Railroad Weakness

[danconnors]

I'm playing survival mode. In the Railroad's HQ there are only dirty mattresses. That means no one in HQ can get more than five hours sleep at a time. If my character only got five hours sleep a day, she would be continuously sick, weak, and probably suffering from parasites.

This makes the Railroad much weaker than the Institute (immaculate beds) or the BOS (solid bunk beds). Just noting. Railroad HQ ought to spend some money for some decent beds.

[Frondson]

Agreed. It's a pain in the butt. Lousy hippies, can't even afford real beds.

[Xyzzy]

yeah i hated that at first, dirty beds. but I guess all factions have weaknesses, you can't take a companion to Insitute, for one..

[YeetMan]

Just delete the matresses and get some real beds (console commands)

[danconnors]

That applies to all factions, I believe. Lousy beds is unique to the Railroad. In the Institute I see the most cold hearted villiany. The son orders his mother into one virtually suicidal mission after another. He refuses to listen to her pleas for moderation, orders her to murder her friends. If for no other reason than Father, the Institute's got to go.

The goose stepping BOS, whose sole answer to any opposition is to wipe them out, deserve no better. The Railroad, at least, has the virtue of having no choice. They either kill or they're wiped out. Better beds might improve their options. Maybe, "Let's go easy on synth rescues for a month or two, until this mes quiets down a little.

[DjPufnStuf]

buy diamond city home plate or make a small base at hangman's alley.

[Necko]

Unless it's early game and you made it to the railroad mostly in stealth, the path to a bed should be clear for the most part.

Look around, you'll find them. You can always run to goodneighbor and rent one for 10 caps.

I think one of the beds in the Cabot house might change to owned if you've done a few quests for them, and that is just around the corner.

Across from goodneighbor is a building inhabited by a few supermutants, On the second floor, there are a pair of beds, although I'm unsure if you can get 8 hours of sleep in them. Might just be matresses on bed frames.

Straight out the back of the church. When you hit the water, follow the water north. You'll see a barge with a bunch of crates, downed virtibird, armored vehicles, power armor. Ruined building on the left has two beds. This might be the closest bed, and should be enemy free unless you follow the road and run into a trio of ghouls.

A short run to Bunker Hill and you can rent a room for 10 caps.

You can find beds a short distance from the railroad no matter which direction you decide to go.

[watchdog79]

The Railroad do not have proper beds because their "base" is actually a makeshift refuge after their base in Switchboard was destroyed by the Institute.

[danconnors]

I have no problem finding good beds. My heroine has constructed a multi millin cap living quarter on Spectacle Island. A four story solid concrete house, 320 units pure water a day, four slave robot farm workers, three slave warrior robots,a total defense value of over 230, including four missile launchers. She sleeps fine, thank you. It's the Railroad personell I'm worried about.

[Leslian Lexter]

I dont think this is as much as practical choice as it is an ethical puzzle. With that said BoS is clearly the best candidate, if you want the most options.

[danconnors]

I pr4er the option with the least mandatory genocide. In all cases I have seen the Railroad is first attacked by factions meaning to annihilate it. Their only option is to destroy those who would destroy them first.

There are actually NO current endings where you can say at the end, "This was the best possible ending." Nothing like the ending in Fallout New Vegas, "No rulers, No gods" or words to that effect.

[Beautiful Ham Sandwich]

Yeah the Railroad is constantly referred to by the other two factions as a small, but dangerous group. They don't have the manpower, or resources that the other two have, but they make up for it with Guerilla tactics. That's why they're able to compete despite the state their headquarters is in