Train heist

Lost train
Sidequest
Quest information
Location	Rail Crossing
Given by	Captain Herve
Rewards	? classic XP / 1 oddity XP 400 Stygian Coin
Related quests
Previous: Get rid of the Faceless Follow-up: Join the Protectorate Join the Free Drones

Find a missing supply train that that was bound for Rail Crossing.

Objectives

• Captain Herve wants you to help him find out what happened with a Protectorate train that was supposed to bring supplies to Rail Crossing, but never arrived. The train was supposed to set off from South Railroad Outpost.

Walkthrough

The train was hijacked. The train and its hijackers can be found in a small depot some ways south from Rail Crossing, accessible via an area with wild dogs and then following the railway south and turning west at the first intersection.

You can either report the hijacking to Major Clifton in South Railroad Outpost, or try to deal with the bandits yourself. They aren't immediate hostile, and you can also try to gain their trust with persuasion (? skill required). They will tell you they are anarchists called Free Drones.

• If you report the train's location to Clifton, Protectorate soldiers will take care of the bandits. You can return to Captain Herve for your reward.

• If you kill the bandits yourself, one of them arms a powerful bomb near the train (120 second timer) and identifies their group as Free Drones.
  • You can intimidate him to defuse the bomb (50 skill confirmed, maybe less).
  • The bomb can also be disarmed manually. Traps skill helps to identify the correct options, but is not strictly necessary.
    • Remove loose side panel
    • Inspect the switches → [Traps] Flip the second switch
    • Inspect the battery → [Traps] Attempt to remove the battery
    • Inspect the wires → [Traps] Cut the black one
  • If the bomb detonates, the train will be destroyed and the entire train depot will be buried under stone. You can report the train's destruction and Free Drones involvement to Clifton.

Aftermath

Depending on how the mission went, you will be later on presented an opportunity to join the Protectorate or Free Drones, or nothing at all.

• Killing the bandits and defusing the bomb or revealing the train's location to authorities in SRO will allow an opportunity to join the Protectorate.
• Finding the bandits, not attacking them and lying to Harve that you cannot find the train will result in an opportunity to join Free Drones.
• Getting the train blown up to smithereens will provide no follow-up quests from any faction.