STALKER - The Lost Expedition

by Another S.T.A.L.K.E.R

A young man ventures with an expedition into the zone to find purpose and answers to set his mind at ease, but something finds him instead. He will face a great many things in the zone, and when you fight monsters, be wary lest you become one yourself. {Survival, mystery, horror, intrigue, tragedy}. Later crossover. Please, R&R! I seek a beta-reader and co-author.

1. Chapter 0 - IntroForewordDisclaimer

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.

The Lost Expedition

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. – The Lost Expedition

Disclaimer (only appearing this one time): I don't own any products, trademarks or copywritten content by the developer, GSC (Cossacks game, STALKER series, and Survivarium). I am simply drawing inspiration from the games (mods, etc) to create a story, using some framework by others).

The Lost Expedition was only briefly referenced or mentioned in one or more of the community modifications of the STALKER games, using it as a starting point, as it is an interesting subject. I hope to complete the first chapter in the next few days!

Prologue

Some people seek wealth, material wealth, or power. Others just live a based more or less on subsistence. Others need something…more, for they find their own lives lacking that something. Something they can look back on, with pride having overcome great adversity. They want glory, adventure, opportunity or a combination. Some hear rumors of a 'Wish Granter'.

What is it that brings me to the zone? It something like, looking for a great purpose, a revelation, or a cause to fight for. If those don't come to pass, then the experience, stories, adventure, wealth and scars wouldn't hurt either. But my reason for entering the Zone isn't just for myself, no, my family is at risk, and that's all I will say on the matter for now, without getting into the gritty details. There are tales told about strange artifacts, but the details about which are kept as close secrets as the governments can manage.

So, I was involved in an exchange program, working at the Kiev University as a Geographic Information Systems Analyst, helping a professor. It was through this professor that I learned of an expedition of sorts, being mounted to push further into the exclusion zone around Chernobyl. I couldn't believe it, after all the stories I had heard, and what little information I could scrape together.

My name is Andrei, and this is my story of how my adventure as part of an expedition became something entirely different, for the better, or more likely... for the worse.

Author's notes:

This story is in reference to the mysterious and obscure 'Lost Expedition' referenced in a few mods for the games series. It may reference content, stories or lore from these or fanfiction stories. Also, if you are wondering what a GIS Analyst does, here is a short description from Esri: GIS applies The Science of Where to connect everyone, everywhere through a common visual language. It combines mapping and analytics to reveal deeper insight into data.

The expedition is composed of a few STALKERS, Military, Scientists, and a few technicians (Andrei) using a number of vehicles such as Btr 70, UAZ 469 (jeep), Ural truck, and GAZ 66's (not entirely certain how many of each, but it should be no more than 12 total). I haven't decided how many people are involved with the expedition, so I am leaving it as 'unspecified' for both.

I am looking for beta readers for my story and would like your input of ideas as to its path, as I find my stories need inspiration from others to help bring it to life, in terms of characters, and so on. Any ideas, will be credited in the story, and its a chance to bring your own character along for this doomed venture!

- This story incorporates content/information (both canon and non-canon) from a variety of sources, but mainly: the games; STALKER Shadow of Chernobyl, Clear Sky, and Call of Pripyat, but also includes references and content from community mods for all the games (and community standalone releases such as Lost Alpha) as well as references to a few stories from this site (not full content but just brief references, and the authors of those stories should feel free to give or withhold permission to use their works, and I will accommodate (maybe we can reach an agreement or a jointly written story co-authored by one or more).

If you aren't already familiar with the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games, please check them out. They are available on Steam.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow Of Chernobyl

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky (don't bother with this one, my opinion of it is 'meh').

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Call Of Pripyat

v.1 [July 4th, 2017]