Talk:Meet the Patriarch/@comment-34219060-20180122040358

It's so weird and not explained why the Monolith become hostile towards the player after hiding in the Hut. You were just asked to join, then bam, blowout, and suddenly they're all hostile (I didn't try to hide with them or anything). Would've been cool if Dezo threw in an explanation like "The Blowout probably told them to shoot at Strelok by some higher intelligence" or Captain / Patriarch coming back saying "Sorry, but the Monolith refuses you, permanently".

Also, Captain is only immortal through the quest. You can kill him before talking to Nomad, he's guarding the checkpoint just up ahead. You still get a PDA message from "Captain" saying "Stop. Approach slowly", but you don't get "Meet the Patriarch" quest. I'm not sure if the blowout still happens or not and if this can be used as an exploit or not.