Forum:Megaton Nuke Question

Quick question here, I'm going through my "evil" playthrough and obviously I've decided to nuke Megaton. However, before I got around to setting the charge I spoke with Simms and told him Burke's plan - I did this because I knew Burke would easily kill Simms, I would get Simms Chinese Assault Rifle and Sheriff Duster coat - but now I'm not sure whether I can plant the charge on the bomb and travel to Tenpenny Tower to watch the explosion - because I did hand the charge over to Simms just before he set off to deal with Burke.

I do have a save back before I made this decision, so can anyone tell me - if I can collect the 500 caps I weaseled out of Burke and set the bomb to explode? I cannot check for myself just yet because my explosives skills isn't at 25 yet.

Different Person here.

I have gotten the items a couple of different ways. I tried the way you did it, but then you can not blow up the nuke if you want to, only disarm. The other way I tried, was to just kill Simms, myself. I used a basic 10mm and 1 frag, killing him and one other. I then used the stealth pack item (I forgot what it is called) so that they would no longer hate me. I went from Good Karma to Neutral Karma, but also picked up a Chinese pistol from the other kill. This way, you can still get the items from Simms, and can still get the 500 caps plus the master suit from Burke. I have just stated the game tonight and got to Megaton a little bit ago, so this should be able to be done by anyone, who has collected the right items. Also, do not forget to grab the sniper rifle and other items in the rock container to the Southwest of Megaton (Outside town but somewhat near the fence)

One word: Bloodbath. Simply kill everyone and steal their stuff, gets you so many caps, because of the venders, then lots of ammo, food, chems and guns. As well as keys to all houses so you can loot and get the bobble head from Simms. 21:44, July 12, 2010 (UTC)