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Background

You'll receive this quest from Eddie in the administration building of the NCR Correctional Facility (#1).

Note: If you're vilified by the powder gangers, then you won't be able to pick up this quest because Eddie and his bodyguards will become hostile when you get close to them.


Walkthrough

Eddie will ask you to kill a man named Chavez, who has been trying splinter off from the powder gangers and work with his own crew. You'll find Chavez to the south of the NCR Correctional Facility, at the Powder Ganger Camp South (#2). When you meet with him there, you'll have two options:

• If you have at least 30 Speech, then you can convince Chavez that it would be healthier for him to leave. This will earn you 35 xp.
  
  
• You can also attack Chavez, plus the powder gangers with him. This will earn you 80 xp, not to mention the loot from the corpses. You won't incur any powder ganger infamy for doing this.

When you return to Eddie, you'll gain some powder ganger fame, and Eddie will give you the second part of the quest. He'll tell you that a nearby merchant has been acting "funny," and he'll ask you to check him out. You'll find the merchant at Jean Sky Diving to the west (#3). When you talk to the merchant there, you'll have two options:

• With 30 Speech or 6 Intelligence, you'll recognize that he's not really a merchant, and he'll admit to being a bounty hunter hoping to bag a few powder gangers. This will net you 30 xp (if you beat the Speech check). If you then attempt to collect a toll from the bounty hunter, then you'll get another dialogue option for 30 Speech, and passing it will give you another 30 xp, and the bounty hunter will agree to leave. You can also just tell the bounty hunter that the powder gangers are on to him, which will cause him to leave.
  
  
• You can just attack the merchant. This will net you 20 xp and some loot from the corpse.

When you return to Eddie, you'll earn some more powder ganger fame, and Eddie will give you the third and final part of the quest. He'll tell you that the NCR hasn't yet tried to take back the correctional facility, which worries him, and he'll ask you to go to Primm (#4) to see if you can figure out why. When you reach Primm, you'll have two ways of determining the NCR's plans:

• You can steal the military orders from Lt. Hayes (found in his tent in the NCR part of Primm).
  
  
• You can convince Johnson Nash (found in the Vikki and Vance Casino or the Nash residence) to tell you. He'll try to sell you the information for 100 caps. If you have at least 30 Speech, then you'll be able to convince him to give you the information for free. If you have at least 30 Barter, then you'll be able to reduce the cost to 50 caps.

Either way, you'll learn that the NCR is preparing to assault the correctional facility, and you'll be given two ways to proceed:

• You can deliver the news to Eddie as intended. Eddie will reward you with 100 caps, Buffout, Psycho, Mentats, powder ganger fame, and 200 xp, but then you'll learn that the NCR forces have already arrived. Eddie won't demand that you stay and help, but the NCR will begin their assault the moment you leave the administration building, and so you'll get caught in the middle of the fighting either way. The NCR will probably lose the battle easily, but Eddie won't have any more work for you should be survive.
  
  
• You can betray Eddie and offer to assist the NCR in the assault. For this option, you'll need to talk to Lt. Hayes, who will order you to rendezvous with Sergeant Lee just to the southwest of the correctional facility (#5). When you meet with Lee there, the NCR will blow a hole in the correctional facility's outer fence, and then they'll begin their attack. The NCR forces will make a beeline for Eddie in the administration building, and when they (or you) kill him, the quest will come to an end. For your reward, you'll gain 300 xp, fame with the NCR, and infamy with the powder gangers (even if you didn't participate in the fighting).
  
  Note: The NCR won't care if you loot any of the "red" items in the facility.

1 - NCR Correctional Facility


2 - Powder Ganger Camp South


3 - Jean Sky Diving


4 - Primm


5 - Rendezvous Point