Rat problem

The  is a mission task appearing in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Lost Alpha during Freeplay.

Overview

 * v1.30013+:


 * The task does not appear as an entry in the player's PDA. The task title is contrived as a result of this deficiency.
 * The task is initiated by Alex Golov in Bloodsucker village.
 * It is a pretty straightforward task that had good completion possibilities up to v1.4005.


 * v1.4007:


 * The task is also potentially successful provided that it is undertaken early during Freeplay.
 * This is due to this version having a higher degree of mutant respawning coupled with the removal of roaming restrictions that may result in the elimination of the initiating NPC (Alex Golov) by roaming Bloodsuckers due to his conditional mortality.

Trivia
after the initial release of LA. A representatives of the development team responded with: "You helped him with a problem". (thread under examination)
 * The general ethical position of the player was critically discussed on ModDB threads