[u][b]Vault 0 - Knight-Captain Murphy[/b][/u]

Murphy opened his eyes wide with surprise at the stranger's reply. 

"Lancer-Sergeat Robert Kyte," Robert replied, as he stood up, "I'm with the eastern chapter of the Brotherhood of Steel. I was sent east to reconnect with our former Brothers...I'm the last survivor of a group of holdouts in The Commonwealth. Can you take me to your commanding officer?"
 
Before him, seated and wired up in their command chairs in a circle facing each other, sat his four comrades, three men and a woman. Their eyes were still closed, still concentrating on controlling their avatars. He turned to face one in particular, a rugged and wiry looking man in his late fifties, and spoke. 

"Sir?", Murphy asked, "What are your orders?"

The man opened his eyes and looked at him and smiled. 

"Bring him home, son", Barnaky answered warmly. His voice then changed to a no-nonsense tone as he began to issue orders rapid fire. "Alright people, new mission parameters. The new objective is to cover Murphy while he leads Brother Kyle...and the civilians if possible...to rendezvous with Delta and Echo Squad at the State Route 3 Bridge for extraction. I will create a distraction at that whorehouse on the West side of town since I'm already over here. Price, Whitman, Haddad....drop what you're doing and clear a path for Murphy!"

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Markle Police Department - seconds later[/b][/u]

"With pleasure", Murphy said through the assaultron as he twirled the laser rifle around deftly and offered it to Kyle butt first through the open cell door. "The rest of your gear is up front...once my comrades are in position, we'll get you and the civilians out of town." He then added, "I'm Knight-Captain Murphy, by the way...but you can call me Alex if you like."

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Highway 3 Bridge, North end - about twenty minutes later. [/b][/u]

Knight-Sergeant Harkness peered over the rusting chassis of a Chryslus sedan...it's pathetically unsafe atomic engine thankfully scavenged years ago...and waited patiently as the dot, representing Murphy, approached on the map provided by his suit HUD. He was curious about the man from Lyons's Brotherhood that Murphy had found. He had only been a Initiate of 12 when Lyons and his Chapter had passed through their lands, heading for the old US capital of Washington DC, they had heard little since beyond the occasional group from the West or couriers. 

Eventually, he..thanks to the advanced sensors in his suit...saw a blur approach the pair of very nervous Raiders guarding a small building about thirty yards away and dispatch them both with a sword....shortly after that, a small group, three terrified looking civilians and a man that had to be Brother Kyle appeared around a corner and headed straight down the road for them.

"Package is inbound", Harkness radioed on the Tactical net for his command, "Echo...check fire until further notice, Delta, be ready to cover the package." Delta squad moved up, and took up firing positions. Once the party passed through the firing line, Harkness spoke again.

"Delta, weapons free", Harkness said, "Prepare to fall back once the package has reached the bridge."

As the group approached, Harkness stood up so they could see him. 

"Welcome, Brother", Harkness said to Kyle as he switched his laser rifle to his left hand and offered his right to the man, "I am Knight-Sergeant Harkness...I command the force at this position." He gestured at the bridge behind him then continued. "We hold the bridge, so you're safe from this point. Please lead your charges across quickly...we have this bridge wired for demolition and we'll be dropping it into the river once you, and Delta squad behind you, are across."