The Great Escape: A Fallout Machinima
Project Overview
Ace Edwards, a young NCR Ranger is sent by the Republic to track down runaway Institute synth with the personality of a prewar civilian, Conrad Jameson, who knows too much about the Institute. The two try to get back to NCR territory while being hunted down by the feared synth Institute bounty hunter, Verne, nicknamed the Iron Hunter by the people who have met him and lived and his killer synth death squad. Along the way they meet a ghoulish Mechanist wannabe named Susan, an insane doctor named Koyo, a gen two super mutant named Rex, two Brotherhood of Steel Star Paladins named Oliver Wright and Sierra Norris, a deathclaw Brotherhood Scribe named Cornelius, a wandering mercenary called Azazel and a famed long lost NCR Ranger named Theodore O'Neill, as the group tries to bring Conrad to the NCR so they can interrogate him for data.
The series will take place in Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Idaho, Massachusetts, Toronto and of course California. This will be done by using Fallout 4 mods that would emulate the environment that I feel would best suit the other states and cities. Washington in this since the Great War experienced a massive nuclear winter with the biggest city (Seattle) being known as the Iceberg. Oregon is trapped in the middle of the desert that is California and the wintery Washington and has parts that are a desert and parts that are trapped in the winter. Idaho has turned into a raider infested territory where people pillage anything they can get their hands on. Nevada and California are still arid deserts. Toronto is a godforsaken land where only the strong survive and will only be seen in a flashback by Koyo. Massachusetts is pretty much the same but will only be seen for the Enclave/Institute hybrid. The most important characters in the series are actually Ace, Conrad, Sierra, Azazel, Thor and Verne for reasons that will be explained.
This is the culmination of ten whole years of me being a fan of this series, I've fleshed out the backstory and have been writing the scripts for some time. This was originally going to be live action but... ye. The project will be around 20-27 episodes long and will run for about 5-10 minutes each, there will be several extra episodes to chronicle the stories of the other characters. Each episode may take about 2 weeks to fully put together. Also the voice actor for Verne, Rex and Susan must be loyal as the three characters will appear in a spin-off show called Escort with Verne as a main character and Rex and Susan as cameos.
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*spits blood* HA! You think he told me anything? And if you think he's gonna come back for me you're mistaken.
Hey Doc, you got a pretty mouth there, mind if I take it out for a spin?
Motherfucker! Hands off my chumps!
Norman was an NCR ranger at some point in time before he was cast out in disgrace for the rape of several legion prisoners. He wandered the Mojave wastelands and soon left to explore California even further. He worked as a bartender and heard of Dr. Moreau and his transformation into the Master and became obsessed with it. It filled every waking moment of his life before he finally tracked down the Mariposa Military Base. He began to experiment on the FEV by dumping in mongrels and other pests, creating centaurs and other abominations. Eventually, he stumbled across a vault and kidnapped three vault dwellers and in a final experiment, attempted to fuse himself with the dwellers and some other creatures. After about a few weeks he reemerged not at the dark god he wanted to become but as a monster, an unholy abomination of nature. He grew bitter about this and decided he had enough and began to plan how to destroy everything, induce the virus in anyone and anything he can get his hands on in an act of self-loathing and nihilistic intentions. He began to attract followers, fellow outcasts of society who wanted the world to burn; super mutants, ghouls, centaurs, sentient deathclaw, robots, dwarves, slags, and even some humans that have turned their back on their fellow man.
My name is Norman, the harbinger of doom, overlord of the unwanted and killer of men. What is yours little insect?
Verne. I have heard this name before... The Iron Hunter. Let him pass, for now, he might even do us a favor.
*anything that would fit*
Father Dean was once known as Ranger Dean, a proud and well known Ranger throughout the NCR. He was there the day the day of the Bittersprings Massacre. He led the ambush and was genuinely surprised that the ‘soldiers’ they were told were going to flee were actually young children, women and the elderly. Upon realizing this he told his men to cease fire and tried to make sure if anyone of the Great Khans they shot were still alive. That day he turned over his NCR armor and left to repent for what he had done questioning if the NCR knew they were children or did they have bad intel. Dean wandered around drinking and wallowing in his own shame until he found himself in the broken remains of a prewar Catholic Church, there, he found an intact version of the Bible and connected with it. He sobered up and began to study, finding religion as a way to rid himself of the past. He built up a Church known as the Church of Christ where he would preach and spread the word of his new religion. By the time Ace and the group got to him, a small community was built up around it where ex-Khans, raiders, ex-NCR and normal civilians gathered to find bits of hope for themselves.
Hello! Would you please come in? We have radaway, med X and stimpacks if you need any.
Theodore O'Neill? Is that you? It's been a while!
One more time old friend. For the NCR!
Hello brother.
Agent 643, report in!
Kill them! All of them!
Thor was a miner for the Enclave in the Mariposa military base around the time of the Chosen One but managed to escape the Enclave before they could get their hands on him. One day while on the road his FEV mutation began to kick in turning him into a massive super mutant. He wandered for years until he finally came across Paladin Lantham’s super mutant army and joined him where he fought as a proud soldier until its destruction. Afterwards, he was recruited into the Brotherhood of Steel due to his courageous acts in the battlefield. He became close friends with Scribe Harris, a ghoul, Scribe Cornelius, a deathclaw and Star Paladin Ruff, a human. Eventually, he was sent out to find the synth Conrad along with Cornelius, Ruff, Star Paladin Sierra, Star Paladin Oliver, Scribe Nora and Scribe Neil.
His voice is like a typical super mutant.
Get away from him!
Thor was part of Paladin Lantham's army until the Warrior destroyed it!
Come to Thor you cybernetic bitch!
Neil is the Butters (South Park) or Brett (Archer) of the Brotherhood. Everything bad happens to him and he dies the episode after he's introduced. But his death affects the mental state of Nora, Jamison, Sierra, Cornelius, and Oliver as the Brotherhood have to be an elite fighting force and Neil was actually a good fighter and to have gone down not even a few days after being deployed makes them doubt how powerful they are in an unpredictable wasteland.
Oh crap!
*Anything that would fit*
Vargas was one of the original Brotherhood on the crashed zeppelin to the midwest. He and his best friend Paladin Lantham were stranded together but Lantham betrayed Vargas by choking him out and running away. Vargas was dragged away by several raiders, looted and ditched in a radioactive pit. There he absorbed enough radiation to become a ghoul and woke up in a body he couldn’t recognize. He wandered around until he found the other Paladins from the crash. The Paladins instead of casting him out took him back as one of their members. Over time he met Thor, Harris, Richter, Cornelius, and Jamison.
Let's send these Enclave bastards to hell!
For the Brotherhood!
I'm hit! Harris! Cover me!
Sergeant Norris is one of the most influential members of the Texan Brotherhood. He is a direct descendant of High Elder Rhombus. After joining the ranks as an initiate he showed his bravery at the Battle of Carbon defending his squadron with his trusted fire ax and shotgun, killing tens of mutants during a mutant resurgence. During the aforementioned battle, he met the love of his life, Alison Crowe, a Brotherhood Paladin. The two began dating as he climbed the ranks to the Star Paladin and eventually married her with permission from her father, Elder Joel. After a few years of marriage, the two had Sierra Norris and the two looked after the young girl. When Sierra was twelve Alison tragically died in an ambush and he was devastated, he decided to step down from his position as Star Paladin and decided to take an old US military position, Sergeant. As a Sergeant, he trained the troops and inspired them on the battlefield with his war cries while at the same time watching over his young daughter whom he taught everything he knew, including a fighting style he invented using a shotgun for both shooting and melee attacks.
Sierra! Sweety I've missed you!
Former Star Paladin, Sergeant Norris at your service.
Troops. I'm not going to lie to you, not all of you will come back alive. Hell, none of us might come back. But. You are the strongest troops I've ever seen, I trained you and as you may know, I've trained five of the strongest Star Paladins in our chapter's history, three of which are with us right now! Ready to lay down their lives to defend the Brotherhood! I know your potential and we can stop the god damn Enclave in its tracks. I can't do much but what I can do is I believe in you. We can do this, we must do this. Hell, I'm doing this, 45 years old and still kickin'! I'm fightin' with a god damn ax and shotgun! If a 45-year-old man is kickin' ass and taking names we sure as hell can kill those bastards! FOR THE BROTHERHOOD!
Aaron was a child in the wasteland he first read a Grognak comic in the confines of a raider camp in Idaho. He loved the idea of a man using pure strength to get what he wanted, ignoring the themes of heroism. He grew obsessed with the series and strove to be just like his hero and managed to track down and find a Grognak costume and collectors ax. He then accumulated a raider gang who saw his figure and his amazing acts of strength and joined him.
Halt citizens, hand over your caps and arms!
Mechanist! We meet again! I wish we could have met under better circumstances!
Thank you for saving me from that man, Maximus. If you need any help you can contact me.
Basically any other Brotherhood characters such as the Elders and the current leader, Roger Maxson.
Put down your plasma rifle now!
*something that might fit*
This includes many of the NCR Rangers in the show such as Paul, Ace's best friend, Melanie, Ace's girlfriend and others.
Stop right there!
*Something that might fit*
In this, the remnants of the Enclave were contacted by the remnants of the Institute and the two joined forces to create a New World Order on the wasteland by using synthetic soldiers in Hellfire armor to compensate for the loss of Enclave soldiers during the defeat the Enclave by the Brotherhood. This group contains President Philip, Vice President Sean, and others.
Hello there Mr. Conrad, you've been quite the pain in my side.
Sick 'em Verne.
*Anything that would fit*
This group is all the raiders, including...
Mounties - Toronto
Oregon’s cannibals - Oregon
Jackals - California
Khans - California
Needles - Washington
Vermin - Washington
Powder Gangers - Nevada
Caesar’s legion- Nevada
Fiends - Nevada
Luddites - Kansas
Gunners - Massachusetts
Disciples - Massachusetts
Macomb - Michigan
Ghoul hater - Michigan
Devil’s graveyard - Michigan
Slavers - Maryland
Pitt Raiders - Maryland
Preds - Indiana
MY BLOOD IS FIRE MY BLOOD IS GASOLINE!
Just walk away. Give me your pump, the oil, the gasoline, and the whole compound, and I'll spare your lives. Just walk away and we'll give you a safe passageway in the wastelands. Just walk away and there will be an end to the horror.
The blood is life!
Ace was born in the Boneyard to a Gun Runner father who was never around and a Follower mother. When he was 15 years old he left the Boneyard and joined the NCR and quickly grew to the rank of Ranger as his accuracy with guns was incredible. He was soon sent off on a mission to obtain a runaway synth after being tipped off by the Brotherhood of Steel during a truce. He set off on the mission to the Iceberg with fellow rangers Paul Simmons and Ace’s girlfriend, Melanie Angel, but on the way, Paul was killed by a pack of ghouls and Melanie sacrificed herself to save Ace. Ace managed to find Iceberg and met Conrad, the synth he was tracking.
Ace's voice should not be gruff at all since he's 18 years old in the story, his voice should be muffled a bit since he will be wearing the NCR's signature Ranger armor the whole story. DO NOT give him a southern, Boston, midwestern or New York accent! He's from California so give him something that fits with California.
My name is Amythest but everyone calls me Ace, you?
Brotherhood tipped us off on your location, a piece of Institute tech like you is worth a lot to them.
Iron Hunter, get down!
No. No. No. They'll find out, gotta bandage this quickly.
He took Frank while we were crossing into New York. He was on the first watch, while I was sleeping under the bed for safety. I saw him screaming while the Iron Hunter dragged him off. Oh god...
Why won't you die?!
Susan was born in America pre-war to a rich American family, she loved the adventures of the Mechanist while growing up, even commissioning a costume of it to be built for her. When the bombs fell she was a teenager and she got just the right dosage while wearing the costume to turn her into a ghoul while it killed the rest of her family. Grief struck she attempted suicide several times before finding she can’t die in certain ways. She eventually found her way to the Necropolis before it was ransacked by the super mutants. She made her way back to her hometown and was shunned by most people, but donning her Mechanist mask they didn’t know she was a ghoul and became a savior of the town until it was destroyed by a raider gang. Again grief-stricken she lived in solitude until a ranger, a synth and an insane doctor found her.
*Mechanist* Stop right there sir! If you come any further I will not hesitate to bring you down by force!
*Mechanist* Citizens. Could you assist me with taking down this perp? He's already cut through my toughest creations.
*Civilian* Hi! My name is Susan Flemmings, heiress, but you may refer to me as the Mechanist!
Sierra was born into the ranks of the brotherhood where she trained to become the best paladin in the history of the Texan brotherhood. She learned fist fighting techniques and eventually had a brotherhood scientist build her her signature shotgun gauntlets along with her jetpack. She began to focus on fast attacks, charging into battle and took down mutant behemoth using such techniques. Sierra went on several missions, even representing the Texan chapter for the Brotherhood's first all chapter meeting. After the NCR retrieved Conrad the Brotherhood sent her, two midwestern Brotherhood paladins and a sentient deathclaw scribe to interview him.
These are my shotgun gauntlets, they're not standard Brotherhood laser rifles but I'm the best with them. Lasers are fun and all but I'm a close quarters fighter.
Come get some you bitch!
I'll do this my way.
Up the chest, through the throat and into the brain!
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!
I've never operated on synthetic flesh before but I'll try my hardest
High Elder! *pauses* Star Paladin Oliver Wright reporting for active duty!
Thor! Grab on to something!
NCR? You guys are no match for the Brotherhood's steel. We may be at peace but you land grabbers can eat a load of brahmin crap!
Not much is known about the mysterious past of Rex but what is, is a Vault City necklace that he wears came from it. He was abducted when he was 20 into the Master’s army where he was exposed to the FEV which mutated him into a monstrous generation 2 super mutant. He loyally served the Master until his death. He wandered California until he found Jacobstown, a super mutant sanctuary made by Marcus. He eventually left and traveled north and met a ranger, a synth, a ghoul girl and an insane doctor.
Don't shoot! I'm not here to harm any of you, pathetic meatsacks!
I don't remember much! I... I remember I was 20 when I met the Master!
One hole coming up!
Cornelius was born in the Great Bend to normal deathclaws but when he was one year old he was abducted by the Brotherhood for test the FEV. Due to the FEV he became more intelligent than the average human and became one of the smartest scribes in the Brotherhood. He was soon given his own lab and deathclaw lab assistants and created the design for Oliver’s laser rifle arm including a ballistic rocket fist which was scrapped. Cornelius soon left off to join a Brotherhood quest to find a synth named Conrad.
Hello there New California Republic Ranger, my name is Scribe Cornelius of the Midwestern chapter of the Brotherhood of Steel and these are my two compatriots, Star Paladins Sierra Norris and Olliver Wright.
Us Deathclaws are mutated Jackson Chameleons, though through the reintroduction of the forced evolutionary virus, Enclave tampering and genetic variation there are some of us that have the ability to simulate human vocal patterns.
That's interesting, I will chronicle that in my diary.
Verne was never programmed using the memories of a person, he was based solely off of a mercenary named Kellogg and given a vast knowledge of guns and martial arts from the databases of the Institute along with his ‘sister’ Persephone. He was one of the 15 special generation 3 synths including Persephone, but unlike his sister he was built with a metal endoskeleton inside unlike her being an exact human replica. He was first tested by dropping him into a Gunner camp where he killed everyone there in a matter of minutes. He was sent throughout the East Coast for missions where he ventured into the Pitt and competed in Pitt fights, fought the Talon Company for prisoners, broke into vaults, personally killed Sarah Lyons and took down a slew of super mutants. These acts merited the institute making a slew of models based on him that would be activated in case of the death of one with one being active at a time. After the escape of Conrad from the Institute Verne trailed behind him slowly killing everything in his path, Luddites, Macombs, Ghoul haters, Devil’s graveyard and more over the course of five years. He bribed and bought information regarding the runaway synth from local people. His outside may be beaten up and several parts may malfunction but he is still a formidable foe.
Halt Unit 8563! I'm aiming for your heart, leave and get shot.
I am the Iron Hunter
Thank you, sister.
We can't get to you guys! I'll send you a message where to meet up!
Get off me you mutant son of a bi...
This is Star Paladin Jamison Ruff of the Midwestern Brotherhood, code five three niner. Code five three niner. Scribe Neil was killed in a landslide separating me, Paladin Thor and Scribe Nora from Star Paladin Sierra Norris, Star Paladin Oliver Wright and Scribe Cornelius. Please respond, over.
Ted was born into a raider gang and not much else is known about his past except he killed every member of the gang. He joined the NCR after a heavy screening process and became a ranger, known throughout the NCR as the best. He taught many young NCR cadets including Ace who views Ted as a father figure. He fatefully led a mission to an irradiated vault known as vault 71 in Idaho where he sacrificed himself for his squad. He didn't die there but became a ghoul, trapped inside a bleak vault. While lost Ace and the group stumbled across vault 71 where they freed a still sane Ted. Ted accompanies them until they get to NCR territory where they bring him back in a vertibird.
Finally, sunlight!
Ah! Cadet Ace, is that you?
I've been trapped down there for years, I don't know what happened, I became a ghoul down here.
Nora was born in Diamond City to caravan merchants wandering through, but she lived with her grandmother in Diamond City. When she was seven her parents were killed by super mutants and she was devastated, she began to develop a resentment toward super mutants and eventually began to lean towards the Brotherhood which she joined when her grandmother passed away when she was sixteen. During recruitment she formed a relationship with a Brotherhood Knight named Sarah, but never spoke openly about it due to the Brotherhood’s views on homosexuality. She became well known throughout the Brotherhood for data procurement, only second to a Brotherhood Paladin out on the west coast. She was soon chosen to track down the synth, Conrad along with three star paladins, a mutant paladin, a human scribe and a deathclaw scribe.
Jamison get to cover!
Neil! No...
Cornelius! Is that you? We've missed you!
Victor is a minor antagonist from the first episode but is very important as he is a representation of what humanity has become and what loneliness, radiation and mental instability can do to a person. This character is a sick and twisted man who lives in a shack with meat sacks adorning the walls. He is generally unnerving, wanting to perform surgery on an unconscious Ace to turn him into a woman to have relations with. Despite being a minor character I want him to leave an impact on what happens even after he is killed.
Hello honey, get back in bed
I'm going to ravage you, my love!
*something pervy*
Melanie was Ace's girlfriend who was died prior to the series from an untreated gunshot wound. She is seen in hallucinations by Ace caused by PTSD along with Price as a kind of subconscious split between the way of good and evil. She is shown to be smart.
What would the Brotherhood have to gain from giving us wrong intel? They gave us accurate information about the attack on Helios by Legion remnants.
According to reports from within the Institute there have only been three escaped synths in the last few decades. Two were captured or killed but the third is unaccounted for.
I’m losing blood Ace, I need some bandages and a stimpak fast
Bridget is a synth that was originally a Gunner captain in the Commonwealth who faced the sole survivor, her carcass was soon retrieved by the remnants Institute. Her consciousness was then transferred over to a synth body to act as their guard. Soon the remnants of the Institute were taken in by the Enclave and Bridget was tasked as one of their agents. She excelled and soon became one of the Enclave's most trusted agents and was eventually put in Verne's Task Force AO8.
Yes, sir!
I am Bridget the Oberst, second in command of Enclave Task Force AO8. Corporal of the Enclave's army.
I can't believe a radroach like you could have even stood up against Verne. No matter. As you will find out, I'm nothing like Verne.
Maximus is one of the strongest synths ever created, his strength surpasses Verne and by extension Frank Horrigan. He was built in an attempt to improve upon the Verne N5-01 model and therefore is one of three prototype generation three synths along with Verne and Persephone. He was added to Verne's task force AO8 for his immense strength and resilience. Though his design has several flaws such as his slower speed and relies on his sheer strength unlike Verne's technique and speed.
Yes, sir!
I am Maximus the Storm Trooper, heavy gunner of Enclave Task Force AO8.
Hey big guy. You look tough but are you tough enough to take on the Storm Trooper.
Axel is a synth that was based on Axel Prowers, an Enclave scientist who died of cancer. Axel was granted access to much of the Enclave's databases before applying the knowledge in the field of combat. He engineered his own plasma shotgun and joined Verne on some missions as a pilot and back up before he was designated to Verne's Task Force AO8.
Yes, sir!
I am Axel the Dragooner, pilot and hacker of Enclave Task Force AO8.
This encryption is childs play. You'd think a high tech organization like the Brotherhood would have better coding skills.
Eva is one of Verne's most trusted companions. Eva is a synth that was programmed with the memories of the greatest snipers in history, Simo Häyhä, Carlos Hathcock II, Adelbert Waldron, Francis Pegahmagabow and Lyudmila Pavlichenko, by the Enclave. She was then assigned the task to assassinate High Elder Arthur Maxson which she did with ease, using her stealth suit to get away. Afterwards, she was assigned to Verne's Task Force, AO8 as the sniper where she gained the nickname, Jäger from her handlers because of her ability to track and her crack shot accuracy.
Yes, sir!
I am Eva the Jäger, sniper of Enclave Task Force AO8.
Not to disrespect you sir but this task is a little too easy. It's like shooting a fish in a barrel.
Matthew is only seen several times and mostly by flashbacks as he is killed by Verne in the first episode. He is a member of the railroad and tried to keep Conrad safe until his untimely demise in Idaho.
Go to hell
*anything fitting for a railroad bodyguard*
Frank lived in Macomb before the great war as an engineer who specialized in robotics. A month before the war he was sent a sentrybot by the local police force but before he could deliver it the great war started. He ended up working on it for the next 50 years as his body ghoulified preserving his body. By 2127 he finally finished Richter’s AI and booted up his new companion. Richter’s new AI helped him converse with Frank and over time Richter’s AI began to learn from him in a manner similar to the Calculator. Soon the Macomb Ghoul Haters formed and declared war against Frank so the two began to fight back. After a hundred years of fighting the two came across a savage sect of the Brotherhood of Steel which recruited normal wastelanders. The two joined up and over time the Midwestern Brotherhood of Steel became more civilized and came back into contact with the main Brotherhood of Steel. Frank eventually became friends with Paladin Thor and Paladin Vargas and after twenty years Star Paladin and Jamison Ruff and Scribe Cornelius.
Hey Jamie! Welcome back.
So NCR Brotherhood team up for the fate of the wasteland? I thought this day couldn't get any more Hubris comic-y.
This is the end old friend! Richter self destruct!
You've gotten a lot farther than you should have, but then again you haven't met Frank Horrigan either. Your ride's over mutie, time to die.
Me, Frank Horrigan, that's who. United States Secret Service.You aren't going anywhere from here.
*Dying* You *cough* haven't won here. You and your mutie bastard friends are gonna join me in a big ol' mushroom cloud sendoff. I just triggered the self-destruct. Heh heh *coughing fit* The work will go on. You didn't do nothing here. 'cept seal your death warrants. Duty, *Cough* Honor... Courage... Semper Fi...
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