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Notable Areas

1. See above listing for Gecko

Notable Characters

1. See above listing for Gecko

Notes

1. Give Festus the Hy-Mag and convince him to install it.
2. Go to Skeeter and give him the tool kit for the fuel cell controller. Steal the tool kit from him afterwards.

Quest Experience/Reward Table

• Tell Festus to fix the reactor: 4250 xxp
  • (optionally install it yourself manually: 4000 xp)
  • (optionally install it yourself via computer: 4500 xp)
• Give Skeeter the tool kit: 250 xp, fuel cell controller
• Give Skeeter the second plasma transformer: 350 xp, weapons upgrade

[edit] Details

When you enter Gecko, go to the nuclear plant and talk to Festus; convince him to install the Hy-Mag. If your efforts are fruitless, save the game in a different slot, and enter the nuclear reactor. Go to the red coolant valve and use the Hy-Mag there. It'll take a few tries to get it to work. You'll lose a lot of hit points because of the intense radiation there. If you've got a high enough science skill, you can use the computer terminal to fix the reactor. This is what you do:

1. Add a command
2. List programs
3. Delete all commands
4. Execute program
5. Back
6. Logoff

Then choose 'add a command' again and add the following:

1. Amplify plutonium-gamma shield
2. Deharmonize neptunium impeller
3. Calibrate uranium-rod driver
4. Set voltage on saturn-class capacitor
5. Test jupiter-wave compiler
6. Install hydroelectric magnetosphere regulator

Then you end the program and then execute.

After it is successfully installed, save the game. Also, talk to Festus again, and get the optimization data for Gecko's power plant. You can also go and talk to the ghoul who handles the storage and barter some ammo for another 3-step Plasma Transformer. Also, go to the north end and talk to Skeeter. Give the tool kit to him for the fuel cell controller. Save the game and successfully steal the tool kit. Give Skeeter the plasma transformer, and he can upgrade another one of your weapons. Save, and head for Vault City.

If you've looked closely, there's a working computer in the reactor control room. You can chat with an Enclave guard (talking head and all) - it's a very humorous conversation. Here are the steps you'll need to take:

1. init.
2. password 2
3. password 3
4. password 1
5. init gen maint seq
6. load [...]
7. download [...]
8. password 3
9. password 1
10. password 2
11. list other stations
12. more
13. Everything's shut down [...]