Really, Lyons' chapter is exactly the naive and idealistic BoS that Veronica dreams of. That, and there not being anything else to do for them (Elder's order, ect.) until the Enclave showed up and made them act more like they did back in the original games, even if just a little. They've also been doing this for almost twenty years so the whole crusade has had time to take roots in all of them. I do have gripes on how even the older senior members are a bit too 'gun-ho' about being saviors of the Wasteland but considering that the hardliners left and what remained were basically a cult of personality sorrounding Lyons and his daughter, it's not terribly surprising they're still fanatics - just with a different cause. Sure, they weren't fleshed out incredibly well but the fact that they were introduced at all is commendable.

But no, they added them, gave them a place on the map and made a random encounter with them along with a (lackluster) collection quest. The Outcasts Bethesda had no reason to insert them and could have just said that the BoS members that didn't go along with Lyons simply left to return to California. But saying it contradicts the lore is stupid because the game in multiple places explains why they're different. The only issue I can accept that people can have is not liking the direction they took them in. Many have problems on how the Brotherhood is presented in F3 but those people rarely mention that the narrative does go out of its way to explain the 'how and why.' There is no 'lore-break' in how the BoS act in Fallout 3 because the game explains the change. If anyone could clear that up, that would be nice. Also, I can't imagine their numbers were so large as to be able to create them, let alone mass produce them. I'm aware that in Tactics and in 4 they apparently had airships, which explains how they got to the Midwest and Commonswealth respectively, but I'm wondering how they were able to acquire the tech for that kind of thing.

Really, the only thing I'm not too clear on is how they were able to travel from one end of the United States to the other. I do feel that the idea of a splinter faction that chooses to help people and be more inclusive rather than horde technology and deny access to outsiders isn't a bad one. Now, I've never played 4 or Tactics, so my knowledge is limited in that regard. One thing that I'm kinda split on is how the Brotherhood of Steel is depicted in the later games. I know 3 and 4 both have aspects of them that contradict the lore established in previous games or are otherwise a bit nonsensical.

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