Now it's time to start Broken Steel. There is no starting off point in Broken Steel similar to the other DLC. It just kind starts after the main story ends.
We return to the Citadel. We'll be backtracking here a lot.
Nothing has changed at all, aside from a few Aqua Pura crates here and there.
We've been on our feet for quite a while now.
"I assume Lyons is immediately throwing you to the wolves?"
Can the Enclave even be considered wolves anymore? At this point, their threat level to us is about the level of a blind cat.
"Has he told you what's been going on while you've been resting?"
"All I know is that you need my help. Again."
Yes, I get awfully snippy with the Broterhood with the dialogue options in this update.
"It would seem that way, yes. If you would, please step over to the map. I'll give you a brief update on what you've missed."
Not again...
He has to use the fucking screen again, for some reason.
Basically, he tells us that the Brotherhood's forces are gathered up and for some reason he wants us to help out.
It's not going to be short trip, not at all.
It's the westernmost part of the map. Normally if we hadn't been to those places, this would be a hell of a walk, but thankfully fast travel makes it much easier.
The Dunwich Building is our closest fast travel point.
It's much like the entrance to The Pitt, a tunnel at the edge of a map. We can see some fighting going on in the distance, wonder what it is?
It's an Albino Radscorpion fighting a Brotherhood Paladin. Let's see who wins...
Before we can intervene, the scorpion kills the Paladin.
It's like the other tunnels, the entrance is filled with all sorts of piping and such.
A ton of ammo to leave just lying around. Oh well, they're not going to need it anyway.
The Brotherhood has a base set up in the train tunnel. Nothing of much interest here, aside from some crates.
If you've played any Oblivion, then you'll probably recognize this guys voice as all of the guardsmen. I half expecting him to shout stop right there criminal scum.
"Some of us were starting to wonder if you and Sarah were going to pull through."
We're the protagonist, of course we're going to pull through.
Note that if you send Sarah into the purifier, she dies whether you have Broken Steel installed or not.
"How about we skip the pleasantries and get to work."
"Well... All business now, are we? Fine. Word has it the Enclave has a base on the other side of this tunnel operating as a communications hub, so we're here to burn 'em out. We break them here, they might just give up for good."
I doubt that.
"So as soon as I give the word, we move out."
Why do we need to be here again?
Broken Steel has this problem even more than the main quest does. The Brotherhood doesn't need you at all. The chores they send you on could just as easily be accomplished by sending a random paladin to do it.
"Okay, I'm ready to go."
"All right. You stay back with me and keep safe. Once we've reached the facility, we'll talk about who does what. Until then, we do this by the numbers. Same strategy has worked just fine for the last two weeks."
Hide behind the robot, loot the mess he leaves behind, got it.
"Let's get moving. Things should be underway by now."
Have fun staying behind and watch all the others do all the work.
So this area has it's own tiny map outside the Capital Wasteland. It's really not much aside from a road and an Enclave base.
And here's Liberty Prime, to spoil everyone's fun. If you were expecting to be able to lead the charge, you would be wrong.
It was cool during the taking of the purifier, but here it's just obnoxious.
Liberty Prime just slowly moves along, wiping out everything in it's path.
There's a neat little scan effect on the building, while Prime targets it.
He throws another one his nuke footballs...
And opens up the side of the building.
So, just when Liberty Prime seems to be a bit too powerful for the Enclave, the Enclave pulls this out of their ass...
Oh shit, run!
So the Enclave can call missiles down from orbit now, neat.
Why haven't they used this thing before?
Prime should be able to withstand that, I mean-
Oh...
And so ends the life of a plot device. A rather funny plot device, but a plot device none the less...
The Brotherhood is probably like "What now?".
"There's no time to talk - get your ass inside that base, and help the troops locate the source of their transmission. Now soldier, NOW!"
"Hey, wait! You said you didn't need my help!"
Then why are we even here?
"Yeah, well that was before they blew up our one advantage. Consider it a field promotion. Now get going!"
Why do we have to do everything around here?
Conviniently there is a door on the other side of the wall Prime blew open.
There are thankfully no Hellfire Troopers. Those guys really aren't fun to fight, especially when grouped up with other Enclave troopers.
Especially considering how much weaponry, armor and ammo we've collected, these guys really just are a waste of bullets. They pose no challenge, they just kind of get in the way.
You know, this is pretty damn pathetic for an Enclave base...
There is an awful lot of them swarming us though.
There are a lot of stairs here, pretty much with Enclave harassing us constantly.
We level up, as well. One more level to go before the cap.
We're close to max'ing out Barter. That will be the last skill we max.
Another Intense Training level, I put it in Strength because why not?
The Brotherhood practically sweeps through the place unopposed.
I guess the power armor isn't much use against small arms anymore...
We finally get to where we need to go, to hack this computer terminal. It only took about 100 dead Enclave soldiers to get here.
We get more intel on the Enclave for the Brotherhood. At least the entire mission wasn't an absolute failure...
We take a door, and it randomly leads out into the Capital Wasteland. I'm not really getting the layout here.
Notice the bottom left, the Citadel courtyard is referred to as "El patio de la Ciudadela". I don't know what's up, as it's only this particular cell that is renamed.
"I'm still waiting on the debriefing from Tristan, but I'm not sure it even matters. With Prime gone..."
We cleared that building of Enclave just fine. Did we even need that goddamn robot?
"It could've been worse. They could have attacked the Citadel."
"Well, there's certainly nothing stopping them from doing that now, is there? And with our primary defense gone, I don't know what we can do to stop them."
Bullets work.
"I need more to work with."
"Maybe you can focus on analyzing this data instead of crying about your robot."
Yeah, I know I'm picking the dickish options but I just like to think that the player character gets more and more fed up with the Brotherhood's bullshit.
"Well, I... You're right. There's no time to focus on what's passed. With Liberty Prime gone, the Enclave will be quick to seize the opportunity to regroup. I'll get the Scribes working on this right away. You should report to Elder Lyons. See if there's some way we can salvage this mess of an operation."
Now let's go find Lyons, to talk to.
"With our primary weapon destroyed, we risk losing our momentum and jeopardizing the entire campaign. I must admit, I now wonder moving ahead with this operation was an error in judgement."
"Well, it's too late to turn back now."
"You're right, which is precisely my concern. We have pushed the Enclave, and now it seems they are pushing back, much harder than we expected."
The Enclave are total pushovers, why are you people having trouble with them?
"If we cannot identify and neutralize this new threat, we have little hope for success. It's already cost us our greatest weapon."
"That doesn't sound like much of a leader talking."
"Please, do not presume to tell me my place, or how I should act. I am well aware of my responsibilities. Now, if we're through, you need to report to Paladin Tristan. He has another assignment for you."
"Unfortunately, we don't have time to sit around and wait for the analysis. Based on what U've seen of you so far, there's an assignment I believe you're well suited for."
That could practically mean anything.
"Any job you've got, I can do."
There needs to be "The faster I can get this over with, the better" option.
"I hope that's true. With all of the Brotherhood's resources committed to protecting against an Enclave attack, we're spread thin."
Wait, why would they be spread thin in that case? Wouldn't they just want to bunch up and protect the Citadel?
"So thin that we can't spare anyone to research a new weapon that might help us against the Enclave's vertibirds. At least, until now. From information we've gathered, it seems what we need may be located in the Olney Powerworks, north of the city."
So, our job is to be the person who gets to be mauled by Deathclaws. Awesome.
"You want me to go all the way to Olney?"
"I need you to go there, and quickly."
By quickly he means whenever it is most convinient to us.
"That's the best chance to locate a key piece of experimental equipment, called a Tesla Coil."
More SCIENCE! stuff.
"Information we've gathered suggests it's the best place to look for one, and for what the Scribes are cooking up, it's absolutely essential. If you can find one, get it back here right away. We don't have much time."
Well, I guess we're off to get mauled by Deathclaws. Sounds like fun.
Muffled) I'm not letting you back in.
