Just outside of our own atmosphere is a little different than an asteroid at constant velocity in space. 😂 It's not just re-entry that plays a part in orbital impact.

I'm not going to argue with you, you know exactly what I'm talking about as you haven't actually refuted as to whether China is in a better position than the Enclave, yet have nitpicked my Bradley-Hercules point. If Liberty Prime can survive Fat Man shells or the impact of his own Mark 28 Nuclear bombs, an ordinary missile shot from space hitting the ground around him is a little different, yet it destroys him, hence the inconsistency. Also, impact has an effect if it directly hits him, but the payload of the missile stays the same.

Liberty Prime is not invincible, such has been shown by his first death, China could've counteracted him and he likely would've perished. If not for the weird invincibility surrounding a typical and rather logical plot death, I would agree with you. By your logic also, Liberty Prime would not have perished in the Institute ending if he could survive the Prydwen falling on him. As I said, Bethesda's inconsistency.

Kind of makes you think how overhyped Metal Gear is. "The missing link between infantry and artillery" plods onto the battle field one cumbersome step after another before being unceremoniously pummeled into the dirt by an orbital bombardment.

^^I think the reason he didn't survive the Institute ending is he doesn't have full power, or independent power for that matter.

At least that's my best guess.

He isn’t built in the railroad ending. He is incomplete in the institute ending, but fully built and walking around in the Minutemen ending?

^Actually he isn't built in the Minutemen ending either.

You have to do the Brotherhood ending, then turn on them with the Minutemen for him to be there.

He probably would have been bombed from orbit, just like he was in broken steel. Win one otherwise impossible battle for the US, never useful again.

Oh, cuz someone said he survives the artillery and balloon popping over his head and I was confused

If you never help the BOS, then Prime is never activated, correct?

@The Mechanical Menace. If you do the BOS ending, the Institute activate the Nuclear Reactor and get it working without you.

If you do the Railroad, Institute or Minutemen ending before activating Liberty Prime, Liberty Prime does indeed perish. As in, he's utterly obliterated. Not just turned off from having no power supply, as his power supply is feeding off of the Prydwen's generators. I respect your logic, but Bethesda doesn't.

Feel free to go there, it's not simply a case of Liberty Prime having no power, but actually having been utterly squished.

My question is, in the Minutemen quest involving the Brotherhood's demise after activating him, is he spared getting destroyed because the airship misses him? I think that would be more plausible, as when he's wandering around Boston Airport he's not actually directly under the crash site, whereas when he's rigged up he's directly under where the Prydwen ends up landing.

If he was fully operational, I don’t see the blimp destroying him. It’s a burning gas bag. The worse it would do is drop a vertibird on him, and I doubt that would utterly destroy him.

@Kvile2000 Yes, except I don't believe that if he were rigged up to the platform, that it would make much difference. You can jump through the wreckage and he's been completely destroyed. It doesn't really make any sense.