| “ | I wanna go home!... Home! | „ |
| ~ Deserted Soldier |
| “ | Please, don't shoot! | „ |
| ~ Deserted Soldier upon spotting Mechenyj |
Deserted Soldier is an optional supporting antagonist in the Ukrainian FPS Survival Horror video game S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl.
He is a Military member who abandoned his mission after his team was killed by mutants in the undergrounds of Agroprom. Later became a victim of Barkeep's assassination mission, presumably due to the request of the soldier's superiors.
Personality[]
The Soldier appears as deeply sympathetic person. A soldier thrown into the Zone by the Army to fight god-knows-what while forcing to obey egoistical and incompetent commanders who doesn't respect or appreciate him with only one dream: To get back home safely.
The Soldier also appears as a rather fearful(Or even cowardly) individual: When his squad got ambushed by mutants he deserted in fear and ran towards Agroprom Swamp to hide there from the authorities, or when Mechenyj approaches him, the soldier cowards in fear and begs Mechenyj not to shoot him.
Appearance[]
The Deserted Soldier wears a regular soldier uniform, seen on privates in the Zone, consists of a Soviet-pattern camouflage battle dress uniform, heavy military boots and a PSZ-7(Personal Protection System Model 7) bulletproof vest, combined with a backpack and combat webbing with a bandana on his head.
Biography[]
The soldier was deployed at the Military post in the Zone. He had repaired an old car and got it working in half an hour. However, the local commander took the vehicle for himself, stating he gets it due to his rank only to ditch the ride in front of the base to be forgotten.
The soldier was later sent to the Agroprom Underground in order to scout out the tunnels. However, most of his team was killed by mutants and he deserted in fear. The soldier decided to hide in the swamps, and began thinking of a plan to get out of the Zone since he believes he will be shot for deserting his company.
At some point, supposedly his superiors, found out about his desertion and offered an assassination request on him. Barkeep, later forwarded the request to Mechenyj asking him to kill him. Mechenyj as encounters the soldier and despite the latter's begging, he still killed him.
Powers & Skills[]
- Repairing Skills: The Soldier mentions that he repaired a car back at the base in half an hour.
Trivia[]
- Despite being a Military member, he is marked as Loner in-game. This might be done to prevent him from attacking the player, though, Major Kuznetsov and his team are also neutral towards the player despite their affiliation with the Military.
- Initially, he was suppose to play a much bigger role:
- In the Bulids he was giving a quest where the player needed to bring back a vehicle and later drive on it through the Zone. However, the ability to drive was removed from the game.
- Apparently, the soldier gives locations of entrances to the underground of Agraprom. It means that the player was suppose to meet the soldier before entering Agroprom Underground, but due to an unknown reason, most players usually either miss him entirely or meet him after completing Agroprom Underground.
- The deserted soldier is actually a replacement for an another character that was cut from the game, the Ratcatcher. In the game files the soldier is still named agr_ratcatcher.
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