钢铁兄弟会（通常缩写为BoS，简称为兄弟会）是一个坐落于美国西部，专注于科技并带有宗教色彩的[3] 军事组织。它由大战前的美国军队及马里波萨军事基地里受政府资助的科研组织所组成，战后活跃在北美地区，致力于控制并管理废土上的科学技术。[4][5] 尽管规模不大，但兄弟会在废土历史上依旧是一个有着很大影响力的群体。起初他们只是一群战后幸存者，之后慢慢成为了一个重要的研发机构，并最终成为了新加州共和国（New California Republic）的敌人，为了争夺对先进科技的控制权而在新加州陷入了同NCR的苦战。虽然在西部吃尽了战败的苦头，但位于东海岸的钢铁兄弟会却在亚瑟·麦克森长老的带领下日益壮大。[6]
该阵营以各种形式出现在了所有的 辐射 游戏中。
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The Brotherhood of Steel is a quasi-religious technocratic military order, founded in the immediate aftermath of the Great War by members of the United States Armed Forces and the government-sponsored scientific community. Originating in California, the organization has numerous extant chapters throughout the former continental United States.<section end="CXgamesportal" />
即便如此，枪决安德森这一行为实质上树立起了麥克森在兵变中的领导地位。两天后也就是10月15日，麥克森尝试隔着门和斯宾德上校沟通，但没有得到响应，麥克森带着几个属下破门而入的一瞬间听到了斯宾德上校的忏悔和自我了结，Subsequent scientist interrogations invariably ended in executions。10月18日，在审讯中存活时间最长的科学家艾琳·谢尔曼终于用详尽的说明让麥克森相信这一实验确实是由美国政府下令实施并支持的。[10]2077年10月20日，麥克森通过广播发表声明称自己与美军决裂，企图迫使美国政府对基地中的情况做出解释。奇怪的是，他没有得到上级的任何回应。一天之后，他下令将所有士兵连同其家属迁至基地中。[10]
2077年10月23日，大战爆发。As Maxson was halfway through prying the story from Head Researcher Leon Von Felden, the facility lost contact with the outside world as nuclear weapons started to drop. 基地中高效的核生化武器保护方案为其中的人员提供了免于废土辐射的保护。由于害怕中国弥补第一轮攻击中的疏漏，10月24日，麥克森命令其手下士兵和他们的家属准备在第二天撤出基地。[11]
11月，在经历了废土上数个星期的艰苦跋涉后，军队及其家属们终于到达了地堡。期间，他们蒙受了巨大的损失，虽然T-51动力装甲为士兵们提供了必要的保护，但他们的家属则就没有那么幸运了。Marauders that attacked the caravan quickly learned to target the unprotected civilians. Though the attackers paid with two lives for every one they took, 包括麥克森上尉的妻子在内的大量民众遇难(年轻的儿子倒是挺了过来)。[12][13]
期间一支由丹尼斯·艾伦中士率领的小队离开了大部队。[14]他們不顾麥克森的警告，违背大部分人员的意愿，执意前往威斯科技研究设施进行调查，从此失去了音信。[13]Around 2151, the Brotherhood sent out Knights to seek out Allen's group or its remains. All they found were desolate ruins.[15][16][17]
在大迁徙中幸存下来的人员宣布了对地堡的所有权。这些幸存者们将地堡的面积进行了扩大，并改造成为适合他们居住的地方。而这座地堡成為地球上已化为灰烬的几百年科技结晶中的bastion of technology。[13]此时的麥克森迫切的想要联系上任何在阿帕拉契地区的幸存者，以此来获取一些他急需的信息。他调用了还能正常工作的卫星，向外进行广播。[18]巧合的是，他的老朋友，美国陆军遊騎兵的丽兹·坦格蒂中尉联系上了他。虽然对麥克森半信半疑，在得知麥克森已经脱离美军后，她还是放手一搏决定将通讯频道保持通畅。[19]在得知了前美国政府的行径后，丽兹对先前体系的信仰有所动摇并最终崩塌，在冒險营度过了一个冬天之后，她加入了麥克森的麾下。[20]
兄弟会在新加州不断发展，同时在圣骑士丽兹·坦格蒂的带领下，阿帕拉契的姊妹组织同样也获得了发展。虽然一开始，她对一个有军事背景的候选人搞起等级划分有所偏见，但她很快就理解了麥克森的愿景并继续将冒險营发展壮大成为一座训练前哨站。尽管她的部下刚开始对新的等级制度有所抵触，但麥克森的新理念很快就扎根于此并被广泛接受。Although the Brotherhood's insistence on acquiring munitions for their fighting against mutants has led to ruffled feathers - especially with应变同盟prior to 2082年在查尔斯顿的圣诞节洪水。之后钢铁兄弟会和应变同盟逐渐达成共识，并在2086年5月的亨特斯維爾之役中并肩作战。此战之后，钢铁兄弟会虽然受到重创，但存续了下来。罗杰· 麥克森下令：他们要保存、收集和记录科技，将收集到的人类知识交予后代，当作让文明得以重生的催化剂。[26]
成员们对这一决定褒贬不一，更有甚者，比如汉克·麦迪甘上士，脱离组织加入了应变同盟。The new mission quickly took a backseat, however, as兄弟會遇到了辐尸獸和辐尸人in the Cranberry Bog。Conferring with Maxson's ace researcher, Scribe Hailey Takano, the Brotherhood in Appalachia quickly calculated that the scorchbeasts represented a potential extinction event for humanity. 失落山丘总部运去了补给物资，including a sonic generator and an automated research program, but by the 2090s, the failing infrastructure of the Old World rapidly rendered communication impossible.最终阿帕拉契和总部失去联系前麥克森下令hold the tide，绝不能使用核武器。[27][23]
The chapter in Appalachia fought on, trying to destroy the scorchbeasts through attrition, but 2093年，由于成员数量过少，冒險营最终彻底关闭, and focus their remaining forces at Fort Defiance and Thunder Mountain power plant。Declining support from the Responders and the constant fighting just to stem the tide of the scorched and their masters took their toll, preventing the Brotherhood from completing the automated research program at Vault-Tec University, supplied to them by Takano. Eventually, the Brotherhood launched Operation Touchdown. This last ditch effort was launched in January 2095 and briefly stemmed the tide at the cost of the entire strike force, which included Knight Moreno and Paladin Taggerdy. Ultimately however, 2095年8月18-19日，雷霆山和反抗要塞的阿帕拉契兄弟会被彻底歼灭，marking the end of the Brotherhood in Appalachia.[23]
此时的钢铁兄弟会已经成为了核心區域一股强大的势力，完全控制住了失落山丘地堡周围的区域，之后还和周边的几个城镇建立起了贸易联系，其中和中樞市的贸易往来最为密切。但钢铁兄弟会太过专注于自然科学而使他们逐渐对人情世故变得冷漠起来。而对人文科学的漠视使得年轻一代的初心者连罗杰·麥克森是谁都不知道。2150年，他們与一伙名为毒蛇帮的新兴掠夺者冲突。[30]The battles intensified in subsequent years, 麥克森相信，這些烏合之眾見到兄弟會閃亮的動力裝甲就會作鳥獸散望風而逃，but did not account for他們那種宗教式狂熱——還有上了毒的武器。2155年，在頭盔掉落的時候麥克森二世被一個箭頭擦傷，短短几小時後便中毒身亡。[31]约翰·麥克森被提拔進长老议会，伦巴斯則带领打擊毒蛇幫，聖騎士們在一个月内就基本歼灭了毒蛇帮。毒蛇帮的大部分残留势力向北向东逃窜到了内华达山脉附近，少数成员继续在新加州为非作歹，但却再也形不成什么大气候了。2159年，约翰·麥克森正式成为钢铁兄弟会的第三任最高长老，而伦巴斯则被提拔为首席圣骑士。[30]
2162年的某一天，辐射1的主角在中樞市救下了一名遭遇强盗的兄弟會新兵，[38]之后他来到失落山丘希望能够加入他们。他被派去前往发光地收复丹尼斯·艾伦中士小队的全像卡帶to learn the fate of the splinter faction from the Mariposa Rebellion。最终，让众人吃惊的是，避难所小子不仅活着回来，还成功地完成了任务，他成为近二十年第一个被接纳为钢铁兄弟会成员的外来者。[29][39]
随后的几年里，钢铁兄弟会的自信不断膨胀，他们确信自己是人类中唯一保有高科技的人，于是放任自己停滞不前，挥霍光阴。This stagnancy made them unable to deal with the technologically superior Enclave, when the Brotherhood learned of its existence circa 2240.[43][44] In order to learn more about them, the Brotherhood reactivated a network of outposts in Northern California to observe Enclave activity. Thanks to their low profile, they achieved practical anonymity, even in the populous San Francisco.[45]
Though their power in the west has diminished greatly over the years, the Brotherhood of Steel still maintains hidden, heavily fortified bunkers throughout the Mojave.
Following the Great War, Roger Maxson was able to use a functioning satellite to establish contact with Appalachia and an old friend of his from their service in China. A chapter of the Brotherhood of Steel was founded there and made Fort Defiance their headquarters. This unit of Brotherhood differed significantly in their lack of ideology and remained insignificant in the region of West Virginia. The fort was later overwhelmed and the chapter wiped out by the Scorched prior to 2102. Unlike the main Brotherhood on the West Coast, this chapter was made from elite army units like a contingent of United States Army Rangers and presumably the West Virginia National Guard. They had a rivalry with the Responders and often recruited from the paramedics and police taking away strength from Morgantown which led to its eventually downfall.
Despite being relatively small in numbers (compared to groups such as the NCR), the Brotherhood is probably the most widely spread faction in post-war America.
Most members of the Brotherhood are usually gruff in dealing with outsiders and usually extremely rude towards mutated creatures such as ghouls or super mutants.
The Brotherhood is extremely territorial when it comes to technology and will defend any technological relic to the death. In Fallout: New Vegas it is mentioned that an elder was severely punished for destroying a piece of unknown technology.
According to the Citadel terminal entries, the Brotherhood in Lost Hill began protecting Maxson in the NCR before or by 2277. It also mentions an internal conflict, possibly a civil war, in the Brotherhood of Steel on the West Coast. This conflict forced Arthur Maxson to live in the Citadel.
I do love how these guys eventually turned out, but their origins were not very original. I simply wanted a group exactly like the monks from the Guardian Citadel in Wasteland. This was one of my favorite parts in the original game – an old, isolated stone fortress whose robed monks wielded insane energy weapons and would blast any trespassers. Fantastic.
The Brotherhood was intentionally the same post-apocalyptic religious order that existed to keep the technologies of the old world alive. However, unlike the nihilistic Guardians of Wasteland, I really wanted the player to be able to befriend and join up with this group (and grab all of their awesome gear, of course). In keeping with the medieval monk themes, the Brotherhood became more of a knightly order with a distrust of outsiders rather than a coven of crazy zealots. Although this did make them similar to concepts in Gamma World (the Knights of Genetic Purity) and Warhammer 40K (the Imperial Tech Cults), I just loved the idea of high-tech knights in power-armor wielding virbo-swords and Gatling Lasers. Total fan service to me.
The Brotherhood of Steel were based on a completely hostile faction known as the Guardians in the 1987 game Wasteland, the predecessor to Fallout.
The Brotherhood's technology-centric religious ideology was directly influenced by A Canticle for Leibowiz, which dealt with how a group of Christian monks who task themselves with preserving all scientific and technological knowledge of mankind until the human race is ready for it again.[52]
↑Bethesda Store Faction Flag: "Vexillologist speculate that this very flag raised over the Lost Hills Bunker at the founding of the Brotherhood of Steel; handled by Captain Maxson himself. A rare relic indeed for any Wasteland collector."
↑Fallout Bible 6: "The Brotherhood of Steel: The Brotherhood of Steel (BOS) is a techno-religious organization, with roots in the US military and government-sponsored scientific community from before the war. The BOS is mostly composed of the descendents of those military officers, soldiers, and scientists, but aside from some outlanders among their ranks, the BOS is as close to pure strain humanity (prime normals) as you're going to find outside of a Vault." "The ranks of the BOS is generally recognized as being composed of the best and the brightest... which means the BOS is a really small organization, at least compared to NCR. They make up for this with their frightening arsenal of pre-war and post-war technology: They have laser weapons, power armor, surgical enhancements, combat implants, and a squad of Brotherhood Knights have the ability to erase an entire town from a map without a scratch." "The Brotherhood are generally good guys, but they have their faults - (1) they don't care for mutants, (2) they worship technology, and in many cases, put it above human life, and (3) they don't like to share their choicest technological bits, despite the obvious benefits their technology could bring to the wasteland. It's commonly accepted within the Brotherhood that the people of the wasteland are not responsible enough to use (and maintain) all of the technology the BOS has at their disposal. They are known trade some of their technologies with frontier communities and NCR states, but they keep the more sensitive technologies to themselves." "It is believed that the current HQ of the BOS is the Lost Hills bunker in Fallout 1, but at the time of Fallout 2, the BOS is spread across the wastes in small bunkers and installations hidden from the eyes of common folk – finding them all and wiping them out would be a difficult and dangerous task." "The BOS is divided into different ranks: Initiates are trainees who are expected to perform well enough in the training process to be promoted to Squires. After proving themselves, Squires are promoted to Knights. After many years of service and experience, the best Knights are promoted to Paladins - the pinnacle of the Brotherhood military. Paladins who survive to their later years become Elders, and they number among the Brotherhood ruling council." "It is also possible to serve the Brotherhood as a Scribe. Scribes are responsible for copying the ancient technologies, maintaining the current technology and even experimenting with new weapons and other useful devices. Scribes rarely leave the safety of the BOS bunkers, but they are sometimes called into the field to examine a piece of technology or perform a task beyond the skills of the Brotherhood soldiers." "It is said that the BOS symbol, broken down, represents each of these orders. The sword represents the Paladins, the wings represent the Elders (the "wings" control the movement of the sword), the large gear represents the Knights, and the two smaller gears represent the Scribes and the Squires, whose services keep the Knights supplied with the information and the manpower to get their jobs done. No one is sure what the circle means, however."
↑The Chosen One: "{115}{}{Who are you guys?}" Matthew: "{119}{}{We are a paramilitary organization known as the Brotherhood of Steel.}" (FCFMATT.MSG)
↑The Chosen One: "{201}{}{What do you know about the Brotherhood?}" ACE: "{221}{}{The Brotherhood of Steel is a paramilitary organization dedicated to the salvation of mankind through the proper use of technology. All other information is classified.}" (Fsface.msg)
↑Power management and mainframe terminal: "{207}{}{Base Information}" "{211}{}{West Tech Research Facility: Founded in 2002 as a private contractor for the United States government, the company initially consisted of two divisions--the Advanced Weapons Research and the Biomedical Sciences divisions.}" "{241}{}{ In 2069, West Tech was the single largest contractor for the United States government; its largest contract being Powered Infantry Armor Model T-51b. }" "{242}{}{In light of significant advances in 2076 by the NBC on the Pan-Immunity Virion Project, the United States Defense Department, in fear of international espionage,}" "{243}{}{ moved a team onto the site to secure and oversee the project, now dubbed the FEV (Forced Evolutionary Virus) project.}" (GPWRTERM.MSG)
↑Power management and mainframe terminal: "{219}{}{FEV (Force Evolutionary Virus). Status: Pending }" "{232}{}{FEV Summary Digest: 2073. As China became increasingly aggressive with their use of biological weapons, the United States government felt that a countermeasure was needed. The Pan-Immunity Virion Project (PVP) was officially formed September 15, 2073. }" "{233}{}{2075. It became clear that the best way to combat the newly created biological weapons was to alter uninfected DNA so that it was no longer susceptible to standard viral infection.}" "{234}{}{2076. Unforseen side effects began surfacing in early 2076 with the PVP. Animal test subjects began showing an abnormal growth rate accompanied by increased brain activity. }" "{235}{}{The U.S. government took notice of these discoveries, and in the interests of national security, moved a team on-site to secure and oversee the project, which was now dubbed the FEV (Forced Evolutionary Virus) project.}" "{236}{}{2077. FEV nears completion. Test on lab animals are at a near 100% success rate. Size and muscle density increase approximately 60%, and the protential intelligence increase by 200%. }" "{237}{}{Effects upon human subjects remain unknown; although they are theoretically promising. }" "{238}{}{The military, wishing to continue further testing, builds a large facility at the Mariposa military installation in central California. At this new facility, testing of the FEV virus continues on volunteer subjects from the military.}" (GPWRTERM.MSG)
↑FEV experiment disk: "Log Date January 7, 2077 Major Barnett has ordered transfer of all FEV research to the Mariposa Military Base. He plans to continue the project experiments on volunteer subjects. I am against this, and would like it noted here that research on human subjects is not recommended by myself or my staff."
↑Fallout bible 0: "2077 Nov Captain Maxson, his men, and their families, arrive at the Lost Hills bunker a few weeks later, suffering many casualties along the way, including Maxson's wife (but not his teenage son). The Lost Hills bunker becomes the HQ of the Brotherhood of Steel the Vault Dweller finds in Fallout 1."
↑Chris Avellone placed Allen's rebellion in 2134 for Fallout Bible, which would have made him at least an octogenarian when he split off. He appears to have missed two elements: Cabbot's explanation that the group split off during the Exodus and the fact that the disk references United States Army ranks and the United States Armed Forces, instead of the Brotherhood of Steel. Furthermore, Avellone mentioned Elders in the timeline, who did not exist in any capacity in 2077. Sophia's tape makes it clear that Allen defied Captain Maxson, not the Elders.
↑Fallout Bible 0 Timeline repair: Second strike:
"2134 A faction within the Brotherhood of Steel led by Sergeant Dennis Allen gains strength, and they urge the Elders to let them explore the southeast Glow for artifacts. The Elders refuse, so Allen and his divisionist group splits away from the Brotherhood of Steel, taking some technology and weapons with them."
"2134 Led by Sergeant Dennis Allen, a small team of the Brotherhood of Steel head to the West Tek research facility in search of technological artifacts. They arrive there twenty days later, and are promptly chewed apart by the West Tek's unforgiving automated defense systems. Wounded, Allen begins to suffer radiation poisoning from a leak in his suit. Before he dies, he logs what happened to the expedition into a holodisk then goes to join the Brotherhood in the sky."Note: While the date 2134 is given in the timeline, Cabbot explicitly names the date as 2077. Note: The first name is given only in the Fallout Bible 0 timeline. In the game itself he is only referred to as "D. Allen".
↑Cabbot: "{226}{Cab_64}{Oh, well, in the Exodus, the Brotherhood split into two groups. The group that broke away robbed the others of some of the weapons an-and they went south. Then about ten years ago we sent out knights to look for them and all they found was ruins. No one knows what happened.}"
↑The Vault Dweller: "{1011}{}{Ancient}"Cabbot: "{1111}{Cab_64}{Oh, well, in the Exodus, the Brotherhood split into two groups. The group that broke away robbed the others of some of the weapons an-and went southwest. About ten years ago, we sent out knights to look for them, but all they found was ruins. No one knows what happened.}"
The Vault Dweller: "{1012}{}{Exodus}"
Cabbot: "{1112}{Cab_65}{The ancient Brotherhood came from some place far up north a long, long time ago. We call this the great Exodus. You can read about it more if you ask Vree in the library. }"
The Vault Dweller: "{1014}{}{Order}"
Cabbot: "{1114}{Cab_64}{Oh, well, in the Exodus, the Brotherhood split into two groups. The group that broke away robbed the others of some of the weapons an-and went southwest. About ten years ago, we sent out knights to look for them, but all they found was ruins. No one knows what happened.}"
(CABBOT.MSG)
↑Official Fallout Twitter: "November 2077, a month after the Great War, army Captain Roger Maxson arrived with survivors at the Californian bunker of Lost Hills. There he formed the Brotherhood of Steel, who used a functioning satellite to extend their reach across America… all the way to Appalachia."
↑Camp Venture terminal entries: "JAN-03-81: E Fisher"
Note: This entry establishes that Taggerdy is still referred to as Lieutenant, indicating the switchover did not yet take place.
↑Fallout Bible 0: "2135 Elder Roger Maxson dies of cancer, and his son, already an accomplished soldier, takes up the role of "General" (Elder) within the Brotherhood of Steel. John Maxson becomes a member of the Paladins, showing tremendous promise as a soldier."
↑ 29.029.1John Maxson: "{106}{Gen_1}{Hello, youngster. Cabbot said you wanted to talk. Look I'm uh . . . I'm pretty stacked up right now, so I'll uh . . . I'll help you out as long as you don't start flappin' your gums too much. You know, outsiders are like that, always jawin' . . . Hehehe. Kinda like me, huh?}" The Vault Dweller: "{107}{}{Outsiders? What do you mean by that?}" John Maxson: "{113}{Gen_3}{An Initiate not born here. You're the first Outsider we've let join in a long, long time. Well, near on twenty years now. }" (MAXSON.MSG)"
↑ 30.030.130.2Fallout Bible 6: "Defeat at the Hub in 2125: Their failed attempt to raid the Hub during the Hub's formative years, stopped almost solely by Angus, the founder of the Hub. Angus' defense caused the Vipers to retreat north, and they roamed the wastes for many, many years, occasionally attacking caravans and small settlements. Around the early 2150s, however, the Vipers had grown to their former strength from captured slaves and caravan drivers and had begun to establish a power base in the badlands to the North of the Hub (and south of the Lost Hills Bunker). Driven by a religious frenzy (and the need to provide for their much larger numbers of soldiers and disciples), they began raiding more frequently than before, attracting the attention of the Brotherhood of Steel. The Brotherhood sent out a few squads of scouts to track the raiders down - it was more of a training exercise conducted by John Maxson's father, as the Brotherhood was convinced that small detachment of troops in Power Armor would be sufficient to deal with a group of raiders, no matter how large. Near Extermination by the Brotherhood of Steel in 2155: One Brotherhood squad found the Vipers, and during the firefight, John Maxson's father (who was leading the squad) was killed with a poisoned arrow. The response from the Brotherhood was immediate. The Paladins, now led by Rhombus, began a full scale campaign against the Vipers, tracking them down and wiping out almost all of their members within the span of a month. A handful of Vipers were able to flee north and east into the mountain range, but they were never heard from again. During the campaign, the Brotherhood sent a few scouts and emissaries to the Hub to track down Vipers members, and from these beginnings, the Hub and the Brotherhood began full trade relations (caravans had delivered to the Brotherhood before, but not long after the destruction of the Vipers, caravan trains ran directly from the Hub to the Brotherhood on a regular basis). So some good did come out of the Vipers' presence in the wastes, for what it's worth."
↑Fallout Bible 0: "2155 John Maxson's father dies in a raid by the Vipers. Expecting the raiders to break and run, Maxson doesn't take into account the religious ferocity of the Vipers (or their poisoned weapons), and when a single arrow nicks him with his helmet off, he dies within hours. John Maxson takes up the role of Elder, and Rhombus becomes the new head of the Paladins."
↑The Vault Dweller: "" John Maxson: "{252}{Gen_67}{You can't trust them. A few years ago, they offered us Water for a huge stockpile of weapons. We told them no, and you know what they did? Sent in thieves to steal the weapons! We caught 'em, but the Elders voted down going to the Hub to teach the merchants a lesson.}" "{1115}{Gen_67}{You want to hear about the Water Merchants. Hehehe, well you can't trust them. A few years ago, they offered us Water for a huge stockpile of weapons. We told them no, and you know what they did? Sent in thieves to steal the weapons! We caught 'em, but the Elders voted down going to the Hub to teach the merchants a lesson.}" (MAXSON.MSG)
↑Fallout Bible 0: "2161 October A Brotherhood of Steel patrol comes across a dead super mutant in the badlands. They take the corpse back to the Scribes, and Head Scribe Vree begins her examinations of the super mutant."
↑Vree's autopsy report: "This is truly amazing. Some of the Knights on a patrolling expedition came across an unusual creature."
↑The Vault Dweller: "{119}{}{Okay, can you teach me some stuff?}" Rhombus: "{122}{Rhom8}{Stuff? I could teach you how to fight...if you had any ability. But the High Elder decreed no training of new recruits until the threat of invasion passes.}" (RHOMBUS.MSG)}}
↑The Vault Dweller: "" John Maxson: "{122}{Gen_5}{When we heard about the missing caravans, we sent out a few scouts east and the north. The ones who went north never returned. One came back from the east. He talked about a score of strange beings, all muscle with burnin' eyes. The Elder's aren't doin' squat, but I'm getting ready just the same.}" (MAXSON.MSG)
↑The Vault Dweller: "" John Maxson: "{141}{Gen_12}{I got a gut feeling there's a small force in the east and a much bigger one in the north. The Elders are collecting dust because none of the scouts returned from the north. I can't do anything but watch.}" "{146}{Gen_13}{Well the Merchants from the Hub told us a bunch of caravans disappeared on their way up north. I think there's an army in the mountains, but the Elders, well, they don't want to act until they're sure. }" (MAXSON.MSG)
↑Vault Dweller's memoirs: "I returned to the Hub, looking for clues. Some time was spent there, and I discovered a shady underworld amongst the hustle and bustle of that large city. They thought they could manipulate me, but I proved them wrong and used the crooks instead. I did rescue a young man who belonged to the Brotherhood of Steel. A few trouble-makers tried to stop me, but I learned much about survival since leaving the Vault."
↑ 39.039.1Vault Dweller's memoirs: "It was in my best interest to leave town for a while. I journeyed to this Brotherhood. Thinking they would have the knowledge I sought, I tried to join them. They required me to go on a quest before they would let me in. Thinking it would be a short and easy quest, I agreed and set off for the place they called the Glow. The horror of atomic war was never so obvious to me until then. The Brotherhood was surprised to see me, and even more surprised to see that I had not only survived their quest, but succeeded. They gave me the information I required and some of their technology, and I set off in search of the Boneyard."
↑Vault Dweller's memoirs: "I had to find these Vats, and put them out of action as well, lest another take the Master's place and continue to build the mutant army. Fortunately, my friends at the Brotherhood had a few clues, and helped me reach my goal. Invading the Vats, I came across more mutants and robots. None could stand in my way. I had a mission. I had a goal. I had a really large gun. It was here that Dogmeat fell, a victim of a powerful energy forcefield. I miss that dog. I destroyed the Vats that day, and with it, the mutant army. The last I heard, they splintered and disappeared into the desert."
↑Fallout endings: "The Brotherhood of Steel helps the other human outposts drive the mutant armies away with minimal loss of life, on both sides of the conflict. The advanced technology of the Brotherhood is slowly reintroduced into New California, with little disruption or chaos. The Brotherhood wisely remains out of the power structure, and becomes a major research and development house." Note: As Rhombus' survival is a prerequisite (otherwise the BoS turns into the Steel Plague), he is its leader in this time.
↑Fallout Bible 6: "2. How was the Brotherhood of Steel involved with NCR after the destruction of the Enclave? Unknown. Presumably, they'd already established some level of co-existence with NCR even before the events of F1, judging by one of the states of NCR being dubbed "Maxson" (more on that in a future update except to say that the Lost Hills Bunker was NOT turned into a town in NCR) and considering their pre-existing ties to the Hub, which became a state by the time of F2. I've always imagined that NCR and BOS have maintained an uneasy truce, with barter and (some) technology sharing between the two groups."
↑The Chosen One: "{131}{}{Before we go any further, why tell me all this now?}" Matthew: "{132}{}{(sigh) The Enclave has developed vertibird technology, flying machines that allow them to move deeply into surrounding territories. Without similar technology to counter this threat, the Brotherhood would be unable to stop an invasion launched by the Enclave. We need to have vertibird technology, or a viable counter to it, for ourselves.}" "{133}{}{Now, recently the Enclave established a base north of here called Navarro. It's used as a stopover point for the maintenance and refueling of vertibirds. It's my belief that such a base may have complete technical plans of the vertibirds. All I need is for someone to infiltrate the base, steal the plans, and bring them here to me.}" The Chosen One: "{135}{}{Let me guess. You want me to infiltrate this base for you.}" Matthew: "{136}{}{Let me be frank with you,}" "{137}{}{. The Brotherhood of Steel is not the power that we once were. We believed ourselves to be the sole source of technology left to mankind. Secure in this belief we have let our order decline over the years. Now we don't have the resources at our disposal to deal with the Enclave. We need your help.}" (FCFMATT.MSG)
↑The Chosen One: "{124}{}{You said 'at one time.' What about now?}" Matthew: "{125}{}{Several months ago we came across a group known as the Enclave. Much to our surprise their level of technology surpassed even our own. We found this quite disturbing and considered contacting them. However, we decided on a more cautious course of action until we could determine exactly who the Enclave was, and the underlying purpose of their organization.}" "{126}{}{To this end, we have reactivated small outposts near areas of Enclave activity from which we can safely observe them. Currently, we have activated such outposts in the Den, the NCR, and here in San Francisco.}" The Chosen One: "{128}{}{Sounds interesting. What have you learned?}" Matthew: "{129}{}{We have found that the Enclave deals heavily in drugs, weapons, and slaves. However, these are simply trivial pursuits leading up to some higher purpose, which we have failed to uncover. We are still watching them.}" (FCFMATT.MSG)
↑The Chosen One: "{116}{}{Why is it that nobody around here mentions you?}" Matthew: "{166}{}{We've had this base for years. By maintaining it at a low level with minimal staffing, never drawing attention to ourselves, we've achieved anonymity. We leave the Shi alone, and they leave us alone.}" (FCFMATT.MSG)
↑Owyn Lyons: "Brothers, as we take our meal this day, let us reflect upon the words of Elder Patrocolus of the Montana Bunker. "It is in service of Steel and guardianship of one's Brothers that each man finds his purpose. My friends, stand with your Brothers. Guard them... ...guide them. And in each of them find purpose. Look around this table, my Brothers. Look into the eyes of each man and woman seated here today. Pledge in your hearts and minds, pledge by your guns that you will stand with them in battle until the end. Trust each of them with your life." And earn the trust of each in turn. Eat well, my friends." (Owyn Lyons' dialogue) Note: CitElderLyonsMealBlessing1
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