Wild Card: Finishing Touches

Wild Card: Finishing Touches is a main quest in Fallout: New Vegas.

Synopsis
In order to control Securitrons beyond the confines of the New Vegas Strip, Yes Man requires the Courier to install an override module in the vicinity of Hoover Dam. Additionally, President Kimball must be kept alive so he can take the blame for the defeat of the NCR at Hoover Dam, absolving New Vegas.

Detailed walkthrough

 * The Courier will be given this quest once they have finished all previous Wild Card quests from Yes Man. It requires the player character to upload an override chip into the El Dorado substation controlled by the NCR. An optional objective to the quest is for the player character to save President Kimball when he arrives to give his speech. This option is only available if the player character's reputation with the NCR is in good standing, otherwise, the quest cannot be accepted from Yes Man.


 * The main part of this mission is very simple. Go to the El Dorado substation and upload the override chip into the terminal located inside. There will also be a few NCR troops inside though that will shoot on sight. Killing them is one method of bypassing the situation, but there are other nonviolent approaches as well, should one wish not to kill them. A Stealth Boy can be used to bypass them, though using an NCR armor disguise will ensure that the guards do not attack the player character. If the optional part of this quest is done and the Courier kills the troops in the substation, it will have little impact on their reputation because the player character is well-liked. Another way to avoid being attacked by the NCR troops in the substation is to immediately exit it once it has been entered. When the player character then enters it a second time, the NCR troops will not attack them.
 * Optional: Yes Man asks the Courier to convince the Followers of the Apocalypse to give full assistance to the New Vegas region; simply go and talk to Julie Farkas. Unless they are idolized by the Followers, she will decline the Courier's request, mentioning a short supply and limited resources. One can obtain idolized status by donating medical supplies, leaving and returning to repeat the cycle until given idolized status and offered to join the Followers. Once this is done, report back to the Lucky 38 and complete the quest. Note: Due to a scripting error, this optional objective will only become available after one has completed Friend of the Followers.