The Prydwen

The Prydwen is a modified and heavily armored Brotherhood of Steel airship that flies throughout the skies of the Commonwealth and Boston.

Background
The Prydwen was constructed at Adams Air Force Base over a period of eight years, taking an initial four years to collect the materials necessary to build the airship, and another four to actually construct it. The airship is stated by Lancer Captain Kells to weigh in at 40,000 tonnes. Its nuclear core was evidently taken from Rivet City, as its previous core was not sufficient to power all of the systems efficiently.

The airship is filled with hydrogen, as stated during the quest Airship Down. 4 pylons attached to the ship's flight deck carry a single jet engine each, being responsible for controlling the Prydwen's altitude and help to keep the ship aloft. There are 4 docking hooks for Brotherhood modified VB-02 Vertibird gunships attached to the airship's hull, Vertibirds being accessible via the flight deck.

Layout
3 Floors: On the Main Deck you can find a Medical Bay, Bar, Power Armor station and crafting equipment, a shop (at the end of the corridor). There are also stairs that lead up to the living quarters.
 * 1) Lower Catwalk (to Vertibirds).
 * 2) Command Centre
 * 3) Main Deck

Inhabitants
The Prydwen's crew includes:
 * Elder Maxson
 * Captain Kells
 * Proctor Ingram
 * Proctor Teagan
 * Proctor Quinlan
 * Madison Li
 * Senior Scribe Neriah

Notable loot

 * T-60 power armor
 * Fusion core
 * Long range laser rifle
 * Gauss rifle
 * Fat Man + few mini nukes
 * X-01 power armor helmet
 * Knight-Captain Cade's report
 * Nuka Cola Quantum, Prydwen main deck, lower catwalk

Appearances
The Prydwen appears only in Fallout 4. It will show up right after the main quest Reunions is finished, flying in over the western mountain range of the map and making its way across the Commonwealth, until it finally anchors above the Boston Airport. After this, the Sole Survivor can visit it during the Brotherhood of Steel quest Shadow of Steel offered by Paladin Danse.

Behind the scenes

 * Prydwen (Middle Welsh- "handsome") is the name of King Arthur's ship in the native Welsh literature concerning the legendary character. Arthur and his men board it to sail to the Otherworldly fortress of Annwfn in the somewhat cryptic poem Preiddeu Annwfn, as well as when they sail to and from Ireland in the prose text Culhwch ac Olwen, in an attempt to gain a magical cauldron. It is not explicitly named in any other native Arthurian tale or poem, and in the Anglo-Norman literature that drew from it Arthur does not appear to have a comparable vessel.
 * It is pronounced by multiple characters different ways. Military Frequency AF95 broadcasts pronouce it Preed-win whereas Paladin Danse pronounces it Prid-win (It's actually pronouced Preed-when in real life).

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