Happy 4th of July... what's going on

[Castor Muscular]

But once I get out in the wasteland, I'm a natural goody two shoes, trying to help everyone who doesn't shoot at me. My karma has stayed Very Good the whole game.

Me too, but sometimes there are conflicts.  Like one of my goals was to infiltrate and kill all members of some gang.  But my current helper (a woman with a great punch) was linked to that gang, and she refused to be my partner when I started killing the gang members.  Then I think she tried to kill me, too.  I loaded a previous save and simply didn't do that quest. 

 

[Izdaari]

But once I get out in the wasteland, I'm a natural goody two shoes, trying to help everyone who doesn't shoot at me. My karma has stayed Very Good the whole game.

Me too, but sometimes there are conflicts.  Like one of my goals was to infiltrate and kill all members of some gang.  But my current helper (a woman with a great punch) was linked to that gang, and she refused to be my partner when I started killing the gang members.  Then I think she tried to kill me, too.  I loaded a previous save and simply didn't do that quest.

Yeah, some of the companions have their own loyalties and scruples. I wanted to hire Jericho, but he won't work for a Good character. I have Dogmeat, who is awesome but dies a lot unless you use the console code to flag him as "essential", which makes him unkillable (he goes to zero hit points and goes unconscious, then rises like a phoenix). Later on, you can take the Puppies! perk and replace him with his offspring if he dies.