Sunset Sarsaparilla headquarters Sunset Sarsaparilla headquarters is a in the Mojave Wasteland . It is the headquarters of the Sunset Sarsaparilla Company . It is located north - west of El Rey Motel and directly west of the NCR sharecropper farms . Background . The old headquarters of the well - known and loved “ Beverage of the West Coast , Sunset Sarsaparilla ” , this structure features a many - faceted glass bottle of the company ' s signature drink . Before the war , an urban legend circulated that if any one collected enough bottle caps marked with a star and took them to the Sunset Sarsaparilla headquarters they could receive a prize . Now , this legend has taken on a life of its own ; crazed individuals stalk the wasteland searching for “ SSSs ” ( Sunset Sarsaparilla Stars ) , a fact exacerbated by an automated robotic attendant , Festus , who prompts people with an option to present their Sunset Sarsaparilla Stars . Dare to find out the truth ? Layout . Entering the factory , to the left is ; a cowboy robot who asks for Sunset Sarsaparilla star bottle cap s . Asking him " " Star Info " " reveals the contest and triggers the quest The Legend of the Star . Another terminal activates a maintenance robot , Mr . Janitor , who collects s around the factory , and then disposes them in a garbage can by the maintenance office he is found in . He gathers a total of over 550 bottle caps . There are three Sunset Sarsaparilla Security protectrons , one is initially on the ground floor , another is circling around the restroom section on the second floor , and one on the railings overseeing the bottling area . On the ground floor , there is a Very Hard locked door . Access requires to go up one staircase and down another . Within that room is some scrap metal , miscellaneous toolbox items , and a terminal with status reports on the plant ' s various robots . There is also a miniature empty Sunset Sarsaparilla bottle on the shelf behind / inside of the barrel . Oddly , there is a second Very Hard locked door down here , but the door is clearly swung open and would have otherwise lead to a room of rubble . Opening it earns experience , but nothing else . In the shipping room , there is an Average locked terminal . Activating the terminal reveals a discussion regarding an experimental delivery robot that was reportedly single - handedly running all the distribution in the Vegas area . In the bottling room , there is a lone surviving bottling robot . When talking to it , it first talks as if the Courier would be its master . But after realizing this is not the case , it becomes hostile and attacks . If a companion discovers it first , it will instantly become hostile . The furthest room in the back on the 2nd level factory floor has a safe , an Average locked terminal , and a hole in the floor leading to a door which remains locked until Festus is given 50 star bottle caps . Appearances . Sunset Sarsaparilla headquarters appears only in " " . Behind the scenes . On a computer terminal on the ground floor , there is an " " Annual Sales Report " " which references games in the " Fallout series " by what area they are set in : " " Northeast continues to be a tough nut to crack " " " Fallout 3 " . " " Things are shaping up in the North and Midwest " " " " . " " As usual , performance in the Southwest is strong " " " Fallout " , " Fallout 2 " and " Fallout : New Vegas " .