knight 000769fb	17 ? 0 0 ? ? ? ?	Unaggressive: Will not initiate combat. Cowardly: Will always avoid combat/flee. Helps nobody: Will not help anyone.	? ?	Laser gun Minigun Gatling laser Brotherhood of Steel holotag

Knight sergeantEdit

Knight sergeants slowly start to replace knights in Brotherhood of Steel areas, such as checkpoints, guarding the Prydwen, Waypoint Echo, etc. With the exception of Gavil during the quest Ad Victoriam, They do not have the appropriate paint for their T-60 power armor, instead having common knight paint.

Name (Base ID)	Statistics	Behavior	Abilities	Items
Knight sergeant 000769fc	29 ? 0 0 ? ? ? ?	Unaggressive: Will not initiate combat. Cowardly: Will always avoid combat/flee. Helps nobody: Will not help anyone.	? ?	Laser gun Gatling laser Minigun Missile launcher Baton Brotherhood of Steel holotag

Knight captainEdit

Knight captains begin replacing knights and knight sergeants as the Sole Survivor progresses in level.They will almost completely replace knights at level 50-56.

Name (Base ID)	Statistics	Behavior	Abilities	Items
Knight captain 000769fd	31 ? 0 0 ? ? ? ?	Unaggressive: Will not initiate combat. Cowardly: Will always avoid combat/flee. Helps nobody: Will not help anyone.	? ?	Brotherhood of Steel holotag

Knight commanderEdit

The strongest knight variant in the game, they will completely replace the knight variants at around levels 56-60.

Name (Base ID)	Statistics	Behavior	Abilities	Items
Knight commander 001f6b05	35 ? 0 0 ? ? ? ?	Unaggressive: Will not initiate combat. Cowardly: Will always avoid combat/flee. Helps nobody: Will not help anyone.	? ?	Brotherhood of Steel holotag

PaladinEdit

One of the strongest Brotherhood NPCs in the game, at early levels, they will often be found guarding the tarmac surrounding Liberty Prime in a full set of sturdy combat armor of the Brotherhood variant.

Name (Base ID)	Statistics	Behavior	Abilities	Items
Paladin 001f6b06	41 ? 0 0 ? ? ? ?	Unaggressive: Will not initiate combat. Cowardly: Will always avoid combat/flee. Helps nobody: Will not help anyone.	? ?	Brotherhood of Steel holotag

Paladin commanderEdit

A versatile paladin variant, they often possess heavily modified miniguns or Gatling lasers that are effective in dealing with enemies, and a full set of T-60d power armor.

Name (Base ID)	Statistics	Behavior	Abilities	Items
Paladin commander 001f6b07	56 ? 0 0 ? ? ? ?	Unaggressive: Will not initiate combat. Cowardly: Will always avoid combat/flee. Helps nobody: Will not help anyone.	? ?	Brotherhood of Steel holotag

Star paladinEdit

A rare and extremely deadly paladin breed, even without power armor they have deadly weaponry at their disposal, and may have several pulse or plasma grenades to disable power armor or quickly kill enemies.

Name (Base ID)	Statistics	Behavior	Abilities	Items
Star paladin 00249ae9	67 ? 0 0 ? ? ? ?	Unaggressive: Will not initiate combat. Cowardly: Will always avoid combat/flee. Helps nobody: Will not help anyone.	? ?	Gatling laser Minigun Brotherhood of Steel holotag

AppearancesEdit

Brotherhood soldiers appear in Fallout 4.

Behind the scenesEdit

Some of the generic dialogue between Brotherhood soldiers on the Prydwen are references to "frequently spoken" things said by voice director Kal-El Bogdanove.^[2]

ReferencesEdit