Sturges suggests using the Sole Survivor's access to the Institute to spy on it and gather as much information as possible. To this end, he gives them a holotape with a data dump malware.
The player has to load the holotape onto an Institute terminal, then return it to Sturges. Doing so will unlock the Minuteman variant of The Nuclear Option.
Quest stages[]
Status
Stage
Description
Retrieve the Network Scanner holotape
I need to get the Network Scanner holotape back so I can have Sturges analyze the data for any useful intelligence on the Institute.
Insert Network Scanner holotape into Institute terminal
Give holotape to Sturges
I ran the Network Scanner holotape on the Institute computer network. I should return it to Sturges so he can analyze the data for any useful intelligence on the Institute.
I ran the Network Scanner holotape on the Institute computer network. Sturges is now analyzing the data for any useful intelligence on the Institute.