John Maxson

General John Maxson is the grandson of Roger Maxson, and the High Elder of the Brotherhood of Steel in 2161.

Background
He was born in 2097, twenty years after the Great War, in the Lost Hills bunker. In 2135, at the age of 38, he became a Paladin, showing tremendous promise as a soldier, and some time after that he became the Head Paladin of the Brotherhood.

In 2155, after his father was killed by the Vipers, he became the High Elder of the Brotherhood. When he met the Vault Dweller in 2162, he was 65.

Appearances
John Maxson appears only in Fallout as a talking head. He is voiced by Frank Welker. In the game, he is referred to only as General Maxson, only being given a first name in Chris Avellone's Fallout Bible, where all the dates mentioned in this article also come from, although some of it might have appeared already in the original Fallout timeline by Brian Freyermuth. He is mentioned in the Citadel terminal entries - along with his ally, the Vault Dweller - in Fallout 3.

Bugs

 * After asking Maxson for extra weaponry, the player can continue to choose the same dialogue option, returning the same response and leading the player to Mathia for more information. However, you cannot enter dialogue with Mathia about it considering the lack of a dialogue box, but this scripting bug is likely to disappear once you inform Maxson of the super mutant threat.

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John Maxson