Line #94 Characters/Fallout3BrotherhoodOfSteel


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4	!Brotherhood of Steel, East Coast Chapter
5	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bos_logo_45.png]]
6	--> '''Elder Lyons:''' "When I came here, I realized for the first time that the Brotherhood's technology could truly save the survivors in this Wasteland. I chose to help them, even if it meant putting the Brotherhood's interests at risk. Some of my soldiers called me a hero. Others called me a traitor."
7
8	30 years ago, the main branch of the Brotherhood on the West Coast sent a force of soldiers to scout Washington for supplies and bring the Midwestern branch of the Brotherhood (from ''Tactics'') back into the fold. After failing to find the Midwestern Brotherhood they continued on to Washington. Finding the area overrun with slavers, raiders and mutants, and finding a large store of pre-war technology in the ruins of the Pentagon, the group set down permanent roots, forming a base called The Citadel (in the ruins of the Pentagon), and began efforts to scour the region of hostiles and protect the civilians.
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10	[[foldercontrol]]
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12	[[folder:Brotherhood in general]]
13	* DefectorFromDecadence:
14	** Lyons decided that it was more important to follow the ''intent'' of the Brotherhood Codex (use technology to help rebuild society) rather than the ''letter'' (acquire technology no matter who gets hurt in the process).
15	** This conflict is treated in an interesting way by the Elders of the West Coast headquarters; unable to come to a consensus on whether his actions were what their Codex intended, they don't actually punish him. They let him keep his title and status in the Order. But they also cut off any reinforcements to the Capital Wasteland. By the time Lyons' Brotherhood is encountered by the Lone Wanderer, their organization is severely underpowered and under-supplied.
16	** ''VideoGame/Fallout4'' reveals however that following the death of Elder Lyons, [[spoiler:both Owen and Sarah,]] the East Coast Brotherhood, under the new Elder Arthur Maxson, went back to being much like their West Coast brethren in gathering technology to guard it against 'the wrong hands', though still held onto some of Lyons' ideals like recruiting wastelanders to supplement their ranks.
17	* EliteMooks: Lyons' Pride, Sarah's personal handpicked squad.
18	* FantasticSlurs: "Zombies" for the ghouls and "uglies" and "frankensteins" for the Super Mutants.
19	* GasMaskMooks: As usual with the Brotherhood's apparel, their helmets look like heavy gas masks.
20	* KarmicJackpot: Lyons and his branch were often criticized by the main branch for deviating from their original mission and accepted Brotherhood dogma. However, by the end of the game, they've not only recovered vast amounts of advanced Enclave technology just like the original mission intended, but have also developed new pieces of technology like the Tesla Cannon. Furthermore, they've also participated in two major engineering projects (Project Purity and Liberty Prime) and, with the help of the Lone Wanderer, defeated the last major remnant of the Enclave. They manage to do all this while carrying out their self-imposed duty of protecting the wasteland population. Meanwhile, on the other side of the continent, the main branch is all but wiped out after a war with the NCR, most of it forced into hiding. By the time of ''Fallout 4'', said Jackpot allowed the East Coast Brotherhood to construct their own mobile fortress in the form of the ''Prydwen'' and carry on their mission to the Commonwealth, for better and worse...
21	* PowerArmor: They use the Brotherhood's signature power armor. The Lone Wanderer can, too, provided they take the Power Armor course at the Citadel, which enables them to use ''any'' kind of powered armor.
22	* PragmaticHero: While they're mostly morally upstanding Paladins, they have a shoot-on-sight policy when dealing with Ghouls, tarnishing their general image. This is only slightly lessened by the time of ''Fallout 4'', where they try ''a little better'' not to shoot the non-feral Ghouls they encounter right away.
23	* QuestGiver:
24	** Scribe Jameson gives you the repeatable unmarked sidequest "Collecting Holotags".
25	** Members of the Lyons' Pride will give you the "Gallows Humor" unmarked sidequest.
26	** Scribe Yearling gives you the unmarked repeatable sidequest "Yearning for Learning".
27	** In ''Broken Steel'', Paladin Tristan gives you the main story quests "Shock Value" and "Who Dares Wins" as well as "Blood Brotherhood".
28	** Also from ''Broken Steel'', Griffon gives you "The Amazing Aqua Cura!"
29	* RenegadeSplinterFaction: A heroic example, in that they've chosen to abandon the Brotherhood's dogma of obtaining technology above all else for serving as the protector of the Capital Wasteland. Once Elder Maxson took charge following Lyon's death however, the Brotherhood brought some of said dogma. Come ''Fallout 4'', this has been largely reversed, though some of Lyons' ideals are embedded in the Eldership of Arthur Maxson.
30	* WeHaveReserves:
31	** PlayedWith, while they have an almost endless supply of wastelanders willing to be recruited, as Sarah Lyons states, the quality of recruit is highly questionable, as they are often too young or too old, [[ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy not very good shots]], have problems following orders, and [[LeeroyJenkins too eager to charge into battle]] that they are still stretched too thin against both the Mutants and the Enclave.
32	** On the other hand, given how Lyons is willing to recruit Wastelanders into the Brotherhood (part of why the Outcasts bailed), he will eventually be able to play this trope straight, assuming time and resources are merciful enough. Having the [[OneManArmy Lone Wanderer]] in their ranks, even if only as a type of specialist, allows them greater operational flexibility as well. This is one of Lyons's policies that were retained after his death, and resulted in them growing much stronger between ''Fallout 3'' and ''Fallout 4'', by which time the Brotherhood can potentially gain another OMA in the Sole Survivor through the same policy.
33	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Arthur is the only established member of the East Coast Brotherhood that reappears in ''Fallout 4'' as the new Elder. While some are justified [[spoiler:since Owen Lyons passed away and Sarah Lyons was killed in battle]], the rest of the named Brotherhood members in the Capital Wasteland are neither seen nor mentioned. Potentially [[HandWave handwaved]] as them being left to keep watch over Washington and the Citadel while the main body of the Brotherhood relocates to the Commonwealth to fight the Institute.
34	[[/folder]]
35
36	!Leader
37	[[folder:Owyn Lyons]]
38	!!Elder Owyn Lyons
39	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/owyn_lyons_fo3.jpg]]
40	->'''Voiced by:''' William Bassett (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''':Rudolf Pankov (Russian)[[/note]]
41
42	Owyn Lyons is the Elder in charge of the Columbia chapter of the Brotherhood of Steel. Sent out nearly three decades ago to investigate the area, he trekked across the entire continent with his contingent from Lost Hills to the DC region. While originally sent there to collect and store all the technology he could, his chapter of the Brotherhood eventually turned their focus to protecting the people of the Capital Wasteland and eradicating the Super Mutants. Recently, due to his deviation from the mission, the Brotherhood has stopped sending extra troops and many of his best soldiers have revolted and become the Outcasts. This has overstretched his forces, and forced him to look to recruiting from the wasteland.
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44	* BigGood: Leader of the major heroic faction of the game.
45	* CharacterDeath: Has already died from old age by the time ''VideoGame/Fallout4'' gets going. Unfortunately, without him around the Brotherhood has regressed back into its West-coast based doctrine.
46	* ChronicHeroSyndrome: What arguably has put him at odds with the tenets of the Brotherhood. [[WordOfGod Developers have said]] that they liken him to the [[VideoGame/Fallout1 Vault Dweller]] in that they were sent out on a specific mission, but after being released from the constant values feedback and insular society, he began to think autonomously and developed compassion.
47	* DefectorFromDecadence: Chose to protect the people of the Capitol Wasteland over following the Brotherhood's Codex, an act that puts him and his faction at odds with the West Coast chapter.
48	* DoomedMoralVictor: ''VideoGame/Fallout4'' reveals him to be this, his efforts to reform the Brotherhood seemingly for nought as it becomes more like its West Coast counterparts. Though Arthur has not forgotten all of his reforms, and has fused aspects of both the West and East Coasts together.
49	* DroppedABridgeOnHim: He died of old age soon after Fallout 3, which led to Arthur Maxson taking over as Elder and undoing many of his policies.
50	* TheExtremistWasRight: If you destroy the Enclave Mobile Base in ''Broken Steel'', Lyons' faction of the Brotherhood will be sitting on top of a huge pile of Enclave spoils (not the least of which are Vertibirds), have a brand-new compact high-power fusion reactor tech thanks to Dr. Li's help with perfecting '''LIBERTY PRIME''''s powerplant, will have a mass water purifier, and the adulation of the Capital Wasteland.
51	* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: In-universe, after Maxson took over and took the Brotherhood back to basics, Lyons was demonized as a foolish heretic who led the Brotherhood astray and his rule was openly derided for it's wastefulness and deviance from their true purpose.
52	* HonorBeforeReason: In ''Broken Steel'', Lyons opts to distribute the purified water from Project Purity freely to the people of the Wasteland, instead of selling it for caps. He also refuses to sell the water to Raiders and Slavers, despite them having an abundance of caps to buy it with. These decisions drive the very cynical Scribe put in charge of coordinating the water distribution quite crazy, but on the other hand, the act represents good PR (a thing you always want to have, especially when you need [[NewMeat new recruits to bolster your troops]]), and [[HatedByAll everyone despises Slavers and Raiders alike, anyway]].
53	* LaserGuidedKarma: His radical (for the Brotherhood) egalitarianism and desire to do what's right may have caused them hardship and a major schism in his ranks, but by the end of the game, [[TheExtremistWasRight he was right]], as shown above. Doubly so, if the Brotherhood who abandoned his ideals ultimately meet their doom at the hands of the Commonwealth Minutemen In ''VideoGame/Fallout4'' which is a very similar organization to what Lyons envisioned the Brotherhood to be.
54	* LifeWillKillYou: Despite living in a CrapsackWorld with EverythingTryingToKillYou, what finally gets this skilled badass in the end was the simple fact that he was ''very'' old and couldn't keep going forever.
55	* QuestGiver:
56	** Gives the main quests "Picking up the Trail" and "Take it Back!" upon speaking to him.
57	** If you didn't speak to Sarah Lyons before, he gives you "Death from Above" from the ''Broken Steel'' DLC.
58	* RetiredBadass: He was a Paladin before he was an Elder, and by all accounts was exceptionally badass even by Paladin standards.
59	* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Lyons was willing to disregard the technicalities of the Brotherhood Codex in order to follow the Codex's spirit of protecting humanity, such as by committing his forces to protecting Wastelanders, as well as recruiting from among their ranks. This works out in the end, as his actions end up building the Capital Wasteland Brotherhood into being the dominant power in the region, while the Brotherhood chapters back west who remained faithful to the Codex's xenophobic laws are now on the brink of extinction.
60	[[/folder]]
61
62	!!Brotherhood Military
63	!!!Lyons Pride
64
65	[[folder:Sarah Lyons]]
66	!!Sentinel Sarah Lyons
67	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sarah_lyons_fo3.jpg]]
68	->'''Voiced by:''' Heather Marie Marsden (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''':Alexandra Verkhoshanskaya (Russian)[[/note]]
69
70	Sentinel Sarah Lyons is the daughter of Owyn Lyons, who made the trek across the continent when she was a toddler. She is now one of the best combatants under Elder Lyons' command.
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72	* ActionGirl: She's one of the best in this chapter of the Brotherhood.
73	* BusCrash: It is revealed in ''VideoGame/Fallout4'' that she was killed in battle at some point during the 10 years between 3 and 4. It's suggested this happened very shortly after her father's own death, and Arthur was put in charge after multiple ineffectual elders.
74	* CuttingOffTheBranches: [[spoiler:According to ''Fallout 4'', she dies in battle, meaning that she wasn't sent into the purifier.]]
75	* DefrostingIceQueen: Because of your status as a mere civilian when you encounter her the first time, she's rather annoyed at having you tag along on the way to Galaxy News Radio. She softens up after you help her troop take out a [[BossInMookClothing Super Mutant Behemoth]], proving yourself worthy in combat situations.
76	* DudeMagnet: Her father notes the way the men look at, and Arthur has a crush on her.
77	* FamilyBusiness: And the business is the Brotherhood of Steel. Par for the course for those born into it, but it seems that her father is grooming her to take over the chapter after he passes away.
78	* FinalBoss: [[spoiler:Of ''Broken Steel'' and the main quest if you destroy the Citadel]].
79	* HeroicSacrifice:
80	** [[spoiler:If you're too cowardly to sacrifice yourself to save everyone, and you don't have a radiation-immune companion with you in ''Broken Steel'', Sarah does it herself.]]
81	** [[KilledOffForReal Doesn't get better]] in ''Broken Steel'' either. [[spoiler:As revealed in ''Fallout 4'', it wasn't her that entered the chamber, though being killed in battle in the intervening years between ''Broken Steel'' and ''4'', and leaving the Brotherhood to basically abandon all the good work her father strived for doesn't make it better either.]]
82	* OneOfTheBoys: Apparently she's a fighter first, and a woman a distant second. Her father is somewhat concerned.
83	-->'''Elder Lyons' Personal Journal Entry''': Sarah may have forgotten she's a woman, but I haven't, and neither have the rest of the Brothers, judging by the looks they give her.
84	* QuestGiver: If you didn't talk to Elder Lyons before, she gives you "Death from Above" from the ''Broken Steel'' DLC.
85	* ShipTease: Appears to develop feelings for the Lone Wanderer as the game goes on.
86	* YouAreInCommandNow: As joining the Brotherhood in ''Fallout 4'' helps reveal, after her father's death, she served a short stint as the Elder [[spoiler:until her own death in battle, which put the young Arthur Maxson in charge.]]
87	[[/folder]]
88
89	[[folder:Vargas]]
90	!!Paladin Vargas
91	->'''Voiced by:''' Pete Papageorge (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''':Denis Nekrasov (Russian)[[/note]]
92
93	-->"No offense, but I'm a little busy saving your ass right now."
94
95	Paladin Vargas is the second in command of the Lyons Pride and Sarah Lyons right hand man.
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97	* AFatherToHisMen: He tries to keep Initiate Reddin alive and is saddened when she is killed by the super mutant behemoth outside the GNR building.
98	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He is rude to the player and constantly lectures Reddin, but he is just trying to do his job and fend off the attacking super mutants without anyone getting killed.
99	* MauveShirt: [[spoiler:He typically dies on the bridge during the "Take It Back" quest and will disappear from the game even if he survives, suggesting that this is his canonical death.]]
100	[[/folder]]
101
102	[[folder:Irving Gallows]]
103	!!Knight Captain Irving Gallows
104	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/irving_gallows_fo3.jpg]]
105	->'''Voiced by:''' Pete Papageorge (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''':Denis Nekrasov (Russian)[[/note]]
106
107	Irving Gallows is a scout and Knight Captain for the Lyons' Pride, he is not very talkative and isn't looking to make friends. Others in the Pride have even started a betting pool to try and guess his real name.
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109	* TheFaceless: Is never seen without his helmet unless you look into the G.E.C.K..
110	* GoodIsNotNice: Has good karma and is trying to make D.C a better place by eradicating the Super Mutants but he can be rude and anti-social.
111	* TheQuietOne: He doesn't say much. If the Lone Wanderer stays silent during their first meeting he'll respond favorably.
112	[[/folder]]
113
114	[[folder:Glade]]
115	!!Paladin Glade
116	->'''Voiced by:''' Gus Travers (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''':Alexander Bely (Russian)[[/note]]
117
118	-->"Me? Heavy weapons. Miniguns, missile launchers... if it's bigger than a human and goes boom, I'm all over it."
119
120	Paladin Glade is Lyons Pride's resident heavy weapons expert. In combat he wields the rare and powerful gatling laser with deadly efficiency.
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122	* TheBigGuy: He claims to use everything from miniguns to missile launchers, yet is only ever seen with his gatling laser. (Not that he needs any other weapons...) He also has Big Guns as one of his tag skills.
123	* DumbMuscle: He's very good at what he does and has a very high Strength stat, but his Intelligence is very low.
124	[[/folder]]
125
126	!!Brotherhood Scholars
127
128	[[folder:Reginald Rothchild]]
129	!!Senior Scribe Reginald Rothchild
130	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/reginald_rothchild_fo3.jpg]]
131	->'''Voiced by:''' Duncan Hood (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''':Alexander Klyukvin (Russian)[[/note]]
132
133	-->''"I'm here for two reasons. One, Lyons needs me. He always has, just as much as I need him. We've been through a lot together, he and I. Two... Take a look around you. Access to this kind of technology, and the benefits it could provide to the Brotherhood, is immeasurable."''
134
135	The head scribe of the Brotherhood, thus in charge of their technological and scientific endeavors.
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137	* TheGoodChancellor: He is the one who knows about the nitty gritty details of fighting the Enclave.
138	* {{Jerkass}}: Comes across as this sometimes, most notable example is when you ask him if he could repair your gear:
139	-> "Could I? Yes. Will I? No. Ask Bowditch."
140	* MissionControl: In several missions the player reports to him to receive their objectives.
141	* QuestGiver:
142	** Gives you the main story quest "Finding the Garden of Eden".
143	** In ''Broken Steel'', he gives you the unmarked, repeatable sidequest "Getting Ready for Prime Time".
144	* TheSmartGuy: As the head of the Brotherhood scribes, he's the one to talk to for scientific pursuits.
145	* WeCanRebuildHim: After Liberty Prime was destroyed by the Enclave Orbital Strike, Rothchild plans on rebuilding him but of course that will take a ''very'' long time. [[spoiler:About 10 years, to be more specific.]]
146	[[/folder]]
147
148	[[folder:Bigsley]]
149	!!Scribe Bigsley
150	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bigsley_fo3.jpg]]
151	->'''Voiced by:''' Wes Johnson (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''':Nikolai Lazarev (Russian)[[/note]]
152
153	Appears in the ''Broken Steel'' add-on content: once the water's available, Elder Lyons orders that it be distributed to the good people of the Wasteland. Unfortunately, that order trickles down without anybody realizing just how much paperwork "distribute this water" involves. Anybody, that is, except Scribe Bigsley.
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155	* BeleagueredBureaucrat: Elder Lyons - fully occupied with this Enclave business - has entrusted administration of the whole program to Bigsley, and it's overwhelming him.
156	* DeadpanSnarker: In a 'sardonic despair' sort of way.
157	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Initially he is fairly rude and impatient when speaking to you, but checking his private terminal reveals that he does truly appreciate what you've done for the Wasteland. It's clear his rudeness is more a result of being overworked and incredibly stressed than of anything else.
158	* QuestGiver: Gives you the sidequests "Holy Water" and "Protecting the Water Way" (provided in this one you haven't talked to Officer Lepellitier before) in ''Broken Steel''.
159	* SarcasticDevotee: He's loyal to the Brotherhood, but he hates his current assignment wholeheartedly.
160	[[/folder]]
161
162	!!Other Brotherhood Members
163
164	[[folder:Liberty Prime]]
165	!!Liberty Prime
166	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Liberty_Prime_9360.png]]
167	[[caption-width-right:350:'''EMBRACE DEMOCRACY, OR YOU WILL BE ERADICATED!''']]
168
169	Liberty Prime is a 40 foot tall pre-war robot constructed by the United States government, originally intended to be deployed to Alaska as a super weapon to fight the Chinese. The project was scrapped due to the massive power it took to run it, but the Prime-prototype was eventually recovered by Elder Lyons and the Brotherhood Of Steel, who are working on restoring it to working order. They eventually solve the power issues, and Prime becomes their secret weapon against the Enclave. In ''Fallout 4'', Liberty Prime once again plays a major role in the Brotherhood storyline. Now upgraded and improved, Prime is reactivated and is used to spearhead the assault on the base of the Institute.
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171	* AmericanRobot: Very, very American.
172	-->'''AMERICA WILL NEVER FALL TO COMMUNIST INVASION!'''
173	* AwesomeButImpractical: In universe. Prime is nigh-unstoppable, but it requires a lot of energy to power. And as a one-of-a-kind weapon, Prime can't cover much ground.
174	* BiggerStick: With their superior numbers, equipment, and air power, the Enclave-Brotherhood war is very one-sided. Then the Brotherhood gets Prime working, and in two weeks Prime single-handedly turns the tide and sends the Enclave running. Unfortunately, this pushes the Enclave to pulling out the biggest stick of all: [[spoiler:Their orbital missile satellite.]]
175	* BorderPatrol: Should the Sole Survivor [[spoiler:destroy the Prydwen, Prime will survive the falling debris in the Institute ending and continue to remain in the Boston Airport, hostile to the player and completely invulnerable]].
176	* BusCrash:
177	** In the Brotherhood ending of ''VideoGame/Fallout4'', [[spoiler:Liberty Prime is used much like he was in 3, mowing down Institute forces and blasting a hole into the ElaborateUndergroundBase they have]].
178	** Also in ''4'', in the Institute ending, [[spoiler:Prime is hacked to destroy the Prydwen. But Prime doesn't make any major appearances in the Minutemen questline, just sitting in his moorings. He will later spend the postgame patrolling Boston Airport.]]
179	* CurbStompBattle:
180	** His battle with [[spoiler:the Enclave]] at [[spoiler:Project Purity]]. [[spoiler:The Enclave was throwing Vertibird gunships and entire platoons of plasma-rifle-toting power armor troops at Prime, and they may as well have been throwing tomatoes]].
181	** In ''4'', [[spoiler:the Institute and their army of Synths don't fare much better. In fact, it's possible for Liberty Prime to run into a Super Mutant Behemoth on his way there, and the Behemoth only reaches up to his knee. Prime simply picks the monstrosity up and crushes it in his hands until it goes limp.]]
182	* EagleLand: One massive walking lampoon of Type 1. Even the footpads are this, with the Statue of Liberty embossment on each.
183	* EscortMission: Inverted. Technically speaking, your mission is to escort Liberty Prime to the purifier, but in practice it's the other way around. Prime pretty much mows his way through whatever the Enclave throws at him, while you follow behind and mop up whatever he missed.
184	* EyeBeams: Prime's primary weapon is a [[BeamSpam rapid-recharge]] [[ShockAndAwe Tesla cannon]] mounted in its head.
185	* GodzillaThreshold: [[spoiler:Pushes the Enclave to it. With one of their last bases under attack, they unleash an orbital bombardment from a missile satellite. For obvious reasons, they can only ''ever'' do this twice; that they pull it on Prime is proof of how big a threat he is and how desperate they are to destroy him]].
186	%% (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample) * HumongousMecha: ''Natch''. It's essentially the Fallout equivalent to {{Anime/Gigantor}} minus the flight capabilities.
187	* HypocriticalHumor:
188	** The Enclave claims to be the 'legitimate' government of the United States, so the use of Liberty 'Commie-Smasher' Prime against them is a nice bit of irony.
189	** Some of his quotes also make him act like this:
190	-->'''Prime: DEMOCRACY IS NON-NEGOTIABLE!'''
191	-->'''Prime: EMBRACE DEMOCRACY OR YOU WILL BE ERADICATED!'''
192	* ImplacableMan: No matter what obstruction is in the way, Liberty Prime will find a way to either get through it or around it, whether that be using his own body to short-circuit a force field, boring a hole through 5 meters of dirt and rock with his head laser and a mini-nuke, or subverting BrokenBridge by ''walking underwater across the riverbed''.
193	* IncomingHam: '''LIBERTY PRIME IS ONLINE. ALL SYSTEMS: NOMINAL. WEAPONS: HOT. MISSION: THE DESTRUCTION OF ANY AND ALL CHINESE COMMUNISTS!''' [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] by the fact that his original programming made him hammy to help boost morale of the United States troops accompanying him. Like most other robots in the game, Prime's programming doesn't take the nuclear holocaust or the intervening 200 years into account.
194	* {{Irony}}: A super patriotic American robot is used in the fight against the descendants of the U.S. government.
195	* TheJuggernaut: [[spoiler:Liberty Prime's usual response to any obstacle the Enclave tries to throw at him (be it troops, Vertibirds, or barriers) is to simply crush it and carry on. It took the Enclave a [[GodzillaThreshold danger-close orbital strike]] to finally take Prime out of the picture]].
196	--> '''Prime: Obstruction detected. Composition: titanium alloy supplemented by photonic resonance barrier. Probability of mission hindrance: ZERO PERCENT!'''
197	* LargeHam: An enormous war machine brimming with jingoism. Probability of hilarity: one hundred percent!
198	* LightningGun: A tesla cannon, as indicated by your cobbling together a man-portable slower-reloading version in Broken Steel, is the most generally applicable weapon in his arsenal.
199	* MadeOfIron: Made of something far tougher! Energy weapons, artillery, and missiles don't even scratch him. All the manpower the Enclave throw at him amounts only to more time spent hosing the gore off the soles of his giant metal feet. [[spoiler:In the add-on, the Enclave finally bring him down with an orbital nuke.]]
200	* MegatonPunch: Besieged Enclave building all sealed up? Make your own entry point for intrusion... by punching the concrete wall open.
201	* NoSell: All but the most powerful "Photonic Resonance Barriers" (read: forcefield blockades) have a probability of mission hindrance of '''ZERO PERCENT''' against him. They're dispersed simply by him walking through them. Even the final, most powerful one just causes him to double over for a second before he gets back up and resumes his rampage.
202	* NukeEm: in addition to his eye mounted Tesla cannons, '''LIBERTY PRIME''' also has a backpack filled with Mini-nukes that he'll chuck at enemies like a football.[[note]]UsefulNotes/AmericanFootball... of course![[/note]]
203	* OneManArmy: The characters talk as if the mission to assault the purifier will be Lyon's Pride and the player character attacking the Enclave with Prime as support. This is a complete lie -- the reality is that Prime will attack the Enclave, the Pride will watch, and the player will follow them looting the tiny gobbeted remains of Enclave soldiers that Prime leaves behind.
204	** This happens ''again'' [[spoiler:in ''Fallout 4'', if the Sole Survivor sides with the Brotherhood against the Institute.]]
205	* Pun: He throws literal [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_football Nuclear Footballs]]
206	* ShoutOut: Averted, actually, or at least unintentional. Despite a couple of similar lines between them, as well as the impossible-to-miss name and voice, WordOfGod says he wasn't intended to be a homage to [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} Optimus Prime]]. However, [[ShrugOfGod it's been admitted]] the parallels may have been done subconsciously.
207	** Many have also noticed the similarities between Prime and Gort from ''[[Film/TheDayTheEarthStoodStill1951 The Day The Earth Stood Still]]''.
208	** In-house, Prime is an homage to the Numidium from ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIDaggerfall''. In fact, a HumongousMecha (or other towering EldritchAbomination) tends to appear in most games produced by Bethesda.
209	* ShownTheirWork: One of Liberty Prime's quotes is "The last domino falls here!" This is a reference to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domino_theory the Domino Theory]], a political belief held by the U.S. throughout the Cold War.
210	* StoryBreakerPower: If it wasn't for the Lone Wanderer wiping out both of the Enclave's largest bases and Prime wiping out their armies alone, the Enclave would've curbstomped the Brotherhood with very little effort.
211	%%* TestosteronePoisoning: If any robot can be manly, it is Prime.
212	* ThePlotReaper: [[spoiler:He gets nuked at the beginning of ''Broken Steel'', though the Brotherhood recovered what remained of him and by the time ''Broken Steel'' ends, they're repairing him. Joining the Brotherhood in ''Fallout 4'' opens a questline to finish the repairs.]]
213	* WaveMotionGun: Woe unto whatever gets in his [[LightningGun Tesla]] [[EyeBeam eye-beam]] cannon's sights. It [[LudicrousGibs gibs]] power-armored Enclave goons in one shot, and it can crank out between two and three beams a second.
214	* WhamLine: "Warning! Warning! [[spoiler:Red Chinese Orbital Strike]] Imminent! All personnel should reach minimum safe distance immediately!" Before this line, there was no hint the Enclave had access to such a thing, and now that you know they do and are willing to use it, the war against them reaches a new level of urgency. Note that this is the only time Liberty Prime ever sounds worried about something, so you know shit's getting real.
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