Disc for Panther

Panther needs a disc of important information that is being delivered by a military courier to the southern checkpoint in Cordon. She insists the courier is not to be harmed in any way, but gives us the option to pay our way out of the situation if this happens. She also warns against being seen by Freedom as a mercenary.
== Walkthrough ==
You will need a bottle of vodka to bribe Kuznetsov at the checkpoint. You will also want to bring tools such as Morphine or Smoke grenades to break up large groups harmlessly.
=== Getting to Cordon as mercenary ===
You want to avoid stalkers, Duty, and especially Freedom: if you get seen by them, they might stay hostile after the quest. There are two safest routes:
* Radar - Dark Valley - Darkscape - Cordon
* Radar - Yantar - Agroprom - Cordon (the back route will be harder as you need to either run past the stalkers, or go OOB)
You can use a teleport, but keep in mind that single-use teleports have random exit points.
=== Dealing with the courier ===
Bribe Kuznetsov and take up your position atop the broken bridge until the courier spawns.
After a message from Panther, you'll see the courier (Sergeant Crutchleg) heading south. Wait for him to get closer to the loner village, then approach him to automatically initiate dialogue.
In exchange for the disc, the courier needs a Baileys and pornographic DVDs from a stash in the loner village - which is hostile to you. As if this wasn't bad enough, he gives you a time limit of five minutes of real-life time to deliver the goods.
Run to the Rookie Village to search for the backpack, while being shot at by the stalkers. You may need to reload a few times to confirm the exact spot of the stash, then plan a route to it that involves the least amount of pain.
The backpack with the stuff he wants will be in an attic, chimney, or basement of one of the houses, not hidden thoroughly; the exact spot is random. As long as you throw smoke grenades at them, NPCs in the rookie village will be panicking all the time, and most won't shoot at you.
Return to the courier to get the disc.
=== Back to Warlab ===
Make your way back to Warlab to deliver the disc to Panther.
== Notes ==
* Remember to bring the vodka from the Phone for Panther stash to Cordon.
* Killing any loners will affect your reputation permanently.
* Unequipping the mercenary outfit will instantly fail Lukash's signet, so using a Cloaking exoskeleton is not a viable method.
* If your base reputation with the loners is over 1410 before going undercover, they will be neutral towards you even in your mercenary outfit, and you will be completely free to look around the village peacefully with the exception of Sepator's house, because they're Hunters, not Loners.
** To be more specific, donning the mercenary outfit temporarily docks 1510 from your reputation with the loners. Any faction at or above -100 reputation will still be neutral towards you.
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