Kidnapped girl in Shady Sands

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First time out of the vault
Howdy.

I'm a first time Fallout 1 player, and I just finished up all of Shady Sands quests (radscorpions and raiders...that's it, right?) Well, this question concerns the latter quest.

I can quite think of her name at the moment...was it Trina? Something with a "T". I'm asking around town and I found out that she's apparently kidnapped by Raiders. However, before even encountering the Khan camp, I can see her wandering around the village chief's place. I spoke to her, bartered with her...but she's supposed to be kidnapped?

Then, I decide to visit the raider camp to see what's what. Their leader asks me to take out a few defenseless women, so I wipe out the camp with my Desert Eagle (with Ian's help, of course). Then, amongst the rubble, what do I find but the corpse of the girl (Trina?) I was supposed to be saving...but was safely stashed away at Shady Sands, last time I checked.

I went back to Shady Sands to see if a reward was offered for wiping out the Raiders, but there was nothing. The girl's boyfriend, Seth, didn't even seem to care that she was dead (he just thanked me for taking out the Radscorpions earlier).

So, yeah. My question has a few different parts.It's been like this in all of the characters I've created, so I don't think it's a glitch.

A) Why was the girl waltzing around the village even though she was supposed to be kidnapped?

B) How'd she get to the raider camp from there?

C) what would I have gotten if I kept her alive throughout the firefight?

Thanks for your time in replying.
 
Ehm, the kidnapped girl should be Tandi and I don't think she has a boyfriend... or does she?

Guck, I need to play Fallout again soon.
 
Yeah, some of the NPCs in town let on that she's got a thing with Seth, the guard at the door.

Tandi, that's it. Thank you.
 
Hmm, she should be in a cell at the raider's camp... Must be a glitch of some sort... Is your game patched up an all?
 
Nope, it's vanilla.

I found her at the Raider camp in her cell...but she was dead. I had to unlock the cell door, so I don't know who killed her or how. Recommend any patches?
 
You sure you didn't mistake Tandi for someone else?
The woman you spoke to in town had a talking head and all that?
 
Sounds very strange to me. I suggest starting a new game after installing at least the official patch available from the files section at NMA.
 
Gotta agree with Buxy here. FO1 was great, but buggy at times.

If I recall correctly, the proper sequence of events should be:

1) you hear about Tandi's kidnapping
2) you go to raider's and deal with it in any way you deem necessary
3) return to Shady Sands with Tandi, and get a mediocre reward from her pappy

If you don't do this, it's not game breaking, and Tandi doesn't have anything to do with the main quest, so if you could probably just keep going if you wanted.
 
The kidnapping foreshadowing is a dialogue glitch. Bringing Tandi back to Shady Sands is worth some 400 xp, I think.
 
Sorry about the double-post - just an update.

I started a couple of new games, and this particular glitch seems pretty consistent. So, on my game at least, Tandi never gets kidnapped. Aw, well. I can still find her at the Khan camp anways, so perhaps if I rescue her I can still get the XP.
 
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