Imperial Bugs

Plant 6 Bugs into the flowerbeds by the buildings of the Hadron Quarter and return to Ivan Korystin.

Something is going on in the Hadron Quarter. You know that joke that says that the Institute's walls are made of microconcrete because they're ten percent concrete and ninety percent microphones? A joke's a joke but there's some truth to it.

Until recently, we monitored conversations between scientists by using special bugs. These small insects crawl into cracks, settle down, and listen. Then mentalists somewhere in Yasker's Tower attune themselves so they can read the bugs' brain waves. You get the picture?

Why "until recently"? Well, because the bugs went quiet all of a sudden! Every last one of them! That's no coincidence! We'll find out who is responsible soon enough, but what we really need to do is regain control of the situation.

Our course of action will revolve around this box of bugs. Take it to the Hadron Quarter and release them into the flowerbeds. Don't put them all in the same place, though. Make sure to spread them throughout the area to increase the coverage. Understood?

So? Did the thing with the bugs go alright?

I know that you did a good job! How? We've already intercepted several important conversations!