Death to the Securitrons!

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Okay so obviously we can't eliminate the securitrons comepletely, but what I was thinking was replacing them with "humanoid" characters instead of them being these big, clumsy, one-wheeled robots.

 

I personally can't stand the appearance of the securitrons, it takes a lot of effort for me to not just shoot them all up and get rid of them. They are, however, a big part of the main story regardless of which faction you side with. So I want to make them more appealing. Basically bringing back A3-21 but on a much larger scale.

 

So not completely human, but not these ridiculous eyesores referred to as robots either. Android, cyborg, whatever, they appear human on the outside but are still mechanical on the inside. It's really the only way I can justify the fact that their dialogue will still sound synthetic.

 

As I'm going through the planning stages, something hit me. I can make it work for the most part with the knowledge that I have but there is one obstacle...

 

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If you decide to side with Mr. House, you ultimately end up delivering the platinum chip to him, at which point he proceeds to upgrade the software drivers for the securitrons. This upgrade changes the faces on the machines (which can probably just be ignored, or instead of changing faces, change armor) and also upgrades the weapons. I'm not really sure how to go about having the weapons be "upgraded" if the securitrons no longer have their weapons built-in but are instead carrying them. This is where I'm going to need some help, if anyone else is interested in undertaking this mod with me. I could potentially just have that little section of the quest removed so you don't actually see the upgrade. Still something I may need help with.

 

Here is my current plan:

Create new NPCs, one for Victor, one for Yes Man, one for Jane, and one to replace the rest of the securitron army.

Still deciding on armament and armor, but they'll most likely use an energy weapon of some sort, and I have an idea for armor.

Copy existing dialogue from the robot securitrons to the cyborgs.

Figure out how to solve the upgrade issue in Mr. House's and Yes Man's Quests.

 

If anyone has any suggestions or any ideas on how to solve the problems presented (or if you think of another potential problem) please respond.

 

Thanks for reading, updates will be posted here as progress is made.

[huntsman2310a]

personally I think the securitrons have fairly good design (although they epic fail and explode when you shoot their safety wheel....)

 

what you could do is keep the original securitrons as just that, security for new vegas, but for the mk 2's, may be give them a smaller circular screen, with the rest of it covered in armour.

[xRagezZx]

personally I think the securitrons have fairly good design (although they epic fail and explode when you shoot their safety wheel....)

 

what you could do is keep the original securitrons as just that, security for new vegas, but for the mk 2's, may be give them a smaller circular screen, with the rest of it covered in armour.

I think that would be better because securitrons are quite funny just being complete failures and when there In large groups they are quite challenging. I think it would be better aswell if you just upgraded weapons and Armour.