In Fallout 2, the first cyberdogs were introduced, K-9 and Cyberdog. K-9 was an enclave experiment with a robotic body and electronically enchanced canine brain (with a bit of attitude and sarcasm) While Cyberdog was the NCR's attempt at a similar technology, but he was a far inferior model compared to K-9, weaker, less cybernetic, and only an average dogs intelligence.

So, likely Rex is an NCR cyberdog. And is a complete disappointment to Fallout 2 players expecting a metallic canine companion.

So I've located several concept artworks for a new improved verison of Rex, along with ideas for improving Rex's storyline and content. I found that out of all the companions Rex had the least improvements or mention in any mods, even ED-E has more despite having no personality or real story to begin with (besides the spoiler story).

[img]http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20050429230939/fallout/images/b/bd/Macybraa_se.gif[/img]
"K-9 of Enclave Base Navarro, was more extensively modified, with enhancements to the brain and vocal organs allowing intelligence and speech."

K-9 was great which is why Rex is such an utter failure in his current state.

Heres a funny bit of dialog when you first find him and if you play a stupid character and keep asking him to repeat himself...


He had lots of funny lines (in Fallout 2 you had to ask your followers to put their weapons away before they'd do it.) so if you asked K-9 to put his weapon away.


Note: The next two posts are no longer relvant since I've completely Revised this post since then.

I enjoyed Rex, but felt he could've been much better.

In Fallout 3 many mods were made wear you could build robots with different faction paints on them. (NCR, RobCo, Rangers, etc.)

I felt that since many other players are completely unsatisfied with Rex that he could be reskinned several different ways and then put quests in to achieve each new look and perhaps new abilites.

Some examples may be,

• A True Fallout Cyberdog, with a full mechanical body and increased intelligence like K-9
  
• Alien Tech Cyberdog, glowing tech like the ghost armor mod
  
• Mongrel Cyberdog, A legion mongrol body with vanilla cyber attachments, this might make more sense due to the legions lack of advanced tech unlike the Enclave or NCR.
  
• NCR Cyberdog, Simply a recoloring and whatever else the modder felt was "NCR"
  
• Great Khans Cyberdog, Perhaps add skulls and new colors, maybe gorier organic parts.
  
• Steampunk Cyberdog, Clockwork instead of tech, replace brain in braincase to gears and cogs. (you could make them move by turning the texture, like the fan on the remnant armors back I believe.)
  
• As a joke I've included "Rex 117" a Halo version cyberdog.
  
• There are many different ways you could make Rex look, post more if you would like to.

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Each one could have its own quest and special perks or traits to match its appearance, such as the alien one may find power cells or be resistant to energy weapons.

Here are the photos of examples of various looks, including what Rex should have looked like to begin with.

[img]http://www.newvegasnexus.com/imageshare/images/1329910-1299743413.jpg[/img]
[img]http://ru.wikifur.com/w/images/thumb/2/2e/IronDefender.jpg/300px-IronDefender.jpg[/img]
[img]http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs12/f/2006/333/8/0/Cyberdog_by_Stina_N.jpg[/img]
[img]http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2010/142/7/e/Sacred_Seasons_2_Watch_Dog_by_frogbillgo.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.newvegasnexus.com/imageshare/images/1329910-1301005404.jpg[/img]

Since recently my other thread about Rex and things has gotten alot of activity, I've gone back to this post and revised and organized everything, as well as added in photos, new ideas, and lore arguements to back up my ideas from Fallout 2.

So if you'd like please post ideas or opinions on New looks, new quest, or how Rex the cancer dog/junk-bot can be improved without making him into an normal dog..

Hmm well I've gone out and found some more photos, Hopefully they'll help inspire some more ideas and looks for Rex or this possible new and seperate Cyberdog.

More "True" Cyberdog Concepts


A Legion/Fiend looking Concept for a Cyberdog


Possible ideas for the Alien Tech Cyberdog


I'll post more shortly

Some Cyborg Rex Concepts for those who kinda like Rex as a junkbot.


For those who want a complete Junk-bot version of Rex.


More Steampunk Cyberdogs


Random Cyberdog Photos


Tell me your ideas/concepts for a new cyberdog, or post photos of new looks for a true cyberdog, and hopefully in time we'll have it modelled and made by some volunteer modder.

No comments on this yet? Thats odd. These are some awesome ideas here.

Bethesda only published the game, Obsidian designed it...

http://newvegasnexus.com/downloads/images/37269-1-1289653734.jpg is more than enough for me. Makes him sufficiently badass, IMO.

http://newvegasnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=37269

I've seen that retexture, its okay, it's pretty cool as a junk-bot. But my ideas were to bring back the Enclave type cyberdogs, which were fully robotic and had intellegince, Cyberdog doesn't mean cyborg dog, it means cybernetic dog which is fully robotic.

Still I can understand alot of "New" Fallout players being fine with Rex, its just K-9 from Fallout 2 set a bar for cyberdogs 10 years ago, and Rex is nowhere near it for classic Fallout players.

Cool idea, you also have a possible quest line here, especially if you do a completely new dog,
maybe you find a holotape mentioning the cyberdog models in H&H Tools or somewhere else appropriate,
you run across a piece in that , another piece in that
Steel Mill where all the smelting is going on, maybe the head and that's where the quest starts.

Sorry for the spoiler tags, but I'm mentioning specific things and places some people might not have run across yet, or linked together yet.

No problem, I still haven't found all the things in game myself since I keep starting over alot since I download around 5-6 mods a day and add them onto my huge list.

Still I like the idea of finding the cyberdog, sounds kinda like how you got K-9 the original cyberdog, (Mentioned in posts 1 and 2 in both pictures and text)