Mod:Fallout: The Frontier/Prelude

Prelude is the fifth and final of Act 2 in the NCR Exiles questline.

Background
In order for us to use the space crafts to travel to Archimedes II we will need two charged power cores. Blackthorne and Wei therefore want you to go to Junkflea with Rancor to search and pursue any leads in obtaining those power cores. Right when Prelude begins Gray will run up to you and ask if you have time for a drink. If you agree, He Believed in the NCR will begin.

Quick Walkthrough

 * Meet Rancor outside of Junkflea
 * Follow Rancor into Junkflea
 * Rancor will talk to a shopkeeper who points you to someone named Carl in the Junkflea Slums
 * Head to the Bar in Junkflea Slums
 * The Barkeep will tell you Carl has been sold to slavery to pay off money from loan sharks. Speech 60 or 500 bottlecaps required
 * Head to the Legion slave pen down the tunnel
 * Ask the Legion Slaver for Carl. Speech 100 or 2,000 bottlecaps required.
 * In order to get Carl to tell you anything you will need to give him either Whisky, Scotch, or Vodka 3 times total.
 * Retrieve the power core from The Church of Eternal Life
 * Retrieve the power core from Hunters Lodge
 * Return to Blackthorne for an introduction to the crew that will be joining you on the expedition.
 * After an introduction and a cut scene Archimedes II will begin.

Bugs

 * Rancor appears to have extremely sensitive pathfinding while walking to Junkflea, potentially locking this quest, especially if the player and their companions obstructs his path. Rancor can freeze in place. One solution is to keep reloading a save before heading to Junkflea; talk to Rancor and then stay far away from him, just so he is barely out of sight. He should successfully enter the Junkflea slums.