The Legend of the Star

The Legend of the Star is a side quest in Fallout: New Vegas.

Synopsis
Even before the Great War, there was a legend: the Legend of the Star. If anyone could find fifty Sunset Sarsaparilla Stars, there would be a fantastic prize waiting for them, and that legend continues to this day.

Walkthrough

 * 1) Pick up a Sunset Sarsaparilla star bottle cap.
 * 2) Talk to Malcolm Holmes or Festus about the strange bottle caps.
 * 3) Collect 50 of the caps throughout the Mojave. See the link above for their locations.
 * 4) Bring the caps to Festus at the Sunset Sarsaparilla Headquarters.

Behind the scenes
According to J.E. Sawyer, the quest was inspired by his experiences collecting Tootsie Roll Pop wrappers as a boy due to a false rumor that sending 100 special wrappers bearing illustrations of a boy dressed as a Native American shooting an arrow at a star would yield a special prize. The story that Festus tells upon completion of the quest is based upon a story that was sent out to children who sent in wrappers and it shares many common elements. A terminal shows that the rumor about a prize was not created by the Sunset Sarsaparilla Corporation, and was only used to continue the increase in profits that was started by the rumors.