Ok, so between the Doc telling me I was shot in the head, and me (the player) having no idea what the f#ck is going on (which I actually kinda like in a Memento sort of way), I get the impression that I'm supposed to have amnesia. Although, I do "remember my name" for character creation, so most likely not? The thing is, in FO, I was a vault dweller looking for a broken water chip. In FO2, I was a tribal looking for a "Holy GECK" to save my people. In FO3, I was Liam Neeson's kid. How cool is that? I mean, FO intros usually set me up for where I stand in the world, but what I got out of the intro is that I'm basically a mailman that got bit by a really big dog.

This alone does make sense. With everything involving factions, they obviously wouldn't want to do anything to bias your decisions from the start. But I haven't the foggiest idea why some mysterious greaseball with lousy fashion sense would want to snuff a clueless messenger. My only theory, based on previous experience, is that he's really my half-brother and our father was some otherworldly demon who wanted to propagate the world with his spawn. But, if that were the case, I'm pretty sure there should have been some crotchety old librarian with me who would have sacrificed himself so I could get away.

Is there anything more I should have got out of the intro?

All I really want to do at this point is air out the checkered bastard that gave me the headache. It's skewed my character concept quite a bit. This is what I'm thinking now. Being a civilian, he's not very beefy (STR 3), nor especially graceful (AG 5), but all the trekking around the wastes as a courier has made him pretty hardy (END 7). Of course, a bit of situational awareness and good luck helps too (PE and LK 6). Job (as in the biblical character "Joh-b", not the synonym for employment "Jah-b") is quite bright (INT 9), bright enough to realize that a more thuggish path in life tends to have a pretty short expiration date, while a sweet gig as a courier is an easier living. Maybe he could have done something in the line of management, you know, running things and whatnot but he's not exactly a people person (CH4), and is too good natured (trait) to make the hard decisions. Preferring to avoid confrontation, Job would rather sneak (tag) around hostiles than engage them. Hey, his job is just to deliver the package. On the other hand, he would be foolish if he didn't know a thing or two about guns (tag) in case he ever ran into some raiders he couldn't avoid. He's been pretty good at avoidance so far, but that means most of his experience with weapons has been mere target practice. As a result, he doesn't have the greatest combat reflexes, but his aim is pretty solid (Trigger Discipline trait). Finally, a pragmatist at heart, Job figured it would be handy to have another trade to ply in between jobs and every settlement could use a guy who knows how to repair (tag) things. In short, he was a regular guy, just trying to get by.

However, everything changed with this recent run. This is one fight Job isn't going to sneak away from. The wastes will eat you alive if you don't follow its rules, and Job is adding one more to the list...

*dramatic pause*

*even more dramatic Pablo Francisco Hollywood voice*

Don't shoot the messenger.

*Explosion noise and fade-out*

:hehe:

Anyway, I think my first perk is going to be something like Intensive Training to represent this quick transition of my character's personality and goals. I was originally going to go with Confirmed Bachelor, but Intensive Training would be more fitting...especially if i used the GECK to change it's name to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7D8E-zvZew. I'm thinking STR. It will make me a little more thuggish and let me use more guns.

But enough character concept. Did I get everything I should have out of the intro?

Anything that happened before the intro is up for interpretation. You can make up whatever backstory you wish. You don't have amnesia.

You were carrying the chip unknown to you at the time, and Ulysses helped set you up for your fate (though you don't know this yet). Couriers talk, no one was to know what Benny was after. So he decided to shoot you in the head, just to be safe. House is an overbearing hen after all. That's how I seen it.

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I can make a background for any conceivable starting stat array and have it line up with canon. So if I can do that, feel free to do whatever concept wise.

Boy that was some post, punkbohemian. Good read. :teehee:

Ok. Wen't the store and bought 17 cases of water. I have 40 boxes of frozen salisbury steak, A 12 gauge, and my vault......WHERE DID I LEAVE MY POWER ARMOR?????

Someone on these forums was claiming that Jon Sawyer actually made a statement on the forums somewhere about the Courier (the canon Courier story anyways) NOT having amnesia, he's just new to the area. Dunno if it's true though.


EDIT: Hey hey~~, the search engine on this forum is actually pretty dang good, unlike most other forums. I looked into it myself and couldn't find anything about amnesia, but I did find this. Quoted from J.E. Sawyer himself:

So if the Courier doesn't have amnesia, why doesn't he have any locations marked on his map? Not Primm (where the local -- or is it only? -- Mojave Express office is located), nor any of the major population centres, or even the Vegas Strip, which is where he's supposed to be delivering his package. You'd think he might've done a bit of homework before slogging out to the Mojave. If he hasn't got amnesia, then the guy's an idiot who deserves everything that comes his way.



I don't think so. There's not much to infer beyond "Chandler Bing shoots you in the head", really.