To leave The Fort with the Platinum Chip, advance Render Unto Caesar through the Fort objective until Caesar gives the chip back, then take the boat from The Fort to Cottonwood Cove. If you want to leave before completing the objective, there is a hostile workaround—but killing the exit Legionaries fails the Legion quest.
How to leave The Fort with the chip the normal way
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Continue Render Unto Caesar through its Fort objective. If the gate guard took your Platinum Chip when you entered, the quest progression is what gets it returned to you.
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Once you have the chip back, travel to the boat connection and take the boat from The Fort to Cottonwood Cove. Cottonwood Cove is the route between the two locations. See the Render Unto Caesar quest reference and GameSpot’s Fallout: New Vegas walkthrough.
Can you leave before opening the vault?
A quest reference describes an early-exit workaround: kill the Legionaries at The Fort’s exit. This lets you leave before opening the vault, but it fails the Legion quest. Killing the ferryman, Cursor Lucullus or the other ferryman, can also earn Legion infamy, so avoid attacking him if you want to avoid that consequence. The normal route—completing the objective that leads into the weather-station vault and getting the chip back—avoids that early-exit cost. Fallout Wiki’s Platinum chip reference
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What can make the Legion hostile?
Bringing Boone to Cottonwood Cove
If Boone is active at Cottonwood Cove, he attacks Legionaries and can turn Legion forces at the Cove and The Fort hostile. Leave him behind before traveling there if you want to avoid that trigger. The available reference specifies Boone; it does not establish that every companion behaves the same way. Fallout Wiki’s The Fort reference
Killing Benny in Caesar’s tent
Killing Benny in the tent beside Caesar’s throne turns the Legion hostile immediately, according to the The House Always Wins II quest reference. Fallout Wiki’s The House Always Wins II reference
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