Ness

Ness is a treasure hunter currently operating in the Commonwealth in 2287.

Other interactions
The meeting with Ness is a random encounter and therefore can occur anywhere, though it is more likely on roads.

Ness may hire the Sole Survivor as a mercenary to clear Skylanes Flight 1981 of 10 raiders in the quest Meet Ness at the Crash Site, offering to split the loot. She's very generous with the loot spiting as well, she will let the Sole Survivor pick every lock and take every item from every suitcase with the exception of the Secret compartment situated near the cockpit. She can sometimes be found in roads near the Cambridge Police Station. She is usually found in these ruins at night and in the early daylight hours what ever time of day that is. Finding her in the Cambridge Ruins sub region of the Commonwealth in the later of the daylight hours is rare though due to lighting conditions from tall buildings even though there is good daylight visible outside of the ruins a known problem for travelers seeking to find Ness. Some sort of a lighting hinge is formed around 11pm to 2pm in which the conditions will favor the Sole survivor for finding her. She can be found in these ruins about once or twice a month but players that don't fast travel when are on Brotherhood of Steel Minor Quests like various Cleansing the Commonwealth or various Quartermastery Quests will typically find her more often.

However if the Sole Survivor does agree to doing her quest he must fast travel to The Airplane wreak with his Pip-Boy for Ness will not travel there on foot she only walks 50 feet closer to to the wreak site and then stops and then never starts on again. Therefore it was necessary for the Sole Survivor to go there that way because she would not come with him on foot. Once at the wreak site Ness will be accompanied by two Gunner Mercs to aid in fighting the Raiders. Unfortunately for the Sole Survivor she does not participate in the battle much only killing the Raiders in the Bridge section and not the other ares of the wreckage of the Crash Site on the freeway south of the settlement of Tenpines Bluff However after agreeing to Ness and then finding her treasure which is her cut of the loot part of er offer with the Sole Survivor and then he considers trying to steal items out of the hidden secret compartment located near her on the bridge of the Airplane, will turn Ness hostile to him. She can be persuaded to increase the amount of caps she rewards. Upon questioning her further about what her real intentions are, she may reveal she has been scavenging Skylanes flight wrecks for years as the company was involved in illegal smuggling operations before the Great War.

Appearances
Ness appears only in Fallout 4.

Bugs

 * Ness might get pulled into the "Quick test cell" limbo and will become hostile with other characters in this box with her. Any non-essential NPC may be killed.
 * Upon looting the hidden compartment in Skylanes Flight 1981 while clearing the site of raiders, Ness may become hostile.
 * When helping her clean the plane from monsters, if you leave her waiting to finish a quest then come back later, she will not initiate dialogue again even though the quest marker still marks her supposed location. Pickpocketing and reading Ness' lead note from her may resolve this issue, though this may not work on PC.
 * Ness may become hostile to any nearby settlers and provisioners, making it difficult or impossible to trigger the quest as dialogue cannot be initiated. Since Ness, settlers and provisioners are all essential there will be no casualties, and they may go separate ways after a few minutes.
 * If a companion is dismissed at a crash site, the companion may become hostile towards Ness and any other Gunners nearby.
 * Ness may stand a few yards away from the location marker near the crash site and can not be interacted with. It is possible to pickpocket key to loot cargo but no experience will be gained. No Gunners will be present.

Ness