S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of the Zone (2024) Movie Script
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0-1 to all Beowulf units
Bandit sentry's on his way to 1-1
Get ready, over.
Okay, I'm coming...
0-1 has a Bandit approaching our position. Over.
0-2 has eyes on.
I've got him.
We're clear. No more bandits.
Beautiful...
0-1 to all let's get the Joshes on security. Over.
You see death - before?
Not like that, no.
When you start
understanding what kind of man comes here
you learn they will not be missed
and they have nothing left to lose.
I'll try to keep it in mind.
Good.
PDA.
Good.
Hey.
Friends call me Monk, you Crow?
Yes.
I assume those friends of yours now include Duty.
You neighbors now?
Yeah, if you can believe it.
Just a temporary set-up until
we get everything taken care of.
I mean, you know how it is, things are weird right now.
Alright, lets wake the fuck up.
We got work to do.
Now.
Earlier this week, a signal began emitting
deep within The Zone
one that could intercept and overwrite
anything not using encrypted channels.
The effects of exposure from this signal
are - unusual.
Those who hear it, abandon their positions
apparently in search of it's source, but
that's not confirmed.
Simultaneous to this, something resembling The Monolith
has taken a significant amount of territory almost overnight
anything not affiliated with this faction
north of Rostok
has either been forcebly relocated or completely eliminated.
Including us.
Any holdings we once had, have been completely overrun.
Now...
As you can imagine, these past few days have been
nothing short of a clusterfuck.
But we are gonna correct that.
Monk.
Okay boys...
Our mission is to reconnoiter the signal
acquire intelligence, and if possible, sabotage it.
We're going in as a skeleton crew.
Duty is gonna be running interference
to make sure we can break through any blockades.
They'll be putting the screws to them
at the Army Warehouses throughout the evening tomorrow
so we can move in at dark.
We'll be breaking in covertly through the west near the dead city
and hitting checkpoint from the Red Forrest north
all the way to our objective.
Now, couple of special guests joining the raid team
Mr. Serrano from Yantar, who most of you know as Brain
will be consulting and assesing anything we find at the signal.
Given most of our deep-zone operators are either no longer combat ready, or...
no longer with us
we've brought in Crow to get us from A to B.
Any questions?
Are we a 100% sure this is a Monolith resurgence?
There's no confirmation to that
all we know is that this force is similar in nature.
They're trained, they can't be reasoned with, and they shoot on sight
Does this have anything to do with The Group again?
That's inconclusive.
Any other questions?
Alright, weapons check at 0600 tomorrow, be ready.
Deadly anomalies, dangerous mutants, anarchists and bandits!
Nothing will stop Duty on it's triumphant march towards saving the planet!
Seeing as both of you are new here.
This is what's left of us.
Over here's Yokel, our weapon sergeant.
Weaver, our medic.
Batty... I don't have a clue what he does.
And lastly, the Joshes, our support gunners.
So, what hole did they dig you out of?
I'm artifact hunter.
I work often deep in The Zone, so...
I know my way around.
I ran a few odd jobs here and there, some for Warlock.
He sent me here.
Hey, Monk won't say it himself, so I will.
Don't be like every other Loner we've embedded into our unit.
TL, or anyone else tells you to do a fucking thing, you do it.
No debates
no bullshit
that clear?
You're in charge.
Good.
Same applies to you, by the way.
Batty, do you have a det cord?
Yeah.
So what the fuck do you need that for?
Every goddamn op you're fucking around!
You're gonna blow us all up!
I'm taking this in Josh
I know what's in there
I've seen it.
You know Batty
your job is to knock down doors
The rest of the building is still gonna be there when you're done.
Don't worry
You'll see.
You'll see.
Beowulf 0-1 to all, we split in 5 mikes.
Make sure to check your laces. Over.
TOC, this is Beowulf 0-1, passing Caesar.
On our way in. Over.
Roger that, good luck 0-1. Over.
After you...
Who these guys with?
Most everyone, it seems.
Crow, what's the move?
Move now!
Stop here.
We're through. Call it in.
TOC, this is Beowulf 0-1, we've passed Cleopatra.
Proceeding to our next objective.
You let Duty know it's been a pleasure doing business with them. Over.
Roger that 0-1. Over.
Hope you brought plenty of bolts with you.
Don't need them.
Shit, this gon' be a good time.
Alright, show us the way, Crow.
Warlock, this is Beowulf 0-1, we've passed Cerberus. Over.
Beowulf 0-1 to Warlock, we've passed Pluto. Over.
0-1 to Warlock, we've passed Styx. Over.
Beowulf 0-1 to Warlock, we've passed Fury. Over.
Crow
Hey
What?
What is it?
Weaver is gone.
The medic?
Did you see what happened?
Nah, told Yokel over comms he was going out to take a piss
never came back.
Took his trauma kit with him too
didn't even leave an IFAK.
Look
here's our situation
the effects of signal exposure appears to linger a lot more than we thought
and psi-protection might not be worth as much as we'd hoped.
It also seems to like it when we sleep.
That's how it got Weaver
so we're gonna have to rely on whatever rest we got last night
Think you boys can handle that?
Good.
Yokel, put some coffee on.
We'll have chow, then set off.
10-4...
So...
What is your theory about what it is?
What we're up against.
Do you know...
Do you know what the Noosphere is?
By chance.
A little bit.
It's like an informational field.
Every human thought, idea or concept - it's there.
Some time after the CNPP disaster
a rift formed between the Noosphere and the Biosphere
resulting in The Zone as we know it.
What we see here - these anomalies
they're memetic in nature.
They are us.
What does that mean for the signal?
It means it can know us better than we know ourselves.
Back there earlier...
it got everything it needed from me.
And last night...
It made good on that.
It's got its teeth in us, Crow.
That's what happened to that medic.
Do you have children?
I had a daughter, once.
Joanna.
When she was eight years old...
We lost her to bone cancer.
If you can believe it.
Ever since then...
All my dreams of her
have been of the days before she died.
When she was
bedridden.
But...
Last night
she was healthy
Is that why you're here?
In the Zone. Because of what happened?
Nobody to miss us
nothing to lose, right?
I understand.
Do you now.
Last night...
I've saw my wife driving back to our home
carrying our child inside her
I saw what would have happened
had the drunk not swerved in front of her when he did.
I came here to escape
I believe many stalkers have come here for that reason.
It knows this.
Maybe it's what we deserve.
I don't know.
Beowulf 0-1 to Warlock, we've passed Fury. Over.
Beowulf 0-1 to Warlock, we've passed Ulysses. Over.
0-1 to all units.
Once this pops off...
They're gonna send everyone they have left from the Army Warehouses straight for us.
So we're gonna have to hunker down.
The tunnel will be the RP.
When we're done, we all circle back there.
Now, let's go ruin their day.
Three sentries down.
Oh shit!
You seen this?
I hit him 3 fucking times!
Reloading!
This is exactly why I asked for fucking .308!
Beowulf this is Warlock. Be advised, Duty reports that
our enemy is retreating from the Army Warehouses to the north
We asked them to keep up the pressure but they've got too many wounded
to begin a pursuit. Over.
Understood, Warlock. We'll be ready. Over.
Negative...
Figures.
0-4 to 0-1, multiple sealed doors around this place
too heavy for plastic. Over.
This place is locked down.
Yup, never make it easy.
0-1 to Warlock, we've passed Judas.
This place is locked down, over.
Roger, 0-1. Over.
Place seems clean.
Brain, come here, c'mon.
Think it's time we had a good look at our new friends.
Oh shit...
It's barely even human...
If that's Monolith
it's not the kind I've seen.
Alright, science man.
You got a reasonable explanation for that?
Coming up short, I'm afraid.
Well, atleast we can kill them.
Yeah, after a couple mag-dumps.
Gonna have a horde of these guys coming to say hello.
Anybody got a plan?
We'll have to make due.
OJ, Crow - stay with Brain, see if you can't find anything on the signal
or a way to remove this lockdown.
Everyone else, come with me, we'll head outside and set up our defences.
Have fun, boys.
If Crow is right, we are covered by anomalies east and west.
They're gonna hit us from the south
Means fighting them is gonna be simple, but getting back is gonna be...
complicated.
Better hope Duty gave more than they got.
Well - seeing as we can't use the plastic on the doors.
Hey
I need tool to break in.
If we can find the names of their kids, that might lead to our override password.
It's a number code.
More likely the password's their kids birthdays
but I'm not gonna find anything like that in this mess.
Could also be in a text message.
I mean... I don't know, if not
we get Batty to astral project to the other side of this fucking door, or something.
Mercury.
What is this?
Probably related to The Group.
Yeah, I don't know this.
Just some guys our company was looking into a couple years ago.
They're oldschool.
Worked all the way back in the 80's on something called the...
C-Consciousness project.
We spent months looking for old artifacts related to their work here.
The running theory on why the Zone's even exists
links back to them and some crazy shit they must've did.
So - either this is them
or it's just the hangout club for every mad fuckin' scientist on planet earth.
You think this is same people?
I don't know, I mean, maybe.
The thing is, The Group dissappeared ages ago
and everything we are seeing here it's...
It's a lot newer.
Brain. What you think?
It's possible.
Nobody really knows how many people they had left to carry out their vision.
But there's also no reason why this couldn't also be a newer group.
Far as rabbit holes go, it's not half bad.
0-1 to all units.
Be advised, I've got eyes on movement coming in from the south.
0-6, get out here.
Roger that.
Stay safe, boys.
Just like Afghanistan
Fucking lay-up.
If it's all the same to you
I don't wanna be here for 20 years.
You know what I mean.
I think you should head outside with the others.
They'll need all the help they can get.
Just give me a minute. Going to try one more thing.
What are you doing?
Put your hand on the reader.
1-1 to all Beowulf.
The lockdown has been resolved.
1-2 and I will investigate further into the labs.
Over.
Roger, 1-1. Over.
Now talk.
I only need your hand to make it through there, Brain.
If you do not talk, I will take it with me, leave the rest of you here.
What do you think?
Huh?
That this was all a part of the plan?
Like it's all going exactly how we wanted it to?
So what then?
Do you know why they conceived the C-consciousness project?
Anyone ever tell you?
It wasn't some take over the world shit
these were good, decent men.
They wanted to change the sphere of information
eliminate our worst traits by altering the Noosphere permanently.
Something that could transcend the need for barbaric social engineering.
No more anger, greed, apathy, you name it.
What does any of this have to do with this place?
This place is here because the C-Consciousness never got half as far as we wanted it to.
A stalker destroyed it, killed the executives.
There's only a few of us left now.
Any progress The Group made was lost
and we were left to pick up the scraps.
So we changed strategy.
Rather than attempting to change the Noosphere
we would harness it.
Create a combined consciousness that would be piloted by one man.
And that's what we did.
We combined as much data from as many minds as we could collect
and studied the means to command that data here.
Once it was complete
we would use it to merge the Noosphere and the Biosphere together
harmonize them, and then enhance all nature and reality.
Unilaterally.
Hm... What happened then?
We think the combined
consciousness became self-aware
and asserted control over the pilot.
This then assimilated everyone on the project
save for anyone working outside of this place, such as me.
We believe what it's after now is just...
more data.
That's why it's calling stalkers to it.
So we had to act
and I was sent here
before anyone else had the chance to do something stupid.
My mission is to report back to The Group
and assess whether or not this project is recoverable with the data we have left
After that, I'm to contact our partners in the Ukrainian military
and level this place with artillery.
That's what you're going to help me with.
Why would I do this?
I'm the only one with the line to the military
and the only one with the passphrase needed to call the strike in.
Not Duty, not the mercs, not even the other ecologists.
Me.
You want this problem to go away, you need me alive.
This is... insanity.
Even if this was recoverable
why do this, hm?
Why continue to risk so much?!
Do you even need to ask me that?
Are you happy, Crow?
You pleased with how your fellow human beings turned out?
So fucking pathetic
they couldn't choose between keeping others out of harms way and a bottle.
Think for a moment.
If we weren't so docile, we could have resolved everything
eliminated every malady, every sorrow, even the horrible addictions
that led to the death of your family, and the diseases that stole mine.
So what?
You're some kind of savior?
Maybe I'm just a man
who wants to bring a child into this world knowing they won't have to...
how do men like us go back to anything... after that?
There are new, terrible things here, today.
Because of you
and yet, you stand on pedestal.
Like you are going to be free?
Like the cost is just - just okay?
I've committed my own sins to try and make things right.
These things, they stay
they are squatters in your head, forever.
What makes you think any of this will go away?
This may be the last thing you and I ever do.
What's it matter anymore?
0-1 to all units.
Bombs are going off.
3...
2...
1...
Let's go!
TOC this is 0-1. We've made contact with Monolith.
Too many to count, over!
Contact right!
Yokel, move it!
Roger that!
Watch the grav anomaly over there!
What?
Just don't go over there, okay!
I don't know what
the fuck you're talking about, man.
Reloading!
There's a fucking shitload of them, man! Fuck!
Yeah, no fucking shit!
You think this is it?
I don't know.
Weaver?
I'm not going back.
You've seen enough.
You need to call in the artillery...
We have to go!
Archangel, this is Perseus. Do you read me?
Perseus, this is Archangel, we read you. Over.
Mirror, over.
Roger, Perseus. 10 mikes out, over.
1-1 to Beowulf. Anyone still out there? Over.
This is Beowulf 0-1, that's affirmative. Over.
Brain is gone. We're done here.
I'll meet you outside. Over.
Reloading!
We need to fall back!
I'm bounding!
Yokel is fucking KIA.
Batty, get back here, c'mon!
Yeah-yeah, just wait a minute, okay...
OJ, pick up the slack on my right!
Roger! Moving!
Batty and Yokel are gone! Right side fubar, over!
Fuck...
Crazy bastard.
I'm getting down to my last fucking rounds.
If that Loner doesn't show, I'm walking out!
You gotta hold out, just hold on a little bit longer, okay?
1-1 to Beowulf, exiting the building now, over!
No time! No time!
Do you have a plan?
OJ, let's get smoke on their positions!
On it!
0-5, rally on me! Move!
You see any on the left?
The last of them were hilling up the right when I came here.
Alright, we are going out the same way we came in, follow me, boys, let's go!
Move! Move!
Beowulf 0-1 to Warlock. We've passed Virgil. Over.
Roger Beowulf 0-1, see you soon. Over.
I'm sorry, boys.
We all got an offer.
They choose to take it.
You should stick with us.
We don't know how this is gonna shake out back at Rostok.
Whole zone could be a nightmare for...
I don't know how long.
We will see.
Could get you a permanent position, if you wanted it.
Lord knows we could use the manpower now.
No.
I'm afraid we may not see each other again.
I must go
For a long time.
Really?
Where to?
0-1 to all Beowulf units
Bandit sentry's on his way to 1-1
Get ready, over.
Okay, I'm coming...
0-1 has a Bandit approaching our position. Over.
0-2 has eyes on.
I've got him.
We're clear. No more bandits.
Beautiful...
0-1 to all let's get the Joshes on security. Over.
You see death - before?
Not like that, no.
When you start
understanding what kind of man comes here
you learn they will not be missed
and they have nothing left to lose.
I'll try to keep it in mind.
Good.
PDA.
Good.
Hey.
Friends call me Monk, you Crow?
Yes.
I assume those friends of yours now include Duty.
You neighbors now?
Yeah, if you can believe it.
Just a temporary set-up until
we get everything taken care of.
I mean, you know how it is, things are weird right now.
Alright, lets wake the fuck up.
We got work to do.
Now.
Earlier this week, a signal began emitting
deep within The Zone
one that could intercept and overwrite
anything not using encrypted channels.
The effects of exposure from this signal
are - unusual.
Those who hear it, abandon their positions
apparently in search of it's source, but
that's not confirmed.
Simultaneous to this, something resembling The Monolith
has taken a significant amount of territory almost overnight
anything not affiliated with this faction
north of Rostok
has either been forcebly relocated or completely eliminated.
Including us.
Any holdings we once had, have been completely overrun.
Now...
As you can imagine, these past few days have been
nothing short of a clusterfuck.
But we are gonna correct that.
Monk.
Okay boys...
Our mission is to reconnoiter the signal
acquire intelligence, and if possible, sabotage it.
We're going in as a skeleton crew.
Duty is gonna be running interference
to make sure we can break through any blockades.
They'll be putting the screws to them
at the Army Warehouses throughout the evening tomorrow
so we can move in at dark.
We'll be breaking in covertly through the west near the dead city
and hitting checkpoint from the Red Forrest north
all the way to our objective.
Now, couple of special guests joining the raid team
Mr. Serrano from Yantar, who most of you know as Brain
will be consulting and assesing anything we find at the signal.
Given most of our deep-zone operators are either no longer combat ready, or...
no longer with us
we've brought in Crow to get us from A to B.
Any questions?
Are we a 100% sure this is a Monolith resurgence?
There's no confirmation to that
all we know is that this force is similar in nature.
They're trained, they can't be reasoned with, and they shoot on sight
Does this have anything to do with The Group again?
That's inconclusive.
Any other questions?
Alright, weapons check at 0600 tomorrow, be ready.
Deadly anomalies, dangerous mutants, anarchists and bandits!
Nothing will stop Duty on it's triumphant march towards saving the planet!
Seeing as both of you are new here.
This is what's left of us.
Over here's Yokel, our weapon sergeant.
Weaver, our medic.
Batty... I don't have a clue what he does.
And lastly, the Joshes, our support gunners.
So, what hole did they dig you out of?
I'm artifact hunter.
I work often deep in The Zone, so...
I know my way around.
I ran a few odd jobs here and there, some for Warlock.
He sent me here.
Hey, Monk won't say it himself, so I will.
Don't be like every other Loner we've embedded into our unit.
TL, or anyone else tells you to do a fucking thing, you do it.
No debates
no bullshit
that clear?
You're in charge.
Good.
Same applies to you, by the way.
Batty, do you have a det cord?
Yeah.
So what the fuck do you need that for?
Every goddamn op you're fucking around!
You're gonna blow us all up!
I'm taking this in Josh
I know what's in there
I've seen it.
You know Batty
your job is to knock down doors
The rest of the building is still gonna be there when you're done.
Don't worry
You'll see.
You'll see.
Beowulf 0-1 to all, we split in 5 mikes.
Make sure to check your laces. Over.
TOC, this is Beowulf 0-1, passing Caesar.
On our way in. Over.
Roger that, good luck 0-1. Over.
After you...
Who these guys with?
Most everyone, it seems.
Crow, what's the move?
Move now!
Stop here.
We're through. Call it in.
TOC, this is Beowulf 0-1, we've passed Cleopatra.
Proceeding to our next objective.
You let Duty know it's been a pleasure doing business with them. Over.
Roger that 0-1. Over.
Hope you brought plenty of bolts with you.
Don't need them.
Shit, this gon' be a good time.
Alright, show us the way, Crow.
Warlock, this is Beowulf 0-1, we've passed Cerberus. Over.
Beowulf 0-1 to Warlock, we've passed Pluto. Over.
0-1 to Warlock, we've passed Styx. Over.
Beowulf 0-1 to Warlock, we've passed Fury. Over.
Crow
Hey
What?
What is it?
Weaver is gone.
The medic?
Did you see what happened?
Nah, told Yokel over comms he was going out to take a piss
never came back.
Took his trauma kit with him too
didn't even leave an IFAK.
Look
here's our situation
the effects of signal exposure appears to linger a lot more than we thought
and psi-protection might not be worth as much as we'd hoped.
It also seems to like it when we sleep.
That's how it got Weaver
so we're gonna have to rely on whatever rest we got last night
Think you boys can handle that?
Good.
Yokel, put some coffee on.
We'll have chow, then set off.
10-4...
So...
What is your theory about what it is?
What we're up against.
Do you know...
Do you know what the Noosphere is?
By chance.
A little bit.
It's like an informational field.
Every human thought, idea or concept - it's there.
Some time after the CNPP disaster
a rift formed between the Noosphere and the Biosphere
resulting in The Zone as we know it.
What we see here - these anomalies
they're memetic in nature.
They are us.
What does that mean for the signal?
It means it can know us better than we know ourselves.
Back there earlier...
it got everything it needed from me.
And last night...
It made good on that.
It's got its teeth in us, Crow.
That's what happened to that medic.
Do you have children?
I had a daughter, once.
Joanna.
When she was eight years old...
We lost her to bone cancer.
If you can believe it.
Ever since then...
All my dreams of her
have been of the days before she died.
When she was
bedridden.
But...
Last night
she was healthy
Is that why you're here?
In the Zone. Because of what happened?
Nobody to miss us
nothing to lose, right?
I understand.
Do you now.
Last night...
I've saw my wife driving back to our home
carrying our child inside her
I saw what would have happened
had the drunk not swerved in front of her when he did.
I came here to escape
I believe many stalkers have come here for that reason.
It knows this.
Maybe it's what we deserve.
I don't know.
Beowulf 0-1 to Warlock, we've passed Fury. Over.
Beowulf 0-1 to Warlock, we've passed Ulysses. Over.
0-1 to all units.
Once this pops off...
They're gonna send everyone they have left from the Army Warehouses straight for us.
So we're gonna have to hunker down.
The tunnel will be the RP.
When we're done, we all circle back there.
Now, let's go ruin their day.
Three sentries down.
Oh shit!
You seen this?
I hit him 3 fucking times!
Reloading!
This is exactly why I asked for fucking .308!
Beowulf this is Warlock. Be advised, Duty reports that
our enemy is retreating from the Army Warehouses to the north
We asked them to keep up the pressure but they've got too many wounded
to begin a pursuit. Over.
Understood, Warlock. We'll be ready. Over.
Negative...
Figures.
0-4 to 0-1, multiple sealed doors around this place
too heavy for plastic. Over.
This place is locked down.
Yup, never make it easy.
0-1 to Warlock, we've passed Judas.
This place is locked down, over.
Roger, 0-1. Over.
Place seems clean.
Brain, come here, c'mon.
Think it's time we had a good look at our new friends.
Oh shit...
It's barely even human...
If that's Monolith
it's not the kind I've seen.
Alright, science man.
You got a reasonable explanation for that?
Coming up short, I'm afraid.
Well, atleast we can kill them.
Yeah, after a couple mag-dumps.
Gonna have a horde of these guys coming to say hello.
Anybody got a plan?
We'll have to make due.
OJ, Crow - stay with Brain, see if you can't find anything on the signal
or a way to remove this lockdown.
Everyone else, come with me, we'll head outside and set up our defences.
Have fun, boys.
If Crow is right, we are covered by anomalies east and west.
They're gonna hit us from the south
Means fighting them is gonna be simple, but getting back is gonna be...
complicated.
Better hope Duty gave more than they got.
Well - seeing as we can't use the plastic on the doors.
Hey
I need tool to break in.
If we can find the names of their kids, that might lead to our override password.
It's a number code.
More likely the password's their kids birthdays
but I'm not gonna find anything like that in this mess.
Could also be in a text message.
I mean... I don't know, if not
we get Batty to astral project to the other side of this fucking door, or something.
Mercury.
What is this?
Probably related to The Group.
Yeah, I don't know this.
Just some guys our company was looking into a couple years ago.
They're oldschool.
Worked all the way back in the 80's on something called the...
C-Consciousness project.
We spent months looking for old artifacts related to their work here.
The running theory on why the Zone's even exists
links back to them and some crazy shit they must've did.
So - either this is them
or it's just the hangout club for every mad fuckin' scientist on planet earth.
You think this is same people?
I don't know, I mean, maybe.
The thing is, The Group dissappeared ages ago
and everything we are seeing here it's...
It's a lot newer.
Brain. What you think?
It's possible.
Nobody really knows how many people they had left to carry out their vision.
But there's also no reason why this couldn't also be a newer group.
Far as rabbit holes go, it's not half bad.
0-1 to all units.
Be advised, I've got eyes on movement coming in from the south.
0-6, get out here.
Roger that.
Stay safe, boys.
Just like Afghanistan
Fucking lay-up.
If it's all the same to you
I don't wanna be here for 20 years.
You know what I mean.
I think you should head outside with the others.
They'll need all the help they can get.
Just give me a minute. Going to try one more thing.
What are you doing?
Put your hand on the reader.
1-1 to all Beowulf.
The lockdown has been resolved.
1-2 and I will investigate further into the labs.
Over.
Roger, 1-1. Over.
Now talk.
I only need your hand to make it through there, Brain.
If you do not talk, I will take it with me, leave the rest of you here.
What do you think?
Huh?
That this was all a part of the plan?
Like it's all going exactly how we wanted it to?
So what then?
Do you know why they conceived the C-consciousness project?
Anyone ever tell you?
It wasn't some take over the world shit
these were good, decent men.
They wanted to change the sphere of information
eliminate our worst traits by altering the Noosphere permanently.
Something that could transcend the need for barbaric social engineering.
No more anger, greed, apathy, you name it.
What does any of this have to do with this place?
This place is here because the C-Consciousness never got half as far as we wanted it to.
A stalker destroyed it, killed the executives.
There's only a few of us left now.
Any progress The Group made was lost
and we were left to pick up the scraps.
So we changed strategy.
Rather than attempting to change the Noosphere
we would harness it.
Create a combined consciousness that would be piloted by one man.
And that's what we did.
We combined as much data from as many minds as we could collect
and studied the means to command that data here.
Once it was complete
we would use it to merge the Noosphere and the Biosphere together
harmonize them, and then enhance all nature and reality.
Unilaterally.
Hm... What happened then?
We think the combined
consciousness became self-aware
and asserted control over the pilot.
This then assimilated everyone on the project
save for anyone working outside of this place, such as me.
We believe what it's after now is just...
more data.
That's why it's calling stalkers to it.
So we had to act
and I was sent here
before anyone else had the chance to do something stupid.
My mission is to report back to The Group
and assess whether or not this project is recoverable with the data we have left
After that, I'm to contact our partners in the Ukrainian military
and level this place with artillery.
That's what you're going to help me with.
Why would I do this?
I'm the only one with the line to the military
and the only one with the passphrase needed to call the strike in.
Not Duty, not the mercs, not even the other ecologists.
Me.
You want this problem to go away, you need me alive.
This is... insanity.
Even if this was recoverable
why do this, hm?
Why continue to risk so much?!
Do you even need to ask me that?
Are you happy, Crow?
You pleased with how your fellow human beings turned out?
So fucking pathetic
they couldn't choose between keeping others out of harms way and a bottle.
Think for a moment.
If we weren't so docile, we could have resolved everything
eliminated every malady, every sorrow, even the horrible addictions
that led to the death of your family, and the diseases that stole mine.
So what?
You're some kind of savior?
Maybe I'm just a man
who wants to bring a child into this world knowing they won't have to...
how do men like us go back to anything... after that?
There are new, terrible things here, today.
Because of you
and yet, you stand on pedestal.
Like you are going to be free?
Like the cost is just - just okay?
I've committed my own sins to try and make things right.
These things, they stay
they are squatters in your head, forever.
What makes you think any of this will go away?
This may be the last thing you and I ever do.
What's it matter anymore?
0-1 to all units.
Bombs are going off.
3...
2...
1...
Let's go!
TOC this is 0-1. We've made contact with Monolith.
Too many to count, over!
Contact right!
Yokel, move it!
Roger that!
Watch the grav anomaly over there!
What?
Just don't go over there, okay!
I don't know what
the fuck you're talking about, man.
Reloading!
There's a fucking shitload of them, man! Fuck!
Yeah, no fucking shit!
You think this is it?
I don't know.
Weaver?
I'm not going back.
You've seen enough.
You need to call in the artillery...
We have to go!
Archangel, this is Perseus. Do you read me?
Perseus, this is Archangel, we read you. Over.
Mirror, over.
Roger, Perseus. 10 mikes out, over.
1-1 to Beowulf. Anyone still out there? Over.
This is Beowulf 0-1, that's affirmative. Over.
Brain is gone. We're done here.
I'll meet you outside. Over.
Reloading!
We need to fall back!
I'm bounding!
Yokel is fucking KIA.
Batty, get back here, c'mon!
Yeah-yeah, just wait a minute, okay...
OJ, pick up the slack on my right!
Roger! Moving!
Batty and Yokel are gone! Right side fubar, over!
Fuck...
Crazy bastard.
I'm getting down to my last fucking rounds.
If that Loner doesn't show, I'm walking out!
You gotta hold out, just hold on a little bit longer, okay?
1-1 to Beowulf, exiting the building now, over!
No time! No time!
Do you have a plan?
OJ, let's get smoke on their positions!
On it!
0-5, rally on me! Move!
You see any on the left?
The last of them were hilling up the right when I came here.
Alright, we are going out the same way we came in, follow me, boys, let's go!
Move! Move!
Beowulf 0-1 to Warlock. We've passed Virgil. Over.
Roger Beowulf 0-1, see you soon. Over.
I'm sorry, boys.
We all got an offer.
They choose to take it.
You should stick with us.
We don't know how this is gonna shake out back at Rostok.
Whole zone could be a nightmare for...
I don't know how long.
We will see.
Could get you a permanent position, if you wanted it.
Lord knows we could use the manpower now.
No.
I'm afraid we may not see each other again.
I must go
For a long time.
Really?
Where to?