Barney Rook

Barney Rook is a mirelurk hunter living in Salem in 2287.

Background
Barney Rook is a native resident of Salem, where his family has been living for centuries. He inherited his family's house from his ancestors. Dedicated to defending his hometown from anything that the Commonwealth could throw at it, particularly the mirelurks and the Children of Atom cultists residing at the nearby crater, Barney founded the Salem Volunteer Militia to aid in his mission of protecting his hometown from potential threats. He installed several automated turrets in strategic positions around town to help combat the local mirelurk infestation, which he has been unable to activate due to the onslaught of the mutated crabs.

He is a seasoned mirelurk hunter, killing the creatures for a living.. Barney's personal weapon is a custom hunting rifle called Reba. He has been working on an improved version called Reba II, demonstrating his skills as an expert gunsmith. The weapon is still being perfected by the time the Sole Survivor arrives in Salem.

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.
 * 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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Barney Rook