Heh, I think you're not giving pure coincidence a fair trial... (oh, do you still need an equip script for KotB Ted? I had one that was 60% done that I promised to finish and send to you ages ago. You still need something like that?)
Errr, maybe? I forget... probably not If it was the 'unequip NPCs in town so they don't walk around armed', I've given that up as a lost cause: the heartbeat just re-equips them.