S.T.A.L.K.E.R - Life in the Zone, Day 2

The Journal of "The Marked One", dated 6/6/2012:

Pretty good day today, considering. Sidorovich hired me to steal some documents from right under the military's nose at the ruins of the Agroprom institute. The fat git promised to point me in the right direction in my mission to find this "Strelok" guy - Still no idea why the only message on my PDA when I woke up was to kill the fellow, but I hope that as my amnesia passes I'll start to figure it out.

Turned out the quickest way into the institute was via the gate but, after some brief scouting, the dozens of armed guards soon showed that it wasn't an option. Another Stalker told me to talk to "Mole", who had discovered a old stash of Strelok's, but by the time I'd arrived at his location the military had moved in and a huge firefight broke out.

Decided to hang back and let the other mooks get perforated before I moved in and cleared up.

Mole was safe and sound, thankfully, and led me to an old sewer covering that led to the underground tunnel network he and his crew had been exploring, gave me a few rubles for saving him and suggested I keep my head down - A military task-force was on their way into the area.

The tunnels were pitch black and it was only when bullets started pinging off the pipes around my head I noticed that a group of bandits with night vision had set up shop here. Gunned down three of them with my MP5 before blinding the last with my flashlight and finishing the sod off with my knife.

The respite was short lived, however - As I made my way through the tunnels there was a huge roar and a blur rushed across at me. I barely had time to raise my gun before that bastard Bloodsucker was on top of me. A full clip to the head eventually took it down.

Found the stash, finally, including a heavily modified assault rifle and a flash drive that revealed the name of one of Strelok's men, a man named "Ghost". I'll have to track him down and ply him for information.

Going to get some kip, there's a bed here and it seems safe enough - Blocked off the ladder with some debris, all the same.