Their willingness to pull recruits from outside the Brotherhood and adopt new weapons would give them a distinct advantage. and Mojave branches I'd have to go with D.C. As for who would win in a fight between the D.C. Just like knightly orders pretty much died out or were exterminated as the Middle Ages gave way to the Renaissance. As 'civilization' is returning the Brotherhood is increasingly finding itself becoming irrelevant and they're having a hard time adapting. requirements are: have arcade gannons tally. the enclave remnants, in the remnants bunker (near jacobstown) Can offer you power armor training.
Their strict adherence to the mentality that them and them alone should have access to advanced weapons technology from before the war led to the Mojave branch running afoul of the NCR forces in the region and being largely wiped out. In the quest Where you get the remenants power armor and the gannon family tesla armor (power armor) which are the best armor types in the game. They were more in line with the main Brotherhood of Steel organization. Not just reclusive tech scavengers like the Brotherhook Outcasts you could also meet. has become much more liberal in their methodology and has tried to become a protective force for the people of the Wasteland. Under Elder Lyons the long range detachment sent to D.C. branch of the Brotherhood and the small force remaining in the Mojave are simply parts of a larger organization. There is around four years separating Fallout 3 from New Vegas.