saving kent connolly

[xlightningx]

is there any way to save him ? i can´t persuate them so they won´t only attack me, i tried ultra jet to get near them but kent is always killed

[lukandroll]

Use jet and kill em all

[BlazeD]

Get some CHA gear, and meds and come back. Persuading them to attack you is the easiest way to do this. Barring that:

Get a syringer and 3 yellowbelly shots. You will need at least 3 jet and 1 or 2 nuka quantums.
When the elevator door opens hit some jet, VATS and shoot the 2 minions and the LT with the yellowbelly. They should all run away. Hit some quantum to refresh your APs. You should be able to kill sinjin,(tks) just about the time the first jet fades. More jet to finish off the runners before the fear wears off and you should be good.

[Solomon Hawk]

If you can intimidate enough with the Silver Shroud dialog, all but Sinjin will disengage and not be hostile. (they'll run for cover and remain non-hostile). (Grape Mentats will help a lot).
If that intimidation is successful, it will be only you and Sinjin with Kent at risk.

Then, If you have a powerful enough weapon (such as a gauss rifle) with the right perks, you can VATS headshot Sinjin and save Kent. (If you have any other weapon, load up nothing but head shots with all your action points).
I ain't going after that bastard with the Silver Submachine Gun, I'm taking him down with the most powerful weapon I can get my hands on, because that's my friend he's going to kill.

I remember one time when I was stuck in a no-win situation and no matter how hard I tried or what I tried, Kent would die in that instance. So ... I cheated. I used the console command KAH the instant they all turned hostile.

[matt]

I don't think it's ever truly a no-win situation. Not really.

One time, I was playing a low-charisma build, and I brought Deacon along with me. After fighting my way to Sinjin, I was about to take some Grape Mentats to boost my charisma. Then I realized that Deacon would hate that. OK, fine, we'll do things the hard way. But then I realized that I was going to be restricted from taking Psycho Jet to help me kill Sinjin. Deacon, you can really be a pain sometimes.

It took forever to find a workable strategy, but I finally got through that encounter without using a single chem, while wearing the costume, and killing Sinjin before he could kill Kent. The key was triggering a stagger effect on Sinjin before he could pull the trigger. If you do that, it buys you another second or two to queue up a bunch of head shots in VATS.

[hawkeye]

Jet and a 1 bullet to the noggin for each.

[xlightningx]

thanks for all the nice hints but i gave up after nearly 50 tries, i was hoping to save him and get the costume upgrades later

[Mr-Bandit]

easiest way is to speak as shroud at every opportunity, then you get a break at that last check. speaking as shroud makes it a 1v1. go to vats and crit a headshot - that always forces them to recoil for a second or 2

[RACHMANOVSKI]

If your weapon can't kill Sinjin in One shot, then use jet (also make sure to taunt as shroud so other raider won't aggro at you)

[Vormina]

Psycho-Jet and a good auto assault rifle always works for me.

[glenhaig]

I used my Silver Shroud talk to make the two other raiders run away then I simply used VATS and my snubnosed pistol to put two bullets in Sinjin's head. Job done.

[glenhaig]

I should add, that I'm playing a VATS build where I started the game with 9 perception and 9 luck. If you're low on perception and luck, you'll probably need to use meds and maybe a sniper rifle to save Kent.

[Solomon Hawk]

Originally posted by xlightningx:

thanks for all the nice hints but i gave up after nearly 50 tries, i was hoping to save him and get the costume upgrades later

I understand your frustration. I was at that point.
But give it one more try and use the KAH console command just at the very instant they turn hostile. type: ~kah (press Enter, then) ~ (once more).
Just next time remember to prepare for it. You'll clean his clock next time.

[BlazeD]

Originally posted by Solomon Hawk:

Originally posted by xlightningx:

thanks for all the nice hints but i gave up after nearly 50 tries, i was hoping to save him and get the costume upgrades later

I understand your frustration. I was at that point.
But give it one more try and use the KAH console command just at the very instant they turn hostile. type: ~kah (press Enter, then) ~ once more.
Just next time remember to prepare for it. You'll clean his clock next time.

So you still will not have saved him.

Originally posted by hawkeye:

Jet and a 1 bullet to the noggin for each.

This generally does not work. There are 4 npcs that are going to shoot kent. You can kill 1, maybe 2 of them before the rest ghost em.

[Solomon Hawk]

Originally posted by BlazeD:

Originally posted by Solomon Hawk:

I understand your frustration. I was at that point.
But give it one more try and use the KAH console command just at the very instant they turn hostile. type: ~kah (press Enter, then) ~ (once more).
Just next time remember to prepare for it. You'll clean his clock next time.

So you still will not have saved him.

Originally posted by hawkeye:

Jet and a 1 bullet to the noggin for each.

This generally does not work. There are 4 npcs that are going to shoot kent. You can kill 1, maybe 2 of them before the rest ghost em.

It worked for me when I had no other choice. KAH (meaning: Kill All Hostiles) at the instant they turn hostile (and before Sinjin has a chance to pull the trigger). It puts them all down and Kent will stand up.
The only exception I can possibly think of is if a controller is being used and might not provide a means of accessing console commands as available with mouse and keyboard.

[soopytwist]

All the times I've played this part I've never saved Kent even knowing "how to do it" or how to "git gud".

Until today.

After the dialogue (and before Sinjin blows Kent's head off) hit the tilde key and type:

disable (000228ac)

Press Enter will disable the Kent NPC (he will vanish).

Next type:

killall

Press enter then the tilde key again, everyone dies including Sinjin.

Hit tilde key, type:

enable

Press enter and Kent reappears unharmed, press the tilde key. Quest completes.

Cheating yes, bothered? No. Do I care if anyone else is bothered? No.