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Technology
Defense: The Capital Wasteland Brotherhood current standard Power Armor is T-45d. They have enough of it for all members of the Brotherhood to use it, even Initiates. Apparently, the armor they brought over from the West was worn out and needed replacing. I have no doubt they still have access to a few suits of T-51b, but the Outcasts likely took most, the rest are sometimes used for the most senior members of the chapter. So for these two reasons T-45d has become the most standard power armor, most of which are from the Pentagon’s vault, surrounding military bases and bases they encountered on their trek over west. More recently, thanks to the war with the Enclave and the capture of Adams Air force Base, the Brotherhood has access to the Enclaves most advanced Power Armor (APA MK2, Mk II Tesla Armor, and Hellfire Armor).

Weapons: Before recent events this chapter used Energy weapons but to a significantly lesser degree than other chapters. Laser weaponry is delicate and degrades easily; they lacked repair parts, the facilities to produce new parts, and were no longer receiving supplies from the West Coast. To compensate for this, the Brotherhood Knights and Paladins use conventional ballistic weapons: R91 Assault Rifles and Type 93 Chinese Assault Rifles. But after the war with the Enclave, they now have access to replacement parts for their Laser weaponry and access to Plasma weapons. In heavy weapons, they have Enclave Heavy Incinerators, Tri-beam Laser Rifles, and Tesla Cannons.

Industry: The Enclave had manufacturing facilities, which produced advanced technology. The Brotherhood has now taken many of the designs, and can build more using factories here in the Capital Wasteland. With this ability they will be able to construct weapons, armor, medical (and other non-military) technology, replacement parts, and Vertibirds. Of course, these processes will be very slow due to the condition of Pre-war buildings. Most likely the Brotherhood will employ locals in these factories, providing jobs and safety for their workers.

Exotic: Up until recently, Lyons had access to a 40 ft. robot known as Liberty Prime. It has enough weapons to stand against almost anything, perhaps even our Valkyries. The thing is practically invulnerable to standard weaponry and it took an orbital missile strike to put it out of action. The Head Scribe of Lyons’ chapter, Reginald Rothchild, has made it his personal mission to restore and improve on Liberty Prime. The robot, while no longer able to fight, was not completely destroyed; his A.I. is still intact and might be useful as a base computer if repairs are impossible. (I have my doubts as to whether that would be any good). Other exotic technology is from the war with the Enclave were they got access to Vertibirds and the Database of AAFB.

Project Purity: This is probably the most precious of all of Capital Wasteland technology, thanks to the conditions in the area. Everyone needs clean water. Whoever controls this supply controls the country. As Lyons’ chapter now controls it, they are in a position to hurt us.
The purifier is also my father’s life’s work; he sacrificed himself to get this purifier up and running.

Personal Note: This is a technology that thought not superior can purify larger quantities of water, then what we can. Even though we threaten the monopoly the brotherhood, it is not all bad. We have a larger populace to produce purified for so we are not much of a threat. I will take it as a personal favor if we must have access to Project Purity that it is not done through military force to have it through diplomacy.

Military
The Capital Wasteland Brotherhood is divided into three clear ranks: Initiates, Knights (and Captains), and Paladins. Initiates are either born into the Brotherhood or local recruits, on the way to become full Knights. In recent years, however, many of the initiates lack the proper training and have been rushed into combat. They are the most numerous members of the Brotherhoods ground forces. The next ranks are Knights and Knight Captains; these members have served time in the Brotherhood and had become fully fledged members. They are backbone of the Brotherhood’s fighting forces. The Paladins are veterans of the Brotherhood. These are the most elite of this chapter and most are from Lyons’ original expedition to D.C. A number of them are part of a special unit called Lyons’ Pride. This spec ops team is led by Lyons’ daughter, Sarah, and constitute the best of the Brotherhood (they consider themselves the best of all the Brotherhood).


Society
As I have stated before the Brotherhood is a neo-knightly order that has strong roots in the old U.S. military. Its main focus is the eradication of mutants and the worship of technology, and the Brotherhood has never been known to share resources with outsiders. Though Lyons is much more open to wastelanders, even he does not share that often. His reason is that while he does not find wastelanders to be inept, they are too greedy and prone to in-fighting to deal with.
The East coast Brotherhood, unlike other Brotherhood chapters, has taken the old chivalry-centric style more than other chapters by actually caring for justice in the wasteland. They have been known to hire the Regulators and Mercenaries like Riley’s Rangers to do work that they cannot handle.
All in all, the description of Elder Lyons as “[gone] native,” is correct. Lyons believes he has a responsibility to protect the people of the Capital Wasteland from the super mutant threat. Until recently, most of Lyons’ knights have forgone the mission to recover new technology to instead act as a kind of security force. As you know Lyons runs operations from the stronghold of the Citadel, a heavily defended structure built from the ruins of an ancient government building known as “the Pentagon.”

Relations
The Capital Wasteland Brotherhood is more idealistic when it comes to trading with outsiders. The Brotherhood was known to help patrol and defend settlements like Megaton, until the super mutant threat became so big that they were forced to pull out of many key locations. When they are out in the wastes, they try to protect any and all innocent wastelanders they find, and recruit them if possible. I don’t think they trade with other factions or towns, and when I tried selling them some of my gear, I had to get permission from Lyons to do it.

Personal Assessment
My personal assessment of the Capital Wasteland Brotherhood of Steel is that Lyons’ chapter is the most influential group in the CW next to Rivet City. They will prosper if not hindered by any external forces. With its influence derived from production and distribution of Aqua Pura, access to external recruitment, and the technology captured from the Enclave, an alliance would be most fruitful. If they are not amenable to this, then we at least must not lightly antagonize them. But like all the other groups that I have found, this one has its flaws. The greatest is that this chapter in general, and Elder Lyons in particular, is a bit gullible: during my travels I had several chances to turn on them, the most promising of which was during the attack on Adams Air Force Base. If I had destroyed the Citadel with an orbital strike, I would have been able to take whatever was left. This would have freed the Capital Wasteland from Brotherhood influence, but left almost every settlement defenseless against Super Mutant attacks, at least until we could establish the needed presence. Plus, it would clear the field for the Outcasts to exert more control upon trade and industry, which is not desirable, for reasons I will explore later. Overall, Lyons’ Brotherhood has a decent military force and recruitment base but barely any security, and will recruit almost any promising wastelander they find.

Lyons himself is an idealist; he believes the best of everyone. He even sympathizes with the Outcasts, recognizing that they were justified, from a certain point of view (theirs), in deserting for what might be termed political reasons. The man may have great respect from those he commands and protects, but it is only because he has never truly suffered for his naiveté (i.e. defeat by a hostile faction or individual). If the Outcasts had retained the support of the Western Elders, he would be forced to deal with them, and disregard the needs of the wasteland. I must acknowledge the facts that his general friendliness could make him a great politician, and that he seems to have the lion-like strength to fight off the proverbial wolves. But I fear that he may not be cunning and devious enough to recognize and avoid traps, let alone set any for enemies that prove too powerful to be taken down by conventional means. He’d make a good spokesman in any new order, but he could never lead one.


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