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On Herod's Birthday
O'Brian wants more NERO data, so Deacon tracks a NERO field research team in the Lost Lake region. You tag their helicopter with a GPS tracker and watch the researcher at work.
- Type
- Story
- Given by
- James O'Brian
- Region
- Lost Lake
- Rewards
- 4,000 XP
Storylines
Part 7 of 13 in Finding NERO
Part 12 of 27 in I Remember
Good to know
- The mission takes place at night in light rain, and the clock does not move.
- Part of both I Remember and Finding NERO.
- The NERO team is studying Freaker nests.
What happensSpoilerShow
Deacon gets the tracker on the chopper and sees the data upload to O'Brian. When he radios for news about Sarah, O'Brian brushes him off and says he cannot talk. Deacon warns him what will happen if he goes quiet again.
Objectives
1. Ride to the site. 2. Put a GPS tracker on the NERO helicopter. 3. Spy on the NERO researcher. 4. Get back to your bike.
Tips
Stay crouched and out of the NERO soldiers' sight lines. Getting spotted near the helicopter makes this much harder.
Deacon St. JohnDeacon St. John is the player character: a former soldier and Mongrels MC enforcer who now works as a drifter and bounty hunter in post-outbreak Oregon. You play as him from the opening hunt for Leon. He still grieves his wife Sarah, whom he believes died early in the outbreak.- James O'BrianJames O'Brian is the NERO volunteer who loaded Sarah onto an evacuation helicopter when the outbreak began. Deacon finds him again two years later as a NERO lieutenant in the Finding NERO storyline. He becomes Deacon's only inside source on NERO and on what happened to Sarah.
Related missions
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Moments of Lucidity
O'Brian has another job for you near Lost Lake. You find a NERO field team, put a GPS tracker on their helicopter and spy on the researcher.
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Why Am I Here?
O'Brian wants another meeting, and you ride out in the Lost Lake region to find him. This time he has news about what happened to Sarah after that night in Farewell.
Image: Bend Studio / PlayStationStoryIt's On A Mission
O'Brian sends you after another NERO field research team near Lost Lake. You ride out and listen in while a researcher studies the Freakers.
Image: Bend Studio / PlayStationStoryYou Could Have Done More
O'Brian wants another meeting, so you ride out in Lost Lake to hear what he has found out about Sarah. Boozer comes along and waits at the bike while you talk.