1. Talk to Newton Oberly
2. Follow Newton Oberly
3. Go to the BioScience Observation Room
4. Talk to Lawrence Higgs
5. Resolve the standoff in Hydroponics
6. Talk to Newton Oberly
Locations to Explore
- The Institute
Concluding the Standoff (Charismatically)
This quest is available once you ally yourself with the Institute and complete Institute Quest: Mankind—Redefined. Something is amiss in BioScience and Dr. Oberly has requested your help. After obtaining the BioScience Systems Access Holotape, enter the door Dr. Oberly opened.
Beware of hostile synths and turrets as you fight to the BioScience Observation room. Chat to Lawrence Higgs through the window. You can:
- Complete your chat without reaching a compromise.
Concluding the Standoff (Dramatically)
There are a variety of ways to conclude this standoff. You can:
- Locate the terminal in the observation chamber, and insert the BioScience Systems Access Holotape into it. From there, you can turn off the turrets. But you can also release the synth gorillas inside the laboratory so they maul the synths and doctors. Open the door to the laboratory, and use the BioScience terminal to unlock the other door, ending the standoff.
- Open the door into the laboratory. Beware of synths. After the altercation, speak to Doctors Higgs and Loken. The latter sees sense and opens the door, ending the standoff.
- (Novice) Work your way through the FEV laboratory (beware of synths, turrets, and an Assaultron) to a second terminal, where you can attempt the same actions.
Reach Dr. Oberly again. He’s unhappy if the doctors are dead. If they survived, he asks you what punishment is befitting. You can:
- Answer how you wish.
The quest concludes with Dr. Oberly offering you the following pick-me-ups:
Mentats (5), Jet (5), RadAway (5)