Ok so I received this quest from a Provisioner at Red Truck Stop Station (one of my settlements) to rescue a kidnapped trader from Raiders.........I rescued the guy, the quest told me to report back to the Provisioner so I went back to the Provisioner but I am unable to initate the dialogue sequece. Every time I go near the Provisioner or try to activate her, she thanks me for rescuing the trader and then walk away....I can't initiate the proper dialogue with her and I don't get the credit for the quest completion......also the quest mark is still showing up on Provisioner's head........

What do I do? Does anyone know how to resolve this? Because it was not a small rescue, it took me about couple of hours to rescue this guy it was kinda long run so I was looking to get some decent XP out of it.......

Thanks

Have you tried fast travelling away then going back? Or do you have any previous saves that you can try? (Auto saves or quick saves) Maybe try talking to Preston, you usually have to talk to him after those quests anyway so it's a long shot but worth a try

It has nothing to do with Preston.......or may be it does, i dont know but I received this quest one of the provisioners (the traders who visit your settlements with their Brahman carrying the goods). Preston was waiting for me at Minutemen Castle or whatever its called, when I received this quest......he was no where near me.

I had one where the darn guy wander all over the map. Every time I fast traveled to where he was he had moved on. I had to try and figure out where he was headed next and get ahead of him. Once I caught up to him I was able to turn it in. What puzzled me was I was under the impression that they only traveled back and forth between two Settlements but this guy moved all over the map. He was a Porvisioner not a traveling merchant so it didn't make a lot of sense to me.

Eventually those quests all lead back to Preston. "Yeah I rescued that kidnapped settler and now his settlement has agreed to support the Minutemen." "That's great. By the way, we just got word that the settler got kidnapped again." Wonder if this is going to be the next "arrow in the knee" meme.

Provisioners are great. Wait till she leaves the town's boundaries, combat shotgun to the occipital lobe, quest complete.