Avoid telling the Bos about Acadia

[aro230]

Does anyone actually know how can I fail or completely avoid Search and destroy? I joined the bos but there is no way I'm telling Kells about Acadia

Some said it fails after bringing Kasumi home, but I don't know if that's actually the case

[Zekiran]

There will basically always be a misc mission lingering, if it's like when I join the Institute: "tell x about Acadia" you can just not do.

[aro230]

Originally posted by Zekiran:

There will basically always be a misc mission lingering, if it's like when I join the Institute: "tell x about Acadia" you can just not do.

So no other way to fail it besides console commands?

[Zekiran]

I suppose? I mean it's one of those 'open ended' things - since it's an optional and not a required part of any of the actual stories, I don't even know whether it HAS a proper 'failed' state?

This is the quest he'd give you if you did inform before doing the rest of the Far Harbor stuff

https://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Search_and_Destroy_(Far_Harbor)

I'm not sure which section of the Far Harbor quest line actually starts the option up, but if you do a

sqt (show quest targets)

in your console you might find which one it is and look that one up.

[aro230]

Originally posted by Zekiran:

I suppose? I mean it's one of those 'open ended' things - since it's an optional and not a required part of any of the actual stories, I don't even know whether it HAS a proper 'failed' state?

This is the quest he'd give you if you did inform before doing the rest of the Far Harbor stuff

https://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Search_and_Destroy_(Far_Harbor)

I'm not sure which section of the Far Harbor quest line actually starts the option up, but if you do a

sqt (show quest targets)

in your console you might find which one it is and look that one up.

I haven't actually started FH yet, nor have I finished the base game, but that's my new playthrough and I've been there before. Ideally, the quest would fail after sending Kasumi home, as this is what happened to some, but I can't really find a reliable source or confirmation for that

[aro230]

Originally posted by Al Abaster:

If you're reluctant to inform the BoS, then you should reconsider if you've chosen the correct faction.

And I always will be. I dislike the bos, but not to such a degree that I want do obliterate them like with the institute. Main reason I joined them is to have some more variety in radiant quests and to have Danse as a companion

[Lil C]-[ew C]-[ew is ☂д☂]

The quest mission Search and Destroy will be forever left ongoing if you choose not to proceed with BOS attack onto Arcadia. I can confirm this after having this quest active after 600 hoursish. And I have completed Far Harbor campaign back in 2020 by siding with the Minutemen and the Brotherhood of steel.

[Zekiran]

Originally posted by Lil C-ew C-ew is ☂д☂:

The quest mission Search and Destroy will be forever left ongoing if you choose not to proceed with BOS attack onto Arcadia. I can confirm this after having this quest active after 600 hoursish. And I have completed Far Harbor campaign back in 2020 by siding with the Minutemen and the Brotherhood of steel.

yeah this tracks with my institute runs.

[Iron Knights]

End Game by blowing up the Institute before dealing with that quest ???
All I remember is that on my Institute Run I ratted out Acadia, they all got Recalled for Reprogramming, bad wobot wascals.

[Anissa]

Originally posted by aro230:

Main reason I joined them is to have some more variety in radiant quests and to have Danse as a companion

Very shallow reasons to choose the Brotherhood of Steel, but at least I can see why you have your opinions regarding Arcadia.

[aro230]

Originally posted by Al Abaster:

Originally posted by aro230:

not to such a degree that I want [to] obliterate them like with the institute

The Institute merely defeats the battalion that has invaded the Commonwealth, it doesn't obliterate the Brotherhood. It's clearly stated that this is just to send a message to the Brotherhood to stay away from the Commonwealth going forward. The Brotherhood is an occupying force bent on confiscating all technology and exacting genocide upon ghouls, mutants and synths.

The only folks that get wiped out by the Institute are the Railroad, and personally I don't shed a tear over that.

That's not what I meant, I just blow up the institute every time

[aro230]

Originally posted by Lil C-ew C-ew is ☂д☂:

The quest mission Search and Destroy will be forever left ongoing if you choose not to proceed with BOS attack onto Arcadia. I can confirm this after having this quest active after 600 hoursish. And I have completed Far Harbor campaign back in 2020 by siding with the Minutemen and the Brotherhood of steel.

How about failing the quest before it even begins? Is that even possible? I've heard different versions