ADDITIONAL TRIVIA: The player can kill the "quartet" commander before the emission, granting him additional gear and completely disrupting military comms. The terms "200" and "300" refer to wounded and dead soldiers respectively. The "Armored bastard" that the troops refer to at 3:15 is, in fact, the player. This voice line can play at any moment during the CNPP assault and will cause one or two helicopters to stop following their scripted paths and instead target the player. All helicopter radio transmissions heard in the other parts of the game (such as during the Agroprom factory assault) are the same ones as here. Matter of fact, all CNPP radio transmission were recorded first and then cut in order to make them usable in other parts of the game. The helicopters that pass over Pripyat in SoC are all scripted to crash into a building. If they had reached the CNPP too, the military might have won here. Not only that, but the crashing helicopters will actually Feature a squad of 4 BULAT-wearing soldiers getting out of it alive. They will stay near the Crashsite and call for backup, after which they will run around the Pripyat map for a bit before either attacking the player or dying to a Monolith sniper. All vehicles can be destroyed with a knife by the player. Hitting or shooting a helicopter while its landing will prevent it from spawning its infantry and cause it to fly away again.

Damn, I was always in such a hurry to make it inside the NPP, I never really appreciated how big this operation was, or how much effort the devs put into it.

Imagine operating at a deadly mission near the cnpp and you just see a guy running towards the plant chugging vodkas and energy drinks

I didn't expect a gam from 2007 with such a unstable engine to feature such cool scripted events like this, you don't see anything like that on the 2 sequels it had afterwards too

Still the best S.T.A.L.K.E.R. channel put there.

Kvartet is one of my favourite obscure characters. The voice acting for this segment was done very well.

even if military are portrayed as corrup and heartless most of the times in the franchise, i can´t avoid feel sorrow for them been send to die in the middle of nowhere only to achieve something that doesn´t exists. excellent video

holy shit and i thought this was just a bunch of stalker ai chaos and the heli chatter was just heli voicelines but it was actually a fully planned out operation

The C-Con ability to trigger a blowout as a defense mechanism was saving their ass on a regular basis.

For those who don't know: 200 = dead 300 = injured

For 2007 game this was most epic moments in my gaming history, i really love this section. And voice acting is so good

The only time an emission appeared in shadow of chernobyl...

One random gopnik did what they couldn't

i've always loved the radio chat on the cnpp assault, even before finding out about the context of them. I found it so immersive how the radio comms start being filled with the soldiers all talking over eachother as the fight gets in full swing, it felt like i was witnessing something bigger than what i was actually seeing.

Some helis move in a veird way, nocliping through ground and objects, but still quite enjoyable from a game that old. Comms are completely on spot, they have set the bar high with this one. The fact, that we can see the aftermath of this battle in later iterations and mods is nothing short of amazing. I hope S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 HoC will be as good, with "relics from the past", like destroyed military equipment and remains of both monolith and military lying around, just like in the original trilogy.

03:34 "got two 300s" meaning two wounded allied soldiers. amazing video by the way

I might be wrong but when 097 is shot down it’s stated it’s from a guy on roof and in the stride trailer for stalker 2 there is a flashback to this battle where a helicopter is shot down by a guy with a rpg on the CNPP rooftop I think the scenes from stalker 2 will actually match up with heart of Chernobyl which makes me even more excited for stalker 2’s release

The first time i made it into the CNPP when i first played this game, was a hell of a time, my SEVA suit on half, only 2 medkits, no antirads, and ony 90 bullets for the FN2000, it was really insane, and the fact that what i witnessed was just the late begining of the operation it really puts into perspective how much the Military and Monolith fought over. Just imagine how much happened all around while Strelok was inside dealing with the Monoliths, of course there was an emission, but remember that after that the military sended in another smaller attack. It would be really cool if in Stalker 2 they give some kind of like old-media type videos in-game that the players find and could show the entire operation going.

It was only after watching this video that the idea occurred to me that Operation Monolith was just a continuation of the ground operation, which we did not find in the active phase. As soon as we approach the CNPP, there is a lot of burning military equipment on the road with the corpses of soldiers, which is still burning, and there are also a lot of other burning military equipment scattered throughout the location. It is quite possible that the dispatch of combat helicopters and special forces was intended as a complement to the ground attack using armored personnel carriers and other equipment, which, as we saw, went very poorly. Moreover, the officer with the call sign “quartet” had to somehow get there in advance in order to lead the entire operation

4:27 "Nailed it!" -Pilot

This was really cool. All these years I've been playing this game and I never realized the level of detail that is happening in the background during the power plant fight. I actually feel really bad for shooting the soldiers during this sequence, they were putting up a brave fight. I've been to Quartet's command post many times, and always wondered about why it was there. Makes so much more sense now. This video seems like it took a ton of work to produce, thank you for making it!

Love to see events like that from different perspective.

Shadow of chernobyl is a work of art. Although I have played that game billion of times I didn't knew that military CNPP raid was done so well. I watched the whole thing literally like it was a real war movie.

It's great that you still make lore videos after all theese years. I appreciate your content.

Now we need an analysis on whether the operation was planned well. From the radio chatter seems like monolith was wiped and only had successes with ambushes, but military lost that entire mechanised column at the main entrance and several choppers. Caught unprepared by the emission though. I had no idea most choppers managed to evacuate.

Cool stuff

To think that a bunch of nerds in blue hoodies with ak's lead by a merc with a scar made it to CNPP, it just insane , and its also how ironic they were wipe out by an emission to.

what an elaborate setpiece for a section in which you are essentially pushed to rush as fast as possible, this also goes for pripyat, it almost makes me sad to know these two maps are, essentially, as open world as all the ones that came before it, yet their content goes in a straight line unless you're really passionate about exploring mostly empty areas

I always thought it was a shame the working BTRs as enemies was only ever used in this mission, would have been cool if it had been used in some other areas.

Damn, that was ambitious... great job as always!

This was fucking radical! I would love to see more of these in the future. The pacing is very tense. That emission feels like a fever dream.

You know what, I will try and recreate Op. Monolith on ARMA3 engine to force my hardcore milsim community to play it. I think the devs put some really good effort oven creating a really based military planning that feels realistic enough for the game's universe. Of course It'll be a planned defeat, but my test subjects are experienced enough fighting hard mode IA that they will carry on even during the Blowout.

I simply love that video, cool idea and awesome execution. Apart from that, the amount of detail been put into that whole operation in game, which we only get a gist of, while actually fighting way in the plant. Partially, because of the action, and lack of real time translation. Whole operation actually looks well planned, and even with a lot of surprises soldiers had to overcome, might actually work out, if not this very sudden blowout. Again, awesome video, thanks for that brother.

This is a great video! Really operation Monolith is a very important page in the stalker lore. This is the turn around between the first trilogy and stalker 2

I had no idea all this action was happening off screen between the Military and Monolith, props to the SOC devs for adding this much attention to detail.

Ukranian military personnel fate in the Zone has to be one of the saddest ones. Surely they must have the most casualties among all the Zone's factions, just think how many were lost at the border checkpoints alone when the first big emitions started. Or the ones send deep into the zone without knowing what they were getting into. And at the core, these guys just want to keep the Zone from engulfing their country, they don't have some borderline evil goal in mind like mercs ( kill for money ) or bandits. And if you follow dialogue from Call of Pripyat in the army base in Prypiat city they tell you just how much terrifying the Zone is to them. Can't help but sympathise with these guys.

There was a video like this uploaded around 2 years ago, but it was taken down as the channel had posted NSFW content later. Thanks for making a suitable replacement, I love seeing the military AI in action

Clear Sky was supposed to have a similar such event for the final battle with Clear Sky soldiers battling the monolith to almost the last man. It is cut but the voice lines remain.

I had no idea how in depth this operation was ingame. Thank you!

Thank you Anomalous, I thoroughly enjoyed that! Well shot footage 👌

Wonderful video, the effort the devs put into this event needed to be seen. Thanks for your work!

I'd love to see a re-imagining for Operation Monolith in S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2!

I must say,this is truly a good work from you anomalous bro,I really liked this .I was always curious about what they said all that time while i was trying to do my storyline back then.But this work shows not only what they say,but also show what they do.Great work man.Oh and,big thumbs up for the guy who was singing in the middle of the operation lol.

What i would give to have subtitles for NPC's in any stalker game. Not understanding most people adds another layer of the zone being an "alien" place. But I know i am missing out on so much of the world not getting to understand what anyone's saying while telling stories by the campfire

The helicopter's going through the ground is hysterical but it is amazing to see the first STALKER game to be able to make such a good scripted event.

Man this is awesome, thanks bud

"You cannot kill God, just like you cannot get rid of the sky up above"

Amazing work Anomalous!

Excellent video.

Anomalous Dugout employee: Anomalous, I'm over the CNPP, awaiting further orders for file extraction. Good video keep it up❤

Fact: these same call signs were used during the real life battle for Donetsk airport

love how the helicopter 2 mins in goes underground then suddenly flies out like its reminded its a helicopter and went th ewrong way

Love this dudes videos so much

the video is really well made, very cool

Never got around to playing STALKER (My pirated copy couldn't save properly) But I would have never guessed it was this advanced, It was released around 2007/8? Crazy advanced especially since it was a pretty small dev team if I remember correctly.

Incredibly well done!

Another excellent video comrade, I finally know what they were saying.

I wonder what GSC will do to the UA mil in stalker 2? After all, it changed drastically.

I'm ashamed that I never got to finish SoC in full, I was right after the bridge leading to the CNPP... Y'wanna know why I never finished the game? My last manual save was before disabling the brain scorcher and my last quicksave was right before some helicopters blow me up with missiles... Each time I quicksaved back, I'd die the next second. With no escape neither, I was low on ammo and medications anyway. I was already a dead man anyway so I just accepted that I die here. All because I didn't wanna go through disabling the scorcher again... It could have given me thrilling flashbacks for when we see this operation in STALKER 2 via flashbacks. And ironically I am proud of the PTSD Stalker has given me.

Damm, GSC should remake this great game

Cool video man love it

Damn ! SoC is so legendary.

it was cool. I never thought how long this military operation lasted

Great Video

Amazing. I am speechless.

Amazing how all this tuff is happening while you're running from cover to cover dodging bullets, accelerated bullets and rockets chuggin anti rad and redbulls LOL also i would have L O V E D a CG intro for COP with all the Stingray group "failing" and crashing all over the zone, idk why we did not get a CG intro in COP.

woah never thought this was so well planned out by the devs cause I always rushed to get in the cnpp lol

Thank you soo much.

This might be an impossible request, but could you make video about all of the nimble quest in LA? It would be cool for newbies and those who are interested into the series as well as me who also had hard time finishing those quests xD

We need a full video with the two sides Like strategic video on how the monolith defend the cnpp and how the military moves

je me rendais pas compte a quelle point cette opération était énorme dans le jeu on rush juste on prête vraiment pas attention a tout c'est détail sinon merci pour la vidéo sa ma permis de mieux comprendre se bordel qu'est cette opération :)

This is so good!

New to this but lookin good

Nice job !

man i love these helicopters

This was awesome! Lots of effort to get those shots, were you constantly reloading saves to change angles in time?

Best music to sleep to

The fact that the game is made in 2007 is goddamn impressive

This is crazy. I thought they all just spawn in the map along with them cultists and duke it out

I hope they remake this game one day if it's possible, will definitely come back

hey! new tariler for s.t.a.l.k.e.r. 2 just dropped , its titled "not a paradise"

well Monolith got new army after that blowout

yooo new anomalous dugout vid!!

If not for the emission, the military would have won this. Excellent use of Mi-24s, deploying small teams of elite infantry and then proceeding to provide them with heavy covering fire, with Quartet being quick to relay information between the various units as needed. After securing the exterior of the C.N.P.P. with both airmobile and motorised units (something which they are well on their way to accomplishing), their next target would have been the Scarcophagus itself, which would have been up to the infantry alone. They would have suffered heavy casualties, but I imagine that, as Strelok does, they would have been able to fight their way through to the Monolith Control Centre and the C-Consciousness pods I imagine that the military's overall objective here, as with their previous deep raids into the Zone, would have been to destroy the Monolith crystal itself, and as a result the Zone of Alienation surrounding it, with a nuclear weapon. Given the nature of the Zone, this might not have been possible, but the Zone would have become a much safer place regardless in the aftermath of a successful Operation Monolith. Something people seem to forget in this fandom is that the government has always been the "good guys" of S.T.A.L.K.E.R., and Monolith has always been the "big bad".

Love you bro

Yay, new video :D

Hey anomalous, can you please make a video about operation monolith but from monolith perspective.

Interesting that at 7:42 Hawk calls it in as unidentified weaponry, whilst random Loners in Dark Valley actually name the Gauss Rifle correctly. How could they know about that?

i bet a lot of time went into this and you will barely notice it while under the stress of... well everything being thrown at you at the CNPP

Did you have to wait with the camera in every one of these locations for the entire length of the operation to get the clips? That's a ton of work

I wonder what happened to Hawk and Peregrine. They probably died but you never know.

So all of this is actually happening while you're going for the power plant?

Epic!

I always thought what if Strelok helped them and Kvartet wasn’t hostile

I can't understand how they've managed to move commander's post so close Monolith's positions? At this point he should be somewhere on the rear, giving orders from command vehicle

Why is it give me operation black mesa vibes

If Stalker was not a breakthrough in the grafics in 2007, then otherwise it was in 1st place

FREEDOM!!!

Gah - I was always, "RUN Red Forrest Gump Run!" in this bit -

I reset my laptop and i had stlaker shadow of chernobyl, i still have it but i didnt like the early game, do i redownload it? I like the atmosphere but not gonna lie i am scared of the wind.