Forum:Picking up the trail a mandatory quest?

When I first started this quest and reach the Citadel I went to go talk to Scribe Rothchild then checked the terminal he talked to. I didn't realize until later when I had to talk to him again about info for Vault 87 that he had glitched out and disappeared from the map since I had talked to him in the A Wing rather than the Lab. So now my quest is broken. Is it possible to move onto the next quest without completing this? I skipped Scientific Pursuits but now I'm stuck with little to do but travel the Wastelands. Please can I get any help or advise or do I have to start a new game? TDawg22 14:50, 24 July 2009 (UTC)Though when I select the quest it tells me to go to the Citadel then the marker is pointing somewhere in the middle of the map in the middle of nowhere and it only tells me to go there when I am in the Citadel otherwise it tells me to go the Citadel first. And I believe he is stuck underneath the map... TDawg22 15:26, 24 July 2009 (UTC)I am playing on the Xbox360.

Try looking for him the lab. i spoke to him in A Wing and he then walked off to the lab. If he's not in the lab, he might be in the courtyard. Sasquatch99 14:30, 24 July 2009 (UTC)

are you on xbox or pc? Sasquatch99 15:17, 24 July 2009 (UTC)

I'm playing on 360 as well so i don't know what else to do. could try loading an older save if you have one. Sasquatch99 15:36, 24 July 2009 (UTC)

Hey just read the wiki page for this quest it states that if you speak to Rothchild in A wing it will sometimes break like whats happened to you and you won't be able to continue cos it broke the quest. Soz. Sasquatch99 15:44, 24 July 2009 (UTC)

TDawg22 15:47, 24 July 2009 (UTC)yea i read that after i had noticed that rothchild was missing. Well a little late for me now I will just start a new game for the main storyline. Thanks anyway. But I am still wondering if i can get past the quest and go on to the next without completing this one.

On the same page that you read it also said that sometimes it may be considered completed before you get to the vault so my answer would be no unless that glitch happens. Sasquatch99 15:52, 24 July 2009 (UTC)

Well I was able to find a way around doing the Picking up the trail and i got to finish the main story line. Scribe Rothchild returned but he was glitched into thinking I needed information for Vault 87 for Picking up the trail and i downloaded broken steel but now i cant start the quests for that since i can only talk to him about vault 87. He says to follow him and he will show me about vault 87 but all he does is goes to his room sits down and eats then walks to a couch outside and chills there. So now i have bigger problems...Anyone kno a way i can restart his dialogue or sumthing cuz he wont die