Degtyarev enters the Zone posing as a common stalker, arriving first in the swampy marshlands of . Here, he establishes himself at the Skadovsk , a decommissioned freighter serving as a neutral hub for stalkers and bandits.
In S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat , the story centers on , an undercover agent for the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) and a former experienced stalker. He is dispatched to the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone following the failure of Operation Fairway , a massive military campaign intended to seize the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant from the Monolith cult. stalker-call-of-pripyat
: They fight through the dark, mutant-infested tunnels to finally emerge in the eastern district of Pripyat, where they reunite with the surviving remnants of the military, led by Colonel Kovalsky . The Revelation and Strelok Stalker Call of Pripyat: Stalker Retrospective Degtyarev enters the Zone posing as a common
: To navigate the gas-filled tunnels, he assembles a team of survivors, including the debt-ridden Vano and the former Monolith fighter Strider . He is dispatched to the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone