Butte Campaign

* Montana Brotherhood of Steel splitting with True Brothers of Steel and ending up becoming Sisterhood of Steel
* Brotherhood of Steel Elder replaced
* MacArthur Remnants General replaced
* Unilateral Control of Butte, Montana given to Chloe Harrenhal
* Peace treaty between True Brothers of Steel and Sisterhood of Steel

Combatants| * MacArthur Remnants
* Chicago Federal Remnants (Chicago Enclave)
* True Brothers of Steel
* Alvarez's MacArthur Remnants

Commanders| * Chloe Massey
* Hayden Trench
* Jeremias Klink
* Catherine Alvarez
* Ramerio Alvarez

### Battles and events

* The Bunker Civil Incursion
* The Elder's Plot
* The MacArthur Army Base Coup
* Self-Destruction of YPG

The **Butte Campaign** was name given to the non-declared war in the area of Butte Montana during the multiple conflicts and escalations in 2280 to 2281.

## Background

After 2275, when Remus Trench sacrificed himself in the war against the Montana Brotherhood of Steel. Both factions called for assistance from outside forces in the region. Five years later the beginning of this aid would materialize.

When the development of the region increased through the expedition of the Texas Brotherhood of Steel's expedition merging with some elements of the California Brotherhood to assist the Montana Brotherhood of Steel. Other groups followed including a representative of Robert House named Chloe Harrenhal to claim the silver mine. Answering the call for aid Chicago Federal Remnants (Chicago Enclave) saw fit to send expeditions in the region to assist the MacArthur Remnants commanded by Hayden Trench

Within the first few weeks. The groups had established a semblance of knowledge of each other. The Brotherhood had suspicion that the Enclave were in the area when they captured Jeremias Klink but made a blunder by releasing him and eventually their location, leader, and size were made known to the Federal Remnants.

After that initial exchange the prospects of war were made when the Enclave exploited tensions within the Brotherhood of Steel using their radio program Chicago Federal Radio. They would divide into the Sisterhood of Steel and True Brothers of Steel.

Eventually in turn, the Brotherhood of Steel would help install their own preferred leader into the Enclave local forces ousting Hayden Trench and installing Catherine Alvarez. After a failed counter-coup by Jeremias and Hayden. They were deported back to Chicago by orders of President-Elect Daniel Parker. Tricking the base into giving away their men in exchange for a peace treaty which turned to be a plot to blow up the base using Archimedes II

## Battles

### The Bunker Civil Incursion

Tensions between two different ideologies within the Brotherhood of Steel blew up and resulted in the Bunker Civil Incursion inside the Brotherhood of Steel's bunker where elements from the Narkum Faction and of the Massey Faction fought within the bunker. Upon Star Paladin Gray Gear's mercy, the Massey faction were allowed to leave the Bunker and head for the abandoned trainstation. One item of dispute was the damage to the armory within the Brotherhood of Steel bunker. The Massey faction claimed that the bomb was detonated from the Narkum faction, and the Narkum faction believes the alternative. While the facts are debated, the evidence and motives behind destroying the armory would point to the Massey faction having conducted it. After hastily leaving the Bunker, the forces continued to fight one another till the resolution which was drafted by Elder Luci Narkum and Star Paladin Grey Gears for the Narkum Faction, Senior Paladin Chloe Massey and Morales for the Massey Faction, and Jeremias Klink and Chloe Harrenhal as third party representatives at the Paradise Casino which divided the Brotherhood for the rest of the conflict.

### The Elder's Plot

Devised by Jeremias Klink. The Narkum Faction of the Brotherhood iterated a call on all radio devices for any and all to serve their cause. Using this, Jeremias conjured a plan to use men clad in T-51b power armor as bait for the Elder while the Elder went unaccompanied to the Paradise Casino. The plan was initiated however didn't go as planned when Jeremias got shot in the leg by Chloe Harrenhal and sent back to Chicago. Elder Narkum was however disregarded as Elder soon after the Incident. Making the second in command into the New Elder.

### The Yuma Proving Grounds Coup

While Elder Narkum was no longer in charge of the Brotherhood. She used her remaining influence to persuade a faction of unloyal Federal Remnants who wanted to distance themselves from leadership into a coup. Without the influence of Jeremias Klink and a stagnant force who was biding their time. The eccentric disloyal troops mounted a mutiny against General Hayden Trench. The new appointed General Catherine Alvarez who was the wife of the disloyal faction leader, Ramerio Alvarez. Catherine and Ramerio embarked on a new frontier of ideology that incorporated their new Enclave as a de-facto "Brotherhood of Steel but in Black" as Jeremias Klink called it. They would be entirely welcoming of the politics of the New California Republic and Brotherhood as well in several treaties. Giving up the entirety of the sovereign right of the United States to govern these territories. The treaties were also signed without any mention to Congress in Chicago nor President Daniel Parker.

### Self-Destruction of MacArthur Army Base

In late 2280, the Establishment of the new Enclave under the command of General Catherine Alvarez was not well received by Chicago for their lack of communications and failure to submit to the President's authority. Chicago had iterated it's demands for the whereabouts of the former General Hayden Trench as well as for the enlistment of a new commanding officer appointed by the President. However these were rejected. Jeremias Klink was sent back, reconnecting with Hayden Trench, and rescuing the loyalist Federal Remnants before the Chicago authorized a self destruct sequence that was initiated by Hayden Trench. All remaining assets of the Chicago expedition and Hayden loyal forces were moved back to Great Midwest Commonwealth.

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