Searching for Cheryl

 refers to an unmarked quest in Fallout 3.

Follow the trail of a party who went out to find Cheryl, sister of the party leader.


 * 1) In L'Enfant South you can find a burial mound containing Search Party Log #1.
 * 2) As mentioned in the log, go to the Ranger Compound and access the outdoor terminal to read about the Canterbury Search Party. The terminal can either be unlocked by Reilly or is a very hard hack.
 * 3) The "Western Ruins" mentioned in the second log are located to the west of Lincoln Memorial, north of Potomac Bridge, next to a Raider camp. Find Search Party Log #3 on a second burial mound there. To get to that raider camp, travel to Dukov's Place toward the Potomac Bridge (the only bridge over the big river for miles). Between the raider camp and the bridge you can find the grave.
 * 4) Now proceed to a grave directly northwest of the Sewer Waystation and read Search Party Log #4. To find the grave, walk toward a big corvega billboard.

Quite a way southwestsouth of Jury Street Metro Station you run into a group of super mutants. Entering the container with a corpse in it causes a Super Mutant Behemoth to appear. In this camp you can find the corpse of Manny Koch, leader of the search party. Apart from the loot on his body the main reward is a Mini Nuke on the Behemoth.

Reward

 * Mini Nuke
 * various loot

Bug
Manny Koch may be quite alive and very hostile to the player if the Super Mutant camp was cleared and the Behemoth trigger activated prior to progressing through the quest. In this case the player has no choice but to defend himself against the woefully underequipped Manny.