So, I had this idea (and I'm sure that I'm not the first to have it) after watching this video where a player returned to vault 111 and their spouse was alive behind the cryo-pod. That got me thinking: At the beginning of the game after you confirm your character, the other gender becomes an NPC. I thought to myself, "How hard would it be to make a mod where your NPC spouse is alive again, with a fully accessible inventory, combat capabilities, and of course, the most interactive dialogue of any companion in the game (probably pretty hard). That would be the real kicker. I don't know much about modding, but is it possible for someone to access the spouse's dialogue and animations when they are chosen as a player, but put them onto the NPC? If so, someone could have a VERY popular mod on their hands. What's even cooler would to have a quest to it as opposed to *boom* your spouse is suddenly alive. The way I see it, there's a huge opportunity for an immersive, innovative mod that would surely put the modder on the map, if they aren't already. And if it's available on consoles, the popularity would be crazy. Someone let me know if this is even realistic, let alone possible.

When the creation kit is out, it will be very possible and probably get done. It would be an enormous time consuming pain right now, since there is no creation kit, but come 2016 it would be relatively easy with the modding tools actually available.

Basically, building a companion right now is like trying to sew a sweater while wearing oven mits... Possible but just not worth the effort when you know the real tools are coming soon.

I debated doing it myself, but I have too much work to get done on my own companions and don't have the time to work on another mod.

I think it would be cool if your spouse was re-frozen in their shot up state, but still very much alive, and they got thawed out a few months to a few years before you did. So they are out in the Wasteland doing their own thing trying to find Shaun.

Yeah, you're probably right, I just got really excited with the possibilities. I hope we hear something about the creation kit/mods soon though, because I would really love to have this.

A possible way to make it more believable than just "boom they're alive" would be to have a quest involving removing their brain and uploading their memories/persona/appearance into a blank Synth body.