Chapter 128: Final Negotiations
It turned out that Knight had found his child, the Holy Father, who now serves as the head of the Academy. But unlike in the game, when he calls Nora to the academy with him, their child Shane is dying of a terminal illness and dies in their arms. But this is much luckier than in the game, at least after 60 years, the family is reunited.
However, before his death, Father Shane gave his place to Knight, who suppressed the opponents in the academy through a series of negotiations and battles. with a commitment to cease all hostilities on the ground. No longer replacing wasteland dwellers with synths, freeing all willing freed synths, and suspending self-aware and adult crafting, the railroad settlement was achieved.
Of course, the railway also admits that washing away the memories of the synths and injecting them into the memories they have woven and plastic surgery for the synths is just some kind of emergency measure in that difficult environment. In the future, they will only reweave the memories of synths who voluntarily change their memories.
Now Knight wants Ryan, as the militia general, to work with him to concentrate the power of the railroad, the academy and the militia to re-establish order in the land.
"What about the Brotherhood of Steel?" Ryan asked.
"I hope to gather our strength now to bring the Brotherhood to the negotiating table, after all, there is too much blood shed in this land. ”
"Okay, call me on the day of the negotiation, and I'll go with you. Ryan agreed to Knight's request.
Finally, Ryan asked Knight a question that he hadn't figured out in his previous life playing games: "Why did the academy make a third-generation synth? Why did the academy have to make self-aware synths to make a block for itself?"
"I think this is the reason why the people in the academy have been self-isolating for a long time, and after seeing the backwardness and ignorance on the ground, they regard themselves as gods. Knight said in a somewhat helpless tone.
So they tried in vain to create a new life to replace the existing human beings, and then they ruled as high gods. ”
"Sure enough, as the great man said, the wrong line, the more knowledge, the more reactionary. Ryan sighed. "If the Academy's technology isn't used in this crooked way, but instead in changing the federal wasteland. It may well be that the Federation has now become a good place for human beings to live. ”
"That's right, that's why I chose to take on the leadership of the college. Even though I still hate them for taking my children, and I hate what they did before. But I know that the technology inside it may change the whole world, so I hope I can change the academy so that it can really get back on track and atone for what they did before. I think it's far better for the whole Federation or even the whole world to destroy it for the sake of it. Knight was a little pained, but still firm.
"You're right. Ryan stood on tiptoe and patted Knight on the shoulder. "I hope that in the future, no matter what, I can unite the creatures of this wasteland and mobilize all forces to change this world. Although I am only a traveler to the world, I still hope that this world will have a future. After all, you know that I am a plane merchant, and only when every world becomes prosperous can I earn more benefits. ”
Knight also recovered from the pain at this time, "Thank you anyway, Ryan. At least with your help, the colonies and farms have been given a new lease of life. Anyway, I was attacked much less when I came all the way than when I left. ”
That day, Knight stayed at Sanctuary Hills. Now the headquarters of the militia is located in the Shelter Lodge, because there is more room for development. The original castle served as an important fortress for the militia and a training center for recruits on the eastern seaboard.
A lot of construction has been done before, with the militia using a lot of manpower and robots to build a new fortress complex around the hill of Vault 111, and set up hospitals, warehouses, and schools inside. And the shelter villa is a city attached to the fortress for everyone to live in and plant.
Since the soil here has been completely purified, a large number of greenhouses have been built, and repaired computers and robots have been used to turn the greenhouses into intelligent automated farms.
It is precisely because of the existence of greenhouses that plants can avoid radiation storms and radiation rain and grow healthily. Now, the produce from the Sheltered Hills, which has largely eliminated radiation and virus contamination, has become the new favorite of the inhabitants of the wasteland, and the food stamps issued by the militia have a tendency to become the new hard currency of the wasteland.
Two days later, the Brotherhood of Steel sent a messenger with a reply agreeing to negotiate. It was agreed that everyone would go to Diamond City at noon the next day to negotiate, and each side was only allowed to have one leader, one deputy, and ten guards. Ryan felt that the fraternity was too different from the game, and that it was a bit too easy to talk to. So I made some preparations, after all, it is indispensable to guard against people.
Early the next morning, Ryan puts on his newly made general's uniform (the old one is too big to wear) and rushes to Diamond City with Preston and ten mobile militiamen, each riding a robot.
The mobile militia is a team that Ryan has just formed for less than a week, and in view of the fact that some enemies are not semi-professional militia can deal with, Ryan has organized some militias with rich combat experience as mobile troops to serve as elite forces directly under the headquarters.
Each of them wore a uniform that combined bulletproof cloth with body armor and carried enough weapons, ammunition and runestones. On top of that, everyone has an armed robot as their vehicle and combat partner. And this negotiation was their first appearance after a short training session.
Upon arriving at the gates of Diamond City, Ryan found that the railroad men were already waiting for them there. The leader was a middle-aged woman with blond hair, who was supposed to be the railroad leader Desdemona.
After seeing Ryan and the others, Dethemona was first surprised by the age of Militia General Ryan, then came up and shook hands and said, "Thank you very much for your support of our righteous deeds, and thank you very much for treating synths equally. ”
"We militia are committed to restoring order and eradicating evil in this wasteland, so we will certainly treat all creatures who share our ideals equally. Whether they're synths, sapient ghouls or even mutants who want to live in peace with everyone. ”
Speaking of this, Ryan paused for a moment, then looked up at Desemona and said seriously: "But I still hope that you don't secretly drop those synths into various strongholds anymore, those synths that appeared out of nowhere really make us nervous." ”
"Sorry, not anymore. The Academy is now willing to change its attitude towards adults, and we don't need to let those synths infiltrate the colonies incognito. Seriously, if the academy is willing to really change their approach, then I think the railroad will really disappear one day, but all of us are very happy about this future. Desdemona said in a relaxed tone.
Just as Ryan and Desdemona were talking about the Academy, a blue light flashed. Knight led Virgil and the Hunters to the gates of Diamond City.
Although the members of the railway side still looked at the academy side with bad faces, the leaders of the two sides shook hands to express reconciliation.
After everyone stood and waited for a while, the sound of an engine could be heard in the sky, and it seemed that the Brotherhood of Steel, the last party to the talks, had finally arrived.