Major Alexander Degtyarev's mission was a full success. The STALKER faction and what is left of the Military in Pripyat have joined forces months later after the Major's breakthrough in anomaly research and now control the entire region all the way to Yanov station. A mission to conquer the Zaton swamps ended in failure, it was said that a bandit leader going by the name 'Noah' ambushed the STALKER forces with a sizable army.

The events through which the Major has survived have transpired many secrets, and a new faction has taken interest in them.

The Zone is a harsh teacher, will it take pity upon the new faction, or the two new-comers that have graced its grounds? Not a chance, the Zone kills everything and everyone inside its perimeters, and those not strong enough wither away and die under a forceful boot.

The land is capable of snapping a man's psychology in half like a twig, what chance do two Princesses have?

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