Welcome to the Big Empty
Location The Sink balcony Given By Self Reward Various weapons and caps, if skill checks are passed
Welcome to the Big Empty is a main quest in the Fallout: New Vegas add-on , Old World Blues .
Synopsis [ ]
The Courier has been teleported to the mysterious Big Empty and needs to figure out what is going on.
Walkthrough [ ]
Arrive at The Sink balcony .
Take the elevator to The Think Tank .
Agree to help the doctors .
Quest stages [ ]
Stage Status Description 10 Find out where the hell you are. 20 Speak to your... captors. 30 Get the X-2 antenna brain array thing, the sonic-soundwave-projecto-emitter spine thing... and the sneaky heart suit. 40 Correction: They have the sonic... projecto... emitter gun. They need a new frequency for it. 50 Correction: So get the X-2 antenna brain array thing... the new frequency for the sonic emitter, and the sneaky heart suit. 60 Correction: Wait, there's another optional sonic emitter frequency that disables Force Fields that's not the frequency they need...? Ugh, forget it. 70 Quest finished Closing out these entry logs, clearing the utility partition.
Notes [ ]
All apparel and weapons are unequipped after waking up in the Big Empty; it might be helpful to put your clothes back on.
Bugs [ ]
PlayStation 3 Upon spawning on The Sink balcony at the beginning of the quest, the game may freeze. Restarting the system, and reloading the autosave will take you right back to The Sink Balcony. There is very strong, almost stand-still lag. Resetting the system will usually fix this problem.
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