If you didn't bother them, and you didn't own a laser gun. The Second Era of the Brotherhood of Steel was as a ton of elitists hiding in their Bunkers, venturing out only to confiscate technology from the primitive societies above. and were forced to retreat back into their bunkers. which is a recurring pattern in the Brotherhood's history. For example: they were involved in cleaning up the West Virginia Wasteland, whose Scorchbeast Plague very nearly destroyed the Wasteland.Īttrition in those efforts led them to recruit externally.

They began to fight against every threat that could be traced back to pre-war science, and they did a lot of good in those days.

They were very interested in keeping tech out of the wrong hands, but they also had an interest in getting useful tech into the right hands. and the Bombs dropped before the other shoe could hit the floor.Īfter the Bombs dropped, the Brotherhood adopted a posture of trying to use their Military Technology to protect and guide Humanity. The horrors of those experiments led the soldiers to mutiny and sieze control of the complex. A US Military Unit was stationed to guard a West-Tek Facility that was experimenting with the Forced Evolutionary Virus, the shit that makes Supermutants happen. The Brotherhood of Steel was born before the bombs dropped. probably their most powerful and least ethical point. The Brotherhood of Steel has undergone a lot of changes over time.

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