Gunners

Gunners are a hostile faction appearing in Fallout 4.

Background
Essentially the largest mercenary group in the Commonwealth, the Gunners are a military-themed, well-organized and equipped group of for-hire killers with their own customs and signage who control numerous large strongholds in and around the Boston area. They were responsible for the dissolution of the Commonwealth Minutemen under Ezra Hollis at the Quincy Massacre. In 2287, Quincy remains one of their key bases of operations.

Similarly to the Capital Wasteland's Talon Company, though non-hostile Gunners are sometimes seen protecting Caravaners, going near their territory always results in a hostile reaction from its occupants much in the same way as common raiders. They differ from raiders in their lack of drug dependency, use of superior equipment (they commonly come equipped with combat armor and rifles), extensive use of laser weaponry and use of other heavy duty military gear, such as Assaultrons, Mister Gutsies and their commanders are even known to make use of power armor. Their lines also suggest much better training.

They also possess functional vertibirds, which they use to transport attack teams, usually composed of 2-4 Gunners, along with 1-2 attack dogs. Though they are a rare sighting, and seem to only appear south of the Boston ruins, and rarely to the north (e.g., settlement raids). Players should be especially cautious near the edges of the Glowing Sea, as a vertibird showing up there will either mean the BOS or a Gunners attack-team dropping in.

Many Gunners also get their blood types tattooed onto their foreheads by their medics. This is both a practical measure and a rite of passage. This can be seen on some, but not all, Gunners.

Notable members

 * Baker
 * Barnes
 * Bridget
 * Clint
 * Cruz
 * Dreth
 * Tessa
 * Bullet
 * Captain Wes
 * Ryder
 * Robert Joseph MacCready (formerly)
 * Winlock
 * Connors
 * Private Hart
 * Major Jefferies
 * Lee
 * Private Martin

Gunner Commander
Found inside the HalluciGen, Inc. building.

Bases

 * Gunners plaza - Regional HQ
 * HalluciGen, Inc.
 * Mass Bay Medical Center
 * Mass Fusion building (before Mass Fusion or Spoils of War)
 * Mass Pike Interchange
 * Quincy
 * Vault 75
 * Vault 95
 * Several unmarked bases on top of highway system, easily spotted by the windmill.