Explore nearest village

 is a storyline task that is assigned in the S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Lost Alpha standalone mod.

"Acceptable results. Listen man, I was taking up some vigilante work to pay for several months of vodka and other little pleasures. The deal was that a squad of mercs slaughtered some stalker mates and stole from them a rare artifact. They're dead now, and I thought, "Why don't I teach them a thing or two about karmic justice?" Thing is, I didn't think they were affiliated to an entire bloody garrison. As discrete as I was, they got to me. They're probably still laughing about it, the bastards. Do me a favor and go blow their brains out, will you? With that rare Crystal artifact they stole, the eggheads in Yantar can fix up your PDA. If you're lucky, perhaps some information will be restored along with it."

- Ghost

"Give me the coordinates and I'll go check their pockets."

- Marked One

"Right, here they are. There's also a Freedom guy that wanted to help out 'cause his friends were the ones killed, but I haven't heard from him. Oh, before I forget: take this sniper rifle - it should work just fine for taking the pigs down. You used to like this particular shooter."

- Ghost

Overview

 * The objective location will show on the player's map.
 * There are three Mercenaries camping out at the Merc farmstead who will be heard in conversation when in close proximity.
 * Retiring the band concludes the mission, triggers a premonitory change in the weather and spawns the Meet Contact mission prior to a Blowout.

Trivia

 * The Backpack on the barn's rooftop stash is one of the more likely coordinates given by a merc corpse.
 * If the player is intending to move directly to the next task, it is advisable to take two meals and drinks along. The ensuing Blowout will disable the player for at least ten hours.