Edward Jefferson Rusk

**Edward Jefferson Rusk** is the traditionalist Elder of the Texan Brotherhood of Steel chapter, who clashes with the ultratraditionalist Kathrine Törni.

## Background

An aged, cigar-smoking opponent of raiders everywhere, Rusk was the main Brotherhood proponent of the Texan Economic Union, the unifier of the Texan Brotherhood and Lone Star. Known for his charisma and likability by Brotherhood troops, likened to that of former Enclave sergeant Granite, Rusk wears a ten-gallon cowboy hat, in order to prevent insanity from afflicting those he interacts with. Rusk is equipped with a modified break-action double barreled Electron Charge Pack (ECP) shotgun that can discharge its entire charge in a single blast, manufactured to deal with the various Super Mutant threats of Texas.

## Appearances

Edward Jefferson Rusk appears only in the *Hearts of Iron IV* mod *Old World Blues*.

## Behind the scenes

* Garnithor created Rusk, while Herckeim was responsible for his portrait.
	+ Garnithor based Rusk's name off the historical figure, Thomas Jefferson Rusk, the first Senator, General, and political leader of the Republic and later State of Texas in the mid-1800s, which Garnithor wished to incorporate into Rusk's character.

## References

1. ↑ Garnithor: *"The intent was to make a reformist/traditionalist clash
With Rusk being traditionalist"*
- Obtained from Discord, 3/28/2022
2. ↑ Garnithor: *"@Faeelin Edward Jefferson Rusk is actually very competent, and beloved by his people. He might reach Granite levels of Charisma, and needs the hat to keep people sane around him, otherwise it would cause vigormatics everywhere to blow."*
- Obtained from Discord, 9/17/2020
3. ↑ Development Diary #21 (Development Diary 21: Yehaw): *"Edward Jefferson Rusk, survivor of more campaigns than he can remember, leads the Texas Brotherhood. As quick with a joke as he is a shotgun, he has brought confidence to the Brotherhood with nothing more than a crack and a crate to stand on. He wields a trusty gun that fires its entire charge in one blast, and ignores Rosado’s laments that that is not actually effective."*
4. ↑ Political parties and leaders description: *"Longstanding Elder of the Texan Brotherhood, Rusk is a formidable opponent for any of Texas' remaining raider scum. Stoic, steady, and always ready with a cigar perched on his lips, he's been clearing a path for the Brotherhood for decades. His greying hair is a sign of his age; he was alive when the Texan Economic Union was formed, being its main proponent on the Brotherhood's side of things. Charismatic and well-liked by the troops for his vices and good company, he can often be found drinking bourbon with the troops. He wears a ten-gallon hat and sports a custom break-action double shotgun, made specifically to use ECPs as ammunition in place of the more traditional slugs. His rather terrifying weapon was manufactured to deal with even the toughest super mutants Texas can offer, and its firepower speaks to that."*
5. ↑ Garnithor: *"Kathrine and Rusk are both my creation.
The art is Herck tho"*
- Obtained from Discord, 8/11/2020
6. ↑ **when y'all are making original characters, how do you usually go about picking names for them?**
Garnithor: *"@Carpo I personally have a very curious approach. I grab a namegen when it's a fantasy character for DND or something, then click the button 50 times, then hate all the names and combine a few to something decent. Usually with a list I copy into a document.
For OWB characters? I google specific historic people that might fit with this one, then find a list of those and make a weird amalgation. Edward J. Rusk, who you will meet in the dev diary :soontm~1: Is one of the latter variety."*
- Obtained from Discord, 8/11/2020
7. ↑ Garnithor: *"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas\_Jefferson\_Rusk
When Imagining Rusk, I took some historical references"*
- Obtained from Discord, 10/27/2020
8. ↑ Garnithor: *"It's really just the name, the rest is fanon, but I wanted to have that kinda reference to a former texas military leader turnning president.
Since that's what Rusk does in OWB"*
- Obtained from Discord, 4/2/2021