I could have set off a major glitch somehow.
The quest initiated fine starting off with the farming technology and I completed that portion. Went back to the Elder, he sent me out again. Veronica mentioned the pulse gun and getting info from Nelis AFB. Went there, got a note about a shipment to Vault 34 and there was a key too.
My problem with the quest is when I get to a door that requires a key (there are two), the game keeps telling me a key is required to get into either one of these doors. Almost as if i lost the key i picked up at Nelis AFB. Any suggestions as to how to get around it or any leads to continue the quest without getting the pulse riffle? I also lost the conversation to ask Veronica to go after the range finder. Where can I find it?
It's still my first play through, logged about 42 hours.