think Mages guild vs the Necromancers.#
You know, I'd rather not, considering the necromancers were textbook "muahahahaha" evil guys. That kind of crap should not be in the game, ever, IMO.
I do think that Reilly's Rangers could be a bit larger and they could move, after completing their mapping of the DC ruins both from the LW's info and work they did after the Super Mutants mostly died out. Perhaps tensions rose between them and Talon Company during that and they are on a shoot each other on sight basis.
Or maybe they don't shoot each other on sight, but in the game they have a conflicting contract. A group of Reilly's Rangers are contracted to protect a town from any and all threats by the town's mayor, who is a wealthy, but shady character. A couple of Talon Company mercs are given a high-paying job to take the mayor out, and any resistance between them and him. You can find out about the situation if you are a member of Talon Company or if you stumble upon the Talon Company mercs that are overlooking the town and planning their course of action. Talon Company will allow you to scout into the town, and find a security weakness that will allow them to slip in and out to kill the mayor quickly and quietly. From here you can
A. Inform the Reilly's Rangers that are in the town so they can patch any security weaknesses they have, which awards you some caps and Ranger rep, and a decrease in Talon Company rep.
B. Kill the Talon Company mercs and inform the Rangers for some caps and Ranger rep, and obvious decrease in Talon Company rep.
C. Find the security weakness, and get a small amount of caps and Talon Company rep. If you are a member of Talon Company, you can join in on the hit for a larger cut of the job.
D. Kill the mayor yourself, which will give you neg. Reilly's Rangers rep if you don't do it silently, and the Talon Company mercs will give you a small amount of caps, unless you have a high Barter skill which will give you a larger amount of caps. You will get the entire job sum if you are a Talon Company merc, but the other mercs will most likely try to kill you because you took their job.
No matter what you do (unless you kill the mayor), the Talons would make their move in 3 days. Their success would be random if you didn't do anything, they'd fail if you helped the Rangers, and they'd succeed if you helped them.
Basically, the situation between Reilly's Rangers and Talon Company (if there even is one) shouldn't be "Talon Company bad, kill plz" or "Reilly's Rangers good, kill plz".