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Stillmatic


Trillest and Illest Alive.

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'Have you heard about a new major expedition into the Zone? Technically, they're environmental researchers from the U.N., but that's just on paper. Sure, they've got a couple four-eyed scientists, but one look at all the others tells you they're seasoned fighters. Oh, and dig this; They're not using guides.' - Hog the Mercenary

The Tourist, a veteran stalker hired by the United Nations as an escort, finds himself working with the International Scientific Group, a collective ranging from hardened experts to frail researchers. After gaining clearance from the Ukrainian government for another expedition, the United Nations arms and readies their best field operators, the ISG.

Deployed into the Zone, these interlopers reach their destination, a large Space Bubble with an unknown exit. Quickly, the group enters the Bubble before a large emission and arrive within a forest, where they set up their mobile lab and temporary base of operations to make the best opportunity of an new anomalous area inside of what they assume to be Zone. However, as time passes and new encounters are made, it becomes more and more obvious that they aren't in the Disaster Zone anymore. Pressure begins to mount as the Zone's influence begins to leak into the forest, along with old dangers.

Without a doubt, the group as well as the Tourist will have to struggle to survive against the dangerous flora and fauna that sees fit to consume them. Of course, those become less attention-worthy once sentient, small horses come to investigate the stalkers and scientists, who are easily seen as a threat. The Zone is cruel, but new encounters can be crueler.

NOTE: This is a S.T.A.L.K.E.R. crossover that relies heavily on lore. The ISG faction was only mentioned, mostly cut from the series, but is still canon. Takes place roughly during the end of ShoC.

Chapters (8)
Comments ( 93 )

This cross-over sounds very cool and I'll definitely be tracking it. S.T.A.L.K.E.R SoC was one of my favorite games that I've ever played and I'd love to see where you will go with this fic.

speaking of cannon, this seems like it defiantly will be i wanna see how this turns out keep it up :ajsmug:

awe you bastard you beat me to the STALKER crossover. good luck anyway:rainbowlaugh:

Well good sir, you have my attention. I recently finished Call of Pripyat, and now i find myself wanting more to do with the Stalker universe. Guess i'll have to buy SoC now, eh?

aside from a few errors (( you said slightly when you meant to say slightest, as one example)) this is a good read.

This looks cool. I'm barely familiar with the Stalker games, but this should be interesting anyway. :duck:

I can't wait till the second installment.

It's a good story! I've never gotten into S.T.A.L.K.E.R. or any of the lore aside from the tvtropes page, but I think I'll have to now that you've made this.

And that was juse ONE bloodsucker... I wonder how everypony will react to the Zone's more dangerous inhabitants...

“We believe that it was Equine, nor any other race in or outside of Equestria."

Missing a "neither" there.

awesome, the entire chase scene was well done and the description of the blood sucker preparing to feast brought back memories of my play through of pripyat fighting those accursed things. Now I find myself pondering about our monolith friend, the leader no less, and what the actual monolith plans for our dear little pony-verse.

All in all, well done sir, well done.

This is seeming pretty good thus far... I'll keep watching, or rather reading.

this is getting good i really look forward to more

You got the mind and actions of a Monolithian down pat, I love it!

I really enjoyed the interview that you wrote, having not played SoC myself, I found it a good way of learning some more lore without having major spoilers. Your characters continue to have actual character and entertain me greatly. Now I'm looking forward to the research team's first contact, should be an interesting scene between the peaceful denizens of equistria and the truthfully brutal occupants of the zone.

Err, I think you might have messed up your helo types. The Mi-24 can only carry 8 troops (seemed like there was more), and while you can access the pilot's seat from the cargo area it'd be kind of cramped for two fully kitted out soldiers. It could just use some more description and clarification on that end.

Also, I could be a bit ignorant of the Ukrainian Army's standing orders when entering a negative space wedgie, but shouldn't the Hinds scout the area a bit before landing? It seems like common sense in dealing with unknown territory.

Other then those things the chapter was fairly good, speaking as someone whose only experience with STALKER comes from the reviews I've read years ago.

dude this is top notch definatly looking forward to more greatness!

If an Artifact were to be formed from a Rainbow Dash toy all it would do is make the user 20% cooler, thus making it awesome.

That bit with White Mark was . . . off, near the end. His immediate reaction should have been to head down to headquarters and get his troops to sweep the area where the ambush happened. Him just leaving to have breakfast with his girlfriend is just . . . weird. It's weird, and it's not the good kind of weird either. It's the kind of weird that if you get too much of it you'll put a book down.

awesome, also yeah i didnt see the part but at least what you added by what i read seems to fit. i liked this chapter with the little shipping in it im really looking forward to more 7k word updates :pinkiehappy: :moustache:

Blowout soon, fellow stalker.

Beautiful story, i love S.T.A.L.K.E.R so i LOVED the story so far. Keep up the good work man ! :pinkiesmile:

Why isn't this more popular? Its really good! I might start playing STALKER some more, even though I'm still afraid of everything in the game... Seriously, I'm almost like Fluttershy :fluttershbad: with some of the things in those games, squeaking at and cowering from shadows and noises. Except I shoot at shadows and noises instead of squeaking...

with a bit of work I bet it could get onto EQD. Would definitely up its rating.

Amazing. I'm really into this by this point and can't wait for the next update. Keep up the good work!

I laughed at the inside joke too :pinkiehappy:

:pinkiegasp: Oh shit. The bringer of blowouts was there. I love it.

9000 words for one chapter :derpyderp2: holy crap.
You're very good at this.

And shit keeps getting interesting, and all over the place as well. Keep it up man, keep it up.

A lot of words did not belong in some sentences. For example "Now was not the time for that, despite the salty joy the leaked from his eyes."

"The" should have been that. That was just one example. All in all though, I still enjoyed it.

Comment posted by roman117 deleted Apr 16th, 2018

that, was an awesome update. i really enjoy this aswell as your writing style so please, keep em commin' :moustache:

Huh, so that's the ending for Shadow of Chernobyl? I never played any of the STALKER games, so I wouldn't know . . . Now I do, and I know how Nightmare Moon is going to be tied into the story. If the Zone is a tear in the Noosphere then that means that the subconscious mind could theoretically manifest there, for a being with as powerful reality warping abilities as Luna that theory could very possibly become reality. That's actually a pretty scary thought, the darkest desires of one's subconscious mind becoming reality and gaining sentience, and I can now guess where this fic's FanFfiction.net tag of "Horror" came from. :derpytongue2:

You've introduced some new characters into the mix in this chapter. The next chapter will focus on character development and interaction, yes? No? Maybe so? :pinkiehappy:

Shit is very real. And it will get even more real.

It's strange, but one of the things I love most about this story so far is how realistic all the reactions are. Specifically, how Celestia and Luna react to the killings. It seems in many stories involving crossovers, the ponies never seem to be disturbed by the extreme violence and killing that tends to follow. Celestia and Luna, for example, are usually shown to not even blink after witnessing something getting torn apart right in front of them. Oh sure, they'll gasp or something, but it always feels forced; like the author doesn't really care that they should be much more disturbed by the sight.

You on the other hand, get it completely right. It's so refreshing to see the ponies (especially Celestia and Luna) being disturbed and troubled over the sight of death, and the thought of a creature which would have no problem killing them. I thought it was great how you had Luna so troubled over what she saw, and how Celestia was so disgusted over the thought of something being capable of decapitating something. It really shows that even though they are princesses, they still rule over a land where killing is rare, and peace is the number one thing, so it makes sense that the killing would bother even them.

This story is great.

Prologue
"It didn’t react in the slightly to her"
Shouldn't it be slightest?
Story hasn't hooked me yet, but will continue reading.

EDIT: That didn't work... OK, how about this:
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This isn't the original one that I tried to post, as that one was over 4000x800 (Read: too big for this page to display it properly), and FJ apparently doesn't take links well.

What's "the word", exactly?

Nice job putting in all of the choices. Actually, at that point, wishing for nothing would probably be the best ending. They all end with a terrible fate for your character, anyways.

This was WWAAAAAYYYYYYY better than the last chapter and is now my favorite chapter.
I especially enjoyed the part when Scar went ape shit on that centaur. I especially enjoy Scar in general. A lot. One comment on Scar's chapter though... Luna's a bitch.
But one other bit...
"But it came to great surprise to all three ponies when the creature from earlier proved its dogmatic will to persevere by standing up fully, reaching well over an imposing six feet in height."
Princess Celestia is approximately 6.66 ft tall, hooves to horn... Sooo.... Yeah... Not very imposing... At all... JUST SAYING

Anyway, I'm glad you decided to update, and yes. People read this.

Keep it up man, this story is awesome and so are you.

Could people please, please just say that the spirit of NMM is dead? It turned an immortal god, the embodiment of a third of the possible Moral and Lawful alignments, to stone. I think it can delete a mindset.

So the protagonist took the Refusal ending? Well, he seems the type.

"Blowout soon fellow Stalker." My heart literally fell to my feet. Oh god, I know that fate all to well.

>>Frost the 'word' is 'When'. Just ask the guy in the SEVA suit 'when' and enjoy your demise promptly.

Destroyed the C-Consciousness. Good man... good man. Loved the chapter. I'll read the chapter 5 tomorrow after class. I got to get some sleep.

Strangley, I find myself rooting for Scar, as opposed to Luna and Celestia. Was this what you intended? :applejackunsure:

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Hmm, I'm not sure what you're talking about... but here, have a picture of Scar dancing like the amazing bastard he is.

i.imgur.com/dq49D.jpg

This chapter . . . is just full of unnecessary villains. The first, Tirek, is a Big Lipped Alligator Moment that only serves to make Scar look like a badass, provide blink of an eye 180 degree character development, and get Scar captured by a pair of royals who seem to have swallowed the conflict and idiot balls. (Seriously, if someone saves your life by effortlessly wiping out a elder evil the last thing anyone would do is attempt to piss it off by holding it against their will.) The second, Nightmare Moon, just comes right the frak out of no-where and posses another guy who swallows the idiot ball because . . . evil? The introduction, execution, and resolution of these villains are all terrible, and the whole chapter just feels like it's completely unnecessary.

The Zone and its encroachment on Equestria is itself a great source of external conflict, and if villain was really needed then one could have been easily found in the Changelings. They're dangerous, they have a biological reason to attack other sapients, and they look like something that could have crawled out of a pony version of the Zone. Having Tirek (a G1 villain) and Nightmare Moon (someone who was never shown to be anyone other then Luna's altar ego) show up out of nowhere, then having one of them be defeated, all in the same chapter, was just not needed.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: this tale has more then enough story in it, it does not need more. . . . Also, what the hell happened to Derpy?

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