Lacking substantial combative skills, Red asks for help in the town's defense (choose the 'I can teach you to defend yourselves' chat option). While the quest is technically over at this point, Red will immediately warn her rescuer that super mutants plan to attack the town yet again.Should a reward be asked for, the caps can be returned afterward to gain the Karma back. 200 more can be obtained through a Speech check, which, when successful, is accompanied by bad Karma. The reward can be refused for good Karma, or a reward can be requested in order to receive 300 bottle caps. Once Red (and Shorty, should it be chosen to save him) have been rescued, return to Big Town and speak to Red again to be thanked and updated.

When speaking with any of the residents about their friend's demise, they collectively award 200 caps, stating that the town will not be needing the money anymore. The objective will update, sending the Lone Wanderer back to Big Town in order to explain her death. If Red dies at any point during this quest, the quest will not immediately fail. Saving him will provide the Lone Wanderer with additional good Karma, and he will travel back to Big Town with Red. If the conversation goes on long enough (usually only 10вЂ“20 seconds), the mutant will start shooting at Shorty. He can be found in the kitchen, trapped in a macabre conversation with a nearby super mutant who wishes to eat him.

As an optional objective, the Lone Wanderer may travel down through the basement in order to rescue Shorty.

When spoken to, Red will thank her rescuer for coming for her, which will grant good Karma, and then she will mention her friend, Shorty, who is being held in the kitchen downstairs.

Red is located within a jail cell on the ground floor, and her cell door can either be lockpicked, opened with a nearby terminal (accessible with a holotape located upstairs), or opened with the Germantown jailors key, found on one of the super mutants inside of the station.

If the former is chosen, a few hallways filled with super mutants, and the occasional trap will need to be traversed before reaching the lower level. If the Lone Wanderer has a Lockpick skill of 100, the lower door on the west side may be entered as an alternative, and puts them very close to Red's location.

Travel to the Germantown police HQ, in which there are two possible entrances to get inside through: the first is found by using the higher door on the north side of the building.

Alternatively, this quest can be started by speaking to Red at the Germantown police HQ. The kidnapped residents include Red, the town doctor, and Shorty.

Ask the Big Town residents about their recent plight, and it will be mentioned that its residents have been being harassed by the local super mutants, in which the super mutants have kidnapped a couple of the town's residents, and have recently taken them to the Germantown police HQ.

In the second part, the town is in dire need of a creative solution to solve the super mutant problem for good.

In the first part of this quest, two of the town's inhabitants have been kidnapped by the local super mutants, and are in need of rescue. Big Town is in big trouble, and its future relies entirely on either the creativity of outsiders, or their dismissal towards the plight of the town's apathetic and inexperienced inhabitants.

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