Dust Brigade

A mysterious paramilitary group that is at the heart of many Anarchy Online quests and storylines.

History

The first appearance of the Brigade was on the 7th of October, 29466, when over a thousand Omni-Tek soldiers, their insurance patterns sabotaged so that they could not be regenerated, went to their final death.

The Dust Brigade are by no means supporters of the Clans or Neutrals, either. They wiped out the original Council of Truth, and practically besieged the city of Newland for years.

The Dust Brigade repeatedly meddles in Rubi-Ka politics. Both their simple threats and intimidation against politicians and wholesale slaughter of entire factions have affected RK history in significant ways, perhaps with unintended consequences.

Minor attacks, particularly in the Newland City area, were the only sign of the group for eleven years after their first strike, whereupon evidence surfaced that the Brigade was involved with the ostensible protectors of the city, the OT mercenaries lead by Loren Warr, brother of Ian Warr. This lead to an alliance of previously aligned forces into a coalition to oust the mercenary forces. The alliance proposed the 'Neutral Guard Initiative' that trained and paid for the first 'Newland Militia'.

At about the same time, Henry Radiman was working to unite the Clans interests under the single banner of a reunited Council of Truth. Assertions were made in a concerted series of Omni speeches and news reports that Radiman and the Clans were sympathetic to, supported, had connections with, or were powerless to stop the Dust Brigade (it could not have been all those things). This despite the fact that the Dust Brigade had destroyed the original Council. The campaign of rhetoric and propaganda to promote guilt by association was among the reasons Radiman removed himself from consideration as the Council's leader.

The leader of the New Dawn, pro-peace and the third largest Clan group after the Sentinels and Knights, stepped down after the DB threatened him with perma-death.

Omni-Tek has often given the reason, when occupying areas such as Sabulum, that their forces are protecting the residents from the Dust Brigade. Omni politicians conflate their own portrayal of the Clans as rogue factions and traitors with their reporting of all Dust Brigade attacks as terrorism, as they did with Henry Radiman and the Council of Truth.

Members of the Dust Brigade have the battle cry, "Dust to dust!" The dangerous rogue R-2000 Vermin Disposal Unit also processes this sound file, whether by coincidence or some connection with the Brigade.

Quests and Missions

• A long series of quests is initiated by Peacekeeper Constad, who may be found at the ICC HQ (formerly in the 'Nepal' region of Andromeda at coordinates 3260 x 920).
• Dust Brigade Dig Site: An archaeological site linked to the Dust Brigade in the Perpetual Wastelands. It contains three major encounters, one of which is linked to the
• Dust It Off: a quest that is a part of a rotating series of quests linked to ICC Arbiter Vincenzo Palmiero where the player is asked to defeat a series of Dust Brigade targets.
• Neretva Canyons: a Dust Brigade outpost in the Outzone and associated quest line.
• Ground Chief Vortexx: a high level encounter in the outzone

Associated Tradeskills

• File:274551.gif Infused Dust Brigade Bracer - Parts drop from the Into The Machine encounter
• Engi Gun Updates - Parts for the last steps come from the Into The Machine Encounter
• Dust Brigade Pistol - Parts come from the Into The Machine encounter
• LoX Boards - Base Boards can drop from the Vortexx instance in the central gateway

See Also

• Armor Tradeskills
• Buff Armor
• Dust Brigade Generals
• Dust Brigade Outpost
• Infused Dust Brigade Bracer
• NCU Memory
• Newland City
• Patch 17.10
• Patch 17.5
• Patch 17.7
• Patch 17.8
• Patch 17.9
• Profession Nanodecks
• Raids
• Rubi-Ka Quests section 'Dust Brigade Quest'
• Simon Silverstone
• Timeline of Anarchy Online history
• Solar-Powered Pistol
• Weapon Tradeskills
• Xeavier Humbold

External Links

• Classic AO Guides - Encounter Guides: Dustbrigade outpost at AO Universe
• Classic AO Guides - Encounter Guides: Inside the Machine at AO Universe
• Classic AO Guides - Quests Guides: Dust Brigade / Peacekeeper Constad at AO Universe
• Classic AO Guides - Quests Guides: Dust Brigade / Locating the Threat at AO Universe