@@anomalousdugout9557 i think some monolith (all hail the monolith) priest may be still operating instead of the C-c. sending marked soldiers left and right
My personal theory is that the brainscorcher/psi-storms put the victim into a state of docilitity, there monlith soldiers collect the docile stalkers and hook them up to the monitors which either turn them into sleeper agents or monolith soldiers, those not collected and left in the state of docility eventually get back up as zombies. The images on the screens show the zone and its creations essentially indoctrinating them into being one with the zone and worshipping it. The emission at the end of Clear Sky was deliberate, though rather than vapourising stalkers like usual it was engineered to be psi-heavy to catch all the clear sky members which would make up their stock of numbers. The C-Consciousness panicked at the prospect of strelok still being alive, they had no knowledge of his appearance so they had no idea they already caught him, so created the soldiers to keep watch for him and other similarly ambitious stalkers and sent the sleeper agents out to kill him.
@@fallenghost1760 it actually scares me a little, strelok being one of the many and not THE legendary strelok. Just a dude superior in combat blasting his way in the cnpp. He wasn't special. He didn't withstand the c-c, the c-c simply had rarer plans for him 😬.
I hope the developer don't forget about him and the clear sky faction in Stalker 2 And oh yeah i think what strelok do in soc make the zone is broken or something that's why in cop we always can see a emission i dont know in clear sky because i play that game yesterday
Have always wondered about the Belarussian side of the Zone. Maybe the Monolith is there too? So perhaps, maybe in STALKER 2 or even 3 (if it ever happens lol), could include Scar surviving and ending up in the Belarussian side. Or at least it's a constant possibility.
I also do believe that scar is a marked stalker And maybe the device where he is isn't the same device than the device who make zombie or monolithian so it could explain why we don't see clear sky member ( or very few ) turned into marked agent The arm rising is also a good point I don't know what to think about it
Regarding 2:10 - I just played through vanilla+ZRP SHOC, and I noticed the final dialogue with the hologram actually mentions a "network" of psi emitters preventing access to the center of the Zone. So "the" Brain Scorcher doesn't need to have a weird ring pattern, it may just be one of a whole bunch of installations surrounding the CNPP. The psi barrier being an imperfect patchwork of different emitters could readily explain why there are ways through it and why coverage varies.
Dude, the scar trailer with the (possibly) flashback to the brainwashing room could be scars flashback😮 Which would mean he woke up and escaped, confirming the last theory. This is crazy!
i think Clear Sky decided to use the CM1 rifle because of its properties. its not effected by gravity or wind, so it would be easier to use it to disable Strelok's psy-protection than use a sniper rifle to kill him.
your map of the brain scorcher's influence looks really strange because the brain scorcher was designed with shadow of chernobyl/clear sky's map in mind. the area of influence would look more like a barrier, stretching across the radar and the red forest, leaving limansk as the only direct route towards pripyat that wasn't in the brain scorcher's reach. this is all because of the pripyat paradox though, which i hope will be cleared up in stalker 2. also, i believe that clear sky was forcing strelok to retreat by disabling his psy protection. lebedev states that he wont last long in the incoming emission without it, so once strelok's psy protection runs out, he either has to retreat or become a zombie/monolith
The Brain Scorcher is probably the shape shown in video. It is like big circle surrounding area around pripyat. Why would they only block Radar , then you could easily reach CNPP from any other direction. Also the effect is probably active even inside the circle.
@@blueorange9067 i'd like to think that the brain scorcher's influence only stretches out to the radar and red forest as it's described as a barrier between the southern and northern zone. if limansk was on, it would give full coverage. this plus the anomaly fields (my explanation as to why the map teleports exists) would give the cnpp it's current defense. still, we have to wait for stalker 2 to clear it up.
@@inclementhexahedron the brain scorcher is a big anntenae up in the red forest, and it emmits psy effects. So naturaly it would go around like a circle and not pinpoint to a specific area. Limansk is probably out of it's reach and part of red forest seen in Clear Sky. Bzt yeah, maybe in Stalker 2 we find out more.
Yes, the map was simply there to make a visual representation of my point, but it's not supposed to be accurate. We don't actually know what the area of influence looks like, we don't even know exactly where the Brain Scorcher is. About Strelok, it's possible that Lebedev wanted to capture him alive in order to find out what he knows.
Watching this after the reveal of Scar in Heart of Chornobyl and his apparent importance to the story is wild. It *does* really seem like Scar might have escaped, or that he was given some programming but broke out of it. Though this could explain his new personality shift in 2, a side effect of what was done to him. Or he's just gone crazy from being in the Zone for over a decade.
Unfortunately the announcement for stalker 2 protagonist was going to be Strelok but instead dev team confirmed the new main character would be Skif Instead
I think that Scar being alive is pretty much a given. He and Strelok were able to get inside the CNPP before the blowout, only to get their brains yeeted by the psi field. Scar wakes up and moves his head, but the movement stops when he stares at the screen. The hand movement at the end is either him struggling against the brainswashing (the other stalkers probably went thru the same process before succumbing to it) or getting up. I personally belive he struggled but then fell to the brainwashing, becoming Charon. But maybe he was completely immune to the psi field and just escaped. It would be amazing to finally get to cannonically explore the Generator area and find him in there, with many secrets to tell.
I think the most telling that Scar gets turned into a Monolith agent is that the person who wakes up in the cutscene focuses on Strelok for a lot longer than the other two next to him. Surely whoever looked at Strelok knew him, right? Scar is also undoubtedly special, so not only would he temporarily gain consciousness but he's likely to have some protection from the Zone if he survived. Also, it would be quite boring that Scar, Zone-blessed and ultra-badass mercenary, just dies at the end. Even if the C-consciousness took hold of him for a while, it's not unlikely that the Zone wasn't done with him. After all, even if he fulfilled his purpose, does the Zone throw away her favorites like that? Forester are one of the Zone-blessed who proves that the Zone can be benevolent. I believe if the series continues long enough, then Scar will return. Let's just hope he's on our side.
i think - considering that scar was right outside the reactor when blowout happened - that scar simply got his nervous system fryed he was warned about it and his body could not withstand that much it's better and more cannected to what happens in the game than crazy theories of miraculous survival or being recruited to monolith
I know it sounds unlikely, as you could easily argue that since this counts as after-game content and isn't a part of the ending, that it isn't canon, but after the endgame cutscene and the credits, the game continues with Scar simply getting up from the emission, notably with most of the Monolith and Clear Sky members gone. I thought Scar just woke up from the emission, somehow lucking out for whatever reason, and then got out of the area, escaping through Limansk and then leaving The Zone, or he escape and went into hiding somewhere in The Zone.
I have my own scenario. Scar did not wake up by him self but by something diferent, more powerful than C-consciousness. He was waked up by Gman and we dont saw him, because Scar´s pov ended sooner, than Gman apeard. He recruted him in same way like Gordon Freeman and corporal Shephard, in crisis situation. Gman sended Scar to the past, so Scar killed Fang, even if it hapened before end of clear sky.
Some light spoilers below. Sort of. Monos hear commands from the Wish Granter directly and don't have much to think about, unless the Granter and emitters are down, in which case they hear nothing and either behave as a cult or break free (CoP, Strider, Noon). It doesn't seem to require the C-Con be alive, since Strelok killed them, but SIRCAA reactivated the Granter and an emitter. That is to say, as long as the Granter is up and running, the Mono seem to hear it. Pre-programmed would be my guess, the Granter seems to be a fire-and-forget type of device. Agents are captured and reprogrammed with other people's memories to drive them "naturally" towards the goals of the C-Con, instead, and can be remote viewed through their own eyes. The C-Con doesn't (or didn't) care if the Agents come into conflict with the Mono as long as their set goals are achieved. The human lives spent don't matter to the C-Con, so their own groups fighting each other just helps reinforce the facade. The Mono defend the C-Con and Granter, the Agents attempt to dispose of threats to the C-Con. According to a PDA in Stalk2, Scar appears to have been an Agent from the moment the game play started in Clear Sky. Not sure how I feel about that but it appears to be the case. Could explain his reduced need for food, his ability to survive some emissions, and his (your) ability to win every shootout. It seems he was then reprogrammed again sometime after CoP with the memories of a dead Sparker, Marshall (Spark didn't exist until after CoP). He thinks Marshall's life is his, now, coupled with his original but different reprogramming.
@etriusdragoon6640 the PDA kinda explains everything in CS, especially why we're playing as him. If Lebedev is actually once with C-con he could predict or at least know the patterns of their plan and maybe caught Scar as one of their agent.
@@ViberacRight, and unless I'm reading too deep into that PDA, it moreso seems to suggest that Scar was provided to Clear Sky as an asset, which would indeed indicate that CS's leaders were in on the whole deal.
Ring theory holds up. Limansk seems to be untouched as its radars are never utilised, same with the hospital etc. The military at a high enough altitude can also dodge the ring. I think the psy protection thing is just a failure on the part of the developers.
Nice video, had my own theory using lost alphas orginal gameplay. The sin member whom is chasing/hunting strelok I figured was scar and this blow out furthered his unnatural abilities. The character is seen wearing a trench coat and even bad inventory that using a Vintar BC. However all those cutscenes and this npc was cut from the The current version of lost alpha. Another speculation I came up with was that he was proverb the stalker whom saved strelok from the death truck whom also wears a trench coat and vintar BC, seems to know a bit of strelok and even looks shocked when he finds him in cutscenes in both the lost alpha and soc. Although smiliar appearance he seems a bit younger and no scar is present but again could also have had his unnatural abilities furthered after the blowout healing his injuries and making him younger. Similarly to wolfs armour which was said to have unique healing effects. Perhaps the zone healed them all. As for the other clear sky faction. Perhaps they had been changed and handed new equipment, those strong enough merged with the monolith those week sent in the death trucks as disposable agents. Anyway love seeing these videos and others thirsty for stalker lore.
I dont think strelok used prototype from Yantar it was only psi helmet nothing else. Did anyone remember cutscene from SoC? when he arrive and say to doctor showing werid artifact? ( you won't believe where i was and what i saw ) That kind of psi protection give them physical protection from bullets too! like Burer abilities and other Zone shit. I think he used this weird powerfull artifact abilities
It feels weird when I find a RUclipsr whom I believe deserves more views per vid than I have. But honestly, you're interesting enough that I do think you should have more views
My theory is scar actually woken up from the brain washing and because of that he tried to escape the place but was other stopped by monolithians or he died in other way honestly if scar would ever survive the cnpp raid we would hear about him because he's such a legend for doing all the things in clear sky
The hand is deliberate, there is no way they would just randomly add that when making the cutscene, its not even like its one of those ingame cutscenes where it couldve just been an NPC T posing
I never noticed that arm in the final cutscene, if that is supposed to be Scar then yea it's possible he escaped the brainwashing and went into hiding.
My impression was always that the reason Clear Sky was using the psy-field disabling rifle was the presumption that the 'zone' so to speak would know if he died due to its own actions, its own hands if you will. I assume this is why Clear Sky were mentioned to be protected from emissions, rather than a general psy-wave. This is part of why I assume myself that they went on to become Monolith. Perhaps the more heavily damaged members like the zombified ones you mentioned elsewhere, but in essence, they were protected enough to bear the attack, just not without significant scorching to their minds.
Here's a few theories of mine (1st one is that Scar was gone before we could see him and he's out of the zone and living normally.) (2nd one is that the one raising his hand is Scar but that movement can be another one with the same thing scar has in him and is a unknown Stalker who wishes to help Strelok or heard of his legend and gets up and breaks his brainwashing thing giving him the same mission to kill Strelok and saves him but the man dies from it because the double C kills him as he is up and walking before its ready.) (3rd one is that Strelok got a broken brainwashing thing and got the kill strelok mission while scar dies before he was brainwashed or he was still alive and there was more than 3 blowouts he could take and got up and got killed by the monolith.) just some of my theories.
Oh yes, these are some extremely interesting theories, and I am very glad that you brought them up and made a great video discussing each of them in-depth. I personally believe that Scar is still out there, while Clear Sky would have been wiped out, or at least depowered by the end of the second game. In Call of Chernobyl, they exist but their leadership has obviously changed and they were pushed back to the Great Swamps. I know CoC isn't canon, but it's interesting to note. On a completely unrelated note: Since you mentioned loving Oblivion Lost Remake, will you ever make a detailed video on how to play it and how to find all documents (not just the seven red folders)? I'm struggling with getting into a certain door underneath that game's version of Rostok, and playing the game itself can be quite a goddamn nightmare sometimes, but I am enjoying it. It's just a video idea, but the mod has made a pretty huge impact on my view of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. canon and lore, even though I still consider the final games to be canon.
Alright, thank you for your insight. I am not planning on making videos on Oblivion Lost Remake since there are already a ton of other subjects on vanilla games that I want to cover first. But maybe I can still help you, where is it that you are stuck exactly ?
@@anomalousdugout9557 There's a certain codelocked door in the Rostok underground that is covered by a sliding door which is impossible to open. I can't tell if I've missed anything. This mod is hard to find any info on considering the fact that it's Russian and very few Western people have actually played it.
@@Tyme_Whyrlwynd Oh yes, I think I remeber this door. You need to make sure you make all the side quests from the bar, especially given by Barkeep and Duty. If I remember correctly, it will be Barkeep who gives you the code.
In my mind, the scenario is as follows: Upon disabling Strelok, the emission hits and everyone is knocked out (It was a psy-emission, not a regular physical emission). C-Concious then gather all the stalkers, Clear Sky, Monolith etc and begin the process of indoctrination. Fighters become Monolith, scouts become Stalkers/sleeper agents. The senior Clear Sky (i.e. Lebedev) are highly valuable to C-Concious and become intergrated into their program to enhance it. (This is why we see what appears to be Lebedev in Shadow Of Chernobyl, and he recognizes Strelok). He tries to convince Strelok to join them, as he was convinced to join at the end of Clear Sky events. As for Scar, I believe that he survived and ended up in the brain washing corridor... however, due to his unique abilities which C-Concious did not account for, he was able to awake and there after one of two things happen... 1. Scar escapes (possibly with some amnesia due to the traumatic event) and becomes the protaginist of Stalker II 2. Scar ends up as a Monolith fighter in a senior position that we have yet to see - again, possibly making an appearance in Stalker II
I think he escaped but went crazy. he then set himself up in a little shack surrounded by mines sniping anyone that comes by. As a mercenary, he must have done a few jobs for the nearby faction freedom. They my have assumed that the last job they sent him on made him psycho.
the thing im wondering is, if strelok got the psy helmet from sakharov in yantar once for his 2nd expedition to the cnpp, how did sakharov not just acknowledge that strelok was there before during SoC
Nice video but you missed some things and i will explain them because they are fitting to the video and to the story of shadow of chernobyl. 1. So in the events of Clear Sky that ofcurse is a prequel of Shadow of Chernobyl we get a good explanation on how emisions work and that there are people able to survive them and lets not forget about the achievement you can earn in Call of Pripyat that you can survive emisions. 2. If taking all those things in consideration you get to a point that ofcurse Scar and Strelok have the ability to survive the last emision in the event of Clear Sky. 3. Strelok in Shadow of Chernobyl has the mission to kill Strelok and that mission was placed by the c-consciousness because they knew that Strelok will gonna come in contact with his old group and kill them but they didnt knew that Strelok was able to withstand to the brain wash, the point is that streloks mission was placed cause the c consciousness knew that they must the gap so no one wouldnt be able to reach the cnpp and the truth behind the wish granter. 4. In conclusion i think scar is pretty much alive but its not mentioned in any of the 2 games SOC and COP maybe he is monolith or a stalker agent who knows but the clear thing is that he survived 100% maybe he will be mentioned in STALKER 2. (sry for bad english)
Alright, I see. Here are my thoughts about your points: 1. It is true that in Call of Pripyat, there is an achievement that allows to survive emissions. However, it is unlocked after you already survived 3 emissions by using anabiotics, a drug that was probably never used by Scar and Strelok. 2. I don't believe that Strelok has the ability to survive emissions, or at least not anymore. He cannot survive the blowout at the end of Shadow of Chernobyl and will also remain in the safety of the military camp during the emission at the end of Call of Pripyat. 3. While it is true that the intent of the C-Consciousness was to stop Strelok's group, the fact that Strelok himself got this mission is clearly stated to be a mistake on their part. As revealed by the C-Consciousness representative at the end of Shadow of Chernobyl, it was not intentional. 4. Okay, maybe that's the case, who knows.
I always think scar is alive and he got brainwashd. Now he have a very special quest to protect an important point that leads to the center of the zone (like the hospital, limansk or something like that)
@@anomalousdugout9557 oh i thought it you didn't have the wide screen scene where you can see the face of the character ruclips.net/video/GWmG9491lv4/видео.html
I remember I made in the stupid way. Since it was my first playthrough in stalker, I simply voided the interaction with scientist at Yantar. So, I literally entered Yantar facility whithout Psy protection. Only medkits and time, lot of time and anger lol
This makes me wonder one thing - can Monolith survive emissions? Because their fighters were also outside the CNPP, so the C-Consciousness would have decimated their own forces as much as Clear Sky's.
Most likely how i had two at that point. I already had my own before it and when you get to that point the game just gives you a free one most likely in case any players have worse weapons
I'm kinda siding with how you believe Scar will get up and escape, it makes sense with what we already know about him. I do expect to see him by STALKER 2, and if we do. Your theory could be true.
i thinkh you righth in thet the blouout not kill the clear sky members because in the millitaary wherhauses the attacking monolithians has ak and fort 12 and what in experinced clear sky members ak and fort 12 or its just an accident ho nous
Most likely, people who are caught during emissions simply die. I've discussed this subject on another video specifically about emissions, and there is no evidence that emissions turn people into zombies.
@@anomalousdugout9557 Unless there are stalkers that could have resistance similar to Scar's If the Marked by the Zone achievement is part of the lore, it means that humans can slowly develop resistance to emissions. Most of shelters probably doesn't fully block out the emissions, giving stalkers small doses that their body can adapt to. This would also explain the various degrees of zombification as everyone will have a different resistance C-consciousness is probably using this to keep experienced and useful stalkers in good shape, while less useful people like newbies are turned into disposable canon folder which doesn't waste resources for monolith warriors.
think about it we know what happend to strelok we know what happendt to degtayrev but not what happend to scar mby developers wanted to show what happend to him in 2011 stalker 2 project?! Honesly i dont think that we will officiali know what happend to him but mby we will find out in stalker 2
Scar is marked from the beginning, maybe the first. C-con gave him the abilities, a kill order for fang, and the order to move the Free Sky into a spot to capture Lebedev and as many new stalkers as possible to make monolith. Lebedev would know much of the outside world and is one of the few that know the truth secret of the C-con.
It's possible, but I don't think it's the case. In design documents it was written that the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. program which turns people into agents started as a response to Strelok's first trip to the center, so if that's true Scar cannot be one of those marked agents. But who knows ?
Most likely they where not firing live bullets at strelok to capture him and take his psy protection for study thats why they told you to disable it not destroy it and lebedev is most likely dead where could he hide during that emmision?
I hope scar didn't get killed off.. He was a cool character. A cool idea (although it makes no sense) would be that savior is scar. They look similar, save for the scar on... Scar.
@@anomalousdugout9557 I think bread can't be imported from outside as it will go stale considering the time it would require to reach player and other npc. Also in description it is written that no one knows who bake bread in zone. If the baker is any of the traders then this description doesn't make any sense.
@@dopa2832 Bread can remain edible for a few days, so it could be brought from the outside in some cases. Besides, the description does not exactly say "no one knows who baked" but rather "no bakers have been identified" which simply means that the protagonist (Scar or Degtyarev in that case) does not know. But I get what you're saying, we have no confirmation and it is a fun mystery to thing about.
Anomalous dugout i have a question how the snorks are not some creatures i say because snorks has a humanoid form and how the snorks still remain some humanoids forms
You are L from death note or something? Xd, Btw can you make a video talking about some mods that allows you to play any stalker game with your friends in coop mode?
Sorry, I don't have the reference. Unfortunately, I don't believe that there is any working mod that allows coop gameplay at the moment. Some are in the works, but not yet available if I'm not mistaken.
@@anomalousdugout9557 fuck that i want scar in next game he was the main character like strelok and major people want him back we cant jjust let him die
It would be neat to see Death Trucks in the zone and witness them as rare random encounters
Yes, it would, but if the C-Consciousness is gone, will death trucks still be a thing ? Maybe, who knows.
@@anomalousdugout9557 i think some monolith (all hail the monolith) priest may be still operating instead of the C-c. sending marked soldiers left and right
@@Cynical_Giro Yes, it's definitely possible.
imagine you walking by the road at cordon and you just get run over by some dumb zombie in a cargo truck
I would also like to see other agents of the C-Consciousness while exploring the Zone and find out what kind of missions they were assigned to.
My personal theory is that the brainscorcher/psi-storms put the victim into a state of docilitity, there monlith soldiers collect the docile stalkers and hook them up to the monitors which either turn them into sleeper agents or monolith soldiers, those not collected and left in the state of docility eventually get back up as zombies. The images on the screens show the zone and its creations essentially indoctrinating them into being one with the zone and worshipping it. The emission at the end of Clear Sky was deliberate, though rather than vapourising stalkers like usual it was engineered to be psi-heavy to catch all the clear sky members which would make up their stock of numbers. The C-Consciousness panicked at the prospect of strelok still being alive, they had no knowledge of his appearance so they had no idea they already caught him, so created the soldiers to keep watch for him and other similarly ambitious stalkers and sent the sleeper agents out to kill him.
In conclusion strelok just played 4D chess with the C Consciousness
@@fallenghost1760 it actually scares me a little, strelok being one of the many and not THE legendary strelok. Just a dude superior in combat blasting his way in the cnpp. He wasn't special. He didn't withstand the c-c, the c-c simply had rarer plans for him 😬.
@@Depressed_until_deadcc really overestimated strelok
He’s alive
"I lived, bitch!"
And crazy
He got crazy
Yep
I hope the developer don't forget about him and the clear sky faction in Stalker 2
And oh yeah i think what strelok do in soc make the zone is broken or something that's why in cop we always can see a emission i dont know in clear sky because i play that game yesterday
Yes, now we just have to wait April to find out.
How can they forget about them? Clear Sky is dead and so is Scar
Everytime Strelok takes a step to the CNPP, there's an emission
@@lecso0519 Your comment reminds me of every hour is 7 years from interstellar
You’re lucky, they definitely didn’t forget him.
Very nice video! Btw I think Merc is still alive, and probably we will be able to see him soon.
Thank you. Yes maybe we will see him in April.
@@anomalousdugout9557 yes
Well well well...
@@undefinedowo wdym
I thought Scar was dead, but the analysis you presented by the end, made me rethink.
Great then, I believe thinking is a good thing.
Have always wondered about the Belarussian side of the Zone.
Maybe the Monolith is there too? So perhaps, maybe in STALKER 2 or even 3 (if it ever happens lol), could include Scar surviving and ending up in the Belarussian side. Or at least it's a constant possibility.
Your thumbnails for your videos are getting better and better. Anyways, Scar really does have an interesting, but tragic fate in any scenario.
Alright, not sure if "clickbait" is better, but if you say so.
I also do believe that scar is a marked stalker
And maybe the device where he is isn't the same device than the device who make zombie or monolithian so it could explain why we don't see clear sky member ( or very few ) turned into marked agent
The arm rising is also a good point I don't know what to think about it
Alright, yes that could be the case.
Regarding 2:10 - I just played through vanilla+ZRP SHOC, and I noticed the final dialogue with the hologram actually mentions a "network" of psi emitters preventing access to the center of the Zone. So "the" Brain Scorcher doesn't need to have a weird ring pattern, it may just be one of a whole bunch of installations surrounding the CNPP. The psi barrier being an imperfect patchwork of different emitters could readily explain why there are ways through it and why coverage varies.
Syndicate misses him but its not uncommon to loss great fighters because of bad luck
Yes, indeed.
Dude, the scar trailer with the (possibly) flashback to the brainwashing room could be scars flashback😮 Which would mean he woke up and escaped, confirming the last theory. This is crazy!
I really hope Scar and Strelok make a comeback in S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2. I'd freak out
That would be dope yeah.
@@joshuagraham4793 Degtyarev too
if we get one :(
@@core3719 wdym ? its coming out this december my dude
@@wejustsawmanfly yeah, that was *BEFORE* the announcment, when ukraine was being shelled heavily.
it's surreal finally seeing this video with information revealed yesterday xD
i think Clear Sky decided to use the CM1 rifle because of its properties. its not effected by gravity or wind, so it would be easier to use it to disable Strelok's psy-protection than use a sniper rifle to kill him.
your map of the brain scorcher's influence looks really strange because the brain scorcher was designed with shadow of chernobyl/clear sky's map in mind. the area of influence would look more like a barrier, stretching across the radar and the red forest, leaving limansk as the only direct route towards pripyat that wasn't in the brain scorcher's reach. this is all because of the pripyat paradox though, which i hope will be cleared up in stalker 2.
also, i believe that clear sky was forcing strelok to retreat by disabling his psy protection. lebedev states that he wont last long in the incoming emission without it, so once strelok's psy protection runs out, he either has to retreat or become a zombie/monolith
The Brain Scorcher is probably the shape shown in video. It is like big circle surrounding area around pripyat. Why would they only block Radar , then you could easily reach CNPP from any other direction.
Also the effect is probably active even inside the circle.
@@blueorange9067 i'd like to think that the brain scorcher's influence only stretches out to the radar and red forest as it's described as a barrier between the southern and northern zone. if limansk was on, it would give full coverage. this plus the anomaly fields (my explanation as to why the map teleports exists) would give the cnpp it's current defense.
still, we have to wait for stalker 2 to clear it up.
@@inclementhexahedron the brain scorcher is a big anntenae up in the red forest, and it emmits psy effects. So naturaly it would go around like a circle and not pinpoint to a specific area. Limansk is probably out of it's reach and part of red forest seen in Clear Sky. Bzt yeah, maybe in Stalker 2 we find out more.
Yes, the map was simply there to make a visual representation of my point, but it's not supposed to be accurate. We don't actually know what the area of influence looks like, we don't even know exactly where the Brain Scorcher is. About Strelok, it's possible that Lebedev wanted to capture him alive in order to find out what he knows.
Watching this after the reveal of Scar in Heart of Chornobyl and his apparent importance to the story is wild. It *does* really seem like Scar might have escaped, or that he was given some programming but broke out of it.
Though this could explain his new personality shift in 2, a side effect of what was done to him. Or he's just gone crazy from being in the Zone for over a decade.
I love how you commented on practically every comment to your video. That's dedication! Nice content, keep it coming.
I'm having a hard time answering to all the comments, but I try.
@@anomalousdugout9557 If you don't mind, what is your nationality/accent? You have a funny way of pronouncing words (In no way bad!). I'm curious.
Now when we know Scar will be in Stalker 2, changes everything. ;)
We are so back
I can already imagine flashback in stalker 2 where Scar shoots Fang
I think this is unlikely, but we'll see.
I hope to see Scar in stalker2 I even hope to see him come back as a protagonist!
Alright, we'll see soon enough.
Unfortunately the announcement for stalker 2 protagonist was going to be Strelok but instead dev team confirmed the new main character would be Skif Instead
Here after the new scar trailer lol
Scenario 4 is great as hell, god damn. its so exciting
Yeah, it's too bad that the timelines don't match...
I think that Scar being alive is pretty much a given. He and Strelok were able to get inside the CNPP before the blowout, only to get their brains yeeted by the psi field.
Scar wakes up and moves his head, but the movement stops when he stares at the screen. The hand movement at the end is either him struggling against the brainswashing (the other stalkers probably went thru the same process before succumbing to it) or getting up.
I personally belive he struggled but then fell to the brainwashing, becoming Charon. But maybe he was completely immune to the psi field and just escaped. It would be amazing to finally get to cannonically explore the Generator area and find him in there, with many secrets to tell.
I think the most telling that Scar gets turned into a Monolith agent is that the person who wakes up in the cutscene focuses on Strelok for a lot longer than the other two next to him. Surely whoever looked at Strelok knew him, right? Scar is also undoubtedly special, so not only would he temporarily gain consciousness but he's likely to have some protection from the Zone if he survived.
Also, it would be quite boring that Scar, Zone-blessed and ultra-badass mercenary, just dies at the end. Even if the C-consciousness took hold of him for a while, it's not unlikely that the Zone wasn't done with him. After all, even if he fulfilled his purpose, does the Zone throw away her favorites like that? Forester are one of the Zone-blessed who proves that the Zone can be benevolent.
I believe if the series continues long enough, then Scar will return. Let's just hope he's on our side.
Strelok's original Mission "kill Scar" Scar's original mission "kill strelok" maybe?
Oh, that sort of makes sense. They got PDAs meant for the other one...so Scar would get a PDA that said "kill Scar"?
@@kirkmooneyham probably, maybe that's how ghost and fang ended up dying
@@kirkmooneyham probably, maybe that's how ghost and fang ended up dying
Plot twist: Scar became Strelok
@@rhyethepie2741 twist plot: became scar strelok
i think - considering that scar was right outside the reactor when blowout happened - that scar simply got his nervous system fryed
he was warned about it and his body could not withstand that much
it's better and more cannected to what happens in the game than crazy theories of miraculous survival or being recruited to monolith
Scars alive btw. He apperes in a stalker 2 trailer.
I know it sounds unlikely, as you could easily argue that since this counts as after-game content and isn't a part of the ending, that it isn't canon, but after the endgame cutscene and the credits, the game continues with Scar simply getting up from the emission, notably with most of the Monolith and Clear Sky members gone. I thought Scar just woke up from the emission, somehow lucking out for whatever reason, and then got out of the area, escaping through Limansk and then leaving The Zone, or he escape and went into hiding somewhere in The Zone.
I mean yeah that's also possible.
Free roam was added by a mod. That's not cannon.
I have my own scenario. Scar did not wake up by him self but by something diferent, more powerful than C-consciousness. He was waked up by Gman and we dont saw him, because Scar´s pov ended sooner, than Gman apeard. He recruted him in same way like Gordon Freeman and corporal Shephard, in crisis situation. Gman sended Scar to the past, so Scar killed Fang, even if it hapened before end of clear sky.
I see, that makes sense.
Absolutely great video, and information keep these videos up!
Thank you very much, I will do my best.
All of your videos are interesting keep going!
Greetings from Germany
Thank you stalker.
Yes i was waiting for this video😁
I promised it, so here it is.
So he's just under C-Con now? But different than a Monolith soldiers?
Some light spoilers below.
Sort of. Monos hear commands from the Wish Granter directly and don't have much to think about, unless the Granter and emitters are down, in which case they hear nothing and either behave as a cult or break free (CoP, Strider, Noon). It doesn't seem to require the C-Con be alive, since Strelok killed them, but SIRCAA reactivated the Granter and an emitter. That is to say, as long as the Granter is up and running, the Mono seem to hear it. Pre-programmed would be my guess, the Granter seems to be a fire-and-forget type of device.
Agents are captured and reprogrammed with other people's memories to drive them "naturally" towards the goals of the C-Con, instead, and can be remote viewed through their own eyes. The C-Con doesn't (or didn't) care if the Agents come into conflict with the Mono as long as their set goals are achieved. The human lives spent don't matter to the C-Con, so their own groups fighting each other just helps reinforce the facade. The Mono defend the C-Con and Granter, the Agents attempt to dispose of threats to the C-Con.
According to a PDA in Stalk2, Scar appears to have been an Agent from the moment the game play started in Clear Sky. Not sure how I feel about that but it appears to be the case. Could explain his reduced need for food, his ability to survive some emissions, and his (your) ability to win every shootout. It seems he was then reprogrammed again sometime after CoP with the memories of a dead Sparker, Marshall (Spark didn't exist until after CoP). He thinks Marshall's life is his, now, coupled with his original but different reprogramming.
@etriusdragoon6640 the PDA kinda explains everything in CS, especially why we're playing as him. If Lebedev is actually once with C-con he could predict or at least know the patterns of their plan and maybe caught Scar as one of their agent.
@@ViberacRight, and unless I'm reading too deep into that PDA, it moreso seems to suggest that Scar was provided to Clear Sky as an asset, which would indeed indicate that CS's leaders were in on the whole deal.
Nice video! I hope we get more information about scar in Stalker 2. Scar is my favorite mc out of all
Alright, thanks !
We need more information about Stalker 2. Maybe, "Skif" could be Scar himself.
Very nice theories!
Much love from Brazil, peace.
Ring theory holds up. Limansk seems to be untouched as its radars are never utilised, same with the hospital etc. The military at a high enough altitude can also dodge the ring. I think the psy protection thing is just a failure on the part of the developers.
Yeah, I guess you're right.
Nice video, had my own theory using lost alphas orginal gameplay. The sin member whom is chasing/hunting strelok I figured was scar and this blow out furthered his unnatural abilities. The character is seen wearing a trench coat and even bad inventory that using a Vintar BC. However all those cutscenes and this npc was cut from the The current version of lost alpha. Another speculation I came up with was that he was proverb the stalker whom saved strelok from the death truck whom also wears a trench coat and vintar BC, seems to know a bit of strelok and even looks shocked when he finds him in cutscenes in both the lost alpha and soc. Although smiliar appearance he seems a bit younger and no scar is present but again could also have had his unnatural abilities furthered after the blowout healing his injuries and making him younger. Similarly to wolfs armour which was said to have unique healing effects. Perhaps the zone healed them all. As for the other clear sky faction. Perhaps they had been changed and handed new equipment, those strong enough merged with the monolith those week sent in the death trucks as disposable agents. Anyway love seeing these videos and others thirsty for stalker lore.
Thanks, nice theories you got there.
Can you make a video explaining how mutants are made? Specifically the controllers, pseodogiants and such? I love your way of explaining things
Yes, I can and I will. It's on the planning, please be patient :)
bro knew he lived
I dont think strelok used prototype from Yantar it was only psi helmet nothing else. Did anyone remember cutscene from SoC? when he arrive and say to doctor showing werid artifact? ( you won't believe where i was and what i saw ) That kind of psi protection give them physical protection from bullets too! like Burer abilities and other Zone shit. I think he used this weird powerfull artifact abilities
Maybe that's why he can see the artifacts in anomalies without needing a detector
This guy is something else
Nimble and novikov are the known survivors of clear sky so the faction is not completely gone
They did survive, but are not part of the faction anymore.
It feels weird when I find a RUclipsr whom I believe deserves more views per vid than I have.
But honestly, you're interesting enough that I do think you should have more views
Thank you very much, I appreciate it. Although the views I get are quite high already, so I would not expect much more from S.T.A.L.K.E.R. videos.
My theory is scar actually woken up from the brain washing and because of that he tried to escape the place but was other stopped by monolithians or he died in other way honestly if scar would ever survive the cnpp raid we would hear about him because he's such a legend for doing all the things in clear sky
apparently you're were right
The hand is deliberate, there is no way they would just randomly add that when making the cutscene, its not even like its one of those ingame cutscenes where it couldve just been an NPC T posing
I never noticed that arm in the final cutscene, if that is supposed to be Scar then yea it's possible he escaped the brainwashing and went into hiding.
My impression was always that the reason Clear Sky was using the psy-field disabling rifle was the presumption that the 'zone' so to speak would know if he died due to its own actions, its own hands if you will.
I assume this is why Clear Sky were mentioned to be protected from emissions, rather than a general psy-wave.
This is part of why I assume myself that they went on to become Monolith. Perhaps the more heavily damaged members like the zombified ones you mentioned elsewhere, but in essence, they were protected enough to bear the attack, just not without significant scorching to their minds.
Yeah, that's a possible explanation.
It was great . Thnaks man
Well thank you.
Here's a few theories of mine (1st one is that Scar was gone before we could see him and he's out of the zone and living normally.) (2nd one is that the one raising his hand is Scar but that movement can be another one with the same thing scar has in him and is a unknown Stalker who wishes to help Strelok or heard of his legend and gets up and breaks his brainwashing thing giving him the same mission to kill Strelok and saves him but the man dies from it because the double C kills him as he is up and walking before its ready.) (3rd one is that Strelok got a broken brainwashing thing and got the kill strelok mission while scar dies before he was brainwashed or he was still alive and there was more than 3 blowouts he could take and got up and got killed by the monolith.) just some of my theories.
Okay, interesting.
Oh yes, these are some extremely interesting theories, and I am very glad that you brought them up and made a great video discussing each of them in-depth. I personally believe that Scar is still out there, while Clear Sky would have been wiped out, or at least depowered by the end of the second game. In Call of Chernobyl, they exist but their leadership has obviously changed and they were pushed back to the Great Swamps. I know CoC isn't canon, but it's interesting to note.
On a completely unrelated note: Since you mentioned loving Oblivion Lost Remake, will you ever make a detailed video on how to play it and how to find all documents (not just the seven red folders)? I'm struggling with getting into a certain door underneath that game's version of Rostok, and playing the game itself can be quite a goddamn nightmare sometimes, but I am enjoying it. It's just a video idea, but the mod has made a pretty huge impact on my view of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. canon and lore, even though I still consider the final games to be canon.
Call of Chernobyl is not official GSC game.
@@blueorange9067 I am aware.
Alright, thank you for your insight. I am not planning on making videos on Oblivion Lost Remake since there are already a ton of other subjects on vanilla games that I want to cover first. But maybe I can still help you, where is it that you are stuck exactly ?
@@anomalousdugout9557 There's a certain codelocked door in the Rostok underground that is covered by a sliding door which is impossible to open. I can't tell if I've missed anything. This mod is hard to find any info on considering the fact that it's Russian and very few Western people have actually played it.
@@Tyme_Whyrlwynd Oh yes, I think I remeber this door. You need to make sure you make all the side quests from the bar, especially given by Barkeep and Duty. If I remember correctly, it will be Barkeep who gives you the code.
I dont want scar to die😢 he's a good guy.
Well, now we now he was right
In my mind, the scenario is as follows:
Upon disabling Strelok, the emission hits and everyone is knocked out (It was a psy-emission, not a regular physical emission). C-Concious then gather all the stalkers, Clear Sky, Monolith etc and begin the process of indoctrination. Fighters become Monolith, scouts become Stalkers/sleeper agents. The senior Clear Sky (i.e. Lebedev) are highly valuable to C-Concious and become intergrated into their program to enhance it. (This is why we see what appears to be Lebedev in Shadow Of Chernobyl, and he recognizes Strelok). He tries to convince Strelok to join them, as he was convinced to join at the end of Clear Sky events.
As for Scar, I believe that he survived and ended up in the brain washing corridor... however, due to his unique abilities which C-Concious did not account for, he was able to awake and there after one of two things happen...
1. Scar escapes (possibly with some amnesia due to the traumatic event) and becomes the protaginist of Stalker II
2. Scar ends up as a Monolith fighter in a senior position that we have yet to see - again, possibly making an appearance in Stalker II
I am glad that this video is finaly there😁
I am glad as well, it always takes longer than expected.
I think he escaped but went crazy. he then set himself up in a little shack surrounded by mines sniping anyone that comes by. As a mercenary, he must have done a few jobs for the nearby faction freedom. They my have assumed that the last job they sent him on made him psycho.
the thing im wondering is, if strelok got the psy helmet from sakharov in yantar once for his 2nd expedition to the cnpp, how did sakharov not just acknowledge that strelok was there before during SoC
the last scenario turned out to be true
Nice video but you missed some things and i will explain them because they are fitting to the video and to the story of shadow of chernobyl.
1. So in the events of Clear Sky that ofcurse is a prequel of Shadow of Chernobyl we get a good explanation on how emisions work and that there are people able to survive them and lets not forget about the achievement you can earn in Call of Pripyat that you can survive emisions.
2. If taking all those things in consideration you get to a point that ofcurse Scar and Strelok have the ability to survive the last emision in the event of Clear Sky.
3. Strelok in Shadow of Chernobyl has the mission to kill Strelok and that mission was placed by the c-consciousness because they knew that Strelok will gonna come in contact with his old group and kill them but they didnt knew that Strelok was able to withstand to the brain wash, the point is that streloks mission was placed cause the c consciousness knew that they must the gap so no one wouldnt be able to reach the cnpp and the truth behind the wish granter.
4. In conclusion i think scar is pretty much alive but its not mentioned in any of the 2 games SOC and COP maybe he is monolith or a stalker agent who knows but the clear thing is that he survived 100% maybe he will be mentioned in STALKER 2.
(sry for bad english)
Alright, I see. Here are my thoughts about your points:
1. It is true that in Call of Pripyat, there is an achievement that allows to survive emissions. However, it is unlocked after you already survived 3 emissions by using anabiotics, a drug that was probably never used by Scar and Strelok.
2. I don't believe that Strelok has the ability to survive emissions, or at least not anymore. He cannot survive the blowout at the end of Shadow of Chernobyl and will also remain in the safety of the military camp during the emission at the end of Call of Pripyat.
3. While it is true that the intent of the C-Consciousness was to stop Strelok's group, the fact that Strelok himself got this mission is clearly stated to be a mistake on their part. As revealed by the C-Consciousness representative at the end of Shadow of Chernobyl, it was not intentional.
4. Okay, maybe that's the case, who knows.
Good job
Thank you.
I wonder if Skif, the new stalker for Stalker 2 will have any connection to that...
I guess we'll see soon enough.
I always think scar is alive and he got brainwashd. Now he have a very special quest to protect an important point that leads to the center of the zone (like the hospital, limansk or something like that)
Yeah maybe.
6:20 I have the cutscene where you can see the character here that raised up his arms, have you seen it or should i send it to discord?
Of course I have it, I could not make this video if I had not the file.
@@anomalousdugout9557 oh i thought it you didn't have the wide screen scene where you can see the face of the character
ruclips.net/video/GWmG9491lv4/видео.html
It would be awesome to see Scar in Stalker 2 as a (maybe renegade) Monolith leader.
Spoilers - he survived
scar, strelok and degtyarev stalker dream team
Imagine them raiding the CNPP.
The final scenario...wow
Oh yeah.
What are your thoughts on Anomalys interpretation of lore?
Since it's a mod, I try not to think about it.
The brain scorcher mission on SOC was a pain in the ass
Yes, it is quite difficult.
I remember I made in the stupid way. Since it was my first playthrough in stalker, I simply voided the interaction with scientist at Yantar. So, I literally entered Yantar facility whithout Psy protection. Only medkits and time, lot of time and anger lol
Scar did in fact became a monolith you can see him in call of pripryat his name in the game is “scar”
But scar is not Charon
the wide sleeve and glove seem to match that of scar's aswel
Yes, assuming that he keeps his outfit until the end.
This makes me wonder one thing - can Monolith survive emissions? Because their fighters were also outside the CNPP, so the C-Consciousness would have decimated their own forces as much as Clear Sky's.
I explored this topic in another video about emissions, here is the link if you want to watch it: ruclips.net/video/9o-ZbTKtvFw/видео.html
@@anomalousdugout9557 Guess it's still unlcear for the most part. Hopefully, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 will shed some light.
@@simonaspalovis1204 Yes, I definitely hope it will.
Wait what if C-Con BRAINWASHED the monolith soldiers and turning them into monolith soldiers!?!?
3:19 How did you get two F2000? (FT200M)
Most likely how i had two at that point. I already had my own before it and when you get to that point the game just gives you a free one most likely in case any players have worse weapons
happy that hes alive but in real ending of stalker 2 he die
I'm kinda siding with how you believe Scar will get up and escape, it makes sense with what we already know about him.
I do expect to see him by STALKER 2, and if we do. Your theory could be true.
Brother, do you know about any Clear Sky mod that adds the removed mission to kill Fang?
Unfortunately, no.
A Scar Comeback in Stalker 2 would be nice
I guess it would be.
i thinkh you righth in thet the blouout not kill the clear sky members because in the millitaary wherhauses the attacking monolithians has ak and fort 12 and what in experinced clear sky members ak and fort 12 or its just an accident ho nous
I really have the most biggest question: what happens when Scar ( Merc) Doesn't survive the emission? He became a Zombified Soldier?
Most likely, people who are caught during emissions simply die. I've discussed this subject on another video specifically about emissions, and there is no evidence that emissions turn people into zombies.
@@anomalousdugout9557 Unless there are stalkers that could have resistance similar to Scar's
If the Marked by the Zone achievement is part of the lore, it means that humans can slowly develop resistance to emissions. Most of shelters probably doesn't fully block out the emissions, giving stalkers small doses that their body can adapt to. This would also explain the various degrees of zombification as everyone will have a different resistance
C-consciousness is probably using this to keep experienced and useful stalkers in good shape, while less useful people like newbies are turned into disposable canon folder which doesn't waste resources for monolith warriors.
SoC psi prototyoe and CS ending is the same ? but ıf ım not worng clear sky time line beföre then SoC right?
Wonder if we'll get an answer in Stalker 2
Good news!
well well well 😂
Maybe serigiy will do a prequel to stalker2 with Scar as a protagonist
I think that's very unlikely, but who knows ?
Scar maybe will be in STALKER 2 when you got to CNPP
Yes, maybe.
think about it we know what happend to strelok we know what happendt to degtayrev but not what happend to scar mby developers wanted to show what happend to him in 2011 stalker 2 project?! Honesly i dont think that we will officiali know what happend to him but mby we will find out in stalker 2
Yes, that's possible.
Scar turn to the dark stalker maybe
Yeah maybe.
Scar is marked from the beginning, maybe the first. C-con gave him the abilities, a kill order for fang, and the order to move the Free Sky into a spot to capture Lebedev and as many new stalkers as possible to make monolith. Lebedev would know much of the outside world and is one of the few that know the truth secret of the C-con.
It's possible, but I don't think it's the case. In design documents it was written that the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. program which turns people into agents started as a response to Strelok's first trip to the center, so if that's true Scar cannot be one of those marked agents. But who knows ?
Most likely they where not firing live bullets at strelok to capture him and take his psy protection for study thats why they told you to disable it not destroy it and lebedev is most likely dead where could he hide during that emmision?
Yes, that's a real possibility. As for Lebedev yeah there was no cover so...
What if Skif in Stalker 2 is in fact Scar?
I hope scar didn't get killed off.. He was a cool character. A cool idea (although it makes no sense) would be that savior is scar. They look similar, save for the scar on... Scar.
I have bigger question. Who makes bread in zone?
Barkeep and other traders, probably. Some of the bread is most likely imported from the outside as well.
@@anomalousdugout9557 I think bread can't be imported from outside as it will go stale considering the time it would require to reach player and other npc. Also in description it is written that no one knows who bake bread in zone. If the baker is any of the traders then this description doesn't make any sense.
@@dopa2832 Bread can remain edible for a few days, so it could be brought from the outside in some cases. Besides, the description does not exactly say "no one knows who baked" but rather "no bakers have been identified" which simply means that the protagonist (Scar or Degtyarev in that case) does not know. But I get what you're saying, we have no confirmation and it is a fun mystery to thing about.
t o a s t
I personally believe Scar became Charon.
Alright, fair.
Anomalous dugout i have a question how the snorks are not some creatures i say because snorks has a humanoid form and how the snorks still remain some humanoids forms
The origins of most mutants are unclear, but my theory is that snorks are former soldiers who mutated after being abandonned in the Zone for years.
And my favorite mutant is snork i like how he jump like a rabbit
You are L from death note or something? Xd, Btw can you make a video talking about some mods that allows you to play any stalker game with your friends in coop mode?
Sorry, I don't have the reference. Unfortunately, I don't believe that there is any working mod that allows coop gameplay at the moment. Some are in the works, but not yet available if I'm not mistaken.
Scar=charon ???
Isn't there a mod where scar comes back ?
Probably a few of them, yes.
scar is not fucking dead why people want him dead i dont get it he was my favorite character
Even the best of us die. Such is life in the Zone.
@@anomalousdugout9557 fuck that i want scar in next game he was the main character like strelok and major people want him back we cant jjust let him die
@@Lolbit_ofc.. Well, go ask GSC I guess.
Goku > Scar > Strelok
He got sent to Narnia
I don't know what you are talking about.
@@anomalousdugout9557 Just a bad joke about a space anomaly sending him to a fantasy realm lol sorry, I just woke up when I wrote that awful joke
@@lucho6883 It's fine, don't worry about it :)