Captain Maxson's diary

Captain Maxson's Diary is a journal written by Roger Maxson, the founder of the Brotherhood of Steel. It can be found in Fallout and Fallout 3.

Fallout

 * Downloaded from the Mariposa Military Base vats control computer.

Fallout 3

 * Found on the Maxson Archive Terminal at the Citadel.

Behind the scenes

 * The PIPBOY.MSG file contains two versions of this holodisk: Captain Maxson's Diary, which is the one used in the actual game, and the Military Base Disk.Typographic errors present in the version used in Fallout suggest that the draft was used, rather than the proofread holodisk. The differences are as follows:
 * "with all the chaos it brings" instead of "with all the chaos that entails"
 * "He said his orders came from the government" instead of "He said his orders came from the Gov't."
 * "Jefferson Davis, eat your heart out." instead of "They remember Jefferson Davis. What will history say about me?"
 * "A-bombs" instead of "A-Bombs"
 * "oversight" and "seceded" instead of "oversite" and "seceeded"
 * The phrasing of "I can't believe those bastards finally did it. Damn them all to Hell." may be a reference to the ending of Planet of the Apes.