So who would you like to see as City Managers as ROTC evolves?

[AmazonQueen]

I had a hard time fitting interior plots there actually, although I did use the extended settlements mod and had a nice chunk of residences down by the water.
Feels stupid, I just really don't like going to Covenant because I would like to have been able to save at least two of the people there, but not enough that I was going to let them kill that Synth and keep torturing people to improve their ******* detection rate.

I really feel Bethesda should've provided an alternative ending there.
OK, I wouldn't expect them to suddenly just become best friends and turn their settlement over to me but suicidally attacking me after I'd just wiped out the compound?
Anyway I always wipe out Covenant and always feel sorry for Talia

 

[tankthing]

I rezzed them, added a bunch of extra keywords and swapped their AI to normal settler to keep from having to kill them all... Stupid...

I then cloned them as synths, killed the originals and sent the synths to live there... my head-canon shows they're all still alive

 

[Jonnan]

My current head canon is I'm a rogue Gen 4 prototype courser that was setup to take down the Railroad, but the Railroad got wind in time to subtly break my programming. It nicely paves over some of the writing flaws and explains both why there's a RR surveillance post on Vault 111 and why Deacon is stalking the PC.

Deacon was supposed to be watching, but the release was timed the day the Switchboard was attacked, and Deacon went to save his friends, I was released, and there's been a gambit pile up between the Institute, the Railroad, and this courser that seems to be slipping it's carefully programmed limits every day.

I mean, it's either that or I'm a lawyer that can pilot power armor, regenerate, breathe water, field strip military hardware, hack and lockpick through the strongest safeguards, has been gradually getting stronger and faster as time goes on ...

That last year at Harvard was a real sumbitch y'know?

 

[tankthing]

My bet is on super lawyer because that's plausible.

 

[Jonnan]

My bet is on super lawyer because that's plausible.

Then 'The West Wing' deeply mislead me about the results of studying constitutional law.

 

[Cellulanus]

I'm primarily waiting for Sturges and Ronnie Shaw to become settlement leaders.

I mean Ronnie Shaw is suppose to be in command of the Castle, and Sturges always goes on about how he's supposedly the one that does most of the settlement building work in Sanctuary, might as well lend actual credence to his claims.

Though I'd rather see all of unique settlers to become leaders. Certainly none of them are less qualified then some of the companions who have the job right now.

 

[Jonnan]

I put Strong

I'm primarily waiting for Sturges and Ronnie Shaw to become settlement leaders.

I mean Ronnie Shaw is suppose to be in command of the Castle, and Sturges always goes on about how he's supposedly the one that does most of the settlement building work in Sanctuary, might as well lend actual credence to his claims.

Though I'd rather see all of unique settlers to become leaders. Certainly none of them are less qualified then some of the companions who have the job right now.

I put Strong in charge of sanctuary. As we type he, dogmeat, and a scavenger are busy trying to Slaughter the Pack Brahmin assigned to Stef, the Sunshine Coop provisioner.

Honestly, I expected as much from Strong, but I'm deeply disappointed in Dogmeat.

 

[Cellulanus]

I put Strong in charge of sanctuary. As we type he, dogmeat, and a scavenger are busy trying to Slaughter the Pack Brahmin assigned to Stef, the Sunshine Coop provisioner.

Honestly, I expected as much from Strong, but I'm deeply disappointed in Dogmeat.

Yeah, out of all of the companions the only one I think actually makes sense as a settlement leader is Preston. Maybe Danse. Strong is the worst but most other companions would probably be unwilling, lack the skill sets to run a city or they already have their own lives and jobs to worry about.

 

[Qerewen]

Yeah, out of all of the companions the only one I think actually makes sense as a settlement leader is Preston. Maybe Danse. Strong is the worst but most other companions would probably be unwilling, lack the skill sets to run a city or they already have their own lives and jobs to worry about.

Ada and codsworth should be able. i mean they have Pipboy connectionpoints and id assume there is runtimes for a protectron cityplanner on the citymanager holotape. hell maybe even Curie would able to by using knowledge of what a functioning city was prewar and base on that information what the settlement needs.
i dont think Preston has it in him to set up a permanent base either, he has ''worn out alot of shoeleather'' and the minutemen were supplied by settlements they didnt do anything but patrol really.
Ronnieshaw however gives me the vibes of a quartermaster and she really should be in charge of the castle.

but i have a question, has anyone tried assigning Gage to a settlement?
he really does not strike me as someone that should be able to run a settlement unless ofcourse his bonus is exortion and produces extra taxes.

 

[Jonnan]

Eh, it's not like *I'm* qualified to lead a settlement; literally in universe City Manager is doing the work, the user just has to be bright enough to use it. Which admittedly still rules out Strong, but Dogmeat could do it.

 

[Cellulanus]

Ada and codsworth should be able. i mean they have Pipboy connectionpoints and id assume there is runtimes for a protectron cityplanner on the citymanager holotape. hell maybe even Curie would able to by using knowledge of what a functioning city was prewar and base on that information what the settlement needs.
i dont think Preston has it in him to set up a permanent base either, he has ''worn out alot of shoeleather'' and the minutemen were supplied by settlements they didnt do anything but patrol really.

If you look at Sturges terminal Preston was the one that seemed to do the most working with the settlers and help them set up defenses, which is mostly why I think he's the one that would make the most sense. It certainly helps that his default home is sanctuary anyways.
And I'm not really inclined to think that robots could run a settlement for the same reason that Curie says that she can't do proper research as a robot. I don't think there's a single example of a robot lead settlement in the entire franchise. Even as a synth Curie is a bit too naive on how things are on the surface, I doubt anyone would take her seriously.
Then you have other characters, X6 has a complete disdain for everything on the surface. He wouldn't be willing to run a settlement. A mayor position is also way too high profile for Deacons tastes. Piper and Nick both have their own lives in Diamond City. Cait is just unsuitable. You could probably trick Strong into doing it by convincing him that it held the secret of the milk of human kindness, but he'd expect all of the settlers to act like super mutants. Gage makes sense but only for raider settlements.

Now that I've thought about it a while MacCready is also qualified and the only companion with actual manorial experience. But I suspect he'd only be willing to after you've completed his personal quests.

 

[vincent]

If you look at Sturges terminal Preston was the one that seemed to do the most working with the settlers and help them set up defenses, which is mostly why I think he's the one that would make the most sense. It certainly helps that his default home is sanctuary anyways.
And I'm not really inclined to think that robots could run a settlement for the same reason that Curie says that she can't do proper research as a robot. I don't think there's a single example of a robot lead settlement in the entire franchise. Even as a synth Curie is a bit too naive on how things are on the surface, I doubt anyone would take her seriously.
Then you have other characters, X6 has a complete disdain for everything on the surface. He wouldn't be willing to run a settlement. A mayor position is also way too high profile for Deacons tastes. Piper and Nick both have their own lives in Diamond City. Cait is just unsuitable. You could probably trick Strong into doing it by convincing him that it held the secret of the milk of human kindness, but he'd expect all of the settlers to act like super mutants. Gage makes sense but only for raider settlements.

Now that I've thought about it a while MacCready is also qualified and the only companion with actual manorial experience. But I suspect he'd only be willing to after you've completed his personal quests.

if you look at how they are when you find them greentop Is run by robots.

 

[Jonnan]

I don't recall the verbiage, but the way I read the Colonels (Hollis?) terminal in Quincy, he thought the Gunners would have overrun them before the Minutemen got there if not for Sturges; he seemed pretty impressed with Sturges intuitive grasp of how to hold the ground. Actually the gunners had a pretty grudging respect for the pain Sturges caused them too.

Deacon would be a fine Mayor. In fact, he would be a whole town council all by his lonesome!

 

[Cellulanus]

if you look at how they are when you find them greentop Is run by robots.

That doesn't count because it's robots running robots, and the worker drones are pretty mindless. It's not really any different then the other pre-war ruins still populated by robots following their pre-war programing.

 

[AmazonQueen]

If you look at Sturges terminal Preston was the one that seemed to do the most working with the settlers and help them set up defenses, which is mostly why I think he's the one that would make the most sense. It certainly helps that his default home is sanctuary anyways.
And I'm not really inclined to think that robots could run a settlement for the same reason that Curie says that she can't do proper research as a robot. I don't think there's a single example of a robot lead settlement in the entire franchise. Even as a synth Curie is a bit too naive on how things are on the surface, I doubt anyone would take her seriously.
Then you have other characters, X6 has a complete disdain for everything on the surface. He wouldn't be willing to run a settlement. A mayor position is also way too high profile for Deacons tastes. Piper and Nick both have their own lives in Diamond City. Cait is just unsuitable. You could probably trick Strong into doing it by convincing him that it held the secret of the milk of human kindness, but he'd expect all of the settlers to act like super mutants. Gage makes sense but only for raider settlements.

Now that I've thought about it a while MacCready is also qualified and the only companion with actual manorial experience. But I suspect he'd only be willing to after you've completed his personal quests.

Hancock is also qualified. Hes been running Goodneighbour quite successfully.

 

[tankthing]

Yeah but why would he want to run some other place? He just got goodneighbor right where he wants it with blackjack and hookers.

 

[Cellulanus]

Hancock is also qualified. Hes been running Goodneighbour quite successfully.

Except he's still the mayor of Goodneighbour. Handcock also has a pretty hands off approach to being a mayor too.

 

[AmazonQueen]

He seems to have got bored of Goodneighbour. At least hes happy to wander the CW with you.
Hes a libertarian, ofc he has a handsoff approach, and whilst I have my doubts about libertarianism in the real world it seems to work in Fallout. Hell, Hancock could probably run the whole CW for you, stoned, and do better than most of the other companions!

edit: And Macready has a kid back in the Capital Wasteland, whilst Piper has a kid sister and a newspaper to run. Hancock isn't the only companion neglecting his responsibilities but at least its in character for him to do so.

 

[Cellulanus]

He seems to have got bored of Goodneighbour. At least hes happy to wander the CW with you.
Hes a libertarian, ofc he has a handsoff approach, and whilst I have my doubts about libertarianism in the real world it seems to work in Fallout. Hell, Hancock could probably run the whole CW for you, stoned, and do better than most of the other companions!

edit: And Macready has a kid back in the Capital Wasteland, whilst Piper has a kid sister and a newspaper to run. Hancock isn't the only companion neglecting his responsibilities but at least its in character for him to do so.

He didn't get bored of Goodneighbor, he travels with you just so he can keep perspective. He makes it clear on his leaving speech that he'll still be there when they need him.

I imagine MacCready would send for his son eventually when working as the mayor for a town. The main reason he's continued mercenary work was to get money for the cure, and after you get the cure he does it more out of a sense of gratefulness towards the SS. It's probably about time that he starts thinking about setting down roots somewhere.

 

[pra]

New Automatron modification: City Management System. Any robot with this thing automatically becomes a mayor candidate :D
The mod requires one City Manger Holotape to craft and adds an ASAM sensor to the robot :D