"Hey local, shouldn't you be banging rocks together or something?"
Did anyone else think: "I have an Intelligence 10 and Science 100."?
Edit:
I actually love the irony around weapons and the BOS.
Energy weapons are the DEVIL! They're the thing that the BOS exists to get out of the hands of normal people. Yet, their armor is vulnerable to conventional firearms and conventional armor like the Ranger suit is arguably better than their power armor.
In a way, I love the "Bug quest" the most in NV. Think about it.
You come, stepping out of a wasteland filled with 'savages', and you STILL know more about computers than the Brotherhood of Steel does.