Side Mission: Close Encounters

• Prerequisites: Complete Side Mission: The Hero’s Journey
• Rewards: $2,000
• Details: Strange alien objects have appeared at the nearby crop circle. They must be collected in order to study an interplanetary foe…According to Larry.

MISSION Commencement

Speak with Larry, and he reveals some shocking information regarding a possible alien incursion at the Bradbury farm due west of here. He reckons there are four alien objects that have appeared in the vicinity, and you’re here to collect them all.

REACH the Crop Circle

The four alien objects look like glowing turquoise balls of light. Collect them in any order you like. Head over to the farm at any time of day, though the balls glow after dark, making them easier to spot. Also listen for the strange pulsing sound the objects make as you close in on them. As soon as you reach the large field (with minimal cultist problems), you appear inside the “search zone” and the collection begins.

Collect Alien Objects (4)

Alien Object#1: A small herd of dead cows lies in the southeastern part of the crop circle, near a pickup truck. Expect a small band of cultists here. All the cows are glowing, but one has seemingly pooped the object before it expired. Nab it!

Alien Object#2: Head to the Bradbury Farm and inspect the tall grain silo and two smaller silos. Climb the ladder of the lower silo, leap to the roof of the second smaller silo, then leap to a ledge and ladder on the exterior of the tall grain silo. Work your way up and into it, then out of this grain silo to a nest on the exterior roof. Grab the object here.

Alien Object#3: Check the grass near the north-central circular node of the crop circle, near some wild turkeys. The long grass of the pasture field holds another object. It may also be inside the cut grass of the circle where the turkeys are gobbling.

Alien Object#4: Find the northeastern circular node of the crop circle, by the parked tractor, where a playful dog is gnawing at the object, near some crates. Sometimes the pup runs off with it. Either gun the dog down or wait for him to return to the tractor and drop the object. Return to Larry, who’s thrilled with your findings and his own tinkering. The Dynamic Laser Capacitor is now complete. The real fun is about to begin!