My man at the research institute will recommend that you lead the expedition. He will have to hire your boys to guard the bunker. That will make things easier for you. Remember, the client doesn't want ANY information about the operation of X-designated objects to reach the scientists. If it does, we will not be able to leave the Zone. Don't let me down, Black.
― Jackal's message to Black
Black is the leader of Mercenaries protecting the Ecologists Bunker in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat.
Background[]
Black is part of the mercenary team under the command of Jackal, who is tasked with finding Lab X-8, located in Pripyat. An inside man from the mercenary's client, working in the Ukrainian Ministry of Education arranged that Black's team was specifically meant to guard Hermann's research bunker, therefore making it easier to monitor and sabotage their operations.
Appearances[]
Call of Pripyat[]
Black is the leader of the Mercenary team tasked with protecting the Ecologists stationed in the Yanov area. He is found patrolling the top of the bunker itself. Hermann and Ozersky are wary about their supposed protector and his men, suggesting they were forced to accept them as their guards. Black himself often questions them about their current research missions, and curiously refuses to assist Topol and his team in their few journeys away from the lab. Black has little interaction available with the player, and he simply threatens the player if they attempt to talk to him.
Eventually, after the Ecologists turn to the player for assistance in exploring Project 62 instead of the Mercenaries, the Merc team leaves, leaving the bunker completely undefended. The player later encounters Black and his men in the administrative section of the Jupiter factory - where they demand the administrative documents he has procured for the Ecologists, and immediately open fire on the player to silence him. Black often must be killed in the struggle - though the player can hop out a window after killing the first pair of Mercenaries, Black and his men will harass the player every time he investigates the area until they are killed.
Upon death, Black's PDA can be procured and given to Hermann, who realizes that the Mercenary team was in fact dispatched to intentionally sabotage their research by keeping valuable materials out of their hands - instead giving them to another unidentified faction. After this, Hermann tasks the player with finding guards to replace Black's unit.
Related missions[]
- Last developments: Black and his team ambush the player upon acquiring the documents wanted by Hermann, forcing the player to fight them to escape.
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