John Maxson

General John Maxson was the grandson of Roger Maxson, the founder of the Brotherhood of Steel. He was born in 2097, twenty years after the Great War, in the Lost Hills bunker. In 2135, at the age of 38, he became a Paladin, showing tremendous promise as a soldier, and some time after that he became the Head Paladin. In 2155, after his father was killed by the Vipers, he became the High Elder of the Brotherhood. When he met the Vault Dweller in 2162, he was 65.

Appearances
John Maxson appears only in Fallout. In the game, he was referred to only as General Maxson, and he was given a first name only in Chris Avellone's Fallout Bible, where all the dates mentioned in this article also come from, although some of it might have appeared already in the original Fallout timeline by Brian Freyermuth. He is mentioned in Fallout 3 along with his ally The Vault Dweller, on a computer console dedicated to the Maxson family located in the Citadel.

Bugs

 * After asking Maxson for extra weaponry, the player can continue to choose the same dialogue option, returning the same response and leading the player to Mathia for more information. However, you cannot enter dialogue with Mathia about it considering the lack of a dialogue box, but this scripting bug is likely to disappear once you inform Maxson of the super mutant threat.

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John Maxson