Who was I?(A courier quest mod)

[theDemonJackal]

When you get past his traps and the fact that he shoots at you when you get closer to his tent. Then the conversation starts.

 

Al: Not one step more! Unless you like the taste of blood..and lead

 

Re: 1. Alfonze Its me!

2. Listen you crazy Bastard its me! Put down the gun

 

Al: 1. Who is me!?

2. Oh thats smart! Call the guy with the gun and half a pound of C4 a Bastard

You do look a lot like him, but how do I know this isnt a trick! Like some kind of Fiend or Nightkin conspiracy?

 

Re: Why the hell would I try to trick you?!

 

Al: Why wouldnt you?...Okay if you are really "HIM" whats my favourite colour?

 

Re: Are you serouis?

 

Al: Answer me!

 

Re: 1. Uhm...Blue

2. Green?

3. Black

4. Go f*#@ yourself!

 

Al: 1. Wrong...but only you would guess that colour

2. As much as I love a good Plasma guns discharge...no...but you have my attention.

3. .....Lucky guess

4. Hahha Its you. Only you could tell a guy with a gun to your head to f*#@ off.

 

Re: Okay Alfonze, what the hell is going on? Marcel told me to find Toothless Jack, I meet Beth, Jones, and now I was almost shot by you!

 

Al: Who the hell is Marcel?

 

Re: I DONT KNOW!

 

Al: Weird...I cant believe its you. Its been a while.

 

Re: Yeah...Can you lower the gun?

 

Al: Huh? Oh right.

So you really dont remember anything? What happened?

 

Re: I was shot in the head.

 

Al: So was Jones and he still remembers I owe him 50 caps and what happened in New Reno. Come on in.

 

At this point the conversation ends and Al walks into his tent. Your suppose to follow him and talk to him again. For his appearence he has a beard and long hair, wears a bandana,and wears a duster.

[Razzeil]

one of the colors cood be blood red.

[charwo]

I think there's a certain responsibility in RPGs to use their imaginations to design their character. The one complaint I have with mass effect, other than the ending, was that Shepard was never MY character. They have me options, but their options. For all I rag on Bethesda games sometimes (alright, a lot) you are the matter of your PC. This makes completionist runs and roleplay a sliding scale, but your character can act totally how you want. Their are no Virmires, there are no psych profiles. You can have a space who was raised on Mindor, who lost their father, but not their mother in the slave raid. A character that survived Akuze, was recuperating on Elysium when the Blitz hit them in a total rage butchered the slavers at Torfan. You don't have to limit your choices. You can decide who the courier is, and only you can choose. And only you really should choose.

[theDemonJackal]

Oh I agree. But as I stated already having been shot in the head changes the person from who they were into someone else. Being shot in the head has changed the courier from the man he was into the person he will become. I just thought it would be interesting to say give the character a little more of a backstory than, since having him being a simple mailman turned Viglante for Justice seemed a little odd to me. There was always a part of me that wanted to know what he was like before he became a man between a war. Like was this brave hero a coward before he was shot in the head? Or was he a blood thirsty manaic? What I am saying is that you wake up with no memories after being shot { X-men origins style} , and have to form the man you will eventually become. Now that being said this mod is an idea where the courier finds out about the man he once was, but will he embrace it or turn his back to that man. Are they the same person or are they opposite ends of the same pole?

 

This is why I started this request.

[Razzeil]

true that (forgive the slanging) its who you were not who you are now.

 

P.S. some players play as female (like me) so don't forget that.

[theDemonJackal]

Oh im keeping that in mind. I am avoiding any language that is targeted towards the gender of the character. The part im working on now is actually Alfonze telling ya exactly where Jack is.

[greenknightfury]

I had made the same sort of suggestion, about a way to give the Courier a past, my idea centered around using Traits to choose your background that would activate quests later connected to your chosen past.

[theDemonJackal]

I find that this is giving everyone people a chance to see that the courier isnt without a past. He had something of a life once upon a time and what this quest mod (or set of quests depending on what the commuinity thinks) is suppose to show a part of the couriers life. As stated this isnt a man looking back on his life. Its a stranger looking back on a mans life who had the same face.

That being said your idea is interesting.

Im actually working the next part where you find out from Alfonz what happened and why it has been so long since you all met one another.

[theDemonJackal]

So before you enter Alfonze's tent you are attacked by raiders. So now its time for some action. Alfonze starts firing at the raiders and it is expected for you to help (Unless your like a god in the wasteland.)

So there is a total of 8 raiders attacking you and once dead you search their bodies. There is a note from someone called Vince asking them to hunt down Alfonze and kill him along with anyone who is with him. Talking to Alfonze will give you the following mission. Where you are to hunt down the remaining raiders in Silver Peak Mines. The dialogue is as follows:

 

Alfonze: "Damn Raiders... Ya find anything on them?"

 

Re: A note from someone called Vincent. Seems like he wants to kill you Alfonze.

 

Alfonze: "I see. Look buddy. Can you go and take care of them? Id do it myself but ...Well I got a surprise for you."

 

Anyway, after killing the raiders and returning to Alfonze you are given a rifle named Bessie and the location of Toothless Jack.

 

Al: "Here ya go buddy."

 

Re: "A rifle? "

 

Al: "Not just any rifle. Its your old rifle. Gave it to me after you and jack left the group and we split up."

 

Re: "Group? Alfonze can I get the full story?"

 

Al: "Sure. We all met some time ago back in new Reno. From what I recall, we met in a bar called Salvatores. There was a protectron that owed me some money, the crafty bastards, and just as I was about to blow his head off You tackled me down. Well I punched you in the face and Jack hit me with a pool cue, Jones hit Jack with a stool and you kicked Jones in the balls. We were all kicked out and started talking. Turns out we all had our issues. You had your Jet addiction...."

 

Re: "Wait! I had a Jet addiction?"

 

Al: "Yeah. Hell of a one actaully. Thought you were a raider at first. But ya got over that. Anyway, So we decide screw Salvadors, plenty of places to get drunk without paying top dollar for watered down booze. So we started a little gang. Me, you, Jones, Beth and Jack. We each even had a nickname. "LockBox" Beth and "Toothless" Jack. Jones was called "Handsome" Jones before he was shot in the head. I was called "Crazy Al" for some reason. Ha-ha-ha. And after you kicked the Jet you were called "Lucky"."

 

Re: "Lucky? I havent been feeling to lucky as of late Al. Why was Beth Called Lock box?"

 

Al: "Nobody got in to her. Well almost nobody. Am I right? Hehehe"

 

Re: "So were we mercenaries? Or were we just a bunch of dumb kids?"

 

Al: "Well see, some called us mercs others called us kids. We just had some fun and did some jobs on the side. Then Jones got shot in the head, I stayed with him here in the mojave, Beth nursed Jones back to health and you and Jack wanted to leave. That was some time ago though man. Hell, Me and Jones thought you were dead."

 

Re: "What about Jack?"

 

Al: "See Jack found us a year later and told us you and him had a falling out. Apparently you guys became con men or something and you wanted to go legit. So you parted ways. Dont know what happened to you then."

 

Re:" I guess...I became a courier. "

 

Al: "Must be. Saw Jack last week. He said he was running from someone. Said he would be hanging out in a place called Mercenary camp (http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Mercenary_camp). Go talk to him. Maybe you can calm him down or help him."

 

I said Jet because it seems to be the most common of addiction in the fallout universe, as well as it always seemed to be the first I got hooked on no matter what I was taking.

[Razzeil]

Have you played Fallout 2? If not just to let you know you cant kick the jet addiction without a endorphin blocker. With out it you get very very sick because its like if crack and meth had a baby. But its right to be hooked on it in Reno.