Simon Barnaky

General Simon Barnaky was the commanding officer of the Eastern Brotherhood of Steel from 2197 until 2198, and he was one of the original rebellious young paladins who disagreed with the Brotherhood's code and he wanted to bring technology to the outside world.

Human life
The general was not a noble knight seeking to bring justice and peace to the wastes – he loathed non-prime humans, including tribals and ghouls, evident in his statements about their apparent impurity. His disdain for these "primates" was apparent in his initial dealings with the Warrior, who was originally a tribal before joining the Eastern Brotherhood of Steel. However, as the Warrior continued to succeed in the most desperate of missions, Barnaky began to genuinely respect and trust the former tribal, though he was none too happy about the Warrior encouraging hairy deathclaws and super mutants to join the Eastern Brotherhood. Regardless, he recognized this could potentially strengthen the Eastern Brotherhood, and didn't dare go against the Midwestern elders' wishes. He had a wife named Maria. The general dedicated his life to her, vowing to cleanse the land of impure mutations and monsters to allow normal humans to thrive.

In 2198, he was taken prisoner by Gammorin's Army forces while commanding Brimstone Squad in St. Louis. The convoy, with the captured general, was intercepted by Calculator's robots and he was taken to Scott City. There, after torture and experimentation, his brain was extracted and put into a robotic suit. The Calculator intended on extracting his knowledge about the Eastern Brotherhood's internal and external workings to help facilitate completion for many of the Calculator's objectives.

Brain bot form
Simon Barnaky, now a humanoid brain bot, with a semi-lobotomized brain and a robotic programming, saw the power of the Calculator as humanity's and his own last chance to bring a new order to the wastes. In his mind, the Calculator offered humanity a world of order and peace, a world free of war, of mutants, and chaos. He, however, was unaware that the Calculator was corrupted and exterminates all life, knowing only that its "pacification protocol" is able to bring death to mutant abominations. He successfully retained a part of his consciousness along with new programming without conflict between them. After that, he became the Calculator's right-hand, a protector and adviser, an enemy and betrayer to his old comrades, whom he now believed to be corrupted by genetic mutation and his former position as a leader of the Eastern Brotherhood of Steel allowed the Calculator army to effectively erase defensive measure of the Eastern Brotherhood. His position into commanding officer of the Eastern Brotherhood of Steel was given by the elders to General Dekker.

While his body and the fact of his brain's absence was discovered in Scott City, the truth about his alliance with the Calculator is revealed only in Vault 0, where the Warrior encounters him guarding the Calculator. Barnaky is very confident in his and his master's goals, believing the Calculator's way to be the best for the wasteland.

Fate
There are three possible ways the general's story could end, depending on how the Warrior chooses to deal with him:
 * He could come back to his senses after the Warrior reminds him of his wife using his locket or his holotape. Now Barnaky becomes scared of his betrayal, his new form and human extermination. After this, the Warrior could put his brain into the Calculator, which then takes on a pro-Prime human mentality and begins to restore mankind to its prior glory at the cost of all mutated beings and mariposa super mutants being hunted down and chased back to the West Coast.
 * He could be finally killed while fighting the Warrior.
 * His fate if the Warrior saved him then decided to sacrifice himself to become one with the Calculator is not known, though it could be assumed he becomes the guardian of the Warrior/Calculator, or is executed by the Eastern Brotherhood of Steel.

Appearances
Simon Barnaky appears only in Fallout Tactics.

Behind the scenes

 * His first name is mentioned only in his holodisk letter to his wife, the text of which is not available in the game itself, but can be found in mission files.
 * General Barnaky is the name of the general whose house is broken into by Bill Murray and Harold Ramis in the film Stripes.
 * General Barnaky is voiced by the ever-popular R. Lee Ermey, who is famous for his numerous roles as military veterans, foremost among them Gunnery Sergeant Hartmann from Full Metal Jacket.