Brotherhood of Steel Indianapolis Chapter

''"The Midwest will prevail!" -Paladin Orion''

History of the Indianapolis Brotherhood
The Indianapolis Brotherhood was founded in 2265 by Elder Green after a large Recon Squad--callsign Delta Wing-- toward Indianapolis on a hunt for new technologies as new technology had became rare in the near 100 years the Midwest had been alive, with the squad being comprised of over 30 men. After a few days of travel among roadways with a few cars, the Recon Squad Delta Wing arrived in the northern suburban outskirts of Indianapolis, establishing a small outpost in the south as Knight and Scribe patrols headed further in to find a promising spot for a more permanent and well defended outpost. After a few days of scouting they found a large national guard headquarters in the west, with a military outpost right next to it, though it was occupied by a large group of militia known as "The Lawmen", who would undoubtedly cause a pain in the back for the Brotherhood if not dealt with swiftly.

The Battle of Fort Pondicherry
After a day or two of preparations, 6 Knights, 10 Scribes, and 1 Paladin were sent toward the National Guard HQ dubbed by the Lawmen as Fort Pondicherry, with a deal being given to the occupants, not a regular deal mind you, but an ultimatum: "Leave the quarters or face siege." but the radicalized militiamen didn't budge, after all, who were these random power armor users with laser weapons to threaten their massive FOB in the city? Well they were some of the most skilled SOBs this side of the Rockies. After the decision was made by the HICOMM of the Lawmen, the Brotherhood troops there began an all out attack... and were brutally crushed by the Lawmen's supplies, manpower, and use of T-51b Power Armor, all of which the Brotherhood were unprepared for. During the battle, Paladin Ramos, the Paladin within the group, had been shot and put out of action during the fight, with the Knights becoming easy pickings without any leadership. After a surprise attack out through the gate, the Brotherhood squad was routed and forced to retreat back to their outpost in the south.

Aftermath of the Battle
During the Aftermath of the Battle of Fort Pondicherry, the Lawmen began decisive action against the Brotherhood, with near total boycott occurring in stores across Indianapolis, with bribes even being given to raiders to mainly focus attacks on the outpost. After weeks of constant surprise attacks and raids of their camp, the Squad were forced to retreat back to Fort Yggdrasil in the north, regrouping and resupplying before being sent out with a large force of nearly 100 Brotherhood Power Armor units, in an attempt to forcefully remove any and all hostiles from the National Guard HQ. After a few days of travelling by Mark 2 Vertibirds and a few trucks, they finally arrived in Indianapolis again, reconstruction the near entirely looted outpost and preparing an all out war with the Lawmen and nearby Raider Tribes. After days of planning, they finally made their move, at the Second Battle of Fort Pondicherry

The Second Battle of Fort Pondicherry
During the mid crisp day of November 19th, the occupants of Fort Pondicherry noticed a large group of shadows in the distant, foggy streets. After a few minutes the few, maybe 9 shadows, turned into tens, then over a hundred, and then they were set upon, as both sides of the scrap walls stopping all trade from the streets were blown out with missile launchers, and the entrances being near collapsed on by the rapidly advancing Brotherhood, spreading rapidly through the courtyard, with the force, even in power armor, quickly falling to the overwhelming force in much more powerful armor. After a few minutes the main force of the Lawmen retreated into their building, resulting in the brotherhood breaking a window and chucking a impact grenade into it before storming it, quickly overwhelming the demoralized Lawmen, capturing their leaders and publicly executing them in the streets.

Consolidating Control
After the near total collapse of the Lawmen and chaos returned to Indianapolis, with Brotherhood Forces being on full alert. Direct attacks on raider strongholds and outposts in and around Indianapolis began as the large Brotherhood force began a mass recruitment campaign of civilians through propaganda and recruitment tents established in settlements forcefully due to the large threat of Brotherhood troops possibly burning it down. Quickly the Brotherhood ranks rose as direct occupation of settlements as the raiders slowly collapsed and the Brotherhood gained massive propaganda victories since the Lawmen could barely even hold the city together. Eventually, the majority of raider gangs unified up into a single sole confederacy, though prone to infighting, they were still heavily resistant to the Brotherhood, slowing down their advance into the city.

After weeks of clashing with the Confederacy of Raider Tribes & Gangs, the Brotherhood finally gained some headway at the Battle of Indiana Square, where a large force of raiders had been setting up a campground in a large park near the middle of Indianapolis, where the Brotherhood found, and near wiped them from the earth, with a MIRV being fired directly into the center of the raider's campground, killing all 89 of them; This mass drop in manpower from the "Battle" resulted in a massive incursion into Confederate territory as the Brotherhood won several skirmishes and even occupied several large Raider Strongholds, resulting in a near total collapse of the Confederacy due to infighting. Quickly as the Confederacy collapsed to infighting, the Brotherhood could quickly sweep up the few remnants.

Reconstruction
Reconstruction began as the Brotherhood began reconstructing and licking their wounds from the extremely costly war. Through hiring civilians thanks to the use of caps from the mass checkpoints in the entrances and exits of the town taxing those who want to leave and enter, the Brotherhood could begin hiring workers to reconstruct the settlements and outposts scattered among Indianapolis, most of which damaged due to the war. After about 2 months of reconstruction the chapter finally rebuilt the majority of settlements and reoccupied outposts, with plans being drawn up for a large westward expansion campaign.

Westward Expansion
Through mass recruitment thanks to the propaganda victory of reconstruction and organization of the large city of Indianapolis, the filled Brotherhood ranks began movement out west, with construction of outposts along roadways south and west of the city, with the expedition westward being comprised of over 200 men, quickly expanding outward with direct occupation of military roadblocks and outposts along highways and interstates. Slowly as more and more tax revenue came in, they could expand their territory more and more, with settlements being forced to pay money to get Brotherhood protection. As they expanded west they hit a town known as "New Haven" with a nearby fort dubbed Fort Wayne, and inside was a large group of power armor wearing individuals known as "The Enclave."