Gunners Overhaul - Initially Friendly Gunners

by BangBangYouAreDead

The faction mod you never knew you needed! Finally, the Gunners can become what they should have always been: hard-as-nails mercenaries that only waste bullets if they know they're getting paid, not just because someone in a blue and yellow jumpsuit happens to wander into their sight-lines.

Welcome to Gunners Overhaul.

Essentially this mod makes the Gunners friendly to the player at the start of the game. It also makes all containers and useful items in Gunner areas belong to the Gunner faction, which means you have to steal it from them.

There's a lot of things I don't like about Fallout 4 compared to previous Fallout games, but most of these things come down to a single aspect: the loss of player choice. Factions are one such instance of this. The Gunners are supposed to be a mercenary group, so I was looking forward to a Talon Company / Fighter's Guild-style quest with some lawful evil stuff going on. Instead, the Gunners are just reskinned Raiders. Not only is this boring and more in keeping with the FPS-style of FO4, it completely destroys the player's opportunity to make choices about how he or she will interact with that faction. I found that sad and un-immersive, so I made this mod to fix it.

Welcome to V1. 3! New features include:

• []A repeatable radiant quest ("Gunner Contracts") which you can pick up from any of the Contractors in the Third Rail, the Dugout Inn, or the bar at Bunker Hill. They'll say "come back in a little while", but that's just to start the quest up behind the scenes - talk to them again and they'll offer you the quest. Please note that once you have started a contract with one of the Contractors, only that Contractor will talk to you about the contract. You'll have to complete the quest if you want to start a contract with a different Contractor.

• []Three Gunner Mercenaries who are available to be your companion, found at the Gunner's Plaza, Hub City Auto Wreckers, and Vault 95.

• []Voices and lip sync for all miscellaneous Gunner dialogue, and for the Quartermasters. 

• []Numerous bug fixes (see below).

In general terms, this mod makes Gunners seem like an imposing but ultimately neutral force in the Commonwealth. As you wade through Ghouls, Raiders, Synths and other degenerates, you'll know be happy to spot that white spray-painted skull in the distance. Now the Gunners represent order through swift and painful just