So I have been playing ... (161). Swamps dive [LADC]

 Last time I completed some missions and errands in Yantar. This time I begin exploring the Great Swamps.

 First I discover that running & hiding from gunships gets a whole magnitude more complicated when the unrestricted AI mod lets all the swamp beasts roam around as they please. (They please to home in on the player, their arms have a long reach, and each hit breaks the player's sprint.) 

 

 

Once I've arrived chez Doc, I start poking around and find a way to the Twilight Zone, so I immediately dedicate an episode for proper tour. 

 

Back in the playable area, I also dedicate some time for no-particular-goal exploring. Cue more swamp beasts, anomalies, bandits. 

 

I keep on exploring until it gets dark ... 

 

... and then some more, until it gets light again. 

  

Talking to Doc means I've leaped forward in the main mission and officially entered the mid-game. At which point I'm reluctant to push forward, and instead embark on a detour. Next post shall be dedicated to a round-trip across the southern maps. Meanwhile, my whole LADC playlist is over here.