Today in the CBO
News and Notes - Reports from around the Commonwealth
by Nat Wright-Kowalski
2 November 2296 – Railroad, Brotherhood Collaboration 'Tinkering' with Success
When Nate Howard led the Boston-area Commonwealth to one of peace and cooperation, there was a four-way treaty signed to divvy up parts of the Commonwealth. As we can see in the Commonwealth Baseball Organization, there are four quadrants of government rule that gets precedent: Northwest – Institute, Northeast – Brotherhood of Steel, Southwest – Railroad, and Southeast – Minutemen. However, those regions have been in default rule rather than hard substance as there are areas of factions within quadrants owned by another.
One example of that would be the Northwest region. Though it is technically operated by the Institute, the Institute Committee mostly stays in their facilities below the C.I.T. Ruins. In fact, the Institute has not begun to repair the C.I.T. despite there being small scatterings of settlers living in and around the pre-War hub for great American minds. Therefore, places like Concord are under Minutemen control, which makes sense since the Institutes Gen-1 and Gen-2 synths are not allowed to hold security positions.
Two other examples and both of which apply are the Railroad-claimed Corvega Assembly Plant, run by Tinker Tom, and the Brotherhood of Steel-claimed ArcJet Systems, with ultimate control falling under Brotherhood leader Elder Arthur Maxson.
Elder Arthur Maxson
The announcement today, well almost announcement, is on the positive side of progress in Commonwealth-area transportation. Though they are not quite ready, both Corvega and ArcJet have claimed technology advances that will make fast transportation throughout the Commonwealth not just a possibility, but a return to pre-War reality.
Corvega Assembly plant was a major carmaker plant in the Lexington area where pre-War citizens were able to have a car made and then purchase one from a display store. We think it must have worked like a Nuka Cola machine where you put your caps in the machine and then a car came tumbling out. People would then drive away and live the happy, smiling lives we see in all of the pre-War Corvega posters and billboards.
Tinker Tom, through a rambling monologue we will only partially quote below because, really, we never understand most of what Tinker Tom is talking about. Giving him a soapbox is necessary only when it is necessary.
In addition to the announcement about the advances at the Corvega Plant, the Brotherhood of Steel has made some progress in technology at the ArcJet Systems facility, two points of progress, in fact. We only have a prepared statement by Elder Maxson, so let us get to that first:
“In cooperation with Corvega and the Railroad organization, I am pleased to announce that our all-terrain tires have passed initial tests and look to be road ready. We have equipped caravan carts with the tires and they have shown a rate of 378% increase in travel time across the devastated roads. In time, we hope to also repair those roads with synthetic cement, but that is not possible in the short term. To summarize, we believe the ATTs are ready for mass production and can be used on Corvega cars when those are ready.
“Additionally, we have also made progress on the mini-nuclear jet engines, showing a steadiness rate of 89%, which is much higher than the 31% of just two years ago. We are told that we need to get that rate up above 99% before we can use them in general production and attach them to cars for faster travel. However, we are encouraged by the results and will field test them more on personal power armor units.”
Both of the ArcJet Systems technological advances will give a boost to Corvega productions, something that looks like it is almost ready for mass production. Tinker Tom’s major announcement is that the Corvega facility has produced its first full car, though it is not yet functional since there is no engine currently installed. The body, however, is ready and Corvega can mass produce cars when the technology to make the cars move is fully in place.
Corvega Model from Assembly Plant
Here is a heavily edited excerpt from Tinker Tom’s press conference. We left in the craziest part for your amusement:
“We have a fully debugged car model . . . equipped with anti-mind control devices. . . . They cannot penetrate our minds and get us to drive into children. . . . I heard of them called the lessers but I don’t know what that means. I just know they are dangerous. . . . controlling our minds and . . ., man. . . . With the help of the Brotherhood. . . . no mind-control there, either. . . . Yes, this matters to the CBO. . . . Hell, I don’t know, however they want. . . . Have to be careful people are not led against their will to Dunwich Borers . . . human sacrifice, man. You want that? That’s what they want! . . . Everybody will want one of our cars . . . making the special Tinker Tom model later but this one here is called a Chryslus Corvega. It was already programmed in the factory system but that is the only car programmed because the Corvega is the type of car not the company. Here is an image of the company logo. . . . Protect your babies and keep them locked in this car. . . . And beware of the lessers at Dunwich. They’re the real devil, man.”
Chryslus logo
We asked Tinker Tom who “they” and the “lessers” were. He only replied, “Scary.” Thank you for your newest conspiracy theory, Tom.
Tinker Tom