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Member: Lancer Captain Lance Lancaster
Service Number: LC-423LC, 10049332(Former)
Date of Birth: 08-26-2252
Date of Death: Presently Serving
Place of Death: Presently Serving
Chapter: East Coast
Duty Stations: Prydwen (Current), Adams AFB, Lost Hills, Hub Watchpost 002
Areas of Research: Vertibird Piloting, Vertibird Avionics, Pre-War Aeronautics
Archive Submission: Audio Transcription (Black Box)

[Holotape recording transcribed by LH Level 3 Scribes for Archive Submission. Playable audio file unavailable through this terminal – See Senior Scribe Jonas Eckler for original holotape]

[VB 1338-11 "Mamaluke" Flight Log 11-22-2287-9902. Pilot LC-423LC. Copilot DL-183LS]

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Lancer Captain Lancaster Speaking
Keep an eye on your MFD, I think the Lancers may have overdone it on the oil for the port side engine.

Lancer Sergeant Dale Speaking
Got it, sir… System's reading okay… I had a suspicious feeling myself about that too… Let's see…Where's the?... Dammit.

Lancer Captain Lancaster Speaking
What's wrong?

Lancer Sergeant Dale Speaking
How do I still get lost in this thing?

Lancer Captain Lancaster Speaking
What're you trying to find?

Lancer Sergeant Dale Speaking
Somehow I still get lost on the MFD's status menu… How do you?... Oh! There it is, "Back." I pressed, "BACK!"… Perfect, now, Nope! Now I'm in "Fuel systems?"

Lancer Captain Lancaster Speaking
What're you trying to find?

Lancer Sergeant Dale Speaking
I'm trying to find the "APU power distribution" I think the Lancers mentioned a faulty connection with the aft end egress hatches… Figured I'd try to locate it while we're just flying-"

Lancer Captain Lancaster Speaking
Once the engines take over the power, the APU shuts off, and that display is no longer accessible during flight…

Lancer Sergeant Dale Speaking
Oh… I knew that.

Lancer Captain Lancaster Speaking
We'll have the Prydwen crew look into that when we get there, and don't worry about the egress, we'll be fine.

Lancer Sergeant Dale Speaking
I suppose so… Just hope we don't have to use it.

Lancer Captain Lancaster Speaking
I'm sure we'll be fine; we're just headed straight there.

[16 Idle seconds pass]

Lancer Sergeant Dale Speaking
You certainly climbed your way up quick, Captain. Where were you from?

Lancer Captain Lancaster Speaking
Me? Oh, I'm from Lost Hills.

Lancer Sergeant Dale Speaking
I heard we had a Lancer from the West Coast, but I didn't know that was you! How the Hell you get out here? If you don't mind my language, sir.

Lancer Captain Lancaster Speaking
I don't mind, Sergeant. I was a Knight on the West Coast. Believe it or not, I was a Knight specializing in aeronautics of pre-war and post war aircraft… Talk about a useless job, Haha!

Lancer Sergeant Dale Speaking
Why's that? They don't have Vertibirds out there?

Lancer Captain Lancaster Speaking
They got a couple… Not like we got at Adams though. Got a few when we took Navarro way back in the day…

[7 confused seconds pass]

Lancer Captain Lancaster Speaking
Navarro was an Enclave air station on the West Coast.

Lancer Sergeant Dale Speaking
Hmm? I didn't even know the Enclave was on the West Coast.

Lancer Captain Lancaster Speaking
Oh sure. Anywhere there's people, the Enclave shows up ready to kill'em for being "impure humans."

Lancer Sergeant Dale Speaking
Interesting stuff, sir. Anyway, how'd you get all the way out here?

Lancer Captain Lancaster Speaking
Few years back, the West Coast got more reports on yalls activities. The boys back home liked the work yall were doing and made Arthur Maxson Elder. Once that happened, the West Coast sent a bunch of us who weren't needed out here. I qualified because I heard about the Vertibird fleet and knew my specialties weren't entirely necessary back home.

Lancer Sergeant Dale Speaking
Maxson sure is something else, but you said you used to be a Knight? You seem to talk about that like you were a Scribe though?

Lancer Captain Lancaster Speaking
Well, things are a bit different in each chapter. Like, back home, Knights are more mechanics or builders of technology. Not like out here, where Knights make up the bulk of the ground forces.

Lancer Sergeant Dale Speaking
Knights don't fight on the West Coast?

Lancer Captain Lancaster Speaking
They're eligible for it, but that aint their specialty. On the West Coast, Knights can potentially serve as patrolmen, scouts, or reinforcements to the Paladins during large scale offensive operations. There wasn't too much in the way of that back home as of late, so I'm here to help you guys.

Lancer Sergeant Dale Speaking
Is that so? I think you just joined our Lancer Corps to finally live up to your name, Haha!

Lancer Captain Lancaster Speaking
Haha! My name is rather fitting for the rank isn't it?... But how you like serving in the Brotherhood? I think I heard you were a local pickup from back in the day? I tell you, the West Coast was so happy to give Maxson the Eldership after seeing what you all accomplished.

Lancer Sergeant Dale Speaking
I love that guy! I joined up because of him!

Unnamed Aerial Observer Speaking
Hey Captain! You guys talking about Maxson!? I love that guy too!

Lancer Captain Lancaster Speaking
I didn't know the AOs were connected to the comm system as well?

Lancer Sergeant Dale Speaking
Sure, they plug in all the time. I once had an Aspirant door gunner talk my ear off an entire 5 hour test flight. Captain got so annoyed he tuned out, but I didn't have the heart... Want me to?... You know?... Sure thing... There we go, but yeah, Maxson's great.

Lancer Captain Lancaster Speaking
You all really admire that man out here don't you?

Lancer Sergeant Dale Speaking
Well, yeah. I mean, some are crazier than others about it, but for good reason. That man has done a lot for the Brotherhood. Why do you ask?

Lancer Captain Lancaster Speaking
There's just been some strange things going on with the Maxson name since that kid's parents died.

Lancer Sergeant Dale Speaking
How so?

Lancer Captain Lancaster Speaking
His parents, Jonathan and Jessica Maxson died when the kid was around five or so. Back then, the West Coast was facing its own leadership struggles due to our war with the NCR. Some people looked at the Maxson kid to be the order's only salvation, and a cult-like following developed around the Maxson name. Needless to say, the bunker wasn't safe for him, and the Elders sent him on a flight out here shortly afterward to be raised by Elder Lyons.

Lancer Sergeant Dale Speaking
No kidding? That happened out here too. While we were between Elders, Maxson was gaining enough traction with the hardliners to run his own field army against the super mutants. Most of the Vets on the Prydwen were with him before he made Elder, and their attitudes only increase after the fact. But, Maxson harnessed all that fanaticism and focused their attention on the mission at hand… Still a great leader though.

Lancer Captain Lancaster Speaking
Well, that's good. Everyone still seems really eager to jump into Hell for him. Only met the guy a few times, and he definitely has a certain presence about him…

Lancer Sergeant Dale Speaking
And I suppose that brings us to now… Flying a bird full of troops to reinforce the airport.

Lancer Captain Lancaster Speaking
Yeah, Scabbard says we've been losing lots of guys in the Commonwealth. Lucky there's plenty of the boys back at Adams waiting to bring the pain… Say, what's a "Synth" anyway?

Lancer Sergeant Dale Speaking
You asking me, sir? I got no idea. Though I think my buddy who got injured up north said it was some kind of "Man-Machine" thing. So advanced, it looks like you or me.

Lancer Captain Lancaster Speaking
No shit? No wonder Maxson took the Prydwen out there.

Lancer Sergeant Dale Speaking
Tell me about it… Thinking about it now, I do remember a story about something like that out of Rivet City a while back.

Lancer Captain Lancaster Speaking
They had them in the Capital Wastes?

Lancer Sergeant Dale Speaking
If the rumors are true… Although, this was before the Lancer Corps was made, and I was a Scribe. We were too busy with the Purifier, Enclave, Super Mutants, and Liberty Prime to do anything about it. Say, what was going on with that "Mojave Chapter" before you left the West Coas-

Lancer Captain Lancaster Speaking
Hold that thought, Sergeant. We've entered the signal range of Scabbard… Do me a favor and pull the flight data log now. Prydwen's in sight and we'll be docking soon.

Lancer Sergeant Dale Speaking
Why you wanna pull the flight log now?

Lancer Captain Lancaster Speaking
The one on this bird takes forever to download, and Captain Kells said he needed it immediately.

Lancer Sergeant Dale Speaking
Ok, I got it, want me to start the download now?

Lancer Captain Lancaster Speaking
When we get pulled up, I need you to jump out and deliver it to the command deck while I stow the bird away. Go ahead and pull it… By the way, you know how to work a printer?

[Download Started]

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Legacy: Lancer Captain Lance Lancaster continues to serve on the East Coast with distinction.

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