Quest Item Power Coupler

[Pegasus Organs]

Went on a killing spree and found this.... there seems to be no normal way to get this OTHER than killing Kekkahbah

[HoroSaga]

The Power Coupler is only used if you fail to save both Ag Center and Highpool. In that case, you're ordered to find three components needed to repair the broken radio tower at the Rail Nomad Camp. Two of the components are found in the ruins of Ag Center and Highpool, and the third component is the Power Coupler that you get from Kekkahbah.

If you're actually given the quest to repair the radio tower at RNC, then you can actually ask him about it, and he'll agree to give it to you as long as you resolve the dispute between the Atchison and Topeka tribes in his favor (or convince the two tribes to work together). Otherwise, the only way to get it from him is by killing him.

If you aren't given the mission to repair the broken radio tower at RNC, then the power coupler is useless.

[Pegasus Organs]

Why can't I repair the radio tower anyway? I kept wondering about it. It's just weird. Would've been better/made more sense to have a new map that ONLY unlocks in case of failure at both sites. This way, I'm left wondering why no one bothers fixing the RNC radio tower.

[HoroSaga]

Originally posted by Pegasus Organs:

Why can't I repair the radio tower anyway? I kept wondering about it. It's just weird. Would've been better/made more sense to have a new map that ONLY unlocks in case of failure at both sites. This way, I'm left wondering why no one bothers fixing the RNC radio tower.

Because they don't have sufficient parts to repair it. The components only become available if you salvage them from multiple other (previously functional) radio towers in the area (ie, the ones at both Ag Center and Highpool). I guess, for whatever reason, the Desert Rangers lack the ability to build the necessary components.

That aside, it would cut out too much content if the player was allowed to repair a third tower without having to visit Damonta. The player would end up being able to skip over both Titan Valley/Temple and Damonta/Silo 7, which are two of the largest locations in the game, and it would almost certainly end up leaving the player underpowered when they proceeded to California.