Stepmother

So, are you ready to head into Lab Thirteen? You should know that this mission is extremely dangerous. Recently a whole platoon of Yasker Hawks was deployed there, but not a soul has returned. Well, let's hope you'll be more successful. Maybe you'll even get far enough to meet Stepmother.

As I've already mentioned, the experiments conducted in the lab were on psi-sensitive creatures. The most curious specimen turned out to be a termite queen, for she naturally had strong mental abilities which she used to control the other termites.

I admit, the queen turned out to be a tough nut to crack. Not many psionicists were able to maintain mental contact with her. But the worst part is that she learned from experience. With each new session Stepmother - that's what we dubbed her - grew more immune to our efforts.

She's a dangerous creature, and she's grown far too intelligent. Not too long ago I signed an order to have her exterminated, but the lab was thrown into chaos before it could be done.

If you manage to get deep enough into the lab, please kill Stepmother. We can't let the opportunity to destroy her slip away again. When you're done, report back to Elizaveta Rysina in Nezebgrad. No doubt she'll want to reward you for your heroism.

I was just studying Sevinov's report on the situation at Lab Thirteen. Do you have anything to add?

You already destroyed the queen? That's excellent news! I should send you on missions more often. Here, take this reward and use it to continue your heroics!