Chapter Seven: the new movement

On board the Brotherhood airship, the Prydwen Elder Maxon is in a meeting with his officers on the Brotherhood of steel's plans against the Commonwealth Minutemen.

"we can launch an aerial attack on the Minuteman Castle, causing them to move all of their forces to defend it allowing the Brotherhood too scout the Miniutemen territories." says Lancer-Captain Kells.

"even if every soldier in the Commonwealth marches too the Castle my of the settlements are well armed and we don't have the resourced to scout out every section of the Commonwealth" responds Head Paladin Hera

"We can send spies and saboteurs into the settlements, or we can make a deal with the gunners." suggests Head Paladin Coops.

"I rather have the brotherhood burn in hell than hire the gunners. We should strike at their base we can take their resources." says Kells.

Elder Maxon gets fed up of the bickering between his officers. "everything take a break, prepare new plans and met back here in 20 minutes."

As the Brotherhood offiers leave elder Maxon alone, Maxon turns his attention too face the prydwen front windows overlooking the ruins of the city of Boston. Suddenly Maxon sees a Brotherhood of Steel flare shot into the air signaling the location of the Commonwealth Minuteman General. Maxon immediately grabs a Prydwen announcement microphone and informs everyone on the airship.

"Attention Brotherhood of Steel. The Minutemen General has been spotted, repeat the Minutemen General has been spotted. All on duty knights make your wat too the vertibirds for combat, by the direct orders of Elder Maxon."

Suddenly every on duty Brotherhood soldier begin too scramble, grabing their weapons and entering into their power armour. The soldiers get on the vertibirds and move towards the location of the Brotherhood flare.

Meanwhile a skeleton crew of Brotherhood soldiers and scribes remain on the airship. A lone Knight eats alone in the canteen for a few minutes until Scribe Haylen enters the canteen. She sees the lone knight and sits next too him.

"you alright sitting alone, knight-"

"My name is Lance."

"Are you new here Lance?"

"yeah, I was in my first battle here in the commonwealth not too long ago."

"you look distressed."

Lance sighs deeply. "I shouldn't say this, but I feel like I can trust you. I don't like the path, Maxon is putting the Brotherhood in."

Haylen is shocked too hear what Lance said. "I don't understand."

"The Slog, they killed them, unarmed civies just because they were ghouls. It didn't feel right."

"you mean the slog battle?"

"IT WAS A DAMN MASSCARE!" Lance shouts out at Haylen.

Haylen appears frightened until Lance calms down. "I'm sorry about that."

"It's alright, I know exactly how you feel. One of my friends had too be executed because he was different, he wasn't offered a fair trial, they just sent one our own too kill him like he was nothing." Haylen begins too tear up.

Lance sees her pain. "then we need too do something, I'm sure their are others in the Brotherhood that see this war as wasteful and unjustifiable."

"but wouldn't that be considered treason?" Haylen asks.

"I-I I don't know. But all i know is if Elder Lyons or is daughter were still alive, I know I would feel proud every time I wear my power armour in the field"

"I know how you feel. I never got a chance too meet Elder Lyons, all I know about them is that they were considered delusional about their ideals of helping people."

As Lance finishes the last of his food he gets up and leaves, but before he exits the canteen he faces Haylen who is still sitting down.

"If I must I will make that ideal a permanent part of the Brotherhoods code."

Haylen than stands up as well "than I'll help you too, no more unnecessary deaths."

The two of them leave the Canteen and make plans too change the Brotherhood from the inside.