Getting to Gerdy

Start
After finishing the Find a Doctor quest by finding Allen Carter, you get this quest once you tell him about Gerdy. He wants to go to her immediately and wants you to guard him against animals on the way. He won't take no as an answer.

About
Guide Allen to Gerdy at the crashed lifeboat.

Goal

 * Guide Allen Carter to Gerdy

Reward
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Walkthrough
Just walk back to Gerdy Hooke at the Crash Site, Allen will follow you. Watch out for critters along the way, although this should be a pretty safe trip during daytime. The quest is finished once Allen Carter gets close enough to Gerdy, and after a short dialog the Escort Mission quest will start automatically.

While not required for the quest, for better protection you should consider getting at least one of the Recruitable NPCs at Carter Camp as a follower, and buy weapons and armor from Allen Carter before starting the quest. Also make sure you have enough arrows for your bow.

This is the first follow / defend mission in the game. This type of mission didn't allow fast traveling back in earlier versions, but since Beta 0.4 fast travel works just fine with this one and most of the others, unless scripted differently. Only one follow / defend is allowed at a time, so you won't be able to accept this quest in case you already have to escort Doctor's Assistant to gather herbs.