Salvage Beacons

TLDR: Placing one of these beacons in a container sends a team of settlers to come pick up everything you put in that container and lug it all back to a workbench for you.

To Use: Build a Communications Station in a settlement (found under Resources->Miscellaneous), assign a Settler to it, then craft Salvage Beacons in the Chemistry Station under Utility and place one in a container out in the world along with the loot you want to move.

The idea behind this mod is to solve the disconnect between the exploration game-play Bethesda games do so well and the interruptions created because you need to hoard everything you find in order to build up settlements - and to solve it in an immersive way.

How often do you find yourself enjoying some exploration, finding a cool "dungeon", and mid-way through you hit your carrying capacity? So now this awesome little ass-kicking adventure is interrupted because your're forced to manage inventory or else leave valuable stuff behind.

Obviously there are many simple solutions, like waiting to pick up stuff until after you kill everything, using a zero-weight mod, or just use the console to add yourself a boatload of crafting materials. The first method requires you to double-back and walk through every space twice - not to mention you still have to keep running back to a settlement, and the other two are un-immersive cheats.

One of the more immersive solutions available right now is to add more carry capacity, excellent mods like Wearable Backpacks and Pouches, are  awesome!

But wait, I'm supposed to be the General of the Minutemen and the leader of dozens of settlements, why am I hauling hundreds of pounds of junk?

The How This is where Salvage Beacons come in to play. Using basic radio technology, you set up Communications Stations in your settlements and assign Settlers to monitor for your beacons. When you're out adventuring and need to clear your inventory, you just drop a beacon into a container and write a note on it so your settlers know which of your Settlements to deliver the goods to. Then anything else you put in that container will be picked up and dropped off at the Settlement workbench you wrote down.

Requirements:

• []Local Leader - Rank 1 []At least one Settler to assign to a new Miscellaneous Resource called "Communications Station"

[]Settlers will not steal for you, if there are any items marked red in the container, the Salvage Beacon won't activate - if you want to steal those items first and empty the container, you'll then be able to use a beacon there. []The Railroad HQ, Prydwwn, and Institute are all no-go areas for your settlers, they just are