About this mod

Various quests and adventures to aquire a new Cowboy Stealth Armor, its optional talking AI, a new revolver-shotgun, and much more!

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228 years after controversial events that unfolded in the two decisive decades preceding the Great War, the Courier finds a trail leading to a mysterious treasure lost to the Colorado: a unique model of Chinese Stealth Armor and its complementary talking Interface: G.U.A.N.Y.I.N...

Find a way to restore this special artifact of the past to working order, deal with the shady organisation seemingly drawn to it, collect trophies to craft yourself your own Cowboy-styled Stealth Armor and rise as a new gunslinger: "Stealthtenza"!
Meet what remains of the Shi and their black market arsenal, uncover a forgotten Pre-War conspiracy, and explore "Wangliang 71" to rediscover Chinese lore in a brand new light in line with Van Buren's original concepts!
                                              

Overview:
  • A new armor set combining Cowboy's vibes with the Chinese Stealth Armor: the Stealthtenza Armor, coming with its own hat/helmet, and a cowl + optics conceiling mask
  • A massive expansion for the main version: Dawn of Stealthtenza, with lore-friendly quests, many exclusive items, new creatures and locations, Voice-Acted NPCs and boss fights! (~3 hours of content)
  • 2 smaller versions to aquire the armor if you want a shorter or different adventure: Dusk of Stealthtenza and the Stealthtenza Pack!  
  • A new unique revolver-shotgun specially meant to pair with the armor: "Angel Eyes" (with custom sounds)
  • Working Stealth field for the Stealthtenza armor (but coming with a big twist!)
  • Optional Chinese-talking AI for the Stealthtenza armor (activate and disable it at will!)
  • New Objects effects for all the armor parts!
  • World items, female version and Pip Boy icons for all armors and weapons of the set!
  • A brand new loading screen, but totally optional!
                                                    

About the different versions (choose ONE):
Dawn of Stealthtenza: A series of quests centered around a mysterious Pre-War conspiracy and a special Chinese Stealth Armor, coveted by you... but also by many shady individuals across the Mojave. First entry to the VoidKing Series: tied to Van Buren lore, loosely to the Someguy series and comes with fully Voice-Acted new NPCs (~470 lines of dialog), 7 boss fights, 7 exclusive armors, 9 exclusive weapons, new functionalities, a new weapons dealer, 2 new dunjeons, 5 new creatures, a Wild Wasteland encounter, 6 challenges, various player choices and different paths to complete! ~3 hours of content
Dusk of Stealthtenza: All armor parts of the Stealthtenza set and "Angel Eyes" can be found near a grave in the Goodspring Cemetary, having been dug out by 3 mischievous grave robbers: Mortsafe, Cling-Cling and Gavroche. Stealthtenza died years ago, it is up to you to revive his legacy... after striking a deal with (or just striking) the trio!
Stealthtenza Pack: Apparently, you ARE Stealthtenza but Benny blasted your brain with a 9mm bullet: all armor components, "Angel Eyes", the G.U.A.N.Y.I.N chip, alongside two Stealth Boys, two Turbos and X18 20Ga rounds, will be added to your inventory upon waking up in Doc Mitchell's house for the first time (like any Courier Stash items)



New items and functionalities: [all 3 versions]

New Armor! "Stealthtenza" Armor:
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An old and dirty Chinese Stealth Armor, now worn under a cowboy jean, a leather chestplate and a brownish poncho. The armor also include large boots with cowboy spurs, a special glove for the firing hand, and a special long holster for "Angel Eyes".

The armor grants the following bonuses: 14 DT, + 8 Sneak, +30 Guns, + 4 Carry Weight, + Functional Stealth-field while crouching (with a twist). It can be repaired with Recon armors.

Stealth-Field twist
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The Stealth-field of the Steathtenza armor is functional, yes, but the armor itself is made out of a special prototype Chinese Stealth suit model from the days of the Hoover Dam sabotage and the Sub-Level 1C Infiltration. As a result, the Stealth-field can only activate when falling under 30% of your max health (you will be notified by a HUD message) and crouching, and will provide a weaker concealing cloak (+8) than the one a well-preserved later model would offer (+15). The upside? You're not alone in the armor....


G.U.A.N.Y.I.N chip:
About the talking AI

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As said earlier, the Steathtenza armor is made from a particular Chinese Stealth Suit, the Guanyin-Proto, which special feature (aside the limited Stealth field) was the compatibility with a monitoring interface: G.U.A.N.Y.I.N. G.U.A.N.Y.I.N. is active only when wearing the Stealthtenza armor + its own "G.U.A.N.Y.I.N chip", and will talk to you when: 
-  Equipping the Steathtenza armor (outside of combat and with the Chip already equipped)
-  Detecting an attacking enemy (at high health)
-  Reaching the 30% health threshold, to warn you that the Stealth field can now be used.
[Note that to avoid being spawned of warning voicelines multiples times in combat, a cooldown exist and that after being warned a first time when reaching low health, no other warning will be made by Guanyin until you have recovered first to 80% of health and then fell again under 30%.

The G.U.A.N.Y.I.N chip has low health and can only be repaired by Vendors.


New Armor! "Stealthtenza" Helmet:
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An open-style Chinese Stealth Helmet, now paired with a large cowboy hat.

The helmet grants the following bonuses: 4DT, -1 Charisma, +15 Barter. It can be repaired with Recon helmets. 


New Armor! "Stealthtenza" Cowl and Optics:
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A black conceiling mask, sprouting three (glowing) monoeye sensors recovered on sentry turrets.
  

The Cowl grants the following bonuses: +3 Perception. Won't degrade 


New Weapon! "Angel Eyes"' Revolver-Shotgun:
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A special large-caliber revolver meant to fire 20Ga rounds. It scatters 5 projectiles per shot for a total DAM of 58, but has low critical effects. Comes with custom firing sound-effects

This weapon grants the following bonuses: X2 drawing speed with Angel Eyes but only with the Stealthtenza Armor equipped. The weapon is also affected by the Cowboy/Shotgun Surgeon/And Stay Back Perks.



Exclusive content and features: [Dawn of Stealthtenza Only]



New Quest! I'm Looking Through You
                                                                                          

A ~2 hours long lore-friendly quest to progressively get your hands on the Stealthtenza Armor. Read Q&A in the article section for possible questions


New Armor! Chinese Stealth Armor [Guanyin Pattern] Set:
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The original unmodified and non-customized Chinese Armor variant later used as the core piece of the Stealthtenza Armor.

The armor need to be first despringlocked and fixed during "I'm Looking Through You", and functions in the same exact way as the later Stealthtenza Armor (so HUD warnings and talking interface if G.U.A.N.Y.I.N chip is equipped alongside it + Stealth Field when crouching under 30% health)


New Functionality! Guanyin-Proto Operating Manual:
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An Operating Numeric Manual meant to detail the origins and functionalities of the Guanyin Pattern and its special GU.A.N.Y.I.N Interface.
This Operating Manual can be consulted when equipping the G.U.A.N.Y.I.N chip, but is only accessible if you are wearing the Helmet of the Guanyin Pattern Armor or later the Stealthtenza Helmet.


New Weapon! Dragoon Assault Pistol:
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A short and compact version of the Chinese Assault Rifle, reduced to a one-hand wielded heavy weapon with all its wooden parts covered in a scale coating (similar to the one of Chinese Stealth Armors). It is chambered in 5.56mm and is fed through a small magazine in the grip. Comes with custom firing sound-effects
  

This weapon grants the following bonuses: +1 Sneak, but only outside of Combat. The weapon can be found on the body of a dead Dragoon during '"I'm Looking Through you", and a second one can be found in Kang's room during "China Doll".


New Armor! Seraphim Armor Set:
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6 New Challenges!
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Brotherhood of Stealth: Fix the Guanyin Proto Armor with the help of the Brotherhood of Steel
Furtive Shenlong: Fix the Guanyin Proto Armor with the help of the Black Shenlong
S(tealth)cientist: Fix the Guanyin Proto Armor all by yourself
Sayonara Seraphim!: Cause the Seraphim death twice: first by making his shield generator overload (main quest), and secondly by making the returned Robo-Seraphim self detonate (requires Wild Wasteland)
He gave me a thousand!: Damage living enemies with Angel Eyes 1000 times
Yapping G.U.A.N.Y.I.N: G.U.A.N.Y.I.N interacted with you 100 times




New Quest! China Doll

                                                                                          

A ~40 min long lore-friendly quest to explore Wangliang 71, a hidden Pre-War Chinese bunker tied to the lost origins of GUANYIN and the aftermath of the Hoover Sabotage. Read Q&A in the article section for possible questions



New Armor! Kang's Stealth Armor:
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A helmetless and customized Chinese Stealth Armor once worn by Jiale Kang, former Director of Wangliang 71 and once a Crimson Dragoon himself.

This armor can be found on Kang's corpse, in his room. Being a Hei Guei pattern, it doesn't provide any Stealth Field (like Hoover Dam's Stealth Armor)


New Armor! Sympathizer Jumpsuit:
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The standard jumpsuit worn by Wangliang 71's residents, the Communist Sympathizers of the Fifth Column.

This armor can be looted on the ghoulifed sympathizers of Wangliang.


New Creature! Vanguardist Bots:
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A small Chinese robot manufactured inside Wangliang 71, an in-between development between Spider Drone and Liberator Bot.

These bots can be encountered in the lowliest level of Wangliang, in the Vanguardist Factory. Vanguardists come equipped with motorized actuators to jump at you, a self repairing device, and a dead-man switch causing them to detonate upon being destroyed, usually resulting in a catastrophic explosion making the entire level collapse (unless you destroy them with electrifying equipment).


New Weapon! Kang's Sword:
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A custom Chinese Officer Sword once used by Jiale Kang during his days in the Crimson Dragoons
  

This weapon can be found on the body of Jiale Kang, in his room.


New Weapon! Columnist's Pasam:
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A SMG conversion of the standard Chinese "Shanxi" Pistol. It is chambered in 10mm and has above average damage per shot, at the cost of fewer shots per magazine.
  

This weapon can be looted on the ghoulified sympathizers of Wangliang.



New Vendor! Black Shenlong Arsenal

A Gun Runner Arsenal Type of Vendor Unlocked after the end of "I'm Looking Through You". The Shi have come (in some form) to the Mojave!

New Weapon! Zhiyuan Burstrifle (BSA):
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 A burst-rifle loosely based on the HK-G11 and chambered in 5mm. It can either fires 3 bullets consecutively in a sort of hyper-volley, or fire them one by one in a semi-automatic fashion. Comes with its custom sound effects

This weapon can be obtained by buying it from Madam Ling once the Black Shenlong products become available for sale (once "I'm Looking Through You" is Completed), looting it on Black Shenlong's Guards, or can also (rarely) spawn and be stolen from their transport truck 


New Weapon! Shanxi-31 Pistol (BSA):
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 A special Chinese Pistol with an improved rate of fire and damage per shot. It can fires either 9mm, either the special 8.5mm Radiant (BSA), 8.5mm Inferno (BSA), and 8.5mm Accelerated (BSA) sold by Madam Ling . 

This weapon can be obtained by buying it from Madam Ling once the Black Shenlong products become available for sale (once "I'm Looking Through You" is Completed), looting it on her or Black Shenlong Guards, or can also (rarely) spawn and be stolen from their transport truck. 


New Weapon! Hebei Shockdagger (BSA):
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  A short electrified version of the Chinese Officer Sword delivering electro-shocks on contact. 
    

This weapon can be obtained by buying it from Madam Ling once the Black Shenlong products become available for sale ("Once I'm Looking Through You" is Completed). It can also sometimes appear on their transport truck and be stolen. 


New Weapon! Longfei Anti-Material Rifle (BSA):
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  A semi-automatic Anti-Material Rifle based on the PRC's QBU-10. This weapon is equipped with a night-vision special scope, has its own custom sounds effects and is chambered in 12.7mm. As a semi-automatic weapon, it uses 10-shots magazines, has lower strenght requirements than the regular AMR, but deals less damage per shot (largely compensated by the magazine system).

This weapon can be obtained by buying it from Madam Ling once the Black Shenlong products become available for sale ("Once I'm Looking Through You" is Completed), looted on Black Shelong Guards, or can also (rarely) spawn and be stolen from their transport truck.


New Weapon! Leishen Gauss Rifle (BSA):
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 A modified version of the Gauss Rifle with new coils and a different firing system. It uses a 3-shots cartridges (5mm) and fire one projectile/shot instead of the 5 Microfusion Cells/shot of the regular Gauss Rifle, at the cost of reduced damage/shot. Comes with its own custom sound effects

This weapon can be obtained by buying it from Madam Ling once the Black Shenlong products become available for sale ("Once I'm Looking Through You" is Completed), looted on Black Shelong Guards, or can also (rarely) spawn and be stolen from their transport truck. 


New Armor! X2 Black Shenlong Vest
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 A new clothing inspired by Shi Guards Outfits of Fallout 2, with a red variant, and a sister blue variant. It grants the following bonuses: +1 Intelligence, +20 Guns, +20 Energy Weapons. 
              

This armor can be obtained by buying it from Madam Ling once the Black Shenlong products become available for sale ("Once I'm Looking Through You" is Completed), looted on Black Shelong Guards, or can also (rarely) spawn and be stolen from their transport truck




                                                            


Credits (thank the amazing team):

Voice actors:
Dawn of Stealthtenza
NotSoChilledVO: Lindy
Ethan Linhares: Scribe Heathen, John Lawson
kellydanielle: Dr. Danielle
ODmp3: Madam Ling

moby.rick: Madam Ling's bodyguard 1
goblinmuncherVA: Madam Ling's bodyguards 2 and 3
Richard Simmons: Madam Ling's bodyguard 4

Hudson Franzoni: The Seraphim
Hannahhebb: Lord of Turrets
Jam_VO: Brigham Young
flynntheva: Red Skull
AcesInEmbers: Gin Corbrett, Professor Zerbina
ScientistBarnacle: Messenger, Doctor Pascal
Ofanim: Jiale Kang


Dusk of Stealthtenza
AcesInEmbers: Cling-Cling
Kehoe Lover: Gavroche
IPooted: Mortsafe


Writing/Scripting team:
VoidKing02: All scripting, all notes writing, all quests, all implementations, all new locations and general tralala


3D/2D art:
VoidKing02: All new armors, most Pip Boy icons, all new creatures, all custom clutter and effects
Bitchcussidy: All new weapons

Mihael: Loading screen art
artyom_engel: Vanguardists art poster
RusselHan: Wangliang 71's Chinese cavalry poster
Goblin: Stealthtenza set Pip Boy icons
potatohedgehog97: Logo

Sound and Video design:
VoidKing02: All new sounds and intro video, GUANYIN
Nicolas: Omicron Facility's OST
Pavel G: Wangliang 71 OST and Seraphim Battle Theme
ScientistBarnacle: Trailer

Special Mentions:
Some(Guy)Rooster: For his blessing and being the final tester
Soleful Phoenix: Early testing and lore proofing, + Zerbina's memo in Omicron facility
Val: Late testing, fixing Angel Eyes Iron sights, and helping with some textures
Nyansdead: Early and Late testing + giving me some very useful feedbacks
Whiteout: For his good and soughtful advices
ashfalldude and Floofmother: Overall assistance and support
Webbproduction: Letting me use his G11 Pip Boy icon

And of course everyone in Whiteout's server for putting up with my constant rants about this mod in the making!