Sunset Wild West History

[devinpatterson]

Tribals pg 1;

 

 

 

 

devinpatterson

Msg ID: 117172

 

 

For version 1.x

 

So the whole siding with the poor downtrodden tribals against the predatory mainframe seems like a no brainer for the hero type. How about we introduce some of that moral ambiguity that fallout is famous for?

 

In the beginning when there were a lot of people but limited food/resources people may have been forced to eat other humans. This cannibalism may have been handed down through the generations (figure we''ve got 4 or 5 generations in isolation here).

 

The cannibalism would still be kept under wraps/hidden, but there could be subtle clues if the player looks for it. The player wouldn''t initially be in any danger since he is seen as a miraculous event, arriving at the grate alive when no one else had ever returned from that direction.

 

But later depending on dialog options and choices it could possibly come into play that some of the tribals may want a snack. Having food along, showing the players combat prowess or playing along as the "legendary liberator" would would all be ways to prevent a confrontation over being eaten.

[devinpatterson]

Tribals pg 2;

 

 

devinpatterson

Msg ID: 117182

 

 

Well I wouldn't suggest anything along satanic rituals as

the tribals are not all evil. Some are evil, some are good,

most are more or less neutral in their morals and outlook

and simply trying to survive. Being sort of dim bulbs, they

don't have a lot of time or inclination for self reflection.

 

The cannibalism arose more out of necessity in the early

years and would be handed down partly for survival and

partly because being inbred with a small gene pool can

amplify genetic behavioral disorders.

 

But the cannibalism isn't practiced openly, most of the

tribals have shame/reservations about it and don't discuss

it. Some are mentally ill (the harsh conditions, and

inbreeding don't help) and are much less bothered by it.

 

We want their religion, such as it is (and to what ever

extant they have any) to relate to the mainframe. Which is

understandable since the mainframe will be smarter than

anyone in the valley (except for the tribals chosen one and

possibly the courier) and have superior technical knowledge,

it would seem like a god.

 

The mainframe would be seen as a dark god in general (harsh)

but also a provider. Some will see themselves serving it

(fearfully), others await a prophecy of killing the

mainframe and opening a way to the promised land (a parable

for escaping the valley, but also applying to the rich

hunting grounds in the north of the valley). The prophecy of

a chosen one to lead them would probably figure prominently

(as every religion seems to have a chosen one) in their

belief, whether it is one of their own as messiah or an

outsider).

 

Their religious beliefs would be based on the viewpoints the

original customers had. Some wanted to make peace with the

mainframe as the only technological resource in the valley,

some wanted to kill the mainframe for the initial massacre.

Many just wanted out. These opinions would become beliefs as

the generations passed and would be distorted by the

decades, superstitions and general woo.

 

But the religion may be fun to include because it could set

up some interesting (minor) plotlines before the player

reaches the park proper. For instance a few of the tribals

are fearful of angering the mainframe and decide to take the courier in the night and deliver him/her to the mainframe.

If the courier doesn't fight them off he/she could end up

stripped at the parks front gate.

 

So we can still get the cultish behavior and story lines,

but using the mainframe as the focus instead of a satanic

plot line.

In Reply To: TrooperScooperMKII (117175) Posted On: 3/25/2011 3:16 PM

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TrooperScooperMKII

Msg ID: 117181

 

 

The last one is win.

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Msg ID: 117179

 

 

But what kind of ritual?

-selection

-consumption

-sacrificial

-everyon takes homemade hallucinogens, starts to dance around a fire, they bash 2 selected tribals heads in, with some sacred weapon, and all proceed to rip and tear the 2 still twitching bodys apart. (my personal favorite)

In Reply To: TrooperScooperMKII (117175) Posted On: 3/25/2011 2:58 PM

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TrooperScooperMKII

Msg ID: 117178

 

 

Dogs are great: they play with you, hunt for you, fight for you, die for you... they taste good too.

Primitive tribals roasting cute puppies and hounds over bonfires, dancing and chanting in honor of their satanic overlord as the furry flesh sizzles, having blood orgies over the half eaten corpses of their deformed children...

Let them eat dogmeat. It will drive the players mad.

In Reply To: devinpatterson (117174) Posted On: 3/25/2011 2:48 PM

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kagstrom2100

Msg ID: 117177

 

 

I like the idea that they got some dark sides makes it more

real

In Reply To: TrooperScooperMKII (117175) Posted On: 3/25/2011 2:41 PM

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TrooperScooperMKII

Msg ID: 117175

 

 

That's good, I should have put more thought into the tribal path. Anyone have any objections/suggestions wrt the tribals? I mayself think we can make it a bit darker- after all, cannibalism is frowned upon in MOST societies, not necessarily all of them. So, why not have some satanic rituals? That by itself isn't really "evil" to everyone, but if we keep adding taboos, we're bound to make the tribals seem like scumbags to the majority of the populace.

In Reply To: devinpatterson- Tribals Posted On: 3/25/2011 2:26 PM

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devinpatterson

Msg ID: 117174

 

 

for v1.x.

 

I'm also going to add some dogs. I'm sure some people had dogs

along on their trip when trapped in the park. We have dogmeats

model, and I think a german sherpard one as well, if not I

know an author we can ask for resources from.

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[devinpatterson]

Tribals pg 3;

 

 

 

devinpatterson

Msg ID: 118705

 

 

I think someone already mentioned a children of the atom

cult, but if they havn't I'd like something like that as an

excuse to get some of the irradiated water from the reactor

into the tribe. Maybe they collect for the glow, maybe it

has some religious significance related to the mainframe.

 

Mostly I just want it as an excuse to have some mutations in

the tribals. So actually any reason will work if someone has

a better idea on how to get radiation into the tribe while

still staying canon (mojave wasn't hit to0 hard, so it

doesn't have a lot of radiation like DC).

 

With mutations I can make some tribals with a third eye, or

scaly skin, mabye giantism etc.

 

Just a thought to add more color to our rag tag band of

tribals.

 

Any thoughts.

In Reply To: devinpatterson (118341) Posted On: 4/15/2011 12:00 PM

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devinpatterson

Msg ID: 118341

 

 

Oh I did a little mod that had a duster made out of deathclaw

hide. It wasn't too difficult, just used the clone tool in

gimp to copy the deathclaw texture. I think I'll do the same

for the tribals and copy animal hides for the tribals.

 

I'm guessing gila & other gecko hides, maybe coyote & bramalo

would be good too.

In Reply To: devinpatterson (117191) Posted On: 4/11/2011 6:18 AM

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devinpatterson

Msg ID: 117191

 

 

Sure a splinter group would be cool, and you can have em

canibals or allied with teh mainframe (secretly) or both,

makes for some interesting story lines :)

In Reply To: TrooperScooperMKII (117190) Posted On: 3/25/2011 7:14 PM

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TrooperScooperMKII

Msg ID: 117190

 

 

Yeah, definitely tone it down. Still, I like the idea of a splinter group within the tribals doing odd things, it doesn't have to be cannibalism, but it should create some thorny issues for the player.

In Reply To: devinpatterson (117187) Posted On: 3/25/2011 6:10 PM

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devinpatterson

Msg ID: 117187

 

 

--- Original message by TrooperScooperMKII

TrooperScooperMKII ---

Primitive tribals roasting cute puppies and hounds over

bonfires, dancing and chanting in honor of their satanic

overlord as the furry flesh sizzles, having blood orgies

over the half eaten corpses of their deformed children...

Let them eat dogmeat. It will drive the players mad.

 

-everyon takes homemade hallucinogens, starts to dance

around a fire, they bash 2 selected tribals heads in, with

some sacred weapon, and all proceed to rip and tear the 2

still twitching bodys apart. (my personal favorite)

 

 

No you wouldn`t want to do that, we would loose any sympathy

the player would have for the tribe. Most people would be

disinclined to help the tribals, and we would loose a major

part of our questline.

 

We want the player to *want* to help them, but not pretend

they are perfect little innocent angels. Since they are a

little on the stupid side and have had the sh*t kicked out

of them that should instill a sense of purpose for the

player to help them.

In Reply To: TrooperScooperMKII (117178) Posted On: 3/25/2011 4:03 PM

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TrooperScooperMKII

Msg ID: 117185

 

 

Yeah, sorry for not being clear. I meant rituals that are harsh/barbaric/repulsive to western eyes. So, yeah, that works for me. Besides, we could always have the ritual's followers be a sect within the tribals going off to some other location & doing their thing. WHich would make for an intriguing dilemma- the official tribe policy could be death to cannibals, but it would rarely be actively enforced- the pro-cannibalism and anti-cannibalism factions could be close enough in size to make any open conflict/hostility lethal to the group as a whole, so the anti cannibals (who are the majority among the leaders & tend to be more competent/intelligent in general) don't do anything unless the cannibals are dumb enough to get caught in the open. In turn, the cannibals hide most of their more extreme acts from the group as a whole, so most of the tribals are unaaware of the extent of the ritual's carnage levels. So, the Corurier can either join t4eh group (cannibal perk) ignore the group, threaten the group (try to reform them? pribably wouldn't end well, but the more naive goody-two-shoes types should be able to try) or go running to the chief and tell everything, possibly sparking a civil war, or, if the PC persuades the chief otherwise, merely have a few individuals disappear.

This could be an independent quest, i.e. something the PC stumbles across, or a questline done at the behest of BIll or the mainframe to destroy the tribals for good.

In Reply To: devinpatterson (117182) Posted On: 3/25/2011 3:30 PM

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devinpatterson

Msg ID: 117184

 

 

Oh we also need to decide how many tribals we have and flesh

out their culture.

 

Not every one of them need to be detailed, but more tribals

is still more work. Yet I'd like enough that if the player

chooses they could be led into battle against the park and

be of some aid or at least a distraction.

 

Their population may be constrained by how large we make the

valley/canyon. The LOD (level of detail) crap may really

limit the valley size, unless we make it twist and turn like

crazy. The line of sight is probably around a half cell or

less.

 

I was thinking their culture could be kind of like the

children in the beginning of Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome. The

kids spoke in a stylized english and were prone to mysticism/superstition. The tribals wouldn't be all

children, but mentally that would be about their cognitive

level. Partly because of the inbreeding, but partly because

the mainframe has been culling the smarter ones and that

leaves the duller knives making young'ns

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[devinpatterson]

Sunset perks and skills;

 

 

 

 

 

devinpatterson

Msg ID: 118706

 

 

This probably going to be small thread but I thought we should put skills and perks unique to the park here.

 

A modest example I had was getting 10 sunset collectibles could give you the sunset trader perk adding like 2 or 3% to your barter skill.

 

I''m not sure what items qualify as collectibles but it should be rarer items like the flavored sasparillas, ol yeller (the sunset fire ax), etc.

[devinpatterson]

Park building exteriors-Preview alpha’’s

 

 

 

devinpatterson

Msg ID: 117124

 

 

I just put up the esp with the buildings it has the new

worldspace (sunsetvalley), the jacobstown lodges & the

gunslinger mod. Listed under alpha, it`s V5. It still has a

lot of clutter from jacbostown & prim in adjacant cells.

 

Oh and if you want to run around in game use "coc sunsetpark" have god mode on first though (tgm) because coc`ing in puts you several stories up in the air.

In Reply To: devinpatterson- Park building exteriors-Preview alpha’’s Posted On: 3/25/2011 2:57 AM

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devinpatterson

Msg ID: 117123

 

 

I''m putting together the preview/alpha''s exterior park buildings from Jacobstown resources. I don''t want to put a ton of time into them since they are basically disposable.

 

I noticed that when I was looking online for "log cabin resorts" a lot of the roofs were green.So I''m going to change the color of the roofs and possibly a few details (change some stone work to wood textures) and leave it at that.

 

I laid it out in what I think is north to south with a clump of snow covered rock being the north landmark.

There are 3 pieces; 1. a full lodge (one on each side of the street), 2. a mid sized lodge (two on the west side street, one on the east), 3. small lodges (two on the west side, 4 on east side). I''v also began laying down a boardwalk

 

This will give us some good interiors to start working on. The large ones (for the hotel & casino) is labeled interiors->JacobstownLodge. In case anyone want to start on the casino or hotel.

 

Everyone probably remembers jacobstown, but just in case here is a quick rundown. The lodges are freak''n huge, at leas two story, and each story looks like 12-14 feet. The windows are kind of out of proportion in re: to the doors, but that''s the way the original is setup.

 

here are a few pics;

westside of the street http://img195.imageshack.us/i/westsidedark.jpg/

eastside with lights on in geck http://img153.imageshack.us/i/eastsidex.jpg/

overhead layout http://img828.imageshack.us/i/alphalayout.jpg/

 

Havn''t put in the canyon/valley yet, nor have I found a good fence/wall. I thought about using the mormon flagstone wall but it''s one big square not segments like most walls.

[devinpatterson]

Park building exteriors-Preview alpha’’s pg 2;

 

 

 

devinpatterson

Msg ID: 118717

 

 

This is for the Preview version only;

 

I think I may make a little mock up of the park using the

sierria madre buildings tomorrow.

 

The Hispanic architecture may be a better alternative to the

modified jacobstown lodges. I`ll put up some pics and maybe a

vid of both and you guys let me know what you think.

In Reply To: devinpatterson (117715) Posted On: 4/15/2011 2:43 PM

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devinpatterson

Msg ID: 117715

 

 

So I ran into some problems with the nifs. I didin`t notice

it initially but removing some of the shutters also removed

the lower part of the porches. Go figure.

 

I`v got things sorted out now though and have enough to wrap

up the little section of valley & buildings tonight (with a

little luck).

 

I`v also made new textures based on the goodspings decking.

It changes the atmosphere a little from northern lodges to a

bit more mojave. It`s just for the preview build, but I think it looks better than the log cabins.

 

 

What do you guys think;

http://img848.imageshack.us/img848/3729/boardlodge.jpg

In Reply To: devinpatterson (117445) Posted On: 4/3/2011 9:23 AM

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devinpatterson

Msg ID: 117445

 

 

Cool, we have a consensus old style siding along with a mix of

1 story & 2 story buildings (just a couple of 2 story

buildings though, the hotel & casino). Thanks guys

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Msg ID: 117436

 

 

 

I too like the mix of 1 and 2 story buildings, gives a traditional western style town feel. Any towns sky line is its own little mountain range.

If the buildings where all the same height there would be a mass focal point at the ends of the street (think looking at the entrance to "the strip" from the "kings school" side)

In Reply To: devinpatterson (117406) Posted On: 3/29/2011 10:14 AM

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kagstrom2100

Msg ID: 117435

 

 

I thing we should go for the mix but a not any big amount of

the 2 story's maybe? and i like the ld style coloring best :)

In Reply To: devinpatterson (117406) Posted On: 3/29/2011 9:58 AM

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devinpatterson

Msg ID: 117406

 

 

Flaarg has altered some of the jacobstown models which will

allow us to have 1 story versions in addition to the

standard 2 story lodges.

 

I`v also added redwood siding to one of the models.

 

I was hoping everyone could take a look and tell me; 1. if

they like a mix of 1 story and 2 story buildings, or if it

should only be 2 story lodges. And 2. if you prefer the old

style coloring or the newer redwood.

 

I have a little time off tomorrow and I`m hoping to finish

at leas the town exterior after I get your guy`s opinions.

 

Here are the pics;

http://img835.imageshack.us/g/town1story1.jpg/

 

There should be 8 pics in the album so you can get an idea what I`m rambling on about.

Note the casino & hotel are staying 2 story, simply because

I need the internal space for all the junk I have in there

right now.

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devinpatterson

Msg ID: 117219

 

 

I`m thinking that with the preview version using log cabins it

might be nice to throw in some mojave atmosphere. I`m not sure

what would be good trappings. I thought maybe I`d start with

some brahmin skulls on the doors or something along that line.

 

If anyone has any ideas put them up here, because as it is now

it has more of a northern lake tahoe style atmosphere.

 

Wish we had tack models. A saddle on the rail of the porch or a harness hanging on the wall would help a lot.

In Reply To: devinpatterson (117124) Posted On: 3/26/2011 3:46 PM

[devinpatterson]

Going to get started.;

 

 

 

kagstrom2100

Msg ID: 120630

 

 

I think the same just go ahead

In Reply To: (120607) Posted On: 4/20/2011 4:56 AM

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Msg ID: 120607

 

 

Sounds like you have it going in the right place, and like you said it opens up new things.

In Reply To: devinpatterson (120275) Posted On: 4/20/2011 12:16 AM

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devinpatterson

Msg ID: 120275

 

 

So created a new world space and transfered over a good

chunk of the villa. But spent over an hour trying to line

everything up. Even though it was all selected for some

reason when I placed it in the new world space it was at

different vertical levels. Don't know what the hell was

going on there.

 

So I'm going to try and make a better one today. Maybe try

grabbing a whole cells worth of the villa aligning them

vertically, then trying to connect them cell by cell. It's a

pretty big area so it's a little tricky. I want to grab at

least the section from the belltower to the central

fountain.

 

Wish the geck would just let me duplicate a cell, but so far

the only time that has ever worked is interior cells :(

 

But from what I did get done, it's pretty cool. I didn't

spend long in the villa while playing dead money, plus the

gloom and cloud effects obscured a lot, so I didn't have a

very accurate impression of the villa.

 

But it has some really nice assets. Hispanic architecture,

saltine tiles, white cobblestones, ceramic blue & white

tiles, adobe walls, fountains etc.

 

I think it would take very little re-texturing to make our

own artistic vision.

 

The problems as I see them are;

1. Tossing the external lodges which is no biggie we can use

them in v1.x on the hunting lodge(s).

 

2. Lack of any large building interiors in the villa section

for the casino & hotel. I don't think this is a biggie

either, we can just throw up a facade and as long as we line

up the interior of the building with exterior placement of

the windows it should be all good. There might even be ready

made pieces in other areas of the dlc (like the actual

sierra madre itself)

 

The streets need to be widened for our vision of the park

and I haven't found too many good solutions to that problem

yet. The smaller streets width is equal to the arches but

I'm sure there are some alternative solutions.

 

3. The biggie: We cut out anyone that doesn't have dead

money. It was released for all platforms by Feb 22nd and is

$10. I tend to think a lot of people have it and we wouldn't

be loosing too many players by requiring it.

 

For me, I'm thinking full speed ahead. It's going to look

really good and give us a lot more options for creativity &

atmosphere for the park exterior.

 

If you guys are all OK with it I'll start putting everything

in the new world space today.

 

In Reply To: kagstrom2100 (120263) Posted On: 4/19/2011 12:48 PM

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kagstrom2100

Msg ID: 120263

 

 

ok, nice :)

In Reply To: devinpatterson- Going to get started. Posted On: 4/19/2011 12:04 PM

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devinpatterson

Msg ID: 120040

 

 

So my friend arrived safe and sound in CA, and I''v finished my taxes. I hope to start producing some worthwhile content.

 

I''m may finish up some loose ends on other mods, but will try to use the lions share of my free time to get the preview beta out.

 

Tonight I''ll work on a park mock up using the dead money villa assets. It probably won''t be worth the trouble to change the building models, but I want to see what you guys think.

 

And soon I''d like to put out some android models to get your guys opinion.

[TrooperScooperMKII]

Reposting one of my threads:

 

Spinoff from the weapons cache, there could be a few terminals detailing employee reactions to Bill''s paranoid obsession with weaponry.

 

To SSWWWW Project Management, re: supply shipment

"We graciously accept your contributions to national security. It is heartening to learn that America still has men of honor."

 

[Translation: thanks for the money, here''s the survival stuff and guns we promised you.]

 

To Vault-Tec Headquarters, from SSWWWW Project

"Chief wants new assault rifles, better than the standard grunt sh*t you sent last time [insert caliber/gun stuff detailing specific requests, i.e. 5mm, then] this guy really knows what he''s talking about.

 

Vault-Tec HQ general security briefing

"We are ashamed to report that a shipment of [medium grade assault rifle, no clue what it would be] and nineteen crates of related munitions has been misplaced in a trans-continental shipment. Lax security is a threat to our war effort, and vigilance is your patriotic duty."

 

To Vault-Tec Headquarters

"Chief said he''s pleased with the rifles you sent. Nineteen crates... that''s a lot. Even he seems satisfied."

 

To V-T HQ

"Chief wants some new pistols and armor for his security. Says that 10mm is too weak... he wants weapons that can at least penetrate standard-fare security armor, and he wants better armor for himself and his staff."

 

To V-T HQ

"Chief wants more gear. Apparently combat armor and 12.7mm is acceptable for his security, but he and his staff "need" better protection than that. He wants grenades, and a lot of them. Six crates each of incendiary, stun, and frag, and at least thirty EMPs for his personal cache. Oh, and better armor too. Glad to know he doesn''t ask too much."

 

To WWWW

"A true patriot deserves the finest protection that we can provide. Please accept our support in your efforts to secure your future, and may the future of our great nation remain in your capable hands."

 

[sent a big wad of cash to help seal the deal]

 

To V-T HQ

"This guy''s nuts! Absolutely nuts! He wants a functional suit of power armor."

 

[may or may not get it, if he does it should be very low quality, maybe even "Sunset power armor" which was really chinese armor given aftermarket modifications and a SS color scheme- Chinese power armor was supposedly years behind US stuff, and so long as Bill never learned where it came from or how sucky it really was, then he wouldn''t object to it.]

 

To WWWW

After much consideration and a rather large contribution from our client, it was decided that he will be given a suit of the latest Chinese Power Armor captured during a raid in [insert Chinese city and/or battle here.] It has recieved several third-party modifications and a custom color scheme as per his requests. Given his instability you will not mention it''s origin under any circumstances, and will only give him the attached manual in way of information."

 

[it could easily have a self-destruct and/or deactivation feature to keep him from causing too much trouble if he went rogue, and the manual would speak about the "modifications" which could include things like a stim-pak injector and anti-toxin system, among other things; stuff focused for survival, rather than combat, which would play into his paranoia and allow them to get away with the armor''s inferior quality. Needless to say, the "Sunset Power Suit" would be a unique suit of PA located in his personal armory, deep within the bunker.]

 

 

I''ll come up with more, if you want.

[devinpatterson]

You should put this up on the main sunset thread, it's good stuff, I think other people would like to see it. In the sunset history thread less people will view it

 

I really like the dialog. It captures the hyper patriotism bordering on all out paranoia, of the fallout world very well.

 

Just a few details;

 

[may or may not get it, if he does it should be very low quality, maybe even "Sunset power armor" which was really chinese armor given aftermarket modifications and a SS color scheme- Chinese power armor was supposedly years behind US stuff, and so long as Bill never learned where it came from or how sucky it really was, then he wouldn''t object to it.]

 

I'd suggest you have the correspondence with a contact in the military or a military contractor. Vault-tec was certainly intertwined with the gov and military but didn't really produce standard arms. Their only weapon related research was FEV and a power armor variant. But there are lots of contractors like Colt (firearms), H&K (firearms), West Tek (power armor), Wattz Electronics (laser), BeatCo (powerfist) and many others in the wiki vault. I think that in the fallout world they would sell to any american patriot of means.

 

So the t-45 had been in service for over 10 years, don't think it's a big deal if Bill got it. It would probably be trivial for Bills connections and I'm putting in a few modified weapons like a guass sniper anyway so it fits in. The T-51b would be in service from Jan to Oct so that might be a more difficult, but in a fallout world I don't think military weaponry is regulated in the same way as ours. I get the impression that it wouldn't be difficult for Bill to have a suit (or a few of) the T-51b with his connections. You can have the dialog come from the army (Mechanized Cavalry Regiments division) or from West Tek themselves (manufacturer).

 

I'd ditch the chinese armor idea, they never really went the powered armor route, relying on their propriety stealth suit tech. It might be argued that Bill would wear powered armor in a post apocalyptic world (not his style, but needs must), but I think a stealth suit would be a really tough sell to a personality like his.

 

If possible I had a few other subjects of dialog that would be great to include. One could be a new security team employee asking whey we have all these orders for "archaic weapons" and a veteran security team member saying this "archaic weaponry" can take a elephant down, or a cowboy shooter can put 10 rounds in a target in 1.73 seconds etc. This is partly for atmosphere but also to emphasize the deadly nature of the android cowboy shooters so the player is prepared.

 

Another should be one security guard emailing another about seeing Bill take apart a hard target in a spectacular fashion (same purpose as the message above).

 

Also can you throw in some correspondence between the park tech/medical and vault-tec regarding difficulties and anomalies in the mainframes behavior to help reinforce the story line?

[TrooperScooperMKII]

To Vault Tec HQ

From SSWWWW Vault (number, or unique ID code? It isn't a standard vault, so why not give it a letter-number code to emphasize that this is a TOP SECRET research-only facility, i.e. not open to the general population)

We had a rather unpleasant incident with the AI. It made a few offhand remarks to the Chief... he's not the most astute of men, but he's competent enough to be suspicious when a mere "computer" corrects him about American history.

 

To SSWWWW

Our research teams recommend increasing the quantitities of Biogel 13392 (?) by 12% and rework the cybernetic equipment to make the brain more pliable. They also suggested adding a neuro-disruptive failsafe to interfere with higher cognitive functions. Make no mistake, our client will NOT be informed of the AI's awareness. Get it under control.

 

Inner Correspondence (w/ psych-eval ward)

The AI isn't responding well to stress levels (though the same can be said of humans...)

consistent with long-term autonomy. It gets lonely for God's sake!

 

To SSWWWW general management

The AI need not exist alone. Give it companionship.

 

To Psych-Eval

Wait, what? Are you suggesting that we get MORE of these psychotic brain vats?

 

To General Management

Nothing of the sort. I'm suggesting that you place a few human minds alongside it.

 

 

To Psych-Eval

Research Team Alpha generously offered to continue their work in brain vats. We have a literal think tank now, and the AI has competent human minds to converse with.