Kate (STALKER)

Height 173 cm. Light and slightly rough skin. Gray shaggy hair down to the neck. Gray-blue empty eyes. Slightly muscular build.

Military overalls in white camouflage. Dark green cloak with a hood. Heavy green body armor with multiple pouches. Pouch on a thigh strap. Pistol holster on thigh straps. Military combat boots.

Gauss Cannon: A super-precise weapon assembled by designers in the Zone. It operates almost silently, since the energy of artifacts, not gunpowder gases, is used for shooting. Despite the colossal power of the shot, the Gauss Cannon has very little recoil. In terms of accuracy and lethal force, it surpasses any classic small arms. TT pistol: Caliber 7.62x25mm. Magazine capacity: 8 rounds. Soviet-made pistol. Semi-automatic fire. A small first aid kit.

A group that has concentrated its forces in the Center of the Zone, not allowing anyone to get close to it and fiercely feuding with representatives of all other groups. Monolith members are not susceptible to either psi-radiation or emissions. They are taciturn, do not make contacts or compromises and are distinguished by a fanatical commitment to a certain Monolith located in the Center of the Zone. Worship of the Monolith has become mandatory for all members of the group and they believe that the Zone is alive. Stalkers from other groups prefer to avoid meeting these "fanatics", as they are often called, but the resistance of the Monolith members to attempts by other stalkers to penetrate the Center of the Zone speaks of their strength, experience and skill, and the presence of first-class equipment and a firm determination to not let anyone near the Center of the Zone allow them to maintain control over many territories for a long time.

It all started in 2006, the first emission occurred, which was recorded as the first Super-Emission. Dangerous creatures began to appear in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, from which only the fastest legs or the sharpest shooters could escape. The entire territory was completely surrounded by military checkpoints, but soon unregistered persons, called Stalkers, began to penetrate there. Stalkers were of some use, because not every soldier would climb into a radioactive anomaly for the sake of one stone, which is why no mass cleanups took place. Soon realizing that a town near the ChEZ was not the best option for NIIChAZ (Research Institute of the Chernobyl Anomalous Zone), the state allocated a budget for the construction of a mobile bunker near the plant, on Lake Yantar. The next decision of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was to occupy the Research Institute of Agroprom to accommodate a full base. Stalkers also did not stand aside and settled in such places as: Village of Newbies and together with the group "Duty" divided one of the parts of the plant "Rostok". Another paramilitary group, known as "Freedom", settled in former army warehouses.

Loners: Single stalkers searching for artifacts and performing various tasks. Equipped with what they have.

Bandits: Like loners, they sometimes perform tasks, but their main occupation is robbery and burglary. Often wear gray cloaks. Armed with not the best equipment

Duty: Former military personnel who have assembled a separate organization to destroy the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. Domestic post-Soviet equipment is their priority.

Freedom: An organization of stalkers wishing to preserve the zone for its study. The group lacks any discipline and the ideology is similar to anarchy.

NIICHAZ (Scientists): They study the zone and have the best laboratories in the zone. They are extremely poor with weapons. They have the best suits for protection against anomalies. They have the best detectors and the best research equipment.

Renegades: Outcasts from all groups. Despised by all groups. Behavior similar to bandits, but much worse than those of the same bandits.

Military: Engaged in protection from penetration and exit from the zone. Armed with post-Soviet weapons.

Monolith: Programmed stackers subordinate to O-Consciousness. Control the center of the zone (Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant and its environs). Armed with the most advanced of developed countries and sometimes with their own developments.

Mercenaries: Various PMCs performing their tasks in the zone. Armed exclusively with NATO weapons.

Clear Sky: Research partially armed group. Armed exclusively with Soviet and post-Soviet weapons. Distinguished by the blue-light blue camouflage on their clothes. Their base is located in the southern swamps.

Emotionless. Cruel. Cold-blooded. Fanatical. Devoted to her faith.

"We thank You for revealing to Your servants the machinations of our enemies!" "Illuminate with Your radiance the souls of those who gave their lives to fulfill Your will!" "To battle, defenders of the Monolith! To battle!" "Let us avenge our fallen brothers, blessed be their eternal unity with the Monolith!" "Death... a cruel death to those who reject His sacred power!.."