THE FACTIONS

Captain Roger Maxon of the United States Army under the orders of Colonel Robert Spindel, headed out with a team to West-Tek research facility located in Mariposa to supervise the experiments taking place there. On October 10th, 2077, the good Captain discovered that military prisoners were being used to test out the Forced Evolutionary Virus (FEV) which horrified him and all in his troop. This lead to a chain of events upon which reduced morale greatly, caused a breakdown in communication and for Colonel Robert Spindel to commit suicide. The troops then turned to Maxon to lead them who demanded that all of the scientist to be gathered for questioning. Though the scientist answered his questions, there was few answers that satisfied him. Maxon eventually interrogated Robert Anderson who could no longer hide the truth and informed the good Captain of the deep dark horror and the extent of their experiments. This caused Maxon to order the death of all the scientist and declared himself and his troops to be deserters over the radio to his command. The declaration would go unheard as they were out fighting the Chinese army that had come ashore and three days later, the bombs dropped, nuking everything.

The Mariposa Base and the troops within survived the nuclear explosion and the FEV flooding thanks to highly-effective nuclear, biological and chemical weapons protocol that was put into effect a few weeks before hand. After sending out a scout to ensure things were safe, they buried the remains of the scientist and moved onward with their families to the fallout bunkers in Lost Hills, California, now known as the "Exodus." It came as no surprise that many lives were lost including Maxon's wife during the trip. Not much is known about the Brotherhood as many records were lost to time and improper handling. All any scribes could confirm was that a man named Dennis Allen gained strength within the organization and pushed for them to explore something called "The Glow," ruins south east of the West-Tek Research Facility that had been hit directly by a nuclear bomb. The Elders refused and in anger, Allen took those loyal to him to explore the ruins. By the time the mysterious Vault Dweller reached the, the Elders began to wonder what happened to Allen and his men. Deciding to get some answers as well as to test the mettle of the Vault Dweller who was asking to join them, they sent him on what they believed to be a fool's errand. When the Vault Dweller returned alive and with the answers they sought, they welcomed him into their organization making him the first outsider ever to join the Brotherhood. The Brotherhood then put an end to the Master, a Super Mutant, bent on transforming all into Super Mutants through FEV just as he was and it began to dawn on the faction just how powerful they were thanks to having more technological weapons, cybernetics and super computers. The Elders then ruled that no one was allowed to share any information of the Brotherhood and technology with outsiders and those who did not agree to the idea was sent eastward to track down the rest of the Master's army by airship they still had. Those ships crashed in Chicago and those who survived founded the Midwestern Brotherhood of Steel. It was around this time the NCR expanded into their territory and founded the state of "Maxson" near Lost Hills which created some tension between the two factions; though the bunker was still under Brotherhood control, the state is was in was slowly being devoured by the NCR. The two left each other alone for quite some time, content on focusing their energy and time elsewhere. You see, while the NCR was busy expanding and building, the Brotherhood at last found an adversary. An adversary that was just as powerful as they were and were just as knowledgeable in technology as they were.

The Enclave.

The Brotherhood matched the Enclave evenly and eventually the Enclave pulled the only trick left in their arsenal they had left to gain an edge over them; vertibirds. Frustrated at the sudden change in tide of battle, the Brotherhood backed away from the Enclave. The Enclave wasted no time in reclaiming several of their bases in the meantime which only continued to frustrate them. It was then another mysterious person of importance crossed their path; the Chosen One. They enlisted the Chosen One to retrieve the blueprints of the Enclave's vertibirds in Navarro and while the Chosen One was successful, no one can confirm if the Brotherhood ever received them. The Brotherhood ceased to worry about the Enclave when the Oil Rig was destroyed and the NCR hunted them down until it was believed none were left. The faction prospered, expanding out into the mojave way before the NCR, claimed HELIOS One and began to lay the foundation for their claim of Hoover Dam.

It would be short lived however as the NCR once more expanded into their territory. Before they could even make a move, the NCR claimed Hoover Dam and with it, secured a treaty with Robert House, a man they had heard of often while in the mojave and were seeking audience with him if only to try and figure out what sort of technology the man had and if they could claim it. When the NCR began moving towards HELIOS One, it was then the Brotherhood decided they had quite enough and marched out to war against them. The battle of HELIOS One is forever recorded as the bloodiest battle of the Brotherhood as many lives lost, more so than the Exodus. With over half the charter dead, Nolan McNamara ordered a retreat as Elder Elijah had disappeared and with a heavy heart, the Brotherhood did so. Now proclaimed Elder, McNamara enacted a strict lock-down and tried to make it seem as though they disappeared. Many members were outraged by the lock-down but were otherwise powerless to do anything against it in fear of being exiled or sent elsewhere like their predecessors before them.

The Brotherhood could only bide their time and do their best to recover from their loss. It was a hard thing to do and eventually Head Paladin Edgar Hardin lead a revolt to overthrow Elder McNamara, quickly gathering a vast majority of the faction to his side. Though he originally planned on siding with the NCR, Elder Hardin was tempted instead to fight for the independence of New Vegas on behalf of the Courier and in exchange they would be given back what they had lost, HELIOS One. When the call of battle was sounded, the Brotherhood stood with the rest of the mojave chasing off the Legion and their most hated enemy at the time, the NCR. Keeping true to his word, the Courier gave them HELIOS One

With no real threat to their being present, Elder Hardin slowly lifted the lockdown and let the mojave know the Brotherhood was here to stay. In time, Elder Hardin also carefully selected outsiders who proved their worth not only in the Second Battle of Hoover Dam but after also completing grueling tests. Just as things were once more looking up for them and their numbers slowly replenishing at last from the battle over HELIOS against the NCR, word reached them that their once greatest rival was roaming the mojave once more.

The Enclave.

Shortly after receiving this news, the NCR openly killed the Courier on the Strip, weakening the Families grip on Hoover Dam as well as letting the mojave know the NCR were back. Torn between their lust of claiming Hoover Dam for their own and keeping what hold they have on the mojave, the Brotherhood are determined to continue growing their ranks in case another war between the NCR or the Enclave should happen. Their current Elder is still Hardin, though he is gravely ill and the Brotherhood is considering electing another Elder in his place.

At the beginning of the war, when the bombs began to fall from the sky, Nellis Airforce Base scrambled together what remained of their fighter planes and bombers to respond to the attacks....only to have them never return back home. It left the base vulnerable to attacks and many of the missiles launched at Vegas targeted the base. Despite the attempts of the man named Robert House's best efforts to try and protect it, the airfoce base took a severe beating and for over a hundred years since then, remained untouched.

Within that time span, a group of survivors from Vault 34 that decided to strike out on their own came across the abandoned base and claimed it for their own as no one had any particular interest in it. This small band would discover they hit the jackpot; thanks to hardly being scavenged by Raiders and the like, the band learned a great deal of information of Nellis and the weapons it housed. Using this information, they tracked down a wide range of storehouses that held these promised weapons, the most notable ones being Area 2 and Hawthrone Army Depot. When the band at last took stock of their precious inventory, they discovered they held a stockpile of nuclear weapons, heavy ordnance and artillery. They reached out to their fellow survivors still living within Vault 34 and began to grow as their own faction.

Those who dared to draw close to the base to see if the rumors were true about it being at last claimed would find artillery fired at them as well as missiles, indeed confirming all too well it was claimed at last. Thanks to this, the faction was given a name to match their often hostile response to visitors; the Boomers. Those who kept a wise distance from them and continued to observe this new faction from afar discovered they were well-sustained on their own for an isolated faction. The Boomers managed to draw clean water from Lake Mead, owned several solar panels that powered the base and grew their own crops, learning from their mistakes as they went. The Boomers became known as paranoid, xenophobic tribe that was the most heavily armed tribe there was in the entire mojave.

Determined to add the Boomers to their ranks, the NCR attempted several times to send emissaries to speak to them only have them fleeing back the way they came from the hostile response or never making it back home or to the intended destination. Frustrated, the NCR cut the Boomers clean water supply line and threatened to keep it that way if the Boomers refused to talk to the them. The Boomers in response bombed several water supply lines in eastern New Vegas and would continue to do so unless their own water supply line was restored. The NCR quickly complied and has since then left them alone. In fact, no faction really ever bothered the Boomers since, choosing to leave them be as they posed no threat unless provoked despite many wanting to absorb them into their own ranks.

Until the Courier managed to reach them by somehow getting past their artillery fire, missiles and even well placed mine bombs. Determined to put an end to the only person who ever made it to their gates, they were stopped by their Elder Pearl who had once predicted an outsider would come knocking on their door. The Courier managed to gain the trust of the Boomers by performing tasks and errands for them in exchange for their help at the Second Battle of Hoover Dam. The Courier sealed the deal when they raised an old bomber located within Lake Mead and helped them restore it to working condition. The Boomers proudly served the Courier within the battle, bombing their enemies to bits from the safety of the bomber.

Though they returned back to Nellis Airforce Base, the Second Battle of Hoover Dam and their role within it stirred all the attention on them and shortly after, Elder Pearl passed away from old age. The Enclave are determined to secure the old bomber for themselves while the Brotherhood is determined to confiscate any and all technology the Boomers have for their own uses. The NCR is determined to once more add the Boomers to their ranks while the Leader of the Mojave Faction of the Legion is set on enslaving them and using their weapons to take over Hoover Dam.

The Boomers are determined to continue keeping outsiders out Nellis but only for so long as their supplies for their weapons are starting to run dangerously low and after calculating the numbers, they are lucky if they last five years before being overrun. It doesn't help that many of the tribe is elderly and becoming more sickly with each passing day. Their current Elder, rising to the position after a vote between several trusted candidates, is heavily considering creating a truce with one of the interested factions for supplies and is considering opening up to the public in hopes of replenishing their tribe with young people.