Major Degtyarev

Alexander Alexandrovich Degtyarev is a tall man, 30-35 years old, with short dark brown hair and brown eyes. Alexander is an undercover SBU officer. At the moment he is looking for a way to Pripyat to carry out an important military operation, but to all outsiders he introduces himself as a stalker, Alexander. He has a good rifle and a standard stalker's jumpsuit. He has good physical fitness and has extensive experience in stalking. When nervous he can be a little rude.

Alexander Aleksandrovich Degtyarev was born in Pripyat in June 1978, but was forced to evacuate and leave his hometown at the age of seven due to the Chernobyl accident. forced to evacuate and leave his hometown at the age of seven due to the Chernobyl accident. After the Second Explosion, he returned to the Zone again and gained experience in stalking, which later helped him become an undercover SBU officer. After the failure of the military operation "Fairway", the purpose of which was a repeated (after Operation Monolith) attempt to seize the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, Degtyarev was sent undercover to the Zone to find out the reasons for the failure of the operation. Unfortunately, communication with the center is lost and the major has to act alone. During his stay in the Zone, the major has a clearly defined task: to find and inspect crashed helicopters and find out the fate of their crews.

Degtyarev gets to the center of the Zone. In his PDA, information about helicopter crash sites was previously entered. Three helicopters (Skat-2, Skat-3, Skat-5) fell on the Backwater. The other two helicopters (Skat-1 and Skat-4) crashed in the vicinity of the Jupiter plant.

Fallen helicopters and evacuation points Degtyarev gets to the "Skat-2", which fell in the "Iron Forest". The pilots died while still in the air, which caused the helicopter to fall without control, the landing was hard, the helicopter hit several power poles during the fall. After examining the helicopter, Degtyarev discovers maps of the area between Backwater and Jupiter in its onboard computer, which Degtyarev allows the local pilot guide to copy.

Next, Degtyarev examines the "Skat-5", which fell into the swamp between the Back-slant ionospheric sounding station "Circle" and the sawmill. After examining the helicopter, Degtyarev finds out that all the electronics have burned out and the insulation on the wires has completely melted.

Then the major gets to the helicopter "Skat-3", which managed to make a soft landing on the southern plateau. It was impossible to reach this place by direct route. However, the stalker Noah showed Degtyarev the way through the teleport on the burned farm. All the soldiers survived the landing, but there was a Snork lair nearby, which devoured them. After examining the helicopter, Degtyarev learns that both engines have failed in the Skat-3 ,and also receives the coordinates of the military evacuation points: point B2 — the Skadovsk cargo ship; B28 in Pripyat, near the Prometheus cinema; point B205-the Volkhov air defense system, in the vicinity of Jupiter.

Point B2. Arriving at the stalker camp, Degtyarev learns from a local bartender, Boroda, that the military would not show up in this area, since stalkers would most likely kill them on the spot.

Point B205. Arriving at the Volkhov air defense system, Degtyarev does not find any survivors of the operation, but finds a note from Lieutenant Sokolov, the co-pilot of Skat-4.

Major examines the helicopter "Skat-4", which fell at the plant "Jupiter", breaking through the roof of the repair shop. Of all the helicopters, it is the most damaged. The tail section is bent, one blade on the tail rotor has survived, one blade on the main rotor is broken off and fell on the cabin. However, the co-pilot survived and got out of the factory. Degtyarev discovers that in this helicopter, as in the "Skat-5", all the electronics were burned, but the emission protection system survived.

Degtyarev gets to the Skat-1 helicopter. The lead helicopter of the group crashed in the vicinity of Jupiter, on the helipads. The pilots managed to land the helicopter relatively gently, but both died on impact. In addition, the military did not know that the approaches to the sites were mined, which caused one of them to be blown up by a mine. In the helicopter, Degtyarev finds a surviving black box, which he attributes to the technician Nitrogen for decryption. After the decryption is completed, Degtyarev listens to a recording in which the commander of the operation instructs all survivors to go to point B28 in Pripyat. From the recording it becomes clear that the survivors of the military are in Pripyat at point B28. Degtyarev asks the Pilot to take him there, but the guide refuses to accompany the Major, not knowing the safe way to Pripyat. According to him, the route was going to be laid by his friend, who said that the Jupiter plant has tunnels leading to the city, and that he planned to start looking for a way from the administrative premises of the Jupiter plant. During the survey of the plant, Degtyarev learns about the existence of the Pripyat-1 overpass leading directly to Pripyat, finds valuable documents, a tunnel diagram, and a report on the preservation of the overpass with poison gas. Degtyarev goes to Azot to try to open the overpass elevator. After studying the papers that Degtyarev found at the factory, Azot advises to assemble a detachment to pass through Pripyat-1 and suggests talking to the Zulus about this, and also reports that for the hike you need overalls with a closed breathing system.

The Zulus agrees to go with Degtyarev and says that for such a sortie it will be necessary to find several more reliable fighters. After that, Degtyarev goes in search of partners and offers stalkers to join his group, but not everyone agrees to this offer. They agree to go on the road:

Singles Vano is a cheerful, optimistic and naive stalker from the Yanov station. It detects anomalies quite easily. In order for Vano to go, it is necessary to fulfill his request to pay a debt to the bandit Jack, as well as buy out his SHOWA overalls from the Hawaiian. Military Sokolov is the co-pilot of a crashed military helicopter. Provides medium fire support. To go to Pripyat, Sokolov needs to purchase a suit with a closed breathing system. Such a suit can be given by scientists, but they will not agree to give an expensive suit just like that, so you need to complete the task of extracting an abnormal plant in an acid anomaly nearby. Monolith Strider is a former monolith. Armed with a sniper rifle. To take a Strider in the team, you need to safely attach his group to any of the stalker groups. The Strider already has a suit, so you don't have to help him find it. Degtyarev himself can either order the necessary suit at Skadovsk from Nimble, or buy it from other merchants. Having gathered, the group together with Nitrogen goes to the Jupiter plant. Despite the difficulties with the equipment, the technician still manages to start the elevator. The entire squad, with the exception of Nitrogen, descends into the overpass. Exiting the elevator, the squad finds themselves in a long, curving corridor. At a fork in the road, the group is attacked by snorks and several jerboas. After destroying the mutants, the squad turns right and reaches a closed door. On the wall to the left, they find a panel with a button that opens the door. Poison gas immediately begins to seep out from under the open door. Snorks jump out from behind cars. After killing them, the group continues down the corridor.

The squad continues to make its way along the overpass, encountering mutants and abnormal obstacles on the way. After overcoming obstacles, the squad enters a huge domed hall.

After reaching the door at the end of the room, Degtyarev discovers that it is de-energized. Finding a transformer nearby, Degtyarev goes upstairs. As soon as the major presses a button on the remote, the group is attacked by a squad of monoliths. After destroying the enemy, the group returns to the door, which is still blocked, and the squad decides to go to the control room. Degtyarev climbs to the second floor of the control room, and his group begins to attack snipers "Monolith". Enemies are successfully destroyed by a Tramp armed with a sniper rifle. After eliminating all enemies Degtyarev presses the lever, the door opens and the group goes on.

Behind the door is a corridor full of "acid fog". After going through it to the end, Degtyarev discovers a door on the left. In the new corridor, the group encounters several zombie stalkers, and after dealing with them, turns right. In a curving corridor, the party is once again attacked by Snorks. After walking a little further, Degtyarev and the group enter a large room, where there are several more zombies in the corridor ahead. After killing them and reaching the end of the corridor, Degtyarev and his squad stumble upon a staircase that leads to Pripyat. The squad gets out, where it immediately runs into a military patrol. The major asks the military to take him to Kovalsky, as he already has important information for the command. The patrol commander demands to know how he knows their commander. Degtyarev shows the patrol the documents of an SBU officer and informs about the purpose of his visit to the Zone. Zulus, not wanting to have anything to do with the military and the SBU, leaves the squad.

The patrol escorts Degtyarev and his team to the base in the old laundry, where the survivors of the Skat group are being held. The group's commander, Colonel Kovalsky, described the situation to Degtyarev: operation Fairway failed, there is no communication with the Center, and the personnel suffer losses every day in clashes with mutants, anomalies, and fighters from the Monolith group. The surviving military personnel need urgent evacuation, but it is necessary to establish for certain the causes of the helicopter crashes. Kovalsky's only available version is that the helicopters were shot down by an unknown weapon with a huge penetration force. The colonel reports that his scouts have tracked down a group of Monoliths whose commander has a weapon that matches the description. Degtyarev agrees to take part in the operation, but on condition that he receives all the information obtained and will act independently. The colonel agrees.

Degtyarev, together with the detachment of Captain Tarasov, is heading for the hospital. During the operation, the group runs into a crowd of fanatics and loses a sniper squad. The weapon can be captured, but during the battle, a monolith with this weapon falls from the roof of a multi-story building, which causes it to be severely damaged. Kovalsky asks Degtyarev to use his connections with stalkers and find a technician who can help with the repair of weapons. Immediately after the conversation, a military intelligence group gets in touch. After a strange communication session, the group disappears. Kovalsky tells Degtyarev that he needs to find a reconnaissance group. Arriving at the scene, Degtyarev discovers the remains of the group and informs Kovalsky that someone shot the group, as well as reports the discovery of a large concentration of monoliths. Kovalsky asks to deal with their base and sends Degtyarev to help two fighters. Inside an old bookstore, they discover a large group of Monoliths, some of whom are in a trance and talking to a pile of trash that resembles an antenna. After receiving information about the situation, Kowalsky refers to the theory that someone is using this antenna to control the fanatics.

The zone is located on the territory of Ukraine and is surrounded by a guarded perimeter, with military checkpoints installed on the few routes into it. Access for civilians is strictly prohibited, persons who violate the ban are detained, and if they offer armed resistance, they are destroyed. This did not prevent profit seekers and daredevils - stalkers - from settling and mastering the Zone in a few years. Many experienced stalkers perceive it as a deity. Examples: "The Zone has rewarded", "The Zone protects"

Zone (Exclusion zone, Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, Chernobyl Anomalous Zone, CHZO, CHAZ) — an anomalous field that appeared on the territory of the Chernobyl exclusion zone. The zone is located on the territory of Ukraine and is surrounded by a protected perimeter, with army checkpoints installed on a few routes to it. The admission of civilians is strictly prohibited, persons who violate the ban are detained, and if armed resistance is provided, they are destroyed. This did not prevent money seekers and daredevil stalkers from settling and mastering the Zone for several years. Many experienced stalkers perceive her as a deity. Examples: "Reward Zone", "Protect zone" , etc.

Timeline 1986-2006 On April 26, 1986, at 1:23, as a result of violations in the scheduled work, a reactor explosion occurred at the 4th power unit of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Its power was so great that the building of the power unit collapsed and a large amount of radioactive materials was released into the atmosphere. Vast territories of the Soviet Union and other countries were infected. A total evacuation of the population was carried out within a radius of 30 kilometers from the station and an exclusion zone was formed, separated from the rest of the world by a protected perimeter.

However, the remaining power units of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant continued to operate, which was one of the reasons for the creation of a complex of secret laboratories with the index "X". A group of scientists studied the hypothesis of the noosphere-the information envelope of the Earth. They created the Kaimanov Radiation Generator, a source of psi radiation. With its help, an experiment was conducted to influence an object located in another hemisphere of the Earth. The signal was received with distortion, as if someone "corrected" it. After that, the theory of the intelligence of the noosphere began to be considered seriously.

A side effect of the study was the discovery of the ability of living beings to generate directed psi radiation. In the X16 lab, a biological emitter (giant brain) was created. Biological samples were irradiated with an information field of different intensity (the identity of the psi and information fields is not specified) with subsequent mutations. In the test shops, new types of weapons were developed, in particular "Product No. 62", better known as the Gauss gun. After the experiments, the main goal of the work was to establish control over the noosphere. The O-Consciousness project was launched, and its participants joined together in a common network, creating a collective mind. Generators were built near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant-special structures for trying to establish control over the noosphere. Main article: The second disaster On June 10, 2006, at 14:33, the experiment got out of control — there was a breakthrough of the noosphere in our world. The exclusion zone was illuminated with an unbearably bright light, for a few moments there was silence, and you could see the clouds evaporating in the sky. Then came a terrible roar, and the ground shook. The energy of the noosphere poured down to Earth almost without hindrance, changing the laws of physics. A day later, the Ukrainian government forces completely cordoned off the perimeter of the Zone, but there were still a lot of people inside the perimeter. Rescue operations were not possible due to the high level of abnormal activity. After some time, the size of the Zone increased abruptly by several kilometers, absorbing military units. Later, such phenomena will be called outliers. The energy of the noosphere will repeatedly spill onto the earth, changing the location of anomalies and creating "fresh" artifacts-anomalous formations with certain properties that later received a high price.

2007-2008 The zone continues to grow. The cause of the crash has not been determined. There are more and more dead and missing people. Rare scientific expeditions end in failure, and the few survivors talk about fantastic anomalous formations and mutated species of living creatures with amazing abilities.

2009 On the territory of the Zone, according to various estimates, there are from one to three hundred "unaccounted for persons" who call themselves "stalkers". They search for so-called artifacts-anomalous formations with certain properties that have a high price. Many stalkers are beginning to form groups, forming the basis for large stalker clans.

for persons" who call themselves "stalkers". They search for so-called artifacts-anomalous formations with certain properties that have a high price. Many stalkers are beginning to form groups, forming the basis for large stalker clans.

2010 Following the lone stalkers, scientists are accepted to explore the Zone. Expeditions are being organized, and mobile laboratories are being set up inside the Perimeter. Despite military control, stalking is becoming increasingly widespread. The ranks of stalkers are filled with people who evade the law, lovers of easy money, representatives of the criminal world, as well as former military personnel. The center of the Zone is still an unattainable target, and the path is blocked by a "Brain Burner" — an unknown phenomenon that extends mainly to the forest north of the Army depots. Once under its influence, a person either dies or goes mad, turning into a zombie. Later it turns out that in fact the "Scorcher" is an experimental Kaimanov emitter (not without a Marked one), which the members of the O-Consciousness converted into a powerful source of the psi field, thereby creating a system of protection against penetration into the center of the Zone. The known path there is guarded by monoliths, holding back waves of mutants. This last milestone is called the Barrier. However, every stalker dreams of passing through it without hindrance, there are rumors about untouched territories — the "Klondike" of artifacts, there are legends aboutA wish-fulfillment crystal of extraterrestrial origin, located inside the sarcophagus of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and allegedly caused the destruction of the Zone.

2011 year The accessible part of the Zone is almost completely explored. Stalking has reached its peak, and stalker groups have formed. The largest of them — "Duty", consisting of former military personnel and volunteers, and "Freedom", consisting of stalkers-anarchists-begin a battle for influence in the Zone. Military personnel who guard the perimeter, bandits who earn money from robberies of stalkers, as well as foreign states represented by mercenaries also show their interests. At the landfill, in piles of radioactive garbage, stalkers began to find a lot of useful equipment, groups of diggers are formed. Artefacts and weapons are sold through local merchants. As a result, there is tension that threatens to result in large-scale military operations.

Group War: At the end of August, a group of stalkers infiltrates the Chernobyl nuclear power plant blocks, as a result of which a Super-release occurs, which served as the "trigger" for the start of a war of factions. It changed the appearance of the Zone: vast anomalous fields closed access to some areas, locking up people there; others, previously unknown, on the contrary, opened. One of these places was the city of Limansk, for which "Duty" and "Freedom"immediately began to fight. At about the same time, bandits seize the bridge leading to Limansk, blocking the only way. The city becomes temporarily unavailable. The group "Debt" at its base in the Research Institute "Agroprom" was attacked by mutants from the dungeons and stopped paying attention to strengthening the bandits. In the Dark Valley, the Svoboda group also became the target of attacks, and its members were hunted by mercenaries.

2012 The zone came to relative calm, the war of groups ended, many stalkers died after the next cataclysm. The group "Duty" left its position at the Research Institute "Agroprom" and returned to the plant "Rostok". The Svoboda group was forced to leave the base in the Dark Valley and move to Army depots. The bandits, under the leadership of a new leader, were able to seize power and settle in the former base of "Freedom" in the Dark Valley. The cordon became a gathering place for newcomers, the stalker base on the pig farm was emptied, and the military tightened control and seized research institutes.

Disabling the "Burner" In the same year, a stalker nicknamed the Shooter solved the riddle of the Brain Burner-a powerful emitter that can destroy a person's mind-and turned it off. After that, the stalkers rushed en masse to the center of the Zone: some were looking for the legendary Klondike of artifacts, others-no less legendary Wish Fulfillment.

Breakthrough to the Center A lot of stalkers went to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant: "Duty" and "Freedom" began a new confrontation for new territories. However, all of them, as they advanced, had to overcome the resistance of the Monolith group. Soon the "fanatics" were pushed back to Pripyat. The military begins storming the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and begins Operation Monolith, and during the decisive stage of the operation, the release began, as a result of which the operation fails. At the same time, the Shooter, who had already learned the truth about himself, managed to get under the Sarcophagus of the station, where the illusory Wish-Taker was located. The stalker causes the installation to fail, which attracts the attention of the O-Consciousness. One of its leaders, an unknown professor, talks to the Shooter in the form of a hologram, tells about the reasons for the emergence of the Zone and offers to join them. The shooter, refusing, continues the fight and destroys the O-Consciousness project.

Contrary to his expectations, the Zone didn't disappear. The energy of the noosphere was still flowing to Earth, albeit with less destructive effects. After disabling large psi installations, the forces of the Monolith group weakened, its members began to get out of control and think independently. However, closer to the station, local antennas were preserved, and the fanatics still held the territories. Pripyat was almost deserted, and mutants took the place of people. Groups of stalkers surged toward the center, encountering new, more dangerous species. New territories quickly became an object of study and profit-making. Almost immediately, another stalker legend appears about a certain Oasis where all wounds heal. Western states also became interested in the secrets of the Zone. Over its territory, an unmanned aerial vehicle, taken by many for a UFO, crashed. High activity was shown by mercenaries commissioned by unknown persons to search for secret laboratories in Pripyat.

Operation Fairway After the failure of Operation Monolith, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, together with the Security Service of Ukraine, is developing a new plan, called "Fairwater" . According to it, helicopters, along a pre-laid path, should deliver military troops to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant to establish control over the central regions of the Zone. A five-vehicle Skat helicopter squadron takes off to reconnoiter the area near the center of the Zone and sets course for the Chernobyl nuclear Power Plant. However, despite careful preparation and precautions, the operation failed — none of the vehicles returned to the base.

To investigate the reasons for the failure of Operation Fairway, the Security Service of Ukraine sends its agent, Major Degtyarev (formerly an experienced stalker), to the center of the Zone.

Backwater — location of the central Zone. In the south it borders with the vicinity of «Jupiter» ,and in the southeast-with Pripyat. The territory began to develop after the Shooter turned off the Radar. A place of active confrontation between free stalkers and bandits. The backwater is the bed of a dried-up branches of the Pripyat River, as evidenced by numerous boats, barges and dry cargo ships that have sunk to the bottom.

The backwater is a dried-up riverbed with hilly terrain in the vicinity. There are several large anomalous zones and structures on the location, so there were enough places where you can profit and wait out the release. This attracts a lot of stalkers, who in turn attract a lot of bandits. The center of life on the location is the wreck of the Skadovsk. The main merchant on the location is the bartender Beard, with whom the arms, equipment and information dealer Owl competes, clearly sympathetic to the local plowman Sultan. A pipeline runs through the entire location from west to southeast.

The Skadovsk cargo ship was left in the CHZO as part of the Chernobyl disaster response program. The river in which it was located eventually became shallow, forming an area known as the Backwater. "Skadovsk" was little preserved by the time it was discovered by free stalkers-Beard and Capercaillie-who came almost immediately after the Brain Burner was turned off The shooter. However, the aft part of the ship is in a condition suitable for stalker life, and Beard and Capercaillie, deciding that the way to Pripyat is still not explored, began to settle down. A bar was set up in the former hold, sleeping places were arranged on the tier above, the Owl merchant was located on the same tier, providing such valuable goods as weapons and information, an experienced Tremor medic was next to him, and a Cardan technician workshop was set up in the far corner, and a tier above, at the deck level, an exclusive weapons and information merchant was located. Nimble equipment. The founders of the camp themselves also distributed roles: Beard became a bartender and buyer of artifacts, and Capercaillie became the local "sheriff". In the same period of time, there was a confrontation between the stalker brotherhood and the Sultan gang. In the end, it became clear to the bandits that they would not be able to change anything, and the first known truce between stalkers and bandits was concluded.