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Preston Garvey, Commonwealth Minutemen. Most people don't put much stock in the Minutemen these days after Quincy, where the Minutemen betrayed each other and the people they were supposed to protect. I can't rebuild the Minutemen, but I think you can. I feel like this is a whole new start for the Minutemen. I'm probably the only one who still remembers this, but the Castle's Armory was located in the West Bastion. I never thought I'd see the day that the Minutemen had artillery support again once.

whole new start for the Minutemen I'm probably the only one who still remembers this but the Castle's Armory was located in the west Bastion I never thought I'd see the day that the minut and man had artillery support again once

I pledged my life to protect my countrymen. I don't see this as any different. Well said. The Commonwealth is dead. There's no future here. I dreamed of you as an adult for so long. Here you are, and I'm so disappointed. Goodbye, Father.

I've made my choice The Institute is now our enemy under what righteous pretense have you Justified this atrocity the Commonwealth deserves to determine its own fate what you're about to watch is not a recap of the Minutemen or their history

I've made my choice. The Institute is now our enemy. Under what righteous pretense have you justified this atrocity? The Commonwealth deserves to determine its own fate. What you're about to watch is not a recap of the Minutemen or their history as it is seen in Fallout 4, but instead my attempt to reimagine the faction to fix its weaknesses and shortcomings, both practical and law-related. This video will highlight the issues that the citizen soldiers face, and then I will lead them to victory through a story that shows how I would change the organization in both a law-friendly and historically inspired way. Right away, I want to state that the Minutemen are my favorite faction. I love their heroism,

lead them to Victory through a story that shows how I would change the organization in both a law friendly and historically inspired way right away I want to state that the Minutemen are my favorite faction I love their heroism

desire to help all inhabitants of the Commonwealth, and the satisfying feeling of building settlements and improving people's lives. But it can't be denied that the faction has some major deficiencies, which in my opinion prevent it from feeling like a well-rounded and fully fleshed-out action, and I want to try and fix that. This video is going to be split into the following parts: rules, issues, which will be divided into meta and law/worldbuilding, inspirations for changes made, reimagining, and finally conclusion. Similar to my video on the Railroad, I only had one rule for my reimagining, and that is my reimagining must still be recognizable as the Minutemen. They need to be a militia force that willingly aids people and aims to rebuild the Commonwealth. So I want to discuss meta issues first, as there are only two. The first is the laser musket. In terms of giving the Minutemen their old-timey 18th-century feeling, this weapon works great as it

fully fleshed out action and I want to try and fix that this video is going to be split into the following parts rules issues which will be divided into meta and law/ worldbuilding Inspirations for changes made reimagining and finally

follows the rule of internal consistency with its scavenged aesthetic and single shot per load attack. However, in a post-apocalyptic world with deathclaws, rad scorpions, and super mutants, the inaccurate jury-rigged laser rifle, which needs to be reloaded after every shot, is just unreasonably impractical. This means that my Minutemen will need an old but practical primary weapon. The second meta issue is the fact that vanilla Minutemen don't scale with the player level. This leads to them being hilariously weak in

aims to rebuild the Commonwealth so I want to discuss meta issues first as there are only two the first is the laser musket in terms of giving the Minutemen their old timey 18th century feeling this weapon works great as it

the endgame, making the flare gun useless. So my Minutemen will need to be able to scale with the player and be armed enough to face dangerous threats. Meta stuff over. On to lore and worldbuilding. The first issue is the lack of

just unreasonably impractical this means that my Minutemen will need an old but practical primary weapon the second meta issue is the fact that vanilla Minutemen don't scale with the player level this leads to them being hilariously weak in

Minutemen logistics and force generation, which I've paired together as they're a similar issue. Provisioners, as shown here, are used to get materials between settlements, but these are settlement workers and not necessarily a part of the Minutemen. The Castle also has an

Minutemen Logistics and force generation which I've paired together as they're a similar issue provisioners as shown here are used to get materials between settlements but these are settlement workers and not necessarily a part of the Minutemen the castle also has an

Armory, but there is no mention of how it is kept stocked and how individual Minutemen are armed. Are they expected to arm themselves? Does the Minutemen rely on donated arms and ammunition or the money to buy them? Does the organization

manufacture its own weapons and ammunition the general lack of information is quite annoying on a World building level Force generation I.E how a military builds up a combat ready force is also strangely absent I feel like this has been left out for gameplay

manufacture its own weapons and ammunition? The general lack of information is quite annoying on a worldbuilding level. Force generation, i.e., how a military builds up a combat-ready force, is also strangely absent. I feel like this has been left out for gameplay

robust Logistics and force generation system the second issue is that the factionalism that divided the Minutemen leading to their downfall is poorly discussed Preston Garvey tells us the following we don't need any more Petty politics or squabbling over resources or

reasons, as Fallout 4 is an RPG and not an RTS. I understand that it's an all-volunteer force, but the lack of how these volunteers are organized and prepared for combat is problematic. Therefore, my Minutemen will need a

have been which is ironic as the downfall of the Minutemen is otherwise incredibly realistic their collapse started all the way back in 2240 almost 5 decades before Fallout 4's main quest took place this collapse happening little by little and then by a

robust logistics and force generation system. The second issue is that the factionalism that divided the Minutemen, leading to their downfall, is poorly discussed. Preston Garvey tells us the following: "We don't need any more petty politics or squabbling over resources or

primary reason that the Minutemen lost the battle at Quincy was because only one group of minem men led by Colonel Hollis showed up to defend the town other groups either refused to must or defected to the Gunners this shows that

arguing over who has seniority," but that is it. There is almost nothing else mentioned about it. Was the factionalism ideological? Was it regional? Was it wealth? Once again, the lack of definitive information leaves me feeling like this wasn't as well thought out as it could

defending people which was the primary reason they had had so much support in the early days this this means that my re-imagined Minutemen will need formal obligations and meaningful consequences for failing to meet them I decided to begin looking for Inspirations by doing

have been, which is ironic, as the downfall of the Minutemen is otherwise incredibly realistic. Their collapse started all the way back in 2240, almost five decades before Fallout 4's main quest took place. This collapse happening little by little and then by a

and teaching mil AR history proved to be excellent as they covered the history of the militias their evolution and how they came to beat the British Empire during the war of independence combined with other sources I found online I

lot, leading to the Quincy Massacre, is incredibly well written and realistic. In this case, I will need to create a realistic division that the Minutemen will fail to overcome, leading to their collapse. The final issue with the Minutemen is its lack of cohesion. The

highlight two things firstly I will be heavily condensing the history and evolution of colonial militias for the sake of time but we'll leave links to the books and my other sources in the description below if you want to check

primary reason that the Minutemen lost the battle at Quincy was because only one group of Minutemen led by Colonel Hollis showed up to defend the town. Other groups either refused to muster or defected to the Gunners. This shows that

against humanity in a modern context with the disclaimer out of the way let's get into the history the first chartered colonies were established in the early 1600s but struggled to expand until the 1620s when they discovered tobacco the

Minutemen Colonels either lacked obligation or there was a lack of meaningful consequences for failing to honor their obligations. Once the colonels refused to aid Quincy, the downfall of the Minutemen was complete, as they no longer kept their word about

Bay Company typically referred to as the Massachusetts Bay Company was established in 1628 and just like the Virginia Company it chose to use militia to combat the Native Americans it was allowed to raise a militia because of the English militia

defending people, which was the primary reason they had so much support in the early days. This means that my reimagined Minutemen will need formal obligations and meaningful consequences for failing to meet them. I decided to begin looking for inspirations by doing

practice or must were heavily fined but it wasn't the militia that was the problem it was their European Doctrine you see European Warfare up to this era was mostly defined by pitched battles between large armies when one side could

some research into the history of the American Revolutionary militias that existed in the 13 colonies. I bought these three books as they offered an in-depth look at American militias. These books, all written by military officers who have won awards for studying, writing,

America in the early years European colonists would win large battles against the Native Americans and when another large army didn't form they expected them to send negotiators to begin peace talks this didn't happen as the Native Americans turned to raiding

and teaching military history, proved to be excellent as they covered the history of the militias, their evolution, and how they came to beat the British Empire during the War of Independence. Combined with other sources I found online, I

development of what historian John Grenier describes as the first way of War a series of tactics which would be used and refined over many decades to effectively combat the Native Americans the purpose of the first way of war was

learned a lot about how the colonial militias worked. To my surprise, these militias had a long and complex history. It dispelled many of the myths I believed about the colonial militias despite having studied the American Revolution before. Continuing, I wish to

possible including women and children and the destruction of property including homes crops and livestock the second was the development of two units Minutemen and Rangers I will cover them more in a moment the third was the use of scout bounties Scout bounties were a

highlight two things. Firstly, I will be heavily condensing the history and evolution of colonial militias for the sake of time, but we'll leave links to the books and my other sources in the description below if you want to check

who ordinarily lived subsistence lives I am particularly interested in the Rangers and Minutemen as these two groups were on the knif edge of military development in the colonies Rangers were a special group of men who would control the frontier acting as skirmishers and

them out yourselves. Secondly, these sources discuss and analyze disturbing methods of warfare, such as intentionally targeting non-combatants and the use of starvation as a weapon. The sources do not endorse these tactics, and they are considered war crimes and crimes

this coin contrary to popular belief militias can't just organize for battle at a minute's notice it takes time for people to ready their weapons ammo provisions and muster at the town hall or Village Green the chartered colonies recognized this issue and on the 12th of

against humanity in a modern context. With the disclaimer out of the way, let's get into the history. The first chartered colonies were established in the early 1600s but struggled to expand until the 1620s when they discovered tobacco. The

closer to standing soldiers or guard units rather than a last minute hastily raised group that we imagine another factor in the success of colonial milias was the adoption of advanced technology the colonial militias who were hugely outnumbered by Native Americans decided

Virginia Company went bankrupt due to, among other things, fighting with nearby Native Americans and was taken over by the crown in 1624, but its discoveries created a design to colonize the American East Coast. The charter of the Massachusetts

used block houses as defensive structures settlers would flee into these structures when attacked and would be used to fight back and wait for the attackers to leave by the revolutionary era large towns had Town Halls which could be used as a meeting place for the

Bay Company, typically referred to as the Massachusetts Bay Company, was established in 1628, and just like the Virginia Company, it chose to use militia to combat the Native Americans. It was allowed to raise a militia because of the English militia

organizations they had even continued their tradition of adopting advanced technology as some Frontier Rangers had even begun to use rifled muskets although they were lower caliber and slower to reload their accuracy and range improvements were well worth the

law, as the company derived its authority from the crown of England. These militias were structurally very robust, with me.

smaller misconceptions about how militias are a static institution the British government refused to fully mobilize for the American war of independence as Britain was both deeply in debt from the Seven Years War and deeply in denial about the true scale of

the Revolt in the 13 colonies a great example of this is The Siege of Boston itself where after the battles at Lexington and Concord militias from from Massachusetts Vermont and Rhode Island numbering 14,000 laid Siege to Thomas Gage and his

4,000 British regulars by the time of the evacuation from Boston Gage had only managed to recruit an additional 7,000 loyalist colonists bringing his final troop count to 11,000 with a series of Inspirations from the real life militia and Minutemen

of the colonial era let me now show you what I've come up with compared to my previous faction reimagining this is going to be told as more of a story than a mechanical breakdown it will change only a few parts of the law from before

the Quincy Massacre and it will assume that settlements keep growing rather than having their gameplay population cap in 2180 a horde of super mutants attempted to invade and Destroy Diamond City it's outnumbered guards would have been little match for The Horde that was

barreling down on them but they were rein forced by a little known volunteer militia calling itself the Minutemen with the minutemen's numbers and Firepower The Horde was beaten and routed the Battle of diamond City propelled the Minutemen from smalltime

faction to Major power player in the Commonwealth from their newly established home base at Fort Independence colloquially known as the castle they quickly expanded their numbers using large armies of volunteers supported by artillery and command Ed by Colonels to beat back Wasteland threats

the colonels answered to the leader of the Minutemen who held the rank of General the decades after the battle of diamond city were a golden era for the Commonwealth and the Minutemen Caravans traveled the road safely and Farmers no

longer had to fear Raiders for the briefest of moments it seemed like Civilization on the east coast of the old United States would be reborn here in the land which had had once defied an Empire but all Golden Ages must come to

an end in 2240 a huge creature emerged from the sea and annihilated the castle the loss of its HQ General and primary artillery training location severely weakened the Minutemen and began almost five Decades of entropy and decline leadership of the Minutemen passed from

one ineffective leader to the next increasingly unable to keep the various Colonels United many of whom were becoming divided along Regional and wealth lines with Colonels who drew their recruits from the safer Northern regions being increasingly opposed to

marching their troops South to Aid the more sparsely populated and poorest Central and Southern Commonwealth however all semblance of unity fell apart when General Becker died in 2280 the colonels refused to put aside their differences to elect a new general

as a new general would have weakened their power Colonels now became little more than Regional Warlords committed to the defense and prosperity of their own locals the only thing keeping them working together was the name of Minutemen but this severely weakened

Minutemen would be dealt a killing blow by a renegade mercenary group known as the Gunners the Gunners led by their mysterious leader Cyprus began must ring to attack the town of Quincy in the southern Commonwealth a committed and

hopeful Colonel by the name of Hollis arrived to defend the town and sent out a call for other Minutemen reinforcements but none would come worse still some local Minutemen under the command of a disillusioned Minuteman named Clint had defected to the Gunners

as they had become tired of the infighting and factionalism of the colonels Clint offered Colonel Hollis and his men the chance to lay down their arms and join the Gunners but the colonel refused the offer Point Blank still believing in the ideals of the

Minutemen the Quincy Massacre as it came to be known was seen as the final nail in the coffin of the Minuteman the Gunners who vastly outnumbered Colonel hollis's group killed every man woman and child they could get their hands on

Minutemen across the Commonwealth disgusted by their Colonels cowardness resigned or deserted in droves until the colonels were nothing more than men with meaningless titles Colonel Hollis perished in the fighting and one of his lieutenants an idealistic young soldier named Preston

Garvey led the survivors North to try and find a safe place to resettle them he was met with no success and increasing losses by the time he reached the town of Concord his 20 survivors had been whittel down to just five with

Preston himself being the only Minute Man left under attack and trapped inside the local Museum it seemed that all was lost but in Preston's Darkest Hour a mysterious Vault dweller who would come to be known as the sole survivor would

descend upon Concord and save the besieged group as Preston gazed upon the statue at the old North Bridge he realized that this strange Vault dweller might be the last chance to save the Commonwealth from the chaos of the

minutemen's collapse Preston had received information during his journey from Quincy that the nearby Ten Pines Bluff had called for help and when Preston told the Soul Survivor this they accepted this Mission and aided them against the Raiders that were harassing

them tempin Bluff now pledged to Aid the Minutemen however they could Preston now aided twice by the Soul Survivor explained what had happened to the original Minuteman and how he believed that they could rebuild them the Soul Survivor accepted the title of general

and set out to reestablish the destroyed group the second settlement to join was the nearby abony Farm in exchange for the minute men's help they agreed to open their home to wastelanders and refugees tempin Bluff also committed to

the same policy as a slow but steady stream of volunteers began to increase the minutemen's ranks in the northern Commonwealth the Soul Survivor using their knowledge of pre-war military practices and structures made the first major major changes to Minutemen

Doctrine the unreliable and inaccurate laser muskets were to be decommissioned and the Minutemen would need to find a more reliable weapon with Kinetic ammunition as Fusion cells were expensive to buy and nearly impossible to manufacture this need for a reliable

primary weapon would be answered by County crossing the settlement laid just across the road from the National Guard training yard the location was filled with feral ghouls which had started to fill out of the building after the Gunners had attempted to loot the area

County Crossing unable to deal with the feral ghouls called for help the Minutemen cleared the training yard and found that it had been unlooted since the Great War contained within were thousands of 20th century M1 garons and relevant ammunition the Minutemen

quickly adopted the rifle with its accurate semi-automatic fire and High Caliber being an excellent replacement for the laser musket with the Minutemen expanding their territory they risk spreading their forces too thin with this problem the Soul Survivor implemented a radically new

organizational Doctrine taking inspiration from the militias of the colonial era it was decided that all able-bodied adults would be required to serve in a local militia this local militia would only be expected to protect their local area in emergencies

they would be expected to provide their own weapons which must meet a certain stand standard and if unable to afford an appropriate weapon the settlement would take a collection from its population and purchase the necessary weapons such weapons included hunting

rifles with appropriate barrels double barrel shotguns and the aforementioned M1 Garand the local militia would be expected to drill twice a week on Days of their choosing collection money that wasn't used in the purchasing of weapons was then split in two one portion would

remain in the settlement and be used for emergency repairs and ammunition purchases the second portion would go to the Minutemen to help them with purchasing supplies ammunition and paying squads in rotation an appropriate wage a settlement would be expected to

pay out the equivalent of 10 caps per person if their settlement had between 10 and 19 people eight caps if between 20 and 29 and six caps if they had 30 or more if less than 10 people existed in a

settlement they were not expected to pay a collection towards the Minutemen and use 100% of the money on growing their settlement if a settlement suffers damage during an attack they are automatically Exempted from paying collection money to the Minutemen and

use the money to fix the damage nearby settlements would also be expected to make their material resources available to help reduce the cost of fixing damage once a settlement reached the size of 28 settlers they were expected to provide a

military obligation of one eight-man Squad at 36 settlers two squads and at 44 settlers three squads squads utilized a doctrine that emphasize ranged mobile and defensive Warfare as the early Minutemen couldn't afford losses they typically employed Ambush tactics and if

charged would give ground to their attackers to avoid close melees or encirclements a squad consisted of Two fourman Fire teams team a is made up of one elected officer who holds the rank of Sergeant and is armed with an automatic assault rifle

typically the r91 which was used by pre-war US military forces a combat medic who would be armed with a submachine gun or pistol usually in 10 mm or 45 and finally two Rangers who would be armed with semi-automatic

rifles typically M1 garens B team is led by a junior officer holding the rank of Corporal who is chosen by the sergeant and is armed with a semi-automatic rifle a ranger who is also armed in a similar manner a combat engineer who will be

armed with a shotgun most Minutemen combat engineers have history as scavengers so it is not uncommon for them to salvage additional weapons and Munitions in the field and finally a sniper snipers are armed with a high caliber bolt action rifle with a scope

snipers must go through a three week Marksmanship training course before being given the role and usually start their careers as Rangers as do both officers in the squad both officers will also carry a flare gun which can be used

to call for reinforcements in a local area a squad would serve a six-month rotation before returning home in this six-month rotation the squad would first report to the castle for refresher training and then receive Mission orders which could theoretically see them being

deployed anywhere in the Commonwealth when the squad rotates home they would be expected to drill the local militia thus keeping their training fresh and imparing any new skills or tactics while learned in active service the logistics of arming militias preparing Minutemen

squads requesting or purchasing ammunition and supplies and selecting the individual or team necessary to transport these supplies fell to the quartermaster quarter Masters were chosen and specially trained to manage Logistics operations and acted as another Minutemen representative in the

settlement along with the elected Squad sergeants the Commonwealth was divided up into several regions called military districts these are managed by a command sergeant major who is in charge of organizing inter settlement defense efforts and improving militia's coordination with each other senior

officers who held important positions now held the rank of major such as pre who acted as second in command the general would now be elected by sergeants command sergeant majors and Majors these individuals were expected to vote as a part of their job with

those who didn't being at risk of being removed from their role for dereliction of Duty all of these changes were laid out in a new document penned by the Soul Survivor called the Minutemen Charter if a settlement wanted to support the minut

and men they must sign the charter which could only be done after a free and fair election the settlement would then need to keep up its end of the bargain a settlement can withdraw its signature from the charter at any time and for any

reason but the settlement Quarter Master would be removed or resigned from the Minutemen any outstanding collection funds would still need to be paid out and the Minutemen would no longer train or Supply its militia heavy weapons that the settlement couldn't upkeep would

also be removed the settlement would always be a able to count on Minutemen protection however and would be allowed to keep any weapons and ammunition they had paid for or requested even if they hadn't arrived yet with its new

decentralized doctrine and pool of personnel from settlements that could sustain troop commitments Preston advised the Soul Survivor that it was time to recapture the castle as it could serve as an effective administrative training and Military location the Soul

Survivor agreed with this assessment and the Minutemen must mustered two platoon each made up of four squads to reclaim their old base on the 22nd of December Minute Men assaulted the castle and despite taking casualties were able to

reclaim their HQ after some emergency repairs radio Freedom the voice of the Minutemen which had remained silent since that fateful day in 2240 sang triumphant across the airwaves alerting the people of the Commonwealth that a new era was Dawning

this victory was like rocket fuel for the Minuteman settlements began requesting to put their signatures on the charter and volunteers streamed into the castle eager to put an end to their years as wastelanders and scavengers these homeless volunteers began

streaming in in such number that the charter had to be modified added was the practice that wastelanders could choose a settlement to make their home after their rotation was complete among these numbers of volunteers years was an elderly woman named Ronnie Shaw Shaw had

been a legendary figure in her years among the Minutemen once felling five Raiders with a single hand grenade and later slapping a colonel for his unwillingness to commit to a battle but after the death of General Becka she

left the organization disgusted with its inviting Shaw was unconvinced that this Vault dweller had what it took to rebuild the Minutemen but offered them a chance to prove themselves the castles Armory despite the best efforts of the minutemen's engineers had remained

sealed Shaw knew a secret passage and offered to show it to the Soul Survivor and if they made it to the Armory and opened it she would rejoin the Minutemen the trio journeyed through the tunnels and after finding General Manan and

defeating a malfunctioning Sarge reopened the Armory and unleashed the true power of the Minutemen its artillery the Minutemen had been utilizing old 18th century style mortars for their artillery but in the months prior to the loss of the castle Manan

had been planning to roll out pre-war howitzers with their improved range and 155 mm shells the Soul Survivor saw the benefit in adopting the new artillery piece and immediately used collection funds to roll them out to settlements improving the minutemen's fire support

and lethality the charter was modified to include Provisions for artillery and settlements the Minutemen would cover 100% of the cost for artillery and in exchange the settlement would provide or accept three individuals who would be trained as artillery officers

responsible for aiming and firing the gun whilst local militia were responsible for loading and cleaning artillery officer and quartermaster training would be carried out by Ronnie Shaw who now held the rank of major and would be stationed at the castle with

their new artillery and expanded Manpower pool every major settlement B Diamond City good neighbor and Bunker Hill had signed the charter by the Autumn of 2289 with effective local leadership and the experience of both Preston and Shaw the Soul Survivor continued their search

for their missing son whilst the Minutemen ran themselves this led to the fight with Kellogg to the backdrop of the arrival of the Brotherhood of Steel in the Commonwealth in March of 2290 the Minute Men were initially thankful for the arrival of such a

well-armed and highly trained military force arriving in the Commonwealth as they believed they would find common enemies in The Institute This Joy disappeared as the Brotherhood of Steel began demanding tribute from settlements around Boston airport which were unable

to resist the Airborne and power armored equipped forces as they had only recently joined the Minutemen and hadn't built up their own strength things came to a head a month after the brotherhood's arrival having seen an increased number of Brotherhood Scouts

the settlement of Finch Farm believed that they would be next to be visited by one of Proctor Tan's tribute squads they sent out a request for help but rather than getting a platoon of Minutemen the nearest three militias turned out in

their entirety combined with the four platoon that arrived to help them the total number of Minutemen aligned forces was around 400 people compared to the two knights and five initiates that had shown up to collect even laser weapons

would wouldn't even the odds what had initially been meant as a show of solidarity quickly turned into a bloodbath a panicked initia opened fire injuring a militian the Minutemen returned fire and the Brotherhood called for backup within a minute two verter

birds had arrived and began using their miniguns to clear the area 30 militia seven Minutemen and four Brotherhood soldiers were killed before fleeing into the surrounding Hills the settlers and Minutemen t watched the fields to deny the Brotherhood its tribute whilst the

Brotherhood had won the fight it was a humiliating tactical and Public Image defeat newspapers across the Commonwealth began printing headlines like Brotherhood of Steel and techno barbarians Massacre Farmers the Brotherhood was unable to purchase Goods in towns and cities and were unable to

take Shor leave outside of Boston airport for fear of public protests or reprisals a series of further skirmishes in the surrounding regions took place in the weeks after the massacre at Finch farm with deaths mounting on both sides

and a fear that the Institute would take advantage of the situation the Soul Survivor and Elder Maxon negotiated a settlement to end the fighting the meeting was tense and at points it seemed more like they were sizing each

other up rather than negotiating peace but cooler heads prevailed and the Brotherhood agreed to stop forcing tribute in exchange for a 35% discount on food purchases with peace reestablished the Soul Survivor continued their search for a way into the Institute by searching

for the Rogue scientist Virgil Virgil provided the Soul Survivor with the information necessary to track down a corser and Infiltrate The Institute the Soul Survivor called a platoon of Minutemen to help clear Green Tech genetics and hunt down the corser it was

a tough fight but the minute men enjoyed dealing a blow to the Gunners for the first time since Quincy with the cors of chip in hand but no way to decode it the Soul Survivor decided to make contact

with the railroad the group had been monitoring the buildup of Minutemen forces and anticipated their visit the railroad was distrustful of the Minutemen as they believed that anti- synth bigots were among them the Soul Survivor tried to alleviate their fears

by stating that the minute men would protect anyone who asked for their aid whether they were human or not Des Demona was unconvinced but some within the railroad found the general convincing with the corser chip decoded the Soul Survivor now prepared to

Infiltrate The Institute and rescue their son Sturges who had become one among a number of full-time civilian contractors located at the castle had managed to piece together virtual schematics and with the necessary materials being supplied by the large

network of settlements built for tele reporter during the night of May 5th the Soul Survivor infiltrated The Institute once inside the Institute the Soul Survivor learned the terrible truth about Sha's Abduction the synth retention Bureau and the F program The

Soul Survivor agreed to work with x688 to bring down a dangerous synth Raider leader but it did little to win them around to the institute's cause father then attempted to use the Soul Survivor to intervene in a situation at grey

Garden Homestead where the Institute had attempted to recruit a scientist but the scientist had become frightened and called for the minutemen's help when the scientists made it clear that he refused to go with the Institute the Minutemen Squad forced them to leave the

confrontation without their Prospect the Soul Survivor siding with the Minutemen Over The Institute saw father become heavily criticized but his position as director made Institute scientists able to voice their concerns of his trust in the Soul Survivor with

his decision being questioned father decided to give the Soul Survivor one more chance to prove their allegiance to the Institute he told the Soul Survivor about the railroad safe house at Bunker Hill and stated that the Brotherhood of

Steel had learned of the location and intended to destroy the synths there father painted this as the sole survivor's chance to get payback on the Brotherhood for the massacre at Finch farm and cement father's trust in them by returning the sins to The Institute

the Soul Survivor saw this for what it was an attempt by father to use the Minutemen as cannon fodder against the Brotherhood and the railroad and acted to protect the Commonwealth from whatever goal The Institute was attempting to achieve the Soul Survivor

informed the railroad of the incoming attack by the Brotherhood and The Institute and prepared the Minutemen for the fight to come the Battle of Bunker Hill began in the middle of the day on the 16th of June 2290 the Minutemen were the first to

reach Bunker Hill and informed the railroad there that they would not allow the incoming attackers to breach their safe house the fight at Bunker Hill was the toughest fight the Minutemen had faced to date Institute syn supported by

corses teleported into the area and began trying to breach the walls of a settlement and soon after Brotherhood Verte birs began dropping power armored soldiers into the fight the minute held the walls of a settlement but allowed the Brotherhood and Institute forces to

wear each other down whilst they evacuated civilians and concealed the railroad Safe House further once the Institute had been beaten back only a tattered remnant of the Brotherhood remained the Soul Survivor came forward to greet the highest ranked Brotherhood

member the general stated that the Minutemen had dealt with the railroad in their since and that Bunker Hill was now under their protection and they wouldn't tolerate the Brotherhood marauding through the settlement the Paladin took the general at their word and ordered

the remaining Brotherhood soldiers to withraw the Soul Survivor returned to the railroad and informed them that their safe house staff was saved and the Brotherhood believed them dead Des Demona while still hesitant to trust the Minute Men thanked them for their help

and offered them lots of Intelligence on Institute operations with the plan for the activation of a nuclear fusion reactor called phase three becoming known the Soul Survivor thanked Desdemona and promised that they would always come to their aid the Soul

Survivor met father on the roof of the CIT ruins and tried for the final time to convince them to end the institute's Quest for Conquering the Commonwealth father refused and banished the Soul Survivor marking the point of no return

the Soul Survivor returned to the castle and informed Garvey and shore of what had happened and told them to begin mustering a force large enough to attack and pacify The Institute in the coming days troops were given orders to muster

at the castle this saw the creation of the minutemen's first field Army The Institute began to monitor the castle with increasing numbers of Watchers forcing War guards to step up Patrols in order to destroy them in a timely manner

it became clear to all that an attack was coming in the early morning of July 8th The Institute sent for w a massive Force to attack however the Minutemen had made excellent use of their time and money since retaking the castle and had turned

the structure into a truly impressive defensive Bastion heavy laser and missile turrets had been built giving the Defenders unprecedented Firepower in addition to their handheld Firearms another Ace up the minutemen's sleeve was its new unit the third core quilo

known as the fire fists calls are unique units which vary in size and typically have their own unique tactics and camaraderie the firefists are an all combat engineer unit which use power armor and heavy weapons and have an

uncharacteristically aggressive combat Doctrine compared to standard Minutemen squads the firefists use their power armor to block entry points and provide cover for other Minutemen whilst their heavy weapons would be directed against large groups of attacking syns to destroy as many as possible in a single

burst The Institute also made a serious strategic blunder they insisted upon teleporting their syns in large numbers right next to the castle this meant that they had to be put far enough away for the teleporter to find large flat ground

but too close to conceal their arrival making them sitting ducks for the Defenders who had The High Ground the teleporter itself could also only transport so many since meaning that the attack came in a series of smaller manageable waves rather than one large

army this gave the Minutemen time to bring more ammo and medical supplies to the walls rather than having to retreat to get the mid battle the battle of the castle as it would come to be known raged on for 10 hours by the time

Institute forces retreated some Minutemen had become so tired that they were eating coffee out of jars to keep their energy up they had taken significant casualties and the Castle's Armory had been significantly depleted but the Minutemen quickly mobilized

their resources staright Drive-In had been growing as a settlement and had been acting as a de facto mustering point and secondary Fortress due to its large size and growing industrial capabilities particularly the manufacturing of ammunition the second Minutemen Force

had been stationed there in case the castle had fallen with the battle one this contingency group was called upon to reinforce the castle and bring in vital supplies of ammunition and medicine this force and its Logistics capabilities were able to almost bring

the castle back to full strength the Soul Survivor then began preparing the Minutemen for an attack on The Institute weapons ammunition and medical supplies were stockpiled and additional forces were called up under the obligation of extraordinary duties whilst the

Minutemen were preparing for their attack on The Institute the Brotherhood of Steel was making its own plans to deal with the railroad as they had learned of the group's location the Brotherhood launched their attack on the old North Church 4 days after the battle

of the castle the railroad were caught completely unaware with armored Knights quickly overpowering the rear guards the railroad was forced to fight its way out through the front with both sides taking heavy casualties the railroad attempted to lose the Brotherhood but they were

pursued relentlessly through the streets of Boston with no alternative and her allies pleading with her Desdemona swallowed her pride and authorize the group to flee to the castle and ask for the Minutemen to shelter them the Minutemen were initially confused to see

the railroad both blooded and above ground the general greeted Des deona at the entrance and when she asked them for help they said yes without hesitation the Brotherhood weren't far behind them and when their trackers LED them to the

entrance of the Castle they knew where the railroad had fled the Ragged force of knights and paladins approached the wall and hailed the Minutemen the Soul Survivor again stepped outside to greet the Brotherhood forces their attempt at diplomacy was rudely disregarded and the

Paladin demanded that the railroad be turned over or they would take them by force once the words had left the Paladin's lips dozens of Minute Men showed themselves from the high walls armed to the teeth and with faces that

showed they were were battle hardened and not in the mood for Idol threats the Paladin's eyes shifted upwards but the Soul Survivor didn't have to turn around to know what they were looking at when the Paladin's eyes came back down the

general confidently spoke just three words then take them the Paladin realized that his remaining forces were in no position to storm the heavily defended Fort and bitterly ordered the group to pull back the Minute Men cheered and the remaining railroad

Survivor breathed a huge sigh of relief the Soul Survivor came back inside the wall and spoke with desd deona she thanked the Minutemen and signaled their intention to leave however the members of the railroad had grown tired of

giving so much for so little and desired to be a part of something bigger the general speech from all those months ago had stuck and many members had grown fond of the idea of helping or even working with a Minutemen General who

pledged to protect all including since Desdemona realized that her vision for the railroad was no longer what the majority of the group felt was best she asked if the Minutemen would allow them to join and the general stated that it

had to be put to a vote of the railroad's members the railroad voted and it was decided that the organization would be dissolved and its remaining members would be reformed into the fourth core with a wealth of intelligence provided by both sturgis's

analysis of the Institute data and the new fourth core the Minutemen now had the military strength and operational momentum to attack and neutralize the institute mustering at the nearby settlement of Hangman's alley the Minutemen readied themselves for the

most important fight of their lives on July 25th the Soul Survivor LED two squads of Minutemen through the newly revealed water intake tunnel and after a series of room to- room fights they had seized control of the teleporter

the Soul Survivor use a teleporter to bring Preston Sturges and a team of fire fists into the Institute Sturges took over the process of bringing in a constant stream of reinforcements while the Soul Survivor led the charge to

reach the institute's next Generation Fusion reactor which they were going to use as a bomb to level the facility father had initiated a facility lock down which was preventing the Minutemen from taking control of the division offices and evacuating ing civilians the

Soul Survivor fought their way to Father's private quarters to encourage him to end the lockdown and surrender to the Minutemen when they reached their son however they found a sickly frail man sha revealed that he was dying and

that nothing the institute's best doctors could do would save him the Soul Survivor convinced him to give up the password to the computer so they could end the lockdown and begin evacuating civilians with the way into advanced systems open and more Minutemen flooding

the hallways the last remaining courses and syns made their stand in the reactor room itself the Close Quarters nature of this fight forced the Minutemen to foro their usual ranged and hitandrun tactics and instead adopt a mass fire tactic

where squads would time their attacks and simply put as much Munitions down range as possible by the time the fight was finished the floor of the reactor room was buried beneath a sea of brass casing and drained Fusion cells the

pulse charge was planted and the Minutemen pulled back to the teleporter to flee the blast with the evacuation complete the Soul Survivor and Preston teleported themselves to the roof of mass fusion and detonated the pulse charge in an instant Cambridge vanished

behind a blinding white light and a mushroom cloud pierced the ground and leapt into the sky The Institute was destroyed radio Freedom announced the news across the Commonwealth and the people celebrated in a manner unseen on the East Coast some settlements parted

with such enthusiasm that they ran out of alcohol but whilst this was happening a new question was being asked by the minute Men's Leadership how was the Brotherhood of Steel going to react the Brotherhood had come to the Commonwealth

with the hopes of defeating the Institute and taking control of its advanced technology the Minutemen Brotherhood peace deal had been based on the mutual animosity towards and threat of The Institute but with this common foe gone there was no longer a purpose

to the peace the Minutemen had no desire to fight the Brotherhood and sent forward delegates to negotiate a plan for the Brotherhood to peacefully exit the Commonwealth and return to the capital Wasteland in this deal the Minute Men offered the Brotherhood 100%

of the Salvage from the destroyed Institute HQ double the provisions NE necessary for the journey and suits of destroyed power armor that were beyond the minutemen's ability to repair this deal was good and all of the Proctors stated their support for it to Maxon but

Maxon wasn't having any of it he was tired of negotiating with what he saw as nothing more than a group of dirty backwards wastelanders with no respect for the Authority or Prestige of the Brotherhood the Brotherhood broke off

all Communications on August 1st in including the deescalation channels which had been established after the finch Farm Massacre all settlements in the Eastern sector were placed on high alert but deep down it was still hoped that the Brotherhood was simply

preparing to leave of their own accord however the silence was broken just 48 hours later when five Verte birs descended on nordhagen Beach and armored Knights and Paladin seized everything they could food water ammunition machinery and even hostages were taken

but thankfully they were released once the pillaging had finished the Soul Survivor and Preston agreed that this couldn't go unanswered and their best chance for victory would be to utilize their current momentum off the back of the Institute Victory the Soul Survivor

sent out calls to all settlements within range of Boston airport to aim their artillery guns at the location and await a code phrase to be transmitted across radio Freedom 6 hours later the radio Freedom operator spoke the phrase United

We Stand all at once artillery from The Castle spectical Island Bunker Hill County Crossing cout Manor and Finch Farm began firing on Boston airport taking extra care not to hit the pridwin each location fired three shots and then

ceased attacking the Brotherhood sent a contingent of Verte birs towards the castle but Minutemen wielding missile launchers shot some down causing the rest to flee back to the airport after the fight the Brotherhood reopened the deescalation channels and requested a

ceasefire which the Minutemen agreed to they offered to take the Minutemen up on their previous offer but the Minutemen refused and stated that the Brotherhood had 24 hours to leave the Commonwealth or they would launch artillery on the

pridwin itself Maxon who was thoroughly humiliated and out of options conceded and agreed that the Brotherhood would leave the Commonwealth by the end of the day with the brotherhood's exit the Minutemen had achieved Victory and saved the Commonwealth the Soul Survivor

having done what many would have considered impossible and suffered pain that would have broken most resigned from leading the minman in 2291 and took leave in order to mourn the loss of their family they wandered the wastelands as a vigilante before

disappearing Without a Trace while saving a group of runaway slaves in August 22 92 never to be seen again Preston Garvey having finally found his confidence while traveling with the Soul Survivor was unanimously elected by Minutemen leadership to take the rank of

General after the Soul Survivor resigned his dutiful leadership would see the Minutemen through the difficult days of the far Harbor intervention and the ner World Liberation Ronnie Shaw was promoted to second in command but with her age quickly catching up to her would resign

after the far Harbor intervention but her Legacy as a great Minuteman would be immortalized by aiding the formation of the sixth core which would honor her contribution by having her ber as their Insignia Valentine was hired in November

2292 in order to try and locate the Soul Survivor rumors of a pit boy wearing vigilante led the detective to the furthest parts of the Wasteland he would end up investigating far Harbor ner World New York and even Venture as far

as Canada Piper's contribution to spreading awareness of the brotherhood's crimes against civilians gave her a taste for war correspondence she would regularly attach herself to Minutemen platoon and record stories of their operations her journalism would play a pivotal role in encouraging the far

Harbor intervention with the threat of The Institute gone Virgil was able to leave the glowing sea and restart his work on fixing the fev crisis he'd helped to create he was able to recreate a less potent version of his Serum by

harvesting his own white blood cells this led to the gradual creation of a second generation of Commonwealth supermutants that were more intelligent and social which quickly left their barbaric way of life behind and moved into Minutemen settlements Virgil would

die in a lab accident in 2310 and although he wouldn't live to see it his work would be continu by others and eventually result in a cure immortalizing his name in the popular memory of wasteland Heroes The Institute

scientists were greeted harshly by the Commonwealth they had spent decades terrorizing the Minute Men collected them and place them under arrest over the coming years over a dozen would be tried and executed for crimes against humanity with every single member of the

hated synth retention Bureau being killed however those that were found not guilty had their reputations rehabilitated and were allowed to live in Commonwealth settlements freely members of bioscience became almost universally loved as doctors and master Farmers with rates of cancer and other

major illnesses Falling by almost 20% in a decade whilst average crop yields doubled the railroad now known as the fourth core or Military Intelligence core completed its integration with the Minutemen in February of 2292 spying and Gathering Intel on all

kinds of threats like slavers anti- ghoul superm mutant and synth bigots and particularly large Raider Clans initially they were distrusted but proved themselves to The Wider organization in January 2293 when a huge Raider Army of operators disciples and pack came from

ner world to raid the Western Commonwealth the fourth core gave Western settlements early War warning and was able to Halt this Army in its tracks with Guerilla and infiltration tactics once the Raider Army was driven back the fourth core was lorded as the

heroic Misfits who had put their lives on the line for those who had mistrusted them and the Commonwealth sung their praises whilst they slipped back into the Shadows to continue their work Bunker Hill had remained under Minute Men protection in the aftermath of the

Battle of Bunker Hill once the Brotherhood had been forced to leave the Commonwealth they offered to restore bunker Hill's Independence however Minutemen Aid and business had been profitable for the settlement and they voted to sign the charter in May

2292 the settlement saw rapid growth because of this and by the end of the year it was like the battle had never even happened Bunker Hill would remain a prosperous trading hub for decades with the institute's destruction mayor mcdna was exposed as a synth

double and killed during his attempt to flee the city the city was in a state of constant crisis throughout 2292 and one mayor after another failed to fix the city's many problems namely the increasingly corrupt security Force which was gathering more and more

influence after a string of murders by security guards a riot broke out and the Minutemen were forced to intervene the Minutemen stabilized the situation by arresting the majority of the security force and bringing in large quantities of food and water Aid once the situation

was considered resolved the Minutemen offered to leave but the citizens held a public vote and decided by 74% that the Minutemen should remain Diamond City Representatives would sign the charter on the 9th of April 2293 in December 2293 Rogue robots came flooding out of

the Watts consumer electronics Factory in downtown Boston killing several scavengers in caravan B after the situation was stabilized and a strike force took control of the factory it was revealed that a young engineer by the name of Isabelle Cruz had taken on the

identity of the mechanist and was misled by faulty Robo brains about the danger of the Commonwealth with the robo brains deactivated and a genuine desire to help she was allowed to form the fifth core Nick named Isabelle's core which built

modified combat robots for Minutemen and militia use greatly increasing their combat Effectiveness in 2295 repeated reports from Valentine and Piper of Civilian disappearances in the northern Commonwealth led to the Minutemen investigating far Harbor in Maine the situation in Far Harbor was

Dire with church of atam cultist threatening to drive far Harbor into the sea and diema convincing people they were since General Garvey authorized an intervention which saw the formation of the sixth core initially they were mocked by residents of far Harbor who

nicknamed them tourists believing that they would leave the second things got tough the sixth core proved themselves creating several secure settlements and defeating the Church of atam their commitment and sacrifice earned the core the nickname full contact tourists in

2296 operator Scouts were detected on the western Commonwealth border and fearing another attack Garvey decided that the Minutemen would strike first acting on information gathered by Valentine and the fourth core the Minutemen assembled a field Army for the

second time in its history and assaulted ner world the fight was bloody and the Minutemen took many casualties but once the theme park was liberated and the Raiders slaves freed everyone agreed that it had been worth it for their

freedom alone ner world would follow a similar path to the island of far Harbor joining the Minutemen and expanding the Commonwealth's borders further and so it was that the Soul Survivors Legacy came to an end the Commonwealth had recovered

greatly and although fighting would continue there were many people ready to defend the Commonwealth and its citizens at a minute's notice because war war never changes thank you for watching to the end this video was an absolute Behemoth

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