Molerat goodness.

[devinpatterson]

The humble molerat. It's ugly, cantankerous, and no one loves it. But I thought it might still be fun to make some companions of the little SOBs. If anyone has any suggestions feel free to comment on what they'd like to see. Below are some posts that started the concept rolling;

 

There just isn't enough Mole-Rat companions or pets out there. :sad:

Yeah, I'd like that too, they'r so damn ugly, you can't help but feel sorry for them. If I get time I'll start putting one together, it's not like it will require top notch voice work. Lets throw some ideas around. Best to start with Snuffles or a new mole rat?

 

 

I've only seen 2 talking Mole Rats in the entire fallout game series and they were both in fallout: 2. Still any old Mole Rat sounds would work I imagine. I've seen dog mods with canine armor for the dogs but it would be kind of cool to have some kind of flak vest or armor for the Mole Rat companion/pet.

 

 

 

We might be able to have armor or some sort of attire, it's hard to say until I'v tried or unless we have some models from modders resources. But we can definitely rig up at least the saddle blanket, or caravan packs you see on brahmin, along with any statics or inventory items we'd like to add (canteen?) to give the little guy a look.

Didn't Brain love cheesy puffs? That could be the way our mole rats heart.

Just a random though/brainstorm; If we're going completely crazy, I could probably rig the robodog brain/dome to his noggin and have a mad scientist adventure/quest for the little guy. Some crazy hermit in the wastes experimenting without any compunctions, and a lab full of weirdness (or maybe in OWB).

 

 

 

I like your idea of an albino Mole Rat and if the Mole Rat was trained/domesticated by wasteland tribals the Mole Rat could have body paint or other tribal markings to make it stand out from the other Mole Rats.

 

 

I like that idea, a some tribal tats to give the little dude some flair. Maybe a bit of body piercing/modification too? Nothing crazy, just hte same stuff you might see on/in the tribals. Maybe a nose ring, maybe some beads imbeded under the skin. Could make a great theme.

 

 

I just had a mental image of a Mole Rat raised by Fiends all hopped up on Psycho and Jet. Motor Runner sitting on his throne with 2 attack Mole Rats in modified Painspike armor. . . Lol I get he feeds them Wonder Glue so he can have Wonder Meat when they get killed.

 

I just had a mental image of a Mole Rat raised by Fiends all hopped up on Psycho and Jet. Motor Runner sitting on his throne with 2 attack Mole Rats in modified Painspike armor. . . Lol I get he feeds them Wonder Glue so he can have Wonder Meat when they get killed.

 

:smile: I bet I could do some parts of the painspike armor, at least the shoulder piece/pauldron, maybe the harness/breastplate part. Maybe through in a little variety, like some spark plugs embedded like spikes along the ridge of the head and spine. Make the little dudes have an annoying wonder glue addiction so that if you have any in inventory they smell it and force dialog you (sniffing), as well as search it out in containers. Maybe name one of them mustang and the other Maverick (couldn't think of another muscle car that starts with an M).

 

I was thinking maybe Malachi for the albino one.

 

I think I'm going to spin this little bit of molerat goodness off into it's, own thread for several molerat companions. We already have some great ideas, a tribal, a robomolerat, motorunners, an albino etc, and I bet we come up with some more. Maybe a Mable, that is a more companionable molerat like snuffles......for those players that lean toward a more gentle soul.

 

 

Now we just need to record muskrat love substituted with some molerat & wasteland lyrics and we'll have a theme song.

 

 

 

[dangman4ever]

I just want a molerat with duffle bags attached to it. Relatively simple :)

[Morgwynn]

The Mole Rat Ranch near the New Vegas Medical Clinic could be a possible place to find them once the crazed Brahmin is put down. Maybe a small quest to unlock the option to buy a Mole Rat companion/Pet after killing the Mad Brahmin and reporting back to the owner of the farm who then returns and sets up a shop that sells the little guys. Maybe Dr. Usanagi has experience in veterinary medicine to treat injured Mole Rat companions/pets. http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Mole_rat_ranch

[devinpatterson]

I just want a molerat with duffle bags attached to it. Relatively simple :smile:

 

Duffle bag? Like maybe one on each side like saddle bags?

 

 

The Mole Rat Ranch near the New Vegas Medical Clinic could be a possible place to find them once the crazed Brahmin is put down. Maybe a small quest to unlock the option to buy a Mole Rat companion/Pet after killing the Mad Brahmin and reporting back to the owner of the farm who then returns and sets up a shop that sells the little guys. Maybe Dr. Usanagi has experience in veterinary medicine to treat injured Mole Rat companions/pets. http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Mole_rat_ranch

 

Yeah, I could see that, especially in re: to Dr. Usanagi.

[dangman4ever]

 

I just want a molerat with duffle bags attached to it. Relatively simple :smile:

 

Duffle bag? Like maybe one on each side like saddle bags?

 

 

Correct!

 

Oh and just a heads up: one of the quests in Saxxon's Quest Mods takes place/over at the Mole Rat Ranch

[Morgwynn]

How about Randolf The Red Nosed Mole Rat, kind of a Christmas in the Mojave themed companion. Slap a red nose and a Santa Claus hat on a Mole Rat and you have a funny companion/pet.

[devinpatterson]

How about Randolf The Red Nosed Mole Rat, kind of a Christmas in the Mojave themed companion. Slap a red nose and a Santa Claus hat on a Mole Rat and you have a funny companion/pet.

 

Yeah that would be a great holiday themed companion. I always wanted to set up themes for all the (major) holidays for ED-E. I made some assets, but always end up missing the date/deadline.

[Morgwynn]

Sorry to necro this old post but did anything ever come from the Molerat companion idea's we talked about.?

[devinpatterson]

Sorry to necro this old post

No worries, it's not a dead thread, just slumbering a bit.

 

but did anything ever come from the Molerat companion idea's we talked about.?

I'm afraid I havn't had much time to mod, but some of the concepts (like the molerat with dufflebags) should be pretty easy. I think I'd enjoy putting together the motorhead and tribal molerats.

 

Keep the ideas flowing and I'll see if I can't whip up a model or two in the very near future (maybe tonight, with some luck).

[sullyvanj93]

The Mole Rat Ranch near the New Vegas Medical Clinic could be a possible place to find them once the crazed Brahmin is put down. Maybe a small quest to unlock the option to buy a Mole Rat companion/Pet after killing the Mad Brahmin and reporting back to the owner of the farm who then returns and sets up a shop that sells the little guys. Maybe Dr. Usanagi has experience in veterinary medicine to treat injured Mole Rat companions/pets. http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Mole_rat_ranch

 

saxxons quest mod added some content to the molerat ranch, in that you help a farmer trying to domesticate them. While I know that doesn't exactly cover what these people are looking for, any tampering with that area will probably lead to incompatibilities with their molerat addition, so those who love the little buggers would have to decide between the two.