Broken Mask incident

The Broken Mask incident took place in Diamond City at the Power Noodles bar in the year 2229.

Event
According to Eustace Hawthorne, sometime during May 2229, a man by the name of Carter entered Diamond City and joined a group of residents at the bar at the center of the town. Claiming to be a man traveling from the west, Carter started telling stories and making conversation with the people around him. A large group of people started to crowd around him to listen to his stories. After a few hours and having a few drinks, something in Carter shifted. He had suddenly lost his smile and his cheek started to twitch.

Mr. Carter suddenly pulled out a revolver and calmly, without even thinking twice, shot Henry, the bartender, square in the head. Carter continued on his rampage, killing an additional 3 to 4 people before finally being brought down by Diamond City security. Inspection of the corpse revealed that Carter was not human at all, but was in fact an Institute synth, only more advanced than the previous generations of synths.

While on the surface people speculated on why Mr. Carter killed those people, either a test or a malfunction, within the Institute the Director was furious, as the synth was sent without authorization. Carter was considered a prototype, not yet ready for a trial run. As a result, the Director began a full investigation into how this occurred.

Aftermath
The lasting impact of this event can still be seen in Diamond City and the greater part of the Boston Commonwealth. Ever since this incident, hysteria of neighbor of family members unknowingly being synths grown to a fever pitch of paranoia.

Appearances
The Broken Mask incident is mentioned only in Fallout 4.

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