It would will go up over time. Your previous failure is yet to wear off entirely.
The greatest challenge was always convincing the Brotherhood that trade is actually worthwhile. This is much harder than convincing them to make better use of tech.
Sarah Lyons was killed during the long retreat to the West coast.
I moved the entire east coast timeline forward a few years to make things work.
The Boomers are one of the factions that I want to ally and eventually integrate if possible, but we currently don't have enough diplomacy actions to do Stalemate and that at the same time. I want to focus on getting the remaining Brotherhood out of danger before opening up relations with the Boomers. It is on the agenda though, don't worry.
You are forgetting two things:
Light weight materials are expensive. The Brotherhood's most advanced material is still steel. In addition, electronics, especially small electronics, are very expensive, partially because integrated circuits were never invented in fallout.1. True - I initially hoped by keeping them small we'd cut raw material costs, but without low-weight materials we would be forced to go bigger. Probably the size of a Mr. Gutsy at least (they do manage to float off the ground with their extra limb weight, so I wouldn't expect it'd require more than their model, even if they could only be launched from a high location like Black Mountain).
2. I honestly figured the vertibird plans were too advanced to be easily incorporated into what I initially imagined as, to Elijah at least, equivalent to paper airplanes. But good to know vertibird plans are relevant to this theoretical idea, so no real need not to pull the sword from the stone (if only we knew Pre-War Culture to make a King Arthur reference - fitting if we do so on the same turn as wiping out the final raiders, no?).
You are forgetting about their flight pods that were used to train pilots which we kinda need when you want to fly something
It is learning how to build them. You may additional techs to make the materials, however.
Plus on a individual level, we have more firepower.
That is a typo. I edited it as part of a result I eventually rethought and must not have changed everything back properly.
Well trading should help boost Stalemate, as well as any more wheels on wheels, I think the tourist action is also a major boost to chances.
Well my plan has us looking for new sources of materials. There aren't many more options we can take that will boost trade. I think the current one with House is the last one we have for a while. Maybe working with the followers could help but I can't think of anything else.
They are in fact still recovering from the crit fail. I'm okay waiting a turn but no more than two. If we want to get the refugees to us before the Legion arrives we can't wait any longer.