Man of Honour
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Something like that. In the opening section, that artifact explodes and it destroys your apartment. It appears to be special, so you try to recharge it, as artifacts loose their power outside of the zone and "die". The one you have is special and can be recharged. So basically, since you've lost your home and have nothing left, it appears your life isn't worth that much to anyone else and you go risk it, ergo your adventure into the Zone.I'm also somewhat confused by the opening section. It appears something catastrophic happened, I'm in possession of a bit of stuff that was manufactured as a result of it, and I was given a gizmo (scanner) into which this item was placed and I had to charge it up using an anomaly. But after recharge the scanner is now swiped, and I guess my ultimate primary objective is to get it back. I'm not sure what the significance is of the thing...is it just potential worth a crazy amount to the character ?