Hey,

I'm in my second playthrough and since I neither like the Institute or Elder Maxson, I decided to end the game with the Minutemen. I destroyed the Institute with the nuclear option and had the final cutscene.

However, the BOS Prydwin is still there. I didn't receive the quest to destroy the BOS. I did defend the castle against the Institute. How do I trigger this quest?

- i have placed 8 mortars in 8 different settlements
- i finished constructing Liberty Prime
- i have Paladin Danse as my follower (kept him alive during Blind Betrayel)

I dislike the BOS because they ask me to kill Virgil, the railroad and Danse. Don't see the point in all that

The Brotherhood quest for the Minute Man is only activated if you are in bad terms with the Brotherhood of Steel. If you are not their enemy, it won't start.

That's why I switched my companion to Danse. It states that I'm now an enemy of the BOS, but still the quest doesn't start

If your Charisma was high enough and you passed the checks you could spare Danse. Virgil can be saved if you get him the serum he needs from his lab. I think there is another Charisma check to save Virgil after that when talking to the BoS, though I might be wrong on that point. I was able to save both Danse and Virgil with being allied with the BoS.

The RR... I don't think there is any way of saving them if you do the BoS quest.

If you're already enemy with the BoS it should be just a matter of talking to Preston Garvey.

I did, he just keeps giving me quests to help or start settlements. I read somewhere that I need 8 'key settlements'

I spared both Virgil and Danse's lives. I wish Bethesda would give us more options on staging a coup

Umm.. off the top of my head I recall you actually need that amount of settlements before you can build the artillery for the final quest [you'll need to build 5 artillery in 5 different settlements].

I am exactly where you are. So this means the storyline is done? Nothing else to do but maybe start another play through and/or wait for DLCs?

The temporary enemy flag from Danse won't start that quest line. You have to have been made a permanent BoS enemy.

At the same time, the BoS have no reason to war against the Minutemen (which is the given justification for why the Minutemen decide to shoot the Prydwen down) if the General (ie the player) isn't permanently on bad terms with. If you can find some way to be permanently made an enemy, then that'll to do it.

Go to Boston Airport and start shooting knights. See what happens (aside from Danse leaving you forever and/or turning on you).

If you destroy the BoS, now matter how you do it and no matter who your companion was at the time, you will never get to use Danse as a companion again.

Ya you don't destroy the BoS or the Railroad in that ending lol enjoy having radiant quests from all 3 factions.

Go to Cambridge Police Station,kill rhys and Haylen.

ok, thanks. That should do it.

I'm a generous god, so I'll let them live for now