Brotherhood of Steel Faction Overhaul and Enhancement

tl;dr Boosts all BoS combat NPCs, making them scale to player level and also boosting their HP by quite a bit. Also adds in BoS exclusive armor and weaponry. Removes the ability for a player to pickpocket the fusion cores all BoS PA users. For compatibility, see bottom of page.

UPDATE: So I found out what was causing the CTDs and have removed those parts of the mod. Anyone who has a previous version will need to download the current version to avoid the CTDs. For a more detailed list of what I removed, check the changelog.

I still remember the first time I saw the BoS in Fallout 4. I had just finished off Kellog at level 15, so it was quite a hellish fight. I come out to the roof of Fort Hagen and I see this giant airship go by, dropping off vertibirds left right and center.  Next thing I know, I am wandering back to Diamond City to talk to Piper, when I get ambushed by a gang of Super Mutants near the entrance. Right as I'm about to run for it, a vertibird comes in, drops off two Knights, and then flies off. The knights proceed to slaughter the mutants seemingly with ease, and then walk away. Quite a first impression.

However as the game progressed and I started to get stronger, the BoS became less and less impressive, until finally they were unable to keep up with the scaling NPCs from normal encounters. Vertibirds were shot down within seconds, patrols just slaughtered brutally by gunners, mutants, raiders, almost anything with a gun. To say nothing of what the institute synths did to them.  And after I did Mass Fusion, those BoS patrols that I used to follow around for protection became my enemies, but even I found them easy prey.

Well no more. This mod takes the BoS and brings them better in line with what you'd expect from a powerful late game faction.  There are a lot of changes made, so bear with me here. As an added note, there are two variants to this mod. A "Normal" version, in which does everything listed below, and then a "Hardcore" version, which makes the BoS even stronger.

NPCs

First and foremost, all BoS combat NPCs (as in NPCs that are likely to experience combat at some point) and story NPCs have been set to scale with the player's level. In some cases, they scale much higher (Maxson is set to scale to 1. 5x the players level), but with most they will at least match the player level. Also all combat NPCs have had their base HP increased by a good 300% (some by significantly more, especially vertibirds).

Vertibirds have been buffed significantly. They have had their HP increased by massive amounts, and have also had their weaponry and

damage resistances increased. This should reduce their "glass cannon" aspect and actually allow them to do something other than fly around, make lots of noise, then explode in a giant fireball.

Lastly, all BoS NPCs now have base dam