Appropriation

Appropriation is an Institute radiant quest in Fallout 4.

Detailed walkthrough
Speak with Evan Watson of the Institute Advanced Systems section. He'll tell the Sole Survivor he is impressed with the Brotherhood of Steel's technology and that the Institute could learn a lot from it. He will then proceed to ask the player character to go to the surface and find some blueprints for him, advising that there is a small Brotherhood salvage team that has some of these blueprints, thus being the target.

Upon arrival at the location, a small team of Brotherhood members will be guarding the blueprints, who will become hostile when attempting to retrieve them. Kill them, retrieve the plans, and return to the Institute. When handing them to Watson, he can be convinced with a Speech check to give a reward, which if successful, will be four fusion cells.

Possible locations

 * An abandoned, ruined building outside of the Shamrock Taphouse.
 * A building south of Hester's Consumer Robotics.
 * A ruined house east of Vault 81.
 * A ruined house north of Fort Hagen.
 * The lobby of the Dartmouth Professional Building.
 * A building south of Fallon's department store.
 * A church southwest of Hyde Park.
 * On top of a ruined building south of Custom House Tower.
 * A cabin south of Electrical Hobbyist's Club.
 * A house west of Nahant Chapel.
 * A barn southwest of the Atom Cats garage.
 * A shop west of Mass Gravel & Sand.