On April 26, 1986 01:23:45 a.m. reactor number four at the Chernobyl plant, near Pripyat in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, exploded. Further explosions and the resulting fire sent a plume of highly radioactive fallout into the atmosphere and over an extensive geographical area. Four hundred times more fallout was released than had been by the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.
The plume drifted over extensive parts of the western Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, Western Europe, Northern Europe, and eastern North America, with light nuclear rain falling as far as Ireland. Large areas in Ukraine, Belarus, and Russia were badly contaminated, resulting in the evacuation and resettlement of over 336,000 people. According to official post-Soviet data, about 60% of the radioactive fallout landed in Belarus.
After the initial Chernobyl Disaster, attempts were made to repopulate the area, primarily with scientists and military personnel. However, in 2006, almost 20 years after the first incident, a second disaster occurred, caused by the C-consciousness program, killing or mutating most of the inhabitants. The area of Chernobyl was re named "The Zone".
It has been 3 years since the second disaster at Chernobyl, and many people have begun coming to the zone in search of money, valuable artifacts and scientific information. Because of the post-nuclear decay within The Zone, extreme radiation has caused mutations among animals and plants in the area. As such, creatures within The Zone are vastly different from their real-world counterparts. Additionally, some areas of The Zone contain mutated humans, the majority of whom were caught in the second nuclear disaster.
As a result of the second Chernobyl disaster, The Zone is littered with small areas of altered physics, known as anomalies. There are several different variations, each one having a unique impact upon those who cross its path. They can be potentially deadly to those who encounter them, delivering electric shocks, or pulling them into the air and crushing them. Some Stalkers also possess an anomaly detector, which emits warning beeps of a varying frequency depending on their proximity to an anomaly.
Anomalies produce Artifacts, the valuable scientific curiosities that make the Zone worth exploring monetarily. As well as being traded for money, a number of Artifacts can be worn so that they provide certain benefits and detriments. Artifacts are found scattered throughout the Zone, often near clusters of anomalies.
Radiation caused by the nuclear incidents at Chernobyl occurs in specific invisible patches throughout The Zone. Although most areas in The Zone have no radiation, areas near abandoned construction equipment that was used in the post-accident clean-up, certain military wrecked vehicles, and a variety of other locations create small to large fields of radiation, some of which cannot be passed through without the proper equipment.
Stalkers have entered the zone in search of these valuable artifacts, but the Military has setup command posts ad check points in an effort to keep people out. Although, the Military has been known from time to time, to allow some individuals to pass that offer a worthy bribe. After entering the Zone, Stalkers must be aware of Bandits whose sole purpose is to steal their treasures. Even more dangerous to those who enter are the mutated humans and animals wandering throughout the Zone. The Stalkers are given their missions for finding artifacts by the Barkeep who pays very well for the returned artifacts and items requested.
When: Friday night October 30th ALL NIGHT through Saturday morning October 31st.
Where: TBD (To be Determined)
Cost: $10 PrePay ONLY
This will be a Zombie style game, but based on the PC RPG "S.T.A.L.K.E.R" as it will be the month of Halloween. Costumes to fit the role you play will be required. Prizes will be given for the best representation of the role your playing. The game will begin around dark with a FULL MOON, and run all through the night. We have been planning this event for almost a year now and are excited to finally be able to host something unlike anything we've ever seen in airsoft around here.[/quote]
