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Stop the Enclave
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Quest data
LocationControl station Enclave
Given ByHakunin
Gruthar
Matt
RewardGame Ending, Fallout 2 Hintbook
Related quests
previous:
The tanker needs fuel.
leads to:
Ending
Retrieve the GECK for Arroyo
 
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Stop the Enclave is an unmarked quest in Fallout 2. To complete it, you must overload the reactor of the Oil Rig, and then kill the final boss.

Walkthrough[]

When you reach the oil rig through the PMV Valdez tanker, you will have to infiltrate the Enclave base.

After entering the oil rig, you must first walk through the southern part to the stairs. You must have advanced power armor, or else the Enclave soldiers will attack you on sight. Even with advanced power armor the presence of any companions will cause the soldiers to attack you. You may simply let them wait at another location to avoid alerting the guards. After walking around the stairs, you will see people in cells. Talk to them, and you will find there are people from your tribe, and people from Vault 13. Speak with your Village Elder, you will learn you must melt down the facilities reactor.

Now you must go down the nearby stairs, and have to solve the electric floor puzzle. Soon after passing the puzzle, you will come face to face with Dick Richardson. Who will offer amazing amounts of historical and important information to you, mostly as a stalling tactic. You are allowed to kill him, and this is the only way to obtain the Presidential Keycard.

The following options are available:

  • Use many super stimpaks on him, and then use the Pipboy's wait function for the after effects to kill him. (Enclave not alerted)
  • By reverse pickpocketing him with an active explosive and leave to another section, he will either die or be weakened (Enclave not alerted)
  • Just kill him (Enclave alerted)
  • Sneak and shoot him, if he receives a critical hit, he will die (Enclave sometimes alerted, sometimes not)

When you are done, you can go behind his office, and find stairs in the back. Walk down, and keep walking, until you find a reactor. It is recommended to have a plastic explosive. If you have one, you can place it near the reactor. If you do not have one, you may have to overload the reactor manually. When you are done, retrace your steps to the main entrance. Here, you will face Frank Horrigan.

There is an alternate process through Speech/Charisma. Though you can perform the process above, if you have a high enough Charisma, and possibly Strength, you can speak directly to Tom Murray (the head of the Atomic Energy Commission of the Enclave) to overload the reactor by taking the stairs down the corridor to the left of Dick Richardson's room.

Tom Murray is wearing a lab coat, and can be found in the only room with red carpet on that level. Tell him that you need to shut down the atomic reactor, and if he doesn't tell you how to do so, you are going to shut him down permanently. At this he will tell you that shutting the atomic reactor down too fast will cause a meltdown. Tell him that if he doesn't do it, you're going to "gut him like a fish". At this, Tom will agree to do it out of fear for his life, next responded with you do not care, and to do it anyway.

After you've said this, tell him he did the right thing, and that he better stay in his room and keep quiet. Once this is done, you have 10 minutes to exit this level to the previous level, and exit out the stairwell directly down the corridor from Dick Richardson's room, make a right, then make a left to the stairwell (from the Chosen One's point of view). Once you are out, make your way to the room with the large Enclave engraving on the ground, now you will face Frank Horrigan.

The fight is extremely difficult unless you have the Presidential keycard, which allows you to use the turrets to attack Horrigan (they will deal 15-40 damage). When he falls, you can talk to him or kill him yourself. Then escape from the Oil Rig.

Notes[]

  • After completing this quest, there are pictures that represent the fate of the dwellers from cities. Depending on Chosen One's actions, different endings appear.
  • If you travel to New Reno, speak to Father Tully. He will grant you a book which, when read, gives you 10000 xp. This can be made unlimited times, as it doesn't disappear when you read it.
  • New Reno and Vault City residents will be the only ones who heard about the player's actions and will praise the Chosen One (the speeches are different).
Arroyo · Broken Hills · Den
ArroyoFinish Temple of Trials · Kill the evil plants that infest Hakunin's garden. · Obtain flint to have Mynoc sharpen your spear. · Fix the well for Feargus · Rescue Nagor's dog, Smoke, from the wilds. · Retrieve the GECK for Arroyo. · Find Vic the Trader. · Stop the Enclave
Broken HillsFix the mine's air purifier. · Find the missing people for Marcus. · Beat Francis at armwrestling. · Break Manson and Franc out of prison.Blow up the mine's air purifier. · Divert more electrical power to Eric's home.
DenSabotage Becky's still. · Get car part for Smitty. · Return Anna's locket. · Get book from Derek.Collect money from Fred. ·Deliver a meal to Smitty for Mom. · Lara wants to know what is being guarded in the church.Get permission from Metzger for gang war.Find weakness in Tyler's gang guarding the church.Help Lara attack Tyler's gang. · Listen to Stacy's kitty story
Gecko · Klamath · Modoc · Navarro
GeckoSolve the Gecko powerplant problem.Optimize the powerplant. · Get super repair kit for Skeeter. · Get 3-step plasma transformer for Skeeter. · Find Woody the ghoul for Percy. Try the Den.
KlamathRefuel the still. · Rescue Smiley the Trapper. · Guard the brahmin. · Rustle the brahmin. · Kill the rat god. · Rescue Torr.
ModocSomething strange is happening at the farm northeast of Modoc. Investigate and report back to Jo.Deliver Slag message to Jo in Modoc.Jo is suspecious of the Slags. Find out about the dead bodies at the Ghost Farm and find out what happened to Karl.Go to the Den and tell Karl it's alright to come back home. · Cornelius has lost his gold pocket watch. Find it and return it to him. · Farrel wants you to find Cornelius's gold pocket watch. Find it and return it to Farrel. · Jonny is missing. Find him and bring him home to Balthas.Jonny's in the Slag caves. Find a way to get Jonny back home to Balthas. · Farrel has a rodent problem in his garden. Remove the infestation.
NavarroDeal with the deathclaw. · Fix K9. · Retrieve the FOB from the base Commander.
New California Republic · New Reno · Redding
NCRRetrive Parts/Gain Access to Vault 15. · "Take care of Officer Jack" for Mira./Stop officer Jack from blowing up the power plant · Complete brahmin drive. · Kill Hubologist in NCR for Merk.Retrive papers from Dr Henry. · Test mutagenic serum on a super-mutant. Try Broken Hills. · Eliminate Mr. Bishop. · Deliver Westin's holodisk to Lynette in Vault City. · Get the map from the NCR Rangers, for Vortis the slaver. · Free the slaves in the slave pen, for the Rangers. · Deliver Hubologist's field report to AHS-9 in San Francisco. · Stop brahmin raids
New RenoRecover your stolen car. · Find some endorphin blockers to make a cure for Jet. · Bust up Wright's still beneath the train station. · Deliver ten Cat's Paw magazines to Miss Kitty. · Deliver a laser pistol to Eldridge.
Made Man quests:
Bishops: Assassinate Westin in NCR without making it look like a murder.Murder Carlson in NCR.
Mordinos: Deliver Big Jesus's package to Ramirez at the Stables.Collect tribute from the Corsican Brothers.Assassinate Boss Salvatore for Big Jesus Mordino.
Salvatores: Track down Pretty Boy Lloyd, recover the stolen money, and make an… example of him.Go visit Renesco the Rocketman and collect Mr. Salvatore's tribute of $1000.Help guard a secret transaction taking place in the desert.
Wrights: Find out who was responsible for Richard Wright's overdose. (Suspect: Jagged Jimmy J, Suspect: Jules, Suspect: Lil' Jesus Mordino, Suspect: Renesco) → Find a way into the Sierra Army Base.
ReddingEvict the widowFind out who cut the whore.Break up the bar brawl.Kill Frog Morton. · Find the excavator chip · Clear Wanamingo Mine · Golden Trail
San Francisco · Vault 13 · Vault 15 · Vault City
San FranciscoThe tanker needs fuel. · The navigation computer needs the NavComp part to work. · You need to use a FOB to access the navigation computer. · Kill the Shi Emperor. · The Hubologists need plans for a vertibird from Navarro. · Steal the vertibird plans from the Shi. · The Hubologists need fuel for their spaceship. · Kill Badger so the tanker vagrants will embrace the Hub. · Kill the AHS-9. · The Shi need plans for a vertibird from Navarro. · Steal the vertibird plans from the Hubologists. · Find Badger's girlfriend in the hold below the ship. · The Dragon wants you to take out Lo Pan - hand to hand. · Lo Pan wants you to take out the Dragon - hand to hand, if possible. · Get Chip's spleen. · Get some hardened power armor from Crockett. · Get the vertibird plans for the Brotherhood of Steel.
Vault 13Fix the Vault 13 computer. · Talk to Goris.
Vault 15Rescue ChrissyKill DarionComplete Deal with NCR. · Give Spy Holodisk to authority in NCR.
Vault CityGet a plow for Mr. Smith. · Deliver Moore's briefcase to Mr. Bishop in New Reno. · Deliver a sample of jet to Dr. Troy. · Solve the Gecko powerplant problem. · Deliver Lynette's holodisk to Westin in NCR. · Rescue Amanda's husband, Joshua. · Deliver beer and booze (10 each) to Lydia. · Deliver pliers (tools) and a wrench to Valerie. · Scout the eight sectors around Gecko and return to Stark.Enter NCR and return to Stark. · Find Mr. Nixon · Gain combat implants
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