Why The Brotherhood Of Steel Always Wins 

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I love the brotherhood but the Republic of Dave would absolutely crush them

*Courier blows up an entire brotherhood chapter in a few min because some bald guy with cancer told him to*

The kid's excitement over the BoS's arrival honestly takes me back to my first time playing Fallout 3. I was nine when I got it and it was my first Fallout game. Upon witnessing the BoS soldier in the intro, and even on the game's cover, I was stoked. I got even more excited when I realized that I could join them and fight alongside them.

Holy crap. Using "Klendathu Drop" from Starship Troopers alongside Brotherhood of Steel footage is a stroke of genius.

they did cut off support, but they still recognized the east coast chapter as part of the Brotherhood, still. and said they wont stop him from what hes doing, but he will ve doing it on his own. and no more aid will be sent over until the original mission resumes. however, Lyons had it right. his numbers swelled, his army grew more advanced, gained access to new power armor and vertibirds, his chapter became the most powerful Brotherhood chapter out of all of them

For all its faults 76 gave them a few bad retcons, but also one that is very underappreciated. The OG Maxon wanted the Brotherhood to help people, and recruit the capable to the cause, it being his son and many other jaded elders deciding to make the codex "Don't let them in, don't help them" felt much more appropriate considering that at its core the BOS is about saving humanity, some days that means keeping dangerous tech out of raider hands and others that means fighting to repair a mass water purifier so the locals have a chance at rebuilding. Some people say the "knightly hero" thing is cliche, but you know what with all the monsters and sins of humanity running around, a little hope and heroism go a long way. Ad Victorium brothers.

Its hard to find this quality in Fallout lore, keep on posting.

Still don't know why they didn't just repair the air Craft carrier and relocate the civilians to adams air force base

i always hated how people pretend that the institue didnt make all the super mutants in boston , and that virgil is the reason why they exsist ,or pretend as if synths are not a race of people that was made to kill and replace their family and freinds is annoying or the fact that the brotherhood has never attacked non feral ghouls.

I still remember how blown i was away on my first playthrough of fallout 4. Immediately ran to join the BOS

This title is misleading, everyone knows, The house always wins

It's always weird for me when playing a game and they use the V-22 osprey in some derivative. My father worked on them since 04 so it was always an important aircraft imo. It was cool to see games finally adopting them as futuristic equipment. There was a crash in Arizona that killed about 20 (I think) and there was serious consideration of cutting the entire project. Once they were included in games I kind of knew that the osprey made it. I used to show him when I'd find them in games.

Liberty prime is based as hell…I respect it.

I’m surprised the brotherhood didn’t take the castle when they got into the Commonwealth surly they would’ve know about those cannons being the only thing that could possibly bring them down

love the starship troopers music you put in this it indeed put a smile on my face now i can imagine a brotherhood knight looking back at his troop and yelling "come on you apes do you wanna live forever!"

There are two layers to their armor, steel, and plot.

The quality here is impressive. Ik there are quite a few comments about it as pure BOS fanboying but I say: so be it. The BOS made me into a Fallout fan in the first place and I truly appreciate your perspective here. Ad Victoriam!

the federation theme fits the brotherhood eerily well.

Love your stuff keep up the good work because what you’re making is better than a lot of other fallout contact that I’ve seen I’ve seen all your videos and I’ve seen your growth and I can’t wait to see how far you’ll go

Absolutely love the Gaiden Shinji call back from Oblivion

Why nobody talking about the synth that was on screen for 1 frame when he was talking about mayor mcdonough. That was so cool bro nice work 💯

Me watching this 0.1 seconds after i self destruct the brotherhood of steel bunker in New vegas

That was a great video! I like how you deliver the story and the facts. I didn't know a lot of that pre-FO4 information about the BoS and I'm grateful to have found someone who explained the whole thing without also supplying opinions and conspiracy theories - not because I don't dig those things, but when you want "just the facts," it's sometimes hard to find them in amongst the rhetoric! So thanks. 🙂

Amazing work, brother!!! I am going to check your previous work now, and I am VERY much looking forward to all of your future work!

Starship troopers music fits well to the brotherhood

Had no idea this was such a young account. Amazing quality and production value! Keep it up

You also have to give a round of applause to the recon teams/spies they have. We may meme about how easy it is to find the location of the Railroad hideout, but they also found the much harder to find base under Bunker Hill.

BoS got that main character syndrome

I hate to believe it. But Mr. House was right about the brotherhood of steel. Instead of rebuilding a nation that elder lions visioned we all loved was lost. they reverted back to a cult instead of a government.

I have watched all your videos and this seems the best format to dare, keep it up man, you’re great.

“Gargantuan, Commie-blasting automaton” is the perfect description of liberty prime

Although the minutemen are the obvious choice for me, because they actually care about taking care of the people, the BoS is going to be my favorite group, more specifically the capital wasteland faction.

I know Oxhorn did a video ages ago stating how the BoS is "Evil" but i beg to differ, because during my playthrough of Fallout 4 with the BoS, alot of the settlers after the BoS wins, actually start to like them, because the BoS actually go out their way to destroy mutants and other dangers during their patrols which make the roads/routes alot safer for normal folk. Plus if i remember rightly, the Minutemen are always alive in every playthrough no matter what other faction you choose, i've seen many peoples comments, saying the Minutemen would act as some kind of police force dealing with minor things whilst the BoS deals with destroying major threats such as mutants and feral ghouls...i hope whenever theirs a Fallout 5 that arthur maxson is alive or at least he has a daughter or son of his own to carry on with the Brotherhood, it'd be nice to see the BoS go back to its roots. I think in Fallout 76 the founder, roger maxson stated that the original goal of the BoS was to actually help people so maybe, slowly work back towards that?. Also.... Ad Victoriam Everyone!.

The Starship Troopers music with this is pure gold

amazing video for such a small creator, loved it, now i’ll binge a few more

Surprisingly well written and structured for a kid with such a new channel.

Always proud to say my first play through of fallout 4 was me being a proud and loyal member in the brotherhood of steel

Okay I've never done a Brotherhood of steel play through on Fallout 4, that ends today.

This felt like a History channel documentary fantastic

I'm a aucker for Fallout Lore, and you're giving this quality early on on your channel? Deffo subbing.

I once heard a historian describe the power of sheer and total determination; that there are certain people in history with such unbreakable wills and resolve that causality, luck, and circumstance seem to bend to them; people like Alexander of Greece. Their unrelenting drive propels them forward as forces of history, abd it seems Elder Maxon is shaping up to be one of them.

Despite the flaws of Fallout 4, the Brohood of Steel has one helluva presentation

Loved the intro to this video!

Like your videos can see the Shoddycast vibes good job on that. Legion Storyteller? Haha

This is genuinely a pretty good lore video man, good job. Your voice fits so much, takes the quality sky high. Keep up the work!

Another great video. Love every one

How have you only got 5k subs, just discovered your channel got 5 minutes in to this video and subscribed instantly love this type of content ❤ Got the perfect voice for it 👍🏻

THIS video was the sole reason why I first watched and subscribed to your channel. I know it’s probably asking a lot, but would it be possible to do an in-depth look at ALL the chapters of The Brotherhood of Steel??? Also did anyone tell you that your voice is incredibly reminiscent of Paladin Danse???

FML now i want a Terran Federation reskin mod for the BoS after watching this intro...

Great video as always!

Love the Starship Troopers music in the background

I love the brotherhood and I want to support them every run but I end up feeling like the minutemen are the best for the commonwealth as a whole.

I thought this was a video complaining about them, but a reasonable, well thought out video was not what I expected

Keep up the great work

"Leaving nothing but a pile of viscous liquid green goo." That also keeps their gear totally intact. I love the fallout logic :)

Ahh, the Railroad. So misguided, helping synthetics masquerading as humans escape to infiltrate humanity, to debase it, to defile it. I remember keenly the day me and the boys descended on it. I'd infiltrated earlier, found the entrances, exits, appraised the strengths and weaknesses. We mined the secret exit and went in the main entrance full on. Full power armor, grenades, flame units, and all the righteous fury we could muster. The clatter of small arms against power armor is a thing to experience, as is the terror in the eyes of these machine hugging terrorists. We cleansed that place, lobbing grenades ahead of us to smash their formations and burst ear drums, then went in stitching the area with mini-gun fire and liquid napalm. Those that ran rushed into the mined exit. The few who made it out met my brothers waiting, and were gunned down on the spot. No more infiltrators of man will go through that rat cellar. The stench of burning flesh is not just something you get used to, but something you begin to associate with victory. Ad Victoriam!

A Tech Advantage is a Tech Advantage, simple as. That plus their exceedingly disciplined training regimine is just nie-unstoppable. Even when outnumbered and overwhelmed to total defeat by the NCR, their war left a festering wound of hypermilitarism that is slowly killing it.

The way you structured this video really makes me want a fallout video game or board game. Where you pick a faction and then you have to establish settlements and forces and battle and grow and trade and expand. That would be sick

I love the fact you’ve combined 2 of my favourite things - fallout and starship troopers

Fallout 4 writers did every factions dirty with their incompetence.....but I have to admit BoS intro scene was cool as hell

My thoughts exactly. This is why the fallout year 2300 dnd campaign I’m planning will feature a war between Caesar’s legion and the brotherhood of steel for the entirety of America

class of a video keep it up

More brotherhood videos please!

Because Todd said so

id like to see if primes new body could take on a full sprint or jump

Damn that Starship Troopers "Klendathu Drop" fits great in the Intro

I love the synth flash when Mayor McDonough is mentioned

Great Video, honestly one of the best fallout “analysis” videos I’ve seen

Caesar's Legion is my number 1, but I do have a spot for the Brotherhood of Steel 🤘💀

amazing video as always. True to Caesar

10/10 content. Subbed already, and I’ve only watched one video. Ave, true to Caesar.

Wonder how this chapter of the Brotherhood would fare against the NCR

This video is cap, we all know that the house always wins (NOTE: this is a joke and your work is excellent, your voice is perfect for this kind of videos, keep it up!!)

Nice touch around 10:15 with the mayor

Love the intro. Starship Troopers theme was a good choice.

Love it long live Elder Maxson

Against the returning Enclave the New Brotherhood a mix of the old that survived like lost hills and the new who changed to adapt and survive a changed world may be the only ones who can stop them. Over half of the Us military would be in over 50 country's. Spread out with better technology and more forces. Many would be safe from the war. The Enclave planning well before the war would take in these trapped and isolated forces, annex and survive. The main Enclave force would be over 90% of the Enclave. The more radical and die hard being cut off on the oil rigg with a very small military. If we look at real life bases and ally's of the US before the timelines diverged the Enclave is a very real still and a very powerful threat. The numbers being possibly greater then the Brotherhood and heavy troops of the crumbling NCR combined. The technology would have some surprises but be greatly inferior to the isolated small faction of scientist, politicians and figure heads on the Oil Rig. using technology only just above what the Brotherhood has because of maintenance and limitations of weaponry found outside the major powers. We also are not even considering how that could all be true but with the main force of the Enclave being in annexed Canada, reaching out and taking in what trapped and isolated forces it can from numerous cut off bases around the World.

Throwing in the Starship Troopers music definitely made the Brotherhood more badass

Watching this again just because its that good!

There's two approaches to this topic, and in neither one I see the BoS winning in the Commonwealth: if we consider what happens when taking the Sole Survivor out of the equation, and if we consider what happens when we do consider the Sole Survivor's potential involvement. The later is far more subjective, since he can side with any of the 4 factions, potentially destroying both the Institute and the BoS, in the same play-through too, so I think the former can give us a more objective view of how things would work more strictly by the merits of each faction. -In the such scenario Kellogg would must likely fill the role of the Sole Survivor and complete the tasks the Institute needs for them, while the BoS would miss on key aspects such as getting data straight from the Institute (network scanner holotype) or having access to Dr Li (Professor Scara can be a substitute, but again, without the SS the BoS would already be lagging behind in the reconstruction of Liberty Prime). -There's also the case of the Battle of Bunker Hill, where if the SS notified the RR and BoS of the mission, he will be friendly to all parties fighting out. If at that point you decide to just watch how the battle turns out, the Institute will always win, due to the courser leading the attack, which again gives us a good idea of how things play out without the SS in the equation. -With their nuclear reactor online, the Institute would get a huge advantage, since any restriction previously in place due to energy concerns would now be void. While not reflected in the game, we are told that this would translate into free usage of the molecular relay (previously restricted due to high energy cost), but more importantly, in the option to increase synth production or focus on improved weapon development. Within the Institute we see that at one point they were also working on developing better plasma weapons (Experiment 18-A), so that seems like a good educated guess on where the weapon option would have led. There are also some weird points you make, such as "air superiority": are you suggesting that air transportation is better than teleportation? Or that being able to shot enemies from a Vertibird is more advantageous than being able to teleport to any kind of hard to reach locations to shoot enemies from. Not to mention that the Vertibirds themselves can be quite the "fragile" target that can take out its entire crew with it when running into a location with lots of hostiles, even if lightly armed. On matters such as training, I think the Institute also wins since any improvement on combat tactics can be simply given to the synths of all generations as updates (we are told through the terminals at Robotics that one such software upgrade is given to 3rd gen synths to improve their gun accuracy across the board). Not to mention that when you actually look into it, many of the BoS soldiers aren't even using Power Armor, but combat armor, if not something lesser such as scribe armor, making them easy pickings. But the BoS biggest weakness is the Prydwen, which is such a vulnerable target, either form the outside with artillery, if not a powerful energy weapons like Liberty Prime's head laser, not to mention the possibility of boarding it and blowing it form the inside. Making matters worse is that the Prydwen is already at risk of being forced to land due to a insufficient coolant reserves, making it a sitting duck at its location at the airport, one where when shot down, takes down the rest of the BoS forces on the airport with it. In fact, the airport is left in such a terrible state, that after the end of the main game, the brotherhood remnants will wipe out the gunners at Vault 75 and use it as their new base of operations. Lastly, if the BoS losses the Prydwen, Maxson and even liberty Prime, I doubt the BoS at the Capital Wasteland would be able to scrape resources to launch another offensive anywhere close in equipment and personnel to Maxson's, not to mention that any successor's to Maxson may see the later's failure (and the costs of that failure) as sign that his way was wrong and may even try to backpedal to Lyons way of doing things instead. We also have the example of the Mojave chapter that after facing a terrible defeat went instead into hiding, so even a supporter of Maxson might simply chose not to try to face the enemy that took their elder and their greatest military assets with their now signifcantly diminished forces. And by that time they may be able to do so, the Institute would have further grown in power by no longer being limited by their energy supplies, nor needing act from the shadows, while earning popular support by helping preserve order with synths guarding the checkpoints.

Great presentation! They lose in most of my playthroughs but I like yoyr style.

Liberty Laser...absolutely love it

Amusingly, I was playing as them in HOI4 mod Old World Blues (Lost Hills) supporting various chapters across America. Though unfortunately Lyon's Expedition is beaten by mutants and forced into hiding.

Its sad that Bethesda chose to ignore the events of Fallout 1 and 2, the decline of the Brotherhood, and instead made them a centerpiece in their botched quasi-reboot of Fallout in the East Coast

Do they... Do any...

Earned a subscriber.

awesome, great job

Ad Victoriam

Ad Victorium!!! For the Brotherhood!!!

Love that starship troopers music

this guys voice actually sounds like itd fit in with fallout. i love it (almost like ukulele lion man but less salty, unscorched and not as amplified)

You make good points, but if you are speaking without player control, then the institute would wipe the brotherhood. 1. The institute would have the beryllium agitator way before the brotherhood shows up. The only reason they wait is because the father wants the player to grab it to prove themselves to the institute. 2. You may say, how would the institute deactivate the magnetic field? They would use kellog (or a courser) who is arguably the most capable man in the commonwealth. 3. The institute would only grow in power. Even if the bos fully invade the commonwealth to avenge their fallen elder, they would just lose the war of attrition because they would have no way of getting to the institute. So the bos would just continue to take casualty after causality until they admit defeat and run home to the capital wasteland

They’re dudes in power armor the only time they didn’t win was when other guys just mogged them, it was terrible, the rare sad Victoric L. Rest in lost hills tin men 😔✊ a courier gotta know the house always win💯

4:58 he headshots a brotherhood knight

That was a great video

Just subbed, i love your fallout content!

Problem is they won't survive in that airship, there's a reason militaries quickly stopped using blimps after they were introduced and maxsons gonna find out.

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Klendathu drop was an absoulte master choice