Commonwealth Subway System (Immersive Fast Travel)

[skystalker86]

Allow me to preface this by saying that I have zero modding experience and have no intention of putting in the months of work it would take to create a mod of this scale. I simply want to put this idea out there in the hopes that a seasoned modder or mod team will like the idea and decide to make it. I reserve no rights or credit for this idea.

I had this idea while looking at Brandonpeck's ImmersiveFastTravel mod.

 

Instead of a simple underground tunnel system connecting certain convenient locations across the commonwealth, I had an idea for an even more immersive method of fast travel.

 

My idea is that after clearing any of the "subway" dungeons I.E. College Square they become workshops that allow you to build working trains and connect to the other stations that you've enabled.

 

Enabling a station would require several steps

-clear tunnel blockages (scrap any debris, broken trains, etc)
-repair tracks

-power tracks (each station would require 20 power)

-build working train (high material cost) (require settler assigned as conductor)

-Activate the station beacon (works the same as a settlement recruitment beacon but is pre-build into every station and not only recruits workers but also passengers that will ride with you and add caps to the workshop)

 

The trains themselves would work similar to vertibirds. After boarding (enter the train and sit in one of the passenger seats), use your map to select your destination (only enabled subway stations would be available)

 

The train would start moving and then a loading screen would take you to one of several random tunnels that the train moves through. Some of these would involve the train stopping because of an obstruction (ferals, mirelurks, raiders, etc) requiring you to clear the way for the train which afterwards you can re-board and continue through the tunnel. One tunnel scenario could even involve one or more of the passengers trying to hijack or rob the train and you have to deal with them before the train reaches the end of the tunnel.

 

After the train reaches the end of the tunnel, a 2nd loading screen would take you to the destination station at which the train will stop so you can get off.

 

The stations themselves could come under attack like other settlements so you would need to build up their defenses with turrets or security personnel.