Commonwealth Recon-Op Kappa

by Metalscale95

It has been several years since the fall of the Prydwen and since then the Commonwealth has fallen silent. The Brotherhood of Steel has since dispatched multiple reconnaissance squads with no success. They have decided to try their luck once more with Kappa squad. But they find things are not what they had hoped. Especially for one paladin. M rating to be safe, guideline-wise.

1. Paladin Log

Disclaimer:

I do not own Fallout, specifically Fallout 4, or any related intellectual property belonging to Bethesda. This piece is written and publish without intent or means for me to profit.

~~Fore warning, this piece gets pretty heavy on dialogue in chapter 2.~~

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Paladin log Kappa-12:

This is Paladin Sarah Corin of the Brotherhood of Steel. My team, including Scribe Blanchard, Knight Flaga and Hanz, and Initiate Rose, had crossed over into the Commonwealth dead zone less than a week ago and we have little idea if any of our findings are properly transmitting. As a precaution, we have been leaving copies of our findings in secure dead drops should we fail like the previous teams have before.

Four years ago, the Prydwen was launched, with Elder Maxson at its head, into the Commonwealth to eliminate the evil of the Institute and their abominable synths. However, after a year of progressive activity, the Prydwen failed to report in for several months before a Delta squad had been dispatched to investigate. Unfortunately, they themselves never reported in, prompting future reconnaissance teams. All have failed to be seen again. Now we, Kappa, have been dispatched to pick up the pieces of our predecessor squads, but currently to no avail. If they were able to leave dead drops, they have yet to be found.

The local settlements of the Commonwealth appear to have organized into a highly coordinated armed militia called the Minutemen. These militia appears to have an effective line of communication and response procedure enabling them to be at sites with relative urgency. We have attempted to hijack and piggyback the signal to relay intel back to HQ in the Capital Wasteland, but has not produced the results desired. The next point of interest is a facility called ArcJet Systems. Hopefully at ArcJet we can find more intel.

Though my team and I have not encountered any synths as of yet, we have run across several radicals in the form of raiders, gunners, and children of atom. As well as various ghouls and other hostile radiation infused wildlife. All of which has severely reduced our numbers with the loss of Knight-Captain Carter, Scribe Greg, and our former CO, Paladin-Commander Tennyson. As the next highest ranking officer, I am the acting commanding officer of the team and I intend to see this mission through. I hope I can find my brother in the mess left behind.

Ad Victorium

End log.