Talk:Unfriendly Persuasion

Boone
If Boone is your companion after you kill all the Mercs he will confront you saying that he knew these men and that the NCR can be bad but never to kill anyone of them. Options come up to disband from him, attack him or say to Boone that your right and I won't hurt anymore NCR, to which he replies knowing that your better than that and he understands. An interesting encounter as I don't believe he attacked them during the fight either but ED-E did. Might be noteworthy. -a_guy 10/27/10

another way to finish it
use a silenced sniper, kill 3 of the mercenary henchmen, talk to the leader and pass the speech challenge, sneak attack crit him as he walks away... there should still be one merc henchman on the side just sitting there... go turn in for the 'good' quest complete, then run back and kill the last henchman who is just sitting there.

you get all the possible loot and the good quest complete.

Marcus won't be happy...
After finishing the quest, there doesn't seem to be any reason to let the mercs leave with those tasty sniper rifles. Despite successful silent kills of all mercs plus Norton, and never having a "caution" notice, Marcus is somehow aware of their deaths and launches his disappointment dialogue.

Tasty Tasty Caps!
Step 1: Go talk to the merc Norton outside Jacobstown and see whats going on. Step 2: Go back to Marcus and [Lie] and say its 3000 caps to get them to scram. Step 3: Go back to Norton and tell him off with your speech skill. Step 4: Wallow in your free 3,000 caps, no strings attached! --98.196.120.68 05:58, January 29, 2011 (UTC)

Taking the caps and XP
Just a note, if you ask Marcus for money you will gain 250 XP, not 350 XP. If you ask for 2.500 caps you won't loose karma, but if you lie and ask for 3.000 caos you will. BTW, this is an strategy guide or an article? :/ Brfritos 05:29, June 10, 2011 (UTC)