Can You Find it in Your Heart?

 is a side quest in Fallout: New Vegas.

Quick walkthrough

 * 1) Begin the quest by speaking with Ranger Jackson at the Mojave Outpost.
 * 2) Kill all the giant worker ants and giant soldier ants on the road east of Nipton Road Reststop.
 * 3) Return to Ranger Jackson

Quest Start
Speak with Ranger Jackson at the Mojave Outpost. Ask him if you can help. He will tell you that an insect infestation is preventing safe passage for the supply caravans. Jackson offers to "lose" some supplies to pay you if you help him.

Clear out the Critters on the Road by Ivanpah Dry Lake
The "critters" that are causing the problem are seven giant ants who have been gathering at the remains of the 95 underpass just east of the Nipton Road reststop. Head there with some good insect hunting weaponry, such as long range rifles to burst the heads off the soldier ants, and something for if they swarm.
 * Wipe out the giant soldier ants first, then the larger workers, then the smaller workers.
 * Stay on the upper concrete walls and shooting down from above makes this quest easier.
 * Shooting the antennae of the ants (preferably the soldiers) makes this quest easier.
 * Dynamite and frag grenades can be useful for taking out the ants if they swarm.

Return to Ranger Jackson at Mojave Outpost
Once you begin conversation with Ranger Jackson, he will thank you. When you ask about the reward Ranger Jackson tells you he can hand over a few weapons nobody would miss. After completion you will receive 200xp. If you inquire about your "reward" after completion of the quest, Jackson will say that he never said anything about a reward, only misplaced supplies. Jackson will then give the player 100 caps, 2 caravan lunches, a service rifle, 72 armor piercing 5.56mm rounds, and 2 weapon repair kits. If you don't ask about the reward, you will not receive the previously listed items.

Bugs

 * The ants may become stuck in the road and become unable to be hit/killed. Should this occur, it is still possible to finish the quest by using the "no clipping" command on the PC.

Behind the scenes

 * "Can You Find It in Your Heart?" is a popular song with music by Robert Allen and lyrics by Al Stillman, published in 1956.


 * The graffiti on the highway ("The centre cannot hold") is a line from William Butler Yeats' "The Second Coming", a poem written after World War I.