Chapter 129: A Minute to Win it.
Fuller's group followed Maurice to his office where he gestured for them to grab whatever seating they could which when one of the people with you was an oversized Claw boy was easier said than done.
So while Ven settled himself on the floor next to a couch where the remainder of the team settled themselves, Fuller planted himself down on an armchair directly before the officer's desk.
"Alright, so what's this proposal about an alliance then?" Maurice asked gesturing to Fuller.
"Well as I said we represent two groups here today, both the Railroad and the Free Peoples of the Wastes, we have already joined forces and our group has been making major strides in the area lately in an attempt to unite all the major players and powers in the region together in the hope of creating a much more stable and better region for all to live in, both human and non-human alike," Fuller said gesturing to himself and then Ven to emphasise that last point.
"Wait so your lot is the group that stopped that war going on between the Brotherhood and those bird people up in the north?" Maurice asked and Fuller raised an eyebrow in surprise which made the captain smile.
"You are not the only ones with sources my good fellow," Maurice said with a grin and Fuller nodded.
"Yeah I'm guessing it would probably be within your area of interest to keep an eye on the Brotherhood and who they are trading bullets with," Fuller said causing Maurice to nod.
"Indeed but it also came to our attention that the fighting seemed to abruptly stop and I've been getting some very confusing reports flying over my desk about a Brotherhood squad being seen in some very unlikely company, namely a load of super mutants as well as a few others, I thought it was some kind of joke until all of you walked through my door," Maurice said gesturing to them.
"Ahh sounds like your guys spotted Raymond's group, they were tasked by our leader Seven to head north and to investigate the conflict that was occurring between an Avian group we now know to be called the Valkyries and the Brotherhood while also seeing if they could possibly broker a truce or peace between the two, well he was successful and he also stumbled across a group of intelligent Supermutants along the way that he was already familiar with who call themselves the Ronin and work as mercenaries but not the bash in your door because someone paid them to type, more the remove a group of Raiders from the area because the local farmers banded together and paid them to type but who now works for us," Ven explained.
"Is this Raymond a human or....?" Maurice began but Ven shook his head.
"Nope he's an intelligent supermutant, you'll find we have an incredibly diverse group and network to call on Captain, everything from humans to Claws, to super mutants, hell even an Archnakai and before you ask think giant fluffy jumping spider crossed with a human who is an absolute sweetheart unless you piss him off or threaten his friends and loved ones, then he'll throw you arise out of a couple of thousand-foot high rise without even batting one of his eight eyelids, just ask some of the mutants we met downtown who thought he was a softy because of the way he looks, but also he does knit a mean ass tail warmer," Ven said with a fang-filled grin at the stunned Captin.
Before the captain could say anything Fuler jumped in to quickly get back on the sales track here.
"So you see Cpatin what we're offering here isn't just access to our resources but those of the other groups we are allied with, we've signed a non-aggression and mutual aid pact with both those aforementioned Valkries and the Brotherhood as well as now the Railroad that stipulates that we will all help one another out should the need arise and given the mounting threat of Enclave incursions in the region that day is fast approaching when I get the feeling we are going to need to stand shoulder to shoulder with those groups to ensure this region remains free when that day comes I very much doubt you and your settlements want to be out there on your own facing down the Enclave troops alone when you could have a squad of Brotherhood shock troops, or Supermutant mercenaries, or a Valkyrie ariel strike squad or even a Claw berserker group at your back now do you?" Fuller said.
"Or even a squad of Railroad heavies who specialise in hit and run tactics appearing out of thin air to hit your enemies from their flanks only to vanish back into the mists before they have time to think let alone retaliate," Glory said causing Fuller to point to her and nod.
"My point is Captin there are a lot more of us than meets the eye and we are a lot stronger than we look and together we'd been even stronger again, think of it, the whole point of the Minutemen is that if an innocent settlement calls for aid you guys come, now wouldn't it be even better if when that settlement called for aid not only you showed up but us as well?" Fuller said.
Maurice seemed to be giving real thought to this as his furrowed brow signalled as he looked over all of them.
"So what would this aid cost us?' he asked and Fuller smiled.
"Not a single cap really Captin, all we ask is that you join the alliance as an equal partner, what applies to us and them will apply to you as well, that way an attack on one becomes an attack on all, a mutual non-aggression pact with the aim of aiding each other, so if one calls the others to come, we all fight together side by side for the betterment of Boston," Fuller said.
"Well this certainly is a tempting offer I must say Fuller, but I will obviously need to send this up the chain as I can't give you a definitive yes or no unfortunately, but having seen how willing you guys are to help already I'd like to explore the potential for an alliance further, so if you'd be willing to accompany me to the Fort I can say I will definitely put in a good word with our commanders for you if you can like you say get representatives of those other groups to attend the meeting, it would certainly go a long way to add credence to your claims," Maurice said and Fuller nodded in agreement.
"Of course Captin, I'm sure they'd be thrilled to meet with your commanders and once we've delivered this component to our people I will put your proposal to our commander so that we can get a message to the others so that we can get this meeting underway," Fuller said standing up and offering Maurice his hand who stood up and took it, shaking it happily.
"Well then I will await your return and hopefully a step forward, it will be certainly nice to know that we are not alone standing off against the threats this region faces any more," he said and Fuller nodded.
"Yeah trust me that's a sentiment pretty much every group has expressed," he said and with that, all of them trooped back downstairs before saying some final goodbyes and heading back into the city once more.
"Think Wisp and Desdemona will go for it?" Fuller asked and Ven nodded.
