When Leaving your power armor remove the Fusion Core so no one will decide to use it.The Lone Wanderer perk still provides bonuses with Dog Meat as a companion.Pickpocket enemies with power armor to steal their Fusion Cores, this will cause them to leave the armor, and you can steal the frame.Sell Fusion Cores to traders before they run out, you will get much more for a partially charged core, over an empty core.
