Senior Knight Ted Wilson was a member of the Brotherhood of Steel in Appalachia.
Background
Bearing the rank of sergeant, Ted Wilson was a member of Taggerdy's Thunder prior to the Great War and was tasked with keeping the men of his squad in line. After the bombs dropped, Wilson stood at Taggerdy's side as she picked up the pieces and formed the Appalachian branch of the Brotherhood. He was granted the rank of senior knight and tasked with running the Camp Venture training program. As he was already busy putting volunteers wanting to join the Thunder through their paces, this was merely a confirmation of his talents.[1]
Wilson was a tough but fair training officer. Although the training regime resulted in a high failure rate, those who survived to the end and earned their stripes were trained on par with the army rangers of old. Under his command, the camp had a surprisingly small number of incidents. The most notable was a violation of operational security by Squire Enrique Belmonte (minor) and the desertion of a squire who almost finished his training, complete with full load-out gear. Wilson took full responsibility and retained command.[2]
His luck ran out in mid-2093 when Taggerdy decided to shutter Camp Venture in order to gather the Brotherhood's strength for the attrition war fought against the Scorched. Wilson followed his orders and secured the camp and its stash of dangerous technologies. The Brotherhood had to store recovered data in the basement of the VEST building after losing all cargobots and access to off-site storage. He was promoted to an executive officer of Fort Defiance and oversaw the preparations for the daring Operation Touchdown.[3]
After the loss of Paladin Taggerdy in Operation Touchdown, Ted Wilson became the commander of the Appalachian branch. When it became clear that the lull in scorchbeast attacks would not last and that Touchdown had failed, he focused on holding the line against the scorchbeasts. Wilson scrapped all missions unrelated to the defense of the Cranberry Bog perimeter and especially Fort Defiance. Repeated pleas from Scribe Grant McNamara, now executive officer, to run 099-01 at the Vault-Tec University were ignored, as gathering samples for the automated analysis process would mean pulling men away from the front line. Even two knights were too much, as the sonic attractor defense required all hands on deck each time it was spun up.[4]
Wilson knew that it was a futile fight but he stuck until the bitter end. The last senior staff meeting included two surviving members of the Thunder and Tex Rogers.[5] On August 18, 2095, the Brotherhood made its last stand. Senior Knight Wilson fell in battle, fighting against unbeatable odds. With him, the Brotherhood was extinguished.[6]
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Appearances
Ted Wilson is mentioned only in Fallout 76.
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| Brotherhood of Steel | Lost Hills bunker · Den outpost · San Francisco outpost · Shady Sands outpost · Montana bunker | |
| Mojave chapter | Brotherhood of Steel safehouse · Bunker 13 (formerly) · Hidden Valley bunker · HELIOS One (formerly) | |
| Appalachian chapter | Big Bend Tunnel East (formerly) · Camp Venture (formerly) · Firebase LT (formerly) · Firebase Major (formerly) · Fort Defiance (formerly) · Forward Station Alpha (formerly) · Forward Station Delta (formerly) · Grafton Dam (formerly) · Survey camp Alpha (formerly) · The Thorn (formerly) · Thunder Mountain Power Plant (formerly) · Watoga (formerly) | |
| Lyons' Brotherhood of Steel | Adams Air Force Base · Arlington Library · The Citadel · Falls Church · GNR building plaza · Jefferson Memorial · MDPL mass relay station (formerly) · Washington Monument · White House Plaza | |
| Brotherhood Outcasts | Brotherhood Outcast shack · Fort Independence · Outcast outpost | |
| Maxson's Eastern division | Adams Air Force Base · Boston Airport · Cambridge Police Station · The Citadel · The Prydwen · Waypoint Echo (potentially) | |
| Uniforms | Brotherhood of Steel holotags · BOS uniform · Recon armor · Scribe robe · Fatigues | |
| Power armor | T-45 power armor · T-51 power armor · T-60 power armor | |
| Robots | Automated turrets · Liberty Prime · Mister Gutsies (Sawbones) · Robobrains | |
| Vehicles | Airships (Prydwen) · Vertibirds · Zepplins | |
| Texts | Captain Maxson's diary · Chain That Binds · Codex · Maxson log | |
| Wars and Battles | Appalachian super mutant conflict (Battle of Huntersville) · Battle of Fort Bannister · Brotherhood-Enclave War on the West Coast · Brotherhood-Enclave War on the East Coast (Destruction of Raven Rock, Battle of Project Purity, Battle of Rockland, Battle of Adams Air Force Base) · Capital Wasteland super mutant conflict (Battle of GNR Plaza, Battle of the Mall, Battle of White House Plaza) Mojave Wasteland super mutant conflict · NCR-Brotherhood War (Operation: Sunburst, Battle of Griffith Observatory) · War of the Commonwealth (Battle for Boston Airport) · Unity crisis · Brotherhood-Gammorin War · Brotherhood-Calculator War · Brotherhood-Attis War | |
| Events | Schism · The Scourge | |
| Related articles | Hierarchy · Maxson (state) · Steel Plague · The Glow · United States Armed Forces | |
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