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Background

You'll receive this quest from Neil at Neil's Shack (#1), which is located at the bottom of Black Mountain.


Walkthrough

When you approach the shack, a super mutant named Neil will come up to you and try to convince you to leave. He'll tell you that Tabitha, the leader of the Black Mountain nightkin, is crazy, and that she's ordered all of her nightkin to shoot humans on sight. If you pass a Speech 50 check, then you'll convince Neil that you can help him, and he'll head up to the top of the mountain and wait for you there (#3). Otherwise, you'll simply receive an objective to end Tabitha's reign.

Note: You can get a taste of Tabitha's insanity by turning on your radio to the Black Mountain frequency.

As you follow the road up the mountain, you'll encounter a variety of super mutants, nightkin, and centaurs. You'll also start taking radiation damage near the peak, so be sure to have some Rad-X and RadAway handy. If you're in a hurry, you can take a shortcut (#2) to cut the travel time in half.

At the top of the mountain, you'll find a dwelling (#3). This is where you'll meet up with Neil (on the southern side), provided that he agreed to work with you. When you finish talking to Neil, he'll walk over to the remaining nightkin guards and trick them into leaving their posts. If you're not working with Neil, then you can achieve the same effect by using the transceiver in the dwelling and passing a Speech 75 check. If the nightkin leave their posts, then they'll head to the bottom of the mountain, and you won't have to fight them (unless they spot you or your companions during their trip, and then they'll attack like normal). If you can't trick the nightkin, then you'll have to fight them.

Note: Even if you trick the nightkin into leaving, a nightkin sniper will stay at the radio transmitter (#4) and attack you when you get close enough. The sniper will drop Annabelle and a Hunting Rifle when it dies.

At the end of the road, you'll discover three buildings of interest: a prison (#5), a storage building (#6) and a broadcast building (#7). These buildings will give you different ways of completing the quest:

• Prison. If you browse through the terminals in the first room, then you'll gain access to the second room, where you'll find Raul, a captive ghoul (and a potential companion). If you free Raul, then when you leave the prison, Tabitha and two other nightkin will attack you, and killing Tabitha will complete the quest.
  
  
• Storage Building. Inside this building you'll find a variety of loot, plus a broken Mr. Handy robot named Rhonda. If you have at least 60 Science, then you'll be able to repair Rhonda, which will cause her to start following you. Then when you exit the building, Tabitha will show up, and, after a touching reunion (during which you'll receive Tabitha's Equipment Key), she and Rhonda will leave Black Mountain and disappear from the game. You'll gain karma for completing the quest this way.
  
  
• Broadcast Building. You'll meet Tabitha on the second floor of this building. To get there, you'll need to leave the first floor via the back door, and then pick up Tabitha's Room Key from under the stairs that you'll find outside. Tabitha will attack you when she sees you, and killing her will complete the quest.

Regardless of how you complete the quest, you'll earn 1000 xp as your reward. If you kill Tabitha, then you'll also find a Super Sledge, Tabitha's Equipment Key, and Tabitha's Room Key on her corpse. And finally, with Tabitha and her radio broadcasts out of the way, the super mutants and nightkin on Black Mountain will no longer attack you on sight.


1 - Neil's Shack


2 - Shortcut Trail


3 - Dwelling


4 - Radio Transmitter


5 - Prison


6 - Storage Building


7 - Broadcast Building