Piper Wright

## President Piper Wright

**Piper Wright** is the 1st President of the newly established Minuteman Republic. She's a firm leader and a resounding public speaker and currently the Minuteman Republic's commander in chief.

## Background

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When Nora Matthews arrives in Diamond City alone, she and Piper quickly become friends. Piper is the first person Nora met that Nora both sympathised and related to. Piper and Nora shared a lot of the same principles and this guided their friendship as good friends, allies and political candidates. Piper then teams up with Nick Valentine and Nora in order to find Nora and Nate's lost son. She helps them with tracking down the Institute and ultimately is there when the Minuteman force storms Fort Hagen and Kellogg is arrested. After that, she remains a close ally to Nora and Nate through their wasteland travels.

Piper's personality and lust for the truth had gotten her into trouble with the local government of Diamond City. She accused the Mayor of Diamond City at the time, Mayor McDonough of being a synth. She was correct and, when he was arrested by Diamond City forces, Piper was elected Mayor of Diamond City for a short term. She was succeeded by Ellie Perkins, who stayed as Mayor of Diamond City until the establishment of the Minuteman Republic.

After resigning as Mayor of Diamond City, Piper was pivotal in the establishment of the Minuteman Republic. When the constitution was formed and enacted; and after the Treaty of Independence, signed at the Castle by major settlements, Piper Wright was appointed as President of the Minuteman Republic. She was sponsored by Nate, who is now the General of the Minutemen, Preston Garvey, Nora, Ronnie Shaw and other high ranking members of the factions.

## Political Career

Piper enters office in the year 2288 and secures her place as President after an election held across the Republic. After her place is secured, she forms her own political party, the Liberty party, and dedicates herself to fully establishing a democratic republic for the people of the Commonwealth. Nora runs alongside Piper as her Vice Presidential nominee and becomes the Vice President. Together, they work to appoint the Minuteman Republic's first Cabinet and Executive Branch.

Piper's term begins with Project Phoenix and the establishment of the branches of the Minuteman Republic as outlined in the Constitution.

Project Phoenix was an initiative to rebuild Boston and its infrastructure. Ultimately, this was a gruelling campaign. It began on October 2nd 2288 and it involved clearing Central Boston of hostiles from Mutants, to Feral Ghouls, to Raiders. This military action was taxing on the very unexperienced Military of the Minuteman Republic. This damaged Piper's public opinion as many lives were lost due to her ambitions to restore Boston. Diamond City was forcibly closed and Ellie Perkins, the mayor, was appointed as Piper's Chief of Staff. The public called for accountability and measures to be put in place. Therefore, one of the first buildings restored was the ruins of C.I.T which was renamed to the Minuteman Capitol Building. Then, on October 31st 2288, the Minuteman Republic established it's Congress.

Representatives and Senators were elected to the Minuteman Republic's first Congress. It didn't take long for more political parties to form in the House and the Senate. After Congress was formed, they were tasked with the impossible job of legislating an unstable country. Therefore, Congress placed pressure on the President to establish a judiciary. However, law and order was long forgotten to the people of the Wasteland. So, Piper tasked her Vice President with training and recruiting 9 members of the public to be the first Supreme Court Justices. Vice President Nora Matthews selected these individuals and ultimately trained them in the art of the law and courts whilst Congress decided upon the actual laws.

Once Nora trained the individuals, and Piper appointed the members to the Supreme Bench, the republic now had a way of enforcing their laws, therefore, Congress began enforcing strict laws focused around crimes, taxes and regulations. With this there became a demand for public services like Healthcare, Law Enforcement and others. Piper then began working with her allies in Congress to create legislation to establish these public services. However, the more dictatorial politicians in Congress, who favoured Military enforcement of the law and brutal punishment with no accountability, began to oppose the President and her allies in Congress.

The establishment of the Minuteman Republic was not easy. Many members of the Republic were still in favour of a lack of law and order. Many mafia gangs had begin to assemble and raider gangs reformed into brutal territorial gangs. The Republic was not stable for many months, and years, to come.

Piper had many assassination attempts on her life. From rival political parties to gangs who opposed her leadership. Politics in the Minuteman Republic was a brutal game to play. Therefore, Piper, as President, began to solidify her presidency. The Minuteman Republic's Constitution didn't outline how many terms a President could serve and so Piper was contempt on staying in office for as long as she could. The easiest way for her to solidify her presidency, according to her Chief of Staff, was to begin putting criminals and leaders on trial before the Minuteman Republic's Supreme Court. However, without a prison to detain them, Piper began working with Congress to establish a prison. Many areas and sites were considered but ultimately, due to it's geographical location, Spectacle Island was chosen and Spectacle Island Penitentiary was constructed. The Libertatem Trials began and was a great success for Piper and her administration. It successfully established the public's faith in the new government. Over the next few months, and years, Piper would oversee the construction and refurbishment of the city and her Republic.

By 2290, The Minuteman Republic had been established. People accepted their new lives in a democratic society. Downtown Boston was now looking like it's past self. Roads were cleaned and repaved, buildings were cleaned, torn down and rebuilt. Up until this point, the Cabinet and the administration had their offices and meetings in the Castle. So, after Boston Common was cleared, cleaned up and restored, Piper and the administration took up residence in the Massachusetts State House, this was after a thorough clean and restoration.

This is the seat of the Executive Branch and is where the President's Office is. By the year 2291, Piper is 27 and President of the Minuteman Republic. The Republic is secure and she has set herself up to be President for as long as she desires.