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Welcome to the Zone.

 

Whether you are an experienced STALKER with years under your belt, or you are a fresh rookie trying to cross the IPSF Cordon and just find your way, the Exclusionary Zone calls you home. 
 

 

 

 

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History of the Zone:

Following the nuclear disaster at Chornobyl the Exclusion Zone was established. Certain Scientific and Government entities saw this abandoned and isolated region as ideal for the study of paranormal sciences and phenomenon. Many of the old soviet era military labs and underground facilities were reopened and expanded. 

One group met with arguable massive success tapping into a global psychic layer. This unleashed an absolute disaster in the form of a Psionic (psychic pressure and force enough to warp physics and reality) Emission or "Blowout" 

This turned the zone into a wasteland of anomalous hazards and unknown radiations, and formed anomalies, broken spots in reality where physics and laws of nature fail. A byproduct of these Anomalies are Artifacts. Strange objects that possess unusual reality bending properties, both good and bad, and are for the time being of extreme scientific and monetary value. 

The government reacted quickly with military force, establishing a perimeter, and attempting to send forces into the center of the zone to investigate. These rapid and unprepared deep strikes were an utter failure. 

As time went on many people were drawn to the Zone, for good or bad. Everyone of them felt a call from somewhere deep in the heart of the Zone.

Factions formed within the exclusion zone:
 
-Duty, made up of former military members, focuses on the eradication of the zone and its mutated inhabitants. Duty maintains VERY close ties and friendly relations to the Military.
Duty is ideal for STALKERS looking to fight other factions and protect the world from the zone.

-Freedom, made up of anarchists, libertarian minded, and set on allowing free access and life in the zone. Freedom is distantly supported by NATO adjacent interests and is at war with Duty. Freedom is ideal for STALKERS looking to fight other factions and restore access and personal freedom to the zone.

-SIRCAA/Ecologists, officially sent by the government for study of the zone. They employ mercenaries for security. They are neutral to all. The ecologists are a great choice for those that want to explore and investigate and avoid conflict.

-WARD, commissioned military element designed to operate inside the zone on behalf of the government and to protect SIRCAA. WARD is the iron fist of the government and SIRCAA and is NOT joinable for STALKERS.

-Bandits, criminals, outcasts and renegades. Enemy to everyone but the mercenaries who use their organized crime connections for financial benefit. Bandits are for those STALKERS that wish nothing but personal gain and conflict.

-Loners, are every other unaffiliated resident of the Zone. They band together for their own interests, and are welcoming to newcomers. Loners are for ANY STALKER new or experienced and ALL STALKERS are Loners when they enter the Zone.

Two more factions are current players in the ongoing turmoil of the Zone.

-Clearsky Remnants, an old faction thought long gone. They are neutral to all and directly intervene in the ongoing events.

-Monolith, brainwashed, horrific soldiers of the zone itself. They are all vaguely linked mentally, and are strangely immune to much of the hazards in the zone. They worship the wishgranter, and giant artifact, and in turn answer to the zone itself. They are the enemy of ALL factions. They are not joined, they take the STALKERS they want and brainwash them.  

The Rostok Anomalous Region.

Set just after the fall of the western Rostok anomaly sector from "The Battle For Rostok" Reclaiming Rostok will see all factions of the zone work to reestablish order.
 

Monoliths controller decimated faction forces in the region, during the battle. The next day Monolith and agents of the C-Consciousness swept the survivors completely from the Factory and Bar. The perimeter zones Rookie village held as long as it could.

Even with artillery help from the CON-UA Military Forces, IPSF, and an emergency response contingent from the Deep Zone Reconnaissance Task Force, the horde of zombified stalkers and wave after wave of heavy monolith troopers eliminated most of the defenders.

Those that remained fled to the the perimeter wall, and with UA assistance have been relocated.

CON-UA Military and IPSF are working with survivors as well as a contingent of expert Mil Stalkers (Престиж у всьому світі) in concert with an expanded UA Ecologist team to deploy a new science bunker facility to the 1000Rads bar, a wave of mercenary contractors for defense, and an organized assault and deep strike push to eliminate the Monolith Psi Emitter in the Red Forest Northern Anomaly Zone.

The new bar facility will completely enclose the existing bar as a secure social hub for ALL factions. The new Eco Facilities and Merc Contractor Barracks will provide a secure and expanded hard point for all in the zone to seek shelter.

Both Freedom, Duty, Loners and Bandits have agreed to maintain this new Bar as a safe hub. Guards from the mercs will ensure all long guns besides those authorized personnel are checked at the door. Sidearms can be maintained.

Deep Zone Reconnaissance has sighted monoliths controller AWAY from their forces.

A concerted effort is now underway by CON-UA Mil Stalker strike teams to secure a new electromagnetic marksman platform engineered by the breakaway Murmur faction of the monolith.

This EM Rifle can penetrate the controllers Psi field.

Stalkers will need to assist our forces in securing design docs and lab parts to help eliminate the controller.

Following the Events of Battle For Rostok, remnants and reinforcements are making their way into the Western Factory Districts southern cordon. The objective: Eliminate threats and reestablish the factions, hubs and bases. Then, assault the Monoliths Psi Emitters. 

Freedom and Duty are in tense standoff, for those of you seeking combat and thrills, these two factions are who you should work to join. During the initial operation both factions will be kept separate but there is a cease fire.

Loners are just trying to get by until they find their place in the zone, while Bandits prey on them and others for money and power. 

Ecologists and their Merc protectors are busy investigating the anomalies and artifacts. For those that want to avoid combat more and immerse yourself in the exploration of the zone, the eggheads have a home for you.

Intelligence and reconnaissance from the north has ceased. Severe and deadly anomaly fields have dramatically reduced access, and the sound of heavy armor and terrifying mutants accompanied by the drone of rock worshipper chants has us all on alert. The bodies of our dead comrades walk the zone under the influence of the Psi Emitters.

Dangerous and deadly mutants plague the Rostok region and the south at night preying on those unprepared. 

Will the factions be able to prepare? 
Will the stalkers even bother, or is this just life in the zone?

Get your kit and sneak under the Cordon wire, 
See you in October STALKER.