X6-88 jogged once he was out of the village base he gave himself a new objective gathering more information on the place he calls the twilight since the sun should have moved by now but it hasn't and while it shouldn't its left him weary and filled with questions none of the robots could answer.
So now he had to get information from the androids by force or conversation. Going back he look for the kingdoms back door the fastest way from where he is to reach the city. While looking for that he organized the information he did had.
New fraction unknown.
Goals unknown.
Technology level either rivals or surpass institute.
Resources surpass institute's own if they can make a mock 'war.'
Androids two types YoRHa and Resistance.
YoRHa- black uniform dresses, blindfolds made up of only female models matches courser's running speed and reflexes, strength and durability surpass courser's. Threat level high.
Resistance- unknown physical abilities uniform made up of desert camo. Will be considered threat level high.
No close quarters combat.
Robots all designs made similar round head cylinder body. Humanoid body parts or thrusters keeping them afloat. Threat level ranges from low to high.
Androids purpose fight for humanity stuck on the moon. View on humans unknown. Programmed to love and adore humans? Or programmed for merely professional duty to humans? Unknown.
X6-88 still couldn't piece together the unknown of the area. Once he gets one of the androids could they give him new information or simply the same lies from the robots? He wouldn't know until he caught one.
Jumping over a large tree root he studied his surroundings more birds that he knew weren't watchers flew from nest in branches large animals that looked like yaoi guai rubbed against bark, strange fat animals with tusk walking around. He didn't know this place to foreign even the air tasted different though it be because of the large trees and lack of human life. Machines didn't have the same issues as humans after all.
X6-88 looked ahead of him. An old wooden door far larger then he's ever seen before. If he cut through here X6-88 can reach that ruined city and look for more androids through they might be found in the desert if the clothing meant anything. He looked around the wooden door and rock wall of a fortress. He take to much time walk around it he just climb.
Walking to the stone wall he saw cracks along it he can place his hands and feet to climb up he reached out and pulled himself up his feet finding purchase he quickly scaled the wall and once he reached the top he was surprised.
A castle big one. Old and battered but still standing strong even if it was wrapped with thick vines and trees he can see from here was there also a canyon there? X6-88 lowered himself once he saw the amount of robots scattered underneath him he quickly pressed his refraction chip going invisible and stayed like that.
None of the robots seem to notice him still going about there business. While X6-88 wouldn't have been worried to have been spotted by robots these things were a bit different like back at the park instead of paint and clothing on them these instead carried armor and weapons a few seem to ride other robots that he can only compare to pre-war horses with very few of the large robots taller then the wall he climbed. And just like in the park there dozens upon dozens through they seem to be leaving the area the grunts in formation following the riders who wore different armor then the rest.
He stayed there even after all but two dozen and giant robot left to guard the area he had to make sure those robots were far away before he moved. Once he deemed enough time has passed he jumped down knowing he wouldn't be heard with how far the robots were.
Once landing he followed the trail that has long since been made with how much those robots travelled this forest remembering the map he just have to follow said trail until he reaches a place called the 'mall' once he walked through there a long bridge will stretch across a chasm to a another city ruins. Further from the one he started at. Didn't matter so long as he finds the city.
Making his way through the forest he spotted the training grounds of a few of the robots he dubbed as knights since they seem to keep talking about the king and loyalty. Sees them train with spears X6-88 wasn't trained for melee combat with the exception of small bladed weaponry but he knew enough to see they got the basics. Have to keep my distance use only the handgun.
Following the trail he stumped upon something strange. And by strange it was completely out of place in the forest. So out of place in fact he checked the area around him before walking right up to it and inspecting it.
It was a vending machine. It was a different design but it was a vending machine. What was this doing out in a forest filled with wildlife and robots? Did the robots have a sweet tooth that needed to be filled? He looked inside seeing candy through it all looked strange. No. It was all fake he walked around it noticing how wide it really was. X6-88 reached out and tried to tip it over but found he can barely move it.
It's unnaturally heavy the robots didn't make this obviously so it was the androids. But for what? And its wide to wide for a vending machine.
Briefly X6-88 thought that maybe it can hold android equipment to even holding actual androids but that would be ridiculous why leave behind equipment in enemy territory with such a obvious target? X6-88 knew the robots with more advance AI's would more than likely notice this very much out of place machine in a forest.
Doesn't matter I can't open or move it nor do I have the tools to work on it. Besides this isn't what I'm looking for.
With that he moved on still cloaked he moved in the brush making sure he didn't leave a mess behind him in just the chance something could follow him. He noticed less and less of the robots and saw more animals some he didn't recognize in the slightest. After some time he found the mall or at least it matched the description a large concrete building covered in vines and trees around it once he got closer he saw a metal rusty gate has been lowered keeping him from getting inside.
X6-88 walked up to gate he reached a hand out lay it on one of the bars he gripped it tightly bending the metal in his hand with his other he reached out pulled and twist the metal making a ugly screeching sound and one final tug it came off. One down four to go. But even he knew that would be ridiculous. He pulled his handgun and aimed it in the middle of one of the metal bars. Once fired the laser beam melted the metal it falling on the ground with the middle weaken he pushed the two bars outward.
X6-88 would have continued if he didn't hear something heavy falling down behind him. Turning around he saw a large robot with a crude shaped axe in its hands landing on the ground. Seeing this X6-88 dashed out of the way the large robot charging at the metal gate its weight and strength more then enough for it ruin it the metal to weak provide any meaningful resistance it stumbled before regaining its footing.
The robot looked around confused it heard something messing with the gate and charged without a second thought but now looking around it saw nothing. It was confused. It looked as two more machines fell from the roof who were also confused.
"Brother! Why did you ruin the gate!" The smaller one yelled angry that the gate was ruined.
"Yes brother now that the gate is gone wild machines or androids can get in much easier if they make it past us." A medium sized one said while not as angry as the small it was still annoyed.
"I heard something messing with the gate so I fell and charged at it." The taller one replied back to its brothers.
X6-88 himself was glad he didn't turn off his chip or that one would have noticed him. Looking at the robots as he quietly moved his way past them in the shade of the giant trees he also looked around the mall and noticed how bare it was. It had no pre-war markings no advertisements or war propaganda just concrete walls and steps. It was lifeless perhaps even before the bombs fell. A testing site for bombs? Or was this war in the making for two hundred years and so for what?
X6-88 kept on moving his thoughts and theories he had a few but he just didn't know if he was wrong or right.
Once X6-88 made it past the entrance he saw another of those giant robots standing outside along with two of the smaller ones near it he kept moving finger near the trigger in case he needed to shoot once he was far away from them he turned his attention to the latest problem he needed to overcome.
A shoddy built bridge made only with wooden planks and worn rope the rope far out of his reach to grip on for support the planks having to much space in between them. This is what was going to keep X6-88 from falling down to the bottomless chasm below him covered in fog so thick he couldn't see the bottom. If there was a bottom to begin with. He could just keep on falling.
X6-88 stood their for ten seconds before slowly stepping on the plank once it looked it can support his weight he took one more, X6-88 kept moving keeping his body low in case the wind that was blowing picked up in strength that would make him lose his balance and fall down. Another step.
What is the point of the robots and androids fighting? Step. Androids from what he got from Fred are fighting the robots for the humans on the moon make the earth livable again. Step. Now where are the humans are actually at is the real question. Step. The moon part is a lie and if they were above ground he was sure the robots would have found them by now. Step. Underground. Like the Vaults the Enclaves raven rock and the Institute have seek protection underground. Step.
The only problem is where he himself is at. Only the androids can answer his questions.
X6-88 pushed those thoughts away when he finally reached the other end of the bridge he felt the tension seep away once his feet was on solid ground. He looked over the area worn buildings a ruined highway trees and grass such a vivid green he's never seen in the surface with strange animals running around.
He pulled out the handgun and tuned the safety off he jogged into a building that was quiet large he moved passed the animals and the robots walking in the area once he reached the building he went in by pulling off the boards and then jumping inside, he flicked the flashlight on the light showing how bare everything is. Lifeless. X6-88 knew the other buildings were the same just bare concrete.
Noticing the stars he made his away to them he went up and up because who ever built these buildings put the stairs right next to each other something he was glad for other pre-war buildings had the stairs built on the other side of the room blocked by rubble and walking maggots. This made things easier for X6-88.
Once he reached a door that led to the roof he kicked the door down and walked past as it slammed harshly on the ground. He turned his handgun around clearing the roof him only. With that clear X6-88 looked at the ruined city. The bridge was near the only highway in the area that while damaged kept going in a single direction.
Good he had a mark to follow while X6-88 knew the chances of himself getting lost were slim it was good to know he still had something to follow just in case.
Going back down the stairs and exiting the building he proceeded to track down his android targets.
After a hour X6-88 heard the sound of gunfire long after leaving the building he was searching while at the same time he avoided the robots those were dull no point in crossing paths with them.
Following the sounds as it grew increasing quiet X6-88 knew only two reasons why the androids are winning so less robots to fire at or their numbers were getting cut down. He still had a few minutes before he can activate the chip so he watch from a far to judge the situation on weather he should fight or stay.
In the streets he saw them as he leaned out of the corner six androids four down the other two just barely surviving, the robots more then a dozen but not normal ones most of them were brown rust color taken down with gunfire, others were a red black color that used to hold axes.
Currently only one was standing fighting the other two androids the robot took the gunfire without issue it run at the closet one to it a female one it kicked at the android but the other dodged out the way and would have continue in fighting if the robot wasn't faster to turn at it bringing the axe with it slamming into the android cutting even if the weapon wasn't built for that but smashing but even then it still cut deep, in to the android and even from here he can hear metal bend warp into a shape it wasn't meant to be and screeching. X6-88 saw as the android slammed into the ground no doubt leaving a imprint of itself their.
He saw as the other android who he can only guess ran out of ammo and picked up one of the axes of the downed robots he tried swinging it but the robot was faster to react and moved out the way the two took swings at each other testing who will lay the hit that wins?
Neither.
X6-88 moved closer to the three no machine noticed him as he moved towards them his handgun in hand and once neither were facing his direction he stood up and fired at the android aiming for center mass four shots ruined it the android falling to the ground he took aim at the other robot and fired as it turned and charged at him making no attempt to dodge the laser shots by the seven shot it came out the back the inner workings ruined by the laser shots made the robot harshly fall on the ground no longer able to run.
Moving closer X6-88 fired three more shots at the heads of both the android and robot once that was done he moved closer to the fallen android in the ground. Now closer to the android he noticed half its arm and large metal pieces were cut out of its side no doubt from the axe slamming into it. Kneeling down in front of it he saw it try get back up.
X6-88 reached out and picked it up the android offering no resistance as he moved it to the wall of a building he placed it in a sitting position perfect for questioning.
"Android are you lucid?" X6-88 looked closer at its head now noticing the red all over its brown hair damage to the skull now leaking synthetic oil like blood. Components in the head might be damaged, eyes were blinking rapidly optics damaged? X6-88 wasn't sure he had some technical skills but it was for equipment used in the field or diagnostics check up of himself or other courser's if a scientist wasn't available.
"W-what? Who are you? Are you YoRHa? Is Mark ok?" The android asked its voice quiet and in pain from the attack earlier.
"Yes I'm 6X. I can help you get back to base but I need to check you myself first I be asking questions." X6-88 wasn't really going to help but he lie to get it be more cooperative.
"Sure but Mark how is he?" It asked once more about the other Android. X6-88 thought about it he couldn't say the other was outright dead these androids from what he remembers back at the camp act like humans and if it acts human they have "emotions" and hearing that a friend was dead might send it into "shock."
"Yes he's fine Mark is resting but I need to check you first." X6-88 reply backed it nodded its head and asked a question.
"I thought scanners were the only male YoRHa androids around or are you a scanner?" It asked X6-88 knew it wasn't really looking for an answer just talking to get its thoughts away from the attack just now. His first question.
"First tell me what you can about scanners." It looked confused but it's face turned to one of understanding. "Sure scanners are scouts for YoRHa gather intelligence behind machine lines and hack stuff." Interesting would those be able to hack his PIT?
"Next what are the B series."
"YoRHa battle units have long range attacks because of there pods and are monsters in close combat. Best of the best." X6-88 remembered back at the border and how those B units tear into the robots and he had to agree. He can't fight those androids in close quarters.
"Everything seems fine what about the G series?" He can take a guess they might be called gunner or grunt.
"Gunner units are rare, I think some are being transferred to the B's but they still use their guns more then blades." X6-88 might have just lost his advantage in any fights but if the gunners are rare to begin with he might not cross paths with them often.
"a few more questions where is the YoRHa base?" His most important question besides who supplies the androids. Were are they at he knows where the resistance base is at but might just be one of dozens of them hidden away.
"In the bunker at space." It was to much too ask for wasn't It? Even then he still give it some thought the humans who made these machines could be in space or X6-88 was wrong all along and there was people on the moon. Just traveling from the surface to the moon like the Institute.
Teleporting.
"Who's supplying both the resistance and YoRHa?" for now theirs four "fractions" Resistance, YoRHa, Robots and humans. Three go to the humans so why not add more? Add a fifth maybe a middle man between the androids and human's.
"The army of humanity though they mostly supply the resistance YoRHa are still apart of them just a group of special forces really. But since their in space the stuff they get is stuffed into rockets and sent to space. Resistance also sends them things but it's mostly for the humans like food and water." X6-88 has more questions. The army of humanity for example. Still humans.
It all goes back to humans does it? All these androids have such a Focus on the them he found it to be disturbing. Not all of humanity was worth something. Just the Institute.
Mankind- redefined.
"Look I been answering all your questions think it's time take me back to the camp now right? I need to report all this in and get Mark checked. He's very quiet." Calm now but he can hear its in impatience it might be willing to answer one more question before asking to take it back. X6-88 asked his final question.
"Army of Humanity where are they, how big is it?" It looked visibly annoyed at this point but it did give him a answer though it came more like a hiss.
"In the kingdom of night were in the day part of the world, how big is It? They have a whole continent while the Machines have the rest of the world to run around in. Population a few thousand maybe? I be honestly I don't know much. Though sometimes androids do come from there visit here. No-"
Before it can say more X6-88 raised his handgun and fired at its head two were enough but he fired four less to make sure it was dead but more get rid of the tension in his body.
Thousands.
X6-88 knew he shouldn't take all the information he was given at face value and that this new faction didn't couldn't have that much advance androids. But the amount this New fraction could have is still cause for worry. Instead of thousands the new fraction he will call Apollo for all the talk of the moon could make hundreds instead. But even then this is a problem.
Regular synths be it gen 1,2 or 3s just couldn't compare. Not even courser's. As of now the Institute had only had thirty-seven courser's, while there much more gen 3 synths not even half of them qualified for the courser program and then the program it self takes two years to complete.
While the Institute could make synths faster and stronger it would take time to train them and that's if even half of the new synth make it in the program while the Apollo already has a few hundred to send at them, they had resources to spare on a mock war taking the Institute might not even be a problem.
Briefly X6-88 thought of activating one of the plasma grenades to melt all of his organic body and the chip in his head make sure no android would get their hands on it. But he pushed the idea aside he couldn't do that he had to get this information to the Institute.
Standing up he looked at the direction he came from the distance much more further then it really was now that he had this new information in his head. He looked at the roofs of the buildings around him wondering if anything was looking at him from a scope or merely watching his next action. Even if no android was watching him X6-88 wouldn't feel calm unless he take a few turns around the city. Just to make sure.
Before he did X6-88 glanced at one of the androids with its head cut off. He needed bring something back to the Institute besides just information.
21B crouched down at one of the resistance androids body looking at his ruined torso where the metal and synthetic skin was scorched black a hole were his heart would be at has long since melted, she placed a hand near the injury where heat was still coming from the wound.
Recent. Looks like 24B and I just missed this attack. The two androids and one machine has the same damage. Laser shots very hot ones at that. Possibly. Came from the buildings must have charged at them while the two were busy killed the android and the machine noticed charged at the attacker but didn't get far.
21B heard 24B asking her pod to bring up a list of subjects possible for this attack.
"Eh pod please cut down the list for suspects close to the area not everyone on the database." 24B asked as she stared at the long list with a few hundred suspects.
" Affirmative. Updating list now." The pod reply back in its male robotic voice as it cut down the list. 21Bs own pod copied the actions showing a much more smaller list. It now only having six name's though three out the six showed inactive across their faces. She looked at the other three the first was a android with the same ugly ideals of the independents down in Australia or what's ever left of them.
The second was a rogue android called A2 a veteran of pearl harbor who attacked and killed tree androids sent to retrieve her for maintenance.
The last was a interesting addition. From the report in front of her read 6X is a unknown male android dressed as a YoRHa unit who falsely identified himself as a member of YoRHa carrying unknown technology. He is to be detained if any YoRHa android crosses paths with him.
21B had her pod access more information on the man what came up was rather bare but still interesting. Weight is unknown height at hundred ninety centimeters, dark skin tone short hair coat dark and the video available on him showed the man running in formation with other B units. A feat older androids weren't be able accomplish.
He hasn't done anything besides impersonating a YoRHa unit is it because of that white handgun on his side he came up as a suspect? Had to be but the other two are not even in close to the area now one is in the desert the other in the forest while this 6X has been in the city ruins. We have no other leads but him looks like he's are prime suspect- he was at the border too after all he might be the one steal the truck and killed the two other resistance members.
With this information running in her head she decided 24B and herself would look for this 6X he's the only suspect carrying a weapon that's possible for the recent murders.
And if he was responsible for the recent murders why would he do It? He couldn't have been a independent not even the most extreme of them spilled blood for their own ideals they all simply left for that wasteland Australia. Did he have no sense of comradeship with his fellow androids? Or was he just some bloodthirsty android like that rogue android A2?
"Wow 21B you see this guy? He resembles some of those old male B units such a shame all of them were just so… violent just didn't follow orders." To 21B the resemblance was vague he was tall yes but his stoic expression set him apart from the rest who like 21B said just didn't follow orders and were just to emotional deal with.
21B pushed those thoughts aside when 24B called her over when she found something.
"21B look at this head. I counted the bodies one is missing but not this head did something just take this guys body and left the head behind? Think it could have been that 6X who took It? Not like we have a large list of suspects." 24B tossed the head hand to hand before it disappeared in a amber light.
"We don't have any suspects besides 6X even if he isn't the culprit he still is wanted by YoRHa once we found him the two of us will interrogate him." Personally she felt he was the one to do this unknown android, dressed as a YoRHa causing trouble for the resistance she could only hope no higher heads in the resistance know of his existence and shift the blame on them for the deaths of four of them.
"What's the plan? While this city is far from the largest it sure isn't the smallest." That's true. 21B looked at her pod and a idea came up.
"Pod can you scan the area for footprints that have left the area?"
" Affirmative 21B." Then her pod activated a light that scanned the area and float around the place scanning everything in its sight once it was done her pod came back sent her some information and now she can see the footprints in a dark color, she walked to the pair leaving the area and noticed the size of the boot. Thirteen inches. And just has she thought the attack was recent, prints still fresh.
Such a shame 24B and her didn't pass earlier they could have stopped this.
"Pod send this information to Pod-123." Now the both of them can follow these footprints the pair ran off following the trail left behind by this unknown android.
The path the android took was strange he would go back twice in a new direction only to come back to the original path sometimes the pair would have to stop and look for more prints when the android cut through a building looking for his exit, then the chase would continue once they found it.
The both of them stopped at a building four stories tall once the pair walked around the building and noticed no prints leaving said building they realized he's been found. Now the how to approach the android was in question.
Should both head inside to confront him? Or let one go inside and if the sounds of fighting was heard the other will engaged the possible hostile?
After a few minutes of discussion they agreed on the second with 21B heading inside and 24B moving to a different building that gave her a view on the one 6X is inside of.
Going in 21B had her blade ready in hand, once inside she saw how small the inside was but seeing no one was on this floor she went up second was cleared so was the third once getting to the fourth did she found something.
A body headless one.
21B moved closer to it inspect the body once she crouched and pulled it over she heard a ting as shrapnel cut into her skin the force of the explosion sent her onto her back more out surprise then any damage besides cosmetic.
A trap of course why didn't we think of that? Well when was the last time we chased a person and not a machine? Sloppy.
Brushing aside the embarrassment she felt 21B saw as 24B suddenly came into the window and charged too the one across the room but not before telling her why.
"He's cloaked! Follow me now!" And just like that she suddenly jumped to her feet and went to the window following down she took off as soon as she landed following both 24B and the prints and as she said 6X is cloaked though since the both of them were chasing him with no issue 21B saw as he de-cloaked.
"Pod scan 6X for any information you can get off of him now!" 21B yelled at her pod while 24B's own pod started to fire at 6X who only glanced back cracked lens looked at them before turning back frontward as he suddenly dash into a alley the bullets nearly hitting.
"Scan complete: Biological functions found, genetic similarity found to humans probability of 6X being human 99%." Even with this information was given to her casually she heard the slight disbelief in her pods voice she wasn't sure if she ever heard that once in the past three years. Ninety-nine percent? 6X was human?
21B had no idea what to feel. Joy at being able to see the first human since forever! Fear that the first human she's seen she's currently chasing down for the possibility of murdering four androids? Confusion with how fast he was?
"21B did I hear Pod-079 correctly? 6X is human!" nonetheless neither one of them stopped to fully take this in still chasing 6X down that's not his name he isn't a android he's human with real name for the possibility of killing four androids.
"Pod send this information to my operator now let them make sense of this." She didn't want to deal with this. To much problems. Detain the human and bring… bring him where? 21B had no idea.
Suddenly 6X turned around and opened fire blue lasers came at them so fast 21B had her face burned even when she dodged them and could only stare in horror when she saw 24B throw her blade, as if something clicked saw as the world slowed down as the blade spinned in the air going straight for 6X saw as he moved but he was to slow the attack he possible couldn't have known YoRHa units like throwing blades when hostile were at a distance.
Saw as he moved away but still to slow the spinning blade was thrown high aimed for cutting heads vertically 24B liked it when machine heads split, and both saw as his ear was cut off! He slammed into the wall still firing his gun and only the slightest twitch in his jaw and blood running down it showed he was hit and in pain.
24B didn't even bother defending herself from the attacks. After all she cut off a humans ear caused him pain. YoRHa units were more sturdy then the old resistance models and only flinched as the lasers hit her burning the skin and hitting the metal underneath heating it.
"I'm so sorry sir! It was reflex but it doesn't excuse what I did! Please stop fighting, we just want to talk!" 24B was getting hysterical but then so would 21B if she damaged a human. But still. He had a gun.
Steeping forward she tried to grab him but he slipped out of her range and kept the distance seeing this 24B jumped over him blocking his way still sounding hysterical which at this point started to sound a bit annoying. The man through seeing this didn't like one bit and moved forward keeping his gun closer to himself he shoulder checked 21B his strength moving her to the alley wall.
Seeing this 24B grabbed him from the back but his arms were still free, not seeing a way out of this he bend forward and reached 24B legs and pulled bringing the both of them backwards 24B slamming into the ground still with a death grip on 6X. With this 6X aimed at 21B and opened fire the laser shots burning skin and heating metal, 21B even with shots hitting her didn't stop her from swinging her blade at the bulky handgun the top half cut from the rest the tip of her blade inches from taking 6X nose too.
6X unfazed with his weapon ruined calmly pulled out a green object from his coat pocket and with it the two androids heard a small "ting." A second later both realized what he did.
He didn't. No he did, but why!
Knowing what he just did 21B reached and pulled the grenade from his hand even with the fast movement she can feel fingers bending under her strength during the act.
Grenade in hand she moved away as she threw it away from both 24B and 6X but it the seconds she had passed as it left her hand a sudden green explosion absorbed her right arm and the heat burning the rest of her exposed skin.
21B screamed as she fell to her knees clutching her ruined arm the pain sensors going in overdrive until she finally turned them off.
Standing back up as if nothing happen she turned around to look at the other two on the ground 24B still holding onto 6X as if he was the most precious thing she's ever held had her mouth open wide in shock. While 6- the human looked at her his eyes hidden behind the dark lenses, but mouth set in a firm line just stared at her.
"Hold onto him tightly 24B we don't want him running. I contact my operator to inform her of this recent… incident."
And hopefully make this into someone's else's problem.
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Ch.4 finally done. If I named chapters this one would be called the meeting. But I don't.
Took me longer then I wanted but here's a fourth chapter, mostly because I got a little lazy in writing this, then Code Vein came out and yeah.
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Enumeaelish666- I too am surprised no one has made a crossover between fallout 4 and Nier A. Thanks for the complement my writing. I be honest I want Coursers to meet YoRHa units more then humans meet androids. It's like looking at a warped mirror. YoRHa wear all black made up of mostly women has large group of personalities and are open with their emotions dispute what 2B says. Also fight for humanity. While Coursers practice the emotions are prohibited much more strongly then YoRHa ever has. Oh they also think humans outside of the Institute are nothing more then trash and have this belief more strongly then even the people inside the Institute since they deal with the muck personally. The two would clash strongly.
Strong-Bot- I think the reason Institute weapons suck is because Bethesda doesn't like energy weapons I played fallout 3 and found only two good energy weapons all other suck. In fallout NV energy weapons were just straight trash. Same for fallout 4 unless you get mods. But still that's what I think.
Lord of Moons- Nice my information is pretty much the same. I rather upgrade fallout weapons and courser's then downgrade androids as you have read back in ch.1. In my eyes the true humans that have been played in the whole fallout series is the Vault Dweller from 1 and Nate/Nora Who are pre-war humans. The Lone wanderer for example if you taken all mutant perks he would only be considered human only because of looks alone. Becoming a walking nuclear bomb is just X-Men Mutant at that point. The Courier even if his mutations are more tame then LW still ends up as cyborg mutant. Hell both of them really. I ignore all mutation perks in 4 because really? Maybe Nate can be mutant if I say he was given a really water down shot of FEV when he was in the army because in fallout lore they were already doing illegal testing why not pass it onto the soldiers too? It be really easy. But yeah I'm going to ignore some gameplay stuff if I can't give a good reason why they have it or make sense of it. Like the ghoul perk.