Looking for a specific, quest-related console command.

[RhymeBomb]

I stupidly hacked Meredith's militech chip in the first act and removed the malware, without realizing that that would prevent me from continuing a questline with her. I then proceeded to finish all the sidejobs and crimes in Watson before I realized my mistake, so using an old save is out of the question.
I do have a save from before I started the quest where you have to pick up the bot from the Maelstroms. What I'm desperately hoping for is that there is a console command(s) that can reset the flag(s) related to betraying Meredith.
I wouldn't be surprised if it's not possible, but if it is, I will do whatever it takes. This is the kind of mistake that would make me put the game away for a few years and I'd really rather not do that.

 

[Tarille]

I stupidly hacked Meredith's militech chip in the first act and removed the malware, without realizing that that would prevent me from continuing a questline with her.

Hacking the chip does not prevent continuing a questline with her (Amusingly, I often literally hack the chip and remove the malware right in front of her, while she's in the middle of explicitly saying NOT to do that... I still get her follow up mission)

So long as you fight your way out of All Foods (By being hostile at any point, not making Jackie sit down, or by directly killing Royce via the dialogue option) Meredith will appear at the end of the mission and congratulate you and lead to the Venus In Furs follow up mission later in the game.

 

[RhymeBomb]

Oh really? The fandom (*spit*) quest page says this:

The Militech operative is Meredith Stout if these conditions were met:

• V met with Meredith, survived the meeting by answering her questions, which allowed him to proceed to retrieve the Flathead from Maelstrom.
• V struck a deal with her and accepted the cred chip.
• V did not try to double-cross Meredith by removing the malware from the chip. It does not matter if V copied the malware on the chip as long as the malware is still on the chip.

Is that inaccurate?

 

[Tarille]

Is that inaccurate?

Aye.

Most of my playthroughs hack the chip and still get the Venus in Furs mission later (The only ones that don't are the ones that explicitly are trying not to involve Meredith so as to later get access to Dum Dum's iconic revolver). Either hacking it before doing The Dropoff, or at some point later because I forgot (So long as you don't give Royce the chip, it will remain in your inventory to hack whenever)

So long as you don't pay Royce, Meredith shows up at the end of the mission (Provided you talk to her in the first place)

 

[RhymeBomb]

Thank you for (almost) clearing this up for me. Based on what you've said, I just need to restart the mission and instead of giving Royce the cleaned chip, I should let Jackie get upset at Dum Dum? Or just make sure that I kill the Maelstrom members? I'm assuming I can't pay him with my own cash either, right?

 

[Tarille]

Just need to start a fight with the Maelstrom.

There's various ways to do it. Such as;

- Being aggressive to them (Aiming at them, attacking them, hacking them) when you're heading for the Elevator (Ripping off a turret at the enterance also works).

- Not calming Jackie down when he confronts Dum Dum.

- Using dialogue options with Royce to either shoot him or deny the deal.

Essentially, so long as you don't pay Royce (Either with the cleaned chip or your own money), you'll start a fight with the Maelstrom. After which you'll get Meredith to appear at the end and thus be able to trigger the later mission.

 

[RhymeBomb]

This is amazing, thank you again. I can definitely live with that.