> あなたがなにを見つけようと、それは途方もなく危険なものにきまっている。大勢の人が私達を殺そうとしてるんだから

Usually theres a shiyou after the volitonal form if it's used like that, but
why not here, what does it mean ? Because the to ends a clause it seems like a
condition marker, but wouldn't it be みつけると in that case?
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What does しようと mean here
> 「Verb in Volitional Form + **と or が** 」

is a common expression meaning:

> "even if", "no matter what/how", etc.

Learn this construct and you will be able to say so many things.

> 「あなたがなにを見{み}つけよう **と** 、それは途方{とほう}もなく危険{きけん}なものにきまっている。」

thus means:

> " **No matter what you find** , it would have to be an incredibly dangerous
> thing."

_**IMPORTANT: Note that this is a completely different construct from**_ :

> 「Verb A in Continuative Form + ようと + Verb B」

Which means:

> "(Verb B) in an attempt to (Verb A)"

Thus, for instance:

> 「おいしいラーメン屋{や}を見{み}つけよう **と** 、シカゴ中歩{じゅうある}き回{まわ}った。」

means:

> "I wandered all over Chicago in an attempt to find a great ramen shop."

Finally, please note that neither of the two usages of 「と」 discussed above
denotes the 'plain conditional'. The plain conditional 「と」 works as below:

> 「スミスを探{さが}していた。モールで見{み}つけたが、私{わたし}を見{み}る **と** スミスは逃{に}げていった。」
>
> "I was looking for Smith. I found him at the mall, but **when** he saw me,
> he ran away."

This 「と」 always attaches to the dictionary form of a verb.

In other words, the three usages of 「と」 discussed above are used in
conjunction with three different verb forms/conjugations - _**volitional,
continuative and dictionary**_ , respectively. Therefore, at least
grammatically speaking, there should be no confusion as to what the usage is
every time you see a 「と」.
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