Game breaking softlock in Outer Worlds 2

[TheJotunn]

Encountered a bug where I cannot progress to the Vox Relay station without killing my way the the entire Protectorate faction or doing other janky things. TL;DR I can't use the Writ of Conscription to get in.

I did the quests for Milverstreet to recruit/sabotage the people in Westport and got the Writ of Conscription from Vigilant Hogarth. However, I can't show the Writ to the Protectorate guard on the bridge leading into the Vox Relay.

This is (likely) because I already chatted with the guard about finding the traitors (and turning in Inez, though I didn't follow through that dialogue option) as an alternate means of getting access. I refused the quest to find the traitors, but in my exploration, I must have come across one of them. I had dialogue with the guard relating to a person jumping to their death and needing proof of this but I don't recall where this person would have been and don't actually have the quest in my quest log (since I never accepted it).

It's worth noting that, during the Westport sequence, I also sent the guard's cousin (Charleston?) to see her and try to convince her to leave. This interaction where he gets crucified may also be contributing to the bug.

Regardless, I can't show her the Writ to get past, I don't want to do the quest to find the traitors, and it would be a huge pain if I did want to because it's not in my quest log. My only options are basically to turn over Inez to be hanged or stumble upon the arm of the traitor. I'm just starting over because it's only 7 hours in but definitely a punch to the gut.

[TheJotunn]

After rushing a bit to get to this point on my second playthrough, it is not a bug that I could not use the Writ to get across the bridge, apparently that is intended. The bug was that I did not get the quest to cross the bridge (For Whom the Bridge Tolls) added to my quest log. The tragedy is that I'm guessing I could have found the arm and progressed the quest since getting the cousin there (Charlton) is actually a part of the quest. Basically it bugged out because I accidentally completed a part of the quest by sending Charlton to the bridge without actually accepting the quest (by my guess).