Upon entry to Camp Guardian the Courier will receive a radio broadcast containing word of Halford's problems.
There will be 3-4 radscorpions on the mountain path and several giant rats near the camp itself. After finding Halford's tent, there is a journal piece nearby telling the Courier of the cave behind their tent. In the entrance there is a crate with several C-4 plastic explosive and a 9mm pistol. No lakelurks should be found on the way to Halford.
Upon finding Halford, the player character may notice a blood pile near his leg. Having a doctor's bag or medicine skill of 50 will allow the Courier to heal his leg. Upon exiting he will give the player character his rifle in full condition and a note with schematics for the dog tag fist. He will tell the Courier to take the note to his superiors.
Notes
The Camp Guardian distress call has no set order of messages, which means the player may hear the same thing two or three times in a row.
If all lakelurks are killed and all four dogtags are collected first, then talk with Halford, he will thank the player, but there will be no opportunity to heal his leg and he will stay in the cave indefinitely.
When talking to Halford you can tell him he has a nice gun. If you tell him this he says he will give you the gun if you get him out. If you do it right there is a loop where you can ask for his gun and he gives it to you and you continue talking to him. If you tell him that he said he would help you, he says he can find his own way out and doesn't want to die. The dialogue continues and you can ask again for his gun. You can do this indefinitely each time giving you a new service rifle and more ammo.