Talk:Bryce Anders

Weird...
I went to help him kill Motor-Runner, but anytime he got hit, he instantly got decapitated. Didn't matter where he got hit, or what weapon was used to hit him, he was instantly decapitated. Luckily, I had cleared out some of the vault much earlier (Fiends were randomly hostile, even after the (successful) speech check. After killing several of them in the main wings and maintenance wing, they randomly became passive again), and I was able to get him out alive without telling him to go back. Anyway, the main problem is the insta-decapitation. Has that been a problem to anyone else? --Dragon1300 02:33, October 29, 2010 (UTC)

Same thing happens to me. I tried about 5 times to hold his hand through the fiend territory but he dies everytime a sudden breeze hits him. I'm about to just let him die and take his armor and call it a day...I feel bad, but wtf I am suppoed to do about it? I also tried telling him to go back to McCarran on his own but I always find his corpse right outside the Vault.

I can't say for certain since I told him to limp back to Mccarren rather help me fight Motorrunner but if I had to guess the problem is prolly that hes not in the best shape when you find him in the room he's holed up in and a killshot to his head would be enough to decapitate him The Krypt Angel 15:51, October 30, 2010 (UTC)

Never appeared in Vault 3.
I met with Anders outside of Cottonwood Cove during the "Oh My Papa" quest long before entering Vault 3. As a result, he never appeared in Vault 3. When returning to Camp Mccaran a while after visiting Vault 3 (and killing Motor-Runner) he was found at the base. When engaging in conversation with him, he speaks as if we are in the Vault and the option to treat him and so forth is available. After the conversation, all he says is "I heard you took care of Motor-Runner (...)" as mentioned on his character page. This may be worth mentioning on his character page, as well as the Vault 3 page and other quests he is related to. Note: There are two characters named "Anders". One is a Great Khan met during the Oh My Pappa quest, and the other is a ranger named BRYCE Anders.

Found Dead
I've got this unmarked quest too, thing is when I finally make my way to him he is already dead.

Either way i get to him a)walking around freely or b)running and gunning, he is always dead with just bits of his head splattered around the room.

Extremely low health (possibly deliberate?)
It is currently impossible to get him out of Vault 3 alive without killing every fiend in his path to the door (or to motor-runner, if you wish to finish the unmarked quest with him.) Even then, my game bugged and I found him dead outside the vault entrance when I exited the complex.

I have two suggestions for anyone who wishes to keep him alive:

1) As I mentioned above, kill EVERY FIEND he might possibly come in contact with on his way to the exit (Make a point to be thorough, as even the most remote raider could possibly kill him while patrolling.) Keep in mind that this method is not a guarantee, and due to his low health it is likely that he will be killed by a passing enemy on his way back (unconfirmed)

2) For those who are not worried about the achievements, simply set him to essential through the console. You can remove essential once he reaches safety, if you wish.

Repeats mission conversation back at McCarran
For some reason if I interact with him at McCarran he talks like he's still on the mission. He repeats everything up to the point where you can tell what he should do, however he won't actually follow you or run back to Vault 3 to try to kill Motor-Runner. And he'll do this every time you talk to him. It seems like this might actually be a patch introduced bug, because way back when I finished the quest he responded with the normal "I could have handled it on my own" dialogue.--Darth Oblivion 19:15, August 6, 2011 (UTC)