Community:Fanfiction/The Galvanized

Camilla Ruringuri is a fanfiction character written by RurinGas. Her backstory was originally written in March 2021, and revised in January 2023.

Background
Camilla Ruringuri was a 28 year old scribe born to Tomoyo and Jacob Ruringuri in the Mojave Chapter of the Brotherhood of Steel. Living the fairly standard life of a Brotherhood Squire and later Scribe, Camilla quickly showed that her unique insights into recovered technology were insightful, earning her respect among her fellow scribes.

Forged in Fire
It was in 2276, while she was 17, that she ended her tenure with the Brotherhood of Steel. Camilla was present during Operation: Sunburst, one of the most deadly encounters in recent Brotherhood history. Working alongside Elijah and other scribes to try and make ARCHIMEDES II fully operational, Camilla was given the unenviable task of attempting to track down a broken cable, meaning she had to leave the safety of HELIOS's observation level and walk across the open battlefield. It was while she was performing this task that the NCR breached the building. Camilla was able to repair the cable deep within the facility, but was unable to return to Elijah. As the bullets of NCR troopers began to whistle past her face, one missed shot caused a section of HELIOS’s walls to fall onto her, scarring the left side of her face and trapping her left arm beneath the rubble. She attempted to move the concrete chunk but failed, and as NCR forces were fast approaching, she had to act. Camilla was able to escape, but at great cost.

As the battle at HELIOS died down, Camilla saw the other members of the Brotherhood of Steel retreating over the horizon. She would have been frozen in shock if not for the swathe of NCR soldiers that were inevitably right behind her. Taking refuge in the Brotherhood Bunker near Hoover Dam, Camilla cursed the Brotherhood's poor defence of HELIOS, attributing their retreat to be born out of cowardice and a lack of trust in their Elder. Purchasing some medical equipment from the Followers, Camilla tended to her wounds, especially her arm, which was shattered beyond any medical assistance one could receive in the Mojave. After taking the time to craft a prosthetic out of spare power armor hydraulics stored inside the safehouse, she left the bunker permanently and began her search for Elder Elijah, who in her eyes was the only other member of the Brotherhood that wasn't guilty of desertion; who unbeknownst to her would later occupy that same bunker several years later.

Forged in Ruin
Failing to find Elder Elijah, and after encountering multiple assassins sent from Lost Hills also searching for him, Camilla had to come to the painful conclusion that the Brotherhood had turned on her and her elder. She instead elected to fly under a different flag, concluding that attempting to relocate her elder would only further endanger his life. Camilla founded "The Galvanized", banding together outcasts and cut-offs from the Brotherhood proper, fashioned after the beliefs of Elder Elijah instead of Roger Maxson, believing that a wasteland free of ignorance and politics would be ideal, and that wiping the slate clean was the key to that goal. A goal that would, eventually, lead the Galvanized to a veritable goldmine in the ruins of old Detroit.

The might of Chryslus Motors was on full display, and the Galvanized were able to pick the ruins of innumerable abandoned motor factories in order to devise a home for themselves. Camilla recognised that a major flaw of the Brotherhood was their lack of mobility, most Chapters secluded themselves in bunkers and seldom left, which was only exacerbated once the NCR-Brotherhood War began. Utilising the resources in Detroit, the Galvanised were able to create a convoy of Nuclear-powered armored cars and trucks which they dubbed “The Vulcan”. A perpetually moving base that could easily reach even the most remote area of the wasteland in a matter of hours, and leave just as quick; with the added advantage of being a moving target for anyone who wished to attack them.

Forged in Conflict
By 2287, The Galvanized were seen in some regions of the wasteland as ghostlike. Those that knew of the group assumed they were just a rumour made up to scare prospectors away from prime salvage, and those that the Galvanised had met personally didn’t tend to talk about their experiences. Camilla had created a prosperous group of thinkers and warriors, and it was only a matter of time before they came into conflict with the Brotherhood itself...