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Fallout: Terror of the Everglades

In his mind? Neither. A ghoul that's put down, and that's the end of it.

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If there wasn't a ghoul being treated like a piece of meat being tortured in multiple restraints, then that wouldn't have been a problem for sure, hahaha. :P Joshua's got kind of some issues with "equality" though. He still believes in some form of Unity, even if the Master is dead and the psychic link between super mutants is now null.

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@EurmalEye Funny you should mention that, since I just addressed that in my first post, hahaha.

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Inside Pandora's Tears, amongst the more normal patrons, sat a large figure in a darkened corner of the room. He took up two seats with his girth, wore no shirt, and drank from a small barrel of wine, which he had purchased with the last of his caps. A backpack large as you average man sat on the floor next to this figure, while a highly advanced rocket launcher with paint of the Old World American flag hung from his shoulder by a strap. A large bone, a femur from a brahmin, sat strapped to the side of the enormous backpack. Most averted their eyes from this hulking brute of a man (though he would take great offense to being called a brute). To those that looked upon him, keeping to himself, they would see a super mutant. One of the oldest super mutants still alive.

Joshua's attention was grabbed as an old man entered the bar, dragging with him a feral ghoul kept restrained. The mutant raised an eyebrow at this scene which had completely absorbed his focus, so much so that he failed to notice anyone else enter the tavern. Joshua listened intently as he referred to the glowing feral ghoul as "bait" and he let out a deep sigh. Standing upright, rocket launcher over his right shoulder and barrel of wine in his left hand, he approached the old man and his dog.

"Pardon me sir," he began speaking, his deep voice carrying more than he would have liked, but could not help. "But I have to point out the various moral trappings of what you intend to do with your captive. For one, this ghoul is a glowing one. Keeping it with you means that you are absorbing radiation, and bringing it here is a danger to all our fellow patrons. Second, this was once a person, so I think it deserves that respect. Rather than use it as bait for the native wildlife, I believe you should end its misery. Let it join with whatever afterlife it believed in before losing its mind."

He took a large swing of his wine, drops of red running down his chin and dripping to the floor. Then the mutant wiped his face with his arm, before looking right at the glowing ghoul. "I am sorry for you."

STAR WARS: Bounty Hunters [Closed down]

Apologies for the wait for my post. Life is currently extremely hectic.

STAR WARS: Bounty Hunters [Closed down]

The rodian might have been irritated at the officer calling his bluff, if he ever felt irritation. His lie about the Empire overrunning the city with stormtroopers to look for these acquisitions was really only to create a sense of urgency in the officers, but they appeared to be fully cooperating. Bodaan dwelled on the thought for a moment, finding it a bit odd since law enforcement rarely enjoyed dealing with bounty hunters, but quickly turned his mind to business.

"As much information as you have, please. No doubt they've left the last locations you have on record, but I can use that to track them down." He left out how he already had a good lead on where one would be in just three days. No need to increase the competition by letting local law enforcement have a crack at it, right?

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Lyons did a good job really but in 4 they're no better then a personality cult, haven't a clue about them before Lyons.

@Orlan

That depends on which chapter you look at, and the time period. The Brotherhood was probably at their most "likeable" during Fallout 1, but even then they were xenophobic, distrustful, and looked down on regular people. After all, they were founded on the idea that humanity's technology had evolved more quickly than their sense of morality, so it was the job of the Brotherhood to keep all of the "good toys" out of the hands of everyone else, which is how they believed they were protecting all people. Time passed and other factions began developing, which had far greater numbers, most notably the New California Republic. The NCR got people organized and actually developed something of an infrastructure, thus they were able to use good old world tech too... Something the BoS didn't like. That lead to the BoS attempting to enforce their Codex and wage war with the NCR, because they were too short-sighted to see the world changing around them. As it turns out, having better weapons, armor, and training doesn't mean jack when you're outnumbers 30 to 1. So the West Coast BoS ended up a shadow of its former self.

Before that though, the BoS sent two separate expeditions to the East. The first one left on airships, but due to complications ended up crashing in the Midwest, around the Chicago region. This chapter of the BoS had far more limited resources and manpower, in foreign territory, so they chose to ignore certain parts of the Codex in favor of survival, in order to bring law to the new land they found themselves in. So the Midwest BoS began recruiting from the local population, leaving behind their xenophobia as they welcomed tribals, super mutants, ghouls, and even trained some deathclaws. While they are the most accepting of different peoples, they're also very facist and rule over the midwest like feudal lords.

The second expedition sent East actually made it to their destination, and that was the Lyons chapter that you're familiar with. At first they were no different than their West Coast brothers, but Elder Lyons grew attached to the local populace and decided that in order to protect humanity, they should, you know, actually protect humanity. Some members didn't like where this was going, so they split off into their own more fundamentalist group known as the Outcasts (ironic since they're infinitely more traditional to the original BoS than Lyons). Something that you don't actually see much in gameplay, but crops up in small bits here and there (supplemental materials, computer terminals, the rare piece of odd dialogue) is that while Lyons' chapter is devoted to helping the people of the Capitol Wasteland, they're still racist and bigoted against non-humans, which includes sapient ghouls. Anyway, after Fallout 3, Maxson takes control of the Lyons BoS at age 16. He's a direct descendant of Captain Roger Maxson, the founder of the BoS, so he's got some birthrights there, on top of having re-established contact with the elders on the West Coast and having earned his own chapter's respect. So once he takes over, he turns them back into a more fundamentalist group once again, the Outcasts rejoin because of this, and they lord over the Capitol Wasteland as its rulers. However, due to all the work that Lyons put into helping people before and being more welcoming to outsiders, they're still well liked, and their policy of recruiting outsiders remains.

And everything after that, you know. This has been "An Abridged History of the Brotherhood of Steel" by ProPro. Tune in next week to learn the specifics of the Brotherhood in its formation before the games take place! Same Rad-channel, same Rad-time!

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@ProPro@Voltus_Ventus@clanjos@Marshall@Orlan@ImpLaughs@EurmalEye@ProPro@POOHEAD189

I apologize for this being later than i said it would be. However, the rp has finally begun. Feel free to post in the IC now. Go mingle in the tavern, Pandora's Tears, in the town of New Hope.

@EurmalEye And yes, you may make a second character as long as you can do it as much justice as your first at least. Treat all your characters equally and fairly.

@POOHEAD189 your character is approved.

@MarsAdept

Woo! I got mentioned twice, I must be important! Woo!

But yeah, I'll try to post tomorr-Oh wait it is tomorrow. Well, sometime after I go to sleep and wake up today. I'm pretty much already dead.

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Jeez, do you think that I'm made of caps? Quit trying to break my bank.

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Naw. Mirelurk tastes just like pork and cabbage.