However, when Elijah sidetracked the chapter at HELIOS One, she started having doubts.
Īt first, Veronica was elated to join her foster parent on such an important expedition. He tricked the elders into approving the assignment, concealing the fact from Veronica. When the Council decided to deal with him by promoting him out of the way, assigning him to investigate Hoover Dam in Nevada, he asked her to join him in founding a new chapter.
She believed in what the Brotherhood stood for, or at least the values at the heart of their beliefs. Unwilling to leave the Brotherhood behind, when it was Veronica's turn to make the decision, she chose to remain. She never learned that Christine didn't actually leave the Brotherhood either instead finding new purpose as a member of the Circle of Steel. She never realized the truth: It was Elijah who was responsible for the breakup, using his status to break them apart. Veronica was unable to convince her to stay and could not bring herself to abandon the order. Eventually, Christine's parents prevailed and she left the Brotherhood to put distance between her and her parents. However, their budding relationship was frowned upon by some members Brotherhood, who believed that the limited numbers of the order mean that everyone is obligated to procreate. Īs an adolescent, Veronica fell in love with Christine Royce, another scribe. His years-long bickering with the elder council taught her to question the Brotherhood's direction. His technological genius rubbed off on her in many ways, but perhaps the most important thing he taught her was irreverence for dogma and authority. This drive and natural curiosity led her to choose the career of a scribe within the Brotherhood, turning her from a tinkerer into an engineering prodigy, in no small part thanks to Elijah's guidance. įrom a very young age (before she was even able to speak, according to her), she demonstrated an aptitude for engineering, taking things apart and putting them back together.
Father Elijah took a keen interest in her education, becoming her tutor and eventually a parental figure (or the next best thing Veronica never had a grandfather and Elijah was what she imagined one would be like). Both were killed in the same battle with the New California Republic while she was still a child, and she was brought up by the whole Brotherhood as a result. Her father was a paladin and her mother a scribe. Veronica was born into the Brotherhood, like virtually every member of the organization in the 23rd century.
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