You know what might just discourage them?  Take out their leader!$B$BIt seems to work everywhere else from what I've heard.  And when they see a $g grizzled : tough; $c, such as yourself take out their leader... why, I bet they'll tuck tail and run for the hills!$B$BGet back in there and take out the big one they call Doomclaw.  I hear he keeps himself in the eastern part of the Scrap Field underneath the pipe.$B$BBring me his claw, too!  Maybe we can make use of it.