» Fri Jan 14, 2011 3:09 am
Elijah and Veronica came from California to the Mojave together. Elijah led the team of BoS members that went towards Hoover Dam. There was no 'Mojave Chapter' before Elijah arrived there. He took a group of Brotherhood members towards the Mojave to occupy Hoover Dam. The other Elders allowed him to take Veronica with him, as Veronica specifically mentioned him clearing it with them somehow.
They stopped at Helios One along the way because Elijah wanted to examine it. Then they got word the NCR occupied the Dam, which made Elijah furious, calling it 'children playing with a bomb'. Eventually the NCR arrived at Helios One as well and slaughtered most of the Brotherhood there and then. McNamara stepped up and led a surviving group of members including Veronica into the desert, towards Hidden Valley. There they settled at their bunker and installed the lockdown.
The contradiction is indeed that Veronica says Christine left the Brotherhood back in California, while Christine is mad at Elijah for seperating her and her lover. It could be, however, that Christine decided to return to the Brotherhood after leaving them, only to find Veronica was already taken to be Mojave by Elijah.