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Fallout: New Vegas Hints

Recover the pulse gun from Vault 34 if it still exists.

  • 1 of 12: This objective is identical to the "Acquire a functional diagnostic scanning module for Caesar's Auto-Doc" objective from another quest up until the point where you find the auto-doc.
  • 2 of 12: Ignore the auto-doc and look for a locked terminal on a nearby desk.
  • 3 of 12: On the terminal's menu, choose "System" and then "Disengage Lock to Overseer." That'll unlock the overseer's office door.
  • 4 of 12: Go back the way you came and through the clinic. As you exit the clinic, turn left to find a side passage with rubble and green goo on the floor.
  • 5 of 12: Go through the door past the goo to enter the reactor area, then go down the stairs and kill a ghoul before going through the first door that's labeled "Overseer's Office."
  • 6 of 12: Go up to the next door, but don't open it yet. Move around near that door to get two ghouls to appear nearby, then kill them off.
  • 7 of 12: When you open the door, be ready to quickly shoot out the two turrets in the room beyond. After they're finished off, you'll have to deal with the overseer, who's a powerful ghoul reaver.
  • 8 of 12: Loot the overseer's body to get his password, then use the terminal in the back of his room. Choose "System" and "Open Armory Door."
  • 9 of 12: Now it's backtracking time yet again. Go back through the clinic and down to the end of the corridor to find a door that leads to the armory area.
  • 10 of 12: Go down the stairs and up to the next door, but be warned that when you open it, a bunch of ghouls will converge on you. You'd probably better sneak down the stairs and lay some mines before opening the door and getting the ghouls' attention.
  • 11 of 12: After they're finished off, go through the doorway at the west end of the corridor and open the door to the equipment room. (This is the door that the overseer's terminal unlocked.) There's lots of great stuff in there, including a locked gun case in the SW corner.
  • 12 of 12: Open the gun case with the key you stole from Pearl, then take the pulse gun to finally get the next objective.