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"Time to see if there's any other information I can get."

Search: (86) Beldyne Laboratories
You arrive at the light-gray building known as Beldyne Laboratories, which seems small compared to the many other research facilities in the area, but you know not to underestimate anything just by size alone.

You start your search by covering the outside grounds. Even while this research facility is on the darker side of Silvercoal City, everything seems to be well-maintained and unlike the nearby factories, nothing here seems even close to falling into disrepair. Whatever operations and research that happen here seem to be well-funded.

You sneak into the building through a ventilation duct and then have a look around. Inside, the walls, tiled floor, and ceiling are spotless and it reminds you of a hospital in terms of cleanliness and sterilization. As you quickly learn, Beldyne isn't just one company, but actually serves as a network hub for many other research firms that are working as joint operations. Some of the more recent developments have been focused on both cybernetic and biological limb restoration while others are devoted toward building stronger and faster computer hardware, circuitry, and memory storage devices. It also seems like one of the major projects happening here is a major development to build the first Hypercomputer.

You try to make your way into the medical research room, but it seems to be locked. At first, this wouldn't be too surprising since there are technological secrets that some firms would want to keep confidential, but then you notice something else upon a closer inspection.

The DDX Access Chip needed to read the biometric handscanner has been forcefully removed from the door security computer. You instantly realize whoever last used this door wanted to make sure it was permanently locked and couldn't be opened again in the near future by removing this essential component. Someone wanted to buy a lot more time by making this extra work around for anyone trying to access what's behind this door, which as you link it with the current events surrounding the Stalkers, is very unlikely to just be a coincidence. You begin to consider the individual that last used this door could be a Stalker. Or someone or something helping them.

Locked Door: {Locked Medical Room: Missing DDX Access Chip, Biometric Hand Scanner} was noted in the Team Records.

You search through the rest of the building to see if there's any sign of the missing DDX access chip, but it seems it was removed from the premises completely. Or it was destroyed and disposed of. You feel you're either going to have to replace it or find a new one to reactivate the door. That, and you're going to need someone who has the biometrics to get authorized access through the hand scanner.

After completing your search, you head back into the city, wondering where the access chip might be...

Pixel the Porygon-Z (M: Normal)
Health: 5/5
Sanity: 4/4
Perk: Science | Learned Abilities: Investigate
Failed Assassinations: 0/2