Talk:The Replicated Man

Harkness turning hostile?
(PS3) So I was running an evil character in my second playthrough. After talking to Pinkerton and Watts (killing them both). I go to Zimmer and tell him about Harkness. So I follow Zimmer where he confronts Harkness. I'm about 20 feet away from both listening to them argue. While this was happening, I had my Laser Pistol out, but I didn't use it. After Zimmer tried to reset Harkness to his android persona. Harkness becomes hostile and starts shooting at Zimmer and I, causing Rivet City security to attack me aswell. I re-loaded the auto and that second time it worked fine. Has anyone experienced this? 76.172.249.120 16:44, July 12, 2010 (UTC)

Trick
I found a way to get 2 rewards first i helped Harknes and then I said that i would kill Dr. Zimmer, i walked over to Zimmer and said the androids identity then got the perk and shot Zimmer.

So i got the plasma riffel, and the wierd reflex perk.

PS. sorry about the spelling i am Danish. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.160.108.74 (talk • contribs). Please sign your posts with ~ !
 * That's pretty much my standard method of completing this quest, been doing it that way ever since I realized what the quest was all about. Kris (talk) 20:55, July 30, 2010 (UTC)
 * To quickly start and finish the quest, talk to Doc Church, Moira, and Manya. Victoria Watts will encounter you soon, during that point ignore her and go to Rivet City. Talk to the doctor there (forgot his name) then talk to Zimmer. Go to Pinkerton, and then you can acquire one or both rewards using the methods in the normal article.
 * NubblePie 18:09, August 10, 2010 (UTC)
 * Don't ignore Vicky Watts, talk to her, exit conversation as quickly as you can, then kill her for easy XP without any karma change or hostility from nearby NPCs. Also, it's not necessary to kill Zimmer after getting his reward; only do it if you want to keep Harkness around. Kris   mailbox 18:49, August 10, 2010 (UTC)
 * NubblePie 18:09, August 10, 2010 (UTC)
 * Don't ignore Vicky Watts, talk to her, exit conversation as quickly as you can, then kill her for easy XP without any karma change or hostility from nearby NPCs. Also, it's not necessary to kill Zimmer after getting his reward; only do it if you want to keep Harkness around. Kris   mailbox 18:49, August 10, 2010 (UTC)

Your Victoria encounter really can be anywhere.
Just has a very weird experience. I was getting into the ship's bow by swimming underwater when who should pop up but.... Victoria Watts, in all her glory, right in my path. Of course I couldn't talk to her, since we were under water, and I couldn't seem to get around her, so in very short order I drowned. She just floated there waving her hands around, apparently immune to damage. Wunengzi 03:35, August 22, 2010 (UTC)


 * Thats Hysterical and weird at the same time...probably an error in her script. -bleep196- 03:37, August 22, 2010 (UTC)
 * It was actually creepy as hell, since she was waving her raised hands in the water as if putting a curse on me, and I was frozen.... the game probably assuming I was going to say something to her. Wunengzi 03:40, August 22, 2010 (UTC)
 * Yeah then it's definetly a game script error. -bleep196- 03:41, August 22, 2010 (UTC)
 * Victorias_progress.jpg, I went back and replayed from my last save, and she did it again.... thankfully this time when I exited the carrier via the bridge at the bow. As I walked across the bridge, I heard a huge splash and some other water noises, and assumed Mirelurks. It wasn't..... Wunengzi 05:09, August 22, 2010 (UTC)
 * One time I encountered her a very long way from home. Unless I'm thinking of someone else. -- Kris  mailbox  11:02, August 22, 2010 (UTC)
 * She came all the way from Rivet City to just outside Tenpenny Tower to harass me (which has clues to this quest).

Easy to break this quest
What I mean it's easy to finish this quest without really doing anything or getting all the components. Really needs to be more linear or else the player can miss a good story.

When I first got this quest it was because I robbed Manya's house in Megaton and so found a holotape. Then I received dialogue options in Megaton with Manya and Doc Church. I also received them in Underworld. I then went to Rivet City and encountered Victoria Watts. She was actually running around on the deck like a mad thing until the bridge came across for me. You can't ignore her conversation it just starts as soon as she runs up to you. I took the part thinking it was a way to further the quest. I met Zimmer almost immediately when I went to talk to Dr. Li about dad. So I gave him the part and the quest ended.

I was really annoyed when I found out there was much more to the quest with Harkness and even Sister. In my game I didn't know Harkness was the Android so he was still in Rivet City and Commander Davers was also there but would say that Harkness was gone. This is one of those quests where you basically have to know before hand what you are doing or else you will miss some of its elements and possible rewards.--ShadowSentinel 16:16, July 31, 2011 (UTC)