#fo4 laser pistol

[starshadow8991]

Day 20: Weapons

If you're a fallout fan, you definitely recognize these guns. The thirst zapper was definitely one of my favorites after getting that acid mod

See you guys tomorrow!

[lodestarrush]

Me realizing 30 hours into fo4 that maybe I’m not supposed to still be using 10mm pistols and that’s why enemies are so hard to kill

[angelnightrose]

Okay so because it's still rotting my brain I'm going to just do a little introduction-type info dump about the infiniteship fallout au and if yall are interested maybe I'll try and figure out something to do with it, lol.

Jougo is 18 in this au. Before the war he lived and grew up in Sanctuary Hills with his dad (a us war veteran) which is how he got into Vault 111. The opening is mostly the same. Bombs fall, run to the vault, get in the tube, surprise! It's a cryo facility. Sleep for 200 years or so and at some point Jougo gets woken up and sees some people show up and take his dad away before putting him back to sleep again. Wake up again an indeterminate amount of time later, head out into wasteland to find dad, maybe deal with some trauma about the whole world you knew being gone and stuff.

Yubel is here! They're a ghoul. They were childhood friends with Jougo before the bombs fell and have kind of just been hanging around Sanctuary doing their own thing for over 200 years. They're the first person Jougo runs into after escaping the vault and helps him out trying to find his dad. (no Codsworth here, sorry.)

Somewhere along the way they run into Mamoru. Mamo has amnesia and can't remember anything about who he is, where he is, or anything that's going on, all he could remember was the name "Mamoru" which he just assumes is his own name. He just woke up somewhere in the wasteland one day all alone with a laser pistol sitting nearby. Most everyone he meets in the wasteland don't trust him or want to help him until he meets Jougo. He joins Jougo and they try to find some clues about his memory while also trying to find clues about who took Jougo's dad.

Soooo yeah. I guess that's the main characters and some basic overview. Some of the fo4 characters would show up here and there but it would be mostly these guys and honestly while Yubel does get some focus and story, but it's mostly about the boys and their relationship. The story would be mostly the same as fo4 up until somewhere around Fort Hagen.

[unholycourier]

would love to learn how to mod so i can mod lecter and graham into fo4 as companions. lecter being old longfellow’s son would be found in far harbor and will give you a perk called hunter’s apprentice where scrapping down weapons will give you double the amount it usually would. his quest would be related to him being a prototype synth / cyborg of sorts between a gen 2 and gen 3 synth.

he’s a sniper and the sneaky type, has a shotgun when in close quarters combat.

graham would be found in the old north church after you do enough radiance quests. he’d give you a perk called the agent’s secret where consumption of meat heals radiation or any other ailment. his quest would be something i have not yet decided upon, but maybe something related to his fucking off to alaska and burning bridges with his parents or something.

graham is a pistol person, but also works with laser weapons and is more brash and forward in combat.

[lhs3020b]

I believe we have a winner for the Wasteland’s Most Useless Settler Award of 2287.

I was playing some Fo4 and one of the Minutemen random quests popped up. Rescue a kidnapped settler - OK, straightforward enough, I thought. I got to the settlement, and something felt a little odd. So I screencapped the quest, and set off.

I got to the spot, and here’s what I found.

This idiot had been assigned guard duty; he had a kitted-out laser rifle and an X-01 suit, and had somehow managed to get kidnapped. “Oh noes Nasty Mr Raider, your pipe pistol is so scary, I’ll do whatever you say!” Then when they were finished leading him by the nose, he’d apparently obligingly hopped out of the suit. For bonus points, he’s managed to dump it in a spot where it’s apparently unrecoverable. (Can’t interact with it at all - I think because it’s partly clipping into the wall behind.)

I’m normally very nice to my settlers, but I think this idiot may have earned himself a stealth kill, on account of being worse than useless...

[returnn-of-the-mac]

Companions react to Sole getting bored making a plan with them, remembering an old pre-war meme, and running in yelling "LEEROOOOOOOOOYYYYYYYY JENKIIIIINNNNNNSSSSS"

Usually I do my inbox reacts in order (unless I’m stuck on one), but last night I had a dream about this one, so I decided to do it now lmao. This made me ugly laugh when I first saw it, so I’m not surprised I dreamt about it. Please enjoy!

FO4 Companions React: Sole Pulling a Leeroy Jenkins

Sole and their companion were crouched behind a rock just outside of Quincy. The city was swarming with aggressive Gunners, and the pair decided they were going to make a plan before storming the checkpoint.

After about 3 minutes of drafting a battle plan, however, Sole found themself losing interest. In their boredom, they remembered a classic meme from their time: Leeroy Jenkins: the fearless World of Warcraft player who ran headlong into combat.

Sole, suddenly inspired, decided they were going to do the same.

To the shock and horror of their companion, Sole stood up, hollered “LEEEROOOYYY JENKINS!!” at the top of their lungs, and ran into the city.

...

Cait: Ah, who am I kidden? I was never much of a planner meself [wielding bat] I’m right behind ya!

Danse: [infuriated] What do you think you’re doing, soldier!? [charging after them; laser rifle in hand] Are you trying to get us killed!?

Deacon: [playing along] Goddammit, Leeroy!

Strong: Good human! Less talk, more smash!

Longfellow: Or, you can handle it yourself. That’s fine with me [kicks back and casually takes a swing of whisky]

MacCready: [calling after Sole] H-hey! Wait! We weren’t done planning! [equipping sniper rifle] [sarcastic] Yeah, run right in there. That’ll show em. [muttering in under breath] Talk about impatient.

Codsworth: [sighs] Still has the attention span of an ant, I see. Very well. [charges in after Sole; flamethrowers equipped]

Curie: [runs after Sole waving paper around] [Madam/Monsieur]! Please! We weren’t vinished discussing! Ze plan! [furiously waving paper] Ze plan!

Piper: [still hiding] Dammit Blue! Get back here! [scrambling after Sole with pistol equipped] [annoyed] So help me, Blue! If these synths don’t kill you, I will!

Ada: Who is this Leeroy, [sir/ma’am]?

Gage: [charging after Sole] That’s the spirit, boss! Get ‘em, Leeroy!

Preston: [equips musket; follows Sole] This wasn’t part of the plan!

Hancock: Spontaneous [loads shotgun] I like it!

Nick: Oh, for the love of— [runs in after Sole]— your impatience is going to be your downfall, bucko!

X6-88: [annoyed; rubbing temples] [to self] Darwinism, X6. This is just Darwinism running its course.

[callmemerm]

fo4 calls the 10mm pistol a "staple of wasteland combat" except in fo4 no one uses them. settlers use pipe pistols, raiders use pipe pistols or .45s, mutants use pipe rifles, Gunners and the Institute use laser weapons, Minutemen use laser muskets, CoA use gamma weapons, and after that point the 10mm is pretty much far from being a "staple." like, you can't fight jack with a 10mm and the commonwealth not only collectively knows this, but would rather use the .38 peashooters they made while sitting on the john than a 10mm

[metalforhands]

27 and 28!

oh hey!! thank you so much for the ask, it means a lot! ;v; <3

27. Weapon of choice?

i always hang onto certain weapons for roleplaying purposes:

in fo3 i loved a3-21’s plasma rifle - definitely my go to!

in fnv i kinda swapped around? defaulted to 9mm or 10mm pistols.

in fo4 it was a laser rifle! whenever i get righteous authority i just kinda hang onto it for the rest of the game.

in fo76 i usually rely on a double-barrel shotgun!

28. Stealth or guns blazing?

it usually relies on what character i’m playing, but my go to is just guns blazing HDGHGDH

[mars-colony]

5, 16 and 27 for the Fallout asks! :D

Thanks for sending Halk! :3

5. Are there any creatures you feel bad for fighting?

I don’t like fighting the pups. Same reason I hate bringing Dogmeat with me. Hate the hurt/wounded sounds they make. Very upsetting.

16. If you could have any three companions traveling with you, who would it be?

My main companion is of course, to no ones surprise, Danse. Other than him I travel with Valentine and Deacon most often. I think that Danse, Valentine, and Piper would be an interesting combination! It’d be really fun to do some of the more detective/sleuthy quests with the three of them.

I also completely endorse @marvilus73‘s Danse, Preston, Dogmeat Minutemen trio!

27. Weapon of choice?

This depends completely on the character I’m playing. In 76, my vault resident Thelma is primarily melee. I love the fire axes in 76, with a close second fave being the ski sword. Oh, but number one fave is definitely Death Tambo!! It makes me silly happy to punch stuff and it make the tambourine sound.

In fo4 I like to use laser rifles, railway rifles, pistols too. If I’m not playing my main sole survivor I branch out a little more. I think my favorite weapon in 4 is probably Righteous Authority, but I’m majorly biased.

[atombombbaby]

I mean, speaking as an ex-soldier, I find the FO4 Brotherhood of Steel pretty ridiculous. They’re like cosplayers who THINK they’re soldiers, believe that “might makes right,” and who THINK that they know what’s best for everyone, even where they’re not wanted. Like, if you listen to comments from people in the Commonwealth, NOBODY wants them there. Hell, they’re even okay with taking settlements by force, and openly talk about how they took over the operation of Project Purity in DC as a condition of protection. Basically, they’re high-tech, slightly-better-structured raiders with no real discipline except that which comes with adherence to a fanatical leader. (They remind me of the US trying to “spread democracy” by overthrowing other governments and installing dictators.)

“We have to conquer the Commonwealth in order to free it from the Institute.” Uh, yeah... right. You mean you need to conquer the Commonwealth to feed Maxson’s massive ego. (Don’t even get me started on their ludicrous command structure.) Obeying the tenet of “do as I say without question” does not on its own connote discipline.

I mean, I know it’s a game, but especially as an author, I like to see a little thing called verisimilitude, and if Bethesda’s goal was to make the BoS look like a reasonably well organized and disciplined fighting force, they failed miserably for anyone who has ACTUALLY been part of such a force. And ideologically...Hell, the BoS is barely a step above the Children of Atom.

Take away the BoS’ scavenged tech, and they’re less than nothing. Hell, even WITH their scavenged tech, they’re not much. I mean, Danse--who I really like personally, btw, and who has genuinely good intentions despite the insane cult leader he follows--is such a crappy leader with such crappy, untrained, undisciplined “soldiers” under his “command” that despite power armor and laser rifles, he loses most of his squad in territory your recently-thawed survivor-cicle strolls through with a vault suit, some shitty, scavenged raider armor, a .38 pipe rifle, a 10mm pistol, and a dog.

The Minutemen impress me far more, because they may not have the best gear, and may not always know what they’re doing, but damn it, they don’t CLAIM to be an invincible Final Authority. They are exactly what they say they are: an all-volunteer force whose ONLY objective is to defend settlements from threats. That’s it. Not tell them what to do, but just keep them safe. Don’t want to join? Fine, they’ll protect you anyway.

[balzabul]

quick pro con fo76 “review” from the maybe 10 hrs ive played:

pro:

soundtrack for sure

voice acting

environment/overall look and aesthetic

atmosphere of solitude actually plays better than i thought it would. the “no npcs” thing sounds scarier than it is

interactions w/ environment. i want more but it’s a huge improvement over fo4

con:

seemingly no way to tell other players to politely leave you be w/o voice? it’s small but im not particularly social in online games and i can only reject the same person asking to group up so many times in a row w/o feeling bad

random drops... like i get most drops being random but after fighting a Scorched w/ a laser pistol for 5 minutes, i was kinda hoping it would drop, you know, the laser pistol or at least some laser ammo. not sure why it dropped .45 ammo and a ladle, but alright

caps to fast travel costing as much as 200 not even a mile away....... what

my weapons feel like theyre degrading REALLY fast but that may also be subjective

oh also in that vein caps to move my camp... better scaling at least please yeesh

Quest markers and hud notifications!!! i really like how they look but man do they fill up quick and when i dont want em. throw em in the sidequest log, i’ll get to it geez. ALso the quest log in the pipboy. that is the worst organizing i have ever seen

[coolwitchcollectorstuff]

Fallout 4 Mod List  (Part 2)

the mod links is coming soon 

Immersion

Automatically Lowered Weapons

Immersive Vendors

Long Range Bullet Holes

Pip-Boy Flashlight 

Player Comments and Head Tracking

Rain of Brass

Settlement Menu Manager

Small blur Crafting screen background

Modders Resources and Tutorials

Armor and Weapon Keywords Community Resource (AWKCR)

See-Through-Scopes Framework

Settlement Keywords Expanded

No more room bounds pre culling in interior cells 

Boston FPS Fix - aka BostonDT PreVis-PreCombine 

Corpse Cleaner - Commonwealth and Addons for DLC

Models and Textures

AK5C Skin Packs

Ammo Retexture

Assaultron Combatron

Assaultron Miscellaneous Armor

Better Computer Terminals 4k

Better Quarry Sites

Better Rubble

Bottles Labels Overhaul - 2k

Deep Spiritual Eyes FO4

Electrical Tower 8K 4K 2K 

Enhanced Blood Textures

Evil Institute HD

Eyewear and mask retexture

Fences HD 

FO4 SUN

Ghouls Revamped 

Gore Overhaul 3.0

High Resolution Texture Pack 2K 

Humanoid Assaultrons - Dlx_assaultron

Immersive Mouth and Teeth 

Improved Map with Visible Roads 

Ivy HD 

Prydwen 2K Textures 

Street Signs Retexture

Synth Overhaul - C.A.S.T

The Eyes Of Beauty Fallout Edition

Sim Settlements - Conqueror

Sim Settlements -  Three-in-One

NPC

Immersive Facial Animations REMADE

Looks Menu Customization Compendium

Pip-boy

PIP-Pad 

Player Settlement

Alternate Settlements 

Better Settlers 

Clean and Simple - Settlement Startup

Colored Workshop Lights 

Conquest - Build New Settlements and Camping

Craftable Turret Stands 

Craftable Vault Cage Elevator

Homemaker - Expanded Settlements 

Place Everywhere

Repaired Sanctuary Bridge 

Sandbag Fortifications

Scrap Everything

Settlement Limits Slashed - Far Harbor Edition

Settlement Objects Expansion Pack 

Simply Modular Housing 

Snap'n Build 2.0 

Vertical (Wall-Mounted) Power Conduits

Window Floor and Roof Boards 

Workshop Framework

Workshop Plus

Workshop Rearranged

Power Armour

Enclave X-02 Power Armor

Power Armor Voiced Operating Systems

Utilities

BodySlide and Outfit Studio

IN-GAME ESP Explorer

Visuals and Graphics

Darker Nights

Enhanced Lights and FX

Extreme Particles Overhaul 3.0 

Eye Normal Map Fix Fallout 4 Edition 

Fallout 4 Enhanced Color Correction

Fr4nsson's Light Tweaks

Gun Smoke (Weapon muzzle smoke and Smoke Trails)

Laser Bolt FX Fallout 4 edition

PipBoyShadows

Water Enhanced - 2K 

Weapons

AK400 - Assault Rifle

Ak5C - A Nordic Relic 

AK74M - Assault Rifle

Beretta M9-FS Pistol

Colt Delta Elite - Standalone

Custom Optics

FACTOR - Modular Rifle 

FN P90

Fusillade Grenade Launcher 

Grenade Expansion Pack

Heckler und Koch - G36 Complex 

Hunting Shotgun

KREBS AK

Kriss Vector 

LegacySlayer And Toadies NIArms HK416

M1911A1 - Standalone Handgun

M3D - Sig Sauer P220

M60 Light Machinegun

McMillan CS5 - A Standalone Sniper Rifle

MG42 and MG34

Miniguns Standalone

Mk14 EBR Redux 

RPG-7V2 

RU556 - Assault rifle

SA80 British Rifle (L85 and L86) 

SCAR-H 

See Through Scopes

Service Rifle

Service Rifle Expansion Project

Wasteland Melody's Service Rifle

Weapon Jiggle Remover

Weaponsmith Extended - Weaponsmith Bundled Assets Pack

XM2010 Enhanced Sniper Rifle

Ghillie Mod Redux

Weather

True Storms - Wasteland Edition (Thunder-Rain-Weather Redone) 

[greased-ghoul]

Companion Meme!

NAME: Johnny Midas

COMPANION PERK: Midas Touch (Doubles the effectiveness of all repairs -FO:NV) / Best wrench in the wastes (All mods and automatrons permanently cost less scrap to build -FO4)

WEAPON OF CHOICE: Greasy Thunder (custom Laser Pistol), Serrated Switchblade. 

I THINK WE SHOULD TRAVEL TOGETHER:

“Things were getting total dullsville. Alright, Daddy-o, let’s agitate the gravel.“

USE MELEE:

“One knuckle sandwich, coming up.“

“Cruising for a bruising, eh?”

“Remember the first rule...“

USE RANGED:

“They should count their lucky stars Sandi ain’t here.“

“Headshots are ten points, you dig?”

“Greasy Thunder, do ya stuff.”

OPEN INVENTORY:

"Alright, but easy with the leather.“

"I should really charge for this...“

"Just don’t make Johnny carry anything weird, you dig?”

STAY CLOSE:

“Didn’t know you cared.”

“On ya like stink on a brahmin”

“Alright, but if ya sneeze on Johnny’s jacket, I’ll end ya.“

KEEP DISTANCE:

“That’s what they all say...”

“Right-o, makin’ space.“

STEALTH:

“Now a bad time for some sounds?“

"Me without a Stealth Boy...“

“Thank crap you’re the strong, silent type.”

BACKUP:

“Frendly warnin’, don’t make us flip.“

“And then there’s this nosebleed...“

BE PASSIVE:

“Sounds nowhere, but alright.”

“Party pooper...”

AGGRESSIVE:

“Let’s rumble.”

"One shiner, courtesy of Johnny Midas.”

USE STIMPACK:

“Guess today ain’t the day...”

“This never happened.”

“And now Johnny owes ya. Just great.”

WAIT HERE:

“And me without my bots...“

“Fine, just don’t take too long or Johnny’ll go kookie.”

FOLLOW ME:

“Friggin’ finally.”

"Let’s make tracks.“

DISMISSED:

“Fine. Needed to check on Sandi and Juke, anyway.“

“Time for a Nuka break.“

SEND HIM HOME (FOLLOWER BASE):

“Fine, but I call dibs on the radio.”

ENEMIES (LONG RANGE - OR COMPLIMENTS ON PLAYER CHARACTER’S CONFIRMED KILL USING A SNIPER RIFLE ON LONG RANGED TARGET)

" D.D.T! “

“ Gettin’ Johnny frosted? Last goof you’ll ever make! ”

“Eh, they weren't really usin’ it.“ (if head explodes)

ENEMIES (CLOSE RANGE)

“Joke’s on you, Nosebleed. Johnny does this for sport.“

“Gettin’ personal, eh? Groovy with me “

“Ey! Watch the do!”

“Sit on it, ya fucks!“

AGGRESSION: aggressive/not aggressive/very aggressive/frenzied

CONFIDENCE:cowardly/cautious/average/brave/foolhardy

ASSISTANCE: helps nobody/helps allies/helps friends and allies

Tagged by: No one.

Tagging: Everyone who wants it.

[biggaybunny]

Honestly the best thing about New Vegas to me is the weapons. Where does this game get off having such a world class selection of weapons ;-;. I can battle my way through the mojave desert with a fucking katana, what else can you ask for? But more seriously, it managed to make the tradeoffs of such a broad selection of weapons meaningful. Neither fo3 or 4 managed to do anything interesting with energy weapons, while New Vegas effortlessly gives you, what, 10 or 11 meaningfully different guns, not counting unique variants? The explicit DPS calculations being handed to you, the trade off between low damage high dps or high damage low dps and how both interacted with an enemy’s DT, rapid fire weapons, weapons specifically for dishing out EMP damage, the tradeoff between plasma and laser instead of one just being better than the other... and they did just as much on the traditional guns side, I’m just focusing on energy weapons because they’ve always felt disappointingly flat to me in the other games. And the unique variants! Okay some of them were a little questionable but I love finding those kind of well-hidden treasures that are worth going after. I wish I could’ve seen the return of half of these things in FO4, like the grenade rifle, or the plasmacaster, or, god, anything to spice up the “slowly improving pistol/rifle” paradigm it insisted on sticking to. Sure some things in FO4 were fun, don’t get me wrong, they had some good ideas in there. But you really can’t beat the ability to personalize one’s loadout and playstyle in FNV.

[returnn-of-the-mac]

Could you do the companions saving sole as they are pinned by a Yao guai ?

I am so sorry I used the word “yeeted.” I just. I had to. I’m sorry. Please enjoy!😊 (ill add a read more later)

FO4 Companions React: Sole Being Pinned By a Yao Guai

Sole and their companion were exploring the Fairline Hill Estates when two Yao Guai’s attacked from a nearby park.

The pair fought viciously, and managed to take out one of the two bears. Before they could recuperate, the second Yao Guai leapt out from behind a house and pinned Sole to the ground.

Cait

“Hey!” Cait hollered, marching straight up to the angered bear, “Pick on someone yer own damn size!”

She wound her arm back and delivered a powerful uppercut. While the animal was dazed, she pulled out her shotgun and fired close-range. The force was enough to blow the Yao Guai’s head to smithereens.

A Sole crawled out from under the animal, and surveyed the damage.

“Sorry I covered ye in bear brains,” the redhead apologized, “But I’m sure you’ve been covered in worse.”

MacCready:

“Oh no, you don’t,” MacCready growled, crouching behind a rock and whipping out his sniper rifle. He aimed, held his breath, and fired. The bullet pierced the Yao Guai’s eyeball, and the bear collapsed.

“You good?” MacCready called, rushing up to his dazed friend. He offered them a hand, and Sole accepted it. When Sole had brushed themselves off, the two glanced at the carcass.

“Niiice,” MacCready smirked, pleased with his marksmanship, “That was clean.”

Longfellow:

“Fuck,” the Harborman cursed as he tossed his bottle of whiskey aside and pulled out his trusty harpoon gun, “Hang on, kid.”

Longfellow pulled the trigger and sent a harpoon clean through Yao Guai’s midsection. The animal toppled over and Sole was able to free themselves.

“How’re you feeling? Any wounds? Bleeding?”

Sole shook their head, and Longfellow smirked.

“Well, good!” He exlaimed, scrutinizing his kill, “Good sized game, too. We’ll be eating well tonight. This calls for a damn toast!”

Piper:

“Oh no! Blue!” Piper wailed, “Stay calm!”

Piper fished through her inventory for a her pistol.

“Nuka Cola? No...Gumdrops...no...crumpled up piece of paper...pen...camera...candy wrapper...sugar bombs...”

The Yao Gui growled and swung at Sole.

“...another pen...hair brush...teddy bear—aha!” Piper exclaimed, drawing her weapon, “Hasta la vista, Guai!”

The reporter fired her weapon several times and eventually in the head. The Yao Guai fell over, and Sole stood up and brushed themself off.

A worried Piper rushed up to their companion, “Are you okay!? Any limbs missing?”

Sole shook their head and the reporter sighed in relief.

Gage

“Aw shit!” Gage cursed, “Don’t worry, boss. I won’t let him mess with ya. Imma pop a cap in his ass.”

The raider pulled out his handmade rifile and, without hesitation, made it rain 7.62mm’s on the bear.

The Yao Guai diverted it’s attention from Sole, roared, and charged at Gage.

“Fuck,” he cursed, continuing to chip away at the bear with his gun.

Suddenly, the bear collapsed. It appeared to have a small hole burned through the back of its head.

Sole stood inches from the carcass, wielding a laser rifle.

“Damn,“ Gage muttered, “Thanks boss. Those shit-bears are tougher than I thought.”

Nick

“Damn,” Nick cursed, trying to think of the best way to free his companion. He suddenly had an idea. He sifted through his inventory and pulled out some mutt chops.

“Hey, Guai,” he called. The bear looked up to see the detective waving around the slabs of meat, “Come and get some!”

The bear charged at Nick, who tossed the mutt chops to the side. The bear made a beeline for the meat.

“Let’s go!” Nick shouted. The pair managed to slip away from the bear as it snacked on the meat.

Curie

“Oh non!” Curie panicked. She knew just how deadly a Yao Guai attack could be.

The synth thought for a moment before pulling out her Syringer and loading it with a Yellow Belly syringe. She aimed and fired, managing to plant the needle in the bear’s side.

The Yao Guai immediately ceased it’s attack and began whimpering. It turned around and clumsily darted back into the wilderness.

Curie bolted over to her companion, helping them up to their feet.

“We ‘ave to go now!” Curie announced, practically dragging Sole along, “Zose chemically-induced effects only last about 30 zeconds!”

Hancock

“Aw shit,” Hancock muttered as he fished through his pockets. He pulled out syringe of psychobuff, “Pullin out the big guns for this one.”

The ghoul injected himself with the chem, and his pupils contracted to the size of pins. Suddenly yelled in intelligible battle cry that seemed like a mix of the words “yeehaw” and “bathtub.”

In his drug induce haze, he looked around for an item to attack the bear with. Then he saw it. A spatula. Perfect.

He picked up the cooking utensil and charged at the bear.

“Hey, fuck you,” Hancock bellowed, “Get outta here you pest.”

Then he swung the spatula around with drug-enhanced force behind it, and at lightning speed. The bear was beaten to a near pulp before it finally surrendered and ran back onto the woods.

Just seconds later, the chems wore off and Hancock collapsed to the ground beside Sole.

“That...that was a wild ride.”

X6-88

“I am coming to assist you, [sir/ma’am]. Don’t panic.”

The Courser calmly pulled a laser rifle from his jacket and fired at the beast. With striking accuracy, the cell pierced the Yao Guai’s skull and hit the tree behind it.

The bear fell to the ground, and Sole was able to free themself from under the beast.

“Are you alright?” X6 asked, approaching his companion.

Sole nodded.

“Excellent.”

Codsworth

“Oh bother, oh bother,” The robot panicked, “I’m coming, [sir/mum]!”

Codsworth floated over to the angry bear and began sawing it with his metal arm. The bear recoiled and then lunged at the Mr. Handy.

The Yao Guai took a powerful swing, creating a large scuff on Codsworth’s body.

“Excuse you, good sir! But I do take great pride in my paint job!” Codsworth shouted, “You’ll pay for that!”

The Mr. Handy suddenly whipped out his flamethrower and burned the bear to a crisp. When he was sure the bear was dead, he extinguished the flames.

“Yao Guai, anyone?” Codsworth asked, “It’s extra crispy!”

Ada

“I am coming to assist you, [sir/ma’am],” Ada reassured as she waddled over to the bear. She charged her tasers and struck the bear repeatedly from behind.

The dazed Yao Guai fell over, temporarily paralyzed.

“Now!” Ada called, and Sole quickly fished through their inventory to find an appropriate weapon. Sole quickly located a laser rifle and shot the stunned animal repeatedly.

“A job well done, [sir/ma’am]. I hope that bear liked that 30 wattz of electricity and shower of fusion cells.”

Deacon

“These Guais just love to be a pain in the butt, don’t they?” Deacon huffed. He rummaged through his bag o tricks and pulled out the Bear mascot head. “And [name] said this was useless and tacky. I knew it would come in handy eventually.”

After equipping the mascot head, Deacon approached the animal.

“Hey!” Deacon antagonized, doing a goofy dance, “Come and get me, you dumb bear!”

The irritated Yao Guai immediately diverted their attention from Sole, and stared at Deacon. But instead of attacking, it initiated a mating call.

“What the—“ Before Deacon had time to react, the lustful bear charged at him, “I DON’T THINK HE’S TRYING TO KILL ME—HELP!!”

Sole quickly sprung up from the ground and equipped a laser rifle. They tried to aim, but Deacon and the Yao Guia were running around in circles. They fired haphazardly a few times, and was eventually able to vaporize the bear with a direct hit.

Deacon collapsed, drenched in sweat, and Sole rushed over to check on him.

“Thanks pal,” he laughed, “At least I got my cardio for the day.”

Danse

“I don’t think so!” Danse bellowed, charging at the Yao Guai and ramming it with his Power Armor.

The bear went flying several feet before growling and charging at the Paladin. Danse turned to Sole, “Go!”

Sole swiftly stood up, brushed themself off, and ran behind their companion. While Danse was holding off the animal, Sole fished through their inventory and pulled out a laser rifle. Danse and Sole both shot the bear several times, before it was completely vaporized.

“Great work, soldier,” Danse complimented, “One less nuisance roaming the Commonwealth.”

Preston

“I’ve gotchu, General! Stay calm!” Preston called as he loaded his laser musket and fired at the bear.

The shot brushed the Yao Guai’s side, but missed. The angered animal lost interest in Sole and charged at Preston.

“Damn!” The Colonel cursed, quickly reloading. He shot again, this time hitting the beast in the leg. The Yao Guai roared in pain as it fell to the ground.

“Come on!”

Sole and Preston ran out of sight as the bear struggled to stand up.

Strong:

“Don’t worry human!” Strong bellowed, “Strong take care of stupid bear!”

Strong effortlessly picked the Yao Guai off of Sole and yeeted it about 15 feet. The bear hit a rock and died instantly.

Sole got up and dusted themselves off while their companion made his way to the dead animal to survey the damage. He was pleased.

“Silly teddy bear,” Strong announced. “Strong is STRONG.”

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Hello! Are you still doing that fic ask meme? If so, could I please ask 9, 10 (bless your soul for choosing this rarepair), and 13 for ISSH! So, so much love for this fic! It's quite literally one of my fav fallout fics ever.

I totally am! Frankly, fanfic authors love the opportunity to gush about their work and I am no exception to this rule! 

Okay so 9: Are there alternate versions of Insert Something? The short answer is yes! The long one is that I have two that I currently bat around in my head when a current chapter is being a pain or I’m stuck on where to go next. 

The first au fic is one where after the Outcasts kill everyone in Vault 101 and Deacon or Jack as he’s known then goes to Sarah Lyons and demands to know who it was, instead of her basically telling Jack to get f*cked, she instead goes with her gut reaction to the situation and not her ‘Elder Lyons’ reaction she actually had, and tells Jack everything he needs to know. Helping him find justice because even for all the things she believes in regards to the Brotherhood what the Outcasts did was wrong on so many levels. 

So Jack never leaves the Captial Wasteland and he and Sarah pursue a stronger relationship with each other and Jack end up integrating into the Brotherhood, helping change them in the way that he thinks they should be, a help to the Captial and its people, rather than a burden. He sort ends up Second to Sarah’s Elder. Then she’s killed as per canon, and instead of choosing Maxon to lead them, the Brotherhood senior officers choose Jack. Fast forward to Danse’s company going to the Commonwealth (along with Maxon), but instead of a ‘let’s find and horde all the tech we can’, Jack’s Brotherhood has changed enough to want to help/explore what’s left of America. 

Then they get that Insitute signal and communicate back to the Captial. Jack is reluctant to just go in with the Prydwen, guns blazing, like Maxon does in canon, he doesn’t want to start a war if they can avoid it. So he takes a team to the Commonwealth to assess the situation personally and whether they need to get more involved than just a meet and great with the citizens of the Commonwealth. Rest is then history from there. Still a Nick/Deacon fic, just more politics and negotiations and less Railroad sneaking around. 

Second au is more or less the same as the current fic, only instead of things like stims and RadAway, plasma rifles and laser pistols, and power armour, the post-apocalyptic world of Fallout is full of magic. Bombs still fell, wiped out people, but instead of nuclear power and atoms, there’s a gut of magic harness from the natural world that was turned into a weapon and then that was used in the Great War. So things like ghouls and feral still exist, but not as irradiated creatures, but things twisted by magic turned so far from its original purpose that it’s not a help, but a harm.

The regular citizens of the Wasteland have primitive magic compared to what the Old-World once wielded, enough to help crops grow and heal injury and syphon off poisonous magic, but people like Deacon/Jack who grew in a Vault or are a part of the Brotherhood or Enclave have a greater control and command of magic, know spells that were lost to those regular people through the destruction of the war. 

The Institue having the greatest command of magic, even so far as to invent new ways of using it and creating golems. Creatures of dirt and clay animated by magic. They were primitive at first, looking barely human, then they began to progress, allowing the transfer of memories of deceased humans to them (Nick) to live again and ultimately becoming so sophisticated that there is virtually no way to tell the difference between them and humans. 

So yeah, those are my au’s.

Now for 10: Why this pairing? Well, to be honest, when I first started plotting this fic in my head it was going to be Deacon/MacCready, because Mac is just so adorable and there’s a history there with MacCready knowing The Lone Wanderer -which will come up in the actual fic. But after writing the first chapter and realizing that it wasn’t just going to be a 15k one-shot, but something a little longer than that (didn’t think it’d get THIS long, though. LOL) I realized that wasn’t going to work for me with what I had planned. So then I thought about the most compatible person, the one that would challenge Deacon and his Lone Wanderer past, who could be an equal, and the answer was obvious: Nick Valentine. Like that Maroon 5 song says, “It was always you; can’t believe I could not see it all this time! It was always you!” From there it just worked so well that it seemed like it was meant to be. Deacon/Nick forever. :D

Lastly, lucky number 13: What music? When I write I listen to a mix of lore friendly music. I love swing and old school jazz and old country/folk music from the 20′s to the 50′s. That was already my wheelhouse, so I added the FO4, soundtrack to my FO3 and FO:NV playlist, along with the great songs on the WRVR mod, and my own selection including: The Andrew Sisters, Bing Crosby, Hank Snow, Patsy Cline, Ray Charles, Danny Kaye, Tom T. Hall, Billie Holiday, Fred Astaire, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and various show tunes from movies of that era: ie) Music Man. As well as four different John Philip Sousa band numbers: ‘The Washington Post’ (obviously, since Deacon whistles it all the time), ‘The Stars and Stripes Forever’, ‘Manhattan Beach’, and ‘Semper Fi’. (I’m not American, but I just love the complexity and brilliance of those songs and they’re catchy as all get out.)

I am so glad to hear that you enjoy my fic and my writing (and art too)! You’ve really made my day with this ask! (If I’m late in replying, sorry!) I hope this mass of rambly words is of interest to you. :D