Recon Squad Gladius

Recon Squad GladiusMilitary frequency AF95: " Automated message repeating..."(Scribe Haylen's dialogue) is an expeditionary unit of the Brotherhood of Steel sent to search the Commonwealth for technology and documents of value to the organization in 2287.Cambridge Police Station terminal entries; Gladius personnel terminal, Recon Squad Gladius orders The unit's mission suffered extensive setbacks, and by the time of the Sole Survivor's awakening they are stranded at Cambridge Police Station.
==Background==
Following the loss of Recon Squad Artemis, Recon Squad Gladius was formed, under the command of Paladin Danse, to investigate the Commonwealth.Paladin Danse: " "(Paladin Danse's dialogue) After several months of travel, the team of seven arrived in the region and was immediately attacked by raiders, who disabled Knight Keane's power armor and destroyed some of their supplies.Cambridge Police Station terminal entries; Gladius personnel terminal, Paladin Danse personal logs, log 012287-1
Following this attack, the squad made its way to Cambridge and chose to use the local police station as their base of operations, due to the site's strong structure, abundance of supplies and ammunition,Cambridge Police Station terminal entries; Gladius personnel terminal, Paladin Danse personal logs, log 022287-2 and a long range communication antenna; however, this antenna would be damaged in a super mutant attack before it could be used.Cambridge Police Station terminal entries; Gladius personnel terminal, Paladin Danse personal logs, log 102287-7 After fortifying the position, the group located and attempted to attack the Corvega assembly plant in nearby Lexington. The attack was a failure. After being hit with gunfire, Danse was forced to call a retreat; Knight Brach was killed after stepping on a landmine, and Knight Worwick was mortally wounded,Cambridge Police Station terminal entries; Gladius personnel terminal, Paladin Danse personal logs, log 042287-3 dying two days later.Cambridge Police Station terminal entries; Gladius personnel terminal, Paladin Danse personal logs, log 042287-4
Following this failure, the squad attempted to resupply by investigating Boston Airport and Fort Strong, where they were surprised by super mutants and Knight-Sergeant Dawes was killed.Cambridge Police Station terminal entries; Gladius personnel terminal, Paladin Danse personal logs, log 072287-5 Afterwards, Haylen detected odd energy readings,Cambridge Police Station terminal entries; Gladius personnel terminal, Paladin Danse personal logs, log 102287-6 later determined to be coming from the Institute.Arthur Maxson: ""(Arthur Maxson's dialogue) Wishing to report this to the main chapter, Haylen began attempts to fully repair the police station's antenna, but was unable to with the parts available.
Later, the police station came under assault by large numbers of feral ghouls.Events of the quest Fire Support While Haylen used the communication gear to send out a short range distress call, the squad attempted to fight off the ghouls, resulting in the death of Knight Keane.Cambridge Police Station terminal entries; Scribe Haylen's terminal, medical files, Medical File KN-100K [Deceased] 
==Members==
* Paladin Danse (commander)Cambridge Police Station terminal entries; Gladius personnel terminal, Paladin Danse personal logs
* Knight-Sergeant Dawes (deceased)Cambridge Police Station terminal entries; Gladius personnel terminal, Gladius personnel status
* Knight Brach (deceased)
* Knight Keane (deceased)
* Knight Rhys
* Knight Worwick (deceased)
* Scribe Haylen
* Sole Survivor (optional)
==Appearances==
Recon Squad Gladius appears only in Fallout 4.
==Behind the scenes==
* The recon squad is named after the Roman legionary's short sword, gladius.
==References==
 
es:Escuadrón de Reconocimiento Gladius
ru:Разведотряд «Гладиус»
zh:短剑侦察小队