Jack Cabot has confirmed the existence of blueprints for that H&K being in the Commonwealth. His sources have found actual documentation of not only the blueprints, but their location as well. Tomorrow, I am heading out to the Glowing Sea with Nick for a little adventure. It is about damn time, I have been suffering from cabin fever for what seems like an eternity. Hardest part was convincing Piper that she should not come along. I picked Nick specifically because, well, he is a synth and the radiation poses no risk to him at all. Of course Ellie is all up in arms, but he told me that she would get over it. Those two... they are quite an interesting pair. They are looking more natural together now, since Tinker Tom crafted new "skin" for him and Emogene added a blinking subroutine. You can still tell he is not human, but it takes longer than before. The blinking REALLY helps.
I digress.
Nick and I are planning to be out for about a week. The journey to and from the base where the plans are supposed to be is about a six day round trip and I can't imagine the exploration of the base to take more than a day. We will be armed to the teeth and you can count on My grabbing the X-01 PA. It has the highest rad resist and that nifty auto-stimpack thingy. I fully intend to fulfill My promise to Piper and get home in one piece. Stimpacks galore and a metric shit ton of roasted mirelurk. Piper pointed out that we still have about 100 pounds of mirelurk queen meat in the freezers... How is that good thing? I am so damn tired of mirelurk. Mirelurk casserole. Mirelurk jerky. Mirelurk kabob. Mirelurk soup. Mirelurk salad. Mirelurk Fettucini Alfredo. I should have used a laser to take that bitch out - she could have ended up as an ash pile instead of a friggin endless ingredient in EVERYTHING.
Moving forward...
I don't even know where to start on this next part.
I was recently informed that there was an issue with Codsworth at Sanctuary Hills and that I needed to get there as fast as I could. In a sense, he is my oldest friend here, and I dropped everything, grabbed Piper, and got us on our way. When we arrived, Codsworth was completely inert on the patio of the community center. I admit it - I lost it a little. I ran to the side of that lifeless ball of metal and demanded to know what happened. Then, the strangest thing happened... I heard Codsworth and Curie saying "Surpise!" from behind me. I whipped around and about keeled over. There, standing together, were Curie and a very dapper looking fellow, arm in arm, smiling at me. Before I could say a word, Curie told me that the Railroad had a male synth flatline during a memory reload and that she had convinced them to allow her to talk to the Memory Den to see if she could give Codsworth the same gift that had been given to her. Then, with the blessings of the Railroad, Dr. Amari migrated Codsworth into the synth body. Apparently, unbeknownst to me, Currie and Codsworth had become fascinated with one another and when the opportunity arose for her to acquire a mate/companion, she jumped at it. While it is true that I am still adjusting to seeing Codsworth in a human form, I know he has to be getting used to the same thing. All in all, I think he may have it a little rougher... Still, more power to them. They make a very interesting couple.
The Railroad has a new "Heavy"
Apparently sending Danse to work with the Railroad was one of my better ideas. After I gave her a bit of background on Danse and the tactics I knew him to employ, Desdemona paired him with Glory and, let just say, it worked. The two of them have been working together now for going on two weeks and Danse seems to have come to terms with who and what he is. The two of them together are being referred to as "The Wrecking Crew" and they have adopted the names "Hammer" and "Anvil". Knowing what they are capable of as individuals, imagining the two of them working in tandem with one another if just a feast for the imagination. Apparently one of the biggest problems right now is keeping them supplied with 5mm rounds for their miniguns. Just the thought makes me smile. Any questions or misgivings about Danse were also eliminated 3 days ago when he and Glory were ambushed by a Brotherhood patrol. A well placed grenade threw Glory against a wall, knocking her out cold. Danse, only seeing the explosion and then her flying, crashing into the wall and going limp as she hit the ground went berserk. He emptied the minigun and then proceeded to take out the 2 remaining Brotherhood soldiers with his hands, snapping each of their necks with a single twist of their head. We only know this, because at some point just before he had emptied his weapon, Glory had regained consciousness. She watched him throw the weapon down and then take round after round into the power armor as he made his way towards the two remaining soldiers. When he turned around to head back to where Glory was, she was propped against the wall applauding. Seeing her alive purged his system of adrenaline and brought him to collapse, at which point, she ran to his aid. from there, they made there way back to HQ where Glory made sure that Danse was well taken care of. He had sustained multiple wounds from both bullets and fractured PA components, but was in no danger of death. When asked about the firefight, she repeatedly referred to Danse as her partner, which is a term no one had ever heard her use before.
The Atom Cats are in.
We are expecting Zeke to accompany Hancock and Sturges back to the Castle at some point this week to give our PA situation the once over. Hancock went over sop well that they initiated him into the Cats. That was apparently a night of major chem and alcohol consumption. I will need to talk to him about that... It isn't the image that I want, however, in this case, it may have helped our cause along.
Off to bed. Piper hinted at a grand send off... All I have to say is, remembering the last time she gave me a grand send off, YOWSA!