I got to thinking about how odd it is if you are playing gung ho brotherhood member this game gets. You occasionally stumble across items that would greatly interest the BoS, and what do you do? Throw them in a container at your settlement to collect dust.

So, for a mod idea --

You find an alien artifact - you turn it into a brotherhood member (On the wall about if it should be the mechanic, the scholar or the quartermaster). You get a little bit of exp, and some ammo. However, later on the quartermaster has a chance at stocking said alien artifacts. Furthermore, some BoS patrols might have experimental units that have some of the items you have handed off to the brotherhood.

Or I suppose other factions could work in a similar fashion. Handing an item to the institute and some synths can start using it. Or Railroad heavies.

Side note: How cool would it be to hand off items that are connected to crazy things. Like a certain tooth, or named gamma gun? I can see *crazed bos knight* spawning in the midst of chopped up raiders.