Barney Rook

Barney Rook is a character living in Salem in 2287.

Background
Barney appears to have inherited his family's house from the generations before him. There isn't much else known about him, other than that he appears to have started the Salem Volunteer Militia.

If killed, a .308 rifle named Reba can be looted from his body, or it can be pickpocketed. After you have helped him kill some mirelurks and then activate his turrets, he will happily reward with a key to his workshop, containing a legendary hunting rifle named Reba II.

Appearances
Barney Rook appears only in Fallout 4.

Behind the scenes
Barney Rook may be a reference to Burt Gummer, a character from the Tremors movie series played by Michael Gross. Barney and Burt both suffer from paranoia and have a heavily defended home. Barney's rifle, Reba, may be a reference to actress Reba McEntire, the actress playing Burt's wife in Tremors 1.

Bugs

 * Upon entering Salem, the player character may find Barney dead at the top of his house. This is noted by receiving the quest "kill the mirelurks" upon approaching Rook's house, even if they haven't spoken to him. The quest "kill the mirelurks" may not appear however. Resurrect him before killing the three mirelurks and the quest can be completed normally. On PC, he can be revived by opening the console, clicking on his body and then using console command.
 * After finishing Barney's quests he may disappear from Salem. No known fixes.
 * After talking to Barney and accepting the sidequest, Barney may immediately open the door to the room with Reba II, allowing the player character to take the weapon without having first activated the turrets.
 * Barney will simply not exist, with two dead mirelurks at his house, and the "Inaccessible" gate open. This makes interacting with the quest, and his basement, impossible. Console commands may summon him. However for console gamers this may pose an issue.
 * One may go upstairs and flip the circuit breaker to the gate however this appears to do nothing as well.
 * When he is missing searching the town seems to come to no avail, and Barney's turrets are invincible. Shooting the combat inhibitors of the turrets seem to spark them as an enemy however that reverts on the next visit.
 * If you don't kill any of the mirelurks, all of them appear inside the basement after activating all of Barney's turrets, and he will have already been killed by them.
 * Sometimes one of the mirelurks will spawn underneath the street, making it impossible to kill. Saving and reloading can make it spawn on the beach correctly.
 * Sometimes one of the mirelurks wont credit a kill and the player will be stuck on 2/3 mirelurks killed. This can be solved by typing "completeallobjectives 001243d6" and subsequently, if Barney doesn't reply to the player from the roof with "player.setstage 0001243d6 15". Afterwards Barney will open the gate and enter the basement and the quest can be continued normally.
 * The turret nearest to Barney's house can be activated but will not be counted towards the quest resulting in no further progress to be made (no known fix)

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