: 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.
The path to Pripyat is sealed, but Degtyarev discovers documents in the Jupiter plant detailing an underground transportation tunnel, .
: They fight through the dark, mutant-infested tunnels to finally emerge in the eastern district of Pripyat, where they reunite with the surviving remnants of the military, led by Colonel Kovalsky . The Revelation and Strelok Stalker Call of Pripyat: Stalker Retrospective
: 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
Degtyarev enters the Zone posing as a common stalker, arriving first in the swampy marshlands of . Here, he establishes himself at the Skadovsk , a decommissioned freighter serving as a neutral hub for stalkers and bandits.