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.
: His search leads him south to the Jupiter industrial area. He uncovers evidence that the military didn't just fall to mutants or Monolith fire—they were systematically destroyed by the Zone itself. Reaching the Ghost City stalker-call-of-pripyat
: To navigate the gas-filled tunnels, he assembles a team of survivors, including the debt-ridden Vano and the former Monolith fighter Strider . He uncovers evidence that the military didn't just
: He locates several downed "Stingray" helicopters. One was incinerated from the inside, another fell victim to an unseen electrical surge, and a third crashed at a high-altitude plateau reachable only by following the instructions of Noah , a local "crazy" stalker who lives on an old barge. One was incinerated from the inside, another fell
The narrative follows Degtyarev as he navigates the desolate landscapes of , the Jupiter industrial plant, and eventually the ghost city of Pripyat to uncover why five military helicopters, ostensibly equipped with maps of all known anomalies, were inexplicably downed. The Investigation: From Zaton to Jupiter