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About this mod
Add to the game a Circle of Steel special Stealth Suit, a new Perk, new unique weapons, and countless recipes and notes to complement these additions
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"The Circle of Steel? A secret black ops branch existing inside the Brotherhood. Trackers, techninjas, and worse, assassins. Officially they take care of internal affairs when things get...out of hand, but they aren't anything close to a shadow leadership for the Brotherhood. Just a group of hardliners and paranoids, all unhinged through extreme use of Stealth Boys, and all too happy to gun down any wannabe traitors or renegades our Brotherhood could have."
Intro:
The Circle of Steel was one of sub-factions that were supposed to have an important role in the now defunct Van Buren, a group of "not-evil" BoS techninjas linked to an abandoned Stealth Boy Project, and driven paranoids by their belief that the Brotherhood was "drifting from its original principles" and "policing their own rogues" (According to Chris Avellone).
In New Vegas, the CoS ended up only as an easter egg in Dead Money with Christine's hunt for Elijah, so i decided to start a series of mods to finally integrate this faction to the wasteland. I thus modestly present you "Rise of Techninjas I", a first mod introducing some gear for a CoS-turned Paladin (for all the BoS aligned Couriers).
Grab your new rifle, scour the wasteland to craft your own techninja gear (with a bit of sweat), and be ready for a future Rise of the Techninjas II to send you clashing against renegade Paladins and rogue Elders!
Overview:
- A new armor set worthy of a Circle of Steel agent, the Infiltrator Suit: a suit with a working Stealth Field (when crouching) + a special helmet with togglable nightvision
- Two new unique weapons: the R94 Anti Power Armor rifle + its modified variant the "Paladin Legbreaker"
- A new Perk: Child of the Circle
- A new ammunition for the new weapons: the 7.62mm APDS round
- 11 new recipes to enable the Courier to craft, maintain, or modify his new gear as a Circle of Steel agent, all in their own new workbench category
- 3 new types of special miscellaneous items themselves required to craft the Infiltrator Suit
- A special repairing tool, the Precision Micro-needler
- A starting pack of gear provided by the Circle of Steel
- Lore friendly notes for the R94 and Infiltrator Suit
Detailed content:
Perk: Child of the Circle:
To beneficiate of all the good stuff this mod provides (recipes especially), you will need to first be a member of the Circle of Steel. Once you have access to the Brotherhood safehouse, interact with the holotape near the entrance (on the inside), which will give you a recruitment note and the Perk Child of the Circle.
Infiltrator Suit:
The Infiltrator Suit takes the form of a Chinese Stealth Suit (that you will have to find), which was buffed with a special Polymer coating (that you will have to craft), and is covered by a Guard anti-bullet vest (Powder Ganger guard outfit will be needed) for more protection. The stealth field being functional, you will also need to craft a pair of generators (themselves requiring you to craft Light reflector parts, which you can get by hammering down Stealth Boys), so as to get your fully working BoS-aligned Stealth Suit variant. You will also need to craft the Precision Micro Needler so as to have an adequate tool to craft (then in the future maintain) such a high-tech outfit.
The Infiltrator armor is actually very fragile and can't be repaired by any other in-game outfit, considering its very unique nature. What you can however do once the suit breaks down, is bring it to the workbench and using the trusty Micro Needler + a pair of light reflector parts, repair it to decent conditions
(I am aware this mod involves a LOT of crafting and will turn down a good amount of you, but the goal is to make the obtention (then use) of such a high-tech piece of technology a difficult but rewarding task, that emphasize how hard it would be for the Brotherhood to take care of such asset in the field. For a quick tip, most ingredients can be easily collected in Novac and the Repconn Launch site nearby.)
Infiltrator Helmet:
Can be crafted with a Chinese Stealth Helmet (i added a recipe to separate the Chinese Stealth Suit into a Stealth Helmet and another Suit (Armor)), a Recon Helmet and some Polymer Coating
R94 Anti-Power Armor rifle:
A special automatic but very slow rifle that fires 7.62mm APDS bullets to attack Power Armors. A single unit can be found in the Brotherhood Safehouse on the bed alongside other gear provided to you by the Circle of Steel. The 7.62mm can be crafted at the workbench by using 0.308 (AP) ammo and other stuff. The R94 is very powerful, but has dubious spread and need this special ammo to be balanced.
A unique named variant of the R94 named the "Paladin Legbreaker" (with a scope and higher rate of fire but lower DPS) can be crafted at the workbench by using the R94 and BoS holotags. It is a reward for the maniacs that will use the stealth functions to murder their fellow "misguided" BoS brothers.
Lore notes:
Some background lore for the R94 and Infiltrator Suit is provided respectively in the Brotherhood safehouse, and in a holotape located near Elijah LAER in the Big MT.
Credits:
- YanL, for his wonderful work with the Circle of Steel Stealthsuit, and giving me the go to use the model for this mode
- SHAD0WC0BRA for his work on the Combat rifle of his unreleased weapons pack that i used for the R94