Strong



Strong is a super mutant and a possible companion in Fallout 4. He can be found locked up in a cell at the top of Trinity Tower along with his teacher, Rex Goodman, where the two have been imprisoned by other super mutants.

Background
A usual-looking super mutant, Strong seeks to find the "milk of human kindness". This is a line from the play Macbeth (Act 1:Scene 5), cited to him by Rex Goodman while trying to teach the super mutants about William Shakespeare's plays. Strong seems to have taken this metaphor a bit more literally and believes that if he can find the milk and drink it, it will gift super mutants the strength that makes humans successful. Strong is proficient with heavy weapons, like missile launchers.

Effects of player's actions

 * The Sole Survivor can free Strong from his cell during Curtain Call. After completion of the quest, he becomes available as a companion.
 * Eventually as his approval of the Sole Survivor increases, he will admit that he has learned to respect them.
 * Finally, once he idolizes the Sole Survivor, he will tell he has made the decision to make the Sole Survivor his leader, and his Berserk perk will be given.

Notable quotes

 * "Milk is secret to humans. Mack Beth say milk make humans strong. Stronger than super mutants! Strong find milk. Drink milk. Make super mutants stronger than humans."
 * "Come, Deathclaw. Strong will teach you how to die!"
 * "So much walking. Want to do more fighting!"
 * "Strong hope we find milk of human kindness soon."
 * "Tinker tinker tinker. Strong bored!"
 * "So many humans. Not so many super mutants."
 * "Someday, super mutants kill everything."
 * "Strong not understand why humans fight other humans? For milk of human kindness maybe."
 * "Humans odd. Try to be bird. Strong only want to be Strong." (When near The Prydwen)
 * "How machine fly? Is too heavy." (When near The Prydwen)
 * "Human flying machines. Strong not like." (When near The Prydwen)
 * "Fighting is for killing, not watching." (When near Combat Zone)
 * "Not shell. Shoot face." (When fighting mirelurks)
 * "Old place. Dust and dirt."
 * "Leave human junk. Is useless." (After looting junk item)
 * "Why always take human junk? Not need!" (After looting junk item)
 * "Strong hates Steel Brotherhood." (When near Brotherhood of Steel)
 * "Strong not care about stupid human stuff. Just want milk of human kindness!" (At The Castle)
 * "Strange human hole. All metal." (Upon entering a Vault)
 * "Strong learn new word. Strong learn 'respect.'"
 * "Human fight good. Human help Strong. Super mutants are brothers. Brothers share all. Not own things like humans. Humans share like brothers. Super mutants fight. Kill not talk. Human kill not talk. Human would be good super mutant." (Upon earning Strong's respect)
 * "Old human junk. Worst kind of human junk." (Picking up Pre War Money)
 * "So long Mac Ree Dee." (When dismissing MacCready to travel with Strong)

Appearances
Strong appears only in Fallout 4.

Bugs

 * If sending Strong to a settlement with 0 population, water, and food he will vanish from the game after a couple of days. The only way to fix is to summon him via console command. ✅
 * A possible fix is to build food and water and then wait several days.
 * Another possible fix if a bed is not present is to build a bed then save and reload while away from the settlement (this was tested at the Red Rocket truck stop).
 * On some occasions, the message showing that Strong likes/dislikes this does not appear even when a certain amount of time for that action has past, thereby making it even more difficult to gain his Berserk perk.
 * Entering a suit of power armor can result in Strong's approval skyrocketing upward, despite the game saying he dislikes it.
 * May become unable to move, and just kneel at the door where you enter a building spewing comments about the smell or whatever. Fast travel can fix this.
 * Strong may be unable to move correctly when wielding a minigun. He will often stand in place when being attacked, uselessly pointing his minigun at the ground.

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