Texas Brotherhood of Steel

The Texas Brotherhood of Steel is a splinter faction of the original Brotherhood of Steel. It controls the areas around Texas.

History
After the death of Maxson, Rhombus, head of the Paladins, became the new High Elder. After the death of the Master, the Brotherhood of Steel helped the other human outposts drive the mutant armies away with minimal loss of life on both sides of the conflict. However, a super mutant faction under the leadership of Attis moved east and attempted to recreate the mutant army in Texas using the Secret Vault. Rhombus, despite some criticism from the other elder council of West coast Brotherhood of Steel, starts a crusade against still existent threat of Super Mutant army, now led by Attis. They traveled to the East to Texas. Here, he discovered a prototype vault which was abandoned and install their main base of operation in this area. Their principal mission is a eradicate the menace of all super mutants. For this reason they create a new icon which featuring dual pistols atop a pair of wings, all in the color red.

Symbol
For your mission, they are create a new icon, which features two dual pistols, topped by a pair of wings, all of a red color. The dual pistols symbolizes their snarling and desire to eradicate the mutants and the wings are the uplifting hope.

Ranks
The Texas BOS has a rank system that differs from the original Brotherhood Ranks. In Texas, the Scribes as rare and and it remains inside the main base. He's taking the place of both Western Scribes and Knights. Texas Knights are just a military rank lower in the hierarchy than Paladins (even lower one being Squire and Initiate).

Ranks:
 * Initiate
 * Squire
 * Knight
 * Paladin
 * Elder

Appearances in games
The Texas Brotherhood appears only in Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel. The name "Texas Brotherhood of Steel" was never used in the game, but were made up by fans to diffrentiate it from the original Brotherhood. It was also going to appear in the canceled Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel 2.