Editing Brotherhood of Steel (section)

== Structure and Ranks ==

The Eastern division implemented a heavily modified hierarchy derived from Lyons' Brotherhood of Steel altered ranking system, <s>adapting it to the challenges of the wasteland</s> realizing that it was kinda dumb to have everyone on the frontlines share a rank, and that the Knights and Scribes just did the same job anyway.

'''Scribes''' are the brains to the Brotherhood's brawn. They are responsible for the development and research of all Brotherhood technology, as well as the maintenance of advanced systems, weapons and armor and any other technical requirements. If it involves a computer or any sort of Science, it's probably a Scribe's job. 

'''Squires''' are children who are too young to train as Initiates but are allowed to serve the various needs of full-fledged members of the Brotherhood. In exchange, they are taught basic concepts such as military structure, combat readiness, and loyalty that will help them when they are old enough to become Initiates. Squires sometimes accompany exemplary Knights on missions, at the behest of Lancer Captain Kells, to experience combat firsthand but only as an observer.

'''Initiates''' are Brotherhood-born members and sponsored outsiders who are training to become Knights, Scribes or Lancers.

'''Aspirant''' is a rank used to denote someone training under a superior officer such as a Paladin or Knight-Commander in order to be promoted to a full-fledged knight. They are a step above Initiates.

'''Lancers''' are the backbone of the Brotherhoods newly formed airforce. Without them, the Brotherhood would be unable to operate their vast fleets of Vertibirds.

'''Knights''' are fully-fledged members who have served time in the Brotherhood. In the West, Knights are the equivalent of [[Chapter serfs]], or physical engineers. While Scribes do clerical, sciencey, and tech-work, Knights handle equipment and equipment-related missions; they make sure all their mechanical machinery works, and in times of great need, will accompany Paladins on missions to retrieve tech. 
**In the East, Knights are soldiers who haven't yet been promoted to Paladin. Knights aren't equipped with Power Armor in FO1 and FO2 (West Coast) because they were non-combatants, but because the Lyon's Brotherhood found an entire army's worth of outdated, first-gen power armor (T45-d), they were able to equip everyone on the frontlines with them. For some reason, in FO4, most guys don't have Power Armor anymore, and you'll encounter even Paladin level troops fighting in Guardsman-tier Combat Armor. 

'''Paladins''' are the Brotherhood's elite, seasoned veterans that are often high ranking field commanders or used in elite strike teams. All Paladins are ''supposed'' to always be equipped in Power Armor, except in FO4 where the canon is ignored.

'''Sentinel''' is a rare rank, only given to the Brotherhood's best and most distinguished soldiers. The last known Sentinel was Sarah Lyons, daughter of Elder Owyn Lyons; she was the highest-ranking field commander under Elder Lyons and commanded the Lyon's Pride, a single squad of the chapter's best soldiers. It is unknown if the Pride still operates as of 2287.