“I believe we need a new frequency embedded into the gun. It was designed to broadcast many sounds once charged. We just don't know the frequency.”— Doctor Dala
Start the Advanced Institutional Test and access the data terminal in the test chamber lobby to download the EM pulse wave upgrade for the sonic emitter.
Inside the facility, one must follow the objectives for the main quest in starting and completing the Basic Institutional Test, which requires locating three terminals to access the student records on them while fighting through automated turrets and cyberdogs. Once the Basic test is completed, return to the test terminal, where the options for the 'Residential Cyberdog Guard Test' and 'Advanced Institutional Test' will be unlocked. The former is required for the main quest, while the latter advances this quest in tandem with the side quest X-8 Data Retrieval Test.
Start the Advanced Institutional Test and reenter the faux-American High test chamber. One will find a data terminal (similar to the one in Vault 22 during There Stands the Grass) in the far corner of the lobby. Accessing it opens a message to download the EM pulse wave upgrade; do so. With this upgrade, all acquired variants of the sonic emitter, including the starting "Revelation" variant, gain the ability to remove the force fields found throughout Big MT (but not any found in the Mojave Wasteland). Completing the quest simply requires using the upgraded sonic emitter to remove any of the nearby force fields in the test chamber.
Quest stages[]
Stage
Status
Description
10
Travel to the X-8 Research Center.
20
Begin the Institutional test at the X-8 Test terminal.
30
Find the three student records on the X-8 Institutional Facility terminals.
40
Leave the X-8 Institutional Facility through the upstairs exit.
50
Begin the Advanced Institutional test at the X-8 Test terminal.
60
Upgrade the sonic emitter.
70
Test the sonic emitter EM Pulse Wave on a force field.
Notes[]
The force field surrounding the balcony of the Sink can be removed with an upgraded sonic emitter, though it is not possible to jump over the balcony as there is an invisible wall there. One can, however, snipe targets on the ground from the balcony after the force field is down.
Gallery[]
Terminal and entrance to the test area
The terminals with the student records during the institutional test
