Don't Make a Beggar of Me

 is a quest in Fallout: New Vegas.

 WARNING: doing this quest will make the peaceful resolution to Oh My Papa impossible!!!!

Quick walkthrough

 * Travel to the Great Khan Encampment and speak to Melissa to begin the quest. You must be in good standing with the Great Khans or she will refuse to allow you to help her. Melissa may also be found at Quarry Junction.
 * Travel to Sloan and search Chomps Lewis' office for the suitcase.
 * Speak to Chomps and then travel to Primm to speak with Tyrone.
 * Obtain the chems from Tyrone.
 * Return to Melissa to complete the quest or inform Lieutenant Hayes about Tyrone's smuggling to complete the quest.

Detailed walkthrough

 * Travel to the Great Khan Encampment and inquire about why Melissa is there to begin the quest. If you have bad reputation with the Great Khans she will refuse your offer of help. It is possible that Melissa may also be found in Quarry Junction.


 * Travel to Sloan and enter the Mining Office. Walk up the stairs and examine the empty suitcase to the left of the desk.


 * Go outside and speak with Chomps Lewis and inquire about the empty suitcase to find out about Tyrone.


 * Travel to Primm and find Tyrone at the NCR camp in the tent next to Lieutenant Hayes' tent.


 * When you question him about the chems, he explains that his superiors are getting suspicious and that the business is riskier.  He will ask for an additional 300 caps which can be paid to obtain the chems.  With a Strength of 7, Speech of 40, Black Widow Perk or Barter of 35, you can bully Tyrone into giving the chems outright with no penalties.  You can also shoot Tyrone and take the chems, but that will result in NCR infamy and negative karma.


 * Once the chems have been obtained return to the Great Khan Encampment and give the chems to Melissa.


 * (Optional) You can inform Lieutenant Hayes in his tent about Tyrone's smuggling. If done, Hayes will take the chems and inquire if anyone else was involved.  Chomps Lewis can be ratted out or Hayes can be told nobody else was involved.  After retaking the NCRCF from the Powder Gangers, Lt. Hayes he will relocate to Camp Forlorn Hope, where he will stand by the campfire opposite the supply shack.

Rewards

 * Giving the chems to Melissa earns fame with the Great Khans, 100XP, 150 caps, and some chems.


 * Helping Lieutenant Hayes earns fame with the NCR, increased Karma, and 200XP.


 * Returning to Melissa, after informing Hayes about the smuggling, and telling her you turned in Tyrone results in her and the two Khans attacking.


 * Returning to Melissa, after informing Hayes about the smuggling, and telling her Tyrone was sloppy, or lie about what happened, results in 85 caps and 100XP.


 * PS3 11/28/10: Both of the options in the immediately above sentence resulted in no reward from Melissa for me. (Chomp dead at the time, killed way earlier in the game by deathclaws). - 11/29/10: Same here, except Chomp wasn't dead.

Note
Don't Make a Beggar of Me was written by Al Sherman and arranged by Axel Stordahl. It was recorded by Frank Sinatra in 1953 but was unreleased until late 2000 when Sinatra's 1962 album Point of No Return was re-released on CD. Don't Make a Beggar of Me was one of the bonus tracks on this CD.

Bugs

 * Apparently there is no way of completing the Oh my Papa quest if you speak to Melissa first and do her "Don't Make a Beggar of Me" quest. It does NOT matter if you turn her in, or if you give her the chems.  When you get the "Oh my papa" quest the marker is at the Great Kahn Encampment but she is not there.  The very act of completing the quest makes her dissapear.  A simple solution to this is to have the quest started when you visit her.
 * If you are playing on the PC you can use console commands to fix this glitch. Use [player.placeleveledactoratme e595c] or, point your cursor to an easily accessible location and use [PlaceAtReticle 00e595c] (minus brackets) to spawn Melissa.
 * Version 1.1.1 Patch seems to have fixed this glitch.