The Bleeding Edge

The Bleeding Edge is a quest given by Travis Taylor in Rocket City. To start the quest you must be Idolized in the Union.

Walkthrough
Once you achieve a reputation of Idolized in the Union, a courier will let you know that the engineers at Rocket City Mechanics are looking for you. Go there and speak to Travis Taylor.

Travis and his team are working on a new breed of power armor- the Minerva suit. They need someone to test drive the thing, and who better to wear the suit first than the Union's hero? You gain access to the Prototype Minerva Suit. The suit has several problems:

- If you have less than 5 Strength or Endurance, the suit will crush your spine, killing you instantly.

- Every step deals a small amount of damage to a random limb.

- The jetpack sets the user on fire and deals large amounts of fire damage to them.

- It depletes fusion cores very quickly.

You need to scout these problems out by doing the following:

- Take 200 HP of limb damage from walking in the suit.

- Set yourself on fire with the jetpack.

- Deplete a fusion core.

Once you have scouted out the suit's problems, return it to the Mechanics and give Travis a rundown of your findings. Quest complete!

Rewards
100 caps

A week later the next iteration of the Minerva Suit will be finished, and free for you to use. The problems have been ironed out, and though it still consumes Fusion Cores faster than most suits of Power Armor, it boasts the highest DT in the game.