Forum:The Veronica quest situation

I started the quest I Could Make You Care, and because I had done Lucky Old Sun and had looted Vault 34. I thought I had to do the Vegetation tech option of this quest. Well I selected it and went to Hildern and he will not trigger the next phase of the quest. I've now just read I cannot finish the quest with this path because i've done There Stands The Grass. I still have the quest updates telling me that the pulse gun is an option. Will I be able to finish this quest, or have I reached a dead end? If I go back to Vault 34 will I be able to find the pulse gun again? If I have it in my inventory will the quest update? Any help would be appreciated. Portfan 15:37, January 26, 2011 (UTC)

Does Veronica have a dialogue option for you to make an alternate choice? She ought to have. Just stash the Pulse Gun somewhere (or drop it on a solid floor someplace) and talk to her. Pick up the Gun again and 'bob's your uncle' :-)  P3dantic 19:18, January 31, 2011 (UTC)

There is no dialogue option for an alternate choice. I unfortinatley am past that selection. Right now the Pulse gun is stashed in Novac. The map shows that I should head back to Vault 34. I don't want to loose the Pulse Gun, but if I can find another in the vault...maybe I'll take a look and then see what my options are. Portfan 17:51, February 7, 2011 (UTC)

I doubt you'll find another Pulse Gun but weirder things have happened at sea! Let's hope, simply by revisiting Vault 34, you'll trigger the associated dialogue with Veronica somewhere inside. And please, let us know how you get on with that? (P3dantic) 86.133.52.220 23:35, February 7, 2011 (UTC)

I think the quest page says you can switch which technology you're going for any time, and it won't change the outcome; though it looks like that means you'll be navigating Vault 34 blind (though I did the quest two days ago, and found it to be a lot less maze-like than people claim it is. And if the pulse gun isn't in Vault 34, you might try deleting your patch info and checking Silver Rush, since they had it in stock before one of the patches.  Just an idea. Balmung03 16:46, February 12, 2011 (UTC)
 * Have you tried taking the pulse gun out of your stash in Novac and bringing it to Hidden Valley though? It may work. Balmung03 16:50, February 12, 2011 (UTC)

I've finally got around to trying all the possible ways to end this quest with the restrictions I imposed on myself and it seems like it is unfinishable. Oh well, that's why I keep previous saves I guess. Portfan 14:00, March 24, 2011 (UTC)