His second one is to get his Compass artifact back from the Renegades in the old mine near his outpost. The first job Forester gives is to go to the Military Warehouses and find out about the status of a group of missing Mercenaries.
Forester appears to be an accomplished hunter aswell. With the Compass returned, Forester helped guide a group of Mercenaries out of a Space Anomaly. When Scar speaks with Forester during Scar's trek to find access to Limansk, Scar is asked to get his Compass artifact back from the Renegades in return for a safe route into Limansk. Unfortunately, he was mugged by a group of Renegades, stealing his Compass. He says the Zone itself granted him an artifact that allowed him to navigate out of the anomaly, in which he gave the artifact the name: " Compass." He tells tales of himself venturing into a Space Anomaly where he found himself trapped. Forester is known throughout the zone by his ability to find a safe passage to sought reaches of the Zone. He resides in the tower of a shut down mine on the outskirts of the Red Forest. If the Zone creatures are hostile to him, he is more than a match for them - he managed to kill a Bloodsucker with just a hunting rifle and hang its head on his wall as a trophy.
Furthermore, he has some knowledge of the more secret elements of the Zone, most notably Limansk and the Radiowave Institute. He has a unique relationship with the Zone, as he seems to be able to always find his way through anomalies and can peacefully coexist with its creations. When the Chernobyl power plant exploded, he refused to be evacuated and stayed behind. He made a living as a park ranger in the Wormwood Forest (currently western Red Forest), alternating between tracking down poachers and guiding field trips. The Forester is an original resident of the Chernobyl area, who lived there long before the 1986 incident.