Forum:What did Doctor Li mean when she said not to trust the BOS?

One thing that's stuck with me since the last time I played FO3 was Dr.Li's explicit warning to the Lone Wanderer not to trust the Capital Wasteland BOS. It sounds like her and the BOS had some serious history but I don't think any of that history was ever explained. It didn't help that after Dr.Li's warning you had to work for the BOS for most of the game,it would have also made the plot much more interesting to catch the Capital BOS doing something REALLY bad. During Broken Steel she mysteriously splits to go to the commonwealth and you pretty much get to work for the BOS most of the game (who seem to be doing mostly good). It sounds like she has a good reason not to trust them that she's not letting on.

It's because of what happened in the Fallout timeline, in 2257, 20 years before Fallout 3 Catherine gives birth to the Lone Wanderer, and dies, his/her father James, leader of Project Purity, leaves with the child to vault 101, thats when interesting stuff occurs. Without James the project was kaput, meaning it would NEVER WORK WITHOUT HIM, so the BoS that were stationed there felt they no longer needed to protect the site so they left. Thats why Madison distrusts the Brotherhood, a bad past. --Elite Slayer 242 22:55, June 7, 2011 (UTC)

And it also could be becasue the orginal BOS back west are exactly saints