My love for the Fallout series cannot be expressed in mere words. Perhaps in a lame song, or some lame poetry, or buying lots of Fallout crap – but certainly not words.

In a new developer diary, and a smattering of concept art, Emil Pagliarulo, Lead Designer on Fallout 3, expounds on the technophile Brotherhood Of Steel faction and its place in Fallout 3.

In Fallout 3, the Brotherhood of Steel is one of the most important and influential factions you’ll encounter. And while it’s true they are a military organization, the Brotherhood’s values and command structure are actually more representative of a medieval knightly order. Like the Templars of old, in their own eyes, the members of the Brotherhood of Steel are pure, they are just – they are truly human in a world filled with both physical and moral corruption.

But it is the worship of technology that truly defines and drives them. For a Brotherhood of Steel Paladin, Power Armor is his plate mail, a powered Super Sledge his warhammer. A non-combatant Scribe is more scientist than scholar, utilizing computers as a monk in the Middle Ages would a quill and ink.

There’s also a lot of awesome artwork.

Go Read.