Rendezvous with death

Partisan, one member of Akill's squad, was last seen in Dark Valley amid rumors of someone mining the entrance to X-18 laboratory.
== Walkthrough ==
The outside entrance to the lab is indeed mined, but the snorks that spawn there will likely trigger them all before you see them.
Making your way into the lab, the player will be rooted to the spot while a conversation occurs. Apparently, Partisan has mined the entire lab to protect himself from Blackwater, and doesn't trust you until you prove that you're Strelok by making it to him without triggering a single mine. This kicks off Through obstructions.
== Notes ==
* While this mission is active, no cyclic quests taking place in X-18 can be taken.
* Accepting this quest temporarily removes Kuznetsov's cyclic to kill a Poltergeist in X-18 for a full condition PKM (6P6). It will become active again near the end of the questline, possibly after completing In a trap.
== Bugs ==
* After accepting this mission from Akill in Article No.58, the script reinitializes the X-18 and disables random mutant spawns so they don't detonate the mines. However, if you have any leftover non-random NPCs or mutants there from the previous quests, they won't be removed and will detonate the mines upon entering the lab, so the mission will fail upon entering there.
** Possible workaround: save/load at the same instant you see the "the explosives are detonated" message. The mines will return into their places while the mutants that triggered them will remain dead.
* In particular, this quest conflicts with Bandit's stash, which spawns bandits in X-18 and they detonate the mines. If you have both Rendezvous with death and "Black" digger active, do not advance "Black" digger past the talk with Sakharov, as it will spawn Thunder and send you into unavoidable chain of events leading to the conflict of both quests.