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Cpt. Shmitt Oct 3, 2019 @ 7:01pm
Abrupt start
Seems like you’re just dropped off right in with no real opening. Is it explained how Major Degtyarev is inserted into the Zone? Was he paradropped in, did a helicopter drop him off or did he hike all the way into center?
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Originally posted by cyäegha:
it's unlikely that he was dropped in from the air, given that the entire plot is predicated on investigating why that didn't work the first time around, unless it was somewhere in the south

presumably, as the OSS functions in much the same way that military stalkers do, just on the sly, degtyarev probably had a fairly easy run through the southern part of the zone; he could have been dropped off in agroprom, for instance and had a military escort to the edge of the zone's center

given the equipment you start with, i've no reason to believe degtyarev could hike through yantar and the red forest on his own, but helos are incredibly obnoxious, so the further north you go in one, the more attention you're likely to bring on yourself

and because they were already wary of losing another hind investigating the loss of the others, i don't see why they'd mobilize one to drop degtyarev in unless it was no further north than their forward operating base at agroprom
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PsyWarVeteran Oct 3, 2019 @ 7:08pm 
Does it matter?
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Cpt. Shmitt Oct 3, 2019 @ 9:19pm 
Originally posted by PsyWarVeteran:
Does it matter?

Not in the overall no, but it’s a little suspicious how he just kind of appears in the middle of the Zone. In the other two games it’s explained how the player gets where they are. Scar already being in the zone and Strelok being rescued by a wandering stalker. But then the Major Just kind of appears without any explanation how, just the why.
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cyäegha Oct 3, 2019 @ 10:12pm 
it's unlikely that he was dropped in from the air, given that the entire plot is predicated on investigating why that didn't work the first time around, unless it was somewhere in the south

presumably, as the OSS functions in much the same way that military stalkers do, just on the sly, degtyarev probably had a fairly easy run through the southern part of the zone; he could have been dropped off in agroprom, for instance and had a military escort to the edge of the zone's center

given the equipment you start with, i've no reason to believe degtyarev could hike through yantar and the red forest on his own, but helos are incredibly obnoxious, so the further north you go in one, the more attention you're likely to bring on yourself

and because they were already wary of losing another hind investigating the loss of the others, i don't see why they'd mobilize one to drop degtyarev in unless it was no further north than their forward operating base at agroprom
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no Oct 28, 2019 @ 1:21pm 
Did you play clear sky? A lot of people complained about how long that intro was. You play as a millitary stalker who just SNUCK into the zone,
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Cpt. Shmitt Oct 28, 2019 @ 3:07pm 
Originally posted by Vercingetorix:
Did you play clear sky? A lot of people complained about how long that intro was. You play as a millitary stalker who just SNUCK into the zone,

With one loaf of bread and one makarov pistol?
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cyäegha Oct 29, 2019 @ 1:46am 
Originally posted by Vercingetorix:
You play as a millitary stalker who just SNUCK into the zone,

degtyarev isn't with the military, he's with the OSS USS, not the military
which is to say, that's like saying somebody in the FSB is in the military, so by definition he isn't a military stalker, or he's as much a military stalker as an ecologist is

no ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ chance degtyarev snuck by himself through the zone with just a basic sunrise suit, PMM and an AK-74U with barely two mags of ammo; he'd never get past the red forest or yantar with that level of equipment

it's unlikely that there were any hitherto unknown paths into the north of the zone preceding operation fairway, as it's established that the point of operation fairway was to organise an incursion into the zone via routes that weren't known to be safe, as we later find out
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