Mechanist Crisis

The Mechanist Crisis is a misguided mission by an individual known as 'The Mechanist' to protect the people of the the Commonwealth using a vast army of robots in 2287.

Background
Isabel Cruz, the woman who would go on to call herself the Mechanist, was once a simple settler who, like many in the wastes, suffered through attacks by raiders, super mutants and a multitude of other dangers. She became inspired by drawings of a pre-War comic-book character known as the 'Mechanist' to the point where she decided to take on the mantle of her idol and become a protector of the innocent. She discovered RobCo sales & service center, a still-functional machine factory. With her skills in robotics, she began creating an army of robots to serve as guardians to the people of the Commonwealth. However, her robobrain lieutenants misinterpreted her orders to protect civilians and began killing anyone anyone they came across.

Eventually the Mechanist's robots attacking a caravan lead by Jackson, who called for help via a distress signal, though help arrived too late for the most part, as the only survivor of the caravan was a modified assaultron named Ada.

The emergence of the Mechanist resulted in the arrival of a new player in the Commonwealth - a robot-obsessed raider gang known as the Rust Devils. These Rust Devils, under the leadership of Ivey, managed to abduct one of the Mechanist's robobrains named Jezebel, and took her to their headquarters at Fort Hagen satellite array.

Battles

 * Attack on the caravan
 * Hunting of the Robobrains
 * Assault on the Mechanist's lair