Maybe make a choice at the start of the focus tree to decide WHO the courier is. Maybe it could even include a few traits and skills to give you that new Vegas feel. I remember the Enclave Submod did something like that.
Also, reffering the the courier as they wouldn't solve the issue, portrait still exists.
To specify further, what the Enclave submod wasn't exactly as ambitious, but pretty much after electing the president you get a few events for the backstory, I think it was who kept him as a slave (you got a wargoal later against them) how did he escape (gives you a bonus, one of them would help throughout the game) and what his claim to fame is (gives another bonus).
But I think it could be reasonable to have one event decide the gender, which would alter all portraits of the Courier, pick a couple traits (Wild Wasteland could be included to make some strange options come up in the future, and then some other things can give you more options in the future) and then you could decide who shot you. This would take work, but It would be really cool and might set a standard for future submods. I would replay this a bunch if that was added to see all the various options and such.

I don't think the portrait for the Courier really poses much of a problem for the idea of a female Courier, since the riot armor eliminates any indicators anyway, especially as tight in as it is in the portrait.

Originally posted by Selonianth:

I don't think the portrait for the Courier really poses much of a problem for the idea of a female Courier, since the riot armor eliminates any indicators anyway, especially as tight in as it is in the portrait.

yeah, not much "gender" shows through body armor, whether old school plate, or modern ballistic vests. they gotta be pretty thick and bulky to do their job.

Originally posted by Xenrek:

Originally posted by Selonianth:

I don't think the portrait for the Courier really poses much of a problem for the idea of a female Courier, since the riot armor eliminates any indicators anyway, especially as tight in as it is in the portrait.

yeah, not much "gender" shows through body armor, whether old school plate, or modern ballistic vests. they gotta be pretty thick and bulky to do their job.

I suppose not, but I still like the idea of crafting your Courier's backstory.

just ignore man it's just a couple words.

Originally posted by DEFN HELLO GORDON:

just ignore man it's just a couple words.

In most cases that'd be fine, but players see the Courier as an extension of themselves, and not all HOI4 players are male (probably most, let's be honest, but not ALL)

bro what

no

That's a bit excessive

Originally posted by Dermott:

Forgive me for being nitpicky but could it be possible for the mod to use "they/them" to refer to Courier Six? I could be missing something, but couldn't Courier Six be female?

what went wrong with your childhood to even request something so stupid

Originally posted by Dermott:

Forgive me for being nitpicky but could it be possible for the mod to use "they/them" to refer to Courier Six? I could be missing something, but couldn't Courier Six be female?

no

sned

Eh, it should be a decision to determine if the Courier is even known or not. Maybe even give them different 'perks' according to the choices. I wonder how Black Widow/Lady Killer would translate into HOI4 leader traits, anyways?

Does it honestly bother you *THAT* much?

You are an idiot ha ha ha ha ha