Commonwealth android abolitionism

Android abolitionism in the Commonwealth is a conflict between the Institute and the Railroad throughout the the Commonwealth, and is ongoing as of 2287. The Railroad aims to free the Institute-created androids and synths from their ownership.
==Background==
Robotic androids created by the scientific community known as the Institute in Boston, regularly gain independent thought and desire freedom, and to leave their own masters. The Synth Retention Bureau, a division of the Commonwealth Police, set out to reclaim escaped androids. In 2277, an android named A3-21 escaped the Commonwealth for the Capital Wasteland, and was given a mind-wipe and facial reconstruction by Horace Pinkerton, and renamed himself Harkness, and was aided by the Railroad, the Institute's main opponent in the abolitionist conflict. A scientist named Zimmer ventured to the Capital Wasteland alongside his android bodyguard Armitage, in order to find and reclaim A3-21.
==Appearances==
Commonwealth android abolitionism appears in Fallout 3 and Fallout 4.
Category:Military conflicts