Companion Radscorpion

[nisafei]

So I've delved through the mods of the new vegas nexus, and found all sorts of companion mods from glowing one buddies to a puppy Rex, a Caziador and even a Brahmin or two.

 

I am not a modder, and have tried once in fallout 3 to at least just remake a former companion to look like a radscorpion, which i failed in horridly. But that is why I'm here, to ask you fine folks to aid me in my desire to see a companion radscorpion, or any other animal that hasn't been turned into one yet, such as the giant ants, and a few others I'm sure I'm forgetting.

 

My main reason for wanting one is that I own two emperor scorpions of my own, and they look exactly like the ones in the fallout series (Well as far as FO3 and FONV go) They are fairly docile and when they aren't sleeping (which is most of the time) They are chasing down crickets to stuff into their mouths....Though I digress

 

If you want some fluff, especially for a intelligent radscorpion, there was one in Fallout 2 in San Francisco I think..(I could be wrong, its been a while) that was genetically altered to be highly intelligent. It played chess and you had the option of playing against it, and depending on your intelligence you either won or lost. However it didn't take losing well and thus would attack you forcing you to kill the poor creature. But before all that you learn that it loathed its "master" the scientist and had a few other dialogue options in there I've forgotten most likely. So If you want a little fluff there you go.

 

Id like it to be on par with other companions, maybe even provide a companion perk like "Radscorpion Pheromone: While "insert witty name here" is your companion, you are treated as neutral to all radscorpions." or perhaps it could add some natural DT to the player, just a couple ideas there. It would only have melee capabilities but it should have the DT of the other scorpions if not a little more, so that it at least has a chance to get into melee and not explode before someone with a gun blasts its claws off. Also if it were possible, you could even tack on some sort of backpack to explain it carrying your stuff, though I think that would be far more work than is necessary. The model I would like to see would be the albino model from FO3, since there aren't any in New Vegas (at least that I have yet to see) That said I do not know how hard it would be to port over that particular model, so if that proves too difficult then just a giant radscorpion would be fine. (who wants a tiny one as a pet when there are clearly bigger stronger faster ones to be had!)

 

I realize I typed a lot but I wanted to give some idea of what I would like to see, if anyone has the free time and desire to do so. I would love to see this mod come to light, seeing as I don't use my other companions other than for carrying my stuff, I dislike all of them but ED-E and Rex, and even then they have to be chosen between.

 

Thanks to anyone who reads this,

Nisafei