S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 - Heart of Chornobyl (2.0) #1,773: Bandits, Boars & Mercs

It was foggy at the Rookie Village, as I realized I had gone to all the known building locations in the Cordon, except to the south, where the I.P.S.F. had their only Checkpoint outside the Perimeter Wall. I got behind the cover of a small tree, where I came upon the first I.P.S.F. soldier on the road, taking him down with a single headshot. I moved to the cover of a larger tree, as the second soldier came towards me up the road, that I took down with a headshot. I heard the voice of the third soldier, as I waited behind the tree until he came forward in the fog, with it taking several shots until I finally killed him. I looted the three I.P.S.F. soldiers and then went to their outpost, searching the buildings on both sides of the road, and then to their large barracks building. When I came out of the gate, I saw a Loner across the road, that I ran over to join him. The fog was very thick, as we moved slowly going towards the Perimeter Wall, where I saw one of the corners and we went to the west. My HUD detected a dead body up against the wall, that I went to loot it finding a dead Loner. Then a shot rang out and I fell dead to the ground. I was really surprised by this, as I had been killed by the same invisible sniper when I had gone directly south from the I.P.S.F. Checkpoint and another time when I tried to go along the bluff wall on the far eastern side in the Cordon, but never on the western side of the wall. When I restarted my game, I left the Loner, and turned back to the northwest, where I went to the drainage tunnel under the Perimeter Wall, finding it deserted. There was a ladder out of reach, that I knew went up into the Mindscrew Facility, that I had explored some time ago. I returned to the Rookie Village, where I sold the yellow weapons to Sidorovich and when I came out of his bunker, the sun had come out and the fog had cleared. I went to my stash, dropping off the excess loot and then I decided this was the good weather I had been waiting on, to go do the side job Sidorovich gave me, to deal with the mutants up by the railroad tracks to the northwest. I left the Rookie Village going up the hillside through the woods, until I got to the railroad tracks that I crossed and went to the western bluff wall. I followed it northward until I got close to where my HUD was telling me where the location was. When I saw the first mutant dog, I knew I was in the right place, as I got out a grenade and made my first throw right into their camp. It exploded, my HUD turned red and I threw a second grenade, as I heard a mutant dog bark and I tossed a third grenade at the ones coming towards me. A single mutant dog ran towards me, and I blasted it with my Saiga. When I went to where I had thrown the grenades, I counted eight dead mutant dogs, for a total of nine that I had killed. With having to only shoot one of them, the grenades had turned out to be a good idea, as I looked around and then headed back to the Rookie Village. I passed through the anomaly field but there were no new artifacts. Sidorovich paid me 2,000 coupons for taking care of his problem and I went to my stash to adjust my loadout. I left the Rookie Village going across the road, into the woods where I ran into some Loners, then I went to the bluff wall where I used my binoculars to see the Perimeter Wall and I.P.S.F. Checkpoint to the southwest. I turned around and went north, stopping by the Death Cave and poking my head into it to find it still deserted. I continued through the woods, going to the Lokomotyv Vehicle Station, finding a dead Bandit at the entrance and another dead Bandit inside the first floor of the two-story building. I searched the second floor and looked around but did not find any other men or mutants that might have killed the Bandits. I went inside the garage building and found a small amount of ammo. I crossed the inner yard and went inside the large warehouse building, when suddenly my HUD detected a threat coming from the south. I went up the ladder to the second-floor storage area and looked out the south windows. I saw there were two Bandits coming from the woods and a third Bandit on the eastern side wall, where there was a large opening. I got in a firefight with the Bandits, shooting them with my Zubr-19 and then I saw some Mercenaries show up behind the Bandits. I used a grenade on the one hiding outside the hole in the wall. When I got down to loot him, I was attacked by two Boars, that I blasted with my Saiga. I looted the dead Mercs and Bandits and then returned to the Rookie Village, where I stopped by to see Whale first for my wounds and then to my stash to drop off the loot. Game Note: One thing you may have noticed, is I'm having trouble aiming weapons with a scope. This is not due to the software in the game but is due to my wireless mouse. I'm right clicking using my middle finger, with my trigger finger on the left side of the mouse. I believe this is due to a dirty mouse.