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Welcome to the Zone

Chernobyl, 2006. Twenty years after the nuclear disaster, a new explosion of the reactor takes place. No one really knows what could have happened, but the worrying presence of meteorological or geological phenomena such as earthquakes or major storms suggests that the reactor has exploded a second time. As the Zone has become dangerous, the authorities are closing it off and banning access to it.
In 2008, mutants appeared near the security perimeter and were repelled by the army. The local population has some questions about what is happening in the Area. The bravest venture into the Zone, but few return.
The few survivors share fantastic stories and bring back "relics" called artifacts, which are traded at exorbitant prices with scientists and unscrupulous merchants. These poachers from the Zone are known as "Stalkers".
In addition to the violent competition between Stalkers, different factions are waging an open war: Duty, Liberty, Monolith, the military, mercenaries, scientists and bandits.