Paladin Hoss

Paladin Hoss is a member of the Capital Wasteland Brotherhood of Steel.

Biography
During a training exercise in Falls Church, Initiate Pek, Paladin Hoss, Knight Church, and an unnamed Paladin were separated by a Super Mutant attack. Knight Church fell in the initial attack and Initiate Pek became trapped in an office building while Paladin Hoss and the other Paladin were fighting nearby. Vault 101 Dweller soon arrives and aids Hoss and the Paladin and they eventually push to the office building where Pek is located. Hoss and the Paladin secure the area outside while the Vault 101 Dweller storms inside the building killing the Super Mutants inside. He soon finds Pek hiding and cowering in a corner. The Vault 101 Dweller repairs Pek's weapon and they regroup outside with Hoss and the Paladin. (Have not finished the event with them.)

Trivia

 * This adventure is not a quest but the player is awarded 250 experience for helping Pek.
 * Pek, Hoss, and the Paladin can all die and the player won't be rewarded.

Bugs
As of Version 1.0.0.15, "halfway" completing this quest up to the point of only saving Pek, and then heading back on into Marigold Metro Station will result in Hoss following you around for the rest of the game or until you finish on going to the other side of Falls Church. He will only show up in certain places at seemingly random times however. (He will almost always show up in any metro joined location for example, but you won't see him on the surface too often, although he has at times been sighted on the surface, probably close to metro tunnel entrances.) It is not only terribly annoying but if Hoss manages to get himself killed on these extended roaming sessions he embarks upon, you will not get the XP associated with finishing the incomplete quest.

Another bug associated with Hoss is if he appears when you're exiting your home (currently tested only with the Megaton home) he might take one random weapon and all ammunition associated with it from one of your lockers.

You can retrieve your stolen items by killing Hoss. If you kill him outright, you will lose karma. However, if you follow him out of Megaton and let him run, he will stop to fight some giant ants beside a car and a billboard. If you shoot only the car and cause it to explode, it will kill Hoss and his companion but will not generate any negative karma.