Exploring the Mojave: Southern New Vegas: Mojave

Follow the road east from Vault 19 to find the Whittaker Farmstead. Nearby, a group of Powder Gangers lurks. Inside the ranch house, you can find .357 Rounds and Buffout on a table, along with a note. In the kitchen, there is an issue of Future Weapons Today and food in a Sunset Sarsaparilla Crate.

Continue east to find Hunter’s Farm. This ranch is occupied by Powder Gangers, or possibly Fire Geckos. Inside the ranch, loot the kitchen for a Refrigerator, a Sunset Sarsaparilla Crate, and Bottle Caps on a counter.

South of these farms, along the cliffs, Deathclaws are plentiful. Southeast of Hunter’s Farm is the Junction 15 Railway Station, which is overrun by Deathclaws. On the landing outside the station, you can find Bottle Caps, Hydra, and loot some Suitcases.

Head north-northeast from the Junction 15 Railway Station to find a ruined farm now hosting Fire Ants. Fiends also encroach on this territory. Kill both the ants and the Fiends. Inside the barn, search for an Ant Mound. Explore the loft for a Tool Box, a Footlocker, an Ammo Box, a Grenade Box, and two Metal Boxes. Descend into the Ant Mound.

Proceed through the Ant Mound tunnels until you reach a fork; head west as the south-eastern path is a dead-end. After another fork, take the southern path, go through a cavern, into another tunnel, and down a slope to the east. In a chamber at the end of the tunnel, you will find a Giant Ant Queen and at least one Fire Ant Soldier guard. Loot two Wastelanders in the chamber beyond, and some Ant Egg clutches and Ant Refuse Piles.

Return to the surface and continue north to find the Allied Technologies Offices building. Expect Fiends lurking about. Clear them out and explore the two buildings: the Allied Technologies Building to the west and the Abandoned Warehouse to the east. In the warehouses, you can find Wine and Refrigerators.

Enter the Allied Technologies Offices. Kill the Giant Ants in the lobby and loot a small table near some chairs for an issue of True Police Stories. In the offices to the east, you will find another bug to smite, some Sunset Sarsaparilla, and a dose of Fixer. In the hallway north of the lobby are more bugs. Beyond a door to the west is a cafeteria with two Giant Ants. Loot the room to find a copy of Tales of a Junktown Jerky Vendor on the floor near some bookshelves, and an issue of Tales of Chivalrie on the bottom shelf of a nearby bookshelf.

Leave the Allied Technologies Offices and head south to a road. Follow it east to return to the Cassidy Caravan Wreckage. From here, head north through a ruined fence and along Camp McCarran’s eastern perimeter to find the Aerotech Office Building. Circle around to the northern end of the complex and head inside.

Wandering around the Aerotech Office Park, you can find Bert Gunnarsson, a Ghoul doctor. Captain Parker will tell you that the Aerotech Office Park is a refugee camp. Ask if you can help, and he will tell you about missing persons he wants you to investigate and point you towards Saint James in Westside. This starts the quest _The Coyotes_. He will also ask you to check out a man named Keith.

Head inside a nearby tent to find Frank Weathers. He will admit he is a coward if you pass an [Intelligence 5] check. Offer to help him to start the quest _Left My Heart_, which requires travel to Cottonwood Cove. Loot four First Aid Boxes on a metal shelf behind the beds, then grab three doses of Mentants nearby.

Explore Aerotech Suite 300, where you may find survivors from Vault 34 if you rescued them during the quest _Hard Luck Blues_. There is minor loot to gather, including desks, food from a kitchen to the north-west, and behind a locked door [Easy], you will find a .357 Magnum Revolver and some .357 Magnum Rounds.