Forum:Make your own companions

If you could make a companion what would you chose (securitron, human, super muntant, etc), what would be they're name, what would be there backstory, what weapons would they have (one ranged weapon and one melee weapon) and why would you choose them.

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I don't know why people keep insisting on calling them "companions". The real title for such characters is "followers". Otherwise the game would be called Callout, wouldn't it?

Anyway, a follower I'd like to see? Maybe a Mister Gutsy robot that you have to repair, install and program to follow you. There could be 2 holotapes that you can install into it. One with a calm, slightly Enlgish accent voiced by a man, and (this is the one I would choose) a sweet, happy voice with a soft Amercian accent voiced by a woman. Depending on the holotape installeded, the name would be either Mister [Insert masculine three letter acronym] or Mistress [Insert feminine three letter acronym with the same first letter]. I can't think of any good acronyms at the moment. It would be dedicated to protecting you, loving you (maybe not physically) and only you, but would require two different programs, one for protection and one for maintenance. You would need to obtain both, same with the voice module. It would also follow your every orders unquestioningly, so you could tell it to "halt/begin protection program: 'P001'" or go back to your home, base, or whatever by saying "begin/halt maintenance program: 'M001'". It would most likely be a neutral follower. The weapons would be a Flamer and a Plasma Pistol (so the usual weapons on a Mister Gutsy). It's back story, it's previous owner, Mr. Machina - real name Chen Macci - a Chinese man interested in Enclave technology, invented and created it using parts from various Enclave robots, mostly Mister Gutsies. He created a Mk. II version of it, then decided the original was worthless. He currently has a Mk. VI version of it, with the other 4 all - the same with the original - scrapped of certain parts, also broken down, but more so. I would probably choose such a follower because there was a Robobrain in FO2, and you got to fix that, and make it a follower too. More interesting than finding a follower, helping them out and then getting there loyalty/service. --Tag! 04:27, September 2, 2011 (UTC)

If I could make a companion...err...design a character to be a companion more so, I think I would like to see an Assassin-like character in the game. A character that is proficient with just about any rifle, though a sniper would be most effective, and a melee weapon would be a combat knife or a smaller melee weapon like it. I know that it kinda sounds like Boone from New Vegas, but I'm thinking more of a cold character: a character that has been killing all his life. I don't know what his/her name would be (though I'll refer to it as a male for the moment) but the character would be blunt, always cautious, philosophical most of the time, pessimistic and idealistic as well. He would be an intelligent tactician, giving the player suggestions in the game in combat/noncombat, though he would always question his abilities and his place. The more I delve into the subject the more I think I'm improving on Boone's character, but I dunno, I always wanted a person like this in a Fallout game even before I played New Vegas. Oh ya, the character would be from the Midwest, having ties to the Midwestern BoS somehow(only because I loved that faction despite its semi-canon-ness) and when he encounters the player he is taking out targets in a crime syndicate or something of the like. I could expand a lot on the details, but I dont wanna write too much ( XD ). Also, I'd choose this character because...they sound badass haha. I like the idea of having a Mr Gutsy as a companion as well TheSlashhappy 09:18, September 4, 2011 (UTC) The Slashhappy 02:15, September 4, 2011 (UTC)

Simple Follower idea: i'd recruit one of those female Ninja Assassins from the original Half-Life game. they're very fast, nimble and acrobatic and they carry a chrome plated Glock 17 with silencer, and they have cool orange lensed night-vis goggles!. CDEagle147A -"Swindon, The Eagle has landed". 08:55, September 13, 2011 (UTC).

I would love to have the sink toaster from OWB, but un upgraded death machine exoskeleton, something like that haha, can just imagine it burning all my foes and shoating at them all the while..... LUCIAN-44 01:51, September 20, 2011 (UTC)

I'd tell you all about my ideas for a companion character, but the moderators prolly wouldn't appreciate the explicit nature of the services they'd perform....;P 207.245.200.54 05:03, September 20, 2011 (UTC)

I liked Follows Chalk naivete in Honest Hearts so I'd like to do something with that. Maybe a Vault-dweller thrust out into the world. You rescue them and they just start following you around (maybe make it a kid--like Six-String Samurai). They level up and gain skills based on what you do--like you are teaching them. Also what you teach them effects your karma--stuff that would normally give you bad karma is multiplied if you do it infront of the kid. It could also be used to give the game a sense of time passage..like at the start the kid is pre-teen but by the end of the game puberty has struck. It would also make an awesome epilogue sequence showing what became of the kid after the game. Did you create the next scourge of the wasteland or did you create the next hero?--MikeJTanner 19:36, September 20, 2011 (UTC)MikeJTanner