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Their goal was only ever freedom for Synths, which in my opinion is second only to the Minutemen in terms of ‘righteousness’ and ‘justice’.

The Railroad probably have the least chance of doing good in terms of saving the Commonwealth, but that’s because that was never their goal. Ditto if you’re one of the good Synths like Nick or DOUBLE SPOILER Curie or Danse. But if you’re a sentient Ghoul or Super Mutant, tough shit. With the Brotherhood, so long as you’re a human, I’m sure life would be lovely and relatively safe, provided you don’t mind living in a dictatorship. Except, their vision of the world is one where everyone has been replaced by Synths and all the humans are dead. The Institute, for example, probably does have the greatest chance to rebuild the world. Each faction is utterly convinced that their way is the “right” way. That’s the thing (and what I like most about it) – “good” is entirely a matter of perspective, and who the audience is. For what it’s worth, I sided with the Railroad. TL DR no faction is pure bad or pure good, they all exist along a spectrum of greys. Their MO is basically “keep the people safe but business as usual”. Even then, you could argue that while they’re “good” people, they don’t have a long term plan for actually improving anything. The Minutemen are probably the most pure “good” faction, but they exist largely as a backup to finish the story in case you piss off all the others. But even then, you could argue that they’re doing everything with the goal of rebuilding the Wasteland on a clean, “perfect” slate.

Brotherhood of steel assault rifle plus#

Plus they’re responsible for the Super Mutants in the Commonwealth. The Institute are probably the most objectively “evil” faction, given they kidnap humans and replace them with synths. Plus, when you blow up the Institute, you’re removing the ability for them to ‘factory rest’ the Gen 3s. Look at Nick and the some of the Gen 3s you free. You could also argue that liberating synths puts humans in danger, but I don’t agree with that notion. The Railroad have an admirable mission in the form of liberating synths from the Institute, but they have no long term goals or plans for actually rebuilding the Wasteland. The Brotherhood are one of the few factions able to offer some semblance of stability and safety – at the expense of civil liberties, racism, discrimination and concentrating all power in the hands of a fascist dictatorship. I actually quite liked that none of the factions are black and white good/evil. If the supposedly trustworthy governments and corporations that created all the tech couldn’t be trusted not to abuse it, I definitely don’t want it in the hands of some jet fiend raider with schizophrenia and an axe to grind! The racism side of things is sad, but there are pretty solid reasons behind why they’re so stringent about control of technology. The war itself just reinforced that the tech developed by those that came before was dangerous, that humans are generally too reckless to wield it and that if it’s not controlled it will probably lead to another disaster, if not wipe humanity out altogether.

Look no further than VaultTec for a prime example of the depths of corruption that were par for the course. The Brotherhood was founded because abuse of technology (pre-war), particularly the FEV virus, had reached ridiculously unethical levels. Their mindset isn’t an unsympathetic one. The beauty of a well-written character or group is that there’s no clear distinction between good and bad =) I think the Brotherhood fits that bill pretty nicely. Also, once you join them, you can’t leave them! If only there was an option where one of the other factions could destroy their castle stronghold. Preston Garvey won’t stop sending me on boring/soul-crushing respawned missions. But, god forbid, if there were a synth in there, they’ll sacrifice their agents to try and save the japanese sex robot. – The Railroad nonchalantly blow up facilities without evacuating human lives. – The Brotherhood unlawfully confiscate technology and cause more collateral damage thanks to their constantly falling and exploding vertibirds. They constantly say they’re saving the commonwealth but it’s clear they don’t care about its current inhabitants. – The Institute kidnap and procure resources with trigger-happy terminators. – Every faction doesn’t care who they hurt, as long as they forward their own agenda. – Each faction stand on their own obnoxious moral high ground, and they’re an asshole to anyone who isn’t a resident of their group.