Machine Frequency

Synopsis

The adventure begins when the players encounter Scribe Galen Portno, an elderly member of the Brotherhood of Steel. Galen operates Listening Point Echo, and recently received a distress signal from a squad of Brotherhood Knights. The knights’ Vertibird went down in hostile wilderness following an EMP attack launched by Trestridge’s patrolling robots. Galen is not healthy enough to launch a recovery on his own, so he turns to the characters to locate – and hopefully recover – any survivors of the crash. Over the course of Part One, the players will have the opportunity to:

• Get involved in a rescue mission and recover any survivors.
• Battle a force of armed military robots.
• Learn about Scribe Galen and his history.
• Learn about the strange spate of raids and disap- pearances in the region.

Getting Involved

The scenario assumes that the players are traveling the Wasteland, perhaps moving between two settlements, but there are other ways to get them involved in the story.

• Players that are already affiliated with the Brotherhood of Steel and could be headed to Listening Post Echo to check on the solitary scribe there as part of a regular patrol.
• Non-BoS players could have picked up one of Galen’s broadcasts requesting support from the Brotherhood of Steel and choose to investigate.
• Groups wandering the Wasteland might have witnessed the Vertibird as it was attacked and went down, and are headed toward it to investigate the wreckage and salvage supplies.