When I added Ellie to my party I switched her out for Vicar Max. He had a nice set of armor and the new science weapon I just acquired. Since he had the highest science stat I let him use it. When I sent him back to the ship I discovered his stats had been reset and his equipment had been lost. I just lost 1 the unique science weapons 8 hours in to the game. There’s no going back and no way to get it again. WTF. I also had to level him back up. I have 2 of his starting guns and his starting clothes too now...
also Max is always in the med bay on groundbreaker where I picked up Ellie. A few more hours in and Vicar max has reset himself again for no reason I can tell. Back to no stats and all the gear I gave him are gone again. Wow how frustrating.