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Where is the chip?
1 of 4: The only working mine chip is in the Wanamingo Mines.
2 of 4: Be warned that the aliens you will find here are pretty tough. They aren't immune to gun fire, as I was first told, but they do have good "armor" (high damage thresholds and resistances). That means you might want to hold off on this quest until you have guns (or other weapons/attacks) that can do a decent amount of damage _per shot_. Even burst mode won't help you on a weaker gun, if the individual shots don't do much damage.
3 of 4: The excavator chip is located on level 2 of the mines, which you can reach directly via the elevator shaft in the "Mine Entrance" map grid to the west of town.
4 of 4: Just look for the mining machine (which is on the other side of the level from the elevator) and take the chip from there. The toughest part of this quest is killing the aliens in the mine. (Well, they're the only real complication, in fact.)
