Experimental labs were made in the Exclusion Zone which allowed scientists to experiment with psychic abilities which arose following the disaster. Their experimentation resulted in a second disaster, causing physical and meteorological phenomena to manifest throughout the Zone, as well as the mutation of wild animals and some humans. The Zone is littered with such anomalies: hazardous phenomena which seemingly defy physics, having various effects on any object entering them.
Anomalies also often produce items known as artifacts, objects with special physical properties such as anti-gravity, or absorbing radiation. People known as stalkers enter the Zone in hopes of finding such items for personal financial gain. While a great number of stalkers work alone, various factions populate the Zone, each with their own philosophies and goals. For example, the Duty faction believe that the Zone is the greatest threat to humanity on the planet and are intent on destroying it by any means possible; by contrast, the Freedom faction believe the Zone should be accessible to all.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine maintain a cordon around the Zone, attempting to prevent any unauthorised personnel from entering. Additionally, Ukrainian Spetsnaz units routinely conduct special operations within the Zone such as surgical strikes on stalkers or to secure specific targets. Other hostile entities within the Zone include humans and other creatures mutated following the two disasters, many of them possessing aggressive psionic abilities.
You are the Marked One. Having survived the crash of a Death truck, you was rescued by an anonymous stalker and Sidorovich. With little memory left, you, dubbed as the Marked One as a reference to your S.T.A.L.K.E.R. tattoo, is only left with a PDA entry reading "Kill Strelok". With no other choice, you, unaware of you true identity, begins to search for Strelok within the Zone.
You are located in Sidorovich bunker in Rookie Village, Cordon.
Sidorovich said: "So Marked One I saved you and I'm not gonna pretend I did it to win favors upstairs, you do some jobs for me and we're even. Besides, keeping you busy might be a good way to deal with your amnesia. And I'll try to find out about your topic. Fuck knows, why did you give up this Strelok, but I don't meddle in other people's affairs: if you want to kill, then there is something for it. Choose how we will act with you: either I will now rinse your brains, as I usually do for beginners, or I will talk to you like an experienced stalker: you get a task — and go ahead."
You answered: