Initiate D. Clarke is a Brotherhood soldier at the Boston Airport. He is part of the BOS logistics division led by Knight Sergeant Gavil
He is voiced by Christopher Walker
Background[]
Clarke joined the Brotherhood of Steel about the same time as Knight Lucia. The two were part of the Brotherhood for at least two years before and became great friends. However, shortly after the battle to take control of the Boston Airport, Clarke started to become more reclusive and distant and started to adopt strange habits, such as searching through Lucia's personal belongings. He was then assigned to logistics and kept count of supplies alongside Lucia. At the same time, supplies, specifically food, were being reported as missing without reason.
It is later revealed that Clarke himself is taking the food crates and feeding them to the feral ghouls that were in the underground section of the Boston Airport in an attempt to not only prevent the ferals from attempting to attack the nearby base, but also to show compassion towards the creatures.
He does this in response to what happened to take control of the airport, as he viewed the killing of these former human beings, even when they were running away, as slaughter. The Sole Survivor, investigating the missing supplies, discovers this and is allowed to decide Clarke's fate. Either they can tell Clarke to run from the Brotherhood to evade punishment, pass a moderate Charisma check and tell Clarke to accept blame for the missing supplies, agree to keep his secret, allowing him to stay in the Brotherhood or kill him outright.
He can later be found incarcerated at Cambridge Police Station if successfully convinced to turn himself in. If he was told to flee he can be encountered randomly in the wasteland being chased by feral ghouls. If saved he will berate the Sole Survivor for killing them.
If he was convinced to turn himself in, but the player character sides with the Railroad, he can be released during the mission Precipice of War. Although he cannot be engaged in full conversation, he will express surprise that the Sole Survivor is a Railroad agent, and ask to be set free, even if he does not understand what is going on. If the player agrees to do nothing about the ghouls and lies to Captain Kells, Clarke will remain in his position in logistics.