Chapter 1 The Second Great War
Origins- Brotherhood of Steel
War is always the same. Many are killed, wounded and misplaced. Soldiers or civilians but, the great war was not a normal war. It was nearly global genocide. Nuclear fire burned the planet, scarring the Earth. However humanity is hard to destroy. Out of the ruins of post apocalyptic America rose a group of soldiers under the command of Captain Roger Maxson. They travelled to the lost hills bunker and set up base there. They then formed the technological faction the Brotherhood of Steel. A faction determined to rise from the rubble of the world and re colonize the years they grew in strength and size, expanding to take control of a large area around the bunker. They ruled with an iron fist wiping out raiders and scouring for more technology.
Years later they faced the greater challenge of a super mutant army, which under the master wanted to turn all humans into mutants. The Brotherhood overcame the obstacle, however the Brotherhoods ranks were depleted. They were faced with a dilemma the need to recruit over technological secrecy. After a great debate the minority who wanted to recruit were sent on a mission in a fleet of airships.
A second mutant army attempted to destroy the brotherhood, but the mutant faction was destroyed in a great crusade. However the Brotherhood began to decline after meeting a faction that was more technologically advanced called the Enclave. The Brotherhood won after yet more causalities they could not sustain.
After the decline of the Brotherhoods strength the majority of the Elders decided to seize technology from lesser humans to make up for their lack of strength. This made them unpopular with people from outside and inside the Brotherhood. The New California Republic was a group of five states. The majority ordered troops to remove technology from the republic. This led to a war the Brotherhood could not hope to win.