1. Follow the Overseer
2. Kill the feral ghouls
3. Talk to the Overseer
4. Build the Vault 88 Overseer’s Desk
5. Return to the Overseer
6. Turn on the Vault 88 Radio Beacon
8. Help the Overseer interview candidates
9. Talk to the Overseer
Locations to Explore
- Vault 88
Spring Cleaning
After a brief introduction, Overseer Barstow asks you to follow her to her desk. Be warned that doing so will rile up a nearby ghoul, and the resulting skirmish is likely to draw attention from additional enemies. Ready your weapon, or use stealth to dispatch the waiting ghoul unnoticed. In either case, Overseer Barstow tasks you with clearing the area of all remaining ghouls. Eliminate all of the marked targets and return to Overseer Barstow.
The Grand Opening
With the area secure, Overseer Barstow asks you to build her a proper desk. Use the Workshop menu to build the “Vault 88 Overseer’s Desk” (located within the “Special” object category).
Luckily, the Vault 88 Workshop contains more than enough components to complete this task. With her desk in place, Overseer Barstow is eager to start her long-delayed experiments. Head back to the Vault reactor room and flip the marked switch to broadcast a recruitment message.
Overseer Barstow encourages you to explore the Vault until prospective residents respond to the message. Doing so will progress this quest (and the related Vault-Tec Quest: Explore Vault 88) more quickly, but you’re free to pass the time in whatever manner you please.
The Perfect Subject
Overseer Barstow insists that you help her evaluate potential test subjects. After the first batch of settlers reaches the Vault, head up to the entrance hatch to begin the interview process.
Regardless of your input, Overseer Barstow selects the third candidate, Clem, as the subject for her experiments. However, the interview process includes two speech challenges and the opportunity to refuse entry to the second applicant.
Resolve all three interviews to complete the quest. A simplified version of the Overseer’s desk (found in the Workshop Furniture > Tablessubmenu) can now be built at any settlement under your control.