Is it required to call Meredith Stout for Phantom Liberty?

[Kervin]

I already did the part where I side with Maelstrom and now I planning to do the peaceful approach. Before I start the mission The Pickup with Jackie is it required to call and meet Militech for Phantom Liberty?

[morbosfist]

Those quests aren't related.

[Silverbane7]

No.
The only things that are required for the expansion are that you are in act2 and that you have met Alt.

If you start a new character the game offers you a jump-start character that is level fifteen, with basic gear, who is sitting in Pacifica that gets the call.
This character has completed the heist mission, Judy's starter questline and met Alt. All other quests available from act2 are unstarted

This was done because many players told the company that they would not buy the expansion if they HAD to play thru the original content to get to the expansion content
(they were all played out with vanilla) So this is the option they came up with to fix those folks.

You can still play as normal and start from the beginning tho, so it's all good.

So no, you do not have to call Meredith. Her and Myers are not on the holo, chatting about V like a couple of old chooms. You don't need to have sided with MiliTech to be able to start the expansion, all you need is yo have poked the Blackwall and said hi to Johnny's ex output.

[Ffabbia]

Bear in mind that you will miss out on a torrid, no-holds-barred two-in-a-bed sizzling sex romp with Meredith.

[Silverbane7]

Originally posted by Ffabbia:

Bear in mind that you will miss out on a torrid, no-holds-barred two-in-a-bed sizzling sex romp with Meredith.

And her little gift afterwards.
As a nomad, you can also tell her who the mole is and she will send over a trunk of MiliTech gear as a thank you. This gift is not connected to her other *activities* lol.

If you do not wish to jump into bed with MiliTech (literally) just do not reply to her text message at all.

[gimmethegepgun]

Originally posted by Silverbane7:

If you do not wish to jump into bed with MiliTech (literally) just do not reply to her text message at all.

Or reply and stand her up for all eternity lol

[Mentally Unstable]

I can understand the confusion. When one starts a new game, there is a quest in our journal that tracks what is "needed" to even begin phantom liberty. And it always lists the current main quest that we are on. But sometimes the mission might have optional objectives but the tracker does not differentiate. I remember "Call Meredith Stout" being listed on mine as well but even though I did not call her, the tracker for the phantom liberty quest still updated to a different thing later on.

[Tokenn]

In general, I'd advise you not to skip any optional parts of the game. Contact with Meredith before the Pickup is a fun addition, but not necessary.

[Cardboard]

Originally posted by Kervin:

I already did the part where I side with Maelstrom and now I planning to do the peaceful approach. Before I start the mission The Pickup with Jackie is it required to call and meet Militech for Phantom Liberty?

nah, the optional portions of the game are pretty fun tho