Strictly Business

 is a Fallout 3 quest. It is also an Xbox 360 and PC achievement.

This quest will begin the first time you discover Paradise Falls and attempt to enter it. A guard/slaver (Grouse) will approach you and tell you that you can not enter Paradise Falls unless you have business there. He will offer to let you in only if you go an enslave a certain list of people and he will split half the profit with you. Once you have enslaved one person though he will let you in to Paradise Falls.

This quests involves enslaving the following characters for the slavers of Paradise Falls. Enslaving is done with the Mesmetron and a Slave Collar. (make sure to return to him after each slave to collect a new slave collar for the next one)

Alternatively you can bribe the guard 500 caps to let you in, skipping this quest.

It is also possible to come in without completing the quest if you've got very bad karma

To note, when you enslave the NPCs in question the town may become hostile. Try enslaving in sneak mode while noone is around or simply run out of the area and come back later.


 * Flak from Rivet City
 * Red from Big Town
 * Susan Lancaster from Tenpenny Tower
 * Arkansas from Minefield

Susan Lancaster may be found on the top floor of Tenpenny Tower in her penthouse suite (at night). Simply shut the door, mez, and collar.

Red can be found in her clinic (most of the time). If she's not there try walking around a bit and then enter her clinic again.

Flak can be found in his room on the Upper Deck (at night). One strategy I used: Wait [select button] outside his room until about 12am (he walked out soon after I did) then follow him to the dead end by Doctor Li's room. Make sure there are no guards then mez him. Exit stage right into the lab before he sees a guard. You should be safe after this.

I'm not sure, but if you complete the Quest outlined in Roy Phillips regarding Tenpenny Tower Susan Lancaster is killed by Roy. If this glitches this mission or not is unknown to me. I've not gotten this far yet. But i'm rather sure it will. If anyone can Clarify that'd be most appreciated.

Fan Edit: I just began the Strictly business quest and have already done the Tenpenny Tower Quest, I did it the good karma way and so Susan Lancaster was killed, she does not appear on my list of contracts from The Strictly business quest.

Fan Edit2: I already killed Arkansas from Minefield before taking this quest. I assume most people would since you start in Megaton and encounter him early as a hostile in Minefield while doing The Wasteland Survival Guide quest. Luckily, he was not on my list of contracts. So it appears to be very flexible. I still was able to complete it as well as earn the achievement that comes with it.

Fan Edit 3: I encountered a glitch in this quest which made Grouse present me with the reward for capturing the slaves more than once, causing me to have multiple slave collars in my inventory. I believe this to be related to the order in which the slaves are taken or some other dialogue/journal related missconnect. The collars may not be dropped, as they are 'quest items' and I now have three of them, despite capturing all four and finishing this quest.

Fan Edit 4: After you capture the VIPs, you can capture random npc's for money, so for Fan Edit 3, you get those collars to enslave random NPCs. Fan Edit 5: I'm playing a Lawful-Good type, so when I first spoke to Grouse I was disgusted by the slavery, and he attacked me. I killed him (and the rest of the slavers) and completed 'Escape from Paradise', but it would seem to make it impossible to receive/complete this quest.

Fan Edit 6: It would appear that you do not have to capture any characters which have died. It is uncertain, however, what happens if all the targets for this quest are dead.