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If Sydney survived, how can I get her unique gun?

  • 1 of 11: Right after you finish the quest and she starts walking off, talk to her and ask her what she's up to.
  • 2 of 11: You'll learn that she's going to be hanging out in the ghouls' Underworld area in the Museum of History from now on.
  • 3 of 11: While you've got her handy, ask her to tell you about herself, then ask about her gun.
  • 4 of 11: Say "that's all for now," then ask whatever happened to her father.
  • 5 of 11: You'll learn that he used to call her his "little moonbeam," and that he apparently abandoned her when she was 14.
  • 6 of 11: You need to find some proof you can show her that her father didn't desert her on purpose.
  • 7 of 11: The proof you need is in the Statesman Hotel. To find it, start on the "Reilly's Rangers" misc. quest, since it takes you through the same areas.
  • 8 of 11: After you get the audio tape you need, finish that other quest (if you want to), then return to the Underworld area.
  • 9 of 11: Go to the Ninth Circle bar, which is up the left stairs from the concourse entrance, and look around for Sydney.
  • 10 of 11: Talk to her and tell her about her father's audio log to get her special SMG and some ammo for it.
  • 11 of 11: NOTE: The advantage of getting her gun this way is that she's alive to be an ammo vendor that you can do merchant business with from now on.