Old Brooks

Old Brooks is an elderly Detroit local and is a prisoner of Western Wayne Correctional Facility. Brooks dies during the prison escape.

Background
Brooks was born in 2213, during the age of the Raider Gang Wars that plagued Detroit. In those years, he lived a mostly solitary life along the riverfront. When Eastern Market was reestablished, he bartered goods he scavenged from Zug Island. There he met and fell in love with another scavenger. The two married and eventually retired to a quiet, comfortable life on the river. Brooks' wife died in 2281,a year before the Midwestern Brotherhood arrived in the Motor City Wasteland.

As the Midwestern Brotherhood's influence grew, they began assimilating more and more territory, usually unoccupied territory though. However once the Inquisition had been called, the Inquisitors seized territory deemed necessary to seal up the city. Brooks' home was part of this seized territory but he refused to go. He was over 70 years old and would die in his own bed in his own home. When the Inquisitors came, he tried his best to fight them off but the old man was no match for the soldiers. High Inquisitor Crane used this as an opportunity to lock Brooks up at Western Wayne Correctional. For his CODE Conditioning test subjects, Crane often preyed on the outcasts of society. Those with no family, those who would not be missed.

The Prisoner encounters Old Brooks at Western Wayne Correctional; Brooks is one of the prisoners who assist in the Prisoner's escape. During the escape, Brooks is killed by EB-209, a prototype military droid.

Behind the Scenes

 * Brooks is a reference to the character of the same name in Stephen King's Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption.