Leshiy

Leshiy
Rank	811 (Veteran)
Reputation	113
Affiliation	Freedom (Specnaz)
Equipment	Guardian of Freedom Sniper SGI 30 5.56x45mm AP UDP Compact 20 .45 ACP Hydroshock Random amounts of food, drugs and items
Rank	920 (Expert)
Affiliation	Mercenaries
Equipment	Stalker suit SGi 5k 5.56x45mm AP ammo SIP-t M200 .45 ACP ammo 5 F1 grenades Hand radio Flashlight Random amounts of drugs, food and items

A Space Bubble, brother, is one of the shittiest shits to ever grace the zone.
― Leshiy

Leshiy is a character appearing in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky as a mercenary and in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl as a veteran Freedom member.

Background

Leshiy (as his brother calls him) came to the Zone a young idealist. His career began as a member of a mercenary team, under the command of Hog, on a mission to retrieve a valuable artifact for an outside buyer. During this period, he had the unpleasant experience of being trapped in a space anomaly after a blowout along with his fellow mercenaries. When freed by Scar from his situation, he and his men assisted Clear Sky in capturing the bridge to Limansk by invading the other shore from the flank and lowering it.

Sometime after these events, he left the employ of the mercenaries and joined Freedom. Living just a hair's breadth from death all the time has turned him into a cynical realist. He considers the Zone his home and anyone who failed in it unworthy to walk the face of the Earth.

Appearances

Clear Sky

Leshiy is a squad leader in Hog's mercenary group. The player is required to acquire the coordinates from Forester and transmit them to his group, so that he can attack the Renegade outpost at the Limansk bridge and secure it for Clear Sky. During the attack, he emerges from the northern flank with his team and provides fire support.

After the first ensemble of bandits is eliminated, he and his men will descend to the ground from the hill and take cover in the unfinished bricked building. One of the mercs will then run up to the bridge's control panel and start lowering the bridge. The player needs to protect him from snipers emerging on the hill.

If all of Leshiy's team survives the assault on the bridge to Limansk, he rewards you with a Kolobok artifact. If most of Leshiy's team survives the assault, he rewards you with a Flame artifact.

Shadow of Chernobyl

Some time after the events of Clear Sky, Leshiy joins the newly relocated Freedom faction. He assumes a lesser role as a guard of the base's entrance, along with Twig. He is armed with the Sniper SGI, a unique variant of the SGI 5k assault rifle.

Trivia

• Leshiy is the only one to call Scar by his callsign Scar instead of Merc. This is viewed when talking to him to claim your reward.
• It is likely that his Sniper SGI is the same SIG SG-550 he had in the events of Clear Sky, albeit slightly modified.
• To date, Hog, Slasher, and Leshiy are the only unique mercenaries in the entire S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series who remain totally neutral to the player.
• He is the only expert ranked mercenary in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky.
• He is the only mercenary to use a Stalker Suit.
• It is odd that, seeing how Leshiy despises Space Anomalies, he joined Freedom, which wishes to live peacefully with the Zone.

Gallery

Leshiy as a mercenary stalker