Phoenix Company

ORIGIN:

   Phoenix Company originated on December 19th, 1941 just a few days after the United States of America declared war on the Imperial forces of Japan. Phoenix Company was merely but a Company of men it was an entire division of men that the United States had kept as a volunteer fighting force. The Company went into any conflict and walked out without a bruise because of their vigorous training from General Patton himself. It was General Patton’s idea to assemble a vast volunteer fighting force and it was also his idea to make them the best. The average soldier knew Phoenix Company to be a single company of 65 men in the Marine Corps but it was more than that. There was a Phoenix Company in the Army, Marines, and even the Navy. The so-called “company” of men fought in most of the major battles during the Second World War such as the battle of Iwo Jima and The battle of the bulge and even D-Day. The men fought long and fought hard throughout the entirety of the Second World War until its end when they weren't needed anymore. The men dispersed back to their states and lived a happy life. It was a tradition for the sons of those who fought in the Company must join the Company to keep it alive. Years after the Second World War China invaded Alaska which made Phoenix Company rearm and get back into the fight for their Third World War. The war ended in 2067 once again in the United States favor.  

    The year is 2077 a few hours before the bombs fell people were evacuated to vaults and it just so happens that 15 out of the hundreds of vaults were dedicated to the veterans of Phoenix Company and their families. That meant that close to 1500 Company veterans were concealed in a vault and protected from total nuclear annihilation. Years elapse by and among the lucky 155 people that made it to vault 730 a vault which was located in the capital wasteland. A man by the name of Jonathan Shepherd whose had a line of family members who served in the company in World War Two was elected as overseer when he was 44. Jonathan heard many stories when growing up in the Pre War United States and the Company that his ancestors fought in. He became a diehard patriot and made it law that everyone in the vault must celebrate the holiday known as a remembrance day to remember what great nation their ancestors lived in.  Jonathan at around age 55, had his son John Shepherd jr who was most likely going to succeed him. Jonathan told John stories that his own grandfather told him when he was growing up and he knew that John would also be as patriotic as he was.

    50 years later, Jonathan passes away at 104 then John begins to lead the vault at age 50. John upholds the virtues of the men who fought in the Phoenix Company and tells his child Christian the same thing that his father told him.  Christian Shepherd at age 19  told the people of the vault that it was time to go, that the outside world was habitable and he claimed it was time for the Phoenix Company to rise up and become the protectors of what was left of the United States. Most of the people thought he had a point so 32 young men and 13 young women went with Christian on an exodus that would change their lives for good.

    A few years later Christian and his men saw the catastrophic outcome of nuclear war when they saw Super Mutants for the first time and they vowed to protect the capital wasteland from the super mutant occupation in the area but later on, in history, it became bigger than that. Phoenix Company allied with the Brotherhood Outcasts and held their HQ at Fort Independence along with their new allies. For a short period of time Talon Company, The Outcasts and Phoenix Company had a coalition force that was capable of wiping out all the raiders and mutants in the capital wasteland. That came to an end when the Brotherhood of Steel came into the mix and fought The outcasts tooth and nail and began killing members of Phoenix Company which began a one month war between the coalition and the Brotherhood. The war ended with the Brotherhood being the winners. The use of Liberty Prime crippled the coalition and everyone went their own ways. Christian had a son and named him Jack Shepherd which was going to succeed Christian as General. Shepherd served as a Major and as a recruitment officer for the company and is the reason why the company is so big today. With the work of Jack, about 1,000 people joined Phoenix Company just in the capital wasteland alone.

    When Jack became 25 his father had died to the common cold. Jack Shepherd took the title as General and began his massive expansion toward his goal, and his goal was to recover the United States. One state at a time. General Shepherd began his march into Massachusetts and helped supply the Minutemen then moved north toward Michigan. Along the way, General Shepherd found a gold mine and that gold mine was the Wurtsmith Airforce Base. It was completely untouched housing around 100 artillery pieces and 20 mobile heavy MG turrets. After his men had some time playing with their new toys he took control of the base and began operations out of there. As his men marched to southern Michigan they came across something huge… they found what was left of the city, Detroit. A city of ruin, hate, and sin. Crawling with raiders camps around it, the people were oppressed by the head honcho... A raider named Spike. That was until Shepherd ordered his men to bring down 5 pieces of repaired artillery. After several days they did. After the artillery was set up it was just 3 hours later until an order was given to shell all the camps. General Shepherd ordered his men to attack the camps and kill whatever was alive then that's when he ordered his men to make their way into the distraught city. Which resulted in a victory for Shepherd and his Company. The city was then renamed “The city of Deliverance” or commonly just called “Deliverance City” which means “Freedom City” or “The city of Freedom”.

As Shepherd and his men move West they come across the Mississippi Guard. A militia founded to protect the Mississippi River from all threats. Phoenix Company took in about 50 of them and trained them as officers then eventually sent them back to their leader Major Monroe. Later down the line the Mississippi Guard became a complete detachment of Phoenix Company

Michigan has since been taken by Phoenix Company and is now used as a manufacturing plant for makeshift artillery and other different weapons for war. Later on down the line Shepherd and his Company came across a bigger threat… The Conglomerate. Now that makes his mission 10 times harder. 5 years later Phoenix Company consisted of close to 10,000 fighters. Which is the current state of the Company today. Shepherd remains in power as the General and is currently fighting the war on several fronts but has personally moved on to the western coast of the United States with a Platoon of men to assist the wasteland there. Phoenix Company comes across multiple different factions such as the NCR and makes defensive pacts with them creating a strong bond. This ends the origin of Phoenix Company… Or does it?

Activities and goals:

    One big goal for the Company to achieve is to unify the people and the factions of the wasteland as one power to fight off the threats of the conglomerate forces. Also, The company’s main goal is to look after the well being of the peoples and the factions of the wasteland while attempting to bring the use of politics back from the dead

Other:

As said above, Phoenix Company is extremely in depth and is definitely the most well-made faction on the server. Phoenix Company has different things such as In-depth ranks, real MOSs, Special Forces, War Bond systems, Retirement plans, Fully worked out a framework, Complete list of different jobs, and more!  If you are interested in joining the Company you must go through a very in-depth training process it begins in this order: You take the Entry Exam and must score an 85 or above to enter, Step 2 is about 30 minutes to 1 hour of basic training, Step 3 is 30 minutes to 1 hour of drills for boot camp then step 4 is the PVP endurance course. Finally, Step 5 is the basic survival course otherwise known as the (BSC). The recruitment process usually lasts about an hour. The longest it can go on is 2 hours but that is rarely seen.

Members:

(Generals)  General Shepherd    Lt General Richards    General Kasinki

(COs)  Maj Howitzer    1LT Westen    2LT Peasant   2LT Saint

(Warrant Officers)  CWO5  Taylor   W04 Michales    WO1  Ryan Rider

(NCOs) SGM Solus    (More to be added)

Tag: Phoenix Co

Status: Alive and active

Recruiting: Actively

Date Created: 10/7/15

Wealth: Very Wealthy

Influence: Phoenix Company has somewhat of a big influence on the other factions within the wasteland with its vast amount of allies and it’s political power among them.  

Goal: To unify the wasteland to rebuild what is left of the United States of America