Chernobyl has asploded (for the second time now.), and you are a Stalker, a fool who goes around shooting people and taking their stuff, your purpose in life is to run around Chernobyl doing a bunch of tasks for old Russian(Ukrainian?) guys, guys in uniforms, other STALKERS, and just losers who need you to fight all their battles for them because even though they have guns and armor, they're still weak pansies who lose control of their bowels the minute a bloodsucker jumps out, "pfft wimps", and you wish you could join a group of fellow S.T.A.L.K.E.R.s who are not complete weaklings, but you(and I) digress.