...a quick search only yeilded pre-release vault speculation info

I've been avoiding 34. I thought I read you needed a lockpick of 100 to access the armory...I'm interested to see if that's true.

I went in playing hardcoe at lvl 8 and its been rough, lol, but then I thought i hit pay-dirt til the door said 'key required'...grrr

I hear there are two dead ghouls at the bottom of bodies of water, with keys that lead to the armory, but I swore I heard of there being a 100 lockpick there...Not sure...

You have to swim under water in flooded parts, there are two flooded parts which you need to go to. Each flooded part has a white ghoul lying dead a bit in under water, they have a key for the terminals, which you use to remove the water.

So, the only items needed to access the full armory are the two keys found on the drowned ghouls? No lockpick or science 100 requirement?

What's in the armory?

http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Vault_34

Been there you need to find the security keys one is located in a flooded area on a dead technician(feral) under a desk. The other is located in the other flooded area on a dead technician. You need to activate one of the computers, and start the pumps to clear the first flooded area out after that go back to the now not flooded area, and go into the security area, and unlock the security terminal with the other key, and unlock the overseers office. In the overseers office is a tough tough fight. You best be ready there is like 6 glowing ones, the overseer is a reaver and 2 turrets in his office. Take lots of radx radaway, and a radsuit. The key to the armory is on the overseer. What I did was used a stealth boy, and some spiked knuckles to take a big chunk of health off the overseer. Then i got up on the platform and hurled grenades, and dynamite from there. They can't seem to get you up there Goodluck

turns out, i had most of what i needed to do done, so i can't say for sure what i did, but someones earlier post sounds correct.

for who asked what was in there, a [censored]-ton of goodies including much ammo, multiple rocket launcers, 10mm's, 10mm submachine guns, sniper rifles, grenade launchers, combat and vault 34 armors, a minigun and (drum roll please) the all-american special marksman rifle with red mil-dot reticle sniper scope with a couple rifles to fix it

Most of this is right , however the unlock armory is A command on the computer
Note: it is A bit confusing cause their is another door called with armory in it. When you open A door with 1 room and [censored] Load of goodies in it ... that it. Be ready too carry alot of loot.

But the question I have is when you go in there to complete Veronica's quest, is the plasma rifle actually there?

You mean the pulse gun to show the BOS elder? Yes, its in the armory.

Thanks, I was having trouble surviving in there and I wanted to know if it was worth it.... That rad poisoning is killing me