Intro for Cold Steel 1

After the events of Project Purity, where the Lone Wanderer activated the Purifier after destroying Raven Rock, and then the Brotherhood started their war against the Enclave, destroying the Enclave Mobile Base, the Lone Wanderer was sent on a mission with a the Lyons Pride and they never returned. Elder Lyons retired and left to look for his daughter after it happened, and placed Scribe Rothchild in his place. The former elder is presumed KIA. As the best, and most respected Brotherhood members were listed MIA, the Citadel fell into a silent despair worse than ever before. Just as things started to look up, they were plunged back into darkness again. Then, to rub insult to injury, the Brotherhoods worst enemy to this day returned.

The Enclave.

The Brotherhood was plunged back into war again. A war a thousand times worse than it had been before. The Enclave had gathered their remaining troops from all over the US and A to take on the Brotherhood and take the Capital. They made a drastic change in tactics and decided to systematically work there way through the Wastes as one army, rather than a divided one. They brought with them technology the likes of which had never been seen in the Capital Wastelands before, and started a systematic annihilation of all Wastelanders, especially the Brotherhood.

And then, as they moved in on the last bastion of hope, the Citadel, help came in the most unexpected of forms. The Western Brotherhood. If they could not beat the Enclave here they would no doubt come to the West to purge the area too, and they could not allow that to happen, so they stepped in, and sent troops plus ordered the Outcasts back to the Citadel. Now as the Brotherhood once became united again, it was stronger than ever, but so was the Enclave.

It was decided to make a new squad to rival the ferocity of the Lyons Pride. They would take on the Enclave in the most pressing tactical situations and be a Recon team for the main body of the Brotherhood army.

They call it, 'Cold Steel'

And you, soldier, have just been drafted for it.

Intro for Cold Steel 2: Hunting Autumn

///[TRANSMISSION STARTS]///

///OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT MESSAGE FROM COLONEL AUTUMN///
///TO: ENCLAVE BASE 2843, NEW RAVEN///
///LONG LIVE THE USA///
///SUBJECT: OPERATION STEEL STALKER///

Cold Steel has been drafted with numerous soldiers. The leader: Sentinel Edward Shield. His Right Hand Man: Sentinel Peter Harrow. The soldiers fighting for them are Scribe Nicholas Young, Knight Patrick O'Conner, Initiate Aegus Jordan, Knight Max Daniels, Initiate Vincent Lacroix and others.

After leaving the Citadel on their Vertibird known as Big Bird, the squad was tested by an attack on an Enclave Base in Springvale, where they decided to detonate the base with Micro-Nukes. They found a prisoner in their from the Brotherhood who was being tested on, Initiate Vincent Lacroix. Vincent had an Enclave Super Steroid tested on him and he became very buff and agro, which caused him to attack Sentinel Shield. He has begun treatment for the drugs. We met at the Cache level and I detonated the nukes, to keep it from their grimy hands. I was seriously injured by shrapnel before the blast doors closed and took most of the blast. They escaped too.

The Cold Steel Members then went to Megaton to get drunk, which they had no challenge with. Sentinel Shield and Sentinel Harrow (at the time Paladin Harrow) left the town at 0500 for a walk, and we took our chance, sending a bunch of captured ghouls to attack them. When they were distracted and weakened, we kidnapped them. Mutants shot down Vertibird 347963 and I jumped into the emergency crash pod while the captives jumped from the Vertibird. Survivors of the Crash: 3. Myself, Sentinel Shield, Sentinel Harrows.

There squad came and rescued them, and our backup Deathclaws were killed after one seriously injured Sentinel Harrows. I sent for back up, it should be arriving soon. I escaped with a Stealth Boy and am now running to meet up with Vertibird 01047 1 click north. They don't know where I am.

Our stalker unit tells us there next target is New Raven, we must not let them reach it, our plans there are too important.

-Autumn

///Threat level: Minimal to None///
///Suggested plan: Set squad Hot Enclave [built specifically for the task] after them. Keep Operation: Steel Stalker in place.///

///REPLY FROM ENCLAVE LEADER: NEW RAVEN: Affirmative. Hot Enclave on route. Take them down.///

///[TRANSMISSION END]///

Intro for this Cold Steel. Cold Steel 3: Fighting for the Dream

Dear Father,

5 years after Cold Steel took out the Enclave Crawler. 5 long years. We assumed they were beaten. We were careless in battle, we sprinted into battle headfirst, trying to be like the Sentinels. Heroes. I can't believe we turned what they did into our failing point. The Enclave is a lot bigger and more powerful than we could have guessed, and it scares me. We are being destroyed out there and things are looking as desperate as before Cold Steel.

After Sentinel Shield died they decommissioned Cold Steel. I remember Rothchild saying something like, "No one could ever lead Cold Steel like Sentinel Shield, therefore we are shutting it down. The Enclave is on the verge of being destroyed for good and we no longer have a strong need for their services. Both of the Sentinels are being awarded with Medals for valor. Edward will be missed." They finally realized how far the Enclave were from defeat, and I hear they are putting the team back together.

Our latest battlefront is our most dangerous to date. The Mall. First off there is the Mutants all over the South End. Step down there and your probably dead. In the Middle is our territory. We have a small base at the Washington Monument. They excavated some room below it and its now pretty big. Our biggest base in the Capital Wastelands apart from the Citadel. But, the problem is getting there. We built a [censored] base in the middle of pure death! Finally, the most deadly side is the Northern part of the Mall. The Capitol Building. Enclave are all over it. Its become one of their biggest bases.

We want it.

Its too close to home. They have launched several attacks on Project Purity from it, and it is demoralizing our men, seeing them in the old nations headquarters. I think they have a whole bunch of tunnels underneath it too, but I'm not sure.

I think they are sending in a new Cold Steel to attack it. Who knows?

-Knight Alan


Rules:

-My say is final, and I will lead the story mainly
-Proper grammar and punctuation is required, but I don't mind semi-proper, just no "tehn i shot dem in da face" stuff.
-Don't control other peoples characters, unless your me (which your hopefully not, cause that would be weird) or have their permission.
-No uber characters. I don't think I need to ellaborate.
-Have fun, or I will bite of your head, and spit in the hole. Or something similar, depends on if I'm hungry.

Character Creation

Name:
Rank:
Age:
Race:
Gender:
Brief history:
Skills:
Equipment:
Weapons:

Just fill out the above and post it in the thread. Weapons can be in Fallout or Real life weapons, but not too exotic or uber, and not too many. And not too many skills either, cause remember, no uber characters. Ranks are Initiate, Knight, Paladin, Scribe, Sentinel. You must be either a scribe, initiate or a Knight, but the first two to post their characters can be Paladins. There will also be field promotions in the RP, so don't worry that your rank is final, because it probably isn't. Remember, the Brotherhood pooled all of their resources together for this squad so its ok to have some fancy equipment, but not too much. If you are re-using a character from a previous CS, please fill out another Character sheet. Keep it similar, but I don't mind a few changes. And, no rank changes.

My Character:

Name: Edward (Nostalgia ) Keyes
Rank: Sentinel
Age: 32
Race: Caucasian
Gender: Male
Brief history: He was part of Edward Shields squad pre-Cold Steel, and was his right hand man. He thinks he will never be able to live up to the legend that is Edward Shield, but he is trying his best. He also saved the purifier from a Enclave attack once single handedly, and is pretty respected throughout the Brotherhood.
Skills: Leading, Small Guns.
Equipment: Power Armor, No Helmet, Aviators.
Weapons:M16, Beretta 92 Pistol, Laser Rifle


If you are new to Cold Steel, please sign up. We need new people.

Don't start yet either, I'm going to say what happened to some of the members of Cold Steel in character, and we still need things to be wrapped up in CS2.

Peace out.

Name: Michael Anderson
Rank: Scribe (sword)
Age: 35
Race: Caucasian
Gender: Male
Brief history: was once a prominent scribe, but was demoted after bungling several technology acqusition missions, is now desperate to prove himself
Skills: A certified genius, very handy with most kinds of technology and a good shot with a laser pistol
Equipment: reinforced Scribe robe, but would wear armor in any full combat situation
Weapons: Laser Pistol and plasma grenades

Accepted. We really needed a new scribe =)

Also, if you are an old CS squad member, please post what you did since CS 2 in your history part. Much appreciated.

Name: Patrick O'Conner
Rank: Paladin
Age: 25
Race: Caucasian
Gender: Male
Brief history: Growing up in a small settlement with his family his older brother was his idol. His brother a respected man, a paladin, who fought and died bravely in the historic battle of Adams Air Force base. Patrick was enraged when he found out that his older brother was killed by these people and wanted revenge. He went to the citadel and demanded to join. Although the Brotherhood was a bit weary of him at first they respected his brother and Patrick became an initiate.
Skills: Energy Weapons, Repair and explosives.
Equipment: His brothers modified Power Armor, lightly armored but increased mobility, Brotherhood Helmet.
Weapons: Laser Rifle, grenades

It's now five years on since the events of Cold Steel and the death of Autumn. Patrick almost walked out of the brotherhood after Scribe Rothchild disbanded Cold Steel. He was angry because he felt like the brotherhood hadn't really acknowledged what they had achieved. He was also angry because he felt as if the death of Edward was his fault. Patrick felt as if he could have stopped it. He has never forgotten Edward or his other brothers that were apart of Cold Steel. Patrick still wore the scars of the battle. Patrick now helps guard the Washington monument, he just wanted to get away from the citadel.

Cool. I look forward to hearing about what Patrick has been up to. =)

I like it Aussie. Shouldn't he be older now though? I kind of forgot his original age...

Also, Edward Keyes is going to be very similar to Edward Shield.

(OOC: Thanks mate and he is older lol he was 19 when the Rp first started. Well I see the point in making the two Edwards similar it's just easier that way so it's cool. Patrick may be a bit weary of him at first though. I hope francois and gruntbuster sign up I want to know what happened with them. And M'Heree just tell me when you want to start posting and I will begin.)
Edit: Bed time I'm tired :bolt:

Cool. And we will probably wait until I'm not super tired and Francois has posted. Because if he isn't in, then a lot of things would be different. Plus we need to see if he survived (remember Autumn sent some soldiers after him) and if he is making a new character. Until then, you can post a bit around the Washington Monument at the moment if you want? You'll be called into the Citadel for reassigning soon though.

Name: Max Gilman (My actual name )
Rank: Knight
Age:24
Gender: Male
Brief History: Max is an arrogant and egotistical soldier, he is laid back he is not in the heat of the fight. He was living in a small settlement , raiders came and slaughtered the town. He still has nightmares about that tragedy, he remembered his mothers last words telling him to run away. He managed to hide under a bed in a house, his mom and dad were found dead. A Brotherhood of Steel patrol found him and took him in. He worked hard to train, he held great animosity for all raiders, super mutants, and enclave troops. He holds his morals with high regards, but he does his duties as a brotherhood of steel knight first.
Ethnicity: Asian
Skills: Is highly skilled with big guns, explosives, and medical skills.
Gear: Gatling laser, EC packs, plasma pistol, 2 mines, 1 grenade, 5 stimpacks, and 2 Medx. ( I avoided trying to carry too much gear, hence, the lack of medical gear) Standard issue BoS Power armor.

(OCC- He's back! He's bad! He's Aegus!)

Name: Aegus Jordan
Rank: Knight
Age: 24
Race: Caucasian (English decent)
Gender: Male
Brief History: Having his left side fried could have ended Aegus' life, but with a huge amount of cybernetic reworking, he rejoined active service only a year later. He was immediately posted to the Northern Wasteland. As soon as he heard of the Capitol Building assualt plans, he sped to the Citadel, where he vowed once again to never use energy weapons. After his CO's violent death, he swore vengeance on the Enclave and he will have revenge! (It would be much appreciated if someone could take part-time control of my character. I don't have much time on my hands. PM me if interested. M'heree can have unlimited access.)
Skills: Small Guns, Science, Medicine, Explosives.
Apparel: Green Camo Power Armour. Tesla Helmet. Most of left side is cybernetics.
Weapons: Chinese Assualt Rifle, Sniper Rifle.

OOC: I would have used my old Character, but since I wasn't into Cold Steel for a long time. I figured I'd make a new character, rather than tell what my old character was doing the whole time he was doing nothing.

Name: Adam Timothy Harrow (Sounds American doesn't it?)
Rank: Knight
Age: 32
Race: Caucasian
Gender: Male
Brief history: Adam was part of the West Coast Brotherhood, and stayed there even when the West Coast Elders sent a task force to help the Brotherhood in the Capital Wasteland. After hearing about Cold Steel, and their heroic actions in the Capital Wasteland, Adam decided to head East. When he got there, he had learned that the squad, Cold Steel, had been disbanded, and was of no use anymore. Adam kept quiet for sometime, after he learned that his old friend, Max Daniels, one of the original Cold Steel squad members was considered MIA after a major battle, where he was seen, but his body was never recovered. After a few years, Adam began to hear rumors that a possible Cold Steel squad was being formed up again, and hopped to the chance to join. So this is where Adam is, willing to join Cold Steel.
Weapons: Laser Rifle (Nicknamed "Curious George"), Laser Pistol (Nicknamed "Little Devil"), x4 Frag Grenades, Super Sledge (Nicknamed "Giant Killer")

Name: Joshua Welder
Rank: Knight
Age: 33
Race: Caucasian
Gender: Male
Brief history: Joshua was born upon the ranks of the East Coast Brotherhood when it was at it's smallest, many years before the Enclave Crawler Attack he trained and aided his fellow Brotherhood members in fighting the Super Mutants. He never disobeyed an order from a superior and was highly skilled in Energy Weaponry, Computers and Enginnering(Repair). He aided in the assault on the Enclave Crawler, and in controlling Vertibird's when some were captured. Then year's later, The Enclave returned and he has taken up the cause to fight.
Skills: Energy Weapons, Science, Repair, Explosives.
Equipment: Brotherhood Power Armor and Helmet, Recon Armor and Repair Kit, Hacking Kit.
Weapons: Laser Rifle, Plasma Rifle, Plasma/Pulse Grenades.

(OOC: Ok guys. To all the new guys who signed up, thanks! It will be a lot funner with more people. To all the old players who signed up, thanks to you too! I love RP'ing with you guys. If you still want to join, feel free to post your character sheet, though we are going to start actually RP'ing now. At the moment I don't know if Francois is joining, so I'm just going to control Pete for the moment. Steel be with you )

Edward

Edward walked into the Citadels war room not expecting anything good to come of it. Their situation was dire and he was suspecting he was about to receive more bad news. He never would have guessed what as actually about to happen.

"Sentinel Keyes! Nice to have you with us" called out Elder Rothchild.

"Nice to see you again Elder" he replied solemnly.

"Edward, we need to speak to you about something very important." This was it. The bad news was coming right about...

"This is Sentinel Harrow. He was the right hand man of Sentinel Shield on Cold Steel. We want to put Cold Steel back in action, but Peter here doesn't think he can lead it like Shield did. We want you to." spoke the Elder confidently. Well... thats certainly not bad news...

"Why me?" asked Edward.

This time the other Sentinel spoke up. "You and I are the only Sentinels in the Brotherhood. To this day we have only had four. Sarah Lyons, myself, E...Edward Shield and you. It was a logical choice. But, more importantly, you remind me of Edward... Your both... Just similar. Your the only one I'd let lead Cold Steel."

Edward knew that this was the opportunity of a lifetime. He had to take it before they realized that there was probably someone better suited for the position.

"I'm in."

"Good. We have selected your squad for you already. They are being summoned to the Bailey to your new Vertibird. They are the best of the best. Sentinel Harrow is going to be your wingman. He knows all about this and you'll need him to get through this. Your first target is in this holopad, along with the list of your squad at the moment. Steel be with you boys."

(OOC: So, when you RP, introduce yourself a bit and then be summoned by a scribe to the bailey in front of the Cold Steel Vertibird.)

My eyes snapped open. My dreams were getting worse. Every time, the flash of light, the searing heat. They were so vivid. Sometimes they included Edward screaming in the background. But I couldn't dwell on that now. I had to get suited up. A small holopad lay next to my pillow. It read:
[i]Knight Jordan,
You are required to report to the war room, immediately. It's Cold Steel.[/i]

And so I donned my power armour, slinging my Assualt Rifle across my back. 5 years ago, I would not have dared wear a weapon in the presence of an Elder, but I was green then. Now, after a gruelling campaign against Enclave outpost clusters, my gung-ho fighting style reflected in my personality. I set off.

Name: Peter Harrows
Rank: Sentinel
Age: 50
Race: Caucasian
Gender: Male
Brief history: Peter has spent the last four years helping the Brotherhood repel the Enclave forces, doing whatever was necessary, whatever was needed of him. Secretly he was offered to lead Cold Steel again but he refused, he knew none could lead it like Edward had. Right after the destruction of the Crawler, he spent a year in medical care, as his insides and his head had been screwed up quite badly.
Skills: Energy Weapons, Repairing, Medical Practices
Equipment: Modded Power Armor, painted bright white to mourn the loss of his best friend Edward. Deep black to show his hate for the Enclave forces. Top half bright white, bottom half deep black, modded to take sever punishment.
Weapons: Modded Plasma Rifle, Specialized Cold Steel Pistol-both Ed's and Pete's versions.

IC:

I layed in the small bed, looking at the ceiling, I'd heard rumors of Cold Steel starting up again, I scowled at the thought of someone else taking Ed's place. I remembered my last moment with him, we both thought I was going to die... How wrong we both were, I looked at a picture next to the bed, the last thing I had to remind me of Ed apart form his pistol. It was a picture of him and I, grinning with out pistols, something that neither of us remembered that day at the Crawler.

I scowled and looked around, I walked to the War Room at Scribe Rothchild's command, then I met who was going to be our new leader. It was Edward, the only other Sentinel, I only spoke up once, "You and I are the only Sentinels in the Brotherhood. To this day we have only had four. Sarah Lyons, myself, E...Edward Shield and you. It was a logical choice. But, more importantly, you remind me of Edward... Your both... Just similar. Your the only one I'd let lead Cold Steel." I stuttered out.

As Scribe Rothchild gave his orders I just stood there, staying silent, as soon as we were dismissed I left and went back to the barracks. I gathered up all my belongings and got them into my pack, I was getting old but not old enough to give up the Good Fight. I grinned at that, I then walked up to the Bailey and looked at Edward, I smiled, "So, Edward, can I call you Ed? What have you been doing the last 5 years since the Crawler? I don't remember you being a part of it."

Edward

"Yeah you can call me Ed, I prefer it anyway. If I can call you Pete that is? Anyway, I was part of the main army that raided the barracks of the Crawler, so you wouldn't have seen me. You were... Preoccupied. Since then I've been making raids on other Enclave bases and lately doing recon on the Capital Building. I've also been working on alternate routes to the Monument. What about you? Seen much action lately?" replied Edward as they walked down to the Vertibird.

I chuckled, "About the same kind of thing, basically just raiding Enclave camps that are scattered across the Wastes. Killed so many of these fools now it isn't funny... Got my kill count up to 1000, I'm just banking on beating the Lone Wanderer's kill count now, although that bugger got it up to 1200 in 6 months..." I started laughing, "Ah well, the Enclave don't have much of a chance do they? What with the last two Sentinels holding agains them hey?" I then punched him in the arm.

I stopped laughing suddenly, I looked at the vertibird, I felt my breath choke up as I saw what the vertibird was made of... The remains of the old Cold Steel bird, I looked at my belt, just to see the two pistols hanging at my waist. Pete and Ed... I quickly shifted the rifle on my back to a more comfortable position, feeling the many knobs and pipes scratching against my armor. I was amazed no one had said anything about my odd coloured armor, it was quite different to what I was used to...

Patrick

Patrick sat on his chair out the front of the entrance to the Washington Monument. The Monument had become quite busy although it didn't look it from the outside. They had found more rooms deeper underground. The monument had become the second largest base of the Brotherhood. It was perfect for Patrick he didn't want to have anything to do with Rothchild or the citadel. He didn't want to leave the Brotherhood altogether either so he found his happy medium.

Guard duty at the monument was easy for Patrick. He sat behind the big iron gate which had two Heavy laser turrets. The turrets took care of any muties who decided to get close and there was also initiate sniper training from the top of the monument. So Patrick just sat there all day checking Id's of any of the Brotherhood that went inside. He was always suspicious about who went in because of the time Pat and Aegus dressed as the Enclave. Pat and Aegus tricked the Enclave into letting them in the control room of the crawler. Patrick had tried to forget all that; it was a different time.

Patrick heard a buzz from the intercom that lead outside. Patrick walked up and held the button.

"I need your name, Id and rank."

The intercom buzzed and a small voice crackled through. "I am Scribe Patterson, I am a personnel Scribe of Elder Rothchild and my Id number is..."

Patrick was angry to hear the name Rothchild so he responded straight away."Bah! Rothchild? Fine come inside."

Patrick opened the gate with his laser rifle drawn just in case. The scribe entered with the door closing behind him. He was a short man in a scribes robe. He had a message in his hand. Patrick addressed him.

"Ok Scribe Patterson what is your business here?"

The scribe opened the note and read. "I am here on an official mission from Elder Rothchild. I am here to find a soldier, one Paladin Patrick O'Conner, he is to report to the citadel immediately for an important mission. Signed Elder Rothchild."

The scribe folded up the letter and said. "So do you know where I can find the Paladin?"

Patrick looked at the scribe, he didn't want to go to the citadel especially for some unknown mission. Patrick asked "Do you have any idea what this mission is about about Scribe?"

The scribe looked nervous and replied "Well officially I have no idea. Although unofficially there is a rumor going around that they're reinstating Cold Steel. So it would make sense that they're recruiting Paladin O'Conner he was one of the originals."

Patrick let out a long sigh. "I know he was one of the originals. Ok tell Rothchild that he will be there but it doesn't mean he will be joining. Now go get out of here. I need a beer."

The scribe was a bit puzzled but he followed the command and left. Patrick went in to tell command he was heading off to the citadel for a while but not to expect him to be away for long. Then he went to have that beer.

Joshua woke up on time as usual, and went through his normal routine in the morning, breakfast, clean and then report to a superior with his Power Armor on. But then, as he was getting ready a Scribe ordered him to get to the Cold Steel Vertibird. Joshua was obviously excited and rushed to get ready and immediatly headed to the Vertibird.

As he arrived, he noticed other Knight's and Sentinal Edward Keyes, who Joshua was very excited that he was going to get to work with.
"Knight Joshua Welder, Reporting for duty sir!" Joshua said to Edward.

Edward

"Nah, they don't stand a chance. We'll be coming back before sunset with them all but gone. Hey, I couldn't help but notice your armor. Don't mean to intrude but, what exactly is up with that?" asked Edward to Pete. Before Pete could answer, a Knight came up to them and introduced himself.

"Nice to meet you Josh. I'm about to round up the troops and talk to them a bit. Can you do me a favour and gather them in front of the Vertibird? Thanks." Edward replied.

He looked at the Vertibird and noticed it was a bit worse for wear. It was painted grey and had the words 'Cold Steel' above the Vertibirds name, 'Big Bird'.

"Strange name. I wonder who came up with that name. Bet this Bird has a lot of history behind it." he said absentmindedly to Pete.

Anderson was working on his laser pistol, it had been one of his chief projects since joining the brotherhood. When he had first joined the swords. they had given him a puny, malfunctioning laser pistol that barely fired, but now, it could melt a Centaur at twenty-five paces, on a good day, obviously, and it ate power cells like sugar bombs.

He was just polishing and trimming the lens when a fellow scribe came in and told him to get to the cold steel vertibeird, Big Bird. Finally, Anderson thought, all those months of asking Elder Rothchild to be placed in a special outfit had paid off, Cold Steel was the best the brotherhood had. Now he could prove himself worthy of promotion. He left his room and made his way to Big Bird,

"Scribe Michael Anderson, sir" he said to the paladins, "I'm supposed to be a part of this new squad."

Joshua replied happily to Edward with a loud, "Yes Sir!", and ran off looking for the rest of the Knight's for Cold Steel. He first went to find Knight Jordan, who he guessed was allready getting ready. He then would have to find Knight Adam, Aegus and Max. Joshua was inpatient and wanted to begin the misson quickly, he allways loved action.

When everyone was gathered he got them to stand in front of the Vertibird, and thought of what he should say to them.

"I'm not the best speaker. I'm also not the best leader. Because, the best has already come and gone. And his name was Edward Shield. But he is gone, and we are still here, battling for survival, and we have to keep battling. Instead of trying to come up with my own speech, I'm going to repeat to you what Sentinel Shields said in this very spot 5 years ago.

"Brothers, I believe you are the best of the best. In the Wastes, you wanna find the best, you come to the Citadel. I came to the Citadel for better than the best. I came for the best of the best. And I found them, and they are standing right here in front of me.

"Ever since the battle at the Crawler and the decommissioning of the original Cold Steel, we have been missing something. Missing morale, missing heroes and most of all missing a bad ass squad. Its time to fill the gap up again. Its time for Cold Steel to rise once again. Congratulations on being picked for it by the way.

"This team is going to be the Brotherhood solution for small, suicidal missions and the advance team for the main body of the Brotherhood Army. Specially trained, geared and equipped Enclave Killing machines. But, more than that, you will be heroes. To your Brothers. To the Wastelanders. And to the Enclave. But the Enclave won't see you as a good heroes, they'll see you as Villains, and you will targeted over and over again. Your part of history in the making.

"Welcome to Cold Steel gentlemen. We head out now, get on the bird."

Edward finished his, or the other Edward's, speech and as they boarded the Vertibird. It was all but him on it. He noticed they were missing one very important person, so he looked around. There standing in the shadows watching was Palading Patrick O'Conner. He had been warned that Patrick might be reluctant to come back to Cold Steel and he walked over to him.

"I'm reluctant to lead Cold Steel too you know? I can't ever do as good a job as Shield did and we all know it. But I have to, because its my responsibility. Edward and I were friends a while back. And if I knew him, which I did, I'd know that he'd want me to lead these boys. And unless he miraculously changed his whole personality before he met you, I know that he'd want you to get on that Bird, Patrick. Your important, we need you. Get on the Bird."

Patrick had made his way to the citadel he planned for a short visit. It was the same old citadel initiates being pushed to their limit, scribes running around like mad men and paladins planning for war. Patrick noticed Big Bird centered in the middle, just as it was on his first day. Patrick walked up to Big Bird but was careful to stay out of sight from the rest of the squad. He spotted Pete talking to another soldier. It had been a long time since he had seen Pete he was half dead when Pat saw Pete last. The soldier Pete was talking to was giving a speech. Pat heard the words.

"Welcome to Cold Steel gentlemen. We head out now, get on the bird."

He was the new squad leader by the look of things. Patrick hadn't realised that he had stepped partially into the open where the Sentinel saw him. As the sentinel walked over Pat recognised him, it was Sentinel Edward, Pat had heard the stories. The sentinel explained that he knew Patrick was a bit weary of him, which Pat was, but he went on further to explain that he was reluctant to lead as well. Patrick was about to protest and deny joining Cold Steel when Ed said something.

"I know that he'd want you to get on that Bird, Patrick. Your important, we need you."

Patrick felt as if Shields death was his fault and he wanted to avenge him. He also said they needed him Patrick didn't have the heart to say no.

"I will get on board and help but that doesn't mean I'm finished sizing you up as our leader and it doesn't mean I'm going to stay apart of this squad. Besides you guys need somone to saves your [censored]" Patrick said reluctantly.

He climbed aboard Aegus and Pete were the only ones Pat knew but Pat didn't mind he sat in the corner checking his weapons.

Anderson listened to Paladin Keyes speech with the others, This guy sounded like He could be a pretty good leader. The survivor in Him didn't like the fact that, according to the sentinel, they would be targeted again and again, but he kept his mouth shut and got on the vertibird, after all, He thought, he could prove himself faster in Cold Steel than anywhere in the brotherhood.

Edward

"Thats all I need Pat. Thats all I need." said Edward after the Paladin had boarded the Bird. He climbed up the stairs and entered the interior of Big Bird, before heading into the [censored]-pit. He sat down in the pilots seat, with Pete next to him and he turned on the loudspeaker.

"This is Edward Keyes. We are preparing for take off as I speak. Before we leave the peace of the Citadel, I'm going to fill you in on our first mission. We are heading out to a believed Enclave construction site at the northern end of the D.C Ruins. It is our belief they are making a tunnel to the Capital Building from there, and it is almost near completion. We will take the site and leave it for our boys to come in and hold it down. When we finally raid the Capital Building, which from now on will be known as Target Alpha, or just Alpha, the Brotherhood will need this tunnel to enter Alpha. Expect heavy resistance, the Enclave don't want us getting a shortcut into Alpha. Buckle up boys. We are outta here."

Edward lifted the Vertibird into the air and guided it towards their destination. He decided to strike up another conversation with Pete.

"I heard about Cold Steels first mission. How it was meant to be a test. Don't worry about that for this mission. Its as straight forward as I just described it. Gotta start nice and easy, eh? So, you never told me about that paint job. Care to explain?"