

The citizens expressed confusion and frustration. Hollis felt extreme anger at this betrayal. An ex-Minutemen veteran named Clint had revealed himself to Colonel Hollis as the leader of the invading force.

When arriving, Preston was one of the Minutemen who helped the settlers build up more proper defenses for the town. The Minutemen dispersed the Gunner lines and were welcomed by the citizens of Quincy while the Gunners temporarily retreated. Preston joined Hollis on a mission to rescue Quincy, where they found the Gunners besieging the town. Although the majority saw Murphy as a burned-out chem addict, Sturges went behind his fellow citizens to invoke the protection of the Minutemen. In 2287, Sturges, an inhabitant of the influential trading hub at Quincy - requested the aid of the Minutemen after having heard one of Mama Murphy’s visions, which foresaw the town being surrounded and massacred. By 2287, Hollis' company, including Garvey, were one of the last active groups of Minutemen still protecting settlements and answering calls for help put out by the Commonwealth citizens. Things began to change for the worse in 2282, when the Minutemen's General, Joe Becker, was killed in combat, causing the disparate groups within the faction to fall into infighting. He says that he had "a few good years there," fighting for a cause bigger than just himself. He grew to be an avid believer in the Minutemen's ideals of fellowship and justice, feeling like he was truly making a difference. 2 Interactions with the player characterĭuring his childhood, the Minutemen were personal heroes of Preston Garvey, as he observed them to be the "only good guys around." Because of this, Garvey enlisted with a company of Minutemen under Colonel Ezra Hollis at the age of seventeen.
