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Guest Characters: Jake, Aiden, Lupe, Theresa, Mansfield, Cassandra
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Go to the Meeting Room.
Sit in the chair.
Theresa explains what she's discovered.
Converse with HQ Department Heads.
Aiden will suggest building an outpost.
Cassandra will suggest Spectacle Island, Mansfield suggests Warwick Homestead and Theresa will suggest The Castle.
Select a Settlement to Build an Outpost.
If you have not already settled there, you will need to either complete the required quests to claim the Settlement, or optionally, send an HQ Security Team to clear out and claim the Settlement or clear it out and claim it yourself.
Build a Weapons Lab. You can build one in HQ in the Basement, in the Upper Central Room.
If you have not unlocked Artillery at The Castle via Old Guns (Minuteman Quest), you will need to research Artillery at HQ before you can proceed.
Command Mode: SCIENCE > TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH: WEAPONS RESEARCH - ARTILLERY
If you had to claim the Settlement of your choice or send HQ Security, return to the HQ Meeting Room to continue the quest.
Decide to Build the Outpost.
Lupe, Aiden and HQ Staff will travel to the Settlement. Join them there.
You can decide to let them build, or build the location yourself.
WARNINGS:
Issues will occur if:
1. If you have existing multi-level City Plans already built at the possible new Outpost sites (The Castle, Spectacle Island or Warwick Homestead). You should Select Build the Outpost yourself.
2. If you have set the City Manager Holotape: Options > Gameplay > City Bulding > Starting Plot Levels: to ON, Lupe's Comm Station will not build and the quest will not proceed.
3. Building Lupe's Comm plot; Lupe does not build this plot. A Settler at the Settlement will build it. If the plot is unassigned, you will need to assign a Settler to build. (Building can be delayed if resources are not available.)
If you told Lupe they should build:
If building manually:
WARNING: You should remain in that location while construction is taking place.
After construction is completed:
Next Quest: A Faction is Born