north-east. Me and all the gang did take damage in the process, and
bear in mind that there'll be the ants to slow you down. But I still
had enough hp left when I reached the broken air purifier. At that
point, you stop taking damage.

Go back and talk to Zaius for your reward. It's a combat shotgun.
(You may also stop and clear out all the critters in the mine, if you
need the xp. The ants are only 25 xp each, but there are many of
them, and the Lesser Deathclaw is 250.)

Now that you've solved all of Broken Hills' problems, you can get
Marcus the sherrif to join you. He's the only npc you can get who can
use big guns and energy weapons. Hey, he starts with a minigun. And
he can carry lots. And he's got good hp. When you max out his level,
he's got a bit over 200hp, compared to 134 for Sulik, and I think 117
for Vic. Bad news, however, is that he can't use any armour. By the
final battles, I had Sulik and Vic in Hardened Power Armors, while
Marcus was still naked. I.e., he was losing hp a lot faster.

Another piece of bad news is that large guns do spray bullets over a
huge area. Surprisingly, Marcus is a lot more careful with his burst
shots than either Vic or Sulik, but that means that most of the time
he'll just stand there and do nothing if he can't get a clear shot.
(Well, it's better than spraying you, but it's useless.) If you do
get him, my advice is to give him a plasma rifle soon.

He's also good with unarmed weapons, such as the power fist and later
the "mega power fist". However, I've always found Goris to be better
at unarmed, at similar levels.

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