Sparkling rays bounced off the clear waters of Project Purity, even from the citadel the Lone Wanderer could marvel at what she and her father accomplished. Project Purity became a beacon to any and all, it inspired people and in Three Dogs words, it helped the good fight. Sierra had been fighting the good fight for almost five years, it was four years since Project Purity. Sierra gazed upon the DC ruins, they were slowly rebuilding the wasteland, piece by piece. The Reillys rangers co-ordinated with the Brotherhood three years ago. The plan being, The Brotherhood would storm one side and Reilly and her rangers would storm the other side, it worked. The Capitol building became the first addition to the Brotherhoods ever expanding chapter. The Capitol Building acted as a recruitment lobby for any willing to join up, if they completed a series of tests at the Capitol they would be sent to the Citadel. The purge of Vault 87 occurred only a year ago, the Brotherhood lost many that day, Knight Artemis, Star Paladin Cross and Paladin Hoss to name a few. It was hard to lose brothers, it seemed such a rare thing nowadays. But being the fabled Lone Wanderer, death became a normality. Sierra often wondered if somewhere, somehow, she was still in the Vault, brushing off Butch and gossiping with Amata. They were days of peace. Now she was slowly making the Wasteland her home as well. Sierra had singlehandedly organised a truce between the Outcasts and the Brotherhood, this led to old friends being united. And of course, more manpower, technology and Fort Independence. Fort Independence was now under control of the reinstated Star Paladin Casdin, Casdin operated with half of his former Outcasts as well as many new recruits. Apart from having outposts at Fort Constantine, GNR, Washington Monument, Rivet City, Project Purity, Vault 92 and Hubris comics, the Brotherhood still lacked a lot. They had Super mutants to deal with, Talon company, Raiders, Enclave remnants and the duty of clearing the DC metro. Sierra was glad things were turning out better, with Vault 87 gone the Super mutants has no "breeding ground" so their numbers could not be replenished, this meant the Capital Super Mutants were dwindling in number, fast. Talon Company was being forced into exile as their teams were constantly coming under fire from Brotherhood watch teams. The Brotherhood watch aimed to patrol the Capital wasteland, settlement to settlement. Each squad was compressed to three Brotherhood and one Regulator advisor. This helped negotiations with settlements such as Girdershade and the Republic of Dave. Hostilities with Underworld had ended too, after Sierra had a quiet word with Elder Lyons. The next day Lyons had issued all Ghouls to be treated like brothers, only use threatening force if threatened. This helped Sierra extensively, it allowed her to argue that Charon become a member of the chapter. In the end, Lyons agreed, Charon became the first and still only member of the Brotherhood. And shortly after, Fawkes became the one and only super mutant in the Brotherhood. Much to everyone's distaste. Sierra had lost a lot of friends that day, including half of her team. She led Deimos squad, one of the newly created squads. Before she boasted it was only second best in the Brotherhood. After Paladin Mikel and Argo left, and Paladin Hoss died in Vault 87. She only had Charon and Fawkes in the team, soon they would be the second best again, soon.
Sierra barely talked with her brothers and sisters anymore. After Mikel, Argo and Hoss, her squad became the disgraceful stain on the Brotherhood. A bunch of mutants. Sierra was slightly mutated, if irradiated her body would heal itself, gain regenerative qualities. In the Brotherhoods eyes that qualified her as a mutant. Sierra sat in one of the look out posts atop of the Citadel, ut wasn't her job, she asked the knight on duty to take the shift off. He gladly accepted, Sierra needed some time to reflect, the somewhat fresh air helped her. It was time to go to Megaton. As a Paladin Commander, Sierra could freely move anywhere, she was not bound by sentry or outpost duty. She commanded Deimos squad, this allowed her several privileges. One of those privileges was the ability to take time off duty whenever she needed. She was the lone wanderer after all. The Knight came back, he stood to attention by the door. Sierra looked back, it was time to go to Megaton.
"Knight, what is your name?" The Knight shifted slightly.
"Knight Theodore Evans, Paladin Commander." Sierra smiled, his tone was of pride.
"Knight Evans if you ever need anything, from an outpost change to upgraded armour or weaponry, speak to me." The Knight raised his hand in salute.
"Thank you Paladin Commander Hammond." Sierra strolled to her squads room in the B wing, Charon was in there playing chess with Fawkes.
"Yet again you win, rotten man." Charon grunted.
"I got two hundred years experience, ugly." Sierra went straight to her locker, changing from her T-51b armour into her Reillys Rangers combat armour, she hoisted a Regulator duster over the armour. Sierra placed her power armour in the locker, before donning the Regulator hat, Sonora Cruz said that old time Sheriffs wore them. Lucas Simms, sheriff of Megaton still wore one.
"You heading out?" It was Charon, he wore grey Tesla armour. The Brotherhood had painted every piece of Enclave power armour grey, placing their insignia upon it, before issuing them to new recruits also upgrading any T-45d armour Knights and Paladins still wore. Apart from a few squads everyone accepted the upgrade gladly, not the Lyons pride. Sentinel Lyons had stated that the T-45d was the spine of the Brotherhood, and so were her squad.
"Yeah, I'm just going to Megaton for a couple of days." Charon nodded before leaving. Fawkes stomped towards her.
"Do you require my assistance Hammond of 101?" Sierra shook her head before making her way out of the Citadel.
It was a long walk, Sierra decided to stroll along the Potomac, than walk through the city ruins. Apart from two stupid Raiders her walk was uneventful. Megaton welcomed her, Deputy Weld greeted her, recommending the Brass Lantern if she was hungry. Sierra made her way to her house, Wadsworth and Dogmeat greeted her upon entrance. Sierra patted Dogmeat before going to her bedroom to take a nap. She awoke several hours later, making herself some dinner as well as feeding Dogmeat. Sierra scooted herself over to a set of Enclave Hellfire armour she was working on. She was upgrading the dexterity of the armour as well as applying her own touches. She had attached a deathclaw gauntlet to the left wrist, Sierra had also attached a small laser on the right wrist. It wasn't finished however, so she spent the rest of the day tinkering with the oscillator. The next day she decided to trial the laser. She only put on the right gauntlet before going outside of Megaton, she chose a spot about half a mile away. She placed several tin cans on a boulder, backtracking ten yards away. She aimed, pressing the button, the red beam cut through the tin can. So far so good. She tested the laser on the other targets she scored perfect hits. It was time to get back. An unlucky mole rat became her first kill with the mounted laser, the red beam demolecularized the poor rat, leaving only a small pile of glowing embers. She spent the night at Megaton before returning to the Citadel, this time she would walk through the ruins. That choice would change her life forever. For better or worse, she would never know.
A/N: In summary this chapter was to just say, Fort Constantine, Independence, Vault 92, the Capitol Building, Hubris comics are all additions to the Brotherhood. Vault 87 is no more. LW is a paladin commander. She has her own squad like Lyons pride. I've established each full operational squad is of 6. Mainly because in this universe paladin Vargas is KO so that leaves 6 in the pride. The enclave operate in small cells. Talon company are a small number now. Regulators are a bigger organisation, so are rivet city. Brotherhood and outcasts are peachy now. All defenders are now paladins, I.e Defender Rockfowl is now Paladin Rockfowl. Basically the Brotherhood are now the biggest force on the East coast, unmatched in everything.
