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钢铁兄弟会(英文名:Brotherhood of Steel,常缩写为BoS,简称为兄弟会)是一个坐落于美国西部,专注于科技并带有宗教色彩的[3] 军事组织。它由大战前的美国军队及马里波萨军事基地里受政府资助的科研组织所组成,战后活跃在北美地区,致力于控制并管理废土上的科学技术。[4][5] 尽管规模不大,但兄弟会在废土历史上依旧是一个有着很大影响力的群体。起初他们只是一群战后幸存者,之后慢慢成为了一个重要的研发机构,并最终成为了新加州共和国(New California Republic)的敌人,为了争夺对先进科技的控制权而在新加州陷入了同NCR的苦战。虽然在西部吃尽了战败的苦头,但位于东海岸的钢铁兄弟会却在亚瑟·麦克森长老的带领下日益壮大。[6]
该阵营以各种形式出现在了所有的辐射 游戏中。这篇文章专注于整个系列中兄弟会的概述。有关特定兄弟会分部的信息,请参阅:钢铁兄弟会分部列表
背景[]
马里波萨兵变[]
In 2076, the NBC division of West Tek achieved breakthrough results in the Pan-Immunity Virion Project. The United States Defense Department, fearing international espionage, moved a military team under the command of Colonel Robert Spindel and Captain Roger Maxson onto the site to secure and oversee the project, now dubbed the FEV (Forced Evolutionary Virus) project.[7] On January 7, 2077, all FEV research was moved to the newly constructed Mariposa Military Base to commence testing of the virus on human subjects.[8][9] The security team was transferred to the newly constructed base as well, to provide protection for the research going on within the facility. They were not informed of the nature of the research.[10]
The situation unraveled shortly before October 10, 2077. The soldiers stationed at Mariposa discovered the fact that the scientists under their care were performing experiments with the Forced Evolutionary Virus on military prisoners. The revelation prompted a nervous breakdown in Colonel Spindel, who locked himself in his office. Captain Maxson was the only officer left to handle the deteriorating situation. Soldiers were screaming for blood and the whole situation was at risk of devolving into a bloodbath. On October 12, when Maxson had to step in to prevent one of his subordinates from killing a member of the science team, he ordered interrogations of the science team under his authority as acting commander. He hoped to prevent a full mutiny by offering his troops a semblance of justice.[10]
The first scientist was brought before Maxson a day later, on October 13. Chief Researcher Robert Anderson explained that human experiments at the facility were sanctioned by the government. He outlined the program to the Captain, emphasizing the fact that it was the government that ordered. When Maxson refused to believe him, the scientist lost his nerve and started screaming how he was just following orders and that he was a military man just like Maxson. The Captain shot him in response. He rationalized it as trying to prevent a full-scale mutiny, but even he didn't believe it.[10]
The killing of Robert Anderson effectively established Maxson as the leader of the rebellion. His position was further reinforced just two days later on October 15, when he attempted to speak to Colonel Spindel through the door of his office. It soon became clear that the Colonel had lost touch with reality, so Maxson and several of his men broke down the door just in time to hear the Colonel apologize and shoot himself. Subsequent scientist interrogations invariably ended in executions. Erin Shellman held out the longest by October 18, finally convincing the Captain that the experiments were really ordered by the government with her detailed account.[10] On October 20, 2077, Captain Maxson declared his unit in full secession from the United States over the radio, attempting to force the government to respond to the situation at Mariposa. No response came. A day later, he ordered the families of soldiers under his command to take shelter within the facility.[10]
On October 23, 2077, the Great War struck. As Maxson was halfway through prying the story from Head Researcher Leon Von Felden, the facility lost contact with the outside world as nuclear weapons started to drop. Spared the nuclear devastation, Mariposa protected the inhabitants from nuclear fallout flooding the wasteland. Fearing that China would soon make up for the oversight, on October 24, Maxson ordered his soldiers and their families to prepare to vacate the base the next day.[11]
On October 25, Sergeant Platner volunteered to take atmospheric readings outside the base. Reporting no significant amounts of radiation in the atmosphere, final preparations for the Exodus were undertaken. On October 26, Maxson ordered the remains of the scientists to be buried in the wastes outside the base. A day later, on October 27, former US servicemen and their families left the base under the lead of Captain Roger Maxson, heading for the Lost Hills government bunker in the south.[10]
The Exodus[]
In November, a few weeks later, war refugees arrived at the bunker. The people suffered casualties along the way, as while the soldiers were protected by T-51 power armor, their families had no armor to speak of. Marauders that attacked the caravan quickly learned to target the unprotected civilians. Though the attackers paid with two lives for every one they took, many were lost, including Roger Maxson's wife but not his teenage son.[Non-game 1][12]
Several soldiers broke off during the Exodus as well, led by Sergeant Dennis Allen.[13] Ignoring warnings from Captain Maxson and defying the group's will, Allen's faction separated from the convoy in order to excavate the remains of the West Tek Research Facility using their power armor. They were never heard from again.[12] Around 2151, the Brotherhood sent out Knights to seek out Allen's group or its remains. All they found were desolate ruins.[Non-game 2][14][15]
The Exodus survivors claimed the Lost bunker as their own. The refugees expanded and adapted it to fit their own needs, becoming a bastion of technology in a world that has lost centuries of technological development overnight.[12]
Foundation of the Brotherhood and expansion in Appalachia (Fallout 76)[]
Using surviving satellite connections, Maxson reached out across the continent, broadcasting a request for contact.[16] By chance, Maxson found an old friend in Appalachia, Lieutenant Elizabeth Taggerdy of the US Army Rangers. Although initially hesitant to trust him, due to the public declaration of secession, she gambled and left the channel open.[17] As Maxson revealed the depth of atrocities perpetrated by the United States government, Taggerdy's faith in the system was shaken, then dismantled. Following the winter spent at Camp Venture, she joined Maxson's banner.[18]
Witnessing how people around him slowly succumbed to depression, Captain Maxson formulated a new ideology for the survivors. It took him years to create it, replacing the tarnished Stars and Stripes with new symbols, new ranks, and new ideas to replace the ones scorched in nuclear fire. They would provide meaning for people before they became lost in the depths of despair after losing their friends, family, their entire world. Although some under his command, particularly Lieutenant Taggerdy, were skeptical of his plans, Maxson believed that the way forward lay in new traditions and a new mythology, free of the burden of the past. He also believed that it would prevent any surviving politicians from exercising their authority over former American soldiers, especially those with an agenda that involved burning Americans on the funeral pyre of the regime.[19][20][21] By June 20, 2082, all members under his command switched over to using Brotherhood ranks and practices.[1][22]
The Brotherhood kept growing in New California, welcoming into its ranks a National Guard unit that was formerly stationed near Mariposa,[23] acquired several bunkers[24] and sent expeditions as far as the Mojave Wasteland, gathering intelligence and new recruits.[25] As the Brotherhood in New California developed, so did its sister organization in Appalachia, under Paladin Taggerdy. Although she showed a bias towards candidates with a military background while building up the ranks, she eventually understood Roger Maxson's vision and continued to expand and develop the organization using Camp Venture as a training outpost. Despite initial resistance to the new rank system by the rest in her outfit, the new ideas offered by Maxson eventually took root and were accepted.
Although the Brotherhood's insistence on acquiring munitions for their fighting against mutants has led to ruffled feathers - especially with the Responders prior to the Charleston flood in December 2082 - they eventually found a common tongue, standing together during the Battle of Huntersville in May 2086. Although the Brotherhood sustained losses, it prevailed. This coincided with the announcement of a new mandate by Roger Maxson: The preservation of technology, to gather, record, and save the collective knowledge of mankind for future generations, to act as a catalyst for the rebirth of civilization in time.[26] Some responded to this new policy with enthusiasm, others with grudging acceptance, and yet others, like Sergeant Hank Madigan, left the Brotherhood to join the Responders.
The new mission quickly took a backseat, however, as the Brotherhood encountered the scorchbeasts and the Scorched in the Cranberry Bog. Conferring with Maxson's ace researcher, Scribe Hailey Takano, the Brotherhood in Appalachia quickly calculated that the scorchbeasts represented a potential extinction event for humanity. Lost Hills supplied a number of designs and weapon schematics to help stem the tide, including a sonic generator and an automated research program. Taggerdy pleaded with Maxson to grant her team permission to use nuclear weapons against the scorchbeasts but was forbidden by him because he found the concept of using nuclear weapons, even to help fight the scorchbeasts, to be too morally abhorrent after their world was destroyed by nukes.
By the 2090s, the failing infrastructure of the Old World rapidly rendered communication impossible. Before being cut off, Maxson ordered Taggerdy to hold the tide, and proscribed the use of nuclear weapons.[27][21] Eventually, the communications failed entirely, separating Lost Hills from Appalachia. The chapter in Appalachia fought on, trying to destroy the scorchbeasts through attrition, but by 2093, their numbers dwindled to the point where they were forced to close down Camp Venture, their first base, and focus their remaining forces at Fort Defiance and Thunder Mountain power plant. Declining support from the Responders and the constant fighting just to stem the tide of the scorched and their masters took their toll, preventing the Brotherhood from completing the automated research program at Vault-Tec University, supplied to them by Takano. Eventually, the Brotherhood launched Operation Touchdown. This last ditch effort was launched in January 2095 and briefly stemmed the tide at the cost of the entire strike force, which included Knight Moreno and Paladin Taggerdy. Ultimately, the Brotherhood in Appalachia was wiped out in their last stand at Fort Defiance and Thunder Mountain on August 18-19, 2095, marking the end of the original Brotherhood in Appalachia.[21]
Reinforcements arrive in Appalachia (Fallout 76)[]
However, by 2103, a small group of reinforcements arrived on their way from Lost Hills to examine various centers of technology across the country, expand the Brotherhood across the East Coast, and find out what happened to Taggerdy. Known as the Brotherhood First Expeditionary Force, they were led by Leila Rahmani and Daniel Shin and set up base in Fort Atlas. Along their hike across the country, the expedition lost one of their valued members, Alan Connors in a raider assault, and obtained two young refugee siblings who lost their parents, Marcia and Maximo Leone.
Upon arriving in Appalachia, the group was dismayed to discover that Taggerdy's Brotherhood were wiped out by the scorchbeasts, with Vernon Dodge being the only survivor. Rahmani decided that in order to establish the Brotherhood's presence in the region, the organization needed to cooperate with Appalachia's other factions, particularly Foundation. Shin became skeptical of Rahmani's choices, particularly her desire to delay the re-establishment of contact with the Elders in Lost Hills. Rahmani and Shin dealt with numerous conflicts, including Meg Groberg's raiders, battles against super mutants, and a plan to infect the water cycle with FEV orchestrated by a driven scientist. During one mission, Rahmani, feeling that the Elders from Lost Hills were a hindrance in her ideals of establishing the Brotherhood as a peacekeeping force, destroyed the radio transmitter. As a result, there is no confirmation of the Brotherhood in Appalachia re-establishing contact with the Brotherhood in California.
Conflict with the Vipers[]
In 2135, Roger Maxson died of cancer. Already a legendary figure to the Brotherhood, he was essentially deified as the Founder and Deliverer. His son, Maxson II, replaced him as the High Elder, while his grandson, John Maxson, joined the Paladin caste, showing great promise.[Non-game 3][12] Around 2141, the Brotherhood ceased admitting new members from the outside, relying solely on their natural growth for increasing their numbers.[28]
The Brotherhood was a major power in the region at this point, firmly exercising their control on the lands surrounding their bunker and forming trade relations with the neighboring towns, especially the Hub. However, the focus on hard sciences gave in to the detriment of humanities, history in particular. This decline in soft sciences eventually lead to some Initiates of the youngest generations having no idea who Roger Maxson was.[29] In 2150, they clashed with the newly reformed Vipers.[Non-game 4] The battles intensified in subsequent years, culminating in the death of High Elder Maxson II in 2155. John Maxson's father expected the raiders to break formation and flee when faced with Brotherhood warriors clad in powered armor, but did not account for their religious ferocity. A poisoned arrow nicked him when his helmet was off, and he died within hours.[Non-game 5] John Maxson was promoted to the Elder council, while Rhombus was tasked with conducting a campaign of extermination against the Vipers. The Paladins tracked down and wiped out almost all of their members within the span of a month. A handful of Vipers were able to flee north and east into the mountain range; While small groups continued to exist and raid in New California, they never regained their full power. Both Rhombus and John Maxson would eventually ascend to leadership roles, with John Maxson becoming the High Elder in 2159 and promoting Rhombus to the role of Head Paladin.[Non-game 4]
During the campaign, the Brotherhood sent a few scouts and emissaries to the Hub to track down Vipers members, and from these beginnings, the Hub and the Brotherhood began full trade relations. Caravans had delivered to the Brotherhood before, but not long after the destruction of the Vipers, caravan trains ran directly from the Hub to the Brotherhood on a regular basis.[Non-game 4] While the situation remained peaceful and prosperous, issues would develop between the Hub and the Brotherhood from time to time. In the late 2150s, the Water Merchants of the Hub attempted to barter a large quantity of water for a weapons stockpile. Although the Brotherhood turned down the offer, the merchants attempted to take the weapons regardless. The thieves were caught, but the Brotherhood Elders voted down a retaliatory expedition.[30]
The emergence of the Unity (Fallout)[]
In 2161, the Brotherhood discovered the presence of a new enemy. In October, a group of Knights on a patrol in the badlands discovered a dead super mutant. After examining the creature, Master Scribe Vree determined that it was sterile, but also notes that there must have been a central location that created these mutants.[Non-game 6][31] The Elder Council, fearing a potential invasion, enacted several security decrees, including a moratorium on training new recruits until the threat passed.[32]
The Elders also sent out several scouts north and east into the badlands. Only one returned from the east, reporting an encounter with twenty super mutants,[33] and none at all returned from the north. The Council could not reach an agreement on how to act. Even as Hub merchant caravans started disappearing in the northern wastes, the Elders refused to act until they were fully certain that there was an army massing in the northern mountains.[34]
The impasse was broken by the arrival of the Vault Dweller. Having rescued a Brotherhood Initiate from bandits in the Hub,[35] the Dweller visited the Brotherhood and accepted the mission to The Glow, to recover the disk belonging to Sergeant Dennis Allen to learn the fate of the splinter faction from the Mariposa Rebellion. The Dweller surprised everyone by surviving and returning with the artifact. He became the first outsider to join the Brotherhood in nearly twenty years.[28][36]
The Brotherhood shared what knowledge they had and some of their advanced technology with the Dweller, allowing him to seek out the Master and destroy him in the Boneyard.[36] Following the death of the super mutant leader, the Brotherhood further aided the Vault Dweller's quest, sending a team of crack assault Paladins to storm Mariposa.[37]
Apex of power, stagnation, and recovery (Fallout 2)[]
Following the destruction of the Unity, the Brotherhood aided other human settlements to drive the mutants away with minimal loss of life on both sides of the conflict. The Brotherhood remained out of the power structure for a time, becoming a major research and development house by reintroducing advanced technology into New California at a slow pace. The wise guidance of Rhombus arguably brought the Brotherhood to the zenith of its power.[38] The Brotherhood had good relations with the developing New California Republic, to the point that one of the states of the federation was named after the founder of the Brotherhood: Maxson. However, Lost Hills was never incorporated into the NCR.[Non-game 7]
Over the years, the Brotherhood grew confident in its status as the sole source of advanced technology left to mankind, and allowed its prominence and influence to wane, growing stagnant.[39] This stagnancy made them unable to deal with the technologically superior Enclave, when the Brotherhood learned of their existence circa 2240.[40][41] In order to learn more about them, the Brotherhood reactivated a network of outposts in Northern California to observe Enclave activity. Thanks to their low profile, they achieved practical anonymity, even in the populous San Francisco.[42]
The Brotherhood heads East[]
Once the Enclave was apparently destroyed by the Chosen One, the Brotherhood was without a foe to face. In an effort to end the stagnation the Brotherhood expanded eastward (including the formation of the Mojave chapter under Elder Elijah) and sent out expeditions to recover technology, going as far as the Capital Wasteland in 2255, with the expedition under Senior Paladin Owyn Lyons.[43][44] 2076年,威斯科技的核生化分部(NBC division)在泛免疫性病毒粒子项目(Pan-Immunity Virion Project)上取得了突破性进展。为提防国际间谍活动,一支由罗伯特·斯宾德上校和罗杰·麦克森上尉带领的部队被美国国防部以保护国家安全的名义,派往实验设施进行守卫任务以及监视项目的进展。此时,该项目已被命名为“强制性进化病毒项目(Forced Evolutionary Virus project)。[45]2077年的1月7日,所有关于FEV项目的研究都被迁移至刚刚落成的马里波萨军事基地以便开始进行人体实验。[46][47]斯宾德上校带领的小队也一并转移至此处继续进行戒严工作,但是高层并没有向斯宾德上校的部队说明此次研究的性质。[10]
同年10月10日,斯宾德上校和他手下的将士惊恐地发现自己保卫的科学家们居然在战俘身上进行FEV病毒的人体实验,这一发现不仅让整支部队军心大摇,斯宾德上校本人也将自己锁在办公室里,期间罗杰·麦克森上尉作为唯一的军官接管了这一棘手的烂摊子,当时整座基地都有陷入无政府主义血洗之中的风险。10月12日,一名士兵曾试图处决一名科研小组的成员,麦克森此时不得不介入并宣布由自己接管整个科学小组。他希望通过展现自己的刚正不阿来防止兵变的发生。[10]
一天之后,也就是10月13日,第一名科学家被带到麦克森面前接受审讯,这名科学家是首席研究人员罗伯特·安德森,他告诉麦克森,基地中的人体实验是由美国政府认可的研究,他向上尉简要概述了整个研究并强调了其受政府支持这一事实。起初麦克森拒不相信这一事实,于是安德森发了疯地向麦克森吼道自己只是遵守命令,而且自己曾经也像麦克森一样是一名军人;而麦克森上尉则以极其厌恶地将其枪决作为回应。麦克森辩解这一行为是为了防止发生大规模兵变,但其实就连他自己都不相信这一借口。[10]
即便如此,枪决安德森这一行为实质上树立起了麦克森在兵变中的领导地位。两天后也就是10月15日,麦克森尝试隔着门和斯宾德上校沟通,但没有得到响应,麦克森带着几个属下破门而入的一瞬间听到了斯宾德上校的忏悔和自我了结。随后对科学家们的审讯大都以处决为结尾。10月18日,在审讯中存活时间最长的科学家艾琳·谢尔曼终于用详尽的说明让麦克森相信这一实验确实是由美国政府下令实施并支持的。[10]2077年10月20日,麦克森通过广播发表声明称自己与美军决裂,企图迫使美国政府对基地中的情况做出解释。奇怪的是,他没有得到上级的任何回应。一天之后,他下令将所有士兵连同其家属迁至基地中。[10]
2077年10月23日,大战爆发。正当麦克森听取首席研究人员里昂·冯·费尔登的叙述的时候,核武器被投下了,设施机构同外界失去了联系。基地中高效的核生化武器保护方案为其中的人员提供了免于废土辐射的保护。由于害怕中国弥补第一轮攻击中的疏漏,10月24日,麦克森命令其手下士兵和他们的家属准备在第二天撤出基地。[48]
10月25日,普拉特内中士自告奋勇地前往基地外去收集大气测读数据。他报告基地附近没有明显的辐射痕迹,于是基地内的人员开始为撤出基地做最后的准备。10月26日,麦克森下令将被处决的科学家们的尸体埋在基地外的荒野中。10月27日,这支前美国军队封锁了整座马里波萨军事基地,由麦克森上尉带领,开始前往南方的政府地堡——失落山丘。[10]
大撤离[]
11月,在经历了废土上数个星期的艰苦跋涉后,军队及其家属们终于到达了地堡。期间,他们蒙受了巨大的损失,虽然T-51动力装甲为士兵们提供了必要的保护,但他们的家属则就没有那么幸运了。袭击商队的掠夺者们很快就学会了把矛头对准那些手无寸铁的平民,不过他们每杀害一个平民,自己就要损失两人。包括麦克森上尉的妻子在内的大量民众遇难(他年轻的儿子倒是挺了过来)。[49][12]
期间一支由丹尼斯·艾伦中士率领的小队离开了大部队。[50]他们不顾麦克森的警告,违背大部分人员的意愿,执意前往威斯科技研究设施进行调查,从此失去了音信。[12]2151年左右,兄弟会派出骑士小队去搜寻艾伦的小队或是尸首,但他们只找到了一片废墟。[51][52][53]
在大迁徙中幸存下来的人员宣布了对地堡的所有权。这些幸存者们将地堡的面积进行了扩大,并改造成为适合他们居住的地方。地球上几百年以来的科技结晶大多在一夜之间化为灰烬,而这座地堡却将它们保存了下来。[12]此时的麦克森迫切的想要联系上任何在阿帕拉契地区的幸存者,以此来获取一些他急需的信息。他调用了还能正常工作的卫星,向外进行广播。[54]巧合的是,他的老朋友,美国陆军游骑兵的丽兹·坦格蒂中尉联系上了他。虽然对麦克森半信半疑,在得知麦克森已经脱离美军后,她还是放手一搏决定将通讯频道保持通畅。[55]在得知了前美国政府的行径后,丽兹对先前体系的信仰有所动摇并最终崩塌,在冒险营度过了一个冬天之后,她加入了麦克森的麾下。[56]
兄弟会的成立[]
看到士气日渐低落,麦克森决定创建一套新的意识形态,他花费了数年的时间来创立全新的标志、官衔、和理念以取代在核爆的烈焰中黯淡下来星条旗。在失去了家园、亲人和朋友以及整个旧世界后,这将为人们在陷入痛苦与迷茫之前带来新的信仰和理念。尽管一些属下,特别是坦格蒂中尉,对这一计划能否成功有所怀疑,但麦克森坚信这将让他们从过去的枷锁中解放出来,在新的行事准则与新的神话中找到前进的道路。他还坚信这能有效防止那些幸存下来的前美国政客夺取操纵这些属于前美军士兵的权力,尤其是那些计划把美国人也付之一炬的政府组织。[19][20][21] 2082年6月20日,麦克森麾下的全体成员全部转而使用钢铁兄弟会的条例和官衔。[57][58]
兄弟会在新加州不断发展,同时在圣骑士丽兹·坦格蒂的带领下,阿帕拉契的姊妹组织同样也获得了发展。虽然一开始,她对一个有军事背景的候选人搞起等级划分有所偏见,但她很快就理解了麦克森的愿景并继续将冒险营发展壮大成为一座训练前哨站。尽管她的部下刚开始对新的等级制度有所抵触,但麦克森的新理念很快就扎根于此并被广泛接受。虽然兄弟会为了对抗变种人所需要大量的弹药导致了其同应变同盟的摩擦。但在2082年查尔斯顿的圣诞节洪水之后钢铁兄弟会和应变同盟逐渐达成共识,并在2086年5月的亨特斯维尔之役中并肩作战。此战之后,钢铁兄弟会虽然受到重创,但存续了下来。罗杰· 麦克森下令:他们要保存、收集和记录科技,将收集到的人类知识交予后代,当作让文明得以重生的催化剂。[59]
成员们对决定褒贬不一,还有另外一些人,比如汉克·麦迪上士,脱离组织加入了友军。新的任务很快就退居次要位置,然而,作为兄弟会遇到了辐尸兽和在蔓越莓沼泽中辐尸人。与麦克森的王牌研究员Scribe Hailey Takano商议后,阿巴拉契亚的兄弟会很快计算出,辐尸兽代表了人类潜在的灭绝事件。失落山丘总部运去补给物资,包括一个声波发生器和一个自动研究程序,但到了 2090 年代,旧世界的失败基础设施迅速使通信变得不可能。最终阿帕拉契亚和总部失去联系前森麦克下令顺势而为,绝不能使用核。[60][21]
阿帕拉契亚的战团继续战斗,试图通过消耗摧毁焦兽,但2093年,由于成员数量过少,冒险最终彻底关闭,并将剩馀的力量集中在反抗要塞和雷霆山发电厂。 应变同盟的支持下降不断的战斗只是为了阻止辐尸人和他们的主人的潮流,让他们付出了代价,阻止了兄弟会在避难所科技大学完成由Takano提供给他们的自动化研究计划。最终,兄弟会发起了达阵行动。这最后的努力于2095年1月启动,并以包括骑士莫雷诺和帕拉丁塔格迪在内的整个打击部队为代价,短暂地阻止了潮流。然而最终,2095年8月18-19日,雷霆山和反抗要塞的阿帕拉契亚兄弟会被彻底歼灭,标志著阿帕拉契亚兄弟会的终结。[21]
与毒蛇帮的冲突[]
2135年,创始人兼第一任长老罗杰·麦克森因癌症去世。他的儿子麦克森二世继任成为第二任长老,而他的孙子,约翰·麦克森则加入了圣骑士团体,而且他的表现大有前途。[61][12]2141年左右,钢铁兄弟会开始停止向外招募成员,转而依靠内部成员的自然增加来获取新的人口。[28]
此时的钢铁兄弟会已经成为了核心区域一股强大的势力,完全控制住了失落山丘地堡周围的区域,之后还和周边的几个城镇建立起了贸易联系,其中和中枢市的贸易往来最为密切。但钢铁兄弟会太过专注于自然科学而使他们逐渐对人情世故变得冷漠起来。而对人文科学的漠视使得年轻一代的初心者连罗杰·麦克森是谁都不知道。2150年,他们与一伙名为毒蛇帮的新兴掠夺者冲突。[62]这些冲突在接下来的几年里不断加剧,但麦克森相信,这些乌合之众见到兄弟会闪亮的动力装甲就会作鸟兽散望风而逃,所以根本不把他们那种宗教式的狂热——还有上了毒的武器看在眼里。2155年,在头盔掉落的时候麦克森二世被一个箭头擦伤,短短几小时后便中毒身亡。[63]约翰·麦克森被提拔进长老议会,伦巴斯则带领打击毒蛇帮,圣骑士们在一个月内就基本歼灭了毒蛇帮。毒蛇帮的大部分残留势力向北向东逃窜到了内华达山脉附近,少数成员继续在新加州为非作歹,但却再也形不成什么大气候了。2159年,约翰·麦克森正式成为钢铁兄弟会的第三任最高长老,而伦巴斯则被提拔为首席圣骑士。[62]
在歼灭毒蛇帮的过程中,兄弟会曾派出了几名侦察兵和间谍前往中枢市打探毒蛇帮的消息,从那时起,钢铁兄弟会就和中枢市建立起了全面贸易关系。在歼灭毒蛇帮之前,商队也会将货物运往钢铁兄弟会,如今则直接由列车固定将商队运送至钢铁兄弟会失落山丘总部的一座基地中。[62]但即便在和平时期,中枢市和钢铁兄弟会也会时不时地发生一些摩擦。在2150年代末期,曾有一伙净水商想用大量的净水换取一大批武器物资,在这一提议被兄弟会拒绝之后,这伙商人企图偷走兄弟会的武器物资。尽管这几个小偷最终被捉拿归案,但兄弟会长老还是决定给那些中枢市商人一点颜色瞧瞧。[64]
变种人的威胁[]
2161年10月,兄弟会遇上了一种远比掠夺者要危险得多的敌人。一支由骑士组成的巡逻队在荒野上发现了一具超级变种人的尸体,这具尸体被运回交给学士进行检查。首席学士薇莉在进行了数项漫长的检查之后,得出了这种生物完全不孕不育的结论。但她同时指出,外面一定有一个集中生产这些变种人的地点。[65][66] 由于担心被入侵的潜在风险,长老议会颁布了一系列法令,其中就包括中止一切新兵训练直至威胁解除。[67]
长老们还派出了数名侦察兵前往东部和北部的荒原打探消息。派往东部的侦察兵里仅有一人返回,报告称他们遭遇了20名超级变种人;[68] 而派往北部的侦察兵们则杳无音讯。此时长老议会内部产生了分歧,无法达成共识。即便来自中枢市的商队开始在北部的废土中失踪,长老议会还是拒绝采取任何行动,直到最终他们证实有一整支军队聚集在北部山脉附近。[69]
2162年的某一天,辐射1的主角在中枢市救下了一名遭遇强盗的兄弟会新兵,[70]之后他来到失落山丘希望能够加入他们。他被派去前往发光地收复丹尼斯·艾伦中士小队的全像卡带,并调查这一从马里波萨基地起义后就脱离出去的小队之最终命运。最终,让众人吃惊的是,避难所小子不仅活着回来,还成功地完成了任务,他成为近二十年第一个被接纳为钢铁兄弟会成员的外来者。[28][36]
钢铁兄弟会与避难所小子分享了一部分自己的知识与先进科技,帮助他找到主教并在埋骨地将它摧毁。[36] 在超级变种人的领导死后,主角成功说服钢铁兄弟会派出一队圣骑士一同前往马里波萨军事基地。[71]
余波[]
在击败了主教后,钢铁兄弟会协助其它的人类据点以人类和变种人双方极小的损失一同将变种人军队驱逐出这一区域。钢铁兄弟会远离了权力斗争的漩涡,成为了一个主要的研究和开发机构,并以一种缓慢的速度把先进科技重新流入了新加州。在伦巴斯英明的带领下,钢铁兄弟会的势力达到了顶峰。[38]同时还与兴起的新加州共和国保持着良好的关系。为纪念钢铁兄弟会的创建者,NCR将环绕失落山丘地堡的那一个州命名为麦克森州,但失落山丘区域则一直掌控在兄弟会的手中。[72]
随后的几年里,钢铁兄弟会的自信不断膨胀,他们确信自己是人类中唯一保有高科技的人,于是放任自己停滞不前,挥霍光阴。这样的停滞不前使得他们在2240年接触到英克雷时没有足够的实力来应对对方更为先进的科技。
兄弟会成员之间就是否同外人分享科技争吵不休。长老最后决定禁止把科技分享给外人,坚信他们应该继续以传统准则生存下去。少数反对这个决定的派系被发送到东面,乘坐飞艇追击主教军团的残党。当飞艇在芝加哥附近坠毁后,这些派系成员便组成了钢铁兄弟会新的分支:中西部钢铁兄弟会。他们之后在加州地区设立了很多小据点,2254年又派遣先遣队前往华盛顿特区,以及莫哈维。
英克雷军[]
2240年末至2241年初这段时间内,钢铁兄弟会发现了英克雷的存在。英克雷的出现(或是说“再次出现”)使钢铁兄弟会意识到自己不再是废土上科技最发达的势力,英克雷的科技水平在自己之上,这让兄弟会感到不安。虽然曾考虑过与其进行接触,但由于不了解英克雷这个组织的来历与根本目的,兄弟会只好选择了一条更为谨慎的道路,将英克雷附近,如丹恩城(Den)、新加州共和国与旧金山(San Francisco)的一些小型前哨站重新启用以进行暗中监视。
在发现英克雷拥有飞鸟技术后,钢铁兄弟会意识到自己没有与之相对应的机动运输能力,也没有能力抵御英克雷的入侵。为了应对这一潜在的威胁,上级命令旧金山分部的情报人员马修(Matthew)窃取英克雷的飞鸟技术,这时,《辐射2》的主角获选者(Chosen One)受马修委托,帮助其从纳瓦罗偷盗了飞鸟设计图(主角也可以拒绝,或是不完成任务,在《辐射圣经》中,获选者成功完成了任务)。但是之后不久马修就被弗兰克‧荷瑞根(Frank Horrigan)所杀,因此图纸最终是否被送达长老议会也不得而知。 2242年秋,在NCR与英克雷的战争中,英克雷被击溃,纳瓦罗被攻陷,钢铁兄弟会在追击英克雷残党的过程中也扮演了一小部分角色。在之后的几年里,兄弟会和NCR之间依旧是冲突不断。
与NCR交战[]
在伦巴斯长老的领导下,钢铁兄弟会的政策内容是回收一切战前的先进科技,限制并控制区域内对这些科技的获取渠道,尤其是能量武器。与此同时,新加州共和国的势力不断壮大,同时也不满兄弟会独占先进科技的做法,于是两者的摩擦不断,并最终演变成了军事冲突。
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2231年,杰瑞米‧麦克森成为兄弟会最高长老。他不仅仅想要把兄弟会领土向东面扩展,还在夺取战前科技方面十分强硬。他主张从所有“次要人群”手中夺回所有先进科技,以此增加兄弟会的力量。这自然同把先进科技用于民生福祉(至少根据托马斯·摩尔所言,NCR的公民在他看来不过是NCR吞并避难所城市的合理化理由罢了)的NCR发生冲突。英克雷毁灭后不久,兄弟会与NCR之间硝烟再起。
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23世纪50年代末到60年代初,钢铁兄弟会和NCR之间爆发了大规模的冲突并最终演变成为了一场持久且血腥的全面战争。此时长老议会将以利亚长老打发到东部的莫哈维废土,并建立了莫哈维分部,旨在让坐落在该地的胡佛大坝重新运转起来,并回收那里的先进科技。 起初,钢铁兄弟会依靠自己所掌握的先进科技,成功抵挡住了NCR的进攻,甚至就要以压倒性的优势赢得全面胜利。但是NCR源源不断的兵力最终将兄弟会的科技优势消耗殆尽:无论NCR损失了多少兵力,总有新的兵源补充上来。而钢铁兄弟会作为一个精英群体则完全不同,人数十分短缺。在人数的巨大差异和NCR的人海战术下,兄弟会注定会失败。 据罗伯特·豪斯所说,NCR不断向钢铁兄弟会的地堡发动突袭,但他所知的6个被毁的分部地堡里有4个分部都是兄弟会自己启动了地堡的自毁装置。
2273年,在莫哈维废土,NCR占据了胡佛大坝,加剧了钢铁兄弟会莫哈维分部和新加州共和国的冲突。2274年,双方正式在莫哈维交战。交战双方的人数比例达到了夸张的1:15甚至是1:20。 2276年,NCR发动了“行动代号:拨云见日(Operation: Sunburst)”的进攻,虽然局势已对兄弟会不利,但长老以利亚拒绝接受失败,他疯狂地想要找到一种能够打败NCR的科技,并数次派出圣骑士去搜集这种科技,最终他却发现原来让胜利的天平倒向自己的砝码就在自己眼前——阿基米德II(ARCHIMEDES II)。虽然此时的兄弟会已经处于溃败的边缘,首席圣骑士诺兰反复申请撤退,以保存所剩无几的有生力量;但固执的以利亚坚决反对撤退。最终,阿基米德系统还是无法启动。这时,长老以利亚不辞而别,消失在了废土上,没人知道他去了哪,唯一的合理解释就是他叛逃了,放弃了兄弟会。危急之下,首席圣骑士诺兰继承了长老的职位,以最快的速度收拢残兵,进行了一次绝地反击,为大部队的撤退争取了足够的时间。据哈丁所说,太阳神一号之战是其生平所见的最残酷的战斗。
“拨云见日"行动对于钢铁兄弟会莫哈维分部是一场彻头彻尾的灾难,分部损失了超过一半的骑士和圣骑士,再也不能与NCR正面抗衡。撤回隐秘山谷地堡后,麦克纳马拉长老违背大部分人的意愿实施了封锁——除了必要的巡逻队和物资采购人员,不许任何人外出,也不许任何人进入,擅自闯入地堡的外来者都会被套上爆炸项圈。不久之后,一个刚刚苏醒过来的信使打破封锁进入了地堡,而钢铁兄弟会莫哈维分部的命运也再次发生了改变。
奉命远征[]
2254年,位于加利福尼亚南部失落山丘总部的长老议会决定派遣一支庞大的队伍一路行军至东海岸。这只队伍背负有三项重要的任务:第一,探索曾经的首都——华盛顿特区,收集那里所有的先进科技;第二,调查关于该地区超级变种人活动的报告;第三,重新与中西部钢铁兄弟会建立联系,并使其重归失落山丘总部的控制下。 于是,一支规模不大但却十分强劲的部队,在理想主义者欧文·里昂斯(Owyn Lyons)圣骑士的带领下从加利福尼亚的失落山丘地堡出发,开始了迈向故都华盛顿特区的长途跋涉。与他同行的还有他的朋友及技术顾问雷金纳德·罗斯柴尔德,以及只有三岁大的自己的女儿莎拉·里昂斯。
东海岸远征队一直到达了首都废土都没能成功和位于芝加哥的中西部钢铁兄弟会联系上,而在华盛顿的郊区,超级变种人泛滥成灾。正如他们所担心的那样,五角大楼损毁严重,所幸下层完好无损,而且里面保存有大量的战前科技和武器,在摧毁了安保机器人后,这些装备足以让里昂斯的部队自给自足。但这些发现与另一件惊人的科技结晶相比还是相形见绌——一台足足有四层楼高的机器人:自由先锋。这一重大的发现为里昂斯赢得了长老的头衔,同时在西海岸的总部给他下达了新的命令:远征队不再返回西部,而是建立一个新的永久分部,并继续搜集埋藏在首都废土废墟下的其它先进科技。里昂斯接受了长老的头衔,并在五角大楼的废墟上建立了新的基地——大本营/堡垒(the Citadel)。
特立独行[]
寻找超级变种人并没有花费里昂斯长老和他部下太多的精力——因为往往不是他们找到超级变种人,而是超级变种人找上门来。在首都废土,尤其是市中心的废墟里,超级变种人的数量多到让人避之不及。
同超级变种人作战,哪怕仅仅是抵御它们的入侵,对于该地区那些无辜的居民来说已经足够了,但对于钢铁兄弟会来说,还有很多事情有待解答:该地区的超级变种人是怎么被创造出来的?它们和新加州的超级变种人有着什么样的联系?它们为什么要绑架首都废土的居民?那些居民被带到了哪里?寻找这些问题的答案成了欧文·里昂斯的心头大事。 而新的最高长老所下达的命令很明确:在华盛顿的废墟中寻找先进的科技;当然也要找到超级变种人威胁的源头并予以消灭。兄弟会的领导层认为里昂斯长老的优先任务是搜集并保存战前科技,消灭超级变种人则是次要任务。
但兄弟会在匹兹堡和华盛顿的所作所为已经凸显了里昂斯长老的领导风格。望着残酷的首都废土,里昂斯的组织摒弃了原先失落山丘总部下达的指令,开始帮助并保护那些无辜的非敌对废土居民——就像是慈善组织那样,也因此赢得了当地居民的支持。但这种行为不是平等的以物易物,倒更像是施舍,最终长老议会做出了一个决定:他们依旧承认里昂斯长老是钢铁兄弟会的一名领导,大本营作为特区分部的总部。但是切断了一切来自西海岸的物资和人员支持。于是总部坐落在大本营的东海岸钢铁兄弟会和中西部钢铁兄弟会一样,手握实权,保持着自己的律法和行事准则,但不再听命于原先的西海岸钢铁兄弟会,而是完全独立了起来。
有一些人大胆且激进的人认为里昂斯长老摒弃钢铁兄弟会收集失落科技的首要任务就是否认了自己的领导地位。他们从东海岸分部分裂出去,被称为“遗弃者(Outcasts)”。
净水计划[]
2257年,英克雷在东海岸的分支已经在暗地里重新聚集起了自己的军事力量,以渡鸦岩(Raven Rock)为基地开始活跃,并开启了针对钢铁兄弟会的宣传战。但这两个阵营在之后的二十多年里一直相安无事。自远征队抵达东海岸后,钢铁兄弟会同超级变种人的战争一直持续了二十多年,里昂斯长老不得不从当地的废土居民中招募新的成员,而这样做的结果显而易见:大部分的新成员要么急功近利,要么缺乏技能——或是两者都有。这导致新成员的存活率简直就是灾难,而钢铁兄弟会遗弃者则驻扎在独立堡垒,重新投身于钢铁兄弟会的原始目标:收集并保存一切失落的科技。 在钢铁兄弟会发现了杰弗逊纪念堂里的净水计划后,他们决定保护这些研究该项目的科学家们免受超级变种人的袭击。唯一的问题在于该计划的一系列大型实验均未能取得成功。随着时间的推移,超级变种人的进攻变得越来越频繁,而钢铁兄弟会也失去了对净水计划的兴趣。在这期间,一个叫三狗的人在首都废土中心的银河新闻广播大楼广场上,于废墟之中设立起了一个新闻兼音乐广播电台。钢铁兄弟会和他达成共识,兄弟会保护三狗的安全,而银河新闻广播大楼将成为兄弟会的一个哨点。 2277年,独行者和其他一些科学家,顺着旧塔夫脱隧道从杰弗逊纪念堂一路逃到五角大楼的大本营,里昂斯长老开始认真考虑目前所要面对的英克雷的威胁。同时,他们将独行者派去87号避难所寻找G.E.C.K.以启动净水计划并避免其落入英克雷之手。在独行者回来后,里昂斯改变了想法并决定要和英克雷兵戎相见,整个钢铁兄弟会开始了紧张的备战:校准武器、保养护甲、罗斯查德学士和麦蒂森·李合力研究自由至尊,并最终解决了这个巨型机器人的动力问题。而莎拉·里昂斯也将独行者提拔成为里昂斯之傲的一员。钢铁兄弟会和独行者,一同动身前往杰弗逊纪念堂。最终,兄弟会击溃了英克雷在首都废土的残余势力,有效控制了整个首都废土,而此时在西海岸的钢铁兄弟会总部则比之前更加式微了。
当下状况[]
2283年,亚瑟·麦克森击败了超级变种人的领袖“牧羊人”,并和钢铁兄弟会遗弃者的首领卡斯丁缔结了和约,再度将东海岸钢铁兄弟会和兄弟会遗弃者整合在一起,结束了这场旷日持久的兄弟会内战。同时他还放弃了里昂斯长老保护平民的理念,重归收集和保存战前科技的目标,但仍继续从废土上招收新成员。“里昂斯的兄弟会”逐渐成为了一个遥远的回忆。而且东海岸钢铁兄弟会是目前唯一一个想(并且“能做到”)发展手中收集到的科技的分部。当然有一些人并不认同亚瑟·麦克森的做法,于是这些人离开了钢铁兄弟会。但大部分人还是拥护亚瑟的,也乐于服务于一个团结一致的钢铁兄弟会。 2287年,东海岸钢铁兄弟会已经和位于西海岸的总部重新建立了联系,他们不再满足于控制首都废土,而开始谋求控制整个东海岸。为此,他们开始在亚当斯空军基地,用英克雷移动履带基地车上的零件来兴建“普利德温号”飞艇,并花费了整整六年才完成,其中光是完成图纸设计就花了两年。在建造普利德温号飞艇的同时,钢铁兄弟会将目光放向了“联邦”,他们先后派去了三队侦察小组,收集所有有价值的科技和文献。海伦学士侦测到了学院发出的奇怪的能量波动,于是便尝试修好警察局的长频通讯线向总部报告;在圣骑士丹斯向总部发送了紧急信号后,普利德温号飞艇承载着大量武装力量,其中还有严重损坏的自由至尊,飞临联邦,并最终驻扎在了波士顿机场,清除了那里的狂尸鬼,将飞艇作为飞鸟停泊的总基地。他们还派人加强了剑桥警察局的防御,一方面寻找学院信号的来源,另一方面积极打击超级变种人和合成人——以及致力于保护合成人的“铁路”组织。同时,他们还试图把自己的理念强加到联邦人民的身上。 在这期间,很多钢铁兄弟会重要成员也在进行着自己的研究,昆兰督学一直在收集包含武器技术或军事地堡资料的科学文件,英格拉姆一直在为防冻剂的事发愁,而为兄弟会征粮也成了一个不容小觑的问题。也正是在这时,一位刚刚从111号避难所中苏醒过来的战前居民,进入了钢铁兄弟会的视线——不久之后,他将决定时局的命运。
领导人[]
最高长老[]
- 麦克森一世(罗杰‧麦克森) - 2077年~2135年
- 麦克森二世 - 2135年~2155年
- 麦克森三世(约翰‧麦克森) - 2155年~未知年份
- 伦巴斯 - 不确定年份~2208年
- 麦克森四世(杰瑞米‧麦克森) - 2231年~未知年份(2277年以前)
长老列表[]
西岸兄弟会[]
东岸兄弟会[]
- 欧文‧里昂 - 2254年~2278年
- 莎拉‧里昂 - 2278年~未知年份
- 亚瑟‧麦克森 - 2283年~至今
中西部兄弟会[]
- 西蒙‧巴纳奇 - 2197年~2198年
- 德克将军 - 2198年~未知年份
莫哈维分部[]
- 以利亚神父 - 未知年份~2276年
- 约翰‧麦克纳马拉 - 2276年~至今
- (可选的)埃德加‧哈丁 - 2283年~至今
蒙大拿分部[]
- Patrocolus
未知隶属[]
- 特伊斯 (3代克洛斯提到)
- 大卫·詹姆斯 (莫哈维分部终端机资料)
- 肯尼斯·琼斯 (莫哈维分部终端机资料)
- 林奎斯特 (莫哈维分部终端机资料)
- 雷蒙德·洛恩 (莫哈维分部终端机资料)
组织结构[]
兄弟会主要由军队军官、战士和科学家的后裔所组成。除去一些外来人不谈,兄弟会成员是除英克雷成员外最接近纯种人类的。但值得一提的是中西部兄弟会以接纳食尸鬼及变种人入团著称。
通常认为,兄弟会是由人类残馀中最好的以及最聪明的人所组成,这意味著兄弟会是相对较小的组织,至少和新加州共和国相比较的话。这种印象是他们通过令人恐惧的战前科技所捏造出来的:兄弟会有激光武器,动力装甲,神经增强手术,植入型战斗辅助晶元并且兄弟会圣骑士可以毫发无损的毁掉整个城市。大部分兄弟会成员就是出生于兄弟会,几乎不会接纳外人成为成员。尽管不是官方政策,许多兄弟会成员相信为了让兄弟会长存,繁衍后代乃是所有成员的职责。这导致了他们缺少对同性关系的宽容态度,至少上述立场的支持者有所担心。兄弟会不会强迫他人屈从,出生于兄弟会但是不愿成为文书、骑士和圣骑士的人可以自由离开。[73]
尽管对科学有很高的崇敬,但大部分兄弟会成员对非技术领域的知识漠不关心(包括那些不能用于战斗的科技)。甚至连兄弟会文书都丝毫不关心历史,以至于一些兄弟会新人都不知道兄弟会的创建者罗杰·麦克森是何许人也。[74]
对外关系[]
大体上兄弟会不会对别人抱有敌意,除非有个好理由,对于周围凄惨度日的废土居民也基本没什么兴趣。他们集中精力于保守自己的秘密以及保存和研发技术。兄弟会常常把技术置于人命之上,因为战前世界的技术是无可替代的,而人命不是。他们的动机通常不可捉摸,而且也不是能够进行交易的人。这么说吧,如果一队兄弟会圣骑士出现并帮了外人,他们的动机绝对不是利他主义。
兄弟会一点都不喜欢他人分享手中的高级科技,并且无视那些科技能够为废土世界带来的种种好处和巨大收益。兄弟会内部有个共识:废土世界的人还没有做好运用(以及保存)兄弟会手中科技的觉悟。兄弟会与一些边境组织以及新加州共和国做生意,以一些技术来换取食物以及其他资源,但是那些比较敏感和高端的技术始终牢牢的掌控在兄弟会自己手中。
兄弟会对变种人的态度从厌恶(比如食尸鬼)到公然的敌意(比如超级变种人)不等。兄弟会初期与Master的超级变种人军团的接触是最为暴力的,而且他们为加州吸引走了一部分兵力。兄弟会对于在the Glow出现的各种奴隶交易同样心怀怒气,一处为了已故战友同时也是为了战前科技的地点被高度防守,但是在最前部有Dayglow食尸鬼游荡。大部分兄弟会成员都把食尸鬼看作肮脏的拾荒者。在Master被击败以后,许多超级变种人变得可以和人类和平共处,而兄弟会对他们也不再抱有敌意。
科技[]
军事科技总是兄弟会的优先目标,他们尽可能的搜刮各种技术如动力装甲、能量武器、防御炮塔等等。为了别人手上的技术兄弟会可以不惜杀人甚至同其他大型势力(如NCR)开战。
尽管不像英克雷那样先进,兄弟会战士通常携带能量武器,装备的步兵动力装甲一般是战前设计的T-51B和T-45D系列(东部的则是更先进的T-60系列)。侦察装甲和战斗装甲也被广泛使用,主要是侦查小队,骑士和新兵。此外,兄弟会已经获得战后一些高水准的医疗技术,以及其他技术,像神经机械学和外科植入晶片。
兄弟会透过访问高级电脑,比如他们在许多军事基地和避难所,失落山丘暗堡,五角大楼废墟,暗堡A,暗堡B,暗堡G,隐秘山谷以及原型避难所中所找到的电脑,了解许多战前科技。
他们还拥有高度武装的机器人来协助他们,比如吓人的看守机器人,打手先生以及东岸兄弟会持有的“自由先锋”人形机甲。
派系和分布[]
西海岸[]
兄弟会的大本营是坐落于加州的LostHill暗堡,是兄弟会最高长老和议会所在地以及兄弟会建立之地。同时也是研究和军事行动中心。不过,在2242年,兄弟会中分裂出一批人穿过加州的荒原并躲藏了起来,找到并消灭他们是个困难又危险的任务。
他们在旧金山的Den以及沙城(新加州共和国的首都)都有自己的设施。尽管有时候兄弟会成员会擅自行动,尤其是远离议会的据点,但是所有的兄弟会据点形式上都是由Lost Hills的议会所管辖的。环绕著Lost Hills暗堡的是麦克森城,虽然以兄弟会创立者的名字命名,但是已经正式脱离了兄弟会控制成为了新加州共和国的势力范围。
莫哈维分部[]
兄弟会的地堡位于莫哈维的隐秘山谷。仰赖其战前高科技防御系统的设计,人造的沙尘暴提供绝佳掩护以利往返地堡。同时它还具备电子干扰,雷达无法检测。
直到2276年,莫哈维分部都还持续活耀著直到他们在太阳神一号被NCR痛击,在新任长老麦克纳玛宏的命令下,他们退回隐秘山谷与世隔绝。但他们极度依赖仍在地堡外的兄弟会成员提供食物和物资,因此他们只能进行有限度的行动。.
尽管他们奉行隔离政策,但仍被视为当地有实力的派系,这在豪斯先生的计画中能看出端倪,他将兄弟会的背叛(不合作)视为他长期统治莫哈维的最大威胁。
西南地区[]
以下内容基于范布伦设计文档 和 并非正史. |
麦克森暗堡是钢铁兄弟会在亚利桑那区域的据点,由Andrea Brixley将军指挥。此地堡拟用作勘探队向东部探测时的聚集地。可是与NCR的战争爆发之后,这里变成了对抗NCR据点胡佛大坝的前线基地。那场战争对双方都造成不小的损失。兄弟会拥有高科技武器,而NCR有数不尽的士兵。于是战争僵持了数年悬而不决。双方的士气都十分低靡,但是兄弟会所受影响要更大。在这些麻烦之外,一些之前隐藏起来的前兄弟会技工开始出现,并自称是钢铁之环。他们抢劫商队和村庄,没收对方拥有的任何先进技术,并声称这是为了从人类手中拯救人类。
关于范布伦设计文档的内容到此作结。 |
中西部[]
以下内容基于Fallout Tactics 和 一些细节可能与正史相冲突. |
西起夏安山脉,东至五大湖重工业区的广大废土是中西部钢铁兄弟会的势力范围,其成员在2197年左右从LostHills兄弟会的领导下分离出来,并在其创建者的飞艇于芝加哥附近坠毁后与兄弟会总部失去了联系。
与孤立主义的兄弟会总部不同,中西部兄弟会在招收新成员的态度上显得极为开放,他们招收认可兄弟会观念,具有思维能力的一切理性生物。其成员包括但不限于:前 Illinois和Kansas成员、从受兄弟会控制区内村庄中征召来的士兵、大量超级变种人、死亡爪与机器人等。
中西部兄弟会在扩张过程中于整个美国中部地区 建立了一系列的前进基地,分别为Alpha基地,Beta基地,Gamma基地,Delta基地与Epsilon基地。
尽管中西部兄弟会的高级动力装甲很像英克雷的高科技动力装甲 MK II型,但跟英克雷完全没有任何关系,它至少比 MK II早出现了数十年。
此外,除英克雷军外,中西部兄弟会是整个辐射系列里唯一能够自行量产动力装甲,重型武器与车辆的组织,这与他们控制的区域为战前美国最大的工业区有关
关于Fallout Tactics的内容到此作结。 |
不过到了2277年,中西部分会似乎也衰弱了,东岸分会的Scribe Rothchild称这群人是"芝加哥的一个小分支、异端且失去联系。
Montana bunker[]
A bunker exists in Montana and is at some point the home of Elder Patrocolus.[75]
东海岸[]
在东海岸,特区兄弟会的分支在the Citadel建立了大本营,其位于华盛顿特区五角大楼的废墟内。这支兄弟会分支是由理想主义的欧文‧里昂长老所率领。他认为自己的首要职责是保护首都废土居民免于遭受超级变种人和其他形式的迫害,并不是去占领和保护科技。尽管里昂是长老议会正式任命的兄弟会分区领导人,但由于他对目标的改变,使东部兄弟会完全与总部分裂了。他以及他的分支,无论是出自什么样的愿望和目的,被迫独立了。没有了西海岸的支持,莱恩斯决定从本地招兵,但是大多数新人要么过于急躁,要么不够熟练,或者兼而有之,这造成新人的生存率低的可怕。里昂长老的女儿 莎拉指挥自己的一个精英战斗队,名曰“里昂的骄傲”,这些战士从超级变种人手中保护华盛顿特区。然而, 当初随著里昂东征的原始成员中,有著忠于兄弟会原本目标的一群人,他们离开大本营并以兄弟会遗弃者广为人知。[76]
由于里昂长老去世,其女莎拉里昂又在不久后战死,东部兄弟会由麦克森家族的成员亚瑟‧麦克森继任长老领导(当中得到Lost Hill总部方面的承认),他成功打败了企图统合首都变种人势力、名叫“牧羊人”的变种人,和“兄弟会遗弃者”和解,并亲自率领成员前往联邦地区,以保护人类的名义开始与合成人和超级变种人作战。这时的东部兄弟会结合了里昂管理时和兄弟会原本的目的,既完善招募方式,要求新成员必须得到旧成员的引荐和赞助才可加入、并积极打击掠夺者、变种人等威胁人类的势力,同时也重视占领和保护科技。不过,他们对理念不同的势力持毁灭的态度,甚至有向联邦居民公然征收粮草的行为,故不太受当地人支持。
阿帕拉契[]
大战结束后,罗杰·麦克森(Roger Maxson)能够使用功能正常的卫星与 阿帕拉契亚和他在中国服役的老朋友建立联系。 钢铁兄弟会的一个分会在那里成立,并将反抗要塞作为总部。 这个兄弟会单位在缺乏意识形态方面存在显著差异,并且在西弗吉尼亚地区仍然微不足道。 要塞后来被淹没,战团在2102年之前被辐尸人消灭。 与西海岸的兄弟会主会不同,这一战团由精锐军队组成,如美国陆军游骑兵分队和西弗吉尼亚国民警卫队。 他们与应变同盟竞争,经常从护理人员和警察中招募,从摩根镇夺走力量,最终导致其垮台。
德克萨斯[]
以下内容基于来自辐射:钢铁兄弟会的信息. |
约翰‧麦克森死后,原兄弟会首席圣骑士伦巴斯继任最高长老。在Master死亡后,兄弟会帮助其他人类据点以双方都很小的伤亡把超级变种人赶了出去。但是,由Attis所领导的一支超级变种人分支到了德克萨斯,妄图用隐藏避难所来重新创造变种人军团。尽管遭到了西海岸长老议会的一些指责,伦巴斯仍旧著手对付Attis的变种人军团。他们来到德克萨斯东部。在那里他发现了一所遗弃的原型避难所,并把它改建为这片区域的主基地。他们的主要任务是根除所有的超级变种人威胁。出于这个原因,他们创造了德克萨斯兄弟会的新标记,两个翅膀上的双枪,都是鲜红色。
关于来自辐射:钢铁兄弟会的信息的内容到此作结。 |
军阶[]
钢铁兄弟会分成几种不同的等级:初心者如果能够出色的完成训练课程,将会提升到高级初心者,直到到达学徒阶段。证明自己的能力后,就可以从学徒提升到文书或者新手骑士。下个等级是军士骑士或高级文书,上位骑士并最终达到领导级:首席骑士和首席文书。兄弟会文书负责调查和运用逆向工程分析那些战前科技,维护兄弟会现存科技以及实验新武器和其他有用的装置。兄弟会文书通常不会离开安全的兄弟会暗堡和据点,不过有时他们也会去现场检测技术产品或者完成超出一般战士能力的任务。
兄弟会骑士负责制造武器和其他兄弟会使用的装备,同时也参与一部分战斗行动。在多年的服务和经验下,最好的骑士被提升为圣骑士——兄弟会军事等级的顶端。圣骑士负责所有的保安以及外出活动。圣骑士等级分为初级圣骑士,圣骑士,高级圣骑士,星级圣骑士和首席圣骑士。能够活到晚年的圣骑士会成为长老,并组成兄弟会的长老议会。首都废土兄弟会在圣骑士和长老中中增加了一个尖兵(Sentinel)等级。长老议会以及兄弟会本身的领导者称为最高长老,通常由 Maxson家族世袭。在2287年,东部地区兄弟会组织起了一支较有规模的空军,而负责操作飞行器的兄弟会成员则被授予了枪骑骑士的等级。
标志的象征意义[]
兄弟会徽章中,齿轮代表了他们的工程学知识,剑代表了他们将会自卫,双翅代表取得失去的科技,从大战中拯救并重建人类文明的夙愿,圆代表兄弟般的友爱使组织团结为真正的手足情谊。[77]
另一种解释是说兄弟会徽章中的每种图案都代表了成员不同的使命。剑代表圣骑士,双翼代表中长老(因为“双翼”控制剑的移动),大齿轮代表骑士,小齿轮代表文书和初心者,他们的提供信息和人力使夙愿得以完成。[78].
以下内容基于Fallout Tactics 和 一些细节可能与正史相冲突. |
本源兄弟会与首都兄弟会使用相同的徽章不同的颜色(蓝色双翼,灰色的剑和黑色齿轮),中西部兄弟会使用了很多单一色彩的变体徽章。中西部兄弟会的骑士和圣骑士使用蓝色版本,文书使用黑色版本,长老使用橙色版本。金色和黄色的变体似乎象征了中西部兄弟会是个不可分割的整体。中西部版本的兄弟会徽章发生了 180变化——大齿轮在两个小齿轮的右侧,不是像本源中那样居于左侧。
关于Fallout Tactics的内容到此作结。 |
基地[]
阿帕拉契亚[]
- Fort Atlas
- Fort Defiance (formerly)
- Camp Venture (formerly)
- Thunder Mountain power plant (formerly)
联邦[]
首都废土[]
莫哈韦废土[]
- Abandoned Brotherhood of Steel bunker (formerly)
- Brotherhood of Steel safehouse
- HELIOS One (formerly)
- Hidden Valley bunker
蒙大拿[]
新加州[]
注意[]
- Despite being relatively small in numbers (compared to groups such as the NCR), the Brotherhood is probably the most widely spread faction in post-war America.
- Most members of the Brotherhood are usually gruff in dealing with outsiders and usually extremely rude towards mutated creatures such as ghouls or super mutants.
- The Brotherhood is extremely territorial when it comes to technology and will defend any technological relic to the death. In Fallout: New Vegas it is mentioned that an elder was severely punished for destroying a piece of unknown technology.[79]
- According to the Citadel terminal entries, the Brotherhood in Lost Hill began protecting the NCR state of Maxson by 2277 at the latest.[80] It also mentions an internal conflict, possibly a civil war, in the Brotherhood of Steel on the West Coast. This conflict forced Arthur Maxson to live in the Citadel.[81]
出场[]
到目前为止,钢铁兄弟会在所有射》游戏中,除均有登场。
幕后[]
- Apart from the Knights of Genetic Purity and the Imperial Tech Cults, the Brotherhood of Steel were also based on a completely hostile faction known as the Guardians of the Old Order in the 1987 game Wasteland, the predecessor to Fallout.
- The Brotherhood's technology-centric religious ideology was directly influenced by A Canticle for Leibowiz, which dealt with how a group of Christian monks who task themselves with preserving all scientific and technological knowledge of mankind until the human race is ready for it again.[82]
- Although the Brotherhood was not a particularly prominent faction in Fallout and a tangential element of Fallout 2, with a minimal presence, it became one of the most iconic and marketable elements of the franchise. The release of Fallout Tactics, built around a rogue branch of the Brotherhood, and the Dark Alliance cousin, Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel by Interplay cemented its status as one of the series' icons. Under Bethesda Game Studios' aegis, the Brotherhood has been a major part of every Fallout game, becoming the de facto protagonist faction of the series and the Brotherhood's relationship with the world at large tied into the arc themes of each game, from Fallout 3 to Fallout 76.
- The Brotherhood insignia created for the wiki in 2008 has been used by Bethesda's artists in 2020 as basis for the Steel Dawn recruitment bundle contents, such as the player icon and the banners on the scouting tower.
- Cross-game
- Valve Software's multiplayer FPS Team Fortress 2 pays homage to the Brotherhood with an achievement in the game's 'Mann vs. Machine' game mode.
外部链接[]
- 钢铁兄弟会在维基百科
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