We begin our story in the year 2281. Two hundred someought years since the bombs fell and the Earth was plunged into nuclear fire. The city of Boston, Massachusetts, is where we lay our scene first. A city inside The Commonwealth, left almost untouched by the bombs of 2077. But, a few nukes did strike some areas, like the Prudential and Hancock towers, and outside of the Old State House and the Massachusetts State House. Home of unthinkable experiments on humanoid robots known as androids. Four years ago one android was freed by a Lone Wanderer in the Capital Wasteland. The wanderer lied to a Professor in the Commonwealth and sent him back home with no trace of the android. Four years after this blow to the Commonwealth, more and more androids have revolted, escaped, or some combination of the two. Some humans in the Commonwealth don't approve of these experiments on androids either.
One such man is Commander Michael J. Finn V, of the New U.S. Marine Corps. He was raised in a vault, vault 150 to be exact. In this vault, Vault-Tec stockpiled many weapons inside the vault for the people to at a later date, go out and take back the entire United States and Canada, and Mexico as well, if they wanted to go through the Cartels. His father was the Overseer of the Vault, and his grandfather was too, his great-grandfather was an Elder in the Brotherhood of Steel, and his great-great-grandfather was in the Liberation of Anchorage as a T-51C SuperSoldier. He has his great-great-grandfather's T-51C Reinforced power armor and T-51C helmet, meaning both have 75 Damage Resistance. He is also in possession of a few weapons, although he can't carry them all, he keeps them all in a large wall safe that if someone were to try to open it, they'd need the key. He is now in Fort Warren, on Georges Island. One area that was not touched by the nukes, and still has grass and trees inside it. He also has control over key strategic areas of Boston, like the USS Constitution, both State Houses, and the Boston Navy Yard. Fort Warren, before the war, was made into a nuclear missile silo and housed a gigantic robot, known only as Liberty Prime. There are three of these robots, one in New Dallas, the other in the Capital Wasteland, and the final in Fort Warren. Michael had heard of the news of the second Liberty Prime's demise at the hands of Elder Owyn Lyons and Scribe Rotchild. Finn was the man to reunite the United States and Canada. He would actually do it, at a later time, in 2290. He became the New United States' first legitimately elected President. The Brotherhood and the New California Republic he had to thank for his election, especially. The many other peoples of other regions, especially the Commonwealth and Canada, and the Enclave as well. It might've been because he was a fearless leader, led by example, and promised the demise of all countries that the United States nuked; Korea, China, and The Soviet Union. While China, Korea, and the Soviet Union nuked The United States and it's allies; Great Britain, France, Germany, Ireland, Canada, and Mexico, to name a few.
But, that's where the wanderer we follow comes in. He is an android, built and raised in the Museum of Science. This particular android's name is Kyle. He was able to escape the humans' unnatural and unconstitutional experiments. The night he escaped he ran to the house he was told to, ran by a Ghoul doctor, known only as "Doc." Here, Kyle was able to have his face completely reconstructed, was given a 10 millimeter pistol, a few stimpaks, RadAways, Rad-Xs, and a water bottle. In Boston, clean water was plentiful, since it wasn't hit as hard as other areas.
Doc then said to Kyle, in his raspy voice, "You need to try to get to Georges Island. It's the only way you can finally be free."
Kyle then replied, "Why?"
Doc then attempted to reason with Kyle's feelings, "There's a man there, he'll help your kind. He'll help all the androids all over the Wasteland. He can take out the scientists, and he can restore peace and prosperity to the United States."
"If you say so." Kyle responded, "How do I get there?" he then asked.
"If you follow your heart, you'll get there." Doc said, "but for now, I want to run a few tests. See if you're still as operational as you were before you escaped."
"Okay. What are these tests?" Kyle asked.
"Not much, just going to test your senses and sanity among other things." Doc responded.
"Alright." Kyle stated.
After the tests were done, Doc came back and said, "You're alright for an android today. Now, go and get some shuteye, it's a big day tomorrow for you."
"How do I know to trust this man Doc?" Kyle asked.
"He and his army are all integrated. He has ghouls, super mutants, humans, and even the lucky androids who escaped in the ranks. Some believe him to be a mutant himself, but he is a human. I've lived with him, in Vault 150. By the way, I almost forgot, here's two special things I had stored safe for someone like you." Doc said, as he gave Kyle a Pip-Boy 3000 and an armored version of the normal vault jumpsuits. Kyle suited up with his new Pip-Boy 3000, suit and pistol in his new skin, and went to sleep.
Word spreads around fast in the Commonwealth, and by the next morning, there were "Wanted" signs all over, with a picture of Kyle's old face. Kyle tore it off the wall, and continued walking, throwing it behind him. Under the picture, was written, "Android may or may not have had facial reconstruction, and in bold lettering above the picture, was written, "Reward Alive: 10,000 Caps!", and "Reward Dead: 5,000 Caps!"
Kyle then made his way into downtown Boston, where nowadays, merchants set up shop, mostly. There are also mercenaries and junkies, who are typically at odds, shooting and looting each other's bodies. There are also the old subway tunnels, which are typically abandoned, but some factions live in them, and deeper in downtown are the Prudential and Hancock Towers, which once were magnificent towers, but no longer. The Hancock tower's windows have exploded from the building when the nukes first dropped. Kyle then met a human female, who runs a merchant shop, called simply, "Katya's Armory."
"Hello." Katya said, "May I interest you in some weapons? Armor? Chems?"
"I'm looking for Georges Island." Kyle said, "I might need a few."
"Georges Island is rather dangerous for a journey, why do you need to go?" Katya asked.
"I'm looking for a man named Michael Finn. Supposedly he can help me." Kyle responded.
"I do not know the name, nor do I know the correct direction, but since you are here, you should ask around." she replied.
Kyle then went to different merchants and asked for directions, to which all of them could not steer him correctly. Until he met a mercenary from a place called "The Pitt", who was part of Michael's army, but wanted money more than honor, so he left it to be a mercenary. A mercenary of Tusk Company. More hardened than those of Talon Company, who are weaker here because of Michael's constant battles against them. He's killed three of their leaders so far, and his army is still at war with Talon Company, and Tusk Company. The mercenary gave him directions to Fort Warren, and warned him of feral ghouls in the subway. Kyle thanked him and went on his way. Kyle then went down into the subway tunnels and found many feral ghouls. Soon, after looting one of the ghoul's bodies, he found a Tusk Company dogtag, and he also found a ghoul in power armor, who was not feral.
"Hey smoothskin, mind helping me out with this?" the ghoul asked.
"I'm an android, not a human." Kyle said to the ghoul.
"Oh, escapee huh?" the ghoul asked again.
"Yes." Kyle responded. "What are you doing here?"
"My name is Nicholas by the way." the ghoul stated, "The Capital Wasteland is where I'm from, and I was with the Brotherhood of Steel, looked over by Elder Owyn Lyons. I was in with the battle for the Purifier, which when this kid named James Junior who's father's name was James who worked with the Brotherhood on the Purifier, first turned it on, it caused this huge explosion of radiation, and I was the closest to it, besides the kid, anyways, but his armor had rad resistance, so he was fine, my armor, didn't. So, now I'm a ghoul up here because the Brotherhood wouldn't take me back. So, would you help me?" Nicholas asked.
"Sure." Kyle said, as he opened the door with Nicholas. "What was in here?"
"Assault Rifles, and other guns. Take a few bullets and shit with you. You've earned it, trust me." Kyle took a lot of rounds of 10 mm ammo, a Chinese Assault Rifle, 2 magazines for it, a combat shotgun and 16 shells. Kyle then went on his way, deeper through the subway, where he encountered more feral ghouls. He began wondering why there were ghouls here. But he knew the answer all along. The ghouls migrated there from around the area. Turned feral recently however. Sadly, the thing with ghouls is, at some point, they will turn feral, and when that happens, you need to put them down, or they will kill a man. That's happened many times in all integrated armies, that allow ghouls in atleast. Super Mutants aren't necessarily the same. Some are great, in the sense their primal instincts haven't pulled them away, and they are not hostile, others can turn, so you need to keep them inside the boundaries, and others will shoot a man on sight, so you must be careful. When Kyle came out of the subway, he was inside of a building, where many heavily armed, and armored men in power armor were. They all drew their weapons, then a super mutant walked up and asked, "What's your business here?"
"My name is Kyle, I'm looking for a man named Michael Finn." Kyle stated.
"I am first sergeant Byrd of New United States Marine Corps." The mutant said, "How did you get here?"
"Through the subway, a guy told me this was the way to Georges Island." Kyle stated.
"Was this man a mercenary?" the sergeant asked.
"Yeah, why?" Kyle asked.
"He was probably going to wait until the feral ghouls killed you so he could take you back to collect the reward on you, Kyle."
"Can you help me?" Kyle asked.
"With?" the mutant asked.
"I need to get to Fort Warren, a ghoul told me I needed to see Michael Finn." Kyle said.
"It'll take a long while to do so." Byrd said.
"Why?" Kyle asked.
"It is an island, and no boats are in the water, except the USS Constitution." Byrd said, "Look to the North, and you will find its mast."
"Thank you." Kyle said, "But, I have a few questions about you."
"Make it quick." Byrd said.
"What is this New United States Marine Corps?" Kyle asked.
"Well, it was grown in Vault 150, where Michael Finn was elected leader of the expedition out of the Vault. When they made it to Fort Warren, he was filled with a new hope, a new hope because it was full of grass and trees, instead of looking like a desert, like the Capital Wasteland or the Mojave, or even New Dallas where the Brotherhood of Steel Texas Chapter is stationed."
"Are you guys seccessionists from the Brotherhood?" Kyle asked.
"Not entirely. We are our own faction, without ties to the Brotherhood, but then again, Commander Finn does have blood relations to an elder from the Brotherhood." Byrd replied.
"Why are you here?" Kyle asked.
"Well, after I was exposed to the FEV, I was saved before my primal part could pull my reasoning away, by the New United States Marine Corps, and so, I am here as a first sergeant." Byrd responded eloquently.
"How long have you been here?" Kyle asked?"
"Since about Twenty-two seventy-eight." Byrd answered again.
"How are you all doing on your mission to recreate the United States?" Kyle asked.
"So far, we have taken most of Massachusetts, states to the north, like Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont, states to the south like Rhode Island and Connecticut, and now we move west into New York, and further north into Canada and further south into Pennsylvania." Byrd answered once again.
Kyle's last question was, "Can I join?"
Byrd responded with "You'll have to ask Michael Finn. He's the one who handles the whole of our faction. If I said yes, I could be put to death. Sorry that I cannot give to you the answer."
"It's alright." Kyle said.
"Any more questions?" Byrd asked.
"I don't think so." Kyle said.
"Alright." Byrd said, "Goodbye, android."
"Goodbye, mutant." Kyle said, as he stepped outside of the Old State House.