Quest Journal Entry
The Overseer wants you to learn more about Vault 79 and recruit others to help you break into it.
General Quest Information
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Objectives:
- Talk to the Overseer
- Enter Vault-Tec University
- Talk to the Overseer
- Talk to Professor-Bot
- Talk to the Security Chief
- Talk to Head Engineer Brass
- Talk to Doctor Loris
- Search the Reactor Area
- Deliver Estella's Holotape to Robinson
- Follow Security Chief Robinson
- Talk to Professor-Bot
- Search theRestricted Wing
- Listen to the Presentation
- Talk to the Overseer
- Talk to Meg about Vault 79
- Talk to Paige about Vault 79
Quest Walkthrough
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- Location(s): Vault-Tec University, The Crater, The Foundation
- Prerequisite: The New Arrivals
- Next Quest: Trade Secrets(Settler) ORCheating Death (Raiders)
- Concurrent Quest: None
Talk to the Overseer
- Speak to the Overseer and she will ask you to meet her at Vault-Tec University
Enter Vault-Tec University
Talk to the Overseer
- in Vault-Tec University, go up the stairs to locate the Overseer in the first room to your right.
- Inside, the Overseer and Professor-Bot discussing the ability to access Vault-Tec University's Restricted Wing.
Talk to Professor-Bot
- You will discuss the ability to get into the Restricted Section of Vault-Tec University. Professor-Bot will inform you that in order for him to discuss anything with you, you need to have Vault-Tec University Credentials.This means that youwill only allow you to access the restricted section if you participate in the Overseer Simulation, which is run by Bots. After this conversation, you will need to go talk to the Security Chief to continue.
Talk to the Security Chief
- To get to the Security Chief, exit the room you are in, turn right andgo down the hallway. At the endthere will be a broken floor that you need to go down.
- Keep walking once downstairs to the quest marker and enter the room down the hallway to your right.
- Speak to Security Chief Robinson and he will tell you about the Vault Reactor Incident where an Engineer named Kelemen died.
- Your mission will be to solve issue that is brewing between the Engineers and the Med staff.
- For this next section, there are many different ways of resolving this, and for the purposes of this guide, we are doing one of the resolution paths. In the following path, we are going to get access to the Reactor Area to investigate the entire situation further.
Talk to Head Engineer Brass
- Speak toHead Engineer Brass and he will tell you thatDoctor Loris is to blame for the death because he quarantined the reactor area where an engineer died.
- Head Engineer Brass will request that you bring him the security recordings so he can edit them and frame Doctor Loris for the death of the engineer.
- (Optional) Get the Security Recording
- Use the Vault Security Terminal to copy the security recordings to a holotape.
Talk to Doctor Loris
- ApproachDoctor Loris and he will tell you thatHead Engineer Brass is suffering from paranoia and needs to be treated for his illness.He will request that you inform the security team of his diagnosis so he can be treated for his illness.
- As one of your options, you can request the key to the reactor area. He will decline to give you the key, however, you can acquire it if you use your Charisma or tell him thatyou demand it.
Search the Reactor Area
- If you have a Lockpicking skill of one or more OR you use Charisma on Doctor Loris to get the key,you can unlock the door to the reactor area to find out what really happened.
- You will enter into a radiation filled room where you will find the dead bodies of Estella and Kelemen.
- Search Estella's body to find "Estella's Holotape" which will tell you of howEstella and Kelemen died to save the Vault together.
Deliver Estella's Holotape to Robinson
- Show Robinson Estella's Holotape and put an end to the feud between the Vault's staff.
Follow Security Chief Robinson
- Follow Security Chief Robinson down to the Vault where he will gather everyone together to explain that no one is to blame for the reactor incident and end the feud.
Talk to Professor-Bot
- Head back toProfessor-Botand he will allow you to access Vault-Tec University's Restricted Wing.
Search theRestricted Wing
- Head back down to the Vault and to the right of the robots you can open a door to a maintenance area.
- Follow the path down to the RestrictedWing.
- Activate the Projector and a presentation aboutVault 79 will play.
Listen to the Presentation
- Listen to the presentation to learn aboutVault 79.
Talk to the Overseer
- Talk to the Overseer about the possibilities of Vault 79. After this, you can either talk to Meg with the Raiders or with Paige from the Settlers. You can do all of their quests, however, you only need to pick one of these two to complete the next quest after Overseer, Overseen. Feel free to talk to both of these factions at this point in time.
Talk to Meg about Vault 79 (Raiders)
- Return to The Crater and ask Meg and the raiders to help youbreak into Vault 79.
- Option 1)Display the Vault 79 Plans for Meg
- Option 2) Convince Meg to break into the Vault 79.
- Once you convince Meg to break intoVault 79, shewill ask you to find her demolitions expert, Lucky Lou and the quest will end.
Talk to Paige about Vault 79 (Settlers)
- Return to Foundation and speak to Paige about hiring the settlers to help you break into Vault 79. This dialogue will lead you to the Settler quest chain "Trade Secrets"
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