New England Rangers

## **Information**

"Liberty or Death!"

Ranger Station Alpha, New Hampshire

Ranger Station Bravo, Massachusetts

Ranger Station Charlie, Pennsylvania

INTERCOM "Abraxo", Pennsylvania

Fort Blackhorse, Connecticut

Ranger Lookout Amelia, Connecticut

Ranger Lookout Braxton, Connecticut

Ranger Lookout Fredrick, Connecticut

Crack Shell Tom

The New England Rangers were founded in 2070 by Marcus Fredrickson, a former man of the national guard and owner of Marcus Weapons & Munitions Co. He founded it after a riot shattered windows in one of his buildings in Massachusetts. They werre founded as a Paramilitary Organization based on Riot Breaking and Anti-Terror Operations.

They gained popularity after a series of massive assaults on local radical groups, stopping several planned out terror operations. During the massive riots of the Sino-American War, they were the primary force across New England for keeping terrorism and riots out of the region.

During the Great War, they were ferrying people into Vaults and Bunkers, most notably Vault 86, where the experiment was to, fun fact, see how people reacted to life under a military junta, aka The Rangers. But The Rangers were surprisingly, heavily populist, and allowed rights and even some elections. The failure of the Vault of becoming a dictatorship forced Vault-Tec to stop taking notes, and kept them under the watchful eye of The Enclave.

## **Background**

### Pre-War

They were originally founded as an Anti-Terror Organization, based in the greater New England area (I.e. New York, Pennsylvania) and situated as a Paramilitary Organization. They rapidly became known across New England as Peacekeepers and Riot Breakers, which resulted in many Anti-War Groups fleeing to not be assaulted by the Rangers. They rapidly cracked down across the region on Riots, resulting in New England being known as the "Most Peaceful Warzone in America" mostly due to the Riots in major cities, with more rural areas being extremely untouched.

They eventually instituted the Boy Scout Program, where they allowed 15-17 year olds to join in a decent paying job, where they learned about nature and usually just kept watch as Semi-Firewatchers/Semi-Watchers. After the age of 18, a Boy Scout would be sent to the regular training program, with the option to become a Senior Scout and still operate in Forests. These scouts would prove pivotal in the wasteland.

They were attempting to keep the peace during the Great War, ferrying hundreds into the Vault.

### Vault 86

Vault 86's main goal was to see how humans reacted to military juntas, aka, what The Rangers made it. But thanks to the blind luck of the leader being extremely populist, the Vault's experiment failed, with even elections being held. The rapid pro-populism put them under the watchful eye of The Enclave. They began radicalizing their pro-populist ideology, becoming known as Populist Militarism, which pushed for Pro-New England Revanchism under a Semi-Direct Presidential Republic, under a greater New English State.

There weren't many major events, other than them being contacted by raider factions and some dudes in weird X0-1 Power Armor. They did have some anti-junta protests, but since they were literally riot breakers, with armor similar to the L.A.P.D, riot gear. They had even established Vault Sectors which acted as a semi-sort of Senate, issuing the Civilian Laws and other management.

They managed to keep the Vault intact for half a decade, eventually exiting at 2123, with the leader being the Overseer and Head Ranger, Trenton Grant. Where they quickly established a defensive fort near Rutland, New Hampshire.

### The Early Years

They started off by establishing a fortification just north of Rutland, calling it Fort Braxton, they quickly established a Refugee Camp for the locals, many of which were Ghouls and Settlers wanting a protector, aka the Rangers. They rapidly grew in population, eventually establishing a Ranger Outpost in Killington which rapidly grew as settlers established huts after renting land. The rapid expansion and dissolution with the US Government resulted in the flaring of old world ideas of the Green Mountain Boys and New England Revanchism. Eventually they had began rapidly expanding across the region, forcing out dozens of raider gangs by funding civilian uprisings across the area, this resulted in the massive forceful push of raider gangs out of the region, and after chasing a raider gang out of New Hampshire into Vermont by Jeep, they had eventually arrived in the Raider's camp near one Green Mountain National Park where they learned of Ranger Remnants who, after some diplomacy, agreed to join the New Englanders. In a two-way push they had expelled the raiders from the mountain, taking it for themselves.

They had eventually sent out men across New England, establishing fortifications in several dozen different towns and forests, namely the Ranger Stations and the INTERCOMM (Intercommonwealth Communication) building in Pittsburg, eventually establishing the Forest Ranger Program. The Forest Ranger Act was an order signed by Trenton Grant, in which it detailed that all former members of the New England Rangers and National Guard should immediately report to Ranger Station Charlie in the outskirts of Pittsburgh. This message played for 10 days across the radio. The INTERCOMM allowed for them to contact former members in Ranger Lookouts across Connecticut and establish a coordinated force.

### Later Years

The Forest Ranger Program was a smashing successes, reorganizing dozens of rangers across New England and managing to establish a massive communication ring. The Boy Scout Program was finally reinstated, but instead of acting as actual boy scouts they instead instated men and older teenagers as actual scouts in order to preform recon. The Boy Scouts quickly became a well known unit, preforming even sniper jobs and supply runs, being known to easily able to scout out an entire city in a few minutes.

They rapidly became known across New England as peacekeepers, regularly collapsing raider gangs. They rapidly gained civilian support and had massive conscription campaigns. They had eventually took lands near NYC, but it was swiftly retaken by the New York Enclave. They have been enemies ever since.

## The Ranger Corps

The Ranger Corps consist of 1,100~ Rangers, each of which are separated into squads of 10 who are then grouped together into companies of 100 who are then grouped together into a battalion of 1,000. They have a few officers and a few NCOs, mostly relying on cooperation rather than hierarchy.

### The Boy Scouts

The Boy Scouts are a professional group of Recon and Scouts, who have been known to map out an entire area in minutes. They are the best of the best, made up of impressionable teens and young adults in order to keep their skills throughout their adult years. As they finally began reforming, they became known across New England for their precision, being known to literally assassinate a dozen raider gang heads in a single day.

### Crack Shells

The Crack Shells are an Artillery Division of former US Armed Forces soldiers (Mostly Ghouls) who joined up with the Rangers after the Forest Ranger Act, and established an Artillery Division. The Artillery is the might of the Rangers, where others have Power Armor, they have Heavy Artillery Cannons. The Crack Shells are known to disintegrate a rather large gang in minutes, which screwed over hundreds..