Companions can die.. apparently

[El]

So I always thought that they couldn't die. They get shot up enough then they sit on the ground until the fight is over which is when they get up. Google searches also support this. However, these screenshots pretty much defy this. Whichever way you look at it, this seems pretty fatal.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=571805339
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=571805243

Leaving the area for a bit doesn't help, he remains minus one head.

I've also managed to finish off Danse when BoS became enemies, he did his usual kneel on the ground thing, smited him again and he was totally dead.

So I guess the point of the post is will he magically and miraculously sprout a new head and return to life if I leave it long enough? Is this a bug or are just all the guides and websites wrong and in fact, they can perma-die?

[Emilio]

Companions can die. I have killed off the railroad and institute companions since i sided with the brotherhood for an example.

[JJKotrouble]

F9 = resurrection if you didn't want them dead I suppose.

[Moose]

Hancock is lying dead outside one of my settlements at the moment, no idea how he died but I was able to loot him.

[Mio Rin]

If you do something diametrically opposed to their world view, they'll like you a lot less,
and if it's something heinously egregious ( like murdering a whole bunch of Dear Hearts and Gentle People right in front of them ) they will decide that you must be removed from the universe, for the sake of All Living Things.
If that happens and you survive the onslaught by killing them, they stay dead. Forever.


Have Fun! ^_^

[El]

Originally posted by Emilio:

Companions can die. I have killed off the railroad and institute companions since i sided with the brotherhood for an example.

This is true and thinking about it that's how Danse died the time I mentioned in my OP. These ones can die as they're now enemies rather than companions and their deaths are a part of the storyline. That said, Hancock isn't affiliated with any of the factions and died anyway suggesting it's not limited to just the factioned companions.

Originally posted by Zileene:

If you do something diametrically opposed to their world view, they'll like you a lot less, and if it's something heinously egregious ( like murdering a whole bunch of Dear Hearts and Gentle People right in front of them ) they will decide that you must be removed from the universe, for the sake of All Living Things.
If that happens and you survive the onslaught by killing them, they stay dead. Forever.

Yeah, the affinity scale. In the case of headless Hancock, he was on good terms with me. We even had a dialogue just before the fight.

It's worth noting that Hancock in these screens died by enemy hands rather than mine. He died in a normal, albeit it intense, firefight.

Originally posted by Stinky3377:

F9 = resurrection if you didn't want them dead I suppose.

Thanks, this is probably what I'll end up doing.