In return for protection from the Brotherhood and his position, the governor provides conscripts in times of war and pays taxes. However, the Brotherhood's empire is run through a feudal setup.Įach Brotherhood controlled town has an Elder-appointed governor who oversees the affairs of the settlement, holding sway over any locally elected officials (mayors/conscripts) overseeing the town's affairs. The Brotherhood of Steel's military operates as an order, similar to the other Brotherhood chapter. Even with wounded and dead weighing them down, Holloway's expedition team quickly overtook the town, and set themselves up as local dictators.
This act was to be the township's last action as an independent settlement. Built in a few short years after the bombs fell by the remains of California troops and survivors who fled the mutants and the early beginnings of the California raider gangs, the settlement of Ashcroft was reluctant to aid the Brotherhood, but in the end decided that they would save the first sane humans to come out of America since the bombs fell. It was only later in the outskirts of New California that the expedition found the settlement of Ashcroft.
The first foray into New California was a total disaster, over half of the expedition team died in the chaotic crossfire of raider gangs, Veteran Police resistance descendants, and mutant hordes.
