Ghost Town Gunfight

 is a quest in Fallout: New Vegas. It involves the town of Goodsprings and a powder gang led by Joe Cobb. You can either save Goodsprings and destroy the Powder Gangers, or side with the Powder Gangers and destroy Goodsprings.

Quick walkthrough
In Goodsprings the Courier is confronted by a group of Powder Gangers who threaten to blow up the town. The Courier may side with the Gangers and help lead the attack against the town, or help the citizens of Goodsprings. If the Courier aims to protect the town, various citizens of Goodsprings can be enlisted in the fight and will offer several bonuses, such as the use of dynamite courtesy of Easy Pete and a supply of armor and weapons from Chet. Sunny Smiles and the other recruits will then help the Courier in ridding the town of the Gangers. Whomever the Courier chooses to help can be controlled with the companion wheel.

Detailed walkthrough
The quest starts after overhearing Trudy argue with Joe Cobb and questioning her about the argument, or after Mitchell mentions an issue in the town of Goodsprings.

In the optional objectives to rally the town of Goodsprings against the Powder Gangers, many townsfolk will need convincing. If the player lacks the necessary skills to pass skill checks, there are many magazines that can help scattered around town. Chet sells Salesman Weekly, the mag needed to get Barter +10 to help with his skill check (Barter 25). The Patriot's Cookbook will help you convince Easy Pete to use his dynamite. It can be sometimes found in the mailbox outside of Doc Mitchell's house, the mailbox outside of the ruined house in the northeast corner of Goodsprings, in other mailboxes around town, or inside a cell in Cell Block A, in the NCR Correction Facility (although this copy must be stolen). To convince Trudy to join in, use the Meeting People to get +10 Speech. You can also enlist Victor to join your side in the fight but he fails to show up. When asking him about this, you will find that he was shut down by an unknown person to keep him from fighting (25 Science).

Once the citizens of Goodsprings have been convinced to help join the fight, speak with Ringo, who is hiding out in the Goodsprings Gas Station. Sunny Smiles or Trudy will interrupt with the notice that the Powder Gangers have arrived. The battle will begin.

Counter Quest
The counter variant of this quest is Run Goodsprings Run.

Bugs

 * The skill magazine Patriot's Cookbook which can help convince Easy Pete may not be in the mailbox outside of Doctor Mitchell's house. Other mailboxes in town have a chance of spawning the magazine; alternatively, you can reload the game and try again. (confirmed on Xbox360)