Brotherhood Of Steel

Summary
The Brotherhood of Steel was a Quasi-Military faction created by AWOL US Army Captain Roger Maxon who became the first Elder of the Brotherhood. There are still some factions of the BOS around in the West and Mid-West of the country, but much of the West Coast BOS was destroyed by the New California Republic during it's expansion. Owyn Lyons was sent alongside a large attachment of BOS personnel east with the goal of establishing contact on the east coast, shortly after the battle of The Pitt Lyons became Elder of this new chapter and splintered off from western ideology. This caused a rift in the BOS as the Outcasts were formed, Lyons successfully aided the people of the Capital wasteland while the outcasts primarily focused on recovering lost and dangerous old world tech. Lyons dies shortly after defeating the threat of the Enclave once and for all at Adams AFB and his daughter Sarah Lyons takes his place as elder but her reign is short lived as the outcasts gain influence and after her death a long line of ineffective leaders come and go. Eventually the young Arthur Maxon steps up and leads the Brotherhood united, the remnants once more feel at home while Lyons' supporters most likely are killed, or start an outcast group of their own. Maxon gains permission from the West coast who had hated Lyons' splinter faction and appoint him Elder. In the year 2284 Maxon sends Recon Squad Artemis led by Paladin Brandis to investigate rumors coming from the commonwealth of an Institute, all members but Brandis are KIA. The East Coast BOS begins to build a massive Airship the Prydwen which they build in Adams AFB using schematics from the mid-western BOS and using parts of the old enclave mobile base crawler. Around the year 2287 the Prydwen led by Elder Maxon and Lancer Captain Kells arrived in the commonwealth and the Brotherhood took up in the old Boston Airport.

Brotherhood Remnants
After the Battle of Vault 88 many groups of survivors remain. One of the more notable groups is the group held up in Outpost Zimonja which is now neutral to the General Dave's Minuteman Empire. This group has gone back to Western Coast ideals. The Brotherhood remains there are trying to contact other groups via radio.