#Brotherhood of steel in fallout 4 plus

But if youвЂ™re a sentient Ghoul or Super Mutant, tough shit. With the Brotherhood, so long as youвЂ™re a human, IвЂ™m sure life would be lovely and relatively safe, provided you donвЂ™t mind living in a dictatorship. Except, their vision of the world is one where everyone has been replaced by Synths and all the humans are dead. The Institute, for example, probably does have the greatest chance to rebuild the world. Each faction is utterly convinced that their way is the вЂњrightвЂќ way. ThatвЂ™s the thing (and what I like most about it) вЂ“ вЂњgoodвЂќ is entirely a matter of perspective, and who the audience is. For what itвЂ™s worth, I sided with the Railroad. TL DR no faction is pure bad or pure good, they all exist along a spectrum of greys. Their MO is basically вЂњkeep the people safe but business as usualвЂќ. Even then, you could argue that while theyвЂ™re вЂњgoodвЂќ people, they donвЂ™t have a long term plan for actually improving anything. The Minutemen are probably the most pure вЂњgoodвЂќ faction, but they exist largely as a backup to finish the story in case you piss off all the others. But even then, you could argue that theyвЂ™re doing everything with the goal of rebuilding the Wasteland on a clean, вЂњperfectвЂќ slate.

#Brotherhood of steel in fallout 4 plus

Plus theyвЂ™re responsible for the Super Mutants in the Commonwealth. The Institute are probably the most objectively вЂњevilвЂќ faction, given they kidnap humans and replace them with synths. Plus, when you blow up the Institute, youвЂ™re removing the ability for them to вЂfactory restвЂ™ the Gen 3s. Look at Nick and the some of the Gen 3s you free. You could also argue that liberating synths puts humans in danger, but I donвЂ™t agree with that notion. The Railroad have an admirable mission in the form of liberating synths from the Institute, but they have no long term goals or plans for actually rebuilding the Wasteland. The Brotherhood are one of the few factions able to offer some semblance of stability and safety вЂ“ at the expense of civil liberties, racism, discrimination and concentrating all power in the hands of a fascist dictatorship.

I actually quite liked that none of the factions are black and white good/evil. If the supposedly trustworthy governments and corporations that created all the tech couldnвЂ™t be trusted not to abuse it, I definitely donвЂ™t want it in the hands of some jet fiend raider with schizophrenia and an axe to grind! The racism side of things is sad, but there are pretty solid reasons behind why theyвЂ™re so stringent about control of technology. The war itself just reinforced that the tech developed by those that came before was dangerous, that humans are generally too reckless to wield it and that if itвЂ™s not controlled it will probably lead to another disaster, if not wipe humanity out altogether. Look no further than VaultTec for a prime example of the depths of corruption that were par for the course. The Brotherhood was founded because abuse of technology (pre-war), particularly the FEV virus, had reached ridiculously unethical levels. Their mindset isnвЂ™t an unsympathetic one. The beauty of a well-written character or group is that thereвЂ™s no clear distinction between good and bad =) I think the Brotherhood fits that bill pretty nicely. Also, once you join them, you canвЂ™t leave them! If only there was an option where one of the other factions could destroy their castle stronghold. Preston Garvey wonвЂ™t stop sending me on boring/soul-crushing respawned missions. But, god forbid, if there were a synth in there, theyвЂ™ll sacrifice their agents to try and save the japanese sex robot.

вЂ“ The Railroad nonchalantly blow up facilities without evacuating human lives. вЂ“ The Brotherhood unlawfully confiscate technology and cause more collateral damage thanks to their constantly falling and exploding vertibirds. They constantly say theyвЂ™re saving the commonwealth but itвЂ™s clear they donвЂ™t care about its current inhabitants. вЂ“ The Institute kidnap and procure resources with trigger-happy terminators. вЂ“ Every faction doesnвЂ™t care who they hurt, as long as they forward their own agenda. вЂ“ Each faction stand on their own obnoxious moral high ground, and theyвЂ™re an asshole to anyone who isnвЂ™t a resident of their group.