Z-14 Pepsinae DNA splicing lab is a location in the east of the Big MT in the Fallout: New Vegas add-on Old World Blues.
Layout
Entering the building, there is a lobby area with several desks and filing cabinets. A few piles of mutilated gore are on the floor. On the left side, there is a Deluxe Chemistry Set on a table, which can be used to make chems or stimpaks. Several proton throwing axes can be found in this area. There is a stairwell leading down.
There are several cazadores in the lower area, with a few hiding behind doors in containment cells. A skeleton with a laser rifle and several microfusion cells resides within one of the containment cells. The medical lab behind the large main door contains a unique cazador, Specimen 73.
Notable loot
Exterior
- If you hop on the big pipe near the rear of the entrance and follow it to the end towards the Securitron de-construction plant, there will be a Marksman carbine, a crate and a greasy toolbox with some decent loot (i.e. chems, caps, ammunition, etc.)
Interior
- Atomic-valence tri-radii-oscillator on Specimen 73.
- Auto-Doc Upgrade: Implant M-5 on the surgical table in the room with Specimen 73.
- Scientist glove on the back table in the room with Specimen 73.
- Laser rifle can be found in the tunnel in the final closed door on the south wall, next to a skeleton, mutilated corpses, and microfusion cells on the floor and in an ammunition box next to the door.
- 3 proton throwing axes can be found in the open lockers to your right when you first enter the facility, as well as a fourth on the table to the left with the Deluxe Chemistry Set.
Notes
- Pepsinae refers to the subfamily taxonomic designation for wasps. As cazadores appear to be derived from the tarantula hawk wasp (Pepsis formosa), it is implied that this lab was responsible for research on the cazador, and possibly the creation of the species.
- Conversing with Dr. Borous reveals that he was responsible for creating the cazadores, possibly in this lab.
- You can wait three days for the cazadores to respawn inside the facility in order to earn all three ranks of DNAvenger, which increases the damage you do to them by up to 30%. When coupled with the Implant C-13 perk, cazadores will be significantly easier to kill. Be warned: if you leave without searching Specimen 73 and come back after the others have respawned, Specimen 73's body would have disappeared, and you won't be able to loot the Atomic-valence tri-radii-oscillator off of it.
Bugs
Sometimes the cazadors can glitch out of the interior but will still be hostile to you. They will reappear after about 10 seconds.
Appearances
The Z-14 Pepsinae DNA splicing lab appears only in the Fallout: New Vegas add-on Old World Blues.
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