Wang Dang Atomic Tango

 is a quest in Fallout: New Vegas.

Quick walkthrough

 * Speak with James Garret at the Atomic Wrangler to start the quest.
 * Find the three "escorts" around town:
 * A ghoul wearing a cowboy suit: Beatrix Russell in the Old Mormon Fort. The player can convince her with a speech check (35), barter check (35), or give her a bottle of Absinthe.
 * A "smooth talker": Santiago or Old Ben. You can find Santiago at the back of the abandoned building right across from Mick & Ralph's shop, and Old Ben near the gate to the Strip.
 * A "sex-bot": Fisto, found at Cerulean Robotics. If the player does not have a science of 60 or higher, they must speak to Ralph at Mick & Ralph's about a holotape for the robot, then upload it into the computer at Cerulean to activate Fisto.
 * Return to James to finish the quest.

Detailed walkthrough
The quest begins by speaking to James Garrett. He is one of the Garret Twins, owners of the Atomic Wrangler in Freeside. Ask James if he has any work for you, and he will propose that you find him suitable escorts (prostitutes) for clientele with very specific interests. He has three unique requests: A ghoul dressed up in a cowboy suit, a smooth talker, and a robot.

The ghoul wearing a cowboy outfit is Beatrix Russell. She can be found at The Old Mormon Fort. Convincing her takes either a speech check,(35) or a barter check,(35) otherwise you can bribe her with a bottle of absinthe. When she agrees you can either head to the Atomic Wrangler to get paid for the first escort, or find the other two first.

The smooth talker can be either Santiago, one of the dead beats Francine Garret hires you to find in the quest Debt Collector, or Old Ben, the chatty stranger standing outside the North Gates to the Strip. To recruit Santiago, just ask. For Old Ben, you'll need good charisma and a high Speech skill or the Confirmed Bachelor/Black Widow perk. It is possible to get both smooth talkers to agree, however only one will give you the reward. If you chose Santiago AND Old Ben, Ben will show up at the Wrangler but you will receive no reward nor can you receive his services.

The robot is found at Cerulean Robotics (see that page for directions). There are a few Giant Rats inside, and the large assembly room contains a robot in stasis. The computer is an average hack (50 Science). There is a keycard to unlock the computer. It is behind an average lock on the far right cabinet in the assembly room. The key to this cabinet is on the floor in front of the television under the decayed corpse. Once in the computer, you must upload an operating program.

The robot can be programmed without the holotape if your Science skill is high enough (Science 60). After performing this upgrade in the factory, Fisto will offer a dialogue option to provide a 'service', if you accept no damage is done but you will complain about not being able to feel your legs.

Alternately, to get a holotape program to upload to the robot, visit Ralph at Mick & Ralph's. He will mention the robot at Cerulean, and then will agree to write the program for 150 caps, telling you it will take a couple days. If you have 50 speech however, he will make it for free, or if you have 30 speech then it will only cost 100 caps. It will take about 12 game hours to be ready. Take the program back to Cerulean and upload it to the robot. It will power up and you will have a chance to test it out. The screen goes dark and you can hear a peculiar drilling sound. After the 'testing' has ended, your character experiences numbness, which 'is normal'. Whether you choose to test it or not, you inform the sexbot that its owner is James Garret and it heads to the Atomic Wrangler.

With all three escorts found, head back to speak to James about your pay. This will finish the quest.

Bugs

 * If you convince both Santiago and Old Ben to accept the "smooth talker" position, both of them will remain inside the Atomic Wrangler indefinitely.


 * If you recruit Santiago as the "smooth talker", and later use your Speech skill (50) to recruit Old Ben, you will be able to repeatedly convince Old Ben, gaining 50xp each time. This can also be done by recruiting Old Ben, waiting for him to go the Atomic Wrangler without telling James Garret he was hired, then repeatedly recruiting him. This will allow you to gain 35xp for every Confirmed Bachelor check and 50xp for every Speech check.


 * If you ask Ralph to make the holotape and then reprogram Fisto using the Science option, talking to Ralph about the holotape afterwards will result in it being stuck permanantly in your inventory as a quest item with a weight of 1.00lbs.


 * After you recruit Fisto, you can speak to him and, rather than hiring him, hit "Goodbye" and exit out of conversation. The game will inexplicably add 10 caps to your inventory every time you do this. This happens on Xbox360, PS3, and PC.


 * Base ID sex holodisc 0011F8C0


 * Talking to Santiago may start the Debt Collector quest, which is confusing - telling you to deliver 388 caps to Francine with no formal intro to the quest.


 * James Garret sometime comes up missing after collecting your third escort. NOTE: If at any point during this quest James appears to have disappeared, sometimes you can find him sleeping upstairs behind an Average locked door. He sleeps here during the earlier daytime hours, and the door is directly upstairs from his usual spot behind the counter. This places the quest marker in roughly the same spot on your compass and minimap, so it may look like he is gone when he really isn't. You can pickpocket the key ("Atomic Wrangler Upstairs Key") for the door from Francine Garret nearby, but James will only respond with quest dialog during his 'business hours'.


 * After finishing the sexbot part of the quest, you cannot go back into the wrangler- game crashes (xbox 360)

Behind the scenes

 * "The Wang Dang Taffy-Apple Tango" is a pop song written by J. Leslie McFarland and Aaron Schroeder. Pat Boone recorded and released the song in 1959.