Whirly

Whirly

Version 1. 8

Description:

A toy drone can be found in the Goodsprings saloon: RobCo Whirligig.  When activated it behaves semi-autonomously and is reminiscent of an old fashioned gas-powered remote controlled (RC) helicopter model.  But once it latches to a shoulder ... it becomes a "Wireless High-Reliability Independent Government-Issue Gunship".

Notes:

• Whirly is not a "companion", but is kind-of-sort-of like one.

• Whirly is also similar to a mobile gun emplacement or shoulder-mounted machinegun.

• For a "companion style" Whirly, install the Whirly Mk II ProtoType and toggle "shoulder latching" to be Off.

• Whirly does not fill a companion slot, regardless of the type installed, and so will not count against the number of allowed companions.

• There are six Whirly styles to choose from: Whirly (the original Vertibird model), Whirly Mk II ProtoType, PlayGround UFO, Rocket Whirly, RobCo BottleCap UFO, and RobCo MotherShip UFO. For details see The Whirly Collection below.

• Two modes: shoulder-latched, and following.  While following, Whirly will temporarily shoulder-latch for combat and then return to following; the exception to this is the Whirly Mk II Prototype which will behave like a traditional companion and hence move and fight independently while unLatched.

• A multi-function controller will be placed in your character's inventory in the "weapons" category when Whirly is activated for the first time.

• To put Whirly in your backpack: use it's controller, or pluck it from the air while following, or when shoulder-latched just press-and-hold the F keyboard key to swivel the camera view until you can see the Take prompt.

• Whirly appears in your character's inventory in the "miscellaneous" section when taken.  Simply drop it again to reactivate, or use the controller.

• When the player character is "in combat", non-companion style Whirlys will detect and "lock onto" a target when you are actively aiming at someone; i.e. it does not select targets independently.  Once target acquisition is accomplished, shooting will commence and continue until the target is dead, out of range, leaves the player's line-of-sight, or the player switches to a new target.  On the other hand, the combat behavior of companion style Whirlys will instead be controlle