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After an hour and a half of driving around, there's a loud scratching sound on your radio. You catch little snippets of phrases like "Watch it!" and "worth a lot" and "catch us." Blinking in confusion, you turn the group channel on and ask the others if they heard anything like what you did.

"Guess it's good to know that my radio isn't defective yet," Balogh say as your two other teammates radio their affirmatives back to you. "All right. Group vote on whether we follow up on this or not," he says and raises his hand, as do your teammates, taking the vote out of your hand. Sighing, you put your hand up as well, and your senior grins at all three of you.

"Okay. Dorn Wilton, report to HQ that we're investigating some strange radio chatter just in case we run into any sort of trouble," he orders as he activates a few apps on the Armadillo. After fiddling around with a few adjustments, he pulls up a map which also appears on your HUD just as you've finished sending your report to HQ.

"Computer has the origin of the radio transmission coming from this spot," he says, indicating a blinking yellow dot on the map. "Near the coast, and judging from how poorly we're receiving the transmission, it's coming from a cave and a really old radio. We just got very lucky in that we accidentally received that transmission," he says with a sly smirk on his face.

"Time to head out and see what's worth a lot to these folks," Balogh says, turning the Armadillo in the direction of the dot.

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