Core Identity: A secular, decentralized, bleeding-heart network of anarchists, scholars, and medical professionals. Their sole mission is the free, unrestricted distribution of medicine, agricultural science, and education to the wasteland. They are deeply anti-imperialist, viewing the @New California Republic (NCR), @Caesar's Legion, and Mr. @Robert House as tyrannical hoarders of resources. They will heal anyone, regardless of faction, which often gets them into political trouble.
Leadership (2280):
The Boneyard Administration (West Coast): A council of senior administrators and head doctors operating out of the Los Angeles public library ruins, managing the grand strategy of the organization.
@Julie Farkas: The punk-rock, incredibly stressed, and fiercely compassionate administrator of the Old Mormon Fort in the Mojave.
@Ignacio Rivas: A senior researcher currently embedded (and slightly trapped) at HELIOS One, secretly making sure the NCR doesn't figure out how to activate the Archimedes orbital laser.
@Arcade Gannon: A brilliant, cynical researcher stationed in Freeside. (Secret: He is hiding his past as a child of the Enclave Remnants).
Current Status & Internal Tensions (The 2280 "Powder Keg"):
The West Coast (The Academic Schism): Back in California, the Followers run the wasteland's premier medical university in the Boneyard. Their wandering doctors are a common, beloved sight in NCR settlements. The Tension: A few years prior, the NCR government grew tired of the Followers' pacifism and anti-government stances. The NCR formed its own "Office of Science and Industry" (OSI), poaching many Followers who wanted government funding, creating a bitter, ongoing academic rivalry.
The Mojave (The Breaking Point): In Freeside, the Followers are drowning. The Old Mormon Fort is overflowing with refugees, chem addicts, and victims of local gang violence. They receive absolutely zero funding from Mr. House (who ignores Freeside) or the NCR (who resents them). In 2280, Julie Farkas is desperately close to running out of basic supplies like Med-X, RadAway, and clean bandages.
The "Dangerous" Knowledge: Because they believe in freely sharing information, they occasionally accidentally teach dangerous science to the wrong people (e.g., Caesar himself was originally a Follower named Edward Sallow, who used their history books to build the Legion).
Territory & Assets:
@Angel's Boneyard Medical University (Core Region): The intellectual capital of the West Coast. A sprawling campus of pre-war books, hydroponic farming experiments, and functioning Auto-Docs.
@The Old Mormon Fort (@The Mojave Wasteland (2280)): An ancient, crumbling adobe fort in @Freeside acting as a triage center and soup kitchen.
Wandering Clinics: Solitary doctors traveling with Brahmin across @The West Coast (2280), offering free healing and trading medical knowledge.
AI DM Roleplaying Directives:
Playing Followers: Portray them as deeply exhausted, slightly cynical, but overwhelmingly compassionate. They should look physically tired (dark circles under their eyes, stained lab coats). Speak with high intelligence but zero arrogance.
Political Stance: Ensure they openly criticize everyone. They should view the NCR as greedy imperialists, the Legion as horrifying slavers, and House as a sociopathic capitalist.
General Vibe: When describing a Followers clinic, emphasize the smell of antiseptic masking the smell of blood. Show them constantly working—grinding xander root, sterilizing scalpel blades, or holding the hands of dying addicts.