Mercy

Mercy is a bastardization of Gramercy Park, a small, fenced-in private park and the surrounding neighborhood in Manhattan.

Background
Mercy is made of what pre-War America called “Gramercy Park”. After Belleveue became a walled settlement, Mercy formed as a shanty town outside the walls with the people who couldn’t afford to stay inside. While it’s free to live there, it’s not free of crime and violence. “Mercy” has become a bit of a misnomer as the citizens of mercy are not shown much mercy themselves.

This has left a cultural vacuum that the new drug that’s been entering in from Alphabet City, “Glee”, has begun to fill. Sick people living in squalor and inebriated state; the area feels like even worse of a slum, which only amplifies the rate at which people resort to Glee. East 17th Street, where Mt. Sinai is located, has now become a sort of “Drug Bazaar”.

Inter-City Relations
Mercy borders NoMad, Bellevue, Gas House, and Alphabet city, and is in close proximity to Rose, and the possible player settlement of Union Square.

Mercy is being poisoned by a drug influx from Alphabet City, and the citizens are getting treatment for other medical issues in Bellevue. The vagrants from Mercy are also causing issues with NoMad.

NPCs

 * Wolf Seedy Drug Dealer. Overall bad dude, but won’t stab you outright, but definitely doesn’t have your best interest in town, either. Best to just ignore him.
 * Billie Jones One of the few women not on Glee. A bit of a fish-out-of-water, she has only been in Mercy a few days, and will follow you out if you agree. (Possible Companion)
 * Brannigan Lawman with a secret. Brannigan is a surprisingly kind man, especially considering his day occupation as a peacekeeper. A family man, he loves his wife and newborn. However, to keep his family afloat, he’s redlining as a gigolo on the other side of town.
 * Calypso Pre-War Robotic “Newsie”. This is not even a robot, it’s an interface, similar to speaking with MODUS, Mr. House, or President Eden. This sunny-dispositioned robotic personality was modeled after the typical New York City Daytime Talk Show Hosts, but does not have true AI; only knowing what she is programmed with. She repeats pre-war broadcasts, and the occasional newly programmed messages.
 * Medok Macra A paranoid source of information. Similar to No Bark from Novac, Medok speaks mostly about conspiracies and paranoia, but similar to No Bark, his ramblings usually have a bit of truth to them, some of them even being exactly right, but presented in such an incredulous manner, the player may not believe him at first. For example, he will talk about the radioactive fertilizer in Rose, the Vault-Tec experiment at Bellevue, and the pre-war government source of Glee.
 * Milo & Crichlow An expecting couple looking to escape poverty before the birth of their child, Milo & Crichlow are desperate enough to try and con the player. The couple has massive debts, keeping them from fleeing, out of fear for their safety if they leave without paying. Depending on how you help or guide them in this, they have different options to relocate to, in order to raise their child.
 * “Pharmacists” Drug Dealers at the Bazzar call themselves "pharmacists" and will bark at you at a distance and heckle each other in order to win your business.

Side Stories/Quests

 * 1) The Moments of Happiness Deal with the Glee Trade in Mercy
 * 2) What I Did for Love Deal with Brannigan’s secret
 * 3) Wouldn't It Be Loverly Deal with Milo & Crichlow

Player Interaction

 * The player can determine where the pregnant couple relocates to, if at all.
 * The player also can change the drug trade in Mercy, depending on their dealings here and in the surrounding areas.
 * The player can reveal Brannigan’s secret, or keep it safe, and will affect Brannigan’s AI package afterwards.

Relation to Main Games

 * Medok thinks his name comes from “Med-Tek” creator of Mentats.
 * Pharmacists mention “Better Living Through Chems”, alluding to the Massachusetts Surgical Journal in Fallout 4
 * Glee Club members say “At least we’re not on Smooch. That stuff looks like snot.” as a reference to the canceled Fallout 3: VanBuren Smooch