Restoring Hope

 is a quest in Fallout: New Vegas.

Quick walkthrough

 * Travel to Camp Forlorn Hope.


 * Speak to Major Polatli in the Command Center and ask what he needs help with.


 * Speak to Quartermaster Mayes in the Quartmaster's Tent south of the Command Center.


 * Inform Mayes that Polatli sent you to help.


 * Travel to HELIOS One and speak to Lieutenant Haggerty about the supplies.


 * Travel to the location marked by the GPS obtained from Haggerty.
 * Location is northeast of the Southern Nevada Wind Farm, west of Camp Forlorn Hope.


 * Search the Camp Forlorn Hope Supply Crate and defend from an ambush by Caesar's Legion (alternativly disguise as a Legion's Member so they won't attack you and you won't lose Legion's reputation).


 * Return to Camp Forlorn Hope and speak with Mayes to return the supplies.


 * Speak with Polatli to complete the supplies portion of the quest.


 * Walk to the Medical Center and speak with Dr. Richards to help him with his patients. Lying or a Medicine of 20 is required to continue.


 * Examine each of the three patients in the Medical Center and treat them accordingly.(Note: All equipment except a Super Stimpack can be found in the tent and taken for free.)
 * Patient 1 suffers from machete wounds. A Medicine of 35 is required to treat him or a Med-X, Whiskey, and a Surgical Tubing is required for treatment.
 * Patient 2 suffers from a leg injury. A Medicine of 50 is required to treat him or a Medical Brace, Med-X, and a Bonesaw is required for treatment.
 * Patient 3 suffers from close range blast trauma. A Medicine of 75 is required to treat him or a Tweezers, Med-X, and a Super Stimpack is required for treatment.


 * Speak with Dr. Richards and then return to Major Polatli.


 * If the Legion and Dead Sea in Nelson have not been defeated yet then Major Polatli will also ask you to meet Cooper between Nelson and Camp Forlorn Hope where you will be ambushed by 3 Legion Recruits with machetes.


 * Infiltrate Nelson with Cooper either from the north or from the east.


 * Return to Major Polatli to tell about the victory at Nelson and complete the quest.

Counter-quest
This quest lies in direct opposition to We Are Legion. Finishing either will always cause the other to fail. As this quest requires the death of Dead Sea who gives We Are Legion and vice versa.

Bugs

 * Unable to complete quest during the "Help Dr. Richards with his patients" section due to "diagnose patients" bug. After talking to the doctor and getting permission to treat the patients hitting E (or the use button) on the patients does nothing. You can bypass this by telling the doctor you are unqualified to assist. However, you should be able to diagnose patients as the quest notes suggest. I guess it has something to do with dr. Richards staying here somehow.

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 * If during the That Lucky Old Sun quest at Helios One you decide to go for the (optional) "Arm Archimedes security system", there's a possibility that your contact during the "Restoring Hope" quest is nowhere to be found. It seems there is a possibility to bypass this section of the quest if can find the lost supplies somewhere en-route to Forlorn Hope but this is still unconfirmed.


 * I have confirmed the bug from arming Archimedes during the Restoring Hope quest. Below is an image of where I found the Camp Forlorn supply crate.

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 * Another possible bug is encountered if you proceed to kill off the Legion at Nelson, by yourself, the quest will never be completed. Major Polatli will thank you but no quest dialogue is given in his menu to finish the quest ('setstage 1214aa 150' will fix this). To start the quest speak to Major Polatli first or the only thing able to discuss with Mayes is the about fallen NCR dog tags. Also note that when you find the supply crate you will be attacked by legion troops as an ambush.


 * Previously killing most of the Legion at Nelson and having released the 3 NCR troopers who were being crucified, and entering the building where Dead Sea is located will possibly cause game will lock up.


 * I did the quest properly and still, there is no way I can finish it. Around 10 troops were helping me out, now most of them are stuck near the fireplace(at Nelson, running around). Quest log says I need to speak to Polatli that we have taken Nelson...however the dialogue won't let me finish the quest simply because there is no option to say anything about victory. Something is bugged:(
 * The newest patch solves this problem.
 * I have the latest patch, but the bug is still here - no option in dialogue.
 * If the problem persists, use the command: "setstage 001214aa 200" or maybe "setstage 001214aa 160"


 * If for some reason during the Restoring Hope quest, you do not get ambushed by the Legionaires upon finding the supplies and the dead NCR soldiers in the Quartermaster Hayes quest, you can temporarily solve this by using command setstage 001214AA 50.


 * Major Polatli in Forlorn Hope Camp won't let me initiate the "assault Nelson" quest. I've already cleared the camp and freed the hostages but I can't do the "let's do this" line. I saw it first time but wanted to save before proceeding and now the quest is stuck. Anyone know the setstage command to let me get to the "good work" stage of the quest so I can clear up my questlog? Note: it is important to also kill Dead Sea and the two other Legionaries inside a building in Nelson; make sure you've done that.


 * For some reason, whenever I approached the area where the supply crate is found, I would fail the quest. I got around this by not talking to Haggerty prior to fetching it.


 * on my first attempt i went over the eastern ridge ans just as I was descending my game crashed and when back to my home screen on playstation. second time I chose north and it worked fine including the rescue of the hostages.

*(Confirmed) If playing on PC simply add the "Camp Forlorn Hope Supply Shipment" typing "player.additem 00122005 1" in the command line. This will add the supply shipment to your inventory and complete the objective. No               work around for Xbox or PS3 glitches as of yet.
 * If the Legion have taken over HELIOS ONE there is no way to talk to Haggerty, and the quest cant be completed