Industrial site
Z-9 Crotalus DNA preservation lab
Doctor Borous' rattlesnake DNA lab where nightstalkers were born, now full of them, with the unique Shadis and the Implant Y-3 upgrade.
- Map
- Big MT
- Faction
- Big MT (Think Tank)
- Danger
- High
- Map position
- 15 × 11
The Z-9 Crotalus DNA preservation lab lies northwest of the X-8 research center and is another of Doctor Borous' projects. He spliced rattlesnake DNA, from the genus Crotalus, into a coyote-like predator, and the result was the nightstalker. Naturally the building is full of them: nightstalkers prowl every hall, two spawn in the caged area, and the unique nightstalker Shadis waits in the main lab.
The Auto-Doc Upgrade: Implant Y-3 module for Influencing People lies on an operating table in the main lab, which also has an electric hot plate and a deluxe chemistry set. Forward and left from the entrance are four cells with egg clutches holding food, nightstalker eggs and nightstalker blood. Forward and right is a lab section with assorted crates and a sample crate of eggs, blood and nightstalker squeezin's, joined to a caged observation area where a copy of Lad's Life sits on the top shelf of a cabinet. Three Proton throwing axes are spread around the building, two in the west room and one in the east room. A Lobotomite mask is on a corpse in a cell off the main hallway, and the roof hides a first aid box.
How to get there
Walk east from the Think Tank past the Hazmat testing ground; the lab is just southeast of it.
Notable loot
- Auto-Doc Upgrade: Implant Y-3 (operating table, main lab)
- Lad's Life (top shelf of a cabinet in the caged observation area)
- Nightstalker eggs and nightstalker blood (egg cells)
- Lobotomite mask (corpse in a cell off the main hallway)
- First aid box (roof)
Related quests
- Influencing People
Notable characters
- Shadis
Tips
- Carry antivenom; nightstalker bites poison.
- Two nightstalkers spawn in the caged observation area, so be ready for them before you loot the cabinet there.
- The chemistry set and hot plate let you turn the eggs and blood into useful consumables.
Collectibles and items here
- Holotape Auto-Doc Upgrade: Implant Y-3On an operating table by the nightstalker tail in the room at the end of the corridor, guarded by Shadis, a unique night stalker.
- Character ShadisAt the Z-9 Crotalus DNA preservation lab.
- Skill magazine Lad's Life (Survival)In the west room with the non-functional terminal, in a bin high up in the cabinet.