Name: The Legion (de facto name, de jure name being “The Caesarian Empire”)

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Territory (picture or description) and Geography: The exact territory of the Legion is hard to mark down, however they have major footholds in Arizona, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico. Smaller ones however are present in Nevada and Oklahoma, along with recent incursions and outposts in Texas, Wyoming, Idaho and Mexico.

History (if using a pre-existing faction, recent history will due. The RP start date is 2290):
Not many know this, but Legate Lanius survived the battle for Hoover Dam. There he was before Vulpes Inculta, wounded but vengeful, just barely having escaped the Courier’s wrath after feigning death. Oh how full of hate he looked even without his facial expression visible and yet… down on his knees, he didn’t look so tall. Vulpes could have saved the man’s life, but as he looked upon the man, and then upon the millions of lives of America he wondered: why?

And so Legate Lanius died alone, inglorious, and by a stab to the back. Lucius - Caesar’s right hand man - would have been next in line. But Vulpes knew that wouldn’t do, oh no. Vulpes made sure to let everyone know of the death of the Legate, and that in his last dying breaths the Frumentarius had been designated his successor. It was proclaimed to all that the battle was a pyrrhic victory in fact, a blow dealt to the unity of the unholy Western Axis and the advance of the invader halted — nevertheless the work of the Legion had just begun.

His show of power went well with the dedicated Legionnaires, but to those who weren’t there to see it in person at the Fort and who had better memories of their tribal past it wasn’t enough. The inevitable rebellion and attack of opportunists was predicted by Vulpes however, who instantly started mobilizing the rallied Legionnaires who didn’t revert to their tribal pasts and sent his troops to march all across the territories the Legion had conquered. He had to act fast, for with more than three quarters of Legion controlled territory facing some sort of assault the Legion now effectively had no supply lines, no means of reinforcement, and were permanently encircled.

A blitzkrieg of sorts had to be undergone, but though the lightning strikes done by Legate Aurelius were masterful they were not fast enough. Vulpes knew it was time for his experience in the Frumentarii to shine, and that it was time for desperate measure. The ghoul locked in one of the Legion’s cages calling himself John Doyle was released. Vulpes gave him the moniker Dolos, and so a new Frumentarius was found. A great campaign of terror was started to clear the path for the Legion’s conquest and it worked very well with the Ghoul that was a former CIA Director at its head. It was a hard fought conflict, and not the entirety of Legion territory could be truly restored. But the state resembled something of its former self, and all looked to Vulpes Inculta for what to do next. He made an announcement: Caesar had ascended to his father Mars in Elysium, while the Legate was there right by his side. Now it was up to Vulpes to lead the Legion to glory and finish Caesar’s vision.

Now he was at a crossroads. He could continue upon the same path set by his predecessors which had worked to a point. Caesar was wise, but Vulpes knew the truth that the man was weak. Legate on the other hand was mighty, but he was a fool. None could see it yet, but Vulpes knew he was better than either man, and he would succeed where those lesser men had failed. He would bring order to America, he would be its salvation.

The reconquered tribes were told that with the West pacified they could now revive memories of their pasts. Orders were given for Legionnaires and Frumentarii to cease harassing the Brotherhood of Steel to the East and the Mormons to the North-West, Emissaries sent to these groups instead to establish relations such that they could be learned from; Scribes and Missionaries were invited to study and preach, and trade commenced. Intellectualism was promoted rather than vilified, and the distinction between a tribe and community was abolished while mandatory service for all able bodied men was replaced with a system of quotas for troops such that tribes might develop, while advanced troops may be levied from more advanced communities previously doing naught but a little trade to deserve the unparalleled safety the Legion offered. People were to make families rather than reproduce by means of systematic rape and there was even something resembling a distinction of personal and state property created.

The mind of Vulpes Inculta was running on overtime, hundreds of schemes and plans devised every day and indeed he did get ahead of himself; just as the Legion entered a recovery phase it once more almost collapsed.

The changes Vulpes had made were too many and too fast, and much of the old Guard of the Legion wasn't happy about it. In quiet and dimly lit tents Lucius met with Gabban who in turn met with Centurions Severus and Antony, while Marcus Licinius Crassus was met with to insure that there would be supplies and structural support for a slowly planned attempt to usurp Vulpes Inculta.

As the Legion had taken back most of its territory it looked North to take vengeance upon the 80s tribe for their raids upon the Legion while it was weak, it was discovered they were busy fighting the NCR. Seeing no real purpose in fighting the remaining dreggs Vulpes found it more prudent to demand tribute of them, which many saw as the last straw.

It was not quite a revolt and not quite a coup, but it certainly was devastating given the warring the Legion had just gone through. However Vulpes had proven himself by the reconquista to the tribes and enough officers that he had worth to hold his own. It was not enough to get a fast victory however, which was desperately needed lest vultures once more descend against the infighting Legion. Thus, a controversial move was made to free that vast majority of current slaves the condition they stand and fight for the Legion. This did make a few officers defect to the rebels, but ultimately it padded the numbers of the loyalists enough such that they could overrun all strongholds of rebellion. While much blood was shed and lost they were routed, most going North to flee the vicious Frumentarius’s wrath. It was not only the warriors that went against Vulpes that were punished of course. The few communities and tribes that joined the rebellion were razed to the ground and its folk taken for slaves, while more than half of Priestesses of Mars had their heads mounted on sticks.

Vulpes made sure that this showed that any kindness he had was not a sign of weakness. He purchased several robobrains from the Mid-Western Brotherhood of Steel such that the captured ringleaders of the foe could suffer in eternal torment for all to see that fate of those who oppose him and that such would never be tolerated.

At last, a sort of peace reigned. The Legion’s manpower was heavily depleted following all this death, and even many of the warmongers such as Aurelius were war-weary. This time was thus used for many internal projects to invest for the future be they for infrastructure, agriculture or industry.

Yet Vulpes was also aware of the fact that the Legion was built on war, and indeed he could not delay his grand vision of an America to which order was brought for too long. Very soon the Legion once more began to expand. They made sure borders remained static in the West, delaying that conflict for later doing likewise not pushing East into the territory of the Brotherhood of Steel. All other directions however, were fair game. One by one tribes were conquered and the prestige and threat of the Legion grew again. Their manpower was replenishing and even approaching the point of surpassing what it was (at least, on paper), and they even started to conquer some proper communities with some degree of technology rather than just tribes.

Still, there would always be those unhappy with the ongoing rule. Many remained loyal to Vulpes during the civil wars because they simple feared the alternative being even worse, and one such man was the Legate at the time — Aurelius of Phoenix. There were many supporters who concurred with him, and so he decided he would make changes in the most direct and bloodless way possible, that rather ironically being by challenging Vulpes Inculta to a duel knowing the Frumentarius would have no choice but to accept if he wanted his reputation to not collapse.

Ripper to gladius, weapons clashed but eventually Vulpes was disarmed and a great slash to his gut forcing him down. Aurelius rested on his laurels however, and as he basked in adoration Vulpes removed a stiletto from his boot and cut the man’s throat before lodging the weapon in his knee to immobilize him. The Frumentarius didn’t kill the man however, and instead called forth medical personnel to stabilize him.

The Legate was too popular and valuable to kill, and thus for his honourable service all of the men loyal to him were put together and told the following: they were to conquer all they came upon in Mexico until they found oil for the glory of the Legion, and they would not return until they were either successful or dead.

With a problem gone, Vulpes turned towards other frontiers of the Legion. He appointed his longtime comrade Alerio as Legate, and though this once more raised eyebrows he was ordered to conquer the region along the I93 around Caliente, culminating in taking the rich settlement itself.

Alerio more than proved himself, crushing any resistance the local tribes offered in short order before creating an artful and rather frightening siege of the settlement, which after some expert word-smithery was taken without a single death on either side.

Using the new definition of a settled community as a tribe in and of itself and with the numbers further padded by using Tributary peoples like the Utah 80s as tribes, the Empire of the Legion could count two hundred tribes to its name. Vulpes sees double that as the threshold for when he can finally be ready to once more strike upon the NCR, and now prepares to announce the same to his people when his under-construction capital of Caesarsgrad Novus. What the future holds for the Legion is uncertain to say the least. The gambit in Mexico may well not pay off with the Petro Chico oil long since sucked out over the more than two centuries since the bombs fell. While much autonomies were provided it may still eventually start feeling overstretched much like the NCR, and if all the neighbours of the Empire band together against them the Legion would collapse in less than a day. But for now Vulpes Inculta continues Caesar’s vision, correcting it where it went wrong and making all he comes upon kneel before the Bull.

Population: Without proper censii at the moment, the population is estimated to be a little above a million. The actual population fluctuates very rapidly with the many wars and conquests the Legion has, but the extreme natalist policy ensures that it has a general trend for rapid growth.

Government/Domestic Politics:
The Caesarian Empire is ruled by an Emperor - the Caesar - Vulpes Inculta. At will he may overturn any choice or event within his domain as his right with none able to contest it. However, he is more than aware he cannot efficiently manage every single thing by himself (though he gives it his best effort) and naturally delegates much of his rule. Over the years following the death of Caesar Vulpes has created a fairly efficient if not fully developed bureaucracy. Tribes and communities (the distinction abolished a few years after the death of Caesar) across the territory of the Empire now have some measure of autonomy, their own chieftains, mayors, and other leaders allowed to rule however they want so long as they meet their quotas of tributes to the Legion, and obey all mandates of the Emperor. Furthermore, he has assigned Princeps to rule over every region in the Legion such that the communities under their rule may coordinate for mutual prosperity and defence. A great amount of domestic affairs are ultimately overseen by the Officiorum ab Famulatus, but much power is also given to people without any proper title, for example the liberated slave Siri. The most pressing question for the Emperor is who will succeed him, for though he has dealt with most fifth columns rather viciously and effectively, it is far from guaranteed a good person will come to rule. Provisionally it is Legate Alerio, followed by Mr. Doyle, followed by Cato Hostilius who will rule should Vulpes Inculta die unexpectedly, but he hopes to eventually groom someone human, and a leader rather than spymaster to continue the great legacy of the Legion.

Notable People:
Flavius Valerius Augustus Maximus Vulpes Inculta Pontificus Constantine Invictus Caesar, more simply known either as the Emperor or Vulpes Inculta - The Desert Fox, Rangers’ bane, Emperor of Utah, Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico, defender of Christians, Warrior of Mars, Protector of Oklahoma and Nevada, and so many more vain titles that their reader will usually have to stop for breath a few times before continuing. In a way he has shown the Legion to be far more meritocratic than the false democracy of the NCR, having risen from simple tribal nobody all the way to Emperor of one of the largest nations in post-war America. He is a well spoken person of many skills. A tactician, a strategist, a logistician, given a radio and opportunity he will micro-manage battles at the scale of even individuals, without his macro-management suffering the slightest amount. He is a speaker to put Emissaries to shame and a fighter to gut whole groups of men without even turning his ripper on, but he can not match either of his predecessors in where they are most proficient. He is conscious of this and so he doesn’t try to simply follow in their footsteps, but rather uses his own proficiencies to carve out his own glory. Though he has issues facing him daily he has nevertheless managed to become a popular Emperor with devout followers from the lowest tribals to the highest officers. Vulpes Inculta is a ruthless leader however, and his many kindnesses compared to his predecessor should not be mistaken for softness; those who have tend to end up with their heads as decorating pointy sticks. His cunning is his greatest trait, only getting better with age (this fact admittedly in part thanks to kidnapped Followers of the Apocalypse ensuring his health remains perfect).

Aurelius of Phoenix - Aurelius was once the Legate of Vulpes Inculta’s new Legion. However, he at some point challenged the man to a duel where Vulpes snatched victory from the jaw of defeat. Despite this treachery Vulpes showed the man mercy, and with all of his followers he is sent to conquer Mexico, told to return with his banner or wrapped in it. With a formidable army, he now marches for the rich oil fields, pipes, and refineries of Petro Chico.

Centurion Maximus Alexus - A valuable centurion, he heads the Oklahoma campaign.

Centurion Maximus Dead Sea - Yet another Centurion, he heads the Colorado-Nebraska Campaign

Cato Hostilius - though formerly a Frumentarius, the bulky man was trusted by Vulpes Inculta and was thus assigned to oversee the Praetorians

Centurion Maximus Otho - A Centurion loyal to Aurelius of Phoenix, he has been assigned as a sort of aide to the man.

Centurion Maximus Lucullus - Centurion in charge of the Idaho-Wyoming incursions, distinguished himself under Legate Alerio in the conquest of Caliente.

Legate Alerio of Caliente - though this brought much frustrations to the Centurions of the Legion, the Frumentarius Alerio has been the Legate of the Legion ever since Aurelius of Phoenix was forced to step down from the role. He has been instrumental in insuring the reforms Vulpes envisioned have gone through, and the conquest of the region around Caliente combined with the short lived siege and bloodless annexation of the place earned him the respect of his skeptics.

John Doyle - Known to most in the Legion outside of its upper leadership as Dolos, he is a ghoul who before the bombs dropped had the rather high up position of being a regional CIA director. Caesar had imprisoned him only a few weeks before the battle for Hoover Dam, his knowledge entertaining and impressing the sickly Emperor, while Lanius frankly was not interested in micro management as low as executing the fellow. Vulpes however saw the full value of the man upon his ascension to power. The fellow was liberated, but under a quite simply condition; he would sew the entire skins of men upon himself to look as a man. Setting a precedent for much more ghouls to join the Legion, Mr. Doyle has been an invaluable asset to Vulpes’s new Legion. He has insured that the Frumentarii are an intelligence agency the likes which none save perhaps the synth program could match. His heinous creativity cannot be understated, most recently one must note his introduction of more mutants into the Frumentarii. This comes in two main forms, one being Nightkin and the other fellow ghouls. Retrieving radioactive materiel from Camp Searchlight and Techatticup Mine, he has a great many vile plans concocting in his head; Mr. Doyle loves his new job, the work echoing to his old scheming and villainy against the Chicoms and their hippy-beatnik comrades.

Lupa - A Frumentarius that sided with Aurelius, he has likewise been exiled to the Mexican campaign to head all other Frumentarii loyal to Aurelius. Of course he is aware many Frumentarii have been imbedded in the army sent South to watch upon him and his master, but he has been able to detect far from all of them.

Centurion Atticus - Assigned to the Nevada theatre, he is there to organize raids and the likes in the territory of Nevada including New Vegas to insure neither the NCR nor their affiliates decide the Legion is weak.

Canyon Runner - The leader of the Speculatores, he is conscious of the fact that while he is a competent man he is most certainly out of his depth in running an organization of the scale and importance he does. Vulpes Inculta and other Legion leaders concurred, and they have been building the infrastructure for integrating different parts of the Speculatores all across different branches of the Legion, with Canyon to be the head of the new Speculatore Legionnaires; he is simply to hold the line until heads for the Speculatores of other Legion branches are groomed.

Karl - Disgraced following his failure in the conversion of the Great Khans to the cause the Legion, things were not looking good for Karl. However Vulpes was far more understanding than any other leader of the Legion, as well as being arguably more pragmatic; thus he gave the fellow a "second chance", and it more than paid off. Doing his best to pay off his life debt to the new Emperor he turned many tribes to the Legion with a soft word here and there and by his work many a bloodless acquisition of territory happened. However, his valuable Frumentarii experience in addition to his oration and experience with tribals lead him to being a sort of overseer of the Tributarii, if not quite its de jure leader. Officially just another Frumentarii, Karl has reserved himself a valuable place in the Legion, many frontier operations to annex or make tributaries of different tribes coordinated by him.

Picus - In spite of his disgrace during the ordeal of Camp McCarran his value was noted by Vulpes Inculta and following some successful suicide missions he was considered redeemed much like Karl. He is somewhat of both a right hand and odd-job man for Vulpes Inculta, some believing the Frumentarius will lead the Frumentarii-Speculatores in the coming second-wave reforms.

Siri - Part of the Great Slave Liberation that Vulpes had once done with the aim of creating reserves of manpower for himself during the rebellions of Legionnaires, Vulpes Inculta singled her out as a practical woman with experience of many of the Legion’s new citizens and warriors, and has been given somewhat of a role as Minister of Science; while it was far too late for her to learn to proper Doctoring she could pave the way for others to do so.

Marcus Scribonius Libo Drusus - Head of the Officiorum ab Famulatus, the position has been changed from one of simply managing the slave trade to one of controlling the entire economy of the Legion including treasury, infrastructure, industry and agriculture. A man of numbers and hard results, he has been responsible for the gradual introduction of computers into the Legion much to the satisfaction of his beloved Emperor.

Goliath - A very, very large supermutant not quite the size of a behemoth carrying a chainsaw as a knife and a minigun as a pistol, it is almost two and a half metres tall. The beast is a bodyguard to Emperor Vulpes Inculta, never speaking a word to anyone save a select few of the Legion’s highest positions; it is unclear if of the intelligent or stupid strain of supermutants to most, and perhaps for his own safety the Emperor makes sure this secret is well guarded — even of the Praetorian and Tributarii Guards only Cato Hostilius speaks to the monstrosity.

Military (Be realistic for your factions population):
The military of the Legion is a rather complex structure, Emperor Vulpes Inculta gradually growing regretful of the overcomplication it has come upon and in more recent reforms is going through changing it. Every single community in the Legion has to make sure that at any time no less than a tenth of its menfolk are serving within the Legion, the finer details being left to individual communities and tribes to decide. There are many options for service of the Legion, the very largest being the Legio Auxilia. Making up slightly more than 40% of the Legion’s frontline forces (usually kept as garrisons rather than spearheads of invasions), auxilia are the formations that a community raises up with its own funds and craft proportional to the community’s capabilities. This can be troops that are little more than tribal warriors with slings and spears, to trained operators carrying combat armour and modern firearms bearing many modifications on their picatinny rails (albeit typically leaning very heavily to the former extreme). Most commonly they will be infantry, but it has not been unknown for communities to make artillery, mounted, or motorized contributions to the Legion. The man managing the auxilia is a Centurion Markus Paleologos.

Marginally less common but far more visible and emblematic of the Legion are proper Legionnaires who make up slightly less than 40% of Legion armed forces. Externally they look rather similar in many ways externally, Vulpes judging their past outfits to be practical while still creating a great deal of morale for the men in it. However, in most of the theaters of war the Legion operates in they have ceased using leather armour, sports equipment, and other improvised armour. Knowing that this equipment is not ballistic and would not stop a bullet the Legion has found no use for this outside of combat with tribes who use more primitive weapons that can actually be stopped by this. Thus, instead all Legionnaires have come to use a reinforced steel helmet based on their old ones and cuirasses created by trained blacksmiths with additional pieces of steel armour to cover face and limbs given to troops either participating in static defence or harsh assaults. While this metal armour shan’t stop a rifle at the range they’re supposed to be used at, it will stop shrapnel and ricochet bullets while maintaining extreme efficacy against primitive, tribal weapons. While obviously not all faced this standardization, the general issue weapon of a Legionnaire are the Remington rolling block for about a third of troops and the Browning Hi-Wall rifle for about a quarter. The rifles will be with bayonet, scopes occasionally making their way forward too. This was a calculated choice, Emperor Vulpes Inculta being interested in modernizing and standardizing the Legion to have a firearm for every man. The .45-70 cartridge was found to be excellent as well as the rifle that spits it for the ease of maintenance and creation of them in great quantity. Their great power makes them excellent for both war and fighting mutant beasts, while the bayonets mean the inheritance of melee prowess all old-model Legionnaires had is not lost. However, it is also important to note that while the organizational reforms have reached all of the Legion, the reforms in equipment have only reached some theatres of war. Most notably, the Mexico front under Aurelius of Phoenix has had this reform only affect about a fifth of the troops, while the Nevada front has maintained more or less the same equipment as during the era of battles for Hoover Dam largely to prevent the NCR and newly independent Vegas from learning of the great many changes to the Legion. New Legionnaires have far more enlisted men than auxilia, conscripts only padding the ranks from communities that did not meet the quota of 10% male military service with auxilia. Legionnaires now have far more leadership positions than in the past with small scale officers being more common to prevent the disaster of the first battle for Hoover Dam from repeating with Prime and Veteran Legionaries now being NCOs rather than simply advanced troops that went forth after the recruits were all cut down. The Legion also inherited motorized and mounted positions from the past, motorcycles and chariots fashioned from cars being the mainstay, most weapons of LMG and heavier class reserved for being mounted upon these vehicles. In recent times Emperor Vulpes has also come to introduce a considerable artillery segment to the Legion. Initially this was merely trebuchets and ballistae to deal with walled communities and for use of garrison defence, they have slowly started to cast civil war era artillery — namely Parrott guns for use in both direct and indirect fire. The current Legate of the Legion is Alerio; though a former Frumentarii his grand plan capability and the fact Vulpes Inculta trusts him unlike the now dishonored Aurelius of Phoenix makes him an ideal choice. Though largely he focuses on proper Legion activity, he is technically the coordinator of all Imperial military activity.



Only about 5% of the Legion’s armed forces (but undoubtedly its most valuable members) are the Frumentarii. Feared by all who have heard of the Legion, Frumentarii are responsible for far more of the recent conquests of the Legion than all Legionnaires and Auxilia combined. Though they are but a twentieth fraction of the Legion’s armed forces they receive almost half of its investments. Frontliner Frumentarii carry advanced modern equipment such as combat armour, heavily modified assault and marksman carbines, low light optics, true grenades, and much more. However only slightly more than half of Frumentarii are seen on proper battlefields doing raids and such on communities. While in their heads people visualize the Special Forces side of them, they are also an intelligence agency. Many are both covertly and openly embedded in Legionnaire and Auxilia units as well as communities and tribes to act as political officers. Likewise they go into the lands of both foe and ally to ply subterfuge surpassed by none save the synths of the Institute in the East. Assassinations, bribes, terrorist attacks, rebellions, all have been orchestrated by the Frumentarii, and there is a rather insidious explanation for their unrivalled success; John Doyle - a ghoul that in a life long ago was a Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. With this new utilitarian tolerance of mutants, there have even come to be frightening rumours of the Frumentarii using stealth-boy covered Nightkin in their campaigns of terror.



About 5% of the Legion but nevertheless noteworthy are the Speculatores. Scouts, Explorers, occasional Assassins, Vexillarii, Emissaries, road patrols, Sappers, Combat Engineers, and more. These are generally equipped far better than Legionnaires with scoped sniper rifles and the likes, though they are not at the level of Frumentarii. With that said, Vulpes Inculta has been doing the bureaucratic infrastructure to eventually merge the Speculatores into being Frumentarii and Legionnaires depending on what their particular job is.



The Praetorians are approximately 5% of the Legion’s forces, their role slightly broadened from the past as little more than a bodyguard for Caesar into a general sort of hyper-elite national guard. However, the Praetorians have in their equipment largely stayed uniform to their pre-reform self. They are still almost entirely focused upon melee combat with heavy armour super sledges being their mainstay. Much like other parts of the Legion, Vulpes has made sure many members of the Praetorians are secret Frumentarii after Mr. Doyle told him to read the bits of Roman history wherein Praetorians were the downfall of Emperors. The most important change however has been the introduction of super mutants to the Praetorians however, for where a normal human can take a bullet for their Emperor a super mutant can take a whole grenade, with most of the intelligent ones being sent to the Praetorians rather than becoming Legionnaires as their more stupid cousins. Recovered suits of power armour go to Legion Centurions first and foremost, but in the rare cases that there are spare ones they will be allocated to Praetorians.



The final and most recent introduction to the branches of Legion armed forces are the Tributarii. Modelled after the Varangian guard of old, they are a flexible force synthesizing traits of all the other branches of the Legion’s troops. Tributarii are specialized elites from different tribes united into one force that does not lose tactical individuality from each tribe’s men when they fight as a cohesive whole. Most Tributarii come from regions adjacent to those directly under the control of the Empire (part of a process into truly becoming part of the Legion), the group also taking some inspiration from the French Foreign Legion when Mr. Doyle helped form them. The Tributarii are typically equipped in a corresponding way to their preferred method of fighting, their supplies very personalized usually being somewhere between that of Praetorians and frontline Frumentarii.



A non-negligible portion of the Legion’s combat power comes from simple mercenaries. In territories it is too difficult to march a Legio or Frumentarii into (but that are nevertheless in need of destruction) will find mercenary groups (most typically raiders, but at times professionals of all sorts) arriving in short order to wreak havoc. Often mercenaries will be manipulated beforehand into doing the Legion’s bidding for a very cheap price with Frumentarii getting said groups addicted to chems produced in the Imperial heartland. These do not factor into the calculation into the Legion’s total armed forces, but they are far from rare — they often outnumber combined forces of Frumentarii and Speculatores on battlefields.



Economy:
The economy of the Legion is based on a near eternal state of war, and the spoils of war are most certainly the most important thing keeping it afloat. However, Vulpes saw where Caesar was short sighted and he has spent a good portion of his rule developing the civilian economy of his Empire. He micromanaged on a level as low as placing phosphorescent signs along traders’ routes, to ordering mass production of printing presses such that literacy might spread in the domain. Following the reversal of Caesar’s anti-intellectual policies Missionaries, Scribes of the Brotherhood, and other intellectuals have helped restore a few factories to working conditions, while codified supply routes were created so that craftsmen of various communities could ply their art on a grand scale. While certainly backwards compared to the NCR and other more advanced factions of post-war America, the Legion can now properly create its own goods rather than relying on plunder, a fact which Vulpes knew would eventually bite Caesar’s Legion in the ass eventually. Farms were constructed, and even educational centres were built in many a community that lacked them, many of these past investments already paying off. The fruit of his efforts that Vulpes is most proud of is the Legion's advanced drug trade. While any non medicinal or combat purpose chems are strictly banned in Legion controlled territory, they have become a major source of narcotics amongst all their neighbouring territories save that which is controlled by the Midwestern Brotherhood of Steel. This serves a twofold purpose of a great influx of wealth to Vulpes's Empire, while also destabilizing the neighbours of the Legion such that they may eventually become easy pickings. As a byproduct of the farming and chem production the Legion created, they have also created a non negligible ethanol production system. However, with the goals Vulpes wants to reach before having another go at the NCR he knows he needs far more fuel than that, and experiments with biofuel have been made, albeit with spectacular failure thus far. Though in the short term this was expected, it has made abundantly clear to Vulpes Inculta he must go South in search of oil.

Of great importance is to note the volume of trade traffic going through Legion territory. The unparalleled safety provided by the assimilation of raiders has kept the Legion economy afloat through many crises. It is for this purpose Frumentarii purposefully ensure neighbouring locales are unsafe such that more and more traders would be motivated to take their merchantry to the Legion.

Finally, the value of slave labour cannot be understated. A great amount of people are forced to work dangerous but oh so valuable mines, ranches, and other jobs nobody would work of their own volition, while the sale of excess ones to other civilizations makes a massive profit. Vulpes has massively reformed slavery, and while not as cruel and omnipresent as in the past it is nevertheless a daily sight in Legion territory.

Culture:
When discussing the culture of the Legion it is first and foremost important to note the fair amount of variance it has come to see following the early reforms of Vulpes Inculta to the rule of tribes under the control of the Legion. Many like those in the NCR try to echo the America of distant past with their suburban homes and nuclear families Many others echo to distant, primitive tribal pasts, while a great man are somewhere in between living lives people during the American civil war would find familiar. But most important is what people call the Caesarian culture, a great many parts of it inevitably seeping or forced into the many peoples subordinate to Emperor Vulpes Inculta. The Caesarian culture is communitarian, militaristic, and autocratic. Above all else one must be loyal to the Empire and its people and failure to follow this rule is the greatest of sins, one which even martyrdom may hardly even absolve a person of. Those who do not fall in line with the Caesar’s mandate are dehumanized, and their fate as slaves is seen as naught but justice. While the old model of systematic rape for growth of the Legion has been abolished, men and women are expected to procreate without pause until past the age of fertility, with great penalties if they do not.



The Emperors both past and present are venerated as Holy. Local tribes are only allowed to practice their own faith on the condition Caesar and his successors are given a place in their theology, while Christian groups must be told to canonize or at the very least venerate them as martyrs should they want permission to remain on the territory of the Legion, the Cult of Mars likewise holding a Holy role for the Caesar and his namesakes. This explains much of the behaviour of people within the Legion as in a sense their Imperialism is a sort of eternal crusade for their respective faiths. In Legionary culture military service is seen as the highest honour rather than a burden, with constant propaganda everywhere to reinforce these values everywhere. Indeed, the novel printing presses of the Empire are largely used for this purpose and even children still learning to read have their first words on paper be ones describing the glory of service to the Caesar.

Technology:
The Technology in the Legion held territory has great variance, with communities ranging from illiterate tribals living no longer than thirty years as hunter-gatherers to advanced people with running water, radio, and air conditioning. The Legion of today is still primitive in contrast to the Brotherhood to the East, and the NCR to the West. However they are far ahead of what they once were under Caesar. Literacy is more than 50% and steadily rising, while some factories have been restored and something akin to a university has been erected. They have the ability to cast civil war era artillery and ammunition for it, and they can properly maintain and replace parts for more advanced firearms (if not quite make new ones yet) rather than simply cleaning them until eventually just discarding them. Mechanists make chariots out of cars while chemists distill ethanol to fuel them. They create their own chems for both internal consumption and external sale, and have even started the use of computers for many purposes. They have a long way to go in their learning, but a great many intellectuals have been invited to the territory of the Legion from Mormon Missionaries to Brotherhood Scribes. Furthermore, Frumentarii have gone on a long campaign of kidnapping scientists from groups that would not willingly come to them, largely Followers of the Apocalypse. Vulpes is very ambitious, and with his cunning it is more than possible his desires to see the Legion arise into an advanced nation before he dies will come to fruition.

Religion:
There are three main religious groupings in the Legion, which for the moment are divided almost in perfect equal proportion. First is the Cult of Mars, the group being leftovers from the old religion that worships the now deceased Caesar. In the years following the death of Caesar Vulpes had to cull more than half of them, with the rest being forced into the Frumtarius’s new Order. By the order of the new Emperor it was, Caesar the Son of Mars was proclaimed to have ascended and joined father Mars as well as Sol Invictus - the demiurge - in Elysium. While most of the surviving Priestesses follow the new theology of the Cult of Mars, there are nevertheless some who quietly preach the old faith, a soft fifth column forming. With that said, though they preach the old faith they do not hold even a fraction of the power they once did given they no longer have the governmental responsibility of raising all children born in Legion tribes. Rather ironically the founding religion of Caesar’s Legion is now the only one facing a measure of persecution; Frumentarii will harass Priestesses stepping out of line, while troublesome ones that don’t actually break any rules but are noted troublemakers will simply disappear, their sisters forced to come up with an explanation lest they face the same fate. Nevertheless their ability to drum up some grunts for the Legion is still very much valued, as well as their joint actions with Frumentarii in getting small primitive tribes to join the Legion. The second are the religions native to the tribes under the Legion, these ranging from all sorts of animism and shamanism invented post-war, to pre-war Native American faiths, to variants on Christianity with the largest being a sort of Catholicism amongst the tribes descending from Mexican folk. The only restriction maintained upon worship in Legion territory is the fact it must not be seditious against the Legion. The third and final group of religions in Legion territory is that brought by missionaries invited by Vulpes in the years following his ascension to power. For the most part these are Mormons, though there are some Catholics and other - once more mostly Christian - groups. They face the same absence of restriction as tribal religions save for the fact they must not preach anything seditious or contrary to any values of the Legion. Some Frumentarii have placed themselves into Missionary groups or had Missionaries convinced to join them. These politicized Missionaries have come to be used by the Legion as soft power to tribes who the Priestesses of Mars fail to work their speech upon.

The Commonwealth Provisional Government

Flag (picture or description):


(Top: Unofficial flag of The CPG designed in Diamond City by Becky Fallon circa 2289. Combining elements of pre-war symbolism with that of The Minutemen.)

Territory (picture or description) and Geography: The CPG is nominally in control of most of the region known as “The Commonwealth”. Including the Boston area. However, the level of control it is able to actually enforce varies from settlement to settlement. Some of the more rural settlements outside of the immediate area of Boston simply refuse to recognize the CPG at all. Closer to Boston and “The Great Green Jewel” the CPG is more universally recognized as the legitimate authority, and its primary seat of power is located in Diamond City itself, the unofficial capital of the fledgling government. The notable exceptions to this are Goodneighbor, which refuses to recognize the CPG in any form and Vault 81 which despite overtures has so far refused outright annexation and instead maintains its own independence.

The Castle is also maintained as the headquarters of The Minutemen and is nominally under CPG control as a result.

History (if using a pre-existing faction, recent history will due. The RP start date is 2290):

After the man once named ‘Nathaniel’ known only now as the ‘Sole Survivor’ emerged from Vault 111 in search of his son, he found the world he had once known was gone forever. Using his military experience and with the help of those he met along the way, the Sole Survivor managed to infiltrate The Institute and finally found his son. What followed between them is known only to a select few within The Institute...

What is known to the wider Commonwealth however, is that The Institute made its presence known to Diamond City in early 2288 when Gen-1 Synths began to appear one day to distribute medical supplies and rations. Soon enough Institute Synths began to train their weapons on raiders and mutants infesting The Commonwealth with extreme prejudice. Despite their enormous distrust of the ‘boogeymen’ who’d haunted them for so long, the people of Diamond City and The Commonwealth at large could not deny the much needed help they received, or turn it away so readily. A positive article written by Piper Wright where she famously wrote ‘...perhaps now The Institute can be a part of our future.’ Was distributed widely in Diamond City and beyond. Many would still never fully trust The Institute or its secretive cadre of scientists, but at a minimum they would accept their help and resources.

That same year, Madison Li stepped forward as the new leader of The Institute, the fate of The Sole Survivor unknown, and extended an offer of cooperation to the people of The Commonwealth via The Diamond City radio broadcast. She hearkened back to earlier days when The Commonwealth had tried to band together for the greater protection and unity of all. The Commonwealth Provisional Government was soon formed with the cooperation of Diamond City’s newly elected Mayor, Becky Fallon. Some still remembered Madison Li from when she had first arrived in The Commonwealth many years ago from The Capital Wasteland and this won her enough trust to have a leading role in the formation of the new government. Those of a more cynical mind however, might simply say that no one dared to oppose her, knowing full well she represented The Institute itself and thus the terrifying power it wielded over them.

Support for the CPG greatly increased when it was learned that the recently reformed Commonwealth Minutemen were throwing in their lot behind this new state. The new General, Ronnie Shaw, had personally traveled to Diamond City and given her word to back the CPG with whatever meager forces she had currently available to her. Recruits to The Minutemen flooded in shortly afterwards. Around this same time an agreement was also finally reached with settlement of Bunker Hill and, more importantly, the caravans. It became clear to all then that The CPG was going to be more than just a failed attempt this time around.

Since that time the numbers of CPG citizens has been steadily growing, with new settlers flooding into Diamond City and many other settlements in The Commonwealth beyond. Sanctuary Hills has become a thriving town, and Diamond City has started to become overcrowded and overflow its previously well-kept boundary. With new prospective residents coming in everyday, they are being forced to settle just beyond the hallowed boundary of ‘The Wall’ into the ruins of Boston that surround The Great Green Jewel. Even with this being the case though, Diamond City remains one of the safest cities in the region.

The future of the CPG is yet unclear and there are many, many threats to its continued existence, both within and abroad. Madison Li finds herself in a tenuous position, and while she is herself no true politician, she’s kept The Institute contained and The CPG from collapsing into itself thus far. Perhaps there is a chance that the CPG will form into a strong unified nation wirh Boston at its center, or perhaps it is doomed to eventual failure. Only time will tell.


Population: Approximately 10,000 within the immediate area of Boston itself. With an unknown number in smaller outlying settlements. The ‘actual’ number of CPG citizens is essentially unknown however since no census has yet been taken and loyalties vary from person to person and even day to day.

Government/Domestic Politics: The Commonwealth Provisional Government is, as the name implies, a Provisional Government: meant to serve as a transitional authority while The Commonwealth unifies and begins to form a proper nation. The CPG Council (made up of representatives from various major settlements or groups) serves as the executive and legislative body, enacting laws, establishing law and order, and organizing The Commonwealth Government as best as they are able.

Notable People:
The Council for the CPG Includes:

Dr. Madison Li - current Director of The Institute, and for all intents and purposes acting President of the CPG. Although she does not officially hold that title nor would she outwardly claim to. Madison is a cold leader but one who has both sympathy and compassion for the plight of the wasteland. Li was left embittered and cynical following her experiences in The Capital Wasteland, she sees The Commonwealth and The CPG as her chance to do things the right way this time - her way.


(Director Madison Li - CPG Propaganda Photo taken in Diamond City)

Becky Fallon - newly elected Mayor of Diamond City. Becky is a no-nonsense leader, and not one to shirk either responsibility or confrontation.

Ronnie Shaw - General of The Minutemen. Gruff and grizzled, Ronnie is a veteran Minutemen officer who's seen more than her fair share of battle. She’s more than a little distrustful of The Institute and isn’t afraid to voice her opinion on the matter.

Kessler - Mayor of Bunker Hill/Representative of the Bunker Hill Caravans. Kessler is both a shrewd politician and a sound businesswoman. She’s looking out primarily for her stakeholders in Bunker Hill and their bottom line.

Wiseman - Leader of The Slog and a representative for the more rural settlements outside of Diamond City. Kind and forgiving, but most of all an incredibly skilled farmer. Wiseman was a natural choice to elect to The CPG Council both as a sign of solidarity with the disenfranchised ghoul population and the farming settlements of The Commonwealth.

Nick Valentine - No official position, but nominally an advisor. A condition for the people of Diamond City agreeing to work with The Institute was that he be given a position on the CPG Council.

Military: While not ‘officially’ designated as such, The Minutemen are effectively the de facto military wing of the CPG. CPG leadership can reliably expect to receive support when they call on them and the General of The Minutemen sits regularly on the CPG council in Diamond City to discuss affairs in The Commonwealth.

However as a standing army they lack proper organization and discipline, as The Minutemen by design are a militia force: citizen soldiers who take up the call to arms when needed. A force of 200 minutemen are permanently located at The Castle, but the rest (some 300-400 approximately) are split between various settlements in The Commonwealth. Many of whom are not considered active until the call goes out for help. They are armed and armored with a wide range of equipment ranging from virtually nothing but pipe rifles, to a standard uniform and laser musket. They also have access to large mortar artillery pieces but these are limited to The Castle and Quincy Outpost.

Commanders: General Ronnie Shaw commands The Minutemen from The Castle, their headquarters and primary base of operation. Shaw is generally well respected and well liked amongst her soldiers for her fearlessness and grit, and her appointment to become the next General was widely supported. Colonel Preston Garvey commands the second largest organized group of Minutemen located at Quincy (approx. 70+), where after retaking the town from The Gunners, they set up a permanent defensive outpost to keep an eye on Gunner movements and other threats from the south.

Other forces: Aside from The Minutemen, the officers of Diamond City Security protect the immediate area in and surrounding Diamond City, and if needed, have been known to work with The Minutemen in operations beyond their normal jurisdiction. They are moderately equipped, but their limited experience fighting outside of the limits of Diamond City itself means they are obviously better suited to police and security work than military operations. However, they are still tenacious fighters and have gained significant combat experience defending against the various threats to their beloved Great Green Jewel, mutants and raiders included.

A final, and perhaps a bit unusual, potential source of military support comes in the form of ‘The Mechanist’. Initially, the rogue robots of The Mechanist were seen as a menace, attacking caravans and settlers alike when they first appeared not long after the CPG formed. However shortly after appearing the robots quite suddenly ceased their attacks. Little thought was given to it by the wider Commonwealth, but in secret a holotape appeared at the Diamond City Mayor's Office some time afterwards. Recorded on it was a profuse apology and explanation for the robot’s actions laid forth by a woman named Isabel Cruz, who claimed to be The Mechanist. She asked that her identity be kept secret, but she offered to help The CPG in any way she could as recompense for her unintended slaughter of the people of The Commonwealth, claiming that a programming error had been responsible and that she had never intended the deaths to occur. She closed with an offer for The CPG Council to meet her in person. The CPG Council has yet to respond...

With Madison Li in control of The Institute, The CPG can also count on some support from the more than formidable forces at its disposal. However, many Minutemen, Diamond City Security, and others refuse to cooperate directly with The Institute’s Gen-2 Synthetic Soldiers. This combined with pushback from within The Institute about deploying Synth assets above ground in such capacity has led Madison Li attempting to dial back the usage of Institute forces and instead rely on human CPG soldiers wherever possible. This has, frustratingly, also led to further accusations that The Institute is “holding out” and that it has some ulterior motive to keeping its military in hiding.


Economy: The economy of the CPG is, much like the government itself, only now starting to form. Rural CPG settlements tend to be agrarian and mostly trade food crops, medicinal plants, and scavenged items from the waste both to each other and to the various caravaneers which connect the settlements. Diamond City itself is a hub of trade and a constant stream of potential business flows into its market from travelers, citizens, merchants, and others from even outside The Commonwealth.

Aside from agriculture, the city of Boston is a lucrative source of scavenged items and scrap as are a number of other locations in The Commonwealth such as the various Old World factories. Many scavengers brave these ruins to bring back some choice items for use in trade for things they need or for use as raw materials to create something else.

The single most important aspect to the CPG’s growing economy however, is the Caravaneers of Bunker Hill. Represented by Kessler on The CPG Council, the caravaneers keep the various settlements in The Commonwealth connected, and also help to facilitate trade to areas outside of its borders. Knowing how vital these routes are in expanding The CPG’s influence and power, the council has invested a lot of money and manpower in keeping these caravans safe and secured, and has worked closely with Bunker Hill to expand already existing routes as well.

Culture and Technology (include any views towards slavery and mutants etc.):
Technology in the CPG varies significantly. Most of the CPG, and The Commonwealth at large, is just now beginning to implement some manufacturing and standardized production. In particular The Minutemen have begun experimenting with producing their own weapons, uniforms, and equipment at The Castle. While settlements across The Commonwealth are starting to utilize larger scale food production and machinery to aid in their agriculture. However while these are promising starts, the overall current technology level is quite low compared to other more established nations. With scavenging and only rudimentary food and material production being by and large the norm.

The obvious exception to this overall rule is The Institute itself, which in contrast has access to some of the most advanced technology in the world. Dr. Madison Li has done her best to introduce some of The Institute’s science to the wasteland, but faces many challenges in doing so. The first and perhaps most pressing is pushback from within The Institute itself as scientists and personnel within the underground haven do not wish to see their technology “wasted” on the surface or stolen by those whom they see as little better than savages. Likewise, many CPG citizens are skeptical and distrustful of utilizing Institute resources or supplies. Madison knows that The Institute’s technology is the key to The Commonwealth’s long-term advancement, but faced with these issues she has been forced to settle for very gradual incorporation, lest she face outright rebellion from both sides.

As a result the only significant Institute technology Li has managed to apply to above ground uses so far is The Institute’s genetically engineered crops, created as a result of Bioscience's experiments at Warwick Homestead. CPG farmers are largely unaware that the seeds they were provided were given by The Institute, instead being told they were created in Diamond City’s own Science Center. The introduction of the GMO crops however has been a huge success, with crop yields across the CPG being more than tripled since their introduction.

In terms of culture, The Commonwealth Provisional Government models itself on some semblance of pre-war values. The rule of law and representative government being amongst these. Human slavery has been unequivacolly outlawed in The CPG. Knowing (mostly) no other super-mutant other than the violent type, mutants are afforded no rights and the majority of CPG citizens will shoot mutants on sight. Ghouls however, have gained some guaranteed protections, although given the wide-spread prejudice against them, they mostly keep to themselves in settlements such as The Slog. Wiseman was brought on to the CPG Council partly to represent rural settlements, and partly to also help heal the wounds that places like Diamond City have caused with non-feral ghouls in recent years.

Religion: The religion of the CPG varies widely from person to person, and no official state religion has been established. For example The All Faiths Chapel in Diamond City is still maintained as a place of spirituality for anyone to attend. Aside from that, provided your religion does not involve actions which violate CPG laws you are welcome to practice it. The notable exception is the Children of Atom, who are usually considered unwelcome in most CPG settlements. Not only because many of their members are zealous and hostile, but because the nature of their religious practice tends to lead to any area they occupy becoming contaminated with radiation. Missionaries from The Glowing Sea continue to request to meet with the CPG Council in Diamond City, but thus far they have been denied.

Other Important Info:

Nuka World - The raiders located here have been eyeing the situation in The Commonwealth closely. While not overly fearful of the infant CPG Government, The Institute's apparent involvement means they are keeping their distance. Disagreement flares between the gangs as to what their next steps should be, and for the time being they are biding their time: raiding the outskirts of CPG controlled territory and only picking apart the odd caravan when they get the chance. They do not wish to invite unwanted attention….

The Railroad - The Railroad has all but dispersed in The Commonwealth. After fighting nearly to the last to protect what Gen-3 Synths remained in The Commonwealth, remaining members of The Railroad realized their fight was futile and given The Institute’s current reversal on the Gen-3 program...also by and large made moot. The rest of The Railroad’s operatives either faded back into the general populace, or trekked north to chase rumours of a hidden Synth sanctuary somewhere. Hoping they might be of some use there...

Vault 81 - Vault 81 has been approached by the newly formed CPG many times in the last couple years to try and warm them up to joining the CPG as a very valuable settlement. However, despite an offer of their Overseer gaining a position on the council and other prestigious benefits, the Vault has stubbornly refused to be annexed. Relations between the CPG and the Vault are cordial enough to warrant regular trade between the two, but it is by no means a firm alliance. The citizens of Vault 81 are so far content to remain secluded in their Vault and distrustful of the wider world.

Covenant - The small town of Covenant is another holdout against The CPG, largely because they suspect The Institute is and will remain the “true power” behind it and no amount of platitudes or assurances will convince them otherwise (although they do not directly state this to any visitors). The town deals only with the caravaneers of Bunker Hill and even that is quite limited. Secretly The Compound, the true reason for Covenant’s existence, remains dedicated to fighting against the Synth menace. Down in their secret lair, members of The Compound entertain conspiracy theory after conspiracy theory about how The Institute now rules The Commonwealth as a shadow government. They see the Gen-3 program recall as only another trick that The Institute has played and are now more than ever committed to rooting out the Synths from amongst the population...regardless of whether or not they actually exist...

Goodneighbor - Goodneighbor, as expected, has not joined The CPG. And only one attempt was ever made to extend an offer: Mayor Hancock stripped the diplomat naked and forced them to walk back to Diamond City with nothing but a sign around their neck reading “By the people...for the people. ALWAYS.” Since then, relations have been cold at best and outright hostile at worst. Some particularly rowdy members of The Triggermen have been known to take potshots at Diamond City guards and even Minutemen on occasion, resulting in small skirmishes. The CPG Council in Diamond City recognizes that Goodneighbor is a problem that will have to be dealt with eventually if their nation is to be more than just a dream, but it's one that they’ve yet to think of a good solution to. For now they are content to ban any trade with Goodneighbor (which tends to be illicit chems anyway) and stop all traffic to the town. This has left the merchants in Goodneighbor in a bind, and Mayor Hancock is starting to feel the pressure of staying outside of The CPG. Neither he nor anyone else in his town of outcasts is as yet willing to come crawling to Diamond City (and even worse, The Institute) though.

Sanctuary Hills - Sanctuary Hills has become a thriving settlement in the North, following its resettlement by the survivors from Quincy and The Minutemen’s stalwart protection. A makeshift wall surrounds the town with the only access being across the wooden bridge from the south. Trashcan Carla and other caravaneers regularly stop in at Sanctuary to rest and resupply for their northern routes and of course trade goods with the locals. The town thrives on selling purified water, locally grown food, and trading valuable scrap and technology salvaged from the nearby empty Vault 111. It proudly displays the CPG flag and a small garrison of Minutemen are stationed here (30+) so as to quickly respond to threats in the north. The route between Sanctuary Hills and Diamond City is considered key and The Minutemen regularly patrol it to safeguard travellers.

Diamond City: Since the formation of the CPG the population has exploded and the city has become overcrowded. The buildings in the lower districts have built upwards to compensate with ramshackle apartment buildings and miniature junk 'skyscrapers'. The 'upper stands' now surrounds the wall with scaffolding connecting houses and individual buildings all around. Outside of The Wall settlers are starting to squat in nearby ruined pre war buildings and structures. Diamond City security does its best to protect these new areas, but beyond the safety of The Wall nothing is certain. Because of the massive population increase, the parts of Diamond City that had once been able to grow crops within The Wall itself are now long gone, and the city is almost entirely dependent on shipments from The Commonwealth’s farmers.


(Diamond City, 2290)

(Seal of The Institute)

Territory and Geography:

The Institute itself. A hermetically sealed, underground facility complete with research labs, manufacturing capabilities, spacious living quarters, and a pleasing aesthetic environment for its denizens to enjoy which includes a simulated night and day environment. The Institute is located directly under the old ruins of The Commonwealth Institute of Technology in Boston.



History:

After the “Sole Survivor of Vault 111” emerged in later 2287, no-one expected him to survive, let alone thrive, in the hellish wasteland that was once his former home. Least of all his own son.

When Shaun, who had become known as “Father” to the scientists in The Institute, released Nathaniel from cryostasis, he wasn’t sure what to expect. He was surprised, and intrigued, when it became clear that not only was Nathaniel going to live, but he seemed hell-bent on finding his son and avenging his wife. Eventually with the help of some resourceful friends in The Commonwealth, he did both.

Nathaniel killed the mercenary Kellog and after utilizing the dead cyborg’s memories, he infiltrated The Institute and discovered that not only was his son still alive, but he had become The Institute’s leader. Now an old man, Shaun greeted his father warmly and offered Nathaniel a place with him at The Institute. Nathaniel was reluctant, but not wishing to lose his son for a second time, stood with him. He even aided his son in completing a personal dream: the completion of the Phase 3 Project which would enable The Institute to have sustainable power for generations to come. But secretly Nathaniel also began to work for his own interests. He framed Dr. Justin Ayo, head of the SRB, for facilitating Synth escapes and got him banished to the surface: a veritable death sentence. Some thought it improbable that Dr. Ayo could have had anything to do with the escapes, but as he was an unpopular man, those that questioned the investigation simply shrugged and believed it to be for the best...

It was then in a shocking move, that Shaun announced that Nathaniel would take his place as Director of The Institute when he passed, which given the advanced stage of cancer which was ravaging his body, would likely be soon. Despite their reservations, the scientists of The Institute trusted Father, and believed his choice of heir to be a sound one and that the legacy of the son would be continued by his own parent.

They were wrong.

When his son died, Nathaniel began a personal campaign to ensure The Institute would never again inflict the damage it had done to his own family. He forced it to open itself to the surface by sending synths to Diamond City laden with food, water rations, and with medical supplies. He also ordered an immediate halt to further operations on the surface including any and all kidnapping, experimentation, or replacement by Gen-3 operatives.

These actions, while divisive, were largely borne by the scientists in The Institute with only minor grumblings. Many of them did feel some sort of guilt for the things they’d done, or at least some notion that it might be adversely affecting those above. Others however, lamented the restrictions to their scientific efforts and resources. This calm response would not last with Nathaniel’s next act however.

Nathaniel then ordered an immediate halt to the Gen-3 program and charged Robotics with destroying its Gen-3 production facility and immolating any notes related to the project. He then tasked The Institute’s Coursers with rounding up any and all remaining synths to bring them to The Institute for decommissioning: wipe their minds, and disintegrate their bodies. The Courser’s complied with usual absolute obedience. Several scientists in The Institute believed this had now gone too far. Whatever faith Father had in this outsider was obviously widely misplaced, and his appointment was a sham. The scientists, led by doctors Max Loken and Lawrence Higgs, stormed the Bioscience labs. Lawrence, as a leading member in Facilities charged with security, had access to the security systems in the area and quickly took control of both the Synths tasked to guard the location as well as the doors and automated turrets. They declared their intent to hold out here until The Director resigned and left his position, leaving The Institute to return to the surface. With them in control of The Institute’s food supply, it was not an idle threat.

What they did not count on was how Nathaniel had been waiting for just such an opportunity to present itself. Utilizing a secret Director’s override to the Bioscience labs, Nathaniel could have simply shut down the security and apprehended the group. Instead, he utilized the override to power down the Synth gorilla habitat in Bioscience. Dr. Holdren’s aggressive personal “pets” were unleashed on the protesting scientists, tearing many limb from limb in a horrific display of brutality. Courser squads then burst into the Bioscience and rounded up any who survived. Nathaniel, a pre-war soldier who’d seen the worst that the Alaskan Front had to offer, wanted to make it clear that there was going to be no debate: no questions or doubts. He was in charge now. The surviving ‘rebels’ were teleported to the surface, lined up against a wall in Cambridge, and executed by firing squad. Nathaniel made sure that anyone in The Institute who might need to personally see this act: did. There was no resistance within The Institute after that, and Nathaniel finished the work of recalling The Gen-3 program. The Railroad did attempt to stop the recall of those Gen-3’s already in The Commonwealth and still under Institute control, but despite a heroic guerrilla action they were ultimately unable to prevent it.

Nathaniel looked to utilize The Institute’s remaining military forces to restore order to The Commonwealth. Coursers and Gen-2 units were deployed to eliminate the many raider and super-mutant bands still operating in the wastes with brutal efficiency. Despite their incredible combat skill, many Coursers were lost in battle after battle across The Commonwealth and it soon became clear what The Director’s eventual goal was. Once enough of their number had been cut down, Nathaniel ordered the remaining Courser units to also be ‘decommissioned.’ In his mind, he had just killed two birds with one stone.

His work was far from done though and with so much yet left to do, Nathaniel, the ‘sole survivor’ found that the memories of his family and the world he’d left behind weighed on him heavily. He’d survived the Sino-American War and The Great War that it led to, but the horrors of everything he’d seen and experienced along with the loss of his wife and only child was a burden he could no longer bear. He stopped eating, slept little, and slowly began to recede into seclusion. The Director’s Quarters in The Institute became a secretive hermit’s holdout. The windows and doors sealed shut while Gen-2 Synths stood guard outside. Soon, no one saw or spoke to The Director at all. Finally, a gunshot rang out in The Institute’s concourse one day. Synth security forced their way into the quarters to find a tragic scene: Nathaniel was dead. Lying next to him in a pool of his own blood was a damaged pre-war photo of his wife and son, and a .44 magnum revolver.

Nathaniel was buried with little fanfare at his home in Sanctuary Hills, and following his death Madison Li assumed the directorship. She’d worked closely with Nathaniel ever since he’d taken The Directorship and she’d tried her best to reign in his most hot-headed impulses. She had disagreed with the execution of the rebellious Institute scientists, but could do little to stop it. She had however counseled him closely when relations with the surface were initiated. When she took the position of Director, a collective sigh of relief was felt across The Institute and there was hope that things might become business as usual again. Much to the chagrin of some who simply wanted things to return to that status quo, Madison continued the policies that Nathaniel had implemented: restoring relations with the surface and reigning in The Institute’s lines of experimentation.

Madison also proceeded to banish those scientists she felt had personally wronged her. Dr. Holdren, spared from the sole survivor's wrath by virtue of his work and vehement protestations of innocence, was banished as Madison knew he’d played some part in both the FEV program and her friend, Dr. Brian Virgil’s, disappearance. So too was the recently returned Dr. Zimmerman, who’d come across Madison Li ten years ago when she was still in The Capital Wasteland working as a scientist at Rivet City. Li banished him simply for the insults he levied against her all those years ago. A scientist named Dr. Xavier Morales watched these banishments with interest...knowing that more were likely to follow.

For these three, enough was enough. It was clear that anyone from the surface was incapable of leading The Institute, and so the exiled Dr. Holdren and Dr. Zimmer established a secret laboratory in the abandoned Vault 88. From here they continue the work that Dr. Li has stifled. This includes research into the Gen-3 and FEV programs by utilizing documentation, materials, and research samples that the scientists managed to save before they could be destroyed. All while Xavier continues to feed them information from inside as he plays the obedient member of a nigh defunct and disempowered Directorate. The three of them plot to get rid of Li and return The Institute back to its former ways of isolation and ‘peaceful’ experimentation.

Madison meanwhile, is making her own maneuvers in The Commonwealth. With the establishment of the Commonwealth Provisional Government and herself as its de facto leader, Li is now the most one of the most powerful individuals in the region. She knows and understands that if The Commonwealth Provisional Government is to transform into the great nation she and others want it to be: The Institute is going to be an integral part of that. Now all she has to do is get its scientists to come along one way or the other….

Population: Approx. 1,000 scientists and their families. Along with an unknown number of Gen 1 and Gen 2 Synths.

Government/Domestic Politics:

The Institute is divided administratively into five separate research divisions and each of its scientists fall into one of these divisions. They are:

Robotics - Synth research and production. Since the Gen-3 recall, it is limited to Gen-1, Gen-2 production and tasked with limited enhancements to both of these.

Facilities - Engineering, manufacturing, maintenance, public health and safety, and internal security systems.

Advanced Systems - Energy research, weapons development, and ‘cutting edge’ projects.

Bioscience - Biological and chemical research, medicine, and food production.

The Surface Security and Intelligence Bureau (or SSIB) - With the end of the Gen-3 program and the need to retain errant Gen-3’s no longer an issue, the former Synth Retention Bureau was retooled for surface security and intelligence operations. Director Li, despite her overtures to the surface, is not entirely trusting of those above-ground either and she recognizes the importance of the SSIB.

Notable People:

Current Members of The Directorate:
Dr. Madison Li - Director of The Institute. Madison Li stepped up when Nathaniel, the ‘Sole Survivor’ tragically committed suicide. She’d been essentially hand-picked by Nathaniel as a natural next-in-line choice since he viewed her as an ‘outsider’ who had not fully become complicit with The Institute’s more egregious actions. She views her ascension to the Directorship as long-due. As far as she is concerned, The Institute’s work can begin in earnest now that a competent and capable leader is guiding policies.

Dr. Alan Binet - Division Head Head of Robotics, replaced Shaun/Father as Division Head. Binet was a steadfast proponent that the Gen-3 Synths were verging on becoming fully sentient constructs. He did not oppose the elimination of the Gen-3 program, as he thought it best that their production be stopped. Despite his reservations, Binet also did not oppose the decommissioning of existing Gen-3’s. His complacency was secured by granting an exemption for his Synth-wife, Eve, and appointing him to lead Robotics (a position he’d yearned after for years). This act of going along with the destruction of the Gen-3’s however, earned him more than a little resentment from his son.

Dr. Rosalind Orman - Division Head of Advanced Systems, appointed by Dr. Li to replace her so she might have more time to focus on surface affairs. Rosalind is both an energetic and incredibly intelligent woman. She’s less concerned about Institute politics and issues on the surface and more wrapped up in the science of it all.

Dr. Issac Karlin - Division Head of Bioscience, replaced Dr. Holdren following his exile. Dr. Karlin grew fond of The Warwick Family following his work on the Warwick Initiative. Not wishing to see the family without a father figure, Karlin lobbied to have the Gen-3 on assignment at Warwick Homestead wiped of Institute-related memories and allowed to remain. Thus, while he is not aware of it, Mr. Warwick is one of the few Gen-3’s allowed to remain on the surface. Since then Karlin has been an advocate for direct intervention on the surface, and regrets past Institute actions.

Dr. Allie Filmore - Division Head of Facilities - Allie has gone along with the recent shake ups in power and politics in The Institute with little fuss. Naturally as Head of Facilities, she is concerned with the day-to-day maintenance of The Institute and its people and she leaves long-term thinking to others. She continues to serve as a valuable source of advice and information to Madison Li.

Dr. Xavier Morales - Division Head of SSIB, replaced exiled member Justin Ayo and former head Alana Secord. Xavier began his career in the facilities division working with The Institute’s internal security systems. After moving to the SRB, he distinguished himself in the division and became notable for working late in the night. When the sole survivor arrived, Xavier found himself in an uncomfortable position as Justin Ayo was soon accused of aiding and abetting Synth escapes (a crime Xavier knew Ayo did not commit). When Ayo was banished and Alana Secord appointed as Division Head, Xavier saw the way things were heading and towed the line of the new regime. Once Madison Li took charge, and Alana shortly thereafter stepped down voluntarily from the role, Madison appointed Xavier to take Alana’s place as the head of the newly formed SSIB (Surface Security and Intelligence Bureau). Xavier has had to act the part of the dutiful watch-dog to Director Li, in secret however, he wants nothing more than to be rid of her and is in league with the exiled members to see that done. .

Exiled Members:
Dr. Clayton Holdren- Former Division Head of Bioscience, exiled for his participation in the FEV Program. Clayton is an odd fellow, a man who is seemingly always friendly (to an uncomfortable degree) and who delights in his work. Those that truly know him however, understand that beneath this friendly facade is a scientist hell-bent on results and pushing the boundaries of biology. Holdren was an integral part of the FEV Program under former Director Shaun, and Dr. Brian Virgil reported directly to him on project progress. Because of his role in FEV at The Institute, as well as his potential involvement in Virgil’s death, Madison banished him permanently to the surface.

Dr. Victor Zimmer - Former Division Head of the now defunct SRB. Exiled member of The Institute. Dr. Zimmer had been away from The Institute for some time, pursuing his own agenda on the surface. When he returned to find it in chaos and none other than Madison Li in charge, he needed little other reason to agree to his own banishment.

Others:

Robert Joseph "RJ" MacCready - MacCready serves as The Institute’s essential replacement for the mercenary Kellogg. Having grown up in Little Lamplight and The Capital Wasteland, MacCready had heard of Madison Li and her work on Project Purity. MacCready was desperately seeking a cure for his son, Duncan, who had fallen mysteriously ill with an unknown malady. When Madison made her appearance as the new Director, MacCready managed to contact her and forged a deal. Intrigued by the mercenary’s apparent skill and reputation in The Commonwealth, and perhaps feeling a bit nostalgic in recognizing his connection to her old home, Madison drew up a contract. MacCready was furnished with treatment for his son, a home in Diamond City, and a comfortable pile of caps in exchange for his services above ground. MacCready reports directly to Director Li, and takes orders from no-one in The Institute but her.

Dr. Brian Virgil - Virgil, despite helping the Sole Survivor reach The Institute, Virgil was an unfortunate victim of The Institute’s current byzantine politics. Virgil stayed hidden for some time in the Glowing Sea after having made Nathaniel swear to not reveal his location or even that he was still alive to anyone. He was unable to recreate his mutant cure and continued to slowly deteriorate. Then when Madison Li took charge of The Institute he’d intended to reach out to her for help as soon as he was able. Before that could happen however, Virgil was killed under unknown circumstances. Madison eventually discovered where he’d gone, but by then it was too late. Madison, with good reason, suspects the killing of Virgil was done under orders from someone in The Institute itself.

Military: The Institute’s military is primarily composed of its Gen-1 and Gen-2 Synths. These older model units are still reliable and still highly advanced combat effective troops, serving as effective light to medium infantry in most situations. They are typically armed with a manufactured Institute energy weapon (pistol or rifle in most cases) and Gen-2 units are equipped with variants of a hardened plastic armor - with armor tending to protect vital points only on the synths body. All in all a fully equipped Gen-2 Synth is a decent match for a human combatant in strength and resilience, if not as intelligent as one.

The numbers of Synths the Institute has at its disposal is considerable, outnumbering its human population considerably as they are able to produce them relatively cheaply, and quickly.

Economy: The Institute’s economy is almost entirely self-sufficient as they are able to produce and manufacture nearly everything needed from within. Bioscience produces The Institute’s food while the Facilities division ensures nearly everything else from clothes to purified water to furniture is available to its residents via advanced manufacturing processes. About the only thing needed from outside is raw material, which the surface has in abundance. Previously The Institute would simply collect whatever it needed from The Commonwealth with little consideration given to who it affected or how. With Madison Li currently in charge that has obviously changed. Now The Institute has been forced both to scavenge sparing from the surface, and to focus more on raw material mining below ground. Acquiring raw materials has thus become a more tedious process, but less impactful on the surface dwellers overall.

Culture and Technology: Essentially a post-scarcity society compared to the rest of the post-apocalyptic world, the people of The Institute want for little and have access to a standard of living that exceeds that of even the pre-war world. Synths perform the day to day menial tasks which frees up the scientists to pursue both their work and other leisurely pursuits as they wish. The scientists are often extremely devoted to their chosen field of work and more often than not spend off-hours studying or pursuing minor projects associated with their research. As a result the work-culture of The Institute is extremely competitive and has evolved into a kind of strict meritocracy, where skill and experience is valued for advancement above all else. This of course is one of the reasons why Father’s (Shaun’s) appointment of Nathaniel to The Directorship was so controversial: they viewed the appointment as sheer nepotism given there were so many other qualified candidates for the role.

In terms of technology, The Institute is one of if not the most advanced groups in the world. With their technology spanning all known sciences from their research into Synths to even teleportation.

For those in the know, super-mutants are considered to be little more than failed experiments: with the Gen-3 Synth the perfected form of the FEV and the apex of research into the Forced Evolutionary Virus. They also condemn human slavery as a barbaric practice which only illustrates how far the surface has fallen (Gen-3’s are not considered human of course). But are highly unlikely to directly chastise anyone on the surface for practicing it.

Religion: There is no official religion in The Institute and by and large the scientists there are mostly atheist, agnostic, or some variant thereof. There are also no places of worship inside its walls. However a religious scientist would also not be unheard of, and there are some members who have at least some sense of spirituality (Alan Binet for example). Those that do largely keep these views to themselves as in The Institute if something cannot be backed up by the burden of scientific proof, it is meaningless to consider as anything more than speculative philosophy: something fun to chat about while enjoying coffee and nutritional supplements in the cafeteria, but irrelevant anywhere else.

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Name: The Unified Imperial State of Tekisasu

Flag (picture or description):https://i.imgur.com/FZNOXKi.png

Territory (picture or description) and Geography:

• Dallas/Fort Worth, aka “Dal’FoW” (Capital/Major City, and the largest city in Tekisasu by current times)
• Houston/Houstin (Major City and Naval Trade/Military Center in Tekisasu)
• New Orleans (Major Trade City, recently conquered within the last few years)

• Port Arthur (Notable Military/Naval Base)
• The New Orleans Peacekeeping Forces Region (Area of New Orleans where annexation forces and garrison forces are most concentrated)
• Gainesville (Budding trading settlement on the northern Tekisasu border, a shining example of a place that has successfully modernized and is seeing growth from it by tapping into some of the trade north of Tekisasu lands. It continues to try to promote itself as a good place for traders to come)
• Yette/Lafayette (Minor City, former capital of the Yette Rebellion, and which has been the last area of the nation to modernize before any new expansion was made)

History: The Unified Imperial State of Tekisasu, more shortly referred to as the nation of “Tekisasu” and its people as “Tekians”, is a nation currently composed of an eastern chunk of Texas as well as southern Louisiana.



The origins of this nation began long ago, with the emerging inhabitants of Vault 104. The people of this vault were composed of a variety of races and wildly different backgrounds, and had been raised for generations as lab rats while being extensively used as subjects for a myriad of culture-changing military brainwashing experiments. Such experiments were worked out by Vault-Tec in tandem with the U.S. military in order to gather data, data that would be applied to biological weapons used on “Chinese and Chinese-Amercian citizens” to shift their loyalties to America and even sow seeds of chaos behind enemy lines by mass-brainwashing populations. In the case of this vault, however, the brainwashing experiments for this ‘trial run’ were to make the residents ‘feudal Japanese’ in culture.

When the myriad of descendants of the original residents emerged from the depths of their vault in due time, they brought with them a new and synergized culture alien to that of the various tribals who were living in the ruins of the Dallas/Fort Worth area that the vault had been placed in. With time, however, the mix of the vault dwellers and local people would produce a budding and growing faction calling itself “Tekisasu”. With a feudal-style system of governance, plenty of peasants to work the plant, and a ready warrior class of 'Rangeri" whose ‘lords’ sought to carve out new lands, the Tekisasu began a heavenly path of conquest that would lead them a little north as well as south towards taking Houston and the coast. Conquest and assimilation of various local tribals was the vast majority of anything they dealt with in their first expansionary period, taking more lands and more peasants and uniting them under one banner as their people expanded across the land. Even a good portion of southern Louisiana was eventually taken as the need for better farmland and such grew to support the new nation.



Yet the borders of the Tekisasu could only stretch so far as time went on, their feudal-style system could only support so much land and lords and warriors and peasants, and could only handle so much governmentally before the myriad risks of ‘bursting’ or internal divisions might rear their ugly head. At times, even, such issues were rather narrowly avoided. It would only be a matter of time, however, before a more decisive change would have to be made. Information from well beyond their borders had often reached them of other larger nations and ilk that existed, usually acquired through trade and word of mouth, but not much of details at first. Over time these details about the peoples and groups they’d heard of began to reach them more and more, however, and began to have more and more impact on the minds of the Tekians. Groups of men clad in Power Armor and wielding mighty technologies that outshot them by a country mile. A titanic ‘Bear’ out to the far west that had fought an equally great ‘Bull’ in a great war that outshone any they had seen. A group from before the destruction of all things that had tamed Deathclaws into weapons. Motorcycle-riding raider-traders who sought to travel from coast to coast.

Fears about such mighty peoples and great threats, especially ones potentially turning their eyes towards them in turn at some point, began to spread through the population. From here it rose up the chains of command, the warriors, the lords, and ultimately even a past leader in the form of the Sherrgon at the time would come to be influenced by such concerns. They had subdued many tribals, even pushed back some lesser-armed and smaller raiders, but were such powers to expand near them...the results could be disastrous. While they had pride in their might, to face a ‘modern’ nation as they were would leave them woefully behind. This would result in the current Sherrgon of the time laying out the plans for and beginning what would be called “The Campaign of Reformation”.

‘Foreign’ scientists, those skilled in technology, veterans who had much battle experience, and even vault dwellers with the right expertise would be hired in those following years, brought in by the Sherrgon to help the Tekisasu nation modernize and centralize. Or in other words, the Sherrgon blew his personal wealth and his nation’s treasury in order to modernize and shape up his nation over time into something capable of surviving in the modern world.

At first changes would begin in areas that seemed more accepted, primarily being in the new ‘professional’ military where many of the warrior-class ‘Rangeri’ would acquiesce to being paid to give up old power and take up comfortable commanding positions to help train and direct the swaths of new recruits for their nation’s modernized army. New officials to govern provinces in a new and more stable bureaucracy were put into power, while bribing what old Lords of the realm would ‘retire early’ for a large stipend in return to stepping aside. Better education standards for the common people provided for free all around, and even those more skilled in medical care alongside machines of the old world were imported to improve living standards. More trade routes, as compared to the few the Tekians had ever accepted in the past, opened up and created many wealth-accumulating minor Tekian trade hubs along areas on their borders.

However, the old Lords and those Rangeri who still weren’t compliant or had been barely kept out of the way by their large stipends were alienated more and more over time as the Sherrgon shifted things around. By the time this unrest among these alienated members erupted into rebellion, spurred on by their privileges and stipends being but out entirely, these still overly-confident Rangeri and Lords felt they would be able to swiftly overcome these ‘new ways’ and place a new Sherrgon on the throne who would return things to the ‘old ways’ again. Such was their confidence that, after amassing their forces in the province of Yette (formerly Lafayette, Louisiana), they began a blunt and open march westward with the intent on subjugating and taking down their enemies in a grand show of force. They were supplemented by a few ‘disposable’ (in their minds) raiders groups that, with some bribing and promises, fought for them for the reward of lands of their own if they would but assist in the rebellion.

In return, however, the now-former Sherrgon (now calling himself “Emperor” and known as the “First Emperor”) had been preparing for such an occasion due to suspicions of such unrest forming within his borders. The “New Army of Tekisasu” was rallied into action, alongside some proper mercenaries that were hired up, and deployed tactically to intercept and crush the dissenters in this “Yette Rebellion”.



These forces would meet at their fated battle site, clashing near the coast at a settlement/military base in the now well-known “Battle of Port Arthur”. It was here where a new Imperial military base of operations had been made to act as a bulwark and secondary naval center in the east. The Yette forces came in with a fury against the defenses and defenders, seeking a swift and confident victory to maintain their momentum before the main Imperial Army arrived. Their radstag cavalry swept in from the sides, their sword/pistol wielding Rangeri came in from behind the allied raiders and poorly-armed levies that were charged in first, and the rebel Lords set up a viewing area to look down upon as they drank to witness what they felt would be a sure and decisive victory.

Imperial defenders laid down mostly imported and some locally made mines, scattering them over a few select key areas, and hid behind defenses as they wore proper armor on their bodies. Traps and salvaged turrets were also arranged to help hold back the attackers, among these overall measures formerly considered ‘dishonorable’ to those following the old ways. While rebel forces were hard to keep back, and some outlying areas fell due to numbers, the defenders did perform more than admirably and even effectively enough for the main Imperial force to finally arrive. Soldiers bolstered defending positions as they began to sweep in, before moving through the outlying areas to retake them. Imperial salvaged-and-refitted ships were pulled in alongside steam-powered ironclads to carry in soldiers to the east and get into the bay to fire bombardments at rebel positions,

While close quarters combat and experience were the specialties of the rebel Rangeri, though, the ranged and technological advantages of the Imperial forces combined with the greater numbers proved to be too much to hold back alone. Rangeri and such leaders were also targeted, leading to a loss of morale and the rout of some of the less-than-willing levies that had been raised and eventually the flight of the raiders themselves before land vehicles forces around the edge of the battle ultimately mopped them up.

The watching rebel lords were shocked at how decisive the battle was going against them, and by the time word of their soldiers’ base camp having been destroyed got to them they were already preparing to escape. Rushing in their haste, they were left outnumbered and outgunned as vehicle forces swept over in their direction and surrounded them. Their guards were gunned down, however, before the Lords themselves were pressured to finally surrender.



The rebel Lords and Rangeri had their remaining property, wealth, and possessions seized, before it was divided up among those who had been imprisoned for remaining loyal in the Yette province. Those lords who had rebelled were also publicly executed after a legal trial, one which was carried out to the ‘T’ in order to ensure the majority of public support remained behind the action. It was the first military victory of the new Tekisasu, and a major one that cemented its new government as well as the superiority of the modernized world over their old feudal system. This and the battle itself sent ripples through the population, with most hailing the new ways and victory as some wept over the loss of the old ways and formerly-idolized Rangeri warriors.

Despite the decisive victory, the improvement of the military, the vast uplifting of the quality of its citizens’ lives, and overall completion of modernization...the struggles of a nation that had only ‘just’ modernized within the same lifetime of most of its population would without a doubt arise. The Tekisasu had accrued much debt from the very brief war and many years of modernization efforts, their new border trade cities and new economy style were only just barely beginning to gain any real traction in regards to income, the independence of their nation was still a major concern among the population, and frankly speaking the struggle to find a proper outlet for dealing with the very scattered small pockets of those who had once supported the Yette Rebellion. This would lead to the following times being filled with efforts to stabilize these issues, the foremost of them being the Tekisasu debt.

With the city of New Orleans, a wealthy but only semi-stable independent trader city, and lands about it just sitting just a bit beyond their border...they were seen as tempting targets for a first imperial conquest. Too tempting, in fact, as their acquisition would be a very valuable addition to the Tekisasu cause and payments of their debt. At first the offer of a peaceful annexation was made to New Orleans and its inhabitants, however, a proposed deal that allowed complete autonomy and military protection in return for a negotiated payment each month. Not thinking the Tekisasu had anything to offer them in terms of military strength or ‘protection’, however, the people of New Orleans laughed them off and mocked their emissaries despite their at least seemingly good intentions. After all, did these barbarians from the west think they had any good technology? Hah! Yet there would also be the final grand ‘mistake’ that the people of New Orleans would make as well, as when a second set of emissaries was sent again they were beaten up terribly and kicked out of the city.



The Emperor ultimately sent in the military, enraged by the terrible treatment of his people and the rejection of their offer, and it was here the people of New Orleans learned the hard way. The Tekisasu military came in hot and fast, like a furious storm rolling in from the coast as they blew through the very overconfident and lazy-to-prepare local Raider militia like they were tissue paper. By the time the citizens of New Orleans recoiled from the initial shock, most of their city had been occupied by enemy forces and their external defenders were obliterated. The Council of New Orleans, a representative and ruling political body composed of faction/group leaders that actually controlled the city itself, sent a hasty offer of surrender to avoid more trouble. The Tekisasu commander in the battle accepted this surrender, but had those who had beaten up the former representatives arrested and shipped back to the capital to be tried and imprisoned.

Diplomats arrived after this, getting together with the city’s council and arranging a new situation for the city. The council would remain in power moving forward, to avoid shaking up local relations too much, but they would report to and work with a temporary Tekisasu official who would be set over the area and above them during the annexation period to ‘ensure peace’. There would also be the supplanting of the old Raider militia with professional Tekisasu soldiers/guards, at least until such time as tensions cooled down enough and new local militias could be trained standardized and retrained. Then said soldiers would merely retain garrisons around the borders of the city to protect it and its trade from raiders as the lands around the city were annexed as well.

Safe to say, since then many locals have adjusted to the new normal and complied to the new status quo. Wasn’t like the city hadn’t seen its share of ‘leaders’ in the past anywho, and these ones were at least being more merciful and accommodating in some part. Yet there were also the many who have also not accepted the new status quo, including even some far seedier merchants who’d traded with local raiders from without for an extra profit (and said raiders in turn), who still have ideas of an independent New Orleans and want their old status back while bearing a resentment of their new overlords.

Population: 450,000

Government/Domestic Politics: At the head of the government is the Emperor, who rules with a supreme power and whose family are literally royalty among their people. The Emperor acts as the military leader and an absolute authority, though does not have to actively manage the day to day passing of laws despite being able to get involved in this process.

Underneath the Emperor is the Senit (“Senate”), a group of veteran officials scouted out and recruited from all over the nation that are chosen to represent their people. A large political body, it takes care of the passing of nation-encompassing laws and dealing with the vast bulk of the day to day political/economic matters that need sorting out. Records of what is passed and discussed each session are recorded by a dedicated staff as well, and are sent to the Emperor to read over before being archived.

Below these are Goveno (“Governors”), individuals elected by the people to manage their respective provinces. Such individuals require an interview with the Senate, however, before being able to take office. To fail this interview/investigation is to not get the office, and the second place candidate is then chosen and interviewed. If all candidates fail the test, another election is held to find new candidates.

Below these are the Mayo (“Mayors”), aka the local mayors that are elected by the people to manage their own individual settlements. It is illegal to be chosen the mayor of more than one settlement at a time, which was an initial issue that arose before things were finally settled politically. Such leaders are basically just local settlement leaders, albeit united under a better centralized governmental system.

Notable People

-His Holiest Great Emperor of Tekisasu - Walker T. Kartye: The current emperor and “Second Emperor” as of the beginning of the RP. The son of the titular “First Emperor of Reform, Harden T. Kartye”, he has continued his father’s legacy since ascending the throne and taking his place at the seat of government. While he does sit at the head of the Senit, which is composed of officials imperially chosen and promoted from small and actually locally-elected positions all over to represent various areas and help make and pass laws, he also wields his power from the top in order to guide his people to a prosperous future. While being a magnificent presence that is given much reverence by his people, he does seem to genuinely care about them and their wellbeing and a sense of justice for them in the hellscape nightmare of a world they all live in.

He is a man of few words, however, only caring to speak when he feels the time is appropriate and getting to the point he desires to as bluntly as possible. As a military leader he is seen as generally sound, especially after he got personally involved in strategizing the key battle at Port Arthur and even the occupation of New Orleans before his father’s death. An ardent leader to keep his nation safe and to help it continue its recovery from accumulated modernization and war costs, his at least personal goal is to get the New Orleans area to a state of settling down while not trying to overstep and trigger another internal conflict. However, not wanting to repeat the Yette Rebellion, he does seek to keep enough of a military presence to ‘strike’ if he needs to.

Likewise, he wishes to send people out to scout out other nations and peoples to take better note of the grander world he and his people live in. To expand his peoples’ foreign relations is something he sees as a good potential investment for their future indeed, whether to note future enemies or find potential allies, and he is an open and progressive sort of person in this regard. Even so, when it comes to ideas about negotiations he does remain on the more respectfully cautious end of the spectrum when it comes to his ideas of negotiations for trade or such things. No sense in expanding one’s horizons, at least if some deal ends up blowing up in their faces!

His middle name is “Tekisasu”, literally speaking, and is a middle name passed down his family line for generations of Sherrgon even before his father.

-Princess Gemini T. Kartye: The oldest child and heir of Emperor Walker, she stands in-line for the succession of her father and grandfather’s throne. Raised with the aim of forging her into a great future leader, her education and weapons training and the ilk have been top-tier by post-apocalypse standards. A disciplined and strict individual who is a crack shot with a gun or pistol alike, she has been involved in efforts to continue driving her nation’s military forward and has become involved in her father’s efforts to expand relations in the outside world beyond that of their own nation and ‘neighbor’. Self-driven and dedicated, she is not someone to back down when she’s stuck her heels in about something...more like a stubborn mule that will pursue her course of action to the bitter end if she feels it is right and has taken a good look at her options. Even so, around close family she is noted as being softer, even smiling and laughing around her mother and various siblings.

Being the heir to such a nation as hers, however, has been of some pressure. But it is a pressure that she has vowed to take in order to ensure a brighter future for her family and people. She also bears the traditional sword and revolver pistol of a traditional Rangeri, a sign of respect towards the old ways even as she pursues the future of her people.

-(More to be probably added later)

Military (try to be somewhat realistic):

-General Infantry: Rifle, which could be switched out for a salvaged pre-war gun or assault rifle or submachine gun or the ilk. Pistol. Knife. Maybe a grenade. Light metal armor is always worn in a select few key/vital areas, which is normally supplemented more so with leather armor in remaining less-vital sports. While far more numerous than their more elite counterparts, this general body of infantry is the main fighting force and standing army of the Tekisasu Military and the main set of bodies one will find fighting on the ground in any sort of conflict. By the standards of some other groups and post-apocalyptic militaries their training is “strict”, but also rather organized and drilled and streamlined and professional in nature.

-Newku Rangeri: Also known as the “New Rangers”, they are a form of elite soldier who takes inspiration from the warrior-class “Rangeri” of Tekisasu’s past. Each is equipped with a ‘side’ sword (most commonly) or more rarely other melee weapons of some kind (whether it be a metal-tipped spear or a scavenged sledgehammer or machete or a salvaged Ripper or the ilk). Their primary weapon is normally a laser rifle or top-grade rifle, either traded for with the MWBoS or constructed back home or reverse engineered, or even some kind or top-tier salvaged pre-war gun. Their firearm-sidearm is very commonly a revolver, or even locally modified laser pistols arranged to create a rapid multi-shot semi-automatic “revolver” style weapon, and they are pulled from among the ‘best of the best’ in the standard infantry. They receive better armor (especially traded-for or salvaged combat armor and the like) and supplies as well to boot, but in turn are trained and pushed far harder to be the best possible soldiers in the regular Tekisasu Military. They are drilled in stealth, sniping, melee, and unarmed combat. They also learn how to survive in the harsh wasteland/wilderness, and even some first aid in the field among such things. Their training is rigorous and tough to say the least, and those who stand out amidst these tend to get even better gear and equipment at that due to being among the true “elite among the elite”.

While not as numerous as the standard infantry of the Tekisasu Military, who are still trained well and rigorously in their own right, these elite soldiers stand head and shoulders above their peers.

-Imperial Newku Rangeri: There is also an even more elite unit of just 500 soldiers that stands apart from other Newku Rangeri and are selected from it. These top picks of the “elites among elites” are called the “Imperial Newku Rangeri” and also called the “Immortals”. These soldiers act as the most elite troops in Tekisasu as well as being the titular “Imperial Guard” who are solely loyal to the Imperial Family and them alone. They recieve top-grade weapons and armor and equipment even by their other Newku Rangeri comrades’ standards, even wielding the entire stock of what salvaged and repaired power armor Tekisasu has. Loyal to the Emperor and the Emperor’s family alone, serve as guards and tend to remain in the capital or by the side of non-Emperor Imperial Family Members who are traveling about.

On certain occasions, some of these might be sent on a ‘special ops’ kind of mission...or even be temporarily ‘loaned’ to a particular military commander for a particularly important or desperate battle or show of force or other important situation. According to rumor, debatable battlefield accounts, and legends that gained them their secondary name, these best among the best soldiers will keep fighting through all injury and pain and suffering to the point one has to literally dismember them entirely to actually stop them. To manage to kill one is to find another already upon you. To underestimate them is to find a bullet to laser blast piercing one’s skull in the blink of an eye.

-Cavalry: A corp of troops assembled from assimilated tribal groups who possessed such beasts of war, and a former fixture in old-way armies, they are generally used on rougher terrains and are employed in combat before risking more valuable Land Vehicle forces. Originally ranks of Rangeri composed all of the cavalry, but with the incorporation of tribals and even descendants of old world native Americans who possessed mounts of some kind these sorts have replaced the old Rangeri cavalry and number much more than their predecessors did at that. Even the first Emperor noted the potential value in keeping such troops around to continue to supplement land forces...as well as somewhat appease those who look to this revamped but still-present corp as a sign of not ‘all’ the old ways being tossed aside.

Wielding bows and pistols and rifles, usually alongside whatever traditional melee weapons of some sort their people had before or they could scavenge or cobble together, these soldiers stand as pillars of a certain sign of respect for natives and the ‘old ways’ that Tekisasu has maintained despite its advancement. To serve in this corp is to serve with pride for both one’s people and one’s nation, or so they are drilled, and this is the one corps of troops in the entire Tekisasu Military that are not recruited from the ranks of general infantry. Rather, these troops are simply recruited from the population and are drilled in some general tactics and discipline to make them better on the battlefield. Equipment repair is a service allotted to them as well, and if they lack a melee or ranged weapon they get a standard infantry type of armament to supplement.

They are also useful for larger scouting parties, as well as sending out as standard-level scouts to observe and track enemy movements among other things.

-Land Vehicles: An amount of general vehicles and recovered pre-war APC’s have been recovered (and scavenged and cobbled together in new post-apocalyptic designs), at least within reason, and maintained by the Tekisasu Military. This fleet of vehicles can carry simple weapon mounts for soldiers, or if heavy/large enough carry a small cannon or two or a mortar or two on the other end of the spectrum, and are generally used to harass enemies, attack vulnerable groups of enemies, ride down fleeing foes, and carry soldiers to and from the battlefield. Even some bicycles, and some motorcycles at that, have been restored or scavenged or assembled in some post-apocalyptic design to carry messengers or certain types of ‘elite scouts’ around and allow them to quickly report back with vital information about enemy encampments and the ilk.

-Train Forces: A powerful technology in the post-apocalypse, part of the industrialization efforts of Tekisasu included the restoration of many old tracks to ‘be usable’ and building of ‘new’ tracks to stretch to new important locations. Likewise came the creation of new steam-powered locomotives or the salvage of pre-war steam engines that had been left in old train museums. A swift tool for moving supplies, troops, and people across their territory as they seek to expand and develop it, this technology has proven to be a very effective and key for this newly industrialized nation.

However, while trains for trade and moving things is one thing, there have also been armored trains built and mounted with gun turrets. Such are used mainly for helping move troops into or close to dangerous areas, to watch over workers where new tracks are being laid and placed down, deal with bandits/raiders, and even to pull cars full of cargo when security concerns arise in a given area of the railway. They are a powerful tool, usually mounted with very simple gun placements for soldiers to use, or some kind of small cannon or two placed in top-mounted turrets, or even individual mortars mounted on to provide suppressive fire to a battle or position close enough to the tracks from afar. Albeit, due to their features and use such armored trains are naturally slower than their unarmored counterparts.

Due to the value of a railroad in this current day and age, the railways of Tekisasu generally will always be kept watch on and maintained.

-Naval Forces: A once large tradug hub for the USA within the Gulf of Mexico, Houston Harbor became the Tekisasu naval center for trade and even naval military matters (with Port Arthur becoming a secondary area for this). It and areas along Tekisasu controlled coast was ultimately just a myriad of better or worse condition civilian ships, ranging from former personal boats to cargo ships left over from pre-war times and the ilk. Whether docked or washed up on the beach or half-sunk next to the shore, whether they were useful as scrap or could be repaired/repurposed in some fashion, they were inevitably put to use regardless for some kind of use.

Some smaller surviving watercraft were converted into a small fleet of fishing boats, to supplement the food supply, and others were made into other boats with or without guns on them that were used for trade. Those that remained were repurposed into military craft for use against pirates, as well as being used for carrying soldiers and crew and supplies to battle areas close enough to the coast to be useful. The Battle of Port Arthur and the Battle of New Orleans were two instances in which the naval military ships were actually at their most relevant, to give an example, and the ever-present threat of pirates affecting Tekisasu trade and coastal territory has also necessitated the use of such watercraft as well over time.

Faster and lighter steam-or-sail-powered lighter plated ships made by hand compose the majority of ships in the Tekisasu navy, however, and act merely to supplement what little pre-war civilian ships were able to be reused in various areas. Among these a very small about-handful of scrap-forged ships are actually Ironclad ships, ones which are armed well enough to be a real threat in this day and age but are also just mainly used in major enough or important enough military situations at sea or around the coast. They are not deployed often due to their costs, but are always stored away well and are stocked with veteran crews and sufficient support whenever they are actually deployed.

-Deputai: The ‘sheriffs/police’ and effectively ‘military police’ of Tekisasu lands. Responsible for acquiring/making their own weapons and armor and firearms, or otherwise buying them from the government if they want something ‘better’ at a cost out of their own pockets, they are hired on from among the local population and at least receive some proper military training for free before being assigned to an area to help police. In the end, however, they work for the government and are basically assigned across all of the settlements and cities in Tekisasu Lands to keep the peace and ensure the law is enforced.

These officers roam the territory they are sent out in, and meet up at “Deputai Offices” located in each settlement (or constructed there if not already there) in order to coordinate themselves as well as jail prisoners in a prison portion built (or designated an tweaked in the case of a reused pre-war building) underneath these buildings.

While a certain sense of ‘competition’ does arise within this police force, seeking to put down threats before another can or doing sabotage to keep out a competitor in order to get the pay bonuses designated for those doing a ‘superior’ job, a military official is set at the ‘head’ of managing local police forces and ensuring their job gets done ‘right’ despite this. If the local Deputai get too in-fighty or are causing notable trouble or the ilk, this official from the military is there to reign them in and even call upon help from nearby settlements or the government if needed. There is enough incentive to keep in-line for the good pay and prestige locally that these individuals do generally keep in line, but beyond that a certain “Code of Standards” has formed around this group naturally due to their influences and inspiration from ye olde samurai and the former Texas Rangers.

This “Code of Standards” determines what “is” and “is not” acceptable to do, and indeed has been eventually formalized and compared to the tenants of the old warrior-class Rangeri in turn. Civilians have tended to look upon such officers more or less favorably due to how well they adhere to this code of honor/discipline, and entire families of Deputai have formed in local areas that seek to maintain their prestige and strive for a very high excellency of service and skill to the people of Tekisasu and their Emperor. Such families deal in strategic marriages, trades, alliances and rivalries, and the ilk between each other over in order to claw towards the top...but even this is held to a certain standard. Two families having a large war in all the streets or trying to divide a town in half between them could very rapidly devolve to military intervention and a loss of any status, property, life, and the ilk (literally everything) they once had.

This class of individual can also be assigned to more strictly government-possessed or government-guarded areas, acting a proper military police and being more tightly ‘on the leash’ in return for a better paycheck and retirement. Only a few veteran members of this corp are also present in New Orleans, all newly re-assigned and equipped to try to help keep the peace in this city...at least as the military continues to work with the locals and tries to transition things there well enough to eventually pull out. From there the plan is to pull in more Deputai as the military transitions out, in order to maintain local order and adjust locals to things in a more easy-going and natural manner.

-Other: Other than the use of agents and a myriad of smaller specialist corps for things such as infiltration and sabotage and the ilk, there are also a few experimental concepts and ideas being worked on by Tekiasu.

One of these is a still-experimental airship project that has been in the works for some time, an idea ultimately conceived and based on the remains of a crashed Brotherhood airship found years ago near their territory. While the ship seemingly had no survivors, aboard, its wreckage was hauled back and taken to be studied and analyzed. Though still in the experimental phase, the project heads hope to engineer something that could at least help move goods and supplies from place to place...if not also maybe troops and guns mounted on it and such things as well in due time afterwards.

Likewise, there are experiments to create a heavily armored land vehicle that can carry guns and handle front line combat. Something that could ultimately shield infantry, perhaps, or tackle approaching enemy positions while cutting down on potential infantry casualties. Or in other words, Tekiasu is experimenting with creating a proper tank of some kind.

There also exists an 'elite' kind of agent employed by Tekisasu beyond their usual agents and spies and such...the Ninjeck. Wearing black balaclava masks and learning a variety of tactics like assassination and spying and sabotage and sneaking and infiltration, they are known for their dangerous martial skill and highly versatile skillset ranging from wilderness survival to explosives making and poison/medicine creating and the ilk. They are taken in and trained from a very young age, from childhood, to take down the enemies of Tekisasu and loyally serve the Emperor and the government. Many an orphan or lost child with nowhere to go has found a place here, male and female, and have been employed since the time of the Sherrgon and old Rangeri. They were formed by the Sherrgon of old, and other than a wider inclusion of skills and better discipline/training/resources have otherwise seen little to no changes from modernization.

Economy: The Tekisasu Economy is in a state of growth, having been reformed and refounded during the lifetime of the First Emperor and his campaign to modernize his nation. There are many facilities for manufacturing and the ilk that have arisen, and things like old mines and new locations with resources have been transformed into standardized resource-gathering operations to fuel a modern nation. Scavenging ‘companies’ can also be found, sending people out or sifting about within Tekisasu lands to gather parts and materials and information and the ilk. These are things that, for these salvaging groups, be sold to their own government for a better profit if rare/valuable enough or at least to manufacturing areas and foreign traders and the like.

Beyond there, agriculture and farming and fishing feature as the top three largest ‘industries’ in the entirety of Tekisasu due to their need. Agricultural practices have been improved distinctly after old Vault 104 hydroponics were eventually returned to and analysed/queried to try to improve food output aboveground. The catching of mutated fish, Mirelurks, and the ilk from the sea has also proven to be a boon to feeding a growing population and fueling a modern nation. Likewise, caring for Brahmin herds and even a few rare Radstag Ranches help provide another source of food to support a now more steadily growing population.

Culture and Technology (include views towards slavery and mutants):

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-Note: Other Relations/History/Trade Partners -

***MWBoS (considers Tekisasu ‘decent trading partners’; trade done by riverboats down the Mississippi River; MWBoS might be interested in their shipbuilding capabilities. In exchange, they'd be willing to sell armor and weapons, although nothing fancier than combat armor or laser rifles. Or if you need building materials they could trade stuff like limestone, cement, and lead.)

***80s (Beyond far-traveling mercenaries and traders from this group that appear for hire or trade respectively, a trend that has continued consistently through current times, there was a time period where a presence from the 80s was more notable for Tekisasu. This time period of ‘peak’ trade with the 80s was between the years of 2180 and 2240, under the guidance of a past road chief by the name of ‘David Son’. The man’s road name Son and the clan name was David [Jewish 80s could be a thing???] He had made the long journey south to Texas back in the days, until his small empire crumbled after his death/split under his sons who soonish either became fully local or died as well. Due to this, after David Son’s passing interactions and trade declined until they finally leveled out to their current state.

However, those 80s who had been left in Texas were ultimately assimilated into local culture, albeit standing apart in their own way and becoming their own distinct and potent percentage of the Land Vehicles Forces of the Tekisasu Military as time has gone on. They live along a length of the I-20, and with Tekisasu modernization have become matured settlements and a people who’ve adopted an identity that takes pride in their past but join together with the modern and moves towards the future. Dubbed “The 80-20s”, both locally and among their own, they desire to one day be able to send people to travel the sacred I-80 once more to walk the ways of their ancestors as they proudly take their position as proud citizens of Tekisasu and fight for their new homeland. The current leader of this break-off faction from the 80s is called “Manche Wilder”, his road name being Wilder and his clan name being Manche [his clan being formed from descendants of former Comanche Indians].)

***Legion (Legion Frumentarii have been a problem in regards to their chem selling and spying work. In fact, their presence and rumors of their home nation became part of the kindling that stoked the fires of fear about larger nations to the West and ultimately helped lead to Tekisasu modernization. While counter-intelligence and counter-agent efforts have been undertaken to secure the Tekisasu borders in general, between rumor and Frumentarii they do approach things in a very cautious manner about the Legion at large. Especially with a lack of information on them to boot.)

-Note: General Military Organization - There are commanders over different amounts of soldiers, similar to that of the Roman military actually. There is a commander set over every 10 soldiers, a commander over 100 (10 units of 10), and even a commander set over each 1000 soldiers (10 units of 100) and so forth. The Emperor sits at the very head of the military to boot, being the highest military official in the nation.

-Note: Rifles - Among the types of ‘traditional’ rifles and ammunition in use by the Tekisasu Military, .30-30 Carbines, .45-70 Carbines/Revolvers (including “Forager” rounds), .50-110 Carbines, and .357 Carbines/Revolvers are featured in varying degrees as some of the most notable models in use. Most of these such carbines are lever-action, while only some are bolt-action.

-Note: Emperor’s Bodyguard - The Samumanche - There exists another elite unit that is still ‘part of the Imperial military’, but also acts solely as the bodyguards and personal soldiers of the Emperor (formerly Sherrgon) alone. Warriors recruited from lands far distant from Tekisasu’s own, rumored foreign lands said in legend to be filled with peoples who war and shout and wield weapons and worship a strange deity never seen before. Donned in mighty top-grade armor and wielding odd weapons (like giant electrified or heated saw-like blades they can swing around and wield very easily with one arm) fusing local tradition and Tekisasu technology, these very tall darker-skinned warriors that hide their faces behind the metal masks are an imposing force to be reckoned with as they stand in their silent vigil. Adorned with a myriad of body-covering tattoos, at least according to local rumors emerging from the royal palace in the Tekisasu capital, these odd people are even said to never speak...perhaps having taken a vow of silence? They even stand at an imposing height, as tall as Super Mutants at the very least!

In battle it is said they are “like demons”, and that they roar in this situation with the force and crackling boom of a radstorm.

-Note: The Immigrants - Marco-quetza - The stock of people the Emperor’s bodyguard seem to come from, all the same kind of super-tall and odd foreigners like them who have ever since immigrated and come to live in the various cities and areas along the coast of Tekisasu. Others have migrated further inland from there, though the biggest concentration of these live outright in the imperial capital itself. These people can kill creatures with blowgun-style weapons, are good at construction and often hired for this throughout the empire, are known as great workers with stone and making seemingly perfectly square/rigid types of statue/sculpture, and are capable farmers/fishers in their own rights. In terms of non-native populations that have appeared in or immigrated to Tekisasu, they are the largest by far. They have, however, over the years most definitely assimilated into areas alongside natives and others and become yet another of the proud people of Tekisasu.

Some have adopted local culture, some have adopted a mix, and even others have retained a certain distinctness in their ways retained from whatever mysterious and rumored home they came from. Another better-known fact about them is a celebration each year (sometime in October) they call the “Moztlati”: a tradition that celebrates the “sparing of the world” from annihilation and preservation of their people from utter destruction. Those participating prepare dishes from “poor” and very common ingredients locally, and eat a humbly made but splendid feast of various dishes with friends and family and visitors while recounting the orally-passed-down story of mankind’s deliverance from total annihilation in their homes.

They are known as hard workers, and their food tends to make use of big soups and stews and long-lasting cakes imbibed with various foods and meant to survive long-term storage.

They have introduced the unique farming aspect of deriving a grow-able source of water from a strange type of ‘mutated cactus’ present in the desert. It takes in radioactive water and produces reserves of fresh water inside, ones that can be safely tapped into for use by adding a simple turn-on-able spot on the end. Apparently a similar plant existed back in their unknown homeland, or so some immigrants say.

Likewise an odd form of grain once brought in by them has mixed with local razorgrain and formed a unique species that has been since more and more commonly farmed in Tekisasu in certain kinds of crop rotations. No examples of the original grain remain, however, save for maybe a rare area near Galveston rumored to have some. Perhaps mixed with a kind of stunted mutant corn, this foreign crop hybrid produces long ‘cobs’ along the mid-shaft of the plant’s stalk along with a number of hardy seeds. Such seeds can be harvested along with the plant when ready, but if left for too long the seeds will ‘explode’ a tiny internal reserve of water and oil mixture in them that scatters the seeds over an area around the mother plant.

These people have also brought an odd and unique language, which to any pre-war-familiar groups like the Brotherhood might potentially be able to recognize it as some kind of Nahuatl-Spanish-English mixed language (more dominant influences of each respective language going from left to right) the locals in Tekisasu have dubbed ‘Marco-quetzan’.

-Note: The Rangeri - The Rangeri of old, the former warrior class that existed within Tekisasu and kept order in the land. They wielded three weapons in the beginning, that being a scrap-made sword, a wakazashi made out of small pieces of broken metal or things like sharpened rulers for if they needed to commit soup-puku, and a revolver pistol. Each lord of old would promote and grant land to their Rangeri within their area of control, and the Rangeri were responsible for keeping order and peace and productivity in their respective slices of land. Often the Rangeri would then on a local scale gather up some locals to serve them as retainers, as well as local extensions of them in enforcing order and law, who would be given small boons or certain advantages such as a smaller stipend of caps. Some would even invest in local projects or art to impress their lord, if not the locals, in order to help maintain their status and significance.

When having a dispute over something to the point they'd come to blows, if not when they might have a dispute their with lord, the traditional thing to do for Rangeri was a "Duel at Noon" rather than make a mess of things. Such duels became storied among the Tekians, where two would meet down a long open street and battle until one was dead or surrendered. The victor would then get not only his side taken in the dispute by his lord, and locals, but would get compensation paid by the loser's family as well as take a slice of the loser's land. A big price for such a duel, and when they'd turn lethal the standard thing to do was take in the loser's family and land as one's own and treat them well out of respect.

Likewise, while they did lord over the locals in their territory the Rangeri also took to protecting them as a matter of pride as well. It was their duty, their job to not only serve their lord...but above and beyond so to further ensure the safety of their lands and the overall territory of the Sherrgon. Some stories tell of honorable and mighty Rangeri who took great care in their duties to the people and Sherrgon, whilst there were at least a few examples of the opposite occurring and the myriad problems that came with it as a warning to other Rangeri and their lords and peoples.

The main sword of a Rangeri was also considered part of themselves, an important piece of their status and a symbol of their might that they were to care for. They practiced with it and their revolver, held in a similar regard, very often in order to hone their skills. There were even schools in the capital where they could go or send their future heirs to go learn, study, and practice both martial skill and academic skills. Whilst original Rangeri swords are mostly gone between the civil war and modernization efforts and the ilk, a few rare ones made of just scrap have been well-cared for and repaired and passed down and maintained even through current times by descendants who keep them to 'honor the past'. Meanwhile more the better-made and more recent Rangeri swords survived, or were gathered from those who died in the civil war, and were passed onto either living descendants/kin (if there were any) or given as gifts to new higher officers to merely as gifts and symbols of their position in the new modern army. The one the heir to the throne of Tekisasu currently wields is actually a custom-made blade, forged from the finest steel Tekisasu money could buy and forge.

Families of the Rangeri would be kept at their lords' estates, staying there as well-treated hostages in case any Rangeri got ideas of rebelling or something of the sort. This kept the system in-line, but when modernization occurred many of these were bought out by the first Emperor and adapted to the new modern army system that arose. It not only freed their families from the lords, but with the people already liking them it gave them greater prestige and better pay to boot. Those who resisted, however, claimed that such change was uncouth and frankly endangered their livelihoods and status.

-Note: Minority Chinese-Descended Population of Tekisasu & The Yangtze - The Yangtze and its lone captain were eventually assisted by another traveling passer-by who went to investigate it, albeit this mysterious kind soul eventually died from radiation sickness and wounds sustained from feral ghouls in the ship after helping Captain Zao fix it. The captain helped bury the body of this kind friend before heading out on his voytage to try to go home, but got as far as the Gulf Coast and Texas despite his attempts to 'stay safe' by keeping closer to the shore. It was here he was eventually run across by others off the coast of Galveston.

It was here he found some other Chinese ghouls and even Chinese-descended people all from the same crew of another Chinese sub that 100 years ago beached near the old Galveston drydock due to a myriad of issues. While it had since been kept in once piece by the Chinese ghouls and some of the descendants of those from weren't dead or ghoulified by then, mainly just to keep the on-board reactor from causing issues, this sub remained rather strongly seaworthy still. Yet the First Emperor had given them special permission to keep maintaining it, as well as gave them special payments for all among them who could be pulled in to help the nation of Tekisasu modernize and teach others at least some things. A scrap-forged dry dock had been built by this time as well as part of a larger payment for technical knowledge, at some cost out of the Emperor's personal finances to boot, in order to better isolate and allow it to be maintained and preserved for research and safety reasons. Likewise, these descendants had been allowed to spread out into the general population and now formed part of the populations along the Tekisasu coast as well as in some areas farther inland to boot.

Finding some of the old ghouls still there to be from Zhongguo as well, and after realizing that his sub could not make it home due to other travel issues his former comrades pointed out, decided to stay and live with his fellows. Putting down the feral ghouls inside, and doing further repairs to The Yangtze, the old ghouls and those living who could assist gave Zao a sense of comfort as well as took their knowledge of their sub to repair his to a better condition (at least) than it had been when he was leaving Boston. Likewise, parts and ammunition from the other old sub could be used to restock The Yangtze if it was used. To this end the Second Emperor has even paid the ghoulified submarine captain to work for his nation and prosper with his people in his lands.

While it is only one sub, with limited supplies for restocking its lesser armaments and ilk, it does exist as a part of the Tekisasu Navy as its most key and prized piece of them all. The single most advanced thing their navy has, money has since been funneled and resources channeled to keep it in as best as shape as possible...if not try to return it somewhat closer to its 'prime' state. It also still contains the failed and useless ICBM within it, which to this day still cannot be fired and does not contain a nuclear warhead due to that being used as fuel.

On another side note, some of these people form a distinct area in the capital. Albeit a rather new and growing area alotted to them, it has been dubbed with the name "Ya'ang" by locals and "Yang" by those from that area.

Name: The Greater Union of New Orleans

Flag (picture or description): [find pic]

Territory (picture or description) and Geography: The territory of this faction encompasses the city of New Orleans, as well as a small bit of surrounding area.

History (if using a pre-existing faction, recent history will due. The RP start date is 2290):

A city which remained independent for some time and was embroiled in decades of post-war chaos, it was originally united by a council of faction leaders in the city who seized areas of influence before eventually uniting and creating a tension-filled peace after years of in-fighting over turf within the city itself. These factions were as follows: The Red Lighters, The Creole Kings, The Gass Guzzlers, The Vaultie Boys, and The St. Bernard Squatters. The groups, though disparate and different, worked out a sort of cohabitation situation in order to make the most wealth they could from the city itself rather than getting nowhere in years of attrition-filled battle between each other. Due to this, the area ultimately became a major trading hub that has remained in the hands of the new “City Council” for a good number of years.

Yet while the factions who control New Orleans overtly keep to a ‘square deal’ they made with each other, and independent traders and customers coming in would find a safe place to sell and buy a large variety of wares, they also would...make some dealings under the table. Sabotage, bribery, the assassination of ‘problem people’, creation of inter-city alliances to gang up on others in council decisions, all of it was without a doubt commonplace even after the ‘uniting’ of New Orleans into an independent trading power. One minute they all might be working together to repair levees and ensure the city isn’t obliterated in flood waters, the next they might be warring over influence with a new profitable medical drug on the market that some traders just brought in from New York or something. While a vicious cycle, however, the factions ultimately have put themselves in a deadlock of a situation...one where a local war between any of them would mean doom for the profit margin of themselves individually as well. However, tensions did continue to rise over the years, and near-conflict-inducing flare-ups scattered about here and there have been more common over the years through even now.

More recently, however, when the nation of Tekisasu to the west sent representatives tthey were initially heard out, before being promptly laughed at and out of the city. All the Council of New Orleans knew about this group was something about lords and lands and a caste of odd warriors being among them, according to the rumors and tales of them, based somewhere in the desert or something. Sure they had moved into southern Louisiana and taken some land, but what could some sword-swinging bunch of Tribals trying to be fancy about things do for or even to them? They had people just as good and already in their pocketbook, basically just a large raider gang housed in an area of the city leased out to them ijn return for acting as the city's exterior-protection muscle.

When the second delegation came, however, men from the Raving Raiders stopped them at the border and told them to leave. They had been told to keep out any representatives from the group, asked to even use a show of force if more representatives became persistent. Perhaps then these tribals would just leave them alone and step out of their business! Thus when the delegation refused to leave, stating they were there on important business, they were beaten to a pulp and robbed and then dumped outside of the city. The few lingering survivors would crawl back to their masters, all whilst the Council hoped this show of force would show they just didn’t want to do business and could handle themselves.

Yet this decision would later come to haunt them, even as they glutted on their wealth and their insulating raider muscle was relishing in its profitable position. Rumors of a marching army coming the city’s way, apparently from Tekisasu lands, didn’t even phase the Council of New Orleans as they merely let their muscle get ready to shoot up a bunch of easy-to-crush and mock-honor-bound peasant-armed morons they felt would be coming. A bunch of primitive fools with pointy sticks and scrap crammed together to form a 'blade' would be nothing to bat an eye at, especially ones who were just rednecks and idiots mimicking the pre-war Japanese, though some factions almost jokingly suggested bribing the enemy with caps to see if some of them could be turned on each other!

Though by the time the modernized Tekisasu forces swept into the lax streets of New Orleans like a red and yellow tide, wiping out the 'muscle' the city had long relief on against external threats, the ruling Council of New Orleans could barely scrape enough representation together to keep their own personal forces safe and propose a hasty but total surrender. These tactically-led forces, of which the future Tekisasu Emperor was at the forefront of the ground forces, ultimately annihilated the overconfident and ill-prepared/lazy Raving Raiders in a striking blitzkrieg that sent massive ripples through New Orleans' visitors, locals, and factions alike. Though the Council overall took some comfort in now being immediately executed and replaced, however, they were now in a new and tenuous position in the following years.

Many, meaning most outside traders and a good portion of the New Orleans locals, eventually came to approve more of the new jurisdiction that Tekisasu had brought upon them after a time. Streets were cleaner, less druggies were meandering around the city’s more profitable areas, violent incidents from different factions were being suppressed, Raiders weren’t wandering streets deeper in on occasion to ‘help enforce’, and ideas of actual power being supplied one day and a railroad coming to the city spoke volumes for potential profits moving forward. This on top of work beginning on cleaning up the old Raider area into a new market hub and living area! A certain level of autonomy being left for them also allowed many people to live ‘normal’ if not somewhat better lives with a little more security and keeping their local traditions. Albeit, these moves were primarily made on the occupiers' part to try to maintain a sort of positive image and garner some local support for the annexation. Yet these motives aside, many of those in New Orleans seem to be looking at a brighter and more thriving potential future and profit than an independent New Orleans alone would have ever given them.

On the other hand, the minority of ‘certain’ types of traders, some among the populace, higher-ups in some factions, and those whose otherwise profiteered from or worked within the steady stream of inter-faction conflicts were left rather unhappy. Disparate and small outside raider groups, once kept at bay by the city’s own greater external raider muscle and illicit under-the-table trades with them made by the factions, now look at the newly occupied city as an enemy and potential threat under its "new management" rather than turning their eyes away as they used to do. Those who work or worked as troops for the remaining factions of the city were cracked down on when ‘putting the greater public in danger’, their activities stifled and their influence being reduced (not eliminated of course, but reduced). Likewise, local businesses aligned with the flow of drugs in and out of the city being standardized found an increase in wealth and growth in business...but those who had dealt mostly with illicit or shady outside groups like other Raiders or selling to vulnerable communities to create addicts were basically cut off entirely. There were even those who just didn’t like the concept of being ruled by a new group, no matter how well it got, or otherwise have held resentment over the military occupation and whatever changes or other issues have come along so far with annexation. Then finally, the profits of the various Factions have been cut into as well, alongside a new flow of caps back to pay off modernization and civil war debs in the rest of Tekisasu that has led even more to a sense of distaste from those faction higher-ups and their personal forces who were used to the sweeter "supplemental income" they had reaped before.

Population: 40,000

Government/Domestic Politics: New Orleans is run by several factions, who after once warring over territory united to generate profits and create a powerful trading hub in the Southeast USA. United as a group within the so-named "Council of New Orleans",

-Factions of New Orleans:

***The Redlighters - Based out of the former French Quarter, they are a faction who first made it big by delving into the business of alcohol brewing and prostitution and providing a ‘myriad of services’ like drugs to others. They also are the faction that hosts the yearly celebration of “Mardi Gras” in their area of New Orleans, a festival now seen as one to celebrate their survival of the apocalypse and to indulge in excess and luxuries and forbidden indulgences once a year in an virtually orgy-like party that occurs in the heart of the city and everyone/anyone is welcome to participate in.

The faction eventually also invested in providing temporary housing and hostels/inns for traveling traders and the ilk, neatening up their appearance and territory as time went on and business became more profitable. Even so they have never stopped plying their original trades and services to the public, and indeed continue to make a hefty profit off of these as well to boot. They also deal in trade of chems and such drugs to “The Vaultie Boys” faction, albeit this relationship has gone from originally a singular partnership to a flow of goods that has become necessary for the city’s function.

The local ‘forces’ of this particular faction consisted mainly of bouncers and basic door-guards who would keep clientele and their goods safe from thieving or harm. Likewise, a small force of trained ‘escorts’ would be scattered about undercover on the streets but be battle-ready to catch unsuspecting or attempted thieves trying to rob Redlighter personnel. Internal faction conflicts have also made the Redlighters the best ‘spies’ and ‘infiltrators’ in the entire city.

***The Creole Kings - Do you need food? Do you need people who can hunt and kill and track the myriad of mutated creatures and dangers of the Wasteland more than anyone else in New Orleans? This is where the Creole Kings shine, being a more rural faction filled with an array of specialized beast-hunting, farming, and crop-raising folk who are as rugged and tough and hardy as the land they live upon is deadly. And the land they live upon is rather deadly, filled with Deathclaws, Orleans Gatorclaws (a unique variant arising only in this area and spreading out some ways east from there), and a myriad of unique plant and animal species that survived and mutated in the post-apocalypse.

What they lack in infrastructure, they make up for in numbers and improved genetics over generations of only the toughest and strongest members of their factions being able to survive. They speak with a thick, Creole accent and tend to be the most ‘foreign’ sort of group to interact with when visiting New Orleans. While minor conflicts with other factions were inevitable before the uniting of the city itself, these people never got the worst of it after proving to be very hard to fight on their home turf and otherwise too valuable for their food production to actually kick out.

Their ‘forces’ will always total up to their entire population, as every man, woman, and child is taught to shoot a gun and wield a weapon from a very young age in order to protect themselves and even fight others if they need to. It is just part of the lifestyle they have lived for generations upon generations since the bombs fell, living off a harsh and even more unforgiving landscape than a great many other wastelanders have had to. Families socialize with each other naturally among their people, and bonds of blood and friendship and such relationships connect virtually everyone living in the titularly named ‘Swamp of New Orleans’. This is to the point they consider themselves ‘one big family’ in the literal sense, even with each family having a head, and to prod their people with attack and attempts to wipe them out is to invite a very quickly organizing effort and guerilla warfare and the dangers of the swamp in their entirety.

While not the most educated of all factions, potentially the least, they are not as ‘dumb’ as some outsiders might think. Book smarts are one thing…“seein’ folks, knowin’ how ta’ keep tha’ peace, and knowin’ when ta’ keep an eye on them, how ta’ hide thin’s from em’, an’ knowin’ when ta’ pull the trigger are other matters entirely”.

They are also experts with airboats, and not only operate and maintain ones that survived the bombs but have crafted ones since then with time and effort. Their boats not only move food about the city, however, but also help move supplies and transport people/goods in general. This transportation service they provide is something notable, and has become a vital lifeline within the city itself for outsiders and locals alike in getting about without tramping through the almost labyrinthine ruined city streets.

This people consider the Redlighters historically to be their historic rivals and ancient foes, ones they keep a tenuous peace with for the city’s sake and their own profit margin. They are also a faction in favor of just ‘going with the flow’ and letting their annexations happen...after all, it only increases the area in which they can market, ensuring a new and bountiful batch of customers to come. They are perhaps the strongest faction supporting Tekisasu annexation due to the fact they will inevitably continue to reap sheer profit and growth in their particular area of expertise. Plus, buying more weapons to mod and modify for hunting is a plus to them.

***The Vaultie Boys - A faction formed from former Vault Dwellers emerging from the horrors of the Uptown New Orleans “Vault 71”, a vault where experimental attachments of robot parts to human bodies and human parts to robots resulted in an array of maddening deaths and strange abominations and ultimately evacuation of the vault after generations of trying to get the Overseer-disabled door lock to finally open. From here they ultimately assimilated what locals were originally in their current territory, and settled their turf with help of their vault’s robot-producing plants. Its macabre technologies would also come to be put to use for robotic or fleshy ‘prosthetics’, and its various medical facilities that were to be used to help with experiments were put to use healing up and treating locals.

Robots made out of gathered scrap materials proved to be a somewhat-efficient ‘force’ to keep their area safe, and in turn these “Vault People” or “Vaultie Boys” came to claim old buildings and even an old hospital or two as they became a source of medical care in the area. It became their niche, at least alongside the refurbishing and ‘fixing’ of technologies or tools brought to them. The more harsh and violent factions were kept satiated, at least, by their providing medical care and engineering skills. Such skills ultimately cemented them, however, as essential service locals and outsiders and even travelers would tap into for the right price after the uniting of the city under the so named “Council of New Orleans”.

Out of all of the factions of New Orleans, this one has perhaps been the most peaceful throughout its history. It never indulged in the backstabbing of other factions, but also sought out a profit through purely legitimate means its people knew were necessary to keep things running. Why go behind peoples’ backs, after all, when you can keep them held in the palm of your hand to get heir people patched up? In this vein, Vaultie Boys members are more likely to be face to face and blunt about things rather than sugar-coat them or go behind one’s back to make a deal. They are also the most cocky and confident of the bunch. However, this faction also has perhaps the most sway on the most worst-off among the population due to providing certain ‘free’ forms of care for locals and gaining a certain favor from many locals in turn. Not all, mind, but many.

***The St. Bernard Squatters - The youngest faction of New Orleans, originally composed of settlers and others who originally settled in an area of New Orleans after finding themselves without any other form of home to settle on or go to. They initially were nothing but a mass of people other factions sold to, due to moving upon a muddy and flooded area that had lots of scrap but also not much to offer at first. Yet what their land lacked in obvious resources they made up for in ingenuity to do some hunting and farming, though this put them at some odds with The Creole Kings and eventually into an alliance with The Redlighters (who only supported them to try to counterbalance the Creole Kings). Likewise, they began to make a profit off of simply sending people out to scavenge surrounding areas to the southeast and southwest and selling the scrap to the Vaultie Boys and Gas Guzzlers and others for a profit. Beyond these, however, they generally were used to performing various odd-jobs and gathering scrap as they basically ‘squatted’ on the land at first and brought nothing majorly productive.

They eventually became primarily skilled prospectors and scavengers who would go out to gather scraps and loot and the ilk that might interest other factions, they also became an area where the majority of the city’s poorest and downtrodden lived and where religion came along and took root. The man who united the area in turn eventually became a religious figure, the titular “St. Bernard”. A patron for the downtrodden, a saviour of the hopeless, a being that watched over and cared about even those who did not actively believe in him, and a presence that supported prospectors and scavengers in their work and guided their minds and hands and eyes to what was most valuable.

Thus a group of squatters and the poorest of the city, once sitting upon mud, became a prominent faction of local prospectors/scavengers and simultaneously the most religiously zealous people of the city. They have also traded for scrap and items to scrap with travelers and traders and other prospectors, seeking to keep a secure local market for their wares as they reap in the profits. Despite their oddities, however, they have remained stalwart allies of the Redlighters and even promoted one of the group’s former leaders to a venerated status in their religion. Similarly about half of their people stand among those who wish for the “infidel occupiers” to be driven from their city with a small occupation-supportive minority. It is a rather heated debate that still continues among the faction to this day, even as their priests and leaders manage to keep them civil for the time being at least.

Their current leader is also their very religious head, taking the form of one man and former priest named “Nathaniel Wilson” who took on the name of “The Great Popar, Sanguis York” after his ascension to the head of the religion. While a bit ‘nutty’ and definitely ‘a bit crazy’, he is also a man of action and vehement words who stubbornly commits to his actions and decisions unless ‘divine revelations’ he gets tells him otherwise. It also might not help that he is a Daytripper addict (the drug being a religious thing for them) who continues to get shipments from his Redlighter suppliers. Even so, his faction is by sheer numbers the largest faction in the city by a good amount….even if his people still live in mud-and-scrap huts and other building ruins converted into some kind of more primitive habitable spaces. He also desires to eventually “create a utopia of civilization that would appease St. Bernard and the other saints”, plans for which have...never been really talked about so far in public at all.

Aside from visitors to the better-built church areas and trade areas for scrap or to listen to sermons, most of the areas of this faction inhabits are only ever occupied by their denizens. However, what this faction lacks in better technology they make up for in raw numbers as compared to the other factions in general.

***The Gas Guzzlers - The final surviving original faction of New Orleans, they formed from a pre-war biker gang used to break strikes along the distance of the I-10. Wasteland experts at salvaged vehicles and cobbled-together machines to ride about in, their ‘home/main hub’ exists within New Orleans and acts as the point for various people from their ‘clan’ who seek to travel the road to the east coast and back as their rite of passage. While they were mostly uninvolved in city matters, save for trading for supplies, they did act as a force that deterred too many outside forces from trying to take the city while they were present. That much was valuable. Yet while the Raving Raiders Gang and them were always at odds with each other at first due to this, nearly sparking a total war due to past conflicts, intervention from the other factions during the union of New Orleans led to some compromise and a tenuous general agreement of peace (even if one filled with occasional incidents to boot) to exist between them.

While the Raving Raiders took up as the ‘defensive muscle’ to help protect the city if it came into real danger from outside, the Gass Guzzlers became a faction whose travels and people kept the I-10 clear enough to encourage more land traders to visit New Orleans. Going from a biker gang who once raided in Southern Louisiana and Mississippi and as far as southern Georgia, they became an organization and even hire-able mercenaries who now contributed to the city’s wealth and growth in some fashion. Keeping out of city matters unless they needed supplies or to pick up their allotted ‘cut’ of growing city profits to keep them cooperative, with discussion with the other New Orleans factions they turned into the ‘hired’ land forces that would ensure safer trade and get supplies and caps and ilk in return.

Out of all of the factions of New Orleans, however, they are also the most controversial in the current political issues about the occupation to some extent. They are mostly interested in their own matters, and have been only included on the Council of New Orleans in order to keep their representation and a peace with them where they are involved. They do, however, simply seek to reap what benefits they can from even the current situation. Tekisasu seeks to make the area more secure in the future by hiring them on as well, granting them a certain autonomy, and further has noted to allow them to head through their lands as long as they remain peaceful and loyal. This has opened up the chance for some of the fabled “Western Route” to be traveled once more, something only their ‘most ancient’ ancestors once were able to do before issues between them and others to the west resulted in a ban on such travel due to its ‘dangers’. Likewise they have been offered to be sold more potential wrecks and salvage vehicles to turn into their revered traveling machines or help repair them, which has ultimately been a big boon for them since then.

Their presence on the Council is a strained one in general despite current times, however, as they are the only remaining ‘wild card’ that had been around aside from the raiders. As such certain bribes and increases in payments to them have been doled out from the city’s coffers, somewhat vaguely keeping them still in-line with the other factions of New Orleans and their interests for the moment being. Whilst they do keep in place for now due to their new acquisitions from Tekisasu requiring caps to pay for, their lingering grudge of the other factions having brought in a Raider gang before to ‘help defend the city’ at all has begun to bubble up once more as well as new opportunities created by annexation have become more and more tantalizing to them. To keep them on the Council is to keep them in-line, but were they to go off the chain or flip over to Tekisasu...well, the thought that they might take out old grudges or anger on the other factions of New Orleans is a very feasible and frightening thought indeed.

This group also sees the 80-20s of Tekisasu as ‘distant brothers’ or ‘cousins from another motherland’ who they hold some grudging but real respect for and are respected some by in turn for similar reasons.

***The Raving Raiders Gang (FORMER) - The youngest and final faction that ‘formerly’ existed within New Orleans, they were a raider gang who was initially brought in by the other factions to keep the Gass Guzzlers in-check in case they ever turned on them. This resulted in severe tensions between this faction and the Gass Guzzlers in return, and a near-conflict, but they did their job and were even given criminals and slaves to do with as they pleased. Anything to keep a balance of local power going. During the union of New Orleans and the creation of the Council of New Orleans, however, they were granted representation as well as a greater cut of the profits in order to ensure peace between them and the wild card Gass Guzzlers. After all, while the Gass Guzzlers kept the roads safer for trade now...someone was needed to act as muscle in case the city itself was threatened by outside forces. Especially other raiders gangs.

While kept in the pocketbook of the city itself, they were still considered an unofficial ‘second wild card’ among the factions of New Orleans by those who paid them for protection from the outside world. On occasion they’d move deeper into the city and vandalize, or disrupt, goings-on to a certain degree before being told to leave and pushed out to go back to their area of the city by local faction forces. Occasional incidents with locals or visitors began to create a certain strain on relations as it threatened the city’s bottom line, but tense negotiations and added bribes would keep the raiders firmly in the grasp of their employers to a good degree at least.

Yet this faction also grew lazy and fat to some degree, drowned in their new wealth and goods to keep them satiated as they targeted outside raiders groups or unimportant settlements for sport to kill the time. Some locals and seedier traders dealt with them to boot. Yet they were also the force that instigated the ‘final straw’ that led to Tekisasu Military occupation, and in the ensuing blitzkrieg they were caught totally off-guard and were obliterated by the professional and modern army that had come knocking on their doorstep.

What few individuals remain of this faction are either in prison or are barely a handful who might have scattered to the four winds and fled very far from New Orleans itself. A rumor tells of a small group of them that lurks a ways beyond the borders of New Orleans, however, which were cut off after being sent out for a raid and being left out of the slaughter of their faction on the day of the occupation.

As a faction this group doesn’t properly exist anymore, however, and their former area of operations in New Orleans has been converted into the area now dubbed “New Town” by locals. The area has seen a surge in modifications, repairs, and general fixes that have come alongside the building of generators and assistance provided for former Raider slaves. Despite the long-term plan to reform the area as mass living space for locals and the hub of a new "Central Market" to help drum up local business, and the myriad of things already set in place there so far, the area ultimately is the straging ground from which Tekisasu forces at the moment maintain a ‘respectable fortress to protect New Orleans and its profits/trade/people’ until the incorporation process of New Orleans to the greater of Tekisasu is completed. The area has indeed seen a mass growth in population between freed slaves and eager immigrants to it from without and even elsewhere within the city, and has garnered the area reputation as the strongest area of support for the "new owners" among locals in New Orleans.

The remnants have united into a group known as "The Raving Lunatics", a pathetic successor group for the most part that frankly has moved to the eastern border of Louisiana to try to build itself back up to its former glory.

***The "Oldies"/Neutral Territory - An area of the city once long ago controlled by a group of old world ghouls, ones originating from various occupations ranging from "soldier" to "businessman" to "policeman" or "mechanic" and otherwise. Once this fell apart and the uniting of New Orleans occurred, however, the area was eventually declared a "neutral zone" by the other factions who didn't want to incite conflict that trying to grab that area's land would inevitably cause. Likewise, the settlements inside have been long filled with locals from there as well as others who had fled from other factions to get away from the constant inter-city in-fighting of the past. To this end the area also personally sought to keep its independence anyways, forming a sizable and eventually cohesive joint local militia and uniting as a collective of settlements to keep the peace and keep themselves safe.

Locals here have created an 'unaffiliated' place where outsiders usually find it most safe , turning the area into the central trading hub for New Orleans itself, whilst still bearing the moniker of the "Oldies". It is a neutral area that hosts the Council of New Orleans and strikes deals with it economically, but does not otherwise get involved with its business at all. A direct comparison to the "Minutemen" of the Commonwealth can be struck with the Oldies as well, as this civilian militia has grown from simply helping assert the area's independence to becoming the governing and protecting force that their area's settlements have invested strongly into in turn.

This group has struck their own deals with the occupying Tekisasu, seeing the occupiers and city's annexation as a welcome thing to finally "clean out" the city of its far worse aspects. Likewise, they see this as a way to keep the Council of New Orleans in check, which had before annexation begun finally pressuring the Oldies more to give in on some thing and had been teasing and prodding them to near-conflict at times as they slung around their joint weight. Frankly speaking the people of this area would love to see the Council dissolved and destroyed, simply to put the risks of the past behind, but have ultimately not been too proud to not stand on the side of Tekisasu in order to help further maintain peace in the city's central-most hub of commerce.

To this end, the Oldies have been given boons as their area acts as a "secondary grounds" for Tekisasu forcces to go through. Promises of incorporating their local forces into the new police of the area have also been made, pushing this area of the city into the limelight in this manner. Yet this also comes at a price. They not even seen as a "viable ally" by any of the other factions, since they have opposed the rest of them for so long and at times barely, and those who are against the city's annexation see them as an ever bigger "threat to an independent New Orleans" at that.

Their current leader is General Patton Miremarsh, the leading commander of the forces of the Oldies.

Notable People:

Vaultie Boys Leader - George Q. Washington - A somewhat strict and blunt man, a former doctor-engineer (a kind of job most of this faction are ardently taught from a young age) who rose in the ranks of his faction for his resource efficiency and popularity among those who ‘want the straight facts’. He is also the biggest ‘stick up the butt’ on the entire council as well, and is someone who along with his faction supports the Tekisasu annexation as long as it continues to benefit him and his people moving forward. Were his profits and peoples' advantages to come into danger of collapsing, then...well, it's just good business after all. And one must do business as they need to in order to survive in this world.

Gass Guzzlers Leader - Baptiste Gass - An old man, but do not let his age make one think he is weak. He is like a weathered stone, smaller than what he once was but strong enough to knock out a man half his age in a bar fight. A scarred rider of the sacred I-10, fgounder of many population spots along it for the Gass Guzzlers, and perhaps the third greatest leader since their founder according to his people. He has been in many a battle in his day, is a usually silent figure in council meetings, and has the respect of his people that almost borders on religious (much to the annoyance of the St. Bernard Squatters). Whilst he and his son (who is more hotheaded than him) and many others hold a serious grudge against the Raving Raiders, and especially other factions for bringing those Raiders in under any terms at all in the past after said Raiders killed some of their beloved family members (aka their people) in the past, he also understands that if his people pose enough of a threat to New Orleans the other factions would act accordingly. Even with Tekisasu forces there, and a new contact in the form of the 80-20s, an immediate attack by a united force of the other factions would remain rather dangerous for them indeed.

St. Bernard Squatters Leader - Nathaniel Wilson - A leader and very much his faction's religious head, taking the form of one man and former Bernardian priest named “Nathaniel Wilson” who took on the name of “The Great Popar, Sanguis York” after his ascension and election to the head of the local religion. While a bit ‘nutty’ and definitely ‘a bit crazy’, he is also a man of action and vehement words who stubbornly commits to his actions and decisions unless ‘divine revelations’ he gets tells him otherwise. It also might not help that he is a Daytripper addict (the drug being a religious thing for them) who continues to get shipments from his Redlighter suppliers. Even so, his faction is by sheer numbers the largest faction in the city by a good amount despite still living in mud-and-scrap huts and other primitive building ruins converted into some kind of more habitable spaces. He also desires to eventually “create a utopia of civilization that would appease St. Bernard and the other saints”, plans for which have...never been really talked about so far in public at all.

Creole Kings Leader - Paul Q Gatortooth - An imposing 6’3” man who seems heavy set, but in reality is filled with just raw muscle, scars from beasts, and a mean left hook if his legendary bar fights have been any sign. A simple man of few words, he is the leader that the head of the “Vaultie Boys" seems to get along with most due to his desire to get to the point when he speaks and deals. Albeit, this favor only goes so far between the two as well. However, he is far from stupid and is both experienced and capable of smelling out a ‘lie’ when he detects it...and surprisingly well at that. He is willing to deal under the table when it comes to ensuring his people come out on top over their enemies, though his stubborn ways can lead to some conflict when he gets set in his ways. Even so, he is a man of his word in both deed and by his own proclamation. A threat, or more positive promise, is something one can count on without a shred of doubt when it comes to him.

Redlighters Leader - Sylvia Saltwater - The current leader of the Redlighters faction, the titular sexy but very dangerous Sylvia “Sweetheart” Saltwater, a former bar-runner and prostitute turned faction leader through some...very vague and highly dubious circumstances. Even now her ascension remains clouded in mystery and blood stains. Her slippery silver tongue is only matched by her swiftness in drawing and firing her trademark .357 Magnum pistol. She is a class-A actor that can hide her intentions and feelings and ilk as easy as breathing air, only to unleash them and her anger so suddenly and violently she can catch others off-guard and keep her people on their toes at all times. Leading the most affected faction since the occupation and annexation efforts, at least in regards to some of her peoples’ illicit sales that bolstered her income a lot in the past, she and much of her faction are among those who loathe the city’s occupiers and wish to ‘free’ New Orleans and go back to how things were. Of course, she and her people can still try to make coin off of them in the meantime at least.

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Originally the military of New Orleans was split into two segments, both officially and unofficially, which consisted of the "Raving Raiders Gang" as their external protection muscle against outsiders and then the internal forces of the other factions. This kept a pretty simple dichotomy where the factions kept to the streets and city itself, akin to internal police forces, "riot breaker" types, and 'enforcers' akin to the mafia and wielding lower-grade weapons and the rare higher-tier piece, whilst the Raiders looked to the outside for them in return for caps and the ilk.

With the destruction of the Raving Raiders gang, however, a part of the Tekisasu military has taken up for the external defense and protection of the city as well as helping annex and built it up more. With these modernized troops and forces stationed there, the city's exterior protection has seen a sort of increase. That being said, however, the injection of seasoned Deputai to try to help enforce internal matters in the city a certain contention has arisen between them and the local faction forces.

It is also known in the shadows that the Redlighters and St. Bernard Squatters have begun to build up some forces, at least for those 'under the table' as it were, which among other things has begun to create even more tension as other factions have begun to take notice and prepare themselves in turn. Unconfirmed rumors of the hiring of outside mercenaries to be brought in have also begun to spread.

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Religion: (See "The St. Bernard Squatters" section under "Government".)

Name: The 91'ers

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This sub-faction is basically an independent sub-state in Tekisasu that has its own military and governance, originating from the residents of Vault 91 who were soldiers and their commanders and their families. The Vault itself was basically a US Military originated program that was formulated to create soldiers and raise generations of people into a small/elite army for the Enclave, ranging from army engineers to agents to formal soldiers and power-armor donning men who would be able to fight to reclaim lost lands and continue the war. Vault 91 itself was built with various facilities and top-end prewar machines in order to create these forces and supply them properly, as well as use the location eventually as the budding point for arming more forces to a certain extent after uniting with the rest of the Enclave.

The staff of the vault were basically Enclave soldiers and an Enclave-oriented commander taking his place as the vault's Overseer, and for the first generation in the vault the program was running very smoothly (albeit draconian) indeed. However, two Overseers later and the acting commanding officer ended up being a man who somewhat subtly had held back a seething hatred for the way the vault was being run during his years growing up in it. His eventual first son had been killed by a higher officer who had gotten off the hook from it with ease, and his younger wife had been 'commandeered' by the former commanding officer at the threat of gunpoint for many nights. Among other atrocities that this new Overseer-commander, General Wallace, had seen or experienced it became a turning point when he came into power. The purge of pro-Enclave individuals was undertaken, and the vault arose in a total revolt against the system itself. A revolution of ideology, a revolution of arms, an...American Revolution, for all intents and purposes, oddly mirroring the Revolutionary War as the people seized their Vault from the increasingly dictatorial forces of those who had been controlling it.

Arising from the Vault itself, the people of Vault 91 took their military understanding and used it to carve out Waco as their own 'nation'. While they began by trying to call themselves "The Republic of Waco" at first, over the following years they fortified the city, took control over locals, and eventually gained the moniker of "The 91'ers" that eventually stuck as their name elsewhere and otherwise. When Tekisasu began expanding near them, they basically had a battle and the Rangeri eventually 'learned to leave them alone' the hard way. From here better nearby local Tekisasu lords would do trade with them, whilst the worse ones would harass them or berate them from all sides, and when the modernization of Tekisasu began the acting Sherrgon and First Emperor basically eliminated the latest 'problem lord' in return for payments and better trading terms in return for sending people to help teach them to modernize and adapt. It was an offer that created a better peace for the 91'ers, who accepted in order to create better border situation between them and their far larger neighbors.

Thus this island of a 'state' surrounded on all sides by the state of Tekisasu would begin to work out relations more from there, and after the Second Emperor took the throne he began to seek to further these positive steps even more. Whilst the 91'ers would remain autonomous and not be tied to any offensive operations Tekisasu would take, they would be entered into a defensive pact with in order to each come to the other's aid defensively. Or in other words, were something to threaten Tekisasu or 91'er lands then both groups would deploy to help the other. It was considered a landmark treaty and act that more recognized the 91'ers' autonomy and independence, frustrating a minority who desired to annex them and pleasing the greater number of locals and such who were happy to just see relations not be an inconsistent stream as it had before been.

Rumors of secret talks to marry the heir to Vault 91 to the heir of Tekisasu to ensure future relations have been lingering about the capital, however, though no formal announcements or the ilk have been made this far.)

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Name: Midwestern Brotherhood of Steel

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Territory and Geography: Missouri, Illinois, Kansas, and southeastern Colorado.

History: The Midwestern branch of the Brotherhood of Steel started in the aftermath of the Master's defeat, with a dispute over the topic of sharing technology with and recruiting outsiders. The Elders ruled against the sharing of technology, and dispatched the disagreeing minority to the east to pursue the remnants of the Master's army. The Brotherhood constructed a fleet of airships and sent the dissidents eastward.

The airships were caught in a storm and scattered, and among those lost was the expedition's leader. The survivors manged to land in Chicago where they established a main base and began recruiting wastelanders and tribals in exchange for protection and technology. The Brotherhood spread out, fighting its way through raiders, Super Mutants, techno-religious cults, and eventually, an army of robots that had emerged from Vault 0, controlled by an insane intelligence called the Calculator. With an army consisting of conscripted humans, ghouls, Super Mutants, reprogrammed robots, and even intelligent Deathclaws, their finest warrior besieged Vault 0 and destroyed the Calculator to put an end to its threat to all intelligent wasteland life.

In the aftermath of the Calculator's destruction, the Brotherhood established Vault 0 as it's main base, a fortified treasure trove of pre-war technology. Without the Calculator and its data, however, they were unable to make use of its robotic army or the knowledge it held. With the Brotherhood's territory overstretched due to their aggressive efforts to push into Colorado to stop the Calculator, they began losing ground to raiders. Eventually, however, they managed to consolidate their power, and with a steady supply of wasteland recruits as well as their mutant and nonhuman allies, the Midwestern Brotherhood begun to grow in power.

In the second half of the 22nd Century, the Brotherhood faced its first real threat since the Calculator: a ruthless military force called Caesar's Legion swept through Colorado, assimilating all tribes that it came into contact with. The fighting between the Legion and Brotherhood was small-scale but brutal, with both sides resorting to the same ruthless tactics. Fortunately, with the Legion worn down from the capture of Denver and most of its forces committed elsewhere, the conflict did not escalate. When one of the Legion's agents approached the Brotherhood and proposed an armistice, the Brotherhood agreed to it. They remains wary of the Legion, however, and continue to watch carefully for signs of possible infiltrators.

With the consolidation of their territory, the Brotherhood Elders decided to finally re-establish contact with the other Brotherhood of Steel divisions. According to the gangs that traveled the length of the I-80, the Brotherhood's main west coast branch had fought, and lost, a war with the NCR. Additionally, they knew that at least one Brotherhood expedition had been sent to the ruins of Washington DC. The Brotherhood constructed a few small reconnaissance airships and sent them to the east and west, hoping to discover the fate of their long-separated brothers and sisters.

Population: 405,000

Government/Domestic Politics: The Midwestern Brotherhood of Steel rules as a feudal military order. At the top is the High Elder, the supreme commander of the Brotherhood's military and civil governor. The brotherhood's territory is divided into four regions, each led and administered by an Elder: Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, and Vault 0. Below the Elders are the Generals, Paladin Lords and Paladin Commanders who administrate their allocated fiefdoms and command their forces. While the culture of the different regions vary greatly, the Brotherhood handles all of them in the same way- they provide technology (mostly agricultural and medicinal) and military protection in exchange for tribute in either able-bodied conscripts, taxes, or a mixture of the two.

The Brotherhood's policy on mutants is "anything that will pledge itself to our cause is a boon". The Brotherhood includes ghouls, Super Mutants, and even intelligent Deathclaws in its ranks, and forbids its subjects from mistreating them. While some in the order continue to harbor prejudices against mutants, the extended lifespans of ghouls and Super Mutants has allowed them to slowly but surely rise through the ranks and make up a not-insignificant portion of the upper echelons.

Notable People:

High Elder Renald

Current High Elder of the Brotherhood of Steel. Originally a tribal conscript from south of Kansas City, he took the name Renald when he officially joined the Brotherhood and spent the next few decades fighting its enemies first as a full-time Brotherhood soldier, then as an elite Paladin, then as a commander of men and women, and finally as the Elder of the Vault 0 Region. In 2288 was elected High Elder.

By the standards of the original Brotherhood of Steel, Renald is not what one would picture in a High Elder. While he no longer wears war paint and his balding head can no longer sport his tribe's distinct hairstyle, the side-cape on his left shoulder and the spear on his back suggests a man from a more primitive society. By any other Brotherhood standards he'd come off as a barbarian, and even by the Midwestern Brotherhood's standards he is considered rough-hewn. He himself considers his look to be "knightly" rather than "tribal".

Many within the Brotherhood see Renald's appointment to high elder as a sign of the the rising influence of former tribal in the Brotherhood hierarchy. His appointment was not without opposition, particularly from Brotherhood leaders in Missouri and Ilinois who would have preferred a leader with a more civilized background. Their concerns were ultimately overridden by others with the justification that the Warrior also started out as a humble wasteland conscript, but some still worry that & is lacking in the skills of diplomacy and administration. This is a sentiment that he himself does not entirely disagree with, and he generally defers to other high-ranked subordinates for diplomatic matters particularly involving less martial nations.

Head Scribe Lucan Wainwright

Head Scribe Wainright is a literally shining example of the organization's tolerance of mutants. He is not just a ghoul, but also a rare example of a non-feral Glowing One. Because of the lethal radiation he emits, he must wear a modified hazmat suit at almost all times. The suit also serves to conceal his ghoulish appearance and ease communication with those who would be unsettled by it.

Lucan was the son of traders from the more developed regions of Missouri. He joined the Brotherhood as a scribe of the Order of the Shield, where he specialized in the study of nuclear power. His duty encompassed not just maintaining power armor, but also the atomic generators that kept the Brotherhood military bunkers powered.

While repairing one such generator in 2265, he was injured in an explosion that severely damaged the generator's radiation shielding and was unable to evacuate before lockdown procedures sealed him in the room. When the Brotherhood sent in a hazmat team to repair the damage, they found Wainwright, still alive but turned into a Glowing One by the immense radiation, and sane enough to have made jury-rigged repairs to the generator.

In the decades since, Wainwright has become one of the Brotherhood's most senior scribes. While his rise to Head Scribe is largely due to his knowledge in the field of the nuclear power systems that the Brotherhood's bunkers, power armor, and vehicles rely upon, Lucan has taken a particular interest in the study of biological mutations. The position of of Head Scribe also carries with it a certain degree of diplomatic responsibilities, particularly in dealings with technologically advanced nations, although there exist some concerns that his status as a radioactive mutant may severely hinder him in this area.

Military: The Brotherhood's military is composed of several different elements- lower rank conscripts, higher rank elite troops, and its special auxiliaries. While all troops receive the same training and the higher echelons adhere to the same the same doctrine and education, they vary greatly from region to region. Troops in Missouri and Illinois tend to lack a martial background but many of them are already literate and educated. Brotherhood forces from Kansas are mostly descendants of the Reaver Movement and share many of their beliefs and customs. Lastly, their forces in the Vault 0 region are mostly drawn from tribals and retain their martial traditions, often wearing warpaint and carrying spears into battle.

Initiates are the lowest-ranked and most numerous of the Brotherhood's military. They compose conscripts and levies, given basic, brutal military training and provided with simple arms and armament. Initiates are equipped as is most convenient for the region- those from Illinois and Missouri wear leather armor mass produced from Brahmin hide, those from the radioactive dust bowl of Kansas craft and wear all-encompassing Reaver banded armor, and those from Vault 0 wear metal armor forged from scrap. Each initiate is provided with a basic firearm, but many also carry their own weapons into battle.

Squires are composed of Initiates who have proven themselves, and expressed an interest to join the Brotherhood of Steel permanently. They wear improved versions of initiates' armors, and are provided military-grade firearms such as assault rifles and combat shotguns.

Knights serve as mechanized infantry and are recruited from Squires who have not only demonstrated skill and valor, but also also a proper understanding of the Brotherhood's dogma and doctrine. Missouri and Illinois Knights wear combat armor, those from Kansas wear armored environmental suits, and Vault 0 Knights wear Tesla Metal Armor, and those of all ranks are allowed use of high-tech weapons such as laser and plasma rifles. Additionally, they are often provided with vehicles ranging from scrap metal technicals to pre-war infantry fighting vehicles.

Paladins are the most elite and most iconic of the Brotherhood's regular forces. Recruited from worthy knights, they are the only troops allowed access to the Brotherhood's unique power armor. They carry the finest weapons that the Brotherhood can obtain, including Gauss and pulse rifles.

Reprogrammed Calculator robots are used primarily as security forces in and around Vault 0 and the surrounding manufacturing facilities. Because of the effort required to reprogram them to function without their Calculator, the Brotherhood has only been able to reincorporate a small part of its original army into their forces.

Brotherhood Deathclaws are the result of a long-standing alliance with a group of intelligent Deathclaws. They are easily distinguished by their mammalian characteristics and human-like intelligence. They serve much as the original military envisioned them, as vicious close combat troops and peerless trackers. They also use their keen senses to aid the Brotherhood Inquisitors in identifying possible infiltrators and spies.

In addition to their infantry, the Brotherhood employs a number of vehicles for military application. Most commonly seen are repaired pre-war military trucks and jeeps, often bearing crude post-war modifications. The Brotherhood also possesses operational pre-war tanks and infantry fighting vehicles, and has even created their own unique model of APC. The Brotherhood is also one of the few factions with an air force, consisting of multiple small recon airships, two massive, heavily armed command airships, and a number of military helicopters. Scribes are currently working on finishing the Calculator's work on the Hellion prototype aircraft, although progress has been slow.

Economy: The Midwestern Brotherhood of Steel's economy varies across its territories. Illinois's industries are primarily low-tech manufacturing, steelmaking, farming, and fishing. Missouri is the Brotherhood's trade hub, where almost all river and rail traffic passes through. Missouri is also home to many farms and ranches, and is mined for limestone and lead. Kansas's industry is almost entirely high tech manufacturing out of the Calculator's old facilities in Canyon City and the Great Bend, worked by the technological wizardry of the Reaver tribes. Vault 0 is the base of operations for the Midwestern Brotherhood of Steel, and almost all of its resource, primarily in the form of tribal-run sustenance farms and former Calculator manufacturing plants, are dedicated to sustaining it.

Culture and Technology: While the Midwestern Brotherhood was originally nearly indistinguishable from the original Brotherhood of Steel aside from a few doctrinal disagreements, they are nearly unidentifiable as Brotherhood offshoots after almost a century of living separately. Both in doctrine and in the aesthetics of their power armor, they come off as more untamed and earthly compared to the Brotherhood, but no less chivalric. They do not look down more upon primitive cultures; in fact, they have learned a great deal of knowledge in the fields of survival and natural science from the tribals and wastelanders that they interact with. Furthermore, they pay little heed to the ways or history of the old Brotherhood, to the point that most of their members do not even know who Roger Maxson was. To most of the Midwestern Brotherhood, they were founded when they landed in Chicago, and it was Barnaky and the Warrior that made them what they are today.

Technology is allocated according to need and necessity, thus most places don't have anything more complicated than farm tractors, steam engines, wind turbines, and scrap metal automobiles. In the manufacturing plants and military bunkers, however, the Brotherhood maintains technologies much more akin to their West Coast counterparts, such as power armor, robots, and fusion reactors. Despite the fate of the Brotherhood's original airship, they have continued to utilize and develop airship technology, and have also poured resources into finishing what the Calculator started with the prototype Hellion aircraft.

Missouri and Illinois are the most "civilized" and developed of the Brotherhood's territories, and the people tend to be farmers, herders, and traders. They tend to turn their noses up at more primitive cultures, but interact well with other "civilized" folks. Illinois also includes a few 80s gangs that have accepted Brotherhood sovereignty in exchange for protection, unrestricted access to the region's I-80 stretch, and a steady supply of automobile tech. Unlike the more primitive regions, tribute is generally paid in taxes rather than conscripts. Travel is generally done by railroad or river steamer.

Much of Kansas remains a radioactive dust bowl, traversed by road or rail. The Brotherhood has only very loose control of the region outside of major settlements outside of the cities. Most of the inhabitants of Kansas are descendants of the Reavers that fought and later allied with the Brotherhood, and now use their technological expertise to run the high-tech manufacturing facilities in the Great Bend and Canyon City, to be shipped by road to Vault 0 or by rail to Missouri. Because of the radioactive dust storms, protective gear is ubiquitous, and those growing up in Kansas are experts in surviving hazardous environments.

Vault 0 is the military headquarters of the Brotherhood of Steel, with comparatively little non-military development. Within the vault itself, the Brotherhood leaders use its communication systems, once intended to oversee the Vault program, to coordinate the Brotherhood's military forces. While the technology to control the Calculator's robot army was lost, the sight of reprogrammed robots in Colorado is not an uncommon one. In addition to the military applications, Vault 0 contains detailed data on every single Vault-Tec vault which has allowed the Brotherhood to track down further pre-war technology, including two functional Garden of Eden Creation Kits.

In contrast to the high-tech interior of Vault 0, most Brotherhood-affiliated settlements in Colorado are primitive tribal villages. Most Brotherhood troops recruited from this region are former tribal warriors, and many retain their tribes' identities even as they make it into higher echelons in the Brotherhood. Knights and Paladins often wear face paint or strange hair styles under their helmets and many of them carry piston spears. They tend towards being more ruthless and merciless than their eastern counterparts, and the potential threat of Caesar's Legion to both the Brotherhood's geopolitical position and the vassal tribes' identities has only further encouraged these attitudes.

Super Mutants and ghouls live alongside humans in Brotherhood territory, and discrimination against them is banned. The Brotherhood has investigated the possibility of bringing more Super Mutants into the fold, but preliminary expeditions have been discouraging, claiming that most other FEV mutant strains are too stupid and/or violent to be recruited.

Lastly, while most wastelanders view Deathclaws as nothing more than animalistic predators, the hairy, semi-mammalian Deathclaws of the Midwest are intelligent. They live far from human settlements in matriarchal families almost akin to tribes, and subsist by hunting. Similarly to the human tribes, they pledge a few of their own to serve the Brotherhood in exchange for food (usually live), protection, and veterinary aid.

Religion: Religion differs across the Brotherhood's territory. Missouri and Illinois are largely non-religious although pre-war faiths such as Christianity survive in the region. Kansas is dominated by the Reaver Movement, and many of the tribals retain their faith even after rising into the higher ranks of the Brotherhood. Lastly, the Vault 0 region has a diverse mix of tribal faiths, which like the Reavers often continue to hold onto them even after becoming full-fledged members of the Brotherhood.

Name: The Lazarene Union of Texas officially, but typically just the Lazarene Union to reflect its universalizing nature.

Name: Atomic Alliance

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Territory: Located near Nye County, Nevada. Situated around the ruins of Route 95. Surrounded by miles of desert and the occasional oasis and desert shrubbery.

History (if using a pre-existing faction, recent history will due. The RP start date is 2290):

Population: 5765

Government/Domestic Politics: At the current moment, the AA has just recently opened their door and are slowly flowing out into the wasteland and helping to tame it once again.

Most of their goals is trying to re-connect with the other societies and establish control over Victory Valley.

Notable People:

Military: Most of the armed forces of the Atomic Alliance are mostly trained militias, Sheriffs and the settlers that dot the landscape - armed with revolvers, level-action rifles and dynamite. This is the common kind of armed presence in the lands; inside the Vault 61 there is Vault Security whom is armed with metal armor, automatic rifles and stun grenades.

Alongside this the Vault has access to the Mechanized Defense Force - a nominal collection of sentry bots and Mister Gutsy's under control of 'Melody'; whom number around twenty sentry bots and around sixty Gutsy's.

Economy: Most of the Atomic Alliance' economy is situated and tied up with agriculture, as many of the villages that dot the lands haven't been able to do much in the desert landscape - with the odd merchant caravan passing through their lands along Route 95.

Since the opening of Vault 61 - there has been the addition of minor manufacturing, mostly things to improve the livelihood of the people; windmills, battery-powered tractors and the odd bike.

Culture and Technology:

Religion: Kristan (mix of Christianity, Tribalism and Animism)