Arrange alternative transport — Prapor or BTR Driver (story branch)
Per the wiki, this step has two conditional branches based on prior story choices: the Prapor branch (hand over a lockbox) or the BTR Driver branch via Skier (deliver 200x 7.62x54mm BT ammo as a peace offering). You'll execute whichever path your earlier decisions dictate — no new choice is made here.
- Map
- Traders
- Loc
- Prapor or BTR Driver — pre-determined by prior story flags
Bring the right item for YOUR path before queueing this step — 200x 7.62x54mm BT ammo (Skier path) is NOT secure-container-able. [community: insider-gaming.com, games.gg]
This is the Boreas-chapter branch point — but the choice was already made by your earlier story decisions. The two paths converge again at step 5 (boarding the hovercraft). Prapor path (lockbox): Hand over a lockbox to Prapor. Per community sources, taking this path lets you skip a later requirement to find 3x Military Power Filters in raid (FIR). Skier path (BTR Driver peace offering): Deliver 200x 7.62x54mm BT ammo to the BTR Driver. Per community sources, the ammo cannot be carried in a secure container — bring it in your inventory and survive to deliver. How to know which path you're on: Open Prapor's and Skier's trader screens; whichever quest dialog appears is your active branch. [community: insider-gaming.com, games.gg — wiki doesn't yet publish the full branch logic]
- Prapor — the warrant officer trader who holds the Boreas transport branch quest on the Prapor path.
- BTR Driver — the in-raid trader who drives the armored BTR and gates the 400k₽ hovercraft transit. The Skier path delivers the 200x BT ammo to him as a peace offering.