Brotherhood of Steel

Overview
The Southern Chapter of the Brotherhood of Steel was founded by the progressionist Elder Maximillian Hohenfel. Their headquarters is the former National Guard Bureau in Yuma, Arizona. It is a multi-floored government complex that was once the headquarters for the U.S National Guard prior to the Great War. It was located and occupied by Lost Hills forces in 2249 when old archives revealed the pass-codes to the mysterious entrance algorithm that once kept the base so impressively secret. This detachment was led by a recently promoted Elder Hohenfel, Head Paladin Benjamin Arkos and Knight Captain Antheia Soranis, of whom utilised the two years of military supplies kept within to form a brilliant star of hope and progress for the organization.

As of 2281, the Southern division is under the independent command of Elder Maximillian Hohenfel "The Bold", once a respected authority and war hero of Lost Hills, now he is the supreme commander of the Southern Brotherhood of Steel. He rules among a council of five Elders, primarily comprised of Lost Hills veterans. As the Brotherhood's position in the West declined, the Sonoran chapter grew and changed, their policies of acceptance and altruism questioned and punished by their progenitors. They chose to cease direct servitude in 2281, with the agenda of growth and a renewal of High Elder Roger Maxson's vision for the future, as the primary reasoning behind their independence.

Due to strong relations between the seceded Elder Council of the Southern Brotherhood and Lost Hills, they were spared the wrath and formal declaration of betrayal from the High Elder. Instead, the subject of their disregard towards the High Elder's whims has earned them a place in the minds of the Western Brotherhood as a derelict, outcast Chapter where the strange and unseemly are sent. Their numbers swelled, enabling them to project their power and influence from Arizona to New Mexico and even towards Nevada, where they communicate with the Hidden Valley Brotherhood and maintain friendly relations.

Though the Sonoran Chapter no longer receives military aid from Lost Hills, they have managed to maintain friendly relations with most every sect of the Brotherhood save for the far-away Eastern sect, of which remains out of communications range due to distance and hostile faction presence between the two locales, and the traitorous Washington Brotherhood.