The Brotherhood Of Steel (Early APRP)

## Creation and Early acts

The Brotherhood of Steel was a Militia para military force created in 1963 by Governor and Future President Ronald Raegan before the Second Civil War. During its initial years it was referred to as the Grand Militia Californian Regiment. It started very small and was very miniscule in comparison to the US Armed Forces. Most members from all accounts were ex-military and were heroes amongst their ranks.

### Brotherhood of Steel's Involvement in the war on the Black Panther Revolution.

During the early days of the BOS's existence a crisis broke out in Georgia involving a revolutionary group known as the BPM or Black Panther Militia. This group sought too overthrow the US government to end segregation. However this movement did not have good merit and they did not gain much traction. During this time the BOS became temporary allies with the large militia group known as **THE IRON LEGION.** This group was known for their ruthless nature and tactics. However their combat efficiency was not to be underestimated. During this conflict many battles were fought. After the initial confrontations they were defeated. However most details of this are unknown. For very little is documented.

## The Second Civil War

(THIS SECTION IS TO BE UPDATED WHEN INFO IS RECIEVED)

## Extension of lines towards the Iron Legion

### Illinois's alignment with the BOS

During 2003 a governor of Illinois was elected, **Klaus Josef.** Klaus Josef was the Sentinel Prime of the BOS and sought to secure Illinois as the beachhead against future Iron Legion attacks if they were to come. Illinois needed a crisis relief force due to an Economic crisis involving a flawed economic plan. Klaus saw a chance to move the BOS into the state under cover of a relief force. This he did. Overtime he slowly removed the Iron legion forces from the state. This to an extent was a show of hostility towards the Legion. Which had not been seen since the ceasefire of the Second Civil War in 1986. Klaus Josef was given full control over BOS forces in the State and began setting up bases across the state to assist with relief. During their presence in the state multiple research stations were constructed. Giving way to a new project. **Project Rising Dawn.**

#### Project Rising Dawn

The research conducted at Research stations Alpha and Beta near Springfield and East Saint Louis was meant to engineer new devices that could assist in the breach of Legion Lines. This Project was greenlighted by the Master General himself. It involved creating 7 impenetrable aerial weapons platforms known as the Blimps of the Rising Dawn. Their purpose? To breach Legion lines across the Mississippi River. This was to be done by having quad heavy cannons strapped to the underside and cannister launchers that fired biochemicals. The same used during The Second Civil War. However this project never left prototype phase and all designs were moved to the BOS HQ known as FORT STEEL. The Project was intended to be a flying fortress comprised of numerous weapons cat walks.

##### Wrath of Steel

The Wrath of Steel was meant to be the main command center for the 7 Blimps of the Rising Dawn. This Blimp was the 8th and had significant defenses and protocol. According to early designs it could have been armed with Nuclear Warheads, however this is a mere rumor at best. It would have been the center of all operations and would have housed all command during assaults across the nation wide line of the Mississippi River. For this was the cut off between the BOS and Iron Legions territory. But as mentioned all designs were scraped and moved to the Fort Steel Archives.

### Warrior Tech In Illinois

As the BOS's main supplier of arms it was almost guaranteed that the nationwide monopoly be moved into Illinois after the removal of Iron Legion Forces from the region. Their presence allowed the improvement of economy towards the region. Leading to better living conditions and more. However the Iron Legion was not very happy about this and began question if the BOS was preparing for an attack that would break the ceasefire pact. Warrior Tech had been the BOS's main weapons manufacturer and supplier for decades. So their presence was not unlikely in all territories involving the BOS.

### Illinois and Ballistic Missile Research.

Before the assault on the Iron Legion in 2008 a solution was required to destroy Project Anger of God, a doomsday satellite created by the Iron Legion. Sentinel Josef came up with the idea to destroy them using heavily modified ICBMs. (Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles) However ICBMs in their base variant were not meant to fully break orbit, meaning that a new type had to be created, enter the ICBM-S. Variant S was the first design created. It worked just as designed but needed a few adjustments to properly target the satellites. The ICBM-SA1 was the final variant and was used to destroy Project Anger of God.

#### LOBT (Low Orbital Breaching Transport)

During the early design phases of the ICBM-S, a design was created known as the Low Orbital Breaching Transport. Its design concluded of a large drill attached to the end of a transport containing Special Operations Brotherhood personnel or Inquisitors. Its purpose was to transport soldiers inside the satellites and to set breaching charges. However it was quickly scraped due to danger and malfunctions.

## Warrior Tech and the BOS

During the year of 1975 before the Second Civil War. Warrior Tech, a weapons manufacturer, began supplying weapons and general supplies to the BOS. Their presence was very important to the BOS because before this all weaponry and arms came from the local government in California. Which was very limited. They were the primary supplier throughout the entire Second Civil War and onwards. In 2003 Klaus Josef (Governor of Illinois and Sentinel of the BOS) joined the company and began research on weaponry and other products. He headed their covert projects division and headed the Power Armor field. This field was very important in gaining the BOS national power in significance, for it gave their infantry heavy armor that was impervious to small arms fire.

### Advancement in BOS Arms

The BOS needed new equipment towards the beginning of the 2000s. Klaus suggested a new rifle known as the HK-416 and the sidearm USP 12. These both were extremely useful in the BOS's pursuit of better weaponry. Quite a few arms were created including the heavily controversial "Sheagle" which does not have very many known photos. This reason is unknown.

#### AER9 Hand Held Laser Rifle

The AER9 was singlehandedly the most important weapon created in the history of humanity. This Laser Rifle was engineered using the Warrior Tech self contained Fusion Core. The Rifle was a handheld Laser Rifle. It could fire a self contained bolt of energy strong enough to penetrate any body armor known too man. Even an inch thick steel plate. The BOS being the only military body that possessed this weapon became one of the most if not the most powerful Military Power in the Western Hemisphere. Multiple variants were developed such as a sniper variant and scatter variant. As well as a pistol.

#### Armored Advancements

Oh boy this is a doozy. The BOS had many armored used throughout their operation. Most notably the M1A2 Abrams and the Leopard 2A6. These were some of the most advanced and heavily armed tanks of their era. Being supplied to the BOS in large quantities, their use was critical during **Operation Denique Ad Victoriam and Operation Take Back.** Multiple strategies were created with their use including the Modified Shock and Awe. This Strategy involved having 20 Infantry members charge forward behind the armored units as cover. This was a very useful stratagem during the assault on Atlanta, specifically because it was an urban environment. 10 tank divisions were used on the Assault on Atlanta.

#### Aerial Advancements

Warrior Tech created numerous vehicles for the BOS to utilize including, The Vertibird (V-22 Osprey) UH-1Y Venom, A-10 Warthog, AH-1Z Viper and the AC-130. These were utilized thoroughly throughout the BOS's operation. The Vertibird was the designated name given to all the Osprey's given **Laser Gatings** and enhanced weaponry. The Vertibirds were used in troop deployments and air to ground strikes. They were absolutely lethal towards enemy troops and were dubbed by enemy soldiers "Flying Terrors". The Venom and the Vipers were not utilized nearly as much as others but the Venom was used in resource transport and troop transport. The AC-130s were used the most out of all aerial vehicles. Transport, air to ground, and reconnaissance, they could be used for anything and the BOS did exactly that. The BOS's relief operations were heavily complemented by the C-130s. It allowed them to drop care packages and more. Civilian evacuation and anything else they needed. Even flying hospitals.

### Power Armor

The Warrior Tech manufacturers were pivotal in the creation of the walking tanks. Power Armor ,which was almost exclusively supplied to the BOS, was extremely Powerful Suits of pure steel powered by fusion cores. It had multiple variants but after a while was used by almost every infantry member in the Brotherhood. Almost 900,000 suits of all variants were made and used by the BOS.

#### Power Armor and Heavy Weapons

One of the first things thought up when Power Armor came to light was the equipment of handheld heavy weaponry. Having the Power Armor allow the user to have increased strength and stamina, it was only a matter of time before somebody said, "What type of Sci-Fi Shit could We give these Hulking Masses of Steel?" The First and most startling to the enemies was the M134 Minigun. Which when developed as a hand held weapon was absolutely devastating in the Hands of Power Armor Wearers. On the battlefield enemies ran at the mere sight of the giants. The accustomed "wawwwwwwww" of the miniguns sent fear throughout every soldier who dare face them. Coincidentally there was actaully a problem where enemies were too scared to fight. This led to so many surrenders that the BOS prisons became overcrowded.

##### Laser Gatling and it's Effects

The Laser Gatling was developed during the creation of the T-51B Armor. It was insanely powerful and fired 12 lasers per second. It was known to melt every single damn thing in its path. It was so powerful that during urban operations there were complaints of property damage due to how many lasers were fired. These were attached to Vertibirds and ground vehicles. Yeah that's about it. It was insanely powerful and melted everything in it's path. Oh it was also referred to as the "Melta".

#### T-45 The Rumble

During the initial sketches of power armor it became very difficult to properly design and produce power armor that was able sustain its wearer over long periods. Over time a small nuclear battery was developed that effectively eliminated the need for power for weeks at a time. The T-45, being the first model, was not amazing at much but was capable of exceptionally increasing human strength and durability. The internal pistons and exoskeleton provided a way to avoid sustaining catastrophic injuries due to falling. The armor was effectively immune to small-arms fire. Tales of war detail the monsters as being able to topple tanks. Eventually these armors were mass produced and issued to almost every serviceman and woman in the army. (Though mainly knights and more esteemed infantry men.) When this armor was thoroughly put to use it eventually became clear that the armor needed a more user friendly design and many many more support systems such as low power eject, and temperature regulation, as well as reduced gaps in platting.

#### T-51b The Reckoning

Around 5-6 years after the production of the T-45, new variants of Power Armor with increased efficiency were already being tested. This new variant gave the user increased mobility, protection, and comfort. With a built in temperature regulation system to reduce overheat and a mechanical user release failsafe (MURF) in the event of a full system shutdown. The systems of this variant were virtually non affected by external attempts at hacking or electrical infiltration. This model served as the primary combat model for almost a Decade. It was used during the extensive siege during, operation freedom. However flaws still existed as always. It was otherwise clunky. So Warrior Tech took it upon itself to create a perfected design for future operations.

#### T-60 The Retribution

At last the final form of the BOS Power Armor. The T-60 Heavy Power Armor was originally a specialist set only issued to the most hardened veterans, however it's capabilities were finally mass produced in a storm of steel. It thick metal platting was able to shrug off even the deadliest of rounds and its superior servos and pistons could pound across the battlefield. The earth trembled upon their arrival. An account from a nearby citizen located by FORT STEEL recalls their menacing and dominating presence, "It was...incredible" the witness exclaims, "The way they moved and the thunderous stomps of their metal boots crushed the earth beneath them." According to multiple accounts by POWs their arrival was almost always proceeded by the thunderous stomps of their mechanical boots. Up until the end they were issued to almost all personal and were involved in many conflicts. Notably the siege of Byron's compound. Every single armor had a Brass inlaid inscription on their shoulders reading: AD VICTORIAM. In latin translating to, TO VICTORY.