Saving (or Savaging) Sergeant Teddy

Saving (or Savaging) Sergeant Teddy is an unmarked quest in Fallout: New Vegas.

Quick walkthrough

 * 1) Talk to Melody, a child slave at The Fort. With 50 Speech, you can learn that her teddy bear, Sergeant Teddy, was taken from her.
 * 2) Find Antony and agree to fight a few of his dogs in the Legion Arena in exchange for the bear. This can be avoided if you have good reputation with the Legion or the Animal Friend perk. You may also pickpocket the bear from Antony or kill him.
 * 3) Once you have Sergeant Teddy, return to Melody.
 * 4) Give her the teddy bear, resulting in good karma.
 * 5) Tear the teddy bear in half in front of her, resulting in bad karma and Legion fame.

Behind the scenes

 * It is possible that the two ways you can finish this quest is a reference to a quest in Fallout 2 for Curtis, where you have to recover his Mr. Nixon doll. You can give it to him or rip it up in front of him.


 * It is also a reference to the movie "Saving Private Ryan".

Bugs

 * Prior to patch 1.2.0.314, the Legion mongrels could have 1600 hit points and be very time consuming to defeat.
 * If there is a fight at the fort, occasionally Melody will flee to the fort's entrance. Along with all other Characters not including the Courier can use an invisible door and end up on the other side of the gate. The other side of the gate is in the same cell as the forts interior and the blip will appear on the compass. While the npc is there you can see them by looking through two holes in the walls on either side of the gate.