

The objectives will update to tell the player character to go to Big Town to explain her death.


If Red dies at any point during the quest, it will not immediately fail. Note that the type of mutant that Shorty is talking to varies depending on the player character's level, and can be anything from a regular super mutant to an overlord if Broken Steel is installed however, it will still be labeled "super mutant" in-game. Saving him will provide the player character with more good Karma. If the conversation goes on long enough (usually only 10–20 seconds), the mutant will start shooting Shorty. He will be found in the kitchen, in conversation with a super mutant who wishes to eat him. As an optional objective, the player character may go through the basement in order to rescue him. When spoken to, Red thanks the player character for rescuing her, granting good Karma and tells the player about her friend Shorty, in the kitchen downstairs. Beware, as with Broken Steel installed, the toughest super mutant in the station is an overlord armed with a tri-beam laser rifle or a Gatling laser. The cell door can either be picked, opened with a terminal (accessible with a holotape located upstairs) or opened with the Germantown jailors key, found on the toughest super mutant in the station. Red is located in a jail cell on the ground floor. If the former is chosen, some hallways of super mutants and the occasional trap need to be traversed. If the player character has 100 Lockpick, the lower door on the west side may also be entered and puts them very close to Red's location. Germantown police HQ has two possible entrances: the first is using the higher door on the north side. The quest can be started by speaking with any of the town's residents, speaking with Sticky in Little Lamplight, or if the player character talks to Red in Germantown police HQ. Big Town residents have been attacked by super mutants, who capture residents and have recently taken them to Germantown police HQ, including Red, the town doctor.
