People inside the military base had mixed reactions to Kevin's mass broadcast. Those bandits who had been with Captain Giles the longest had complete faith in their leader. Even the mercenaries who had joined later were ready to confront the cyborg.
Strangely enough, even most of the civilians they had kidnapped from the wasteland were unwilling to lay down their arms. After spending over four months with their captors, they had started thinking of this place as their new home, and the Raiders as their family.
Most of these were young boys, barely over eighteen. Captain Giles had brainwashed them by telling them stories about the mechanical monstrosities beyond the wasteland, and how this was the only way to protect humanity.
