We are the Brotherhood of Steel! We keep the Wasteland safe! This is what we do! This is what we get to do! Hot dog!
All S1
S1 E15Unfinished Business
If I may, the New California Republic may want to drop the word "new," because y'all looking dusty as hell.
The things we fight for, clean water, schools, rights for folks like you, story has it you used to believe in those things too. Please, help us, before we're captured.
Ain't nobody coming. Because there ain't nobody left. Little piece of advice that's helped me sleep at night over the years. When something's dead, it's usually because it deserved to die.
We like to tell stories about the things we did out there. Not all of them, anyway. Some of them we can't tell. But the ones we do tell, we tell to make us feel good about what we did. To give us hope that it was all for the right reasons. But we're just Marines. We don't get the privilege of knowing. We just had to go off of what they told us. They told us that it was all on the line. Fate of the whole Free World. With the stakes stacked that high, we didn't get much choice, did we? And I guarantee you, the guys on the other side got told the same shit. At the end of the day, we just gotta hope we bet on the right side. The side that protects the people you love. Because if it did, I guess that's worth doing pretty much anything. Even something bad.
Hey man.
Hey.
So...what you been up to?
I think I just started a war.
Oh. Okay. Yeah, well, I'm the floor manager here, so...it sounds like we both got a lot going on right now.
SCSquad Commander Wenjie
[In Mandarin] Wow, buddy. What did they put you in? The future is here. [squadmates laugh] I'm serious. The Generals will be making us wear these too before long. Rock to spear, and so on. And when our commanding officers tell us to put these on, we'll say the exact same thing this poor guy did. [switches to English] Okey-dokey.
I'm looking for someone.
Pretty common story around here. Someone you care about, or someone you hate?
Ooh, what a great question. What say you, Miss MacLean?
They seemed nice.
Think they'd be nice if they found out what your Daddy did?
I wasn't gonna stay if that's what you're worried about. All I saw in there was more matching jackets.
[speaking rapidly] Ooh, gosh. Is it just me or is the air extra itchy today? And heavy? The air's itchy and heavy? You ever feel like that? And also, like, hungry for...not food?
The Ghoul [mildly amused] Yes, I am very familiar with that feeling.
What the fudge did you stop for? Sorry. Whew. Gosh, why am I suddenly so grumpy? Am I dying?
Nah, you ain't dying. You're addicted to drugs.
What? No! No, it's not possible...
Two days on a steady drip of Buffout will do that to a body.
Well then, I hereby quit drugs! There! [The Ghoul starts rummaging through his pack] Whatcha got there? Oh gosh, it didn't take. I'm still addicted to drugs. What do I do?
Well. there's two schools of thought. One, you muscle your way through it. Lot of pain, vomiting. Can't do much but just lay there and ride it out.
How long does that take?
Four or five days.
[Lucy looks around at the scenery, weighing that option]
In my experience, the alternative is the only way to go.
What's the alternative?
[holds up a vial] Do more drugs.
I know this is a lot to take in.
RRachel
I drove down that bridge a week ago.
Where were you going?
RRachel
A job interview at Vault-Tec.
Pretty crazy week for you, I guess.
I woke up 40 years ago. And I've learned a lot in that time. What matters, what doesn't matter. The company we work for isn't coming to save us. This community and how we conduct ourselves in it? That's all that matters. That's all we have.
So you're holding us hostage.
"Hostage" is an overused word.
I don't think you appreciate how bad things can get down here.
With all due respect, Betty, but you're from Solvang. You have no idea how bad things can get. Now. if you'll excuse me, I have work to do.
If you don't help us, there won't be a Vault 33 anymore.
The experiment's over, Betty. We have to make our own decisions now.
Well, shit.
What? What! Sorry.
It's gonna be a little hard to explain. We should go in through the east side of town. Place called Freeside. It's a good place to stock up on supplies. Only about a half-day's detour.
No! My Dad is right there! I am done with all the sidetracks and detours! I say we just run on through! Who fudging cares! [heads off]
That's the drugs talking! [shrugs] Truth be told, I like what they're saying. [follows her]
[after single-handedly taking out six Ghouls] Got any cigarettes? I've love to try one.
One addiction at a time.
ECElder Cleric Quintus
I found you in the ruins of Shady Sands. Kill me, and the world will continue just as you see it. A world of anarchy, of horror. A world I would bring order to. Order! Cruel and necessary to rebuild civilization. To change this world! Kill me and that change will never come. Tell me, Maximus, what world will you build will you lead? Tell me, what will you do when your people are starving?
I don't want that.
Then what is your great plan?
There was no plan! I don't have a plan! You have plans! But out there, you can't! I don't choose the things I have to do! They just keep happening!
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