In the long history of the capital wasteland few have made such a lasting impact the lone wanderer known simply as The Captain. Not much is known about his origins but there are unconfirmed reports that he has been sited as far west as the scorched plains of North Dakota. Since his name alludes to a military back ground some believe he is some rouge from the Brotherhood of steel or the Enclave but that is all speculation. Most of what is known about him comes out of the industrial ruins of Ohio and Michigan. Where he laid the seeds of his legend by protecting settler caravans and scavenging some of the most dangerous areas in the Midwest.
In 2275 he was part of a mercenary squad put together by the M.L.G. "The Michigan Liberation Guild"
Its purpose was to put down a small group of ghouls in the ruins of Ypsilanti Michigan who had been attacking caravans from Detroit. What they found when they arrived was that the ghouls were raiding the caravans to supply an army of over 250 ghouls that planned to invade Detroit and claim it as there own.
When it was over the ghoul army was decimated and only 3 of the 20 Mercenaries emerged from the Frey. One of them being The Captain. Its unclear weather the M.L.G. purposely sent the Mercenaries in there hoping they would take care of there problem for them or if it was just bad Intel. In any case 2 days after the battle the man who hired them "Dwayne Foster" went missing and was never heard from again.
In 2277 the captain entered the capital wasteland via the Pitt were it is rumored he helped quell a slave up rising the details of which is unclear. What is clear that since entering the capital wasteland The Captain has made his presence known almost singlehandedly stifling the Super Mutant spread in the downtown DC area, going head on with the Enclave, and although he has had friendly dealings with the brotherhood of Steel his dealings with the Brotherhood Outcasts have been less than amicable. It's been said that when the two cross paths its not a question of weather there's going to be a fight just whose going to shot first. No one knows were this animosity comes from and none of the outcasts are ever left alive to explain. And The Captain never stays around long enough for anyone to ask.
The one deed that solidified his role as Hero of the wastes came one cool October morning as he breached the mountain top that over looked Fort Bannister the headquarters of the Talon Company. The gleam of the morning sun off the barrel of his Gaus rifle was just a fore shadowing of what was to come. 5 hours and 1 bloody battle later the Talon Company lay in ruins and would no longer be an affective fighting force in the capital wasteland.
The Captains mark on the Capital wasteland will be felt for years to come. And his actions inspired others to rise up and reclaim the world from the aftermath of nuclear Armageddon but above all he's given us?..Hope.