Fire Support Quest Stuck

[Moksha8088]

Went to the Cambridge Police Station for the quest Fire Support. I arrive with Piper and Dogmeat in tow and we stumble upon a ghoul attack. We finish off the ghouls and I talk to Paladin Danse and he says, "We've got hostiles" Talked to Scribe Haylen and she is also stuck. There are no more hostiles. There are no more ghouls to be found.

 

Obviously, this quest if messed up, but I assume it is an important one that leads to more stuff later on. What can I do to fix it? Is there a setstage level for the quest to advance it?

 

I need help, please.

[Moksha8088]

I found this thread on-line and it looks like many have experienced this glitch. https://community.bethesda.net/thread/4240?start=0&tstart=0

 

Some of the advice offered seems at odds with others, so I am still in need of the best solution.

 

The Fallout Wiki lists this solution:

 

Sometimes after defeating all the ghouls, the Brotherhood of Steel members refuse to talk, as if there are more ghouls incoming. A suggested fix is to use the console command setstage 0005ddab 40.

[2much4l1]

Having Piper in tow means you took too long to start the quest. To be safe you need to start the quest as soon as you are in radio range.

 

Console commands aren't very immersive :). Reload a save where you are just entering radio range.

[Moksha8088]

Reload a save where you are just entering radio range.

That reload would be way too far in the past.

 

Putting time limits on quests? That is a major step back for Bethesda to have linear quests. We don't need no stinking linearity!!! Maybe Arthmoor or some other modder could tidy that up with a patch at some point.

[Moksha8088]

For PC Players, here is the fix for getting stuck in both the quest Fire Support and Call to Arms:

 

Fire Support Glitch

 

When Paladin Danse is stuck repeating the line about hostiles, you can break him out of it by typing:

 

Setstage 0005ddab 40

 

Call to Arms

 

If you get to Arcjet and Danse starts his walk-about in another direction, you can type:

 

Setstage bos101 0

 

This will return you to the Cambridge Police Station. Follow Paladin Danse again. He will take a different route and the quest can be completed.

 

Hope that helps.

[damanding]

I don't think that quest has a time limit imposed on it. I've ignored it for a *very* long time after hearing the radio broadcast and not had issues.

[dalec]

First Time Ever I got this bug. I took grenades off Piper but she still got in a fight with them, so I sent her to Sanc, then I took grenades off Doppelganger, but I ended up using the console command, had a chat but that's where it ended, No motion to go into the Station to get supplies or anything about prepping for Arcjet.

I think I will be Institute again.

[SKKmods]

You may be having problems with multiple companions/followers: Dogmeat + Piper ?

 

BOS100 and BOS101 quests include "match companion in followers" function which looks up the companion alias in the followers quest. If your multi companion mods bugger around with this mechanism it may prevent the quests from staging. Note this is just a cursory suggestion looking at quest aliases, I haven't unpicked the quest scripts to be sure.

[syntarro]

I had this problem, If haylen is down, injured, during the fight with ferals, the glitch kicks in, go to last load before you reach Cambridge... set the game for very easy, then start fire support, once completed, you can resume very hard. the game is wired for her to be upright and fighting. danse is suppose to be the tank.