If they are particularly talented in combat, they may be invited to transfer to the paladin caste. Senior knights are veteran knights promoted to this rank in recognition of their skills and experience. The East Coast chapter also uses this rank. A roughly equivalent rank is called knight commander. The rogue Midwest chapter does not have a head knight, having unified the knight and paladin castes into one. As part of the Brotherhood command, he is required to convene with the head paladin, head scribe and the elder council regularly. The leader of the knight caste and its principal commander, responsible for managing lower ranking knights, assigning duties and providing high level command. In the hierarchy of rogue chapters such as in the East Coast Brotherhood of Steel and the Midwest, knights are strictly combat personnel, with their non-combat duties folded under the scribes' supervision. They are competent fighters and excel in applied sciences, a complicated term for manufacturing weapons, ammunition and maintaining the ever-expanding stock of combat technology in the Brotherhood's bunkers.Īfter years of service and experience (or showing exceptional talent in combat), the best Knights are promoted to paladins, the pinnacle of the Brotherhood military.
Knights are members of the Brotherhood that completed training necessary to serve as technicians, engineers and soldiers if the need arises.
