Fallout – Why is the Brotherhood of Steel attacking me

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Going down the independent questline. I killed Caesar when Benny fled to the Fort, and Mr House shortly after returning to New Vegas. Then I started doing Yes Man's quests to meet and greet the tribes and I'm down to the last one, The Brotherhood of Steel. Unfortunately they seem to be attacking me if I fast travel to Hidden Valley with five or six paladins. I've loaded a save before fast travelling to them but now I need to figure out why, and how I can fix it. They like me, because I've complete The Lonesome Road and picked to avert the missile launch entirely. Help?

Note: I've completed ED-E My Love in favor of the Followers at this point and he's in my party, could that be why?

Best Answer

There's no faction impact for doing ED-E's quest line, so that's not your problem.

The problem is hard to pinpoint, since the game's scripts are very complex and there are more than a few bugs. One important note is that if you tend to wear NCR armor, don't, as the Brotherhood is hostile towards NCR.

There's a couple of reasonably surefire ways of getting into the bunker without violence, though:

  • If you can, head to the 188 Trading Post and pick up Veronica who is from the bunker and can be relatively easily convinced to take you there. There's a pretty good chance that she'll be able to get you into the bunker. If you've done (or are in the process of doing) her loyalty quest, though, these paladins might be part of that. If that's the case, murder away!
  • The other option is to get some faction armor for the Brotherhood. There's some at a few locations, like in the ruins outside Nellis Air Force base or REPCONN Headquarters, both of which are part of Still in the Dark

Finally, the quest here is to wipe them out, so if you're strong enough, you just might go ahead and do that. Alternatively, you can just tell Yes Man that you don't care, in which case you'll skip having to deal with them.

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