Best outcome for the quest: “The Pickup”?

Without spoiling too much. Which outcome for “The Pickup” is supposed to be the best?

Like i don’t understand if i’m supposed to befriend Royce and Dum Dum telling them the shard is infected, fight Militech, free Brick and get the Glitchrist guy (i know i butchered it) at the end or not tell then anything and just get Stout outside.

When i say the best outcome i mean purely from a roleplaying prepective, i know Royce can drop an iconic weapon named Chaos while if Dum Dum survives i can get his iconic weapon; i also know that the Militech guy Glitchrist is supposed to be mole. Other than banging the Stout the path where you befriend the Maelstrom looks the best to me.