Wile carefully moving towards the barricade,
Absalom is waylaid by a couple of firemen zombies. They go down easily enough and drop valuable loot. Finally, Absalom doesn't have to worry about getting poisoned by smoke or noxious clouds.
No military-grade bots in sight and the zeds took care of the turrets themselves (you can see where they were by the yellow ='s - those are ejected gun cartridges.
Zeds taken care of, Absalom checks his map. Now that he has binoculars he can see much further and spots a LAB!
Wandering around the upper part of town he also spots a pile of wreckage. Probably a crashed heli.
It often yields great loot so Absalom whips out his entrenching tool and begins clearing it.
He was lucky enough to find some armor. With kevlar and a gas mask he can craft a survivor mask. Now he doesn't have to worry about fungal infections either. Also, no more nasty skeletons bashing his teeth out through that flimsy balaclava he used to wear.
Survivor suit is up next, but he'll have to go look for some clothes to cut up first.
Wreckage cleared, armor collected and survivor gear crafted, he decides to say fuck you to the town's pharmacy and the refugee center and heads for the lab. Next to the lab there's a survivor shelter but the stairs lead nowhere. We won't be jumping down since they sometimes land you in fucking lava lakes. (devs had some good time trolling players by not having a warning popup in these situations in earlier builds of the game)
His current position. There's a mine to the north and a school to the west. Schools are cool because they have lots of books. They're not so cool because you have to slaughter a bunch of kids to get to them, which bombs your morale unless you have the psycho trait.
Let's go in, shall we.
The very first level yields promising loot,
And more.
The lab is dark creepy, with the random mi-go's cries echoing the hallways.
This tends to happen often. Honestly, had he not been lucky to stumble upon armor that allowed him to craft survivor gear, he would't have stepped foot in the lab yet. It's simply too dangerous.
He killed a bunch of these. Not much of a challenge with their weak zap.
He found several underground armories. Acetylene torch finally put to good use.
He also practiced hacking some consoles. (this was taken just before a violent zapping administered by the said console for failure to hack it).
Some rooms in the lab contain monster enclosures. Absalom chooses not to open them.
Keep banging against that reinforced glass bro, you're not going anywhere.
Fuck these things freak me out every time.
A bunch of CBMs are found, some in CBM storages, some pulled from the corpses of zombie scientists. Absalom has 8 in both first aid and electronics, which makes installing power storage CBMs a breeze.
This wasn't so breezy but he managed to get it.
Successfully hacking the console that shocked him previously, Absalom reveals more of his surroundings. Not pictured here is a mansion to the north of that fungal bloom (blue T). I guess we'll head there after we're done with the lab, since we're still missing some books.
A flask of ursine serum is found. You'll get to vote on that later.
A fuckton of CBM's is also found.
I decided to take some shots with my flashlight on. This is a monster observation room, usually holding a couple of scientists zombies.
More ways to generate CBM power.
Another nice book is found. We'll have to find a special lab to make use of it I'm afraid.
Another nice CBM to generate power just by walking around.
This is what a lab armory looks like.
Fucking heart attack inducers.
Absalom had a major problem hauling loot due to increased weight he's hauling around from his armor and his low strength stat so he decides he's had enough and builds a foldable vehicle. This he can drag around with him and carry down stairs. He stuck a floodlight on it for extra lightening but made the mistake of installing a small storage battery, which is insufficient to power it. This was later replaced with a motorcycle battery (12 times the power).
This is how foldable vehicles work.
And you can pick it up.
Digging through dead men's belongings yields a prized item.
Fuck you.
Nope.
This is the first lab floor, cleared.
Second floor, also cleared.
I'm getting a bit bored with the lab. I already dived all the way to the bottom without saving the game, only to find it's one of the disappointing finales. I think I'll abandon the lab for now and go check out the mansion next.
Expect loot and mutagen summary and another vote shortly.
if I ever decide I want to embarrass Absalom...
