The discovery earned Paladin Owyn Lyons a battlefield promotion to Elder, and a new directive from his superiors – to establish a new, permanent Brotherhood base in the Capital Wasteland and continue the search for any other advanced technology hidden in the capital's ruins. They also secured the mighty Liberty Prime - a technological marvel that, if finished, could help the Brotherhood rebuild a strength and reputation that had been declining steadily for years. However, upon closer inspection, they discovered its sub-levels mostly intact, with enough pre- War technology and weaponry to keep Brotherhood forces going. When the contingent under Paladin Owyn Lyons reached the Pentagon, they discovered it largely destroyed. It was not until 2255 that it earned a second lease on life, when the Elder council of the Brotherhood of Steel decided to send a contingent of soldiers to the East Coast, to recover any and all advanced technology from Washington, D.C. However, the nuclear war and the destruction of America cut the project short and the damaged building was eventually abandoned. In the years leading up to the Great War, the Pentagon was adapted as a location for one of the most secret military research projects, a joint venture between General Atomics and RobCo aiming to create Liberty Prime, the ultimate American war machine. The Mall Entrance and The River Entrance feature a portico, with the latter leading out to a long terrace once used for ceremonies. It also has five façades, counting clockwise from the north one : the Mall Terrace Entrance, the River Terrace Entrance façade, the Concourse Entrance (or Metro Station) façade, the South Parking Entrance façade, and the Heliport façade. The massive, four story high concrete building has five concentric rings, designated from the center out as "A" through "E" (with "F" and "G" in the basement).
Although the original pentagonal shape was dictated by the planned Arlington Farms location, it was retained at President Roosevelt's request.
The building was constructed at the site formerly occupied by the notoriously unsafe Hoover-Washington Airfield. As headquarters of the Department of Defense, it was the symbol of the American military. Opened in 1943, after two years of construction, the Pentagon was the nexus of the American military for the next 134 years, until the Great War of 2077 destroyed the United States.
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