What to do (Denver/Reagan AI)?

[skeet1983]

Hi guys. I am in the Denver area of W3 and just went through Machine Commune at the Denver Airport, got device to transfer Reagan AI. What are my options, and is one better/preferred over other? Thoughts and help appreciated :)

[Crazed Possum]

You have to choose one or the other. They both have advantages and disadvantages. You will most likely play the game again so write down what you choose and play again with the alternate choices. I did.

[Poor huwhyte Carl]

As typical for this game, there are no definitely good solutions, it's a pros/contras decision that fits your personality best.

I personally went with the robot commune and wiped the gippers, primarily because the machine commune is pretty good to shop at and you get to arrest the patriarch's son undamaged by the brain rewrite.

[sorenthewild]

I transfered reagan to ranger hq.
Now both the gippers and the robots are mad at me.
Lol.

[Radiac]

My advice is to transfer the Reagan AI to your HQ. This restores the oil to Colorado Springs, which you want to do. Also, it foils Mother Nancy Reliance's plot to take over Colorado by installing Reagan/Valor as the heir apparent with herself pulling the strings. The Commune will not deal with you ever again, nor will the Gippers, so buy whatever you want from them first (Nancy Forge has some nice stuff, as does the H.O.G.S. outside the Commune). You don't really need to go back to Denver after you deal with Valor anyway, so it's no great loss. Personally I like to clear out all of the Godfishers, fix the computers, defend the Western Whitehouse from the Godfisher assault, then clear the Drools out of the Godfisher camp, then do the Commune, then transfer the AI to the HQ. On some runs, I would then go back to the commune and destroy all the bots, because they're robots, and we're Rangers, and because they were harboring Tinker, who is a known Cochise disciple, as is Dos Teh Seh, who is actively trying to resurrect Cochise too. Having done that before I can tell you that you get terrible loot from it. All cheapo robot parts, and not even like useful ones, just bent actuators, if I recall correctly.

If you transfer the AI to Valor, he will die, the commune supercomputer wasn't lying about that. It's also true that Reagan never really expressed any interest in joining the Commune ever.

[skeet1983]

Originally posted by Radiac:

My advice is to transfer the Reagan AI to your HQ. This restores the oil to Colorado Springs, which you want to do. Also, it foils Mother Nancy Reliance's plot to take over Colorado by installing Reagan/Valor as the heir apparent with herself pulling the strings. The Commune will not deal with you ever again, nor will the Gippers, so buy whatever you want from them first (Nancy Forge has some nice stuff, as does the H.O.G.S. outside the Commune). You don't really need to go back to Denver after you deal with Valor anyway, so it's no great loss. Personally I like to clear out all of the Godfishers, fix the computers, defend the Western Whitehouse from the Godfisher assault, then clear the Drools out of the Godfisher camp, then do the Commune, then transfer the AI to the HQ. On some runs, I would then go back to the commune and destroy all the bots, because they're robots, and we're Rangers, and because they were harboring Tinker, who is a known Cochise disciple, as is Dos Teh Seh, who is actively trying to resurrect Cochise too. Having done that before I can tell you that you get terrible loot from it. All cheapo robot parts, and not even like useful ones, just bent actuators, if I recall correctly.

If you transfer the AI to Valor, he will die, the commune supercomputer wasn't lying about that. It's also true that Reagan never really expressed any interest in joining the Commune ever.

Thanks so much for the info and help! Um, where can I find Nancy Forge and HOGS? Further thoughts and help appreciated :)

[skeet1983]

Hey again guys. I took care of the Gippers, but don't know how to transfer Reagan AI to Ranger HQ. I think I accidentally transferred it to Machine Commune when I access Computer next to Reagan AI screen. Anyway, I think I am headed to Aspen next for Vic, but am wondering if I need stronger Chassis for Kodiak vehicle. It is currently level 2 for Radiation protection I think. Do I need higher level for Aspen area? Thoughts and help appreciated :)

[Radiac]

There are other little maps you can hit in the area of the overworld around Denver. Did you ge thte radio message form Morningstar yet? If not, you should go there and do that. If you transfer Morningstar into your kodiak you can get the level 3 Rad shield in the DoE site later. There's also binkers, and caches and the Tellurium mine, etc to do in the area around Denver, plus a Scorpitron, look out.

Oh also, there are walkthroughs on YouTube for doing most of this stuff, like how to navigate through the cutscenes and skill checks and dialog to transfer the AI to the HQ, etc.

[Radiac]

The H.O.G.S. vendor bot appears outside of the Machine Commune, in the outdoor Denver map area, just near the portal to the Commune. When leaving the Commune, you will not be able to miss the H.O.G.S., it will be in your way as you're heading back to the Western White House. Nancy Forge is in the Western White House, in a small room which also has the toaster in it. as you walk in the front door, her room is on the character's right, but you might have to go up a staircase and back down to get to her.

[Darth Vader]

Lol, the biggest motivation personally for me was to get a robot companion so I chose Machine Commune