ahh... i thought perhaps i could throw you off since that destroyed building is re-used all over the mojave, i thought you might guess the gun runners... forgot that those rescued soldiers were standing back there, i thought they were the usual ones that stand there... i actually walked with the great kahns and jessup all the way to just passed the 188... it was kinda cool... circled back though for some ammo and veronica...
i managed to enter the strip, and even though the soldier in the train station first mentioned the fact i could use weapons unlike him, the rest of the conversation made me feel like i was still in disquise on leave, visiting the strip to piss away my caps... i entered the strip with 800 caps and left with 7,000 after using a barter check on benny for some caps for the delivery job... he gave me 250 tops chips as well and i turned that into 2,500 after a short while at the blackjack table... plus the two snowglobes i turned in as well...
once i fully repair an arc welder or 2, i will probably have enough caps to buy sleepytime ... i think i am going to use all silenced weapons... ratslayer, sleepytime, silenced 45, silenced 12.7mm MG, silenced AMR, various power fists and spiked knuckles... i might not be a silent character per say, but i want others in the distance to wonder what the commotion is all about when they only hear their own men shooting... i might bring a big gun though, i've rarely used them, perhaps i should bring a minigun with me...
i had one of those "this is why i love fallout" moments in the presidential suite of the tops though... once benny tricked me and four of his goons entered the suite, i took them all out in one single VATS session... four enemies, four VATS hits with the spiked knuckles... and within seconds, they all were dead... i love this game...