Quest Journal Entry / Summary
It's time for the appalachian Brotherhood to re-establish contact with Elder Maxson.
General Quest Information:
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Objectives:
- Speak to Scribe Valdez
- Listen to Scribe Valdez's report
- Speak to Scribe Valdez
- Locate the transmitter facility
- Find a way inside of the facility
- Reset the power
- Enter the transmitter facility
- Explore the facility
- Escape the deadly gas
- Explore the facility
- Clear out the Scorched
- Explore the facility
- Find a way to use the transmitter
- Register your handprint
- Return to the lobby
- Defeat SODUS
- Speak to Paladin Rahmani
- Install the Ultracite battery cell
- Check on Paladin Rahmani
Quest Walkthrough
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- Location(s):Fort Atlas, Kerwood Mine, Foundation, Weapon Testing Site, andEnclave Research Facility.
- Prerequisite(s):Character must be level 20 and "Supplying Demands".
- Concurrent Quests: None
- Next Quest: The Best Defense
Speak to Scribe Valdez
- Paladin Rahmani tells you to bringScribe Valdez over because she has something to report.
Listen to Scribe Valdez's report
- Scribe Valdez picked up a signal in the area that if boosted can be used to reach out toElder Maxson.
Speak to Scribe Valdez
- Scribe Valdez will pull you aside after the report to tell you more about the mission.
- Select "I will find the transmitter" after asking questions to progress the story.
Locate the transmitter facility
- Go North of Vault 76 and south of Tyler County Fairgroundsto find the Transmission Station 1AT-U03
Find a way inside of the facility.
- Fight off the mole rats surrounding the building.
- When you approach the building you will see an hand scanner to a door that will not let you enter.
- Go behind the building and find the Enclave corpse leaning against the wall.
- Search the corpse to and takethe note labeled "Urgent Request".
- Open your Pip-Boy to your inventory notes to find out that scavengers were able to break into the building after a storm knocked the power out and reset the system.
Reset the power
- Open the lid and activate circuit breaker to reset the power.
Enter the transmitter facility
- Return to the front door and activate the hand scanner to open the door
- Enter into the Enclave Research Facility by interacting with a device near the door.
Explore the facility
- Approch the machine, SODUS in front of you and it welcome you to the Enclave Research Facility.
- SODUS will tell you that you can manually activate the transmitter and to head to decontaminationthe left where radiation and corpses are inhabiting the area.
- Left of decontamination, you will find a level 0terminal that will need to be hacked to open the door.
- Select "Remote Door Control" and "Open Door" to proceed into the room.
- Find and lockpick the door on the other side of the room.
- Proceed through the hall and down the stairs toopen the door to the research laboratory.
Escape the deadly gas
- SODUS will warn you that a biological hazard is in theresearch laboratory.
- Unlock the dooror a hack the terminal to open a door to escape tothe next room.
Explore the facility
- Fight off the Scorched Wendigo, Mothman, and various Insectsyou as you enter .
- If you have one skill in lockpicking you canunlock the next two doors leading further into the facility.
- Continue the right door to a room filled with glowing green tubes full of monsters and head to the door at the end of the hall.
- Defeat the Scorched Deathclaw in the room with the Radscorpion Stalker laying dead on the examination table.
- Search the Enclave corpse to the rightto find the Holding Cell Keycard.
- Continue up the stairs and use theHolding Cell Keycard on the ID card reader to open the door.
- Walk through the next door and up the stairs and through the next two doors to a cafeteria.
Clear out the Scorched
- Pass through the next two doors to find mobs of scorched scientists and officers.
- Hack the terminal to open the door to the next room.
Explore the facility
- Head to the end of the hall, fight off the Scorched Scientist, and open the door at the end to the right of a clock.
- Go down the stairs and open the doorinto the flooded area tofight off more scorched.
- Enter through the double doors and head to the left to open the door.
- Walk up the stairs fight of the scorchedand head though the red door leading to the auditorium.
- Defeat the Scorched Chief wearing Power Armor and other various Scorched.
- Go to the transmission console and select Control Station ENCLAVE to find that the transmission controls have been disabled by the mainframe.
Find a way to use the transmitter
- Open the silver door to find the Administration Console in the office.
- Reset the communications system and select Register user for the mainframe access.
Register your handprint
- Activate the hand scanner.
Return to the lobby
- Return to the lobby and you will find Paladin Rahmani and Knight Shin waiting for you.
- Go to the doorleft of SODUS and use the hand scanner to open the door to the trasnmitter.
- Proceed through the halls and down the stairs.
Defeat SODUS
- Work withPaladin Rahmani and Knight Shin todefeat the XB-55.
Speak toPaladin Rahmani
- Tell Paladin Rahmani that you are going to install the Ultracite battery cell.
Install the Ultracite battery cell
- FollowKnight Shin and speak to him aboutPaladin Rahmani.
Check on Paladin Rahmani
- Speak toPaladin Rahmani about the future of the Brotherhood of Steel.
- If you select "Contacting the Elders might destroy us? There's something you're not telling me."then "What was this incident?" to find out more about the incident that occured.
- When youre ready to make your final decision, select "I understand. I'm ready to make a choice".
- Decide whether you want to take Knight Shins side by selecting "Knight Shin understands something you don't. I stand with him." or if you want to take Paladin Rahmani's side select "I'm loyal to you, Paladin. Let's destroy the transmitter".
- Paladin Rahmaniwill destroy the transmitter.
- Finish listening to Knight Shin andPaladin Rahmani to complete the quest.