Captain Maxson's diary

Captain Maxson's diary is a series of holodisk notes written by Roger Maxson, the founder of the Brotherhood of Steel.

Fallout
It can be downloaded from the vats control computer on level 4 of the Mariposa Military Base. The player character cannot actually acquire the holotape item as the contents are entered into the Pip-Boy 2000 directly.

Fallout 3
Found on the archive terminal at the Citadel.

Versions
The PIPBOY.MSG file contains two versions of this holodisk: Captain Maxson's diary, which is the one used in the actual game, and the Military Base disk. The differences are:


 * "with all the chaos it brings" instead of "with all the chaos that entails"
 * "He said his orders came from the government" instead of "He said his orders came from the Gov't."
 * "Jefferson Davis, eat your heart out" instead of "They remember Jefferson Davis. What will history say about me?"
 * "A-bombs" instead of "A-Bombs"
 * "oversight" and "seceded" instead of "oversite" and "seceeded"

Behind the scenes
The phrasing "I can't believe those bastards finally did it. Damn them all to Hell." is a reference to the ending of Planet of the Apes.