A Brain's Best Friend is a side quest in the Fallout: New Vegas add-on , Old World Blues
Synopsis [ ] Before he became a think tank , Dr. Borous 's only friend was his dog Gabe , but even Gabe was not exempt from scientific experimentation.
Walkthrough [ ] Talk to Dr. Borous in The Think Tank .
Go to Higgs Village and pick up Gabe's bowl behind House #103, which used to be Dr. Borous ' house.
Kill or escape from Gabe in the X-8 research center in the Residential Test Facility.
Return to Dr. Borous and give him Gabe's bowl. Quest stages [ ] Stage Status Description 10 Try to find any trace of Gabe in Higgs Village 20 See if you can find more evidence of Gabe in X-8 30 Quest finished Return Gabe's Bowl to Dr. Borous
Notes [ ] Gabe's corpse explodes about 10 seconds after death - in theory, at least. The Think Tank and Mobius dally quite a bit when providing the countdown.
You can still loot Gabe after the explosion.
This quest can be started before talking to Dr. Borous by picking up Gabe's bowl while in Higgs Village .
If the player suggests to Dr. Klein that he consult his colleagues when confronting the Think Tank near the end of the add-on's main quest line, completing this quest and causing Dr. Borous to feel guilty over Gabe will incline him to vouch for the player.
If Dr. Borous was caused to feel guilty over the treatment of Gabe by using Speech of 45 or the Animal Friend perk, the player may return every 24 hours and ask Dr. Borous about torturing creatures. Dr. Borous will insist it is research and give the Courier assorted items dropped from dead cazadors and/or night stalkers . Behind the scenes [ ] The quest name is derived from the common nickname for the domestic dog: "man's best friend". Act 1 Ain't That a Kick in the Head · Back in the Saddle · By a Campfire on the Trail · They Went That-a-Way · Ring-a-Ding-Ding! Act 2 Wild Card (Wild Card: Ace in the Hole , Change in Management , You and What Army? , Side Bets , Finishing Touches ) · The House Always Wins (I , II , III , IV , V , VI , VII , VIII ) · Render Unto Caesar · Et Tumor, Brute? · Things That Go Boom · Kings' Gambit · For the Republic, Part 2 · You'll Know It When It Happens /Arizona Killer Act 3 No Gods, No Masters · All or Nothing · Veni, Vidi, Vici · Eureka!
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