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Background

You'll receive this quest from Marcus in Jacobstown, but only after you've visited the Jacobstown lodge.


Walkthrough

Marcus will tell you that some NCR mercenaries have been "harassing" the town, and he'll ask you to reason with them. You'll find the mercenaries, led by a man named Norton, just outside the front gate to Jacobstown. You'll have three ways to deal with them:

• With a high enough reputation with the NCR, or with Speech 65, you can tell the mercenaries to leave, and they will.
  
  
• You can offer Norton a bribe, which will cause him to demand 2500 caps. If you then return to Marcus, you'll be able to get 2500 caps from him, or 3000 caps if you lie (no dialogue check required, but you'll lose karma). When you give the money to Norton, the mercenaries will leave.
  
  
• You can simply attack the mercenaries. They'll have fairly nice gear (including Sniper Rifles, Plasma Rifles, and Metal Armor), but the super mutants will probably help you out, making the battle straightforward. Taking out the mercenaries will cost you some NCR infamy, unless you manage to kill them with sneak attacks (not too difficult with a Stealth Boy and melee attacks, or with a silenced Sniper Rifle), or allow the super mutants to kill them.
  
  Note: If you kill the mercenaries after you've bribed them, then you won't find your payment on their corpses.

Regardless of the method you choose, when you return to Marcus, you'll receive 250 xp.