# How do I open a military black box?

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-i-open-a-military-black-box/2689>\
**Category:** The Bunker\
**Created:** [August 13, 2013, 10:44pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-i-open-a-military-black-box/2689 "2013-08-13T22:44:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![BadSniper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@BadSniper](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/BadSniper)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2013, 10:44pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-i-open-a-military-black-box/2689/1 "2013-08-13T22:44:16Z")

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The question is in the title. How do I bust into a military black box to obtain its contents/read its data? I’ve found them in a couple previous games before, but I never knew what to do with them…

If it’s any help, I’m using the 0.6 release because I’m not exactly a huge fan of the ranged nerf, being mostly a gun-user in my games.

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**Author:** ![John\_Candlebury](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/john_candlebury/32/6437_2.png) [@John\_Candlebury](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/John_Candlebury)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2013, 10:48pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-i-open-a-military-black-box/2689/2 "2013-08-13T22:48:01Z")

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You extract the data from special consoles inside Laboratories, however there’s no real reason to do so other than to continue some very basic NPC quests

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**Author:** ![i2amroy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/i2amroy/32/909_2.png) [@i2amroy](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/i2amroy)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2013, 5:19am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-i-open-a-military-black-box/2689/3 "2013-08-14T05:19:11Z")

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Black boxes aren’t actually boxes, but are [flight data recorders.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_data_recorder)

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**Author:** ![HunterAlpha1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@HunterAlpha1](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/HunterAlpha1)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2013, 2:18am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-i-open-a-military-black-box/2689/4 "2013-08-15T02:18:08Z")

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yeah, i pretty much just leave them where i find them.

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**Author:** ![BadSniper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@BadSniper](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/BadSniper)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2013, 3:44am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-i-open-a-military-black-box/2689/5 "2013-08-15T03:44:15Z")

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Oh. Well crap, I’ve been hauling them around for nothing, thinking they contained useful stuff.

Oops.