#cait and maccready would be thee funniest friends. they would probably be very bad for each other but theyd have a great time

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I have had An Thought relating to FO4. Not sure anyone else would want this, but I think it would be fun if you could have some kind of "introduce to" mechanism where you could facilitate an introduction scene between an attached companion and another unattached companion or an attached companion and a named settler, like the crew from the museum. Then after that, if the two are in proximity to each other and you aren't interacting with either of them, they would sometimes autonomously interact, like saying lines to each other, as if they've become friends (or at least agree to get along) after being introduced. Sometimes you might see two introduced characters hanging out together somewhere in the settlement when they're not attached to you. Maybe companions occasionally mention an introduced character when you're traveling together.

You would have to have hit at least 50% affinity with the attached companion before you could start introducing them to other characters. Maybe you would need to do a charisma check to succeed at the introduction, and the more affinity you have with the attached companion, the easier the check is. You would also have to have previously attached the other companion, or previously interacted with the named settler, for the option to appear - you'd have to "know" them. For the named settlers (I envision it as only a special few of these get that option), you'd have to 1) have their settlement in your network, 2) have interacted with that settler previously, and 3) leave the settlement and come back again at least a day later, to unlock the "introduce" action.

I think this would make it more like the sole survivor is building a network of friends/allies rather than being the single point of connection with a bunch of people who don't really acknowledge each other others' existence except briefly when you're swapping out companions. I also want to be able to arrange friendships and relationships between companions because it would be cute.