
While Coal Black Horse relates a young man’s coming-of-age during the Civil War, Olmstead’s latest is set in 1916 Mexico, where adventure-seeking Americans have drifted south of the border to hunt for Pancho Villa and his band of rebels. In Cormac McCarthy’s All the Pretty Horses, a sage vaquero tells our protagonist that “no man who has not gone to war on horseback can ever truly understand the horse.” The first installment of McCarthy’s Border Trilogy does not test the legitimacy of this equine maxim, but Robert Olmstead’s latest novel, the unapologetically McCarthy-esque Far Bright Star, seems to set for itself precisely that task.įar Bright Star is a sequel, of sorts, to Olmstead’s prizewinning Coal Black Horse (2007), both novels dealing extensively with horses and war. Lee’s maxim: “It is well that war is so horrible, or we would grow to love it too much.” Once inside the radiated zone, head up the stairs and push the button.August 7th, 2009 Robert Olmstead’s new novel demonstrates Robert E. Grab the nearby Hazmat Suit and enter the decontamination room. You can fight them now or later on in the quest. If you try to activate the turrets or the security through the terminal before this room, two Assaultrons will appear to fight you. Once downstairs, follow the path until you reach the decontamination room. Once there, fight off the Synths, then use the smaller elevator to get down to the lab holding the Beryllium Agitator. If you get the power back on, use the elevator to travel down to the lobby. Locate the Mass Fusion Labs Key on a desk in a nearby room, then use the terminal (Expert) to restore power.

Eventually they will cut the power and you'll be stuck at the bottom. Use the Executive ID to use the elevator to get down to the lower levels.Īs you ride the elevator, fight off the Synths as they appear across from you. Use the password to read the terminal in the room on the same floor level.


Once all are dead, head onto the second floor and locate the abandoned desk holding the Mass Fusion Executive Lab Password and Mass Fusion Executive ID. The fewer Synths you killed from the Vertibird, the more you'll have to kill on foot! After a while, the Vertibird will let you jump out and land on the roof. Telling the Institute will start the Mass Fusion quest.Įnter the Vertibird and use the machine gun to take down Synths on the roof of the building.

Whichever option you chose, one of the factions will become your enemy and this unrecoverable. You'll get the option to either fly to Mass Fusion or go and tell the Institute of the Brotherhood's plans.
