Kings' Gambit

Kings' Gambit is a quest in Fallout: New Vegas.

Quick Walkthrough
Stop the violence in Freeside against NCR citizens.

Detailed Walkthrough
When you enter the New Vegas Strip for the first time Victor will tell you to go and speak with Mr. House. After you speak to him and exit the Lucky 38 you will be approached by an NCR Trooper. He will tell you that you have an important message from Ambassador Crocker. This will start the questline that leads to Kings' Gambit.

Once you have completed the quest Things That Go Boom, Ambassador Crocker will assign this quest. Crocker tells you about all the violence in Freeside being caused by "The Kings," a gang led by The King. He gives you two options: either kill Pacer (the main source of the violence) or solve the problem diplomatically.

Option 1: Kill Pacer

If you have already talked to the ghoul Rotface in Freeside, he may have given you tips, two of which include the fact that Pacer has a heart problem and too many drugs will kill him and another is he has a feud with the Van Graff family. This will add two optional objectives to the quest, one to kill Pacer by adding Psycho to his Jet and one to kill Pacer in a way that implicates the Van Graff family.


 * Method 1: Frame the Van Graff family 1. Talk to Mick at Mick and Ralph's and ask him to forge a handwritten note written to Pacer from Jean-Baptiste Cutting. 2. Go to Pacer's room is the first room to the left on the third floor of The Kings' School of Impersonation. 3. Replace Pacer's stash of Jet with the handwritten note. 4. When Pacer checks his stash, he will immediately run over to the Silver Rush and get himself killed.


 * Method 2 (Requires 60 Medicine): Spike the Jet with Psycho 1. Get some Psycho. 2. Go to Pacer's room is the first room to the left on the third floor of The Kings' School of Impersonation. 3. Add the Psycho to the stash of Jet. 4. When Pacer checks his stash, he will immediately die.


 * Method 3: Just kill Pacer You will fail the quest and lose a substantial amount of fame with Freeside, however you do get a reward (if you apologize) are still allowed to move onto the next quest.

Option 2: Solve diplomatically

If you haven't used your favor from G.I. Blues yet, you cannot use it to ask The King to stop the violence and turn the quest in. However, if you have already used it, the King will say no and you will have to return to Ambassador Crocker and tell him that the King will not stop the violence. Crocker will then give you two options (on top of the option to kill Pacer): Talk to Colonel Moore at the Hoover Dam or talk to Colonel Hsu at Camp McCarran.


 * Method 1: Colonel Moore 1. Head to Hoover Dam and talk to Colonel Moore, she will tell you to tell the Kings to stand down or be destroyed and offers to send a squad to back you up. 2. Anything you say to the King will cause him to refuse and a fight will break out, and you will fail the mission when you tell Crocker what happened. However you will not gain any Freeside infamy if you let the troopers do all the shooting, and you can get the King's unique suit and you even get a reward of 300 caps from Crocker if you apologize and you get to move onto the next quest.


 * Method 2: Colonel Hsu 1. Go to Colonel Hsu at Camp McCarran and tell him about the situation in Freeside and he will tell you to offer the King support from the NCR. 2. When you get back to the King and tell him the NCR have offered their support (if you are rude to him, his gang will open fire and you will fail the quest, although you will not gain any Freeside infamy if you let the troopers do all the shooting, and you can get the King's unique suit and you even get a reward of 300 caps from Crocker if you apologize and you get to move onto the next quest.) 3. When the King agrees, Pacer will not agree with the deal and will instead start shooting the troopers. Help kill Pacer or just let the troopers finish him off and head back to Crocker.

Bugs

 * Ambassador Crocker may not give you a reward when you complete the quest, yet will oddly give you a 300 cap reward when you fail it and apologize.
 * No Jet stash under Pacer's bed (you must get the rumor tidbit from Rotface for the stash of Jet to spawn). Possible bug fix: Type the following into the console: prid 001205BC enable This should cause the stash of Jet to spawn under Pacer's bed.