Ok guys I admit. I screwed up. Big time. I have put countless hours in FO2 and I finally got back to the main quest so I can finish before NV. I did everything I needed to do for the fixing of the tanker other then getting the part from Vault 13. I went to Vault 13 and found I had raided everything before and I could not find the part. I looked in all my companions inventory and my own and the car trunk. The only companion that I have dead is Miria and I killed her before I found the Vault. I don't know why the heck I would sell it to anybody or leave it anywhere. So what I'm getting at is.... am I screwed? or is there another way? Thanks :tops:

Well you could use an inventory editor. If such a thing exists. The thing you want is the http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/NavCom_Parts. At least now you know what to look for. Using the Fallout 2 Mapper is another option. You could drop the NavCom Parts somewhere in your current cell then load the game a pick them up.

I'm afraid the answer is only yes if, and only if you're playing Killap's restoration project. In this case, it is possible to catch a vertibird from Navarro.

Luckily I have Killap's restoration. How does one catch this vertibird?

That I'm not sure of as I've not done it...

I'm not entirely sure yet, I'm still playing FRP 2.1.1, but I think the vertibird escape in this version is disabled because of the submarine thingy.

So can you get there with the submarine or something?

I dunno which version of F2RP you've installed but on all previous versions (before 2.1.1) it's possible to hijack a vertibird.

Otherwise I think you're ... well you know. Hmm, then the only way to solve this is to cheat a little utilizing an inventory editor.

F2se editor by TeamX compatible with F2RP: http://teamx.ru/node/361

Hope it works... summoning quest items with an editor can have a tendency to crash, corrupt saves or just have no effect at all.

It can't hurt to try however. But for safety reasons: be sure to make and use a test save first, not the original one of course.