这次的内容是补足对于东岸兄弟会的历史背景，所以会有三代及四代的故事叙述，部分内
容可能会有剧情透漏。
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Following the destruction of the Enclave on the West Coast, the Brotherhood
dispatched an expedition to Washington, D.C. on a mission to reconnect with
the Midwestern Brotherhood of Steel, investigate reports of super mutants in
the Capital Wasteland, and recover any advanced technology. Led by Paladin
Owyn Lyons, the group included Henry Casdin, Ishmael Ashur, Reginald
Rothchild, and Lyons' 3-year-old daughter, Sarah.
随着英克雷军于西岸败亡后，钢铁兄弟会组织了一支远征队前往华盛顿哥伦比亚特区，任
务是与钢铁兄弟会中西部分部进行联系、调查首都废土的超级变种人的资讯以及回收任何
先进科技。由圣骑士欧文‧莱恩斯所领导，远征队成员包含亨利‧卡斯汀、依许米尔‧亚
述、雷吉纳德‧罗斯契尔德与莱恩斯年仅3岁的女儿－莎拉。
Contact with the Midwest chapter was unsuccessful, so the group traveled to
Pittsburgh. The city was being terrorized by wildmen, trogs, slavers and
raiders. Lyons' force swept through the city, destroying many hostiles and
suffering only one casualty: Ishmael Ashur. Believing him to be dead, the
Brotherhood gathered the surviving children into their ranks and continued
toward Washington, D.C.
远征队并未成功与中西部分部连络上，因此继续他们的旅途直至匹兹堡。这个城市存在着
各式各样地威胁，包含荒野人、穴居人、奴隶贩子与强盗歹徒。
莱恩斯的军队扫荡整个城市，摧毁了大多数敌人，但却损失了一名队员：依许米尔‧亚述
，莱恩斯他们相信亚述已经死去，带着其余的生还者们加入兄弟会的队伍中，继续向华盛
顿哥伦比亚特区前进。
On their arrival, the wilderness outside the city was overrun by super
mutants. Attacking head-on, they drove the mutants into the ruins of
Washington, D.C. and earned the favor of the local population. Their
investigation of the Pentagon uncovered a remarkable cache of technology,
including the four-story-tall robot known as Liberty Prime. The discovery
earned Owyn Lyons a promotion to elder and a change in his orders: instead of
returning to the West Coast, they would establish a permanent presence in the
area. They founded their base, the Citadel, in the remnants of the old
Pentagon.
抵达特区后，城市外的荒地已被超级变种人所占据。兄弟会正面迎击超级变种人并将他们
驱赶至华盛顿特区的废墟中，同时也赢得了当地居民的欢迎。他们调查了五角大厦，并在
里头发现了许多惊人科技结晶，包含一具四层楼高的机器人－自由先锋。藉这些新发现使
欧文‧莱恩斯赢得了长老的头衔，并且得到了新的指令取代原先返回西岸的命令，长期留
在此区进行建设。他们在五角大厦的旧址建立了新的基地，大本营。
The Brotherhood's treatment of people in Pittsburgh and in Washington marked
a characteristic trait of Elder Lyons' leadership. The Brotherhood's primary
directive was to recover and preserve advanced technology, however Elder
Lyon's detachment took on a more humanitarian approach towards non-hostile
wastelanders. When the Elders in Lost Hills learned of these new priorities,
they cut off all support to the chapter, though they still considered it as
part of the Brotherhood. The chapter suffered a further setback when a number
from within their ranks left in protest to form the Brotherhood Outcasts.
兄弟会对待匹兹堡以及华盛顿特区的方式深受长老莱恩斯个人的领导风格影响。兄弟会最
主要的目标应是专注于回收并保存先进科技，但是长老莱恩斯领导的兄弟会却较注重于保
护不具敌意的废土居民。当失落山丘的兄弟会知晓了莱恩斯改变了兄弟会原先目标的优先
顺序时，便切断了对东岸分部的所有补给线，不过还是将东岸分部视作兄弟会的一员。一
群抗议莱恩斯作风的成员组成兄弟会逐出者离开了东岸分部，这对东岸兄弟会造成了不少
挫折。
It was in this weakened and isolated state that it was possible for the
Enclave, having relocated from New California as well, to re-establish a base
of continual operations at Raven Rock, to make its move. They seized Project
Purity, then set up outposts in Washington, D.C. and the surrounding
wilderness. However, with the assistance of the Lone Wanderer, the
Brotherhood ended the Enclave's presence in the known region; driving them
first from Project Purity and then from their final holdout at Adams Air
Force Base. The fate of the Enclave as a whole after these events remains a
mystery.
尽管过去处在脆弱且孤立的状态，英克雷军仍旧自新加州地带转移阵地至东岸的渡鸦之岩
，并持续进行他们的作战行动。他们占领了净水计画设施，并于华盛顿特区与四周的荒地
设立了许多哨站。但钢铁兄弟会在孤独流浪者（三代主角）的协助下，阻止了英克雷于这
个地区的行动，驱逐英克雷离开净水计画设施以及他们的最后防线亚当斯空军基地。英克
雷军在这数场事件结束后便行踪成谜。
Despite the Brotherhood's success with Project Purity and the war against the
Enclave, the organization continued to struggle. Lyons would eventually pass
away in 2278, with leadership passing to his daughter Sarah Lyons. Not long
after she was named elder she was killed in combat with no clear successor in
line. In the leadership crisis that followed, the Brotherhood repeatedly
appointed and deposed one ineffectual leader after another until Arthur
Maxson assumed leadership. In 2283, Arthur Maxson was appointed elder at age
16, the youngest in Brotherhood history, after displaying exceptional skill
as a capable warrior and diplomat by defeating the super mutant leader
Shepherd and brokering peace with the Brotherhood Outcasts, bringing them
back into the fold.
尽管兄弟会成功地完成了净水计画并终结了与英克雷军的战事，整个组织仍出现了问题。
欧文‧莱恩斯于２２７８年过世，并由他的女儿莎拉‧莱恩斯接替长老一职。然而不久之
后，她于一场战斗中不幸战死，兄弟会陷入了无领导者的状况。这场领导危机持续恶化，
一任又一任的不适格者轮替成为新的长老，只到最后亚瑟‧麦克森接下了领导的位置。
２２８３年，年仅十六岁的亚瑟‧麦克森，不仅展现了作为一名有能力的战士应有的作战
能力，成功地击败超级变种人首领“牧羊人”，同时也展现了外交能力与兄弟会放逐者破
冰，最后将他们收编回钢铁兄弟会。亚瑟麦克森继任为新的长老，成为了兄弟会历史上最
年轻的长老。
By 2287, the East Coast Brotherhood had established contact with Lost Hills
and has actively received support from the West. During this time, they began
to make plans to establish control not only over the Capital Wasteland, but
the entire Eastern Seaboard. To complete this objective, they began
constructing a massive airship called the Prydwen, using parts from the
Enclave Mobile Crawler at Adams Air Force Base. The development and
construction process took a total of six years, two years to design the
Prydwen and twice that to build. During this time, the Brotherhood sent three
scout missions into the Commonwealth: first, a group volunteered to go into
the Commonwealth, then Recon Squad Artemis led by Paladin Brandis and Recon
Squad Gladius led by Paladin Danse. The first scout team was overwhelmingly
successful. They brought back crates full of pre-War technology and documents
and the first post-war reconnaissance of the area. Artemis was not so
fortunate with their problems beginning at their drop-off point in Malden.
Ambushed by Gunners straight off the Vertibird, which resulted in abandoning
and manually shorting out their power armor (to prevent the suits from being
captured) and the deaths of four knights. The survivors made their way to the
National Guard training yard to regroup, which was infested with feral ghouls
and resulted in the death of another knight. Brandis and his scribe left to
investigate the pre-War Revere satellite array, but it was infested with
super mutants that overcame them and claimed the second last member of the
team. The only survivor was the commanding officer, Paladin Brandis, who made
his way to a pre-War nuclear bunker, and took shelter there until either the
Brotherhood or someone else found him.
２２８７年，东岸兄弟会与失落山丘建立联系并开始获得来自西方的补给。这段期间，兄
弟会开始制定计画，不只于首都废土建立控制，还扩展到了整个东海岸。为了达成目标，
兄弟会使用了位于亚当斯空军基地中的英克雷机动爬行者设施里的零件，建构一艘巨型飞
空艇，其名为“普利德温号”。这项发展及建筑计画总共花费了六年，两年用于设计，并
用了双倍的时间进行建设。于建造期间内，兄弟会派遣了共三次，前往北方联邦地带进行
侦察任务。第一次任务由一群自愿者所发起，紧接着是由圣骑士布兰迪斯所率领的月神侦
查小队，最后是由圣骑士丹斯所带领的短剑侦查小队。第一次的侦查小队获得了巨大的收
获。他们带回了数箱战前科技及文件档案，并带回的此区第一次战后考察记录。然而月神
小队却无如此幸运，当抵达莫尔登地带时遭到搭著飞鸟的枪手袭击。他们被迫舍弃他们的
动力装甲并启动短路程序（避免动力装甲被枪手掳获），还损失了四名骑士。月神小队的
生还者们打算在国民警卫队训练场重整队伍，但却遭受到栖息在该处的狂尸鬼而失去了另
一名骑士。布兰迪斯带着他的学士前往调查里维尔卫星阵列，但却又被遭驻扎在该地的超
级变种人军团攻击并且企图杀死月神小队最后的两名成员。最后只剩指挥官，圣骑士布兰
迪斯存活下来，并找到了一个战前核子避难地堡。最后他待在地堡内躲藏着，直到兄弟会
或是其他外人找到了他。
Three years later, Recon Squad Gladius entered the region also looking for
technology and valuable documents. They encountered similar resistance from
raiders as Artemis did and over the course of several weeks managed to secure
a base of operations at the Cambridge Police Station but lost four knights in
various confrontations. After discovering advanced signals originating from
the Institute, Danse sent an emergency signal to the Brotherhood, which,
after several technical delays, responded by sending the Prydwen to the
Commonwealth, dominating the skyline while under full Vertibird escort for
the people of the Commonwealth to see. The Brotherhood established a
permanent foothold at the Boston Airport and bolstered Gladius's position at
the Police Station. At that point the Brotherhood began to enforce their
ideals upon the Commonwealth and investigate the mysterious energy readings
coming from the Institute.
三年后，短剑侦查小队进入联邦地带寻找科技及有用的文件资料。他们与月神小队面临了
相似的处境遭到匪徒袭击。经历数周，短剑小队最后于康桥警察局设下行动据点，但于过
程中的各种遭遇战斗使他们损失了四名骑士。在发现了学院发出的先进能量讯号后，圣骑
士丹斯发送紧急求救讯号到兄弟会总部。经历几次技术性延误，普利德温号回应讯号前往
联邦地带，当地居民看见普利德温号以及护航的飞鸟战机占据了整个天际。兄弟会以波士
顿机场作为起长期的根据地，并且援助短剑小队强化警察局的防护。至此兄弟会开始于联
邦地带贯彻他们的理念，并开始调查来自学院的神秘能量读数。
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资料来源：http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Brotherhood_of_Steel_(East_Coast)