The year is 2012. After Brain Scorcher was deactivated by Strelok, different factions from The Zone are fighting their way through it's center. Government of Ukraine wants to establish control over Exclusion Zone and it's center, starting Operation "Fairway", in order to collect pictures of The Zone and make a map with positioned anomalies. However, something goes wrong, causing every millitary helicopter to crash. Government is sending Agent of State Security Service, Major Alexander Degtyarev. Dressed as a Stalker, he is sent into The Zone to investigate crash sites and find out what is behind failure of Operation "Fairway".
—riseofeagle