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Fallout: New Vegas Hints

Find the enemy commander, General Oliver.

  • 1 of 8: Follow your guys east onto an upper walkway in the huge power plant room, then go to the south end of the walkway, killing any NCR troops who are close by.
  • 2 of 8: Jump over the railing to land on the walkway below, then go down the stairs and through the unlocked door that leads to the power plant 02 area.
  • 3 of 8: Run forward past the first huge red tank, then turn left and go up the stairs and to the back wall. Turn left and go along the wall until you find a door that leads outside. As soon as you go through it, crouch down and get your scoped weapon out.
  • 4 of 8: There are several NCR heavy troopers ahead, all hiding behind sandbag walls. You don't want to run out and face them head-on, so sneak over to where you can snipe the first two in the head.
  • 5 of 8: After that, switch to your best close-up damage weapon, then sneak along and snipe the others as you round the corners of their sandbag walls. (Or stand up and run up to them, then V.A.T.S.-blast them in the head at close range.)
  • 6 of 8: Past them is a door that leads into power plant 04, allowing you to completely bypass power plant 03. Go through the door and snipe down any NCR troops you see, then turn left and go to the south end of the walkway.
  • 7 of 8: Drop down to the lower floor, then run for the door to Oliver's compound. When you enter it, General Oliver will talk to you.
  • 8 of 8: The only way you'll be able to talk him out of a fight is if your Speech skill is 100. Otherwise, you'll need to do the "Kill General Oliver and the soldiers guarding him" objective.