Mod:Fallout: The Frontier/First Brigade

The First Brigade is a disbanded elite unite of NCR exile soldiers that were responsible for the Bright Town Massacre.

Background
The First Brigade was an elite squad of soldiers, like the Wolfpack, under the command of Elias Blackthorn. The squad was made up of five members: Joseph Drag (the sniper), Jackson "Death" Bannon (Joseph's spotter), Elliot Alderson (the tech specialist), Kurtz (the heavy), and Parker Mace (the squad leader).

It's unknown when the First Brigade was officially formed, though it likely predates the exiles' desertion of the NCR. Jackson details that before the First Brigade was disbanded, they had more than 400 confirmed kills of both Legionaries and Brotherhood, meaning they likely participated in the NCR-Brotherhood war.

The First Brigade is most well known as the group responsible for the massacre of citizens in Bright Town due to a combination of poor leadership and drug use by Parker and scheming by Callidus Praceo in the Legion-occupied town. After the massacre, the unit fell into disgrace. Jackson states that Kurtz took his own life immediately after returning to Camp Phoenix. Parker was charged and detained by exile soldiers, but is missing by the time the player arrives in the Frontier. Eliot was placed on psychiatric leave for PTSD. Joseph vanished from Camp Phoenix after the disappearance of his sister, eventually becoming "The Hanged Man" after being hanged in the gallows. Jackson is the only living member to remain at Camp Phoenix, the massacre at Bright Town and the tragedy of his squadmates earning him the nickname "Death."

Related Quests

 * The Hanged Man
 * Dreaming of Bright Town
 * Home Sweet Home
 * Sometimes the Stars