Pitt raider

s are a group of Raiders who live in The Pitt, encountered in the Fallout 3 DLC The Pitt.

History
After the Capital Wasteland Brotherhood of Steel led by Owyn Lyons purged most of The Pitt in the Scourge twenty years before the events of Fallout 3, the remaining inhabitants were united by Ishmael Ashur. As a former member of the Brotherhood of Steel he had participated in the assault and had been left behind in The Mill after he was presumed dead within The Mill.

Scavengers trying to steal his armor pulled him out of the rubble and Ashur impressed them to a degree that some even considered him a god. Touched by the tenacious locals and realizing the potential of the only operational steel mill the Brotherhood had ever run into, he founded the city by bringing together the scavengers in the area and recruiting everyone in the area. Ashur killed some of the old Raider leaders and made the rest follow him, founding the Pitt Raiders as they are at the time of Fallout 3.

Named members
Many of the Pitt Raiders have names and can be talked to, sometimes for items, although such a case is rare. Most encounters involving dialogue are found in Uptown, once you have completed The Hole, when the Raiders become friendlier towards you than previously.

Unnamed members
The first time Pitt Raiders of the generic variant are encountered is in the Capital Wasteland when answering Werhner's radio signal. In The Pitt itself they are guarding every area except for the Steelyard. Pitt Raiders are stronger than normal Raiders, and are therefore more of a threat.

Equipment
Most Pitt Raiders carry standard weapons, such as Combat Shotguns, Assault Rifles and Hunting Rifles. However, there are several Raiders in Uptown with Sniper Rifles and the gate guards carry Infiltrators. For defense, they wear Raider Commando Armor, Raider Iconoclast Armor, Raider Ordinance Armor, Raider Paingiver Armor and Raider Throwdown Armor occasionally combined with Supervisor Helmets or standard Raider helmets from the Capital Wasteland.