Fallout 2/San Francisco

Hubologists Seaport / |   /       |   /   Chinatown -- Shi Temple
 * Rough Map


 * Notable Areas
 * 1) Chinatown
 * 2) Businesses (Flying Dragon 8; Dr. Fung's office)
 * 3) Boxing Ring
 * 4) The Dragon's and Lo Pan's training centers
 * 5) Shi Temple
 * 6) Computer rooms
 * 7) Emperor's Throne Room
 * 8) Hubologists
 * 9) Seaport
 * 10) Oil Tanker


 * Notable Characters
 * 1) The Dragon, one of the icons of the Shi
 * 2) Lo Pan, another icon of the Shi
 * 3) Dr. Fung, Chinatown's doctor
 * 4) Lao Chou, owner of the Flying Dragon 8 store
 * 5) Matt, the Brotherhood of Steel guard
 * 6) Ken Lee, the Emperor's advisor
 * 7) Dr. Wong Yi Tze, the Shi's leading researcher
 * 8) AHS-7, the Hubologist who handles matters involving new recruits
 * 9) AHS-9, the leader of the Hubologists
 * 10) Juan Cruz and Vikki Goldman, two porn stars who are ardent believers in Hubology
 * 11) Chip, the tanker vagrant who sold his spleen
 * 12) Badger, the vagrant who lost his girlfriend (also the resident computer technician)
 * 13) Marc, a vagrant who describes himself as "a resident smart-ass"
 * 14) Suze, Badger's girlfriend
 * 15) Captain Ron Meyers, a former Enclave technician, now captain of the Poseidon oil tanker
 * 16) Shi
 * 17) Shi guards
 * 18) Hubologists
 * 19) Tanker vagrants


 * Notes
 * 1) Help the Dragon kill Lo Pan.
 * 2) Defeat Lo Pan's fighters (for experience) under the guise of helping him. Then kill him in the ring.
 * 3) If you haven't done so, give the vertibird plans to the Brotherhood.
 * 4) Give the vertibird plans to the Shi.
 * 5) Offer to kill the Hubologists for the Shi.
 * 6) Get the Zeta-scan at the Hubologists, and then kill them.
 * 7) Find Badger's girlfriend, and kill the creatures that infested the oil tanker.
 * 8) Retrieve Chip's spleen.
 * 9) Make the oil tanker suitable for travel (install the Navigation Computer parts, transfer fuel).
 * 10) Go to the Enclave base.


 * Quest Experience/Reward Table:
 * Defeat the Dragon's fighters: 8000 xp
 * Defeat Lo Pan's fighters: 8000 xp
 * Give the Vertibird plans to the Shi: 55000 xp
 * Kill the Hubologists: 8300 kxp
 * Kill AHS-9 for the Shi: 5000 xp
 * Kill the critters in the underground level of the tanker: 10500 kxp
 * Return Suze to Badger: 5000 xp
 * Use the FOB to access the navigation computer room: 2000 xp
 * Fix the navigation computer: 2000 xp
 * Convince Dr. Wong to return Chip's spleen: 2000 xp
 * Direct fuel to the oil tanker: 5000 xp
 * Help Chip get his spleen replaced: 30000 xp

Introduction
San Francisco is undergoing a new renaissance era. It's heavily populated by the Shi people as well as religious fanatics. Here, you'll be able to finally access the Enclave Oil Rig, the last destination your character will face.

Details
When you enter San Francisco, make your way to the north. You should see a boxing ring. (When you enter San Francisco for the first time, you should see two men fighting each other in a boxing ring. The bare-chested man is the Dragon; the other is Lo Pan.) Go a bit to the right and then go to the north, and enter the Dragon's training center. Talk to the Dragon, and ask him who he was fighting. Then tell him that he must triumph, and then tell him that you are the person capable of taking out Lo Pan. The Dragon will offer you a test of skills, namely, defeating his fighters. Tell the Dragon that his offer is fair, and then take the test. You'll have to defeat several fighters in an ascending order of difficulty; the last one will have around 150 hit points or so. Also, you'll be healed after each fight. After you've defeated the fighters, then go to Lo Pan's training center (directly to the left of the Dragon's center). Talk to Lo Pan, and ask him who he was fighting. Tell him that the Shi are sheep, and then tell him that you can take out the Dragon. He'll offer you a test which is exactly the same as the one that the Dragon offered you. Tell him that it is fair, and then take the test. Again, defeat his fighters, and then tell Lo Pan that you are going to fight him.

Lo Pan is somewhat easier than some of the Dragon's and even his own fighters. If you don't finish off Lo Pan quickly, he'll pull out a .223 pistol and then start to attack you. But then again, it is easy to inflict critical damage on him. Unfortunately, you will not receive any experience for defeating him. After you've killed him, go to the Shi temple, which is directly to the right.


 * NOTE: The way that the fights are scripted is extremely buggy. For instance, if you hit your opponent just once, you will win the fight, but the challenger will remain in the ring, and will attack you in the next fight. It can get hectic at times, especially when there are several fighters in the ring (all are allied against you). However, the fights can linger on until death - and if you end combat there, you'll be stuck inside the ring. It's also advisable not to save the game during combat; you are more prone to being stuck in the ring.

When you're in the Shi temple, go through the hall, and enter the Emperor's room. Talk to Ken Lee, the Emperor's advisor (he's the man wearing the lab coat). Ask him if you can see the Emperor, and then give him your name. He'll ask for you to go to Navarro and get the Vertibird plans (which you already have) and give them to Dr. Wong Yi Tze (he's in the computer room that's close to the throne room; he is described as a rotund Shi man). You'll receive a good bit of experience for your efforts.


 * NOTE: If you haven't delivered the vertibird plans to the Brotherhood, do so before delivering them to the Shi - Matt, the BOS soldier, has the foresight to make duplicates (unlike the Shi). After you've given the plans to the BOS, give them to the Shi afterwards.

After you've delivered the plans to the Shi, go back to Ken Lee. He'll give you a new quest, namely, the death of the Hubologist leader AHS-9. Head for the Hubologists' hideout now.

Once you reach the hideout, descend down the stairwell, and talk to AHS-7. Tell him that you're interested in joining the Hubologists, and he'll direct you to the auditorium where you'll hear a speech by Juan Cruz and Vikki Goldman. Talk to them, and tell them that you're willing to join the Hubologists. They'll give you a holodisc about Hubology. You can read it to get an idea of what it's about.

Now, you can get a Zeta-scan from AHS-7. After the scan is complete, tell him that you want to use your ability for the Hub, your ability for the Great Wheel, etc. AHS-7 will ask you to kill Badger, one of the tanker vagrants. Refuse his offer, and AHS-7 will leave. If done properly, the scan should increase your luck by one at the detriment of some karma points. You might have seen a man wearing a tuxedo - this is AHS-9. (He's sort of close to the auditorium, albeit in a different room.) Go and kill him, and then, eliminate the rest of the Hubologists. After you've killed them, go back to the Shi temple. Tell Ken Lee that you've killed AHS-9. You'll be granted access to speak with the Emperor (by the way, the emperor is a computer). Head for the oil rig now.

When you reach the oil rig, go talk to Chip, the man whose description tells that he is in considerable pain. Talk to him and offer to find his spleen. Afterwards, enter the room with computers in it. This room is also occupied by Badger, a vagrant in leather armor. Save the game, and enter the ladder that leads downstairs. Kill all of the critters down there. After you've killed them, go through the room that requires the FOB and install the navigation computer parts into the navigation computer. After that, go back to where the critters were, and find Badger's girlfriend (she's in the northeast quadrant of that area). Return her to Badger. After you've returned her to Badger, go downstairs again, but this time, go near the forklift. There is a door a bit to the left of the forklift that is controlled by the FOB; go to the door and open it up using the FOB that you got from Navarro. Enter the room, and climb the ladder; use the computer parts on the computer on the right hand side. Leave that area, and head back to Badger's computer room. From there, head to the tankers' bridge (it's located to the right; climb up the stairs to access it).

When you get to the bridge, talk to the captain. Ask him about the ship, and he'll tell you that it needs fuel to make the trip to the Enclave base. After that, leave the tanker for Chinatown.

Once you're back in Chinatown, go to the Flying Dragon 8 store (it has a brahmin pasture behind it) and talk to Lao Chou. Ask him for some info, and then tell him that you're looking for a spleen. He'll tell you that he sold it to Dr. Wong (the researcher at the Shi temple). Go to Dr. Wong, and ask him about the spleen. He will tell you that he wants to eat it (the rest is a Silence of the Lambs plug). Tell him that he has to substitute the spleen for a liver, and then, tell him that it is indeed a human spleen. He'll tell you that he'll give Chip back his spleen within a day.

At the Shi temple, you also have to direct fuel along a pipeline to the oil tanker. Go to the Emperor computer, and go into the chemistry database. Choose the fuel option, and direct the fuel to the oil tanker. After you've directed the fuel, go to Chinatown, and talk to Dr. Fung. Tell him that you have a friend who needs help with a spleen. Dr. Fung will charge you $1000. Pay him. Leave for the Brotherhood of Steel building, and heal yourself there. After you've healed yourself, go back to the oil tanker, and tell Chip the good news about his spleen. He'll tell you that he'll be back within a day. After Chip leaves, rest for one day to receive your reward. You'll get some experience points and some information about the lost Arroyo villagers. At this point, make sure that you drop your NPC's off in the ship, and also make sure that you are wearing some form of Power Armor. (You can get a suit from the Brotherhood of Steel building or at Lao Chou's store if you still need one; you should be wearing the other Power Armor that you got in Navarro.)

Save the game, and head to the bridge. Access the computer, and tell the ship to "go." You're on your way to the Enclave base, the final area of the game.