X-8: High School Horror!

X-8: High School Horror! is a side quest in the Fallout: New Vegas add-on Old World Blues.

Quick walkthrough

 * 1) Travel to the X-8 Research Center.
 * 2) Initiate the Institutional Data Retrieval test at the X-8 Test Terminal.
 * 3) Retrieve the 3 student records from terminals in the X-8 Institutional Facility.
 * 4) Exit the X-8 Institutional Facility.
 * 5) Initiate the Residential Cyberdog Guard Test at the X-8 Test Terminal.
 * 6) Enter the X-8 Residential Test Facility.
 * 7) Search Gabe's digging spots in the X-8 Residential Test Facility for the audio sample of Gabriel's Bark.

Detailed walkthrough
The first stage of this quest is to make your way to the X-8 Research Center, and utilize the terminal you find to the left of the locked door. This being your first time out, there will only be the Basic Institutional Data Test Retrieval test available, so select that option when ready, and make your way inside.

Once inside, you will see that the testing area has been modeled after an American High School, the place where Dr. Borous' mind first got twisted into the arsenic stuffed pretzel it is now. The doctor himself will talk over the loudspeaker, proclaiming himself to the "First Doctor Principal" of the school, and describing the many dangers that await you in here. When ready, go and open the door to your right, and then immediately dive for cover, as a Hall Monitor laser turret will open fire as soon as you come into view. Go through the classroom door across the hall, and look for the terminal on the wall near where you came in. You can use this to deactivate the turret or reconfigure it's targeting parameters.

Once that's done, open the door leading into the next classroom, but be wary. Cyberdogs and robots stand ready to attack you, so defend yourself accordingly, Once they are all down for the count, move to the terminal and desk, and access the data. The next data file is in the Library, which is done the hall to the left, so make your way there and prepare to deal with the cyberdogs guarding the place. When things have settled down, you'll find the terminal in the far left corner of the room. If you use the sonic emitter to shut down the force-field over the top of the Library the turret above will fall and explode.

Only one more remains, and that's upstairs. Return to the central hallway, where the first Hall Monitor turret was, and look for the door marked "Stairs" on the wall. Open the door and move up, but watch out as you climb to the top, as another Hall Monitor turret will take exception to your lack of a hall pass. Fortunately an Easy terminal stands nearby, and you can turn off the rain of deadly visible light. The 3rd and final terminal stands on a nearby desk, and once the data is obtained you'll be directed to leave the testing area.

Now it's back to the entrance to the testing area, and when you access the terminal you'll have the opportunity to select the intermediate level test. This time things will be a bit different, as not only will there be turrets and robot dogs, but also other robotic entities. Blast away without regard to school property, but you'll find that the computers with the data are all in the same place. Notice also that shields have sprung up throughout the facility, which cannot be accessed until you have the modifier for the sonic weapon.