General C. Braxton

General C. Braxton led the U.S. Army CWD before the Great War.

Background
General Braxton was a high-ranking official involved in the development of military chemical weapon programs. In February of 2075, the general selected Dyer Chemical as part of the Army's Project Clean & Clear, originally framing the military takeover as a suggestion. However, once CEO Stanley Dyer refused the offer, due to the company potentially losing production and capital as a result, the general directly ordered the company to begin its retrofit to comply with the Project, threatening to replace the entire workforce with robots if he had to. Taking this threat seriously, Mr. Dyer adamantly refused, threatening to go to his local Senator. Taking this as an insult, the general insulted Mr. Dyer, framing the hostile takeover as the country asking for help in dire times. Not being fooled, nor moved, Mr. Dyer went to his senator to lay pressure on the general's superiors to back off. This, however, didn't work, as the general had a mole in the companies operation for over a year. This mole reported about the companies illegal dumping of toxic waste and its "accidental spills", threatening to take the information to the press should the company not comply. With no other options, Mr. Dyer acquiesced, and the company retrofitted itself within three months starting mid-February 2075.

In 2077, he struck a bargain with John-Caleb Bradberton. In return for access to LEAP-X Program assets and technical expertise, Bradberton would initiate Project Cobalt and the development of chemical weapons of mass destruction using the Nuka-Cola Corporation's Beverageer Division. Following the construction of a secure laboratory for the Beverageers, testing began in earnest and the first findings were presented to the general, who greenlit weapons development of a strontium-90 sample into the Nuka-Nuke and a special power armor coating.

Appearances
General Braxton is mentioned in the Fallout 4 add-on Nuka-World and Fallout 76.