After reading the note, it is possible to either discuss the deal with Pembroke and enlist him as a backup, or to cut him out entirely by not mentioning it.

The Sole Survivor can get Cooke's note from his body in lieu of hearing about the chem deal directly from him. Taking the latter leads to Cooke's death. Taking the former ensures that both Pembroke and Cooke will be part of the upcoming chem deal ambush, as Cooke tells both Paul and the Sole Survivor directly about it.

Either calm him down with one of three easy Charisma checks or encourage him to attack Cooke. Paul pulls a gun and things escalate quickly. Confronting Cooke Option 1: Confront Cooke with Paul Reporting this to Darcy will cause her to mourn for the rest of the game.

This will trigger a special sequence after some time where Darcy asks the player to help find Paul asking Cooke will reveal he killed Paul and disposed of the body. If he is not followed into the Taphouse, Diamond City Blues will be skipped entirely, and Paul will disappear.If he is followed all the way into the Taphouse, the confrontation still occurs in a variation of option 2 as seen below.On the way to the Colonial Taphouse, he can still be talked to to start the quest. However, Paul will still head off to confront Cooke on his own. Note that if one refuses to help Paul when he asks for backup, Diamond City Blues will not immediately start. However the bar scene plays out, one can either end up going to the chem deal solo, with Cooke, with Pembroke or with both. At this point the quest takes one of a few different turns, which will determine who is present when ambushing an upcoming chem deal.Follow Paul (or go alone) to the Colonial Taphouse to confront Cooke.(Optional) Make Paul stay behind and confront Cooke alone.(Optional) Demand payment with a speech check Paul will hand over 80 caps.Wait until later and talk to Paul around town to get the quest.Visit the Colonial Taphouse and watch Paul Pembroke get beaten by Henry Cooke.Shortly after the scene, Paul Pembroke will seek out the player character in Diamond City, and the actual quest starts. The fight happens when the player character enters the Colonial Taphouse in Diamond City for the first time. The quest is obtained by witnessing Pembroke get in a fight with Cooke over Pembroke's wife Darcy. The quest starts in Diamond City, where the Sole Survivor must help Paul Pembroke deal with Henry Cooke, the barkeeper of the Colonial Taphouse, and then intercept a drug deal in order to gain access to a chem lab.

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