Well it has been said that the evil execs demanded real time, so VB will have both TB for the fans and RT for the execs (and maybe fans too).
JE didn't say that incident took place in real time combat mode, but it sure sounded like it ("As soon as I moved...", "immediately unleashed death...").
Re: Power Armor
It'd be interesting to have prototypes as variants, i.e. you could get a prototype Power Armor that has some flaws (like heavily reduced Agility, Perception or whatever) quite earlier than the T-51b.
I would have a false bum that flies open at the flick of a lever on my ruff, from which spring two jewel-encrusted blunderbi, allowing me to whirl round and fire volleys of butte-shot and other sinful pellets at my foes.
No, not really. My previous two computers was real crap, though, regardless of the numbers. This one's ok, except for the intergrated sound card piece of junk, and it is a pretty old (around two years I think, and it wasn't top of the line back then either).
You know, this could work, as long as a vague value tag is given in item descriptions (i.e. not Condom=1BC, Power Armor=9,500BC in the barter screen, but more like Condom -> Dirt cheap, Power Armor -> Worth its weight in gold).