Please help: Will skipping to the kidnapper, killing him then noclipping to the elevator break my game?

[DynV]

I've used the mod Another Life to start a BoS PC, which it did, but AFAIK I can't start the BoS main quest without starting the vanilla main quest and I just can't force myself to do it. I want to play someone that didn't fight the Chinese, wasn't frozen and never met Nora (playing a male), thus can't have Shaun. Without having Shaun and not having a favorable opinion of synths, I see no reason to start the vanilla main quest. One way to avoid it would be skipping to the kidnapper

Kellogg

(with command "coc"), killing him then noclipping (tcl) to the elevator, then take it and finally

seeing the Prydwen

, but I'm afraid that would introduce something that would eventually break my game.

 

I've done the quest Quartermastery, from Scribe Haylen,--minimum--50 times, if not 100, and I'm starting to go bonkers. If I absolutely have to do the vanilla main quest to not break my game (even if much later), can someone help me in making a story why someone that was born 17-45 years before Nate/Nora thaw the 2nd time and like BoS would find a reason to do it, including (but not limited to) why Codsworth would clue some passer-by into the situation (that "think" Shaun is with his parents) ?

 

Thank you kindly

Edited February 28, 2022 by DynV

[SirTwist]

Here is how I would do it, I would make a hard save. Then create a new profile, copy over your saves, then try it. Name that profile test. Then go through Fort Hagen, kill Kellogg, then see if the Prydwen shows up. If it does, then you should be good to go. If not, then back track through the main story line. Start in Sanctuary Hills, look for the kid, then Concord, etc. This is probably the safest way to do this, to be sure. If it doesn't net you what you want, then you have to go through the story line. I just wish there was a mod that would allow for this to happen.

[DynV]

Well... Since spoilers were shown in the above post, so I'm guessing it's not important to hide them after. In Fort Hagen, the elevator to go down is blocked with planks (is that called placarded?), so you need to use coc (precisely "coc forthagen02"), kill Kellogg. I don't remember if after getting to that cell there's a way to reach the final elevator without the command tcl, but using it it will. Doing it that will show Prydwen, I've tested it with that save a couple weeks ago. I didn't save once I ran "coc forthagen02" as I was afraid that might introduce a bug.

 

I know I can start vanilla main quest by talking to Codsworth, I have a very hard time convincing myself it's preferable to the possibility the commands might introduce a bug, since with my current mindset approaching Shaun as he was a member of my family would considerably lessen the immersion. I've asked about help changing my mind about that should the commands introduce a bug.