Section 16: Mayday, Mayday

Complete the Mayday, Mayday mission in Days Gone by investigating gunfire and defeating a Rager bear. Learn about the Deschutes County Militia.

Storyline: Transitions from I Remember to Not From Around Here.

Not From Around Here:

Ride off the mountain with Corporal Russell and observe the devastated terrain. Enter Diamond Lake Camp and report to Captain Kouri. Russell will inform Kouri about the Rager attack, Flores' death, and your role in killing the bear. You express interest in staying and mention your reputation as a tracker. Kouri reveals he came from Silver Lake, where Sarah was taken, and that he escaped alive. He has the MC ring you gave Sarah, prompting you to be evasive about your true reasons for being in Crater Lake. Kouri can recruit you for the militia, but the Colonel will make the final decision.

Storyline: Transitions from I Remember to We're Fighting A War.

We're Fighting A War:

Follow Kouri to observe the militia camp's strict rules: the worthy join the militia, while the unworthy are sent to hard labor. Kouri needs your claimed tracking skills for a manhunt and provides you with 2,000 Diamond Lake Camp credits to spend at the camp's vendors. He will meet you at the gate when you are ready. Afterward, find Wade Taylor lounging by the palisade, waiting for a physical. He seems out of place and does not recognize Sarah when you show him her picture. Three new markers will appear on your (HUD (heads-up display — the on-screen icons showing health, ammo and the minimap)) (Heads-Up Display).

Go to the infirmary tent at one marker, and the storage tent at the second. The last marker is a living area tent. Before meeting Kouri, replenish your ammo and purchase (suppressors) (attachments that reduce firearm noise) if available, as you start at Trust Level 1, which makes them accessible. Explore the mechanic, bounty board, and kitchen, but save items to trade at the main camp on Wizard Island. Proceed to the gate to meet Kouri.

Storyline: Transitions from I Remember to Prove It To Me.

Prove It To Me:

Ride out of the fort with Captain Kouri and discuss the area's devastation, explaining that it was cleared and burned to make Freaks easier to detect and destroy, and to deny shelter to Freaks and Newts. Despite Kouri's escape from Silver Lake, you continue to keep your relationship with Sarah a secret. Kouri has her ring. Follow him up the mountain to the cabin where Russell and Mullins burned Flores' body. Kouri brought you here to track a suspected spy named Vasquez, whom Russell and his crew were pursuing when they were attacked by the Rager. Kouri will send Russell and Mullins back to camp.

Storyline: Transitions from A Good Soldier to Driven To Extinction.

Driven To Extinction:

You find a hand-drawn map indicating Vasquez was spying on the militia. Inside the cabin, a pack on the bed contains stolen militia food and ammo. You deduce Vasquez fled on foot through the back door, leaving his bike out front. Follow the trail through the snow to a cut fence. Proceed south into the search circles to find wolf scat and shell casings on a slope. At the end of the trail, kill a lone wolf feeding on a carcass from range. Be prepared to team with Kouri to kill three more wolves approaching from the east. The clue at the elk carcass triggers an apparition of Vasquez moving downhill. Follow the dotted path to another wolf corpse and Vasquez's backpack. Continue on the dotted path; a horde will be swarming below the overlook. The militia has been burning bodies from mass graves to deprive hordes of food. Follow Kouri to skirt around the horde. A (cutscene (a non-interactive cinematic the game plays automatically)) (an in-game cinematic event) reveals numerous bike tracks on the road, suggesting Vasquez was taken or has many allies. Stay on the dotted trail to an abandoned logging camp. On the outskirts, Vasquez appears to be with a gang of Marauders.