Why the Brotherhood of Steel is Evil - Fallout 4 Lore

[@Wuh0139]

BOS soldier: ive been a knight since 3 years! Sole Survivor: *gets sentinel in 10 hours* BOS soldier: am i a joke to you?

[@aurthormaxson2287]

He destroyed The Institute. Making him a Sentinel was my honor.

[@kevray]

Elder Maxson Sir I had sex with a ghoul

[@aurthormaxson2287]

@@kevray Was it protected sex or was it raw?

[@kevray]

Elder Maxson It was protected but I think I still got a STD.

[@aurthormaxson2287]

@@kevray I don't care about what you do or what you do it with. Bring this issue to Captain Kells and then have him report to me to discuss.

[@ShaggyDabbyDank]

"Flesh is flesh. machine is machine. The two were never meant to intertwine!" Me: *Laughs in New Vegas Sexbot quest*

[@mikehay2183]

Fisto? That must be painful.

[@M3NAm1z]

Don’t remind me of that quest

[@thecollector4332]

Blondie Boy My boy fisto ;)

[@MrBeeps-jo5jg]

Please assume the position

[@robertsmalls2293]

Musk Butt “Well... I guess I should test you out before I bring you to Mr. Garret.” (screen fades to black)

[@evilsithlord8489]

Fk all the factions, I'm gonna join Ironsides on his little boat.

[@BOSKD]

EVILSITHLORD84 108th Regiment 5th battalion of the Congressional Army!

[@haydenr5128]

Ship*

[@zaneharoldson2293]

EVILSITHLORD84 One of the funnest things to do in Fallout 4 is to go to either the prydwen or the institute, quicksave, and straight up murder everything in it. Fk the factions.

[@evilsithlord8489]

Hell yeah! Love me some mass murder! (Ah Hmm, [cough] in a video game of course!)

[@GRAFFDEMON]

+Intergalactic Human Empire Same! My female character is my evil one so I'm starting to think of her like immortan joe, eventually will see herself as some sort of sadistic post apoc raider god, in my own headcannon. Alot of fallout 4 disappointed but I must say I'm loving the nuka world DLC! :D

[@verdant2215]

I love how maxson called your character a civilian even though your character is a 200 year old veteran who served in 2 wars.

[@darthcupcake3845]

I think he has too since the female character

[@verdant2215]

@@darthcupcake3845 yes but if Bethesda took the time to code different dialogue then we wouldn't have this issue

[@alexoelkers2292]

Well the male sole survivor is a veteran but to be fair even if you previously served in the military you become a civilian when you leave service.

[@Broncoburger]

The army you fought for doesn't exist anymore...

[@DogsRNice]

And is probably also the general of the minutemen

[@silverblade357]

Danse: Sir, what about Fawkes? Maxson: We're not messing with Fawkes! I've seen that fucker take a mini nuke to the face and only loose ten percent of his health!

[@123er231]

ibrahim kuyumcu Uncle Leo right?

[@grarecruit4237]

silverblade357 Oh my god that is the most hilarious statistical joke i ever saw god damn

[@sgman9058]

silverblade357 Danse: what about children of atom? Maxson: yeah they like rads DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Alexplainow]

I think Fawke probably beat Maxson 1on1 and get his FREEDOMMM when Sarah was murdered. Or they throw all the mini-nukes they have at him with no anvil.

[@autokrator_]

+CelestialVulpes Did you have a brain aneurysm while writing that, or is English just not your first language?

[@thepresident7101]

imagine a supermutant behemoth in power armor, and instead of throwing rocks he throws nukes. budget liberty prime

[@heronekkotheanimer7386]

Well, Frank Horrigan is your answer.

[@hecunt3633]

@Tyler Lane You have been critically hit for 700 Health Points

[@maxthefurry9438]

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[@arthurmaclean6037]

This needs to be in the next game

[@randomguy72296]

@Tyler Lane now I remember dying 99 time to frank

[@lucascarey5754]

Sole survivor: **blows up institute without evacuation order** Preston: what you did was mass murder! How could you? Also Preston: blow up the prydwen, kill them all!

[@freevertibirdrides7437]

There were no civilians on Prydwen. Only religious militant nutjobs.

[@freevertibirdrides7437]

​@Ryan No, they're a part of a military personnel.

[@robbie1482]

@@freevertibirdrides7437 Aren't there children on the Prydwen?

[@supremecaffeine2633]

@@freevertibirdrides7437 You fuckin psycho.

[@floydlechner2445]

Triggered Warcuck dude, you can join a military organization in the wastland or end up in a fleshbag in a supermutant camp. These are the options you got in the wastland. But im sure, those evil 10 year olds who dont want to be eaten or slaughtered are the real problem whats wrong with the wastland. Not the peace loving supermutants or ghouls. Fuck BOS with theyr gay ass democracy, i go for the slave holding institute who where so good people and created the gift which are the supermutants in the commonwealth. Orr better, my communistic minuteman dictatorship.

[@manofmagic1803]

Hate me or not but I think Paladin danse is the best written character in fallout 4. Blind betrayal voicelines themselves are beautiful. Not to mention the unfinished portion where danse becomes ther leader of the BOS theres a mod that makes it an option, recorded voice lines and everything. i feel like he'd make the brotherhood better back to helping the people and less about serving themselves. they really should have kept the option of danse taking over the BOS an option.

[@Thi-Sen]

I agree wholeheartedly

[@PirateOfGermany]

while danse is very well written I think Nick has him beat, now granted nick has like a third of a DLC thats based on his relationship with DiMA, but Danse is second best.

[@NecroK47]

I don't agree with that idea, a synth cannot be an elder, much less "you", not can become an elder with the help of the synth danse, taking command by force, that is a betrayal of the brotherhood of steel, The people who like this mod are the ones who like to do the yes-man ending in falloutNV, they believe they have moral superiority by taking power, they think that their decisions are the fairest, the most correct when in reality you are just another megalomaniac who can be even worse than maxson. In this case, in fallout4, such a scenario will be a victory for the institute, which cannot be if you are a true member of the BOS.

[@shaquilleoatmeal911]

Agreed

[@ntfoperative9432]

@@NecroK47no it’s not, it’s literally in the BOS code that you can challenge the Elder to a trial by combat for the title

[@lukerlzy1129]

*Maxon bout to execute Danse* Danse: My ancestors are smiling at me, imperials. Can you say the same?

[@eyesack6845]

deserves more likes

[@smeebisesportzbebbins6200]

Death to the storm cloaks

[@f.b.i5714]

-Skyrim noises-

[@TheDezembro]

This comment gives me life.

[@cosmiccookie7715]

DOWN WITH ULFRIC! THE KILLERRRR OF KINGS!

[@sharcc2511]

3:18: "There are many peaceful gen 3 synths," -"Okay..." -"Like Glory, magnolia" -"Yeah...' -"Sturges" -"WHAT"

[@aetherthewendigo5149]

If you kill him, you can find a synth component on him

[@sharcc2511]

@@aetherthewendigo5149 Hes essential so you cant

[@aetherthewendigo5149]

Maybe try a mod

[@openaardvark419]

There’s dialogue after you bring him the network scanner. He finds out that he’s a synth

[@raymartlumibao1051]

If theres a wall and you tried to talk to a NPC sometimes the camera goes through the person mistakenly showing whats inside of them. This is the time Ive found out that sturges was a synth 😂

[@gabrielthomas8768]

"The brotherhood are hardworking soldiers who would like to go see their families" *prydwen blows up in the distance*

[@definitelyaperson6334]

The enclave are hard working soldiers scientists and politicians who try to rebuild America but are ultimately killed by some military deserters who call themselves the boS

[@gabrielthomas8768]

Enclave officer God bless the Enclave, and nowhere else

[@definitelyaperson6334]

Lizardcraftplayz mate your great

[@gabrielthomas8768]

@@definitelyaperson6334 lol

[@AverageFrowned]

Enclave brigadier general Glory to the Enclave!

[@ryanhampson673]

"Everyone wants to save the world, They just don't agree on how."

[@PunchMadeReem]

This all sounds like something a synth would say

[@refriedboogie]

He probably doesn't put the cao back on the toothpaste

[@josephdavis1704]

Great counter-argument buddy

[@vmp1615]

Lol

[@combatarcher3101]

No a synspoizer

[@woofyou1186]

@@josephdavis1704 it’s the fallout 4 version of saying ‘I had sex with your mom’

[@indiexanna]

1:41 Maxson : "Beneath the Commonwealth, there is a cancer" After Institute's directorate meeting Sole Survivor : "My God, Maxson was right"

[@V.V99]

Underrated comment is underrated

[@MeanAndPristine]

Oh I get it lol

[@sindari-22]

I bet the Vault dweller from 101 resisted this Stealing a fusion core from Rivet City I still prefer the side with Elder Lyons

[@segevkrespi8609]

it was such a lazy writing job from Bethesda, i can't believe i actually thought that choosing to lead a faction means you'll get more freedom to choose it's future, but no, it was just disappointing.

[@aurthormaxson2287]

Of course I was

[@oxhorn]

I regret mentioning Quinlan’s terminal entry about the “best human specimen” because it has proved to be a distraction. Viewers are quick to mention Godwin’s Law while ignoring the rest of a 30 minute video. I never mentioned the Nazis in this video, because I agree that the BoS do not compare to them. Instead I pointed out how similar the BoS’ view of the “perfect human specimen” is to the idea of the “perfect Aryan race”, used by those who believe in a Master Race. Many throughout history have believed in a Master Race besides the Nazis. The only ones bringing the Nazis into this discussion are other viewers. I criticize the BoS and their belief in Human Exceptionalism, in this fake fantasy world, because elevating one race/species/group above another due to their inherent “betterness” paves the way for all sorts of atrocities. We’ve learned this with human history, and we see it in action with the BoS. Yes, most super mutants, ghouls, and synths are worth destroying. But we must recognize that some do not. If we obliterate all for the sake of a Master Race ideology, we are killing innocents, which is evil.

[@ProgenyofEurope]

"I never mentioned the Nazis in this video" " Instead I pointed out how similar the BoS’ view of the “perfect human specimen” is to the idea of the “perfect Aryan race”" That is mentioning the Nazis. Yes, some other's believed in the "master race" but the concept in and of itself is NOT "evil". It is only "evil" *because* of its association with Nazism and their genocides. You know that is exactly what you did. *::Edit::* to address everything you wrote: The term "Aryan Race" originated as a completely benign classification for people of a certain ancestry. But you don't use it as such - you use it in the way that the Nazism believed and popularized it to be. Thinking that exceptionalism or inherent "betterness" - "paves the way for all sorts of atrocities" is a horrible slippery slope fallacy. Objectively - some races in Fallout 4 *are* better, they *are* exceptional. Super Mutants are strong - but profoundly stupid. Ghouls are ugly - but near immortal. Synths can have tremendous strength, intelligence, but they are bound and controlled by the institute in the end. Recognizing that some races are superior in some way does then not entail that you wish for atrocities - it is simply recognizing reality (well, "reality" of the game world). "We learn this with human history" - we learn what happens when it gets out of control. But we don't then shun reality simply because some people did things we think are horrible. We should always try to be rational and accept reality. We don't shrug off any and all concepts of equality because communists murdered hundreds of millions, we don't stop recognizing the reality of race simply because people committed genocide based on race. That is essential "purity spiraling" for the people that are moderates. "which is evil" - which, of course, is completely subjective. Also many people did address your points without getting caught up on Godwin's law.

[@xanbs503]

Ouch... but I'd already come to pretty much the same conclusion regarding the BoS. Saying that, my first play through I was overmuch eager to join up with the BoS and mostly because of my time in New Vegas and Fallout 3. BoS originated from the Armed forces and both my character (and myself) being prior service I (we) thought, "how fun. This is basically the Army of the future so... why not?" Why not indeed. Following about with Paladin Danse, then him following me, I listened to what he had to say and his reactions to my interactions with others. Yeah yeah, I'm one of those that tends to play 'the good guy...' but only the first few times through. Its difficult, even in a game, for me to be a cruel pr**t, but once I learn whats going on, I can manage it and even come up with a logical reason (to me) as to why I'm serving the greater good. I got along well with most of the brotherhood, though Proctor Teagan's mission for me to 'procure harvests from the locals by any means necessary' put me right off. Who did this pretentious ape think he was? While I got along well with Haylen (and **SPOILER** really hated having to kill her later on - oh well, make a synth and thanks for covering that mod), she was one of the few. As I began talking with the others aboard the Prydwyn and bringing some of companions along, I began to see what they were about. By this time I had already found the Railroad (was my first time through and I kept myself free of spoilers... easy enough, no one else knew when I played through either) and had Deacon, Curie (don't judge.. so I married a synth :P french accent :P ), and Valentine with me often. I pay attention to my companions as they will often give clues worth noting. I began to realize that this new incarnation of the BoS wasn't something I wanted to saddle myself to for the long term. Then, you guessed it, Blind Betrayal. I had fairly high charisma rating (I always do in these games) and so managed to spare his life. I was so upset about it that I never returned to the Prydwyn. Forget the Paladin Armour, who needs it? Time to break ranks and go Railroad 100%. While the Railroad has its own questionable methods, its a group who's grey I can live with. At least they aren't tech hoarding supremacists that look down an anyone that isn't BoS. Now, just like you I never mentioned Fascism or Nazi's. That's political and the BoS aren't in for the politics. Similar to the Institute, this faction thinks itself superior to the rest of humanity and that is just extreme evil and small mindedness. There are some great ghouls to hang out with, awesome synths, and even a few super mutants across the many games I enjoyed having as companions. You take help where you can find it and you'll learn and grow in the process. Thanks for an awesome episode and keep up the good work. I enjoy your perspective. Cheers. (and sorry for being so lengthy/wordy)

[@RideTheSmurfFTW]

Its not even a "master race" ideology in my opinion. Its an overcoming ideology about the proper uses of technology without succumbing to the perils of technology. When Maxson is thought of as the perfect human specimen, he is the perfect human in a world where much of the people have to suffer and live through the perils of a new humanity in the Wasteland. These people have to suffer with the abominations known as synths, supermutants and ghouls brought about by the folly and foolishness of man's lack of restraint with using technology. Maxson is the exemplar of how to use technology in order to better one's state in the wasteland and secure his own life by eliminating the very threats that people have created and thus put one's own humanity into existential risk. In my playthroughs of the BoS, I did not think of them as putting forth a "master race" idea, as more of an "undoing the existential wrongs that we put ourselves in" idea. If it were a historical "superior race" narrative, we would expect to see this reasoning applied to people, not just entities brought about from scientific experimentation.

[@doomslayer7441]

Oxhorn you are right

[@Apotheosis-]

I disagree I think that the elder Maxon group of the brotherhood is bad.

[@ajalpha3409]

maxson- "the synth rivals the destruction of the atom bomb" me- "sorta like the ones i just dragged out of the sentinel site for you"

[@Edax_Royeaux]

He said the "destruction of the atom bomb", not the atom bomb. Look all around you, the destroyed Commonwealth, the destroyed Capital Wasteland, that is what he is referring to.

[@amiablereaper]

​@@Edax_Royeauxyeah and at the finale of the main story you relive that destruction in miniature as you escort a tool of nuclear war to annihilate your enemies War never changes, after all...

[@Edax_Royeaux]

@@amiablereaper May as well not make allusions to the atomic bomb if you have to say "destruction in miniature".

[@dutchpatriot17]

@@amiablereaper I mean, the goal was blowing up the Institute. Not their fault that the Institute's reactor functioned as a nuke.

[@vaasmontenegro9299]

I do love how In fallout 4, the brotherhood actually reward you and give you an appropriate rank for all of your work

[@potassiumdroid8390]

Meanwhile on the minutemen: *saves a settlement* CONGRATS YOUR THE GENERAL

[@feelcollins4358]

@@potassiumdroid8390 This is where the phrase "Would you rather be the tail of a dragon or the head of a snake?" comes into effect kinda. Since you have almost no power at all since the beginning of being promoted to the leader of their organization lol. Plus the BOS are a bigger faction as they're not just in Commonwealth

[@adamleblanc5294]

@@potassiumdroid8390 To be fair, there were no minuitemen when the sole survivor becomes general. It's a brand new organization with the same name and astetic as the old one, sure... but it's believable that between you and Preston; Preston would want you to be in charge of the new iteration.

[@Mast3rKK]

they shouldn't. You go from a Knight, a very low rank to Paladin, a very high rank. There are a LOT of Knight-Captains, like Kade or the one with the key to Teagan's cage thing. Yet the Sole Survivor, a measly Knight, ovtains the rank of Paladin just for eliminating a 'rogue' Paladin. It's so stupid With the destruction of the Institute, I understand why Maxson promotes you to sentinel, it was you that planted the charge on the reactor, it was you that entered the Institute and retrieve Madison Li, it was you that won the war, simply by following commands. A Brotherhood idol.

[@mcwsquads123thegamer6]

@@Mast3rKK there is a mod that fixes it to where you go through the ranks so by the time you reach paladin it says you are a knight captain it also gives you the paint for it

[@anonymousxaela761]

I just played through some of the BoS storyline and decided to turn against them after the Danse incident. But god damn Haylen. "Danse is a person, he's done so much good, we can't kill him!" Two minutes later as Valentine walks by. "Abomination."

[@zenunderhill5278]

This made me fuckin die 😂😂😂😂 I am pro brotherhood but Danse needs to chill with that bullshit lmfao

[@davyjones6327]

And your point is?

[@zenunderhill5278]

Paladin Danse fucking god among men

[@davyjones6327]

Init

[@davyjones6327]

See valentines a mean lad u know wat I mean

[@yuzusauce]

9:40 *vertibird crashed into minuteman's face* "Got my arm!"

[@val447]

"Got my arm!" *limps away on a wounded leg*

[@SomeGuyWhoPlaysGames333]

A suicide bomber super mutant goes off. The SS: gets turned into a pile of ashes Piper: My leg!!!

[@warrenschrader7481]

On synths Maxson: This is pushing technology too far! This is how human civilization fell before us! On a giant robot that tosses nukes like candy on Halloween Maxson: Liberty Prime is the ULTIMATE POWER IN THE COMMONWEALTH! I suggest we use it.

[@Esteban-qp2cf]

I mean if he became friends with the Iron giant, there should have been a speech check making him realize he was best friends with an android

[@SrChr778]

True, there might be some hypocrisy about it, but the thing is, if it's not in their control, they destroy it. Like a typical D.C. official. Ironic, right? Based in the Capital Wasteland, former Washington DC, and they behave exactly like the government before them.

[@xox4136]

oh, no no no no no no you got it totally wrong! its always ok if the brotherhood uses it!

[@alejandrovalverde4376]

Remember what Mr. House said “ They’re a terrorist group, basically. Militant, quasi-religious fanatics obsessed with hoarding Pre-War technology. Not all technology, mind you. You don’t see them raiding hospitals to cart away Auto-Docs or armfuls of prosthetic organs. No, they greatly prefer the sort of technology that puts people in hospitals. Or graves, rather, since hospitals went the way of the Dodo. “

[@TheFrostflame12]

Oxhorn: *explains all the flaws and shortcomings of the Brotherhood* Me: “But… Power Armor… and Big shiny guns” Edit: 3 years later and this is still my most liked comment with the most replies

You can get the biggest shiniest gun by killing Elder Maxson. And if you side with the Institute, you can also get his Power Armor. Aaand as if that wasn't enough you can get a full set of X-01 Power Armor once you reach level 30-ish. All you have to do is kill a Sentry Bot and an Assaultron at 35 Court. You don't need to be allied to any faction. You don't need to pick any locks. You don't need to complete any quests. Just go there and grab it.

[@freevertibirdrides7437]

BoS fanboy: But... but... muh dangerous technology! and Ad Wacktoriam!

[@shshshshsh5471]

get those and then kill them,that way you'll get more

[@MC-ns8gb]

@ The Xo1 has nothing to do with what he's talking about

[@Nindrhu]

Lol that is literally the Brotherhood of Steel's response to this video.

[@AsymmetricalCrimes]

Eastern Brotherhood of Steel: "We want human purity!" *Dead Enclave Soldiers: "Are we a joke to you?"*

[@robertsmalls2293]

ZoomerX24 Yeah, the Enclave are the only faction who could set things right. But they never get the chance.

[@Tom_Crews]

The enclave were worst than the BoS. Enclave planned to kill ALL mutated or radiated life(that also means ghouls too), innocent or not, by spreading Modified FEV in the water supply and spreading it through the air. BoS strongly believes to not kill innocents. They only kill Mutants and ghouls if hostile.

[@adrianbartkowiak7752]

@@Tom_Crews enclave wanted to kill all life outside oil rig. Including all humans. Fallout 2 lore.

[@robertsmalls2293]

“The Enclave is working tirelessly to rebuild America as it was... as it was meant to be.” -John Henry Eden

[@Tom_Crews]

Robert Smalls The enclaves original plan right after the war was to go to a different planet using the spaceship on the oil rig. Their plan was to leave America behind and let themselves survive. But their spaceship malfunctioned(or some shit like that) and failed to launch.

[@bl87d5]

Preston: How many turrets do you want for the castle? Xohorn: Yes.

[@jordanadams7168]

Xohorn: No.

[@blankblank5409]

Xo?

[@j3ffm1s7r0]

So many turrets

[@anonymousxaela761]

@@robodadinosaur5138 Xohorn*

[@feanyz6704]

@@anonymousxaela761 Shoehorn*

[@seanfrazee5146]

4:45 i like how you added the wall of turrets facing the water "Cant have a new mirelurk queen show up"

[@aurthormaxson2287]

Imagine being an Institute synth

[@captainkells840]

They must be exterminated

[@jaimeenotjamie]

AD VICTORIAM! SEMPER INVICTA! ANTI-COMMUNIST PROPAGANDA OPTIMUS PRIME WITH NUKES!

[@carolyncollis2272]

Ad victoriam bother

[@someonerichardson5330]

Um

[@Bone20647]

Yes, but just one exception sir? Paladin Danse hates synths too, just because he is one doesn't mean that we have to get rid of him. He is with our cause!

[@bobthedog79]

"Including super mutants, sentient ghouls, and even sentient deathclaws." SO YOUR TELLING ME, THAT THERE ARE DEATHCLAW SERVING FOR THE BROTHERHOOD?!

[@AAJillSandwich]

Fallout 2 had a vault full of sentient Deathclaws who got wiped out by Frank Horrigan of the Enclave. Also had an intelligent albino deathclaw companion.

[@kaydawg12343]

@@AAJillSandwich One of them could be a companion?????

[@AAJillSandwich]

@@kaydawg12343 Yeah you can recruit a talking Deathclaw in Fallout 2 as a companion Could also get talking Deathclaw recruits in Fallout Tactics.

[@kaydawg12343]

@@AAJillSandwich lol I never knew that. I can’t get past Dorian and his guards so I’m stuck. I’m a level 3 small weapons build

[@AAJillSandwich]

@@kaydawg12343 Mmmm you can find the deathclaws in vault 13, the Khans are at vault 15. When I fought the new khans I had power armor i think which meant they really couldn't do much. The BOS quest to steal the Vertabird plans will give access to there bunker which has power armor. You may need a decent amount of intelligence or speech to complete the quest peacefully. I always begun by investing in small guns,speech and lockpicking to 60% then slowly built up my science skill and lastly unarmed and energy weapons.

[@Segregationist]

I believe that oxhorn has been replaced with a synth by the institute

[@IrishAussiemen]

I think your right!!

[@talisman_g1]

Yeah! I knew It!

[@ewwpoorpeople5684]

Proof? His way of talking changed over his career. So, obviously, he is a synth

[@WelshHomo87]

Yrp

[@libertsiagian7685]

the only way to prove it... is to kill him!

[@faridagasiyev7042]

While destroying Brotherhood, it is very hard to shoot Haylen and Danse down.

[@sharksam8583]

To be honest, once he mentioned there was a part of the Brotherhood recruited sentient deathclaws. I almost immediately imagined a death claw in power armor. Which sounds freaking awesome. And I legitimately want to see that in a fallout game.

[@robertness6041]

In fallout 2 actually

[@Mae_burowski_hates_feds]

That's not the best idea, specially when we already have the cars of fallout 4 hardest enemy in the game

[@steelcovegunship1083]

Yeah, they can do that in fallout tactics which is a spinoff which canon is disputed but mentioned in canon fallout series, apparently the deathclaws in tactics are all sentient like in fallout 2, depending on player choices the sentient deathclaws can join the midwest BOS

[@Welpitiswhatitis]

@@Mae_burowski_hates_feds I have doomsday armor mod and I still die sometimes

[@sharksam8583]

@Squashed Dragon That my friend just makes it even cooler

[@stevenbaumann5911]

Using the Minutemen to take down the Institute is actually a very smart thing to do. it would show the people of the Commonwealth that the Minutemen are a force to be reckoned with. Even the Brotherhood of Steel with potentially think twice before trying to steamroll over them.

[@ComicinvestigatorYT]

After the minutemen ending brotherhood soldiers will say “I don’t like the idea of the minutemen, having so much fire power.”

[@charlottewalnut3118]

@@ComicinvestigatorYT I mean if you lived in a giant balloon you’d be pretty scared of anyone with artillery

[@Khan-wt3lb]

I used the minutemen to take down the brotherhood just because I didn't like what they said to Nick or Hancock

[@connorbussell6255]

Fuck u it smart at all

[@amiablereaper]

@@ComicinvestigatorYT which, as the faction with the biggest guns, is really quite funny

[@Yoshikarter1]

I completed the main quest with the Minutemen, BOS, and Railroad intact. I was clearing out a Super Mutant hideout with a BOS Scribe from the Learning Curve radiant questline. It was proving challenging, so I used a flare gun to bring in some Minutemen to help us. After a Super Mutant shot one of the Minutemen dead, the BOS Scribe cried "Brother! No!" I was genuinely touched.

[@tzpremixes]

Can that actually happen?!

[@Yoshikarter1]

As long as two NPCs from differing factions are allied with each other, which the Minutemen and the Brotherhood are for the most part AND that NPC has a reaction to the death of an ally.

[@wollfpack4122]

I actually loved the Brotherhood of Steel in Fallout New Vegas and Fallout 3, but to me, it seems like Fallout 4’s BOS has become something I cant stand beside. The Brotherhood had become the very thing they fought against in Fallout 3

[@Sundows]

Super mutants? Enclave ? Bos on Fo4 come to the commonwealth to erradicate a menace,with it the institute

[@PauloHernandezXD]

Organization change based on leadership. Some called Lyons faction as pathetic for trying to save the people of the capital. Elijah is another example of a “leader” who is certainly incapable of using his powers for altruistic purposes.

[@riorobins1311]

I don’t understand how you can like the Mojave chapter morally and not the East Coast in Fo4, Mojave is arguably more evil.

[@mokingaming6574]

Well in fallout 3 the brotherhood is separated from the original idea of the west coast BOS the he outcasts are more of the ideology of maxson

[@half-lifescientist5184]

And that's what the Brotherhood are. Essentially a nicer version of the Enclave.

[@toaster9922]

jeez man, you think you have enough goddamn turrets on the castle?

[@Lionfire42]

There's no such thing as overkill in the wasteland.

[@davidlink3787]

There is no such thing as overkill, only open fire, and I need to reload.

[@Ramidemi710]

Lionfire42 There should be a mod for fat man turrets.

[@NallCalmer]

You'll know when it's enough when the fps comes to a slow crawl when they open fire.

[@1111Tactical]

When it brings the game to a 5fps slideshow, its too much. A mod to buff turret damage would have the same effect and not demolish performance.

[@pvtnum11]

Fallout 4 would have played completely differently if Sarah Lyons hadn't died, methinks.

[@jonahhudson2052]

pvtnum11 I know m8.

[@craftc1725]

pvtnum11 let's be honest, the brotherhood killed Sarah.

[@benzbodega2148]

Canaan Craft you have no evidence or proof 👎🏽

[@alond1te926]

Logan Corney wait so you like selfish pricks who would kill for a toaster from pre-war? That's fucked up dude. Not to mention how the West BoS placed a slave collar around your neck and force you to do stuff just so you could talk to them

[@severedapex7413]

Logan Corney i think you're the evil type player in fallout series. BoS from Fallout New Vegas,1,2,4 sucked. I prefer to be the good guy rather than be a little bitch.

[@kingofthegrill]

"Flesh is flesh, machine is machine, the two are not meant to intertwine. Now go help out on Liberty Prime, I've got the woman who's paralyzed and living in a set of power armor spearheading the project."

[@balazscsotai8354]

I feel like he meant it as "A human and a synth mustn't be in a romantic relationship" kinda deal. Which I kinda support. Espically if synths don't die because of age (sorry if I missrememember it). Because then you got a bunch of synths who want to love humans, but can't because humans have a lifespan while synths don't

[@rikardosilva1754]

@@balazscsotai8354 I believe is something more like what happened in the older fallout games (one of the Enclave guys was a kind of "computerized consciousness", he was dead but his mind was inside a computer system, like Zola in Captain America: Winter Soldier)

[@Elyseon]

*Curie hated that*

[@TheLikenessOfNormal]

"And when she has a minute, my extensive array of cybernetics that was used to keep me alive and is definitely unnatural and beyond our actual understanding and thus something that I advocate we take from others by force, needs to be recalibrated." Unironically Maxon is the most hypocritical trash in the game.

[@kingofthegrill]

@@TheLikenessOfNormal "It's disgusting to sleep with a Synth" *Recruits so many people into beastiality he has to start screening for it*

[@TheIamfrustrated]

Every Minuteman play through I have done has always featured a massively fortified base with it’s crowning jewel being a dozen gun battery at Nordhagen Beach specifically to threaten Boston Airport.

[@enderborn9209]

Brotherhood : Sky Minutemen : Land Institute : Underground Railroad : Shadows

[@Brando216]

House: robots

[@suwacc3237]

lOng AGo, tHe FOuR NatiOnS LivEd iN hArmoNy...

[@CteCrassus]

@@suwacc3237 Until the day the Enclave attacked.

[@suwacc3237]

And the Shawn disappeared without a trace.

[@ervync.9117]

Ironsides:boat

[@keedaroseheart7230]

Me: *listening to Oxhorn's opinion on the brotherhood* Also Me: *watching the video and counting how many turrets he built on the castle*

[@kapich-3]

We need those numbers

[@vanillaaudio185]

@@kapich-3 yo same 😂😂

[@coachacola3755]

I did the math and to cover all the walls you’d need to place down 144 turrets.

[@forrestwallis7885]

no wonder his fps was like a letsgameitout video

[@Cauceboi]

With the minutemen, everybody is a soldier in my army, and they’re thankful for it.

[@aghitsaplane4262]

"Flesh is Flesh,machine is machine" *"MATH IS MATH"*

[@henrytai6227]

👌It is what it is 👌

[@woodsylightning]

Underrated comment

[@franciscooliveira8939]

is it related to science?

[@vitalx8956]

Square is rectangle

[@electrowolf9754]

FLOOR IS FLOOR!!

[@gabrielsanandres6165]

Honestly, I immediately turned around and chose the Minutemen and the Railroad when I realized how Nick, Curie, Strong, and Hancock were being treated around the Prydwen.

[@mirelcostin7538]

They don't even know Curie is a synth

[@gabrielsanandres6165]

@@mirelcostin7538 they do. At least I think so considering that Danse reacts negatively. Something along the lines of "donating yourself for science."

[@mirelcostin7538]

@@gabrielsanandres6165 never had the chance to get that dialogue

[@joshbyers9394]

They do. They will make the same comment as they do with Nick.

[@Perished_Phantom]

With Nick they’ll say something along the lines of “Keep that synth where we can see him”.

[@mee4644]

The "rare" ending you talked about- that was my first ending. I like the Minutemen, OK!

[@themidwestexpress708]

Hey you’re not alone the minutemen are underrated, they don’t discriminate against synths or mutants and they just build houses and protect people from raiders, what’s not to love

[@mohammadrezapahlavi4578]

@TheMidwest Express Preston Garvey spamming you with people to protect, while the grunts are partying in the Castle.

[@freezyboi1491]

@@themidwestexpress708 the thing that is not to love is the constant from Preston Garvey just another settlement needs your help let me mark it on your map and there is another settlement that could use your help let me mark it on your map

[@tannius5116]

I hate the minute men because Preston gets mad when I kill the Institute but wants me to murder the entire Institute.

[@lord_destros2188]

When i tried in my 3rd playthrougg it broke and no matter how many quests I did (like 15 all together) I couldn't get the ending (I discovered the institute and the castle so I'm up to date) Edit: nvm I miscounted I did like 8 so I'm resuming from there

[@atlienn2566]

STURGES!? Fuckin 7 years later and I’m just learning that lol

[@WestenCombs]

Right same here

[@armahpruski5877]

Magnolia surprised me

[@FluffyBearSocks]

@@armahpruski5877 same

[@blackstarkittens9162]

I think I had the exact same reaction you did. I was listening for him to say Valentine lol.

[@CapitalTeeth]

The paranoia felt very real when I learned Sturges is a synth.

[@TheGuyThatsAwesome]

This is the kind of video a dirty synth would make

[@workerbee1027]

Synths are very useful.

[@pugie7247]

Is that a heretic I see?

[@TheGuyThatsAwesome]

Ad Victoriam, brother!

[@emperorpalpatine425]

Ad Victoriam!

[@FewFewTheFue]

Ad Victoriam fellow kids

[@BBP081]

Essentially, they have taken the title of knight literally and are now imposing feuadalism

[@plinyelder8156]

You forget that the Brotherhood is a military faction and war, war never changes.

[@Lordekaiser]

Bravo!

[@polishherowitoldpilecki5521]

Once they’ve taking care of one enemy they move on to the next one, if not make one up. Have an army, you’d want to use it.

[@LB-hr9vu]

Yeah and it scares me

[@-sanju-]

@@polishherowitoldpilecki5521 Yup, that's how fascism works.

[@Brandon-mp5kk]

I always side with the brotherhood up until Maxon makes you kill Danse, it seems more realistic that the sole survivor would go to a strong military force instinctively after learning they're going up against the institute to get their kid back, but then go to the minutemen after learning how evil the bos could be, or destroy them depending on how the execution went.

[@dwighthoward5363]

Unless he sees the BoS as the only way of getting his son back without realizing what the other factions are capable of.

[@Civsuccess2]

Base on Sole Survivor's profile, he is a military man. I don't think he wants any of this community building stuff.

[@Civsuccess2]

Maxson is doing this for show so everyone in the BoS know what the organization will do if a Synth is ever discovered in the rank. Furthermore, Maxson tested Sole Survivor's resolve by asking him to do the deed. Let's be frank, you have no problem unplugging your Alexa.

[@cherrify3498]

You can just exile him and not kill him

[@quirkypurple3]

@@Civsuccess2 he’s a military man that is totally disenfranchised with the idea of war tho? that’s literally the whole point of the intro

[@mikethebike226]

1) Single handedly slayed a deathclaw 2) killed two raiders 3) killed super mutant leader Meanwhile the Lone Wanderer killed the entire deathclaw sanctuary. destroyed Enclave. countless raider and super mutant body count.

[@mikethebike226]

And yet that is all it took to get declared Elder. Geez, the Lone Wanderer should be High Elder at this point.

[@cgwingard523]

And this is where Bethesda's games totally bite as true RPG's. There comes a point where the character should be progressing from fetch & kill quests to true leadership and decision making effecting others. In FO4, you can become "General of the Minutemen". Except for the assault on the Institute, you don't order or lead the Minutemen doing diddly. You get rescue and kill missions just like you did to prove you were worthy of joining the Minutemen. You are a general in name only. Keep in mind that per BOS tradition (and game canon), someone can CHALLENGE the "Elder" to become the new one. Why didn't Beth build this in the game? HMMMmmm? Because if we could, I had a character that would do exactly that, to make the BOS the "defenders of humanity" by protecting and promoting the civilians while pursuing their tech hegemony... and gradually reducing the religious purity definition of humanity to include ghouls and synths, and Super Mutants that agree to live peacefully with everyone else.. But you can't go off Bethesda's script. I could rant for days (or at least paragraphs) on how poor the ROLE PLAYING aspects of Bethesda games really are. My dovhakiin should be High King of Skyrim or the bloody freaking Emperor of Tamriel by now...

[@scottseaman1887]

Mike Leahy are you stupid? these are all different characters, not one lone wanderer through out every series, jesus christ

[@mikethebike226]

Scott Seaman No need to be rude about it

[@scottseaman1887]

yea im an ass hole i dont mean it, would explain why my girlfriend left me and took my son last month 😔 i really dont mean it

[@nolanfarris1679]

I LOVE the idea of a new brotherhood outcasts group in a later game, people who disagree with masons BOS and act more like the capital wasteland BOS.

[@JustSaiyanDude]

Gotta love how fast the Brotherhood turns on Danse. "Soldier i know you've lead countless missions, saving many of our brothers and sisters, risking your own life just for the cause but this computer terminal says you're a robot so thats pretty sus.." Like i feel there should've been better evidence, maybe some new type of scanner that detected synth components. If you kill your BEST solider cause of 1 terminal entry from enemy headquarters, then you're a terrible leader there's no question lol

[@JustSaiyanDude]

@An Angry Space Marine im cool with the brotherhood turning on Danse, I just wanted better evidence than 1 terminal entry.

[@MrPsych77]

@An Angry Space Marine it's more likely he's a railroad synth that got a mind wipe and new memories.

[@JustSaiyanDude]

@Zach A Hes risked his own neck multiple times for the player, his team mates and Arthur. Yes he's a dick but so is everyone else in the 200+ year old wasteland. Its your actions that make the man you are and fhe fact they were able to turn on him so quickly in spite of everything just felt too rushed and unbelievable.

[@JustSaiyanDude]

@An Angry Space Marine this actually makes more sense and gave me a different perspective. Maybe synths are unfeeling but just don't want to die so they emulate human emotions. I doubt Bethesda thought that far ahead but thats a good ass assessment.

[@JustSaiyanDude]

@Zach A eh im just gonna agree to disagree

[@Yerlingwolf-vs2do]

"take a seat sir Oxhorn and we'll talk about your turret addiction shown here: 5:32 "

[@derivedfever807]

Yerlingwolf 2356 and his horrible placement

[@derivedfever807]

GoldElectric10 - it’s a fucking joke

[@caffeinatedgamer.4576]

MUST DEFEND

[@frozenlizard7738]

No, the problem is he needs bigger turrets!

[@Rob-326]

@@caffeinatedgamer.4576 Preston: Another settlem... *NUKA NUKED* As I was saying...Another settlement needs your help. BTW for me for some reason this bloke is glitched... xD He keeps saying the "What you did was mass-murder" thing and doesn't snap out of it. I played Nuka-World but killed all of the Raiders there... Any way to fix this guy? Even Radio Freedom doesn't give Settlement alerts...

[@jasiahmascarenas9387]

"protecting people from them selves, every tyrants worst excuse"-nick valentine

[@tamiloxd7168]

"protecting people from themselves" The most advanced factions in the east coast were the Enclave and The Institute. There weren't other faction more advanced than them.

[@howardlam6181]

@@tamiloxd7168 what's your point? Institute openly says they don't care about people on the surface anymore. They care only about their own lives.

[@howardlam6181]

Bring Nick on the ship when Maxon gives his speech when you first join. Would be really funny if Nick says this line exactly the moment Maxon talks about protecting the commonwealth's people.

[@Gnompus]

@@howardlam6181exactly fathers main reason for you to stay with the institute is cause *you’ll* get a better life down there than anywhere else

[@Gnompus]

@@howardlam6181 yeah he has the same excuse as father “WE’RE PROTECTING THEM FROM THEMSELVES” idiots.

[@King_Kobra_GamingTTV]

you know oxhorn, i used the method where i kept the railroad, the Minutemen and the BROTHERHOOD OF STEEL alive and the institute gone thanks to a guide, And i think i've learned much from this video like how the Brotherhood don't accept Mutants, Ghouls, and Synths. Synths include Curie, Glory, and many others. and Ghouls such as Hancock and others

[@kagekun1198]

Maxon's Brotherhood is basically riding on the Lone Wanderer's fruits of victory.

[@chengkuoklee5734]

And screwed up badly. Macreedy mentioned the wasteland became worse despite Wanderer and Lyon's effort putting BOS in a very advantageous position. Maxon's brotherhood doesn't care about stewardship or governance.

[@NewGuy2534]

Lone Wanderer: You were a good boy, Arthur. It pains me that you grew into a shit man.

[@nick5422]

The LW needs to return and lay down the law

[@kerruo2631]

@@NewGuy2534 Arthur is not a shit man

[@arthurmaclean6037]

@@NewGuy2534 either way, great name

[@GioTheVax]

Wait... it's been 4 years, and this is the first I'm hearing of Magnolia and Sturges being synths??

[@offlinemedia1784]

GioTheVax it’s been like 6-7 years I think and I’ve never known the where synths

[@rileyjoh19]

Exactly I was blown away when I watched this video for the first time a few months ago. I had ABSOLUTELY no clue that Sturges was a synth. I heard rumors of Magnolia but not Sturges

[@ewwpoorpeople5684]

Wait, sturges is a synth???!?!

[@emotionalpotion9834]

Yeah, sturges is a synth. Thing is, he's essential in normal gameplay, so without console commands (even if you try to kill him to find out) you never will discover this fact while playing.

[@ewwpoorpeople5684]

@@emotionalpotion9834 wait, so how did people find out about it?

[@Lovettfourscore]

"The perfect human specimen." This reminds me of the Enclave

[@Demicleas]

@An Angry Space Marine yep the brotherhood and enclave are the same thing

[@julianreviews8102]

@An Angry Space Marine sometimes man, the bottom line can just be that they’re powerful and genocidal lol. To the people being genocided, doesn’t make much difference

[@arthurromano6764]

That’s like saying imperialist Japan wasn’t bad because they killed less people then nazi Germany and that the emperor of Japan was apart of a vary old dynasty and the führer was a democratically elected leader and how nazi Germany wanted to kill all Jews,Slavs exsdera were imperialist Japan didn’t blatantly toss Chinese and Manchus in to extermination camps they did do many other war crimes. But then again this is a video game so why do I or iny body give a shit if the enclave kills everyone or if the BOS extorts and kills some of its subjects.

[@arthurromano6764]

@@Gnompus at least the NCR is a repetitive democracy with rights

[@Lovettfourscore]

@@arthurromano6764 it really isn't, you're reading into this way too far. I said it reminded me of the enclave not that they were the enclave or whatever you said

[@Leonisdarko]

I love the Lyons version of the Brotherhood of Steel, they actually follow Roger Maxson’s true vision of what he wanted

[@ladyalicent705]

Preston: General! They are going to attack the castle! Oxhorn: We need to build turrets Preston: How many sir? Oxhorn: *Yes*

[@kevray]

Boi you just copied the top comment

[@b.c.7040]

Stormboxer boi you just copied the first reply

[@lordpikmin1679]

Wait a minute....

[@vergilbaberuthofbaseball5983]

B. C. hmmm

[@Fireheart1945]

LOL

[@Cheburashka207]

"Flesh is flesh.Mashine is machine the two never meant to intertwined" Says the guy who's body is full of implants LOL

[@kybroisstillhere9532]

Злой Волшебник says a guy who can’t spell machine

[@Cheburashka207]

@@kybroisstillhere9532 Grammar nazi much?

[@ewwpoorpeople5684]

Well its not the same because he says he's more human than robot. Totally different

[@floydlechner2445]

Intertwined: twisted or twine together, a net made of cotton intertwined with other fabrics. A synth is a human intertwined with a machine. A dude in a power armor is a dude wearing a power armor

[@altimusxaktarak8786]

@@floydlechner2445 But did you know paladin danse is a synth?

[@josevasquez-vo4zq]

Me during the video “Damn that’s a lot of turrets he’s placing”

[@robcampbell3235]

Obvs not vanilla castle build limits.

[@stealthgang-pubgmobilegame8473]

Literally came to the comments to see if anyone was thinking the same thing😂😂🤣

[@magicalpwn]

You thought that. I was thinking where he's getting all those materials from

[@UmbraFulgur]

@@magicalpwn, cheat terminal, obviously.

[@holdencross5904]

Americanism at its finest! *Exerts full force of First Amendment Rights*

[@benarchyuk837]

The only upsetting loss from the Brotherhood was a few select members, the destroying of the airship & Proctor Quinlan's Cat, Emmet.

[@dervo1]

I want the Tunnel Snakes to be a faction in fallout 5, TUNNEL SNAKES RULE

[@tashalacross5108]

There's 76 reasons why that can't happen.

[@-_-5470]

Tunnel snakes rule!

[@slyfredtrix4772]

*no you get 76*

[@blankblank5409]

Best thing ever

[@rngclips8267]

mmmmmm fallout 5 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[@max.cr33p]

I searched for the milk of human kindness but found blood instead.

[@theoglad3955]

ya yeet ya blood of human kindness

[@overlorddante]

Huh, well ain't that sum up the human experience for yah

[@martinpachu7125]

*m o l k*

[@omnical6135]

find the milk yet?

[@Jaxymann]

"Flesh is flesh. Machine is machine. The two were never meant to intertwine!" Me, who's been banging synth Curie the entire game: *Sweats nervously*

[@excalligator5529]

@@mitchwhite6826 no because the institute refined the dna to where it was just the parts of the dna that makes them human and not the sort of parts of it that effect bloodlines and that sort of thing if that makes any sense

[@codeinecowboy8607]

@@mitchwhite6826 but Curie is no more related to the sole survivor than every other human is to each other, so it’s ok to clap her cheeks

[@coronelkittycannon]

Me, who's been banging Ms nAnY cUrIe: ._.'

[@hedgehoginacanoe5838]

@big stinky oh god now I have that image on my head

[@ekholocation4574]

@@mitchwhite6826 daughter?

[@novatheraven]

The brotherhood is that one old friend you still hang out with but distance yourself from because after a while they become too much

[@tsarfox3462]

BOS: We must make sure technology doesn't run amuck to avoid another apocalypse Also BOS: let's secure as many nuclear weapons as possible, those things that caused the end of the world, and use them as often as we possible can.

[@bigboss4178]

USA in a nutshell

[@MCB741]

The greater good

[@leradmuiel7634]

I love it! USA ftw

[@luqka]

A nuke ruined the world, do you see the brotherhood doing that?

[@RoronoaZoro-ur6hr]

Greg Peek, the smart thing to do would to destroy the nuke because the Minutemen and the Railroad that are the both factions in the game would never continue using mini nukes in the Fallout 4 game after seeing how the nukes caused the end of the world.

[@jmashups6804]

Midwestern BOS is the best. They ally themselves with Ghouls and even some Supermutants. They're also a good deal less radical, much to the chagrin of the eastern decisions. They also look darn cool.

[@prestongarvey5695]

They may look cool, but helping Settlements is Cooler.

[@aerialmacaroon6312]

Indeed they had had an interesting blend of desire for change and ideas and like they were definitely in the middle not like west coast not like east coast

[@foomanchoo576]

Midwest is just better in general, in real life too.

[@aerialmacaroon6312]

Foo Man Choo as somebody who lives in Texas I wish we had a better game to portray us than the black sheep; it would be interesting to go back since nobody considers brotherhood of steel canon

[@jmashups6804]

@@aerialmacaroon6312 I really hope a future fallout game is set anywhere in the midwest/southwest. Texas, Colorado, Utah, Montana, New Mexico. Sadly, I think Bethesda has a bit of a obsession with the east coast.

[@orange3749]

Me: “Can we get Galactic Empire” Mom: “No, we have Galactic Empire at home.” Galactic empire at home:

[@synicalb4by616]

Exactly what makes them perfect

[@arthurromano6764]

I guess if you look at a brotherhood soldier and a storm trouper they kinda look similar

[@tntyeeter3947]

@@arthurromano6764 in what way (other than the red lasers)

[@Engieman909]

@@tntyeeter3947 they’re both racist and fly giant ships

[@tntyeeter3947]

@@Engieman909 how are they racist if their hate is reasonably justified (you snowflake), and what’s wrong with ships?

[@Stabyy]

Its crazy how one detail can make them a new enclave, given enough time they would have used a chemical weapon to strike ghouls and super mutants with lot of collateral damage

[@uberwayz]

I wish

[@PrestonSikes]

What's so wrong with that? *Laughs in Enclave*

[@dutchpatriot17]

Utterly baseless statement.

[@samuelbishop3316]

Yeah... No they wouldnt. They don't like them but they dint kill them either.

[@cichy-mw8qw]

"Flesh is flesh. Machine is machine. The two were never meant to intertwine!" also: I am a cyborg.

[@aleaknight7605]

I've always suspected he was a synth, or that something was done to him by the institute, to make his ideology more beneficial to them and possibly put them into a position where the brotherhood would act in such a hard lined way. The feats he's attributed with as a child almost don't feel human.

[@kittycat5972]

Alea Knight to be fair, have you ever talked to a 20 something college student about their political beliefs? Yikes I usually chalk this up to his age considering the circumstances he was raised in, so it’s no surprise his views are far more radical(hell, his child self seemed more reasonable and level headed compared to how he is now).

[@johnwotek3816]

@Chip Old World Blues or Fisto?

[@theunemployedyouth9311]

Is he really a cyborg? If he is, that makes him a giant hypocrite. Never went with the BoS in FO4. I can't buy the argument that there's nothing worth saving in synths.

[@cichy-mw8qw]

@@theunemployedyouth9311 Quote from Quinlan's terminal from the entry about Maxon. "Arthur Maxson is happy to be one thing... the perfect human specimen, and example of everything a human being can achieve. Assisted, even enhanced, by advanced technology, but still very much human." It seems quite clear to me that he is using cybernetic enhancements. And one can not argue that it is about the power amor because it says "assisted AND enhanced". So yeah. Sounds like a cyborg to me. And he is the one to kill Dance for having a chip in his head...

[@sergentdornanartsysydxh4714]

6:05 When you drop a cigar on the Prydwen.

[@pineli6752]

Or when a Brotherhood soldier lights a cigarette inside the Prydwen. (Yes, some NPC's smoke INSIDE the airship..)

[@dirtydan693]

@@pineli6752 Yeah the airship is powered by hydrogen a very flammable compound

[@julianreviews8102]

I lold

[@billykaelin6358]

@@dirtydan693 it’s an element not a compound

[@johanndukeofwayen4159]

(Blows up the prydwyn) Curie: "They're Celebrating"

[@UmbraFulgur]

so dark this joke.... i salute you !

[@jackskellingtonsfollower3389]

Honestly with this information, the Brotherhood is quite similar to the Galactic Empire. For all we know, they could have their own "Order 66" in standby to use at the right moment. Could be the Institute had the same idea once they had enough synths spread around.

[@robertnett9793]

They represent imperialism - thinly veiled with their excuse of 'saving humanity from itself'... They are not much different from the British indulging in happily giving every country without a proper flag one of theirs - while claiming that they just want to spread civilisation to the savages... So, while I really appreciate Ox's analysis and come to the same conclusion about the BOS - I don't thinke they actually represent Nazis. The kind of 'Ubermensch' thinking is quite a few centuries older. And it makes sense thematically - as we have a bit of a recreation of the War of Independence - where you, the hero, has to unify the common folk behind your banner, breaking free from the grip of pretty powerful forces.

[@hanzzel6086]

​@@robertnett9793He never mentioned Nazis, only the idea of a "superior" race, which I would note the Imperial British believed in as well.

[@breezyg7652]

“Hippoty hoppitty your technology is now our property “ -elder maxson

[@orbitalforce7120]

''Hippitty hoppitty say hello to my artillery'' -Nate

[@GemmaLB]

Hippitty hoppitty Liberty Prime is now my property -- Holly the Sole Survivor.

[@noyou5761]

"Hippoty hoppitty your land is now our property" - NCR

[@NovaAstartes]

"Hippity Hoppity your time is my property" - preston

[@-Sun1111-]

We won't go quietly, the legion can count on that.

[@-Sun1111-]

Oh shit, wrong game

[@bossentinel9112]

The Boy Hurry up with the Legion, we want a rematch with you guys.

[@Ol_Bron]

I dont think MR. House and his Robots care.

[@justegg8008]

"Volaire "🐂

[@awacsbandog8438]

Patrolling the Mojave almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter

[@risick7649]

Oxhorn: swaps word to aryan Me always picking brotherhood:*sweats profusely*

[@doublerr1242]

There were a surprising amount of nazi soldiers who didn't entirely agree with the aryan race thing. So don't feel to bad.

[@doublerr1242]

@Chip True

[@redeye3869]

They let you join regardless of race, I don’t really buy his argument.

[@chriss3208]

Red Eye you can only be a human in fallout

[@tylersoto7465]

The nazi govt forced the German people to get in the military it was the SS police who chose to join on their own account

[@gamecubedeposit5436]

There's a terminal in Arthur's room in fallout 3, when accessed, there's a diary entry that says he wanted to play with the robot but they wouldn't let him. I always thought they were talking about a synth. Gen 3 synths were still in development but maybe they caught a gen 2 or 1 synth and he wanted to play with them. It kind of showed how hate for non-humans was taught to him. I know the obvious is Liberty Prime, but I don't see why Arthur would want to play with him, plus I like my theory more haha!!

[@gggggg3912]

something changed in arthur maxson. sarah lyons was killed in battle and that apparantly changed him because he loved her? but then again why honor her memory by changing the brotherhood agaisnt her and her fathers ideals.

[@LanMandragon1720]

Gen 1 & 2 are unarguably toasters

[@s-dew]

​​@@LanMandragon1720asnt harkness a synth? Was he also a "toaster"?

[@olachens]

@@s-dew Not a gen 1 or 2. Early gen 3.

[@hanzzel6086]

This is where headcanon is great. Maxson became (as Elder Lyons feared) increasingly radical, especially after he helped bring in tbe Outcast/Enclave remnants, who clash with the more moderate BoS members. Then at some point Sarah or her father were killed/gravely injured during a botched Syth infiltration. The Eldar (whoever that ends up being) sizes this opportunity to part take in the old BoS favorite game of "sending popular problematic wildcards and there followers out on long distance expeditions, in the hope they die/mellow out".

[@Didact13]

Bethesda: "Hey let's make Super Mutants stupid and 99% ultra violent so the player character can kill them without any moral dilemma."

[@av0-cad03]

Profane Historian if you're going to have npcs that players are going to kill, why add a moral dilemma?

[@loneponderer495]

Actually that is explained in Fallout 3. You know, why Super Mutants aren't very smart on the east cost compared to the west. Also New Vegas also has lore as to why the Super Mutants on the West Coast are also become stupid and violent. That game was made by people who worked on the original games. So it's not Bethesda that has most Super Mutants are violent low IQ characters it's actually proper lore. The smarter Super Mutants are the rarity not the rule. The first Gen Super Mutants where created by the Master (from the first game) no one else knew how to make them that way and the Master died in those pre-Bethesda games. All other Super Mutants are either made by other Super Mutants who just give the FEV virus to people or by the Institute scientist who clearly don't do much better minus Virgil who actually did it to himself.

[@Didact13]

Being explained =/= good storytelling. It's a retcon, and it's an easy way for Bethesda to throw in fodder for their shooters. West Coast mutants aren't stupid and violent-- A few are, but that's based more on an individual basis. Even the dumber ones aren't always antagonistic. Look at Jacobstown. There are some other gens of Super Mutants there that aren't hostile. Bethesda wanted orcs. They wanted monstrous enemies that the player character could kill without feeling any shame for it. Just because they threw together a sloppy retcon, doesn't make it excusable. I'm well aware that Bethesda cobbled together a reason for it. I just think it's a shit excuse.

[@loneponderer495]

Yet again Bethesda did not explain why newer West Coast Super Mutants are dumber. That was done by Obsidian who is made up largely of the people who worked on the older games (Fallout 1, 2, tactics). The Smart as people super mutants on the west coast where all made by the Master. Only the master knew how to use the FEV virus without messing up their intellect. So ounce the Master died no one else could make smart ones minus the rare one that was that way by accident. On the West Coast much like on the East Coast after the Master died Super Mutants themselves tried to make more but didn't know how to do it like the Master. You're to focused on Jacobstown there where Super Mutants in New Vegas that where not at Jacobston. These where made up mostly of the newer Super Mutants who where dumber like the ones on the East Coast. The ones in Jacobstown where all older ones that the Master had made and where therefore still smart.

[@Snillomator]

And others might I add. Virgil also did it to other people. Which is why he deserves to be killed by the BOS in my book. Even if he recognises the evil behind it, he still committed those atrocities. It's poetic justice that he be left alone in isolation as a super mutant if you ask me.

[@Fireontire]

I loved the Brotherhood in Fallout 3, Sarah Lyons and her father made me really care for the faction.

[@TheLikenessOfNormal]

What you have to keep in mind is cause these games span so much time and distance that this BoS is not the same as Lyons'.

[@BlackHat-qf2bc]

What about now brother?

[@HoloceneNamesake]

I remember after FO3, I bought a shirt with the Lyons Pride logo on it and other fans were like hell yeah. But if I wear the shirt now, fans give the dirty look until I'm like, " Bought it after FO3" and they go, "Okay, fair enough." Like it's not cool to support the BoS now.

[@TheLikenessOfNormal]

@@HoloceneNamesake Lyons was only a group the players loved because he essentially stopped doing all the shit that BoS usually does and instead installed himself as a faction to assist people. The brotherhood we see here are no better then the Enclave or the Institute, and the only reason they're there is to assume military control of all the resources and technology. And these are resources they won't even give to the farmers to help produce. Like the fact of the matter is that the Institute and the BoS had the same end goal, being the shepherds of humanity's technology and progress and thus become the designated leaders of humanity. The only difference is that the Institute is way more generous with their tech and wants to restore society as fast as it can, which is literally the reason they've been sending out Gen 3s is to alter the political climate of the commonwealth to make it more friendly and receptive to them and their assistance.

[@lego007guym8]

There's a big difference between fallout 3 and 4s brotherhood's. I'll fight for 3s, but I'll fight 4s.

[@wamlythecrabgod2199]

"Flesh is flesh. Machine is machine. The two were never meant to intertwine!" Adeptus Mechanicus: "Y'all hear sumn"

[@groovecrusader2042]

"There is no truth in flesh, only betrayal." "There is no strength in flesh, only weakness." "There is no constancy in flesh, only decay." "There is no certainty in flesh but death."

[@icecold3081]

nice

[@Elster-512]

*Damn you got em*

[@LlywelynGX]

@@groovecrusader2042 praise the Omnissiah!

[@WyvernApalis]

One simple line makes the BOS in FO4 evil, they say if you're not with them you're their enemy. ONLY A SITH DEALS IN ABSOLUTES

[@jessegitchell8114]

The sad thing is that the BOS under Maxon becomes something like a second Institute. "I will do what I must"

[@L337N1NJ4L1NK]

Ah, the irony of saying only a Sith deals in absolutes.

[@tonystank3091]

@@jessegitchell8114 Not so much a second Institute as a second Enclave.

[@dungeonsanddobbers2683]

Missed a trick by not saying "Only a synth deals in absolutes".

[@spideryuncle5505]

Me sees video: man these guys are pretty evil “sees power armor,vertibirds and giant air ship” Me: AD VICTORIAM!!!!!!

[@davidhudspeth139]

same

[@CH3353N1NJ45]

*Laughs in NCR*

[@quintsengers6123]

laughs in shynt tone

[@hentaimaster6221]

Lol minutemen artillery can blow them all to shreds

[@TeamJella]

Except they arent evil but cool

[@reddeath356]

They remind me of the Spartan Order from metro. They consider it a war for humanity's Survival. While I don't condone all of their actions I understand their motivations. They are a reaction to the harsh world, a violent and desperate push back by mankind's tribalistic instinct to destroy the other, and Survive.

[@samuelbishop3316]

The Spartan order is like the brotherhood in the beginning. Protecting the people.

[@MDanielClark]

Honestly, I like this logic. It’s almost tragically true. I’ve completely frozen my game, as I couldn’t decide on an ending. This reasoning, however, does account for a lot of the Brotherhood’s more evil ideals. Even the Pre-War U.S. Government had the same ideology, with the slogan: Exitus Acta Probat. The end justifies the deeds.

[@reidparker1848]

Oh god I'm getting college flashbacks. Sociologists are drooling morons.

[@manwiththemachinegun]

Except they have no plan for long term recovery other than stealing all the shinies for themselves.

[@AshleyBlackwater]

@@MDanielClark For what its worth: If you don't like the institute and don't mind blowing them up (evacuating survivors is optional), then you can side with the miniutemen, whelst keeping the railroad and brotherhood alive. Since you are a member of the brotherhood, and likly to become a high ranking member, you can headcannon it that you eventualy change thier path, or even challenge Maxons authority as Eldar after the events of the game. Alternatively, if you are willing to put up with some BS and immaturity, you could always download the outcasts & remnents, and Project Valkeryie mods by thuggysmurf from the nexus. They provide more peacefull ending options wheare you can change the factions more than you can in the base game. Start me up as an alternate start mod also makes some pretty big changes to the game in small ways that change the experience alot that you might find usefull.

[@samofsamnation7523]

Even Isran’s opinion of vampires changed with Serana.

[@ala1178]

So vampire hunters are sparing the vampires

[@notjimpickens7928]

@@ala1178 serana basically helped them yeet her old man and his bois into the void so yeah

[@ala1178]

@@notjimpickens7928 whatever bro , i'm not a simp .

[@Haduuna_Wrur]

@@ala1178 Don't have to be a simp to acknowledge a female character in a fictional setting, but aight

[@sololobos6969]

@@Haduuna_Wrur He's a BoS fanboy... Don't bother with him

[@victoryfaction]

The Midwestern faction of the BOS allowing sentient non-humans is *so* Minnesota Nice.

[@roberto3047]

Me who used that “cut” content mod so I can overthrow elder Maxson: *no.*

[@h0nks504]

Great words, DIO.

[@rjgamergod171]

Be honest, you just did the BOS ending for the free power armor jetpack and liberty prime

[@kaisipe412]

I love that commie crushing giant

[@darkpaw1522]

Nope. I did the Institute ending. Free Synth followers via grenades, synths in my settlements for anything i want, and the other sweet tech is awesome. Not to mention freaking teleporting anywhere i want to go. I find the Institute as the best weight when put against Morals vs. Potential. Though to be fair the Potential bar is set pretty dang high the guts created life and teleportation. The fact you get to lead it and give the institute small nudges in the moral direction over years is tye best outcome imo. I mean it feels better than bending over for the Brotherhood of Steel killing your friends just because they're not human. I can't imagine shooting Nick in the face when the guy selflessly does everything to help you. The fact they msde me kill Danse was bad enough. And Oxhorn made some very good poimts. The Brotherhood of Steel is just raiders with a agenda. They hold little moralsn they're all about the mission. If you do some of they're missions thry often directly conflict with the Commonwealth's or your fellow Brother's thoughts, leaving no room for negotiations unless you disobey the Brotherhood , which essentially makes you a flawed soldier which is equally ineffective. The only way to win is not join the Brotherhood of Steel at all or dessert them completely.

[@killervipersteve8901]

@Jordan Pilz Yeah!

[@fatal_263]

Alright I played fallout 3 and I like getting power armour and liberty prime

[@RoronoaZoro-ur6hr]

Stephen van Rooijen and Jordan Pilz, I actually agree with that the Minutemen are the best faction in Fallout 4 because the Brotherhood of Steel are no different than the Raiders you kill except they have Power Armour, and the Institute are tyrannical.

[@luciano_remes]

Jesus Christ, all those turrets are giving you 3 fps lol

[@Sam-rf6ev]

The enclave: we’re not so different you and I

[@CraigHarrisWakka]

Imagine if the Minutemen could've took over the BOS base, ship, vertibirds, power armor, and weapons. I could imagine Minutemen would be able to finally make a real difference.

[@SL4Y3RAU]

It would be cool though

[@GJGamingBro]

@@SL4Y3RAU yeah, i hate that they didn't expand the choices into direction where you could literally use other factions to upgrade your own, blow the commonwealth or become the king of it, make other faction companions leave the faction or make Kellogg work for you etc, i'd see 1% - 100% RPG.

[@Sebastianator01]

@@SL4Y3RAU the better B.O.S

[@bw5020]

They'd have to change a lot of their methodology or they will run their gains into the ground

[@oxbowxylophone6380]

Thay can already make a real difference

[@eldermaxson2527]

I do not appreciate this anti-brotherhood propaganda, civilian.

[@LB-hr9vu]

Well maybe you should have not have killed paladin in cold blood and going back on your daughter

[@employee962]

Your mother is a civilian, boom roasted

[@eldermaxson2527]

@@LB-hr9vu Wasn't the paladin, was merely a replacement.

[@eldermaxson2527]

@@employee962 Yours is a synth.

[@employee962]

@@eldermaxson2527 wanna fight, Techno-Fetishist

[@datjebus4307]

"In the real world, only humans are people" ->Cooks popcorn. -> awaits vegan comments. ->get disappointed. ->instead see comments about the enclave being the good guys ->get confused. ->Stop reading comments. ->resumes video silently.

[@caracalcontinuum3118]

DatJebus All I saw were idiots arguing over factions in a video lol. Besides, everyone knows that the institute is the future and also Nick Valentine is the best companion in the game.

[@adambratton4229]

Bruh lmfao true that

[@DavidMyrmidon]

Say what you will about The Enclave but, at least They're funny.. And most importantly, honest about their intentions for The World. =/

[@flamesofchaos13]

David Μυρμιδόνες True the Brotherhood, NCR, Legion, Railroad, Your Momma WOULD if capable destroy the already destroyed World The Enclave are simply fucking honest about it which means they have integrity which is considered a good and noble human quality. Also MAYBE People are just well....JOKING about the Enclave being "Good Guys" or simply WANT to play as the Villains instead of being a Hero all the time? NAW nope no way they ALL have to be seriously deranged!

[@zacrylist5748]

real talk, what does it mean to be "human" anymore?

[@cord113]

One of the problems with Paladin Danse is that you don't know when the real one was replaced. It could have only been shortly before you meet him, after the real one had given the Brotherhood the info on the Institute. He could also have been programmed to have turned on the Brotherhood with the right command or signal, so it's valid for them to view him as a real risk. It wouldn't matter if he appears to be a good man if his personallity could be altered at the push of a button.

[@dirtyshinobii]

I completely forgot that since Danse is a synth, the real one is gone.. I don't like that Paladin Danse anymore

[@robertnett9793]

I think the story indicates that Danse was a freed Synth - like the security chief in Rivet City in FO3. Mainly due to the fact, that Institute synths know that they are synths and ... well work for the Institute. As Danse doesn't do anything at all to give the Institute any advantage, and even actively thwarts their plans during the events of FO4 it's pretty unlikely that he was actively replaced while being in service of the BOS.

[@Gireg]

If I remember correctly the Danse that we met is a synth created out of thin air and either released in the wild or escaped the Institute somehow, this Danse never replaced the real Danse because there was never a real Danse in the first place. The only thing created about him his its body and its fisrt memories (father, mother, childhood,...), it's after meeting some members of the BoS that he decided to join them.

[@lprules619]

Which why I consider the brotherhood of steel to be the lesser of 2 evils, cuz if the institute can create synths that blend in any faction, No Faction is safe!

[@robertnett9793]

@@lprules619 Still evil. I have the decission between technocratic fascists who'd love nothing more than controlling the world with either Synth-overseers under THEIR control, or replace humanity with them... And a bunch of cosplaying imperialists, racist against any non-human and at least exploitatory towards anyone not in their faction. Nope! Fuck all those invaders! No Kings no Masters! For a Free Commonwealth!

[@Damitsall]

WE NEED TO CLEANSE THE COMMONWEALTH! FOR THE BROTHERHOOD! Actually if the AtomCats were a faction: ATOMCAT MATERIAL ALL THE WAY!

[@ProcyonDei]

Storm the Institute with the Tunnel Snakes...

[@bellpepperman4769]

Yes tunnel snakes and atom cats destroying the institute

[@GemmaLB]

Something that really winds me up about the BoS "requisitioning" food from farms is that you are the general of the Minutemen who have a food surplus across your settlements. If Teagan asked, you could give them all the food they want - that he doesn't and instead wants you to strongarm local farms who haven't got a pot to P in or a window to throw it out of shows that they do it because they like it.

[@vectrom21]

Sounds more like a game design flaw, actually. This option should be avaiable, maybe it could annoy Preston if you handed it for free, but it should be possible.

[@justsomeperson5110]

Egg Zachary! Beth takes it FARTHER than that! They INTENTIONALLY BLOCK you from planting crops at the airport. They know you COULD provide food and water to the BoS. They deliberately BLOCKED that option in a game where numerous game mechanics could have and even should have been options! This was clear and obvious intent by Beth, which I can only imagine is to make the statement loud and clear just how much the BoS are complete and total dicks.

[@justsomeperson5110]

​@@vectrom21 Not a design flaw. An intentional choice. Look at how Beth INTENTIONALLY blocks the airport settlement from planting food in spite of having ground, and INTENTIONALLY blocks access to the ocean RIGHT BESIDE the airport. Look at how the barter option is both BURIED and is RIDICULOUSLY COSTLY. It's not like we don't know the price of mutfruit. Beth is making a statement. The BoS are dicks. The BoS WANTS you to terrorize farmers. Beth WANTS you to resolve these missions with hostility on the BoS's behalf.

[@justsomeperson5110]

The only possible bug is that sometimes the settlements that you raid ... are your own. And even then you can't say yes for the settlers even though it's your own settlement. IF that's even a bug. Because it could be intentional, just like the rest of the roadblocks that Beth intentionally put in place to prevent friendly resolution.

[@notjimpickens7928]

@Sam C _keep it simple 101_

[@thejager365]

"The brotherhood thinks they are superior" Yes.

[@Grim12369]

@Alex Ox. depends in what way, they are in some ways, but not in everything, and thats why I hate their kinda "racism", because it's not logical when you aiming for pragmatism

[@chancebales1594]

So does the super mutants lol

[@daytonfoster5565]

ValorJ Omega if ur referring to the prydwen they didn’t use cannon balls for that. Also if u wanna take the game that literally ur not going to have fun playing it

[@daytonfoster5565]

SPΛDΣ I hope ur tryna to make a joke

[@teoborges3949]

I see some Farmer's aiming artillery on us!

[@localcompanion]

"I LOVE the Brotherhood of Steel" Ox says while setting up the very artillery battery that will be their demise

[@DoctorPlagueWorld]

Just listening along, enjoying the lore, when suddenly... “The Midwest chapter near Chicago...” Did...this this mother jama just mention Fallout Tactics without disdain? Omg, I love this. No one I know had even played Fallout Tactics. You’re awesome man, keep it up

[@Myuutsuu85]

Fallout Tactics is one of the best games, even if it has some flaws. If by one miracle, we ever get back to this place and the golden ending is considered canon, this would likely be one of the most developed areas in post-war america.

[@DoctorPlagueWorld]

@@Myuutsuu85 we’ll never make it back there. Too many people have spent their time shitting on Fallout Tactics. You know what, those people didn’t deserve fallout tactics anyway. They don’t get a return to the mid west.

[@Myuutsuu85]

@@DoctorPlagueWorld Sad but true. At least, we know that thanks to dialogue from Fallout 4 and other things, like the very existence of the Prydwen, that Fallout Tactics is somewhat canon, so the naysayers can't claim "It didn't happen".

[@DoctorPlagueWorld]

@@Myuutsuu85 thank god for that. I love Fallout Tactics and I wish people would give it a chance. And, might I say, still a better aiming system than X Com. Just sayin

[@Littleman3240]

@@DoctorPlagueWorld Haven't played Tactics, but I honestly think the XCOM system isn't that bad. Does it have it's infuriating moments? Oh yes, certainly so (Looking at you, 60% hit chance at point blank range) but I think it gets shat on more than it deserves.

[@RamboArminius1]

Under Arthur Maxson, The East Coast Brotherhood of Steel behave like a hybridization between the Enclave and Caesar’s Legion.

[@magicman3163]

That sounds pretty cool

[@briancarballo3285]

@@magicman3163 also horrifying.

[@fadedflame2537]

No, they’re literally a mix between the original brotherhood and Lyons. They don’t confiscate that much tech they kill feral ghouls and super mutants. The crop requisitioning is off the books no sanctioned. In the capital wasteland they actually provide vertibird support for caravans. It just feels like a drastic change because they aren’t Lyons brotherhood

[@dogguy8603]

@@fadedflame2537 off the books, and not sanctioned are 2 different things

[@fadedflame2537]

@@dogguy8603 you can also just buy the crops from them too

[@hihowareya7143]

Honestly the Minuteman seem to be the most caring faction that really does care about the world.

[@arnoldszwarzenegger6832]

They dont do shit. BoS is at least patrolling the commonwealth, Minutemen arent doing shit even when you THE GENERAL use the flare gun (sometimes lvl 1s spond and die quickly). Minuteman are worthless, they should become some sort of settlement guard, instead they cant even defends the sanctuary (even if you leave preston there)

[@orbitalforce7120]

@@arnoldszwarzenegger6832 The minutemen can take control of the checkpoints and strategic spots all over the common wealth. If your defenses are high enough, settlements wont even be attacked. If they are, that makes things more challenging and fun. Sure preston's quests may get boring. But once you finish the game, they're a great source of exp and loot. The BOS on the other hand may patrol the commonwealth. But they mainly do it for hunting high tech. They don't care about the civlians. But the minutemen does. And with the sole survivor as their general, they can be the strongest faction in the game.

[@jodiepalmer2404]

@@orbitalforce7120 What people tend to forget is that The Minutemen do not force the Farms to give nearly all the food to them and the Minutemen will allow the Farms to have high tech machine security to protect the farms including weapons. Whereas the BOS will take nearly all the Food and the high tech machines and weapons for themselves and they will use force to do so.

[@orbitalforce7120]

@@jodiepalmer2404 Precisely. They won't bother you if you don't want to help, and if you do, you get to call the minutemen for aid 24/7. The BOS on the other hand will start with negotiations and if gone out of hand, believe foolishly that the best way to solve a problem is through a bullet. Just a bunch of raiders acting noble. But Elder lyon's faction was good.

[@orbitalforce7120]

@Chin Crimson I never mentioned the ncr. Also they are not a ''beta version'' of the ncr. Seriously. The NCR is all about colonizing the people that they're ruling over. The minutemen just protects their neighbors and friends from things like raiders, mutants, synths and all that good stuff. They don't steal, they don't force anyone to join them or anything of that kind of stuff. They just protect. So no. I won't take anything back.