Lukash

Lukash
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Rank	Expert (914)
Reputation	Good (136)
Affiliation	Freedom
Equipment	Guardian of Freedom suit GP37 UDP Compact
Related missions	See Related missions
Technical
Class	mil_Svoboda_leader

Lukash (Ru. Лукаш) is the leader of the Freedom faction during the events of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl.

Background

Lukash became the leader of Freedom some time after his predecessor, Mikluha, set off for the Red Forest with a squad of Freedom stalkers and was presumed dead. Under his rule, the faction fortified its positions in the Army Warehouses, most notably taking over the Barrier and establishing a strategic outpost there, to defend the area from endless Monolith onslaughts.

Under Lukash's rule, Freedom's war with Duty was put on hold, allowing the faction to concentrate their efforts on fending off the numerous Monolith assaults on the Barrier. In spite of this, Lukash himself provides several missions that require the player to eliminate Duty elements, and Duty themselves have rogue elements willing to attack Freedom openly.

Appearances

Shadow of Chernobyl

Full body shot of Lukash.

Lukash can be found on the top floor of the main building at the Freedom base in the Army Warehouses. He can provide the player with a number of missions. One notably requires the player to take down Colonel Skull and his squad; this is part of a questline that is followed by a mission to kill a Freedom traitor, Pavlik, and then a final mission to assist Freedom in fighting off a Monolith assault on the Barrier.

Alternatively, one can take Skull's mission to kill Lukash, which will prompt him and his squad to storm the base, and kill the Freedom leader in the end. Doing so will permanently turn the Freedom faction hostile, but also net the player a large reward and reputation increase with Duty, in addition of allowing the player to loot the Freedom base.

Related missions

Duty/Freedom strand

• Kill Lukash
• Destroy the Duty company
• Deal with the snitch
• Assist at Freedom's Barrier outpost

Other

• Destroy the neutral stalker
• Kill one of the Duty commanders
• Kill the stalker called Scarecrow
• Destroy the military camp
• Destroy the Merc camp
• Destroy the Duty detachment
• Destroy the Duty outpost
• Clear the village
• Destroy the herd of boars and fleshes
• Destroy the herd of rodents
• Protect the stalkers at Agroprom
• Protect border
• Bring the bulletproof vest
• Bring a boar's leg

Development

	This article or section is based on S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl cut content and may contain inaccurate information or speculation.

Originally, Lukash had a different model, one which eventually ended up belonging to Max.

A number of his side missions were cut from the game:

• Steal the sniper rifle
• Obtain the modified Chaser 13
• Kill Duty's security chief
• Kill Captain Ivantsov
• Kill Colonel Petrenko
• Kill the stalker called Barin

	End of information based on S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl cut content.

Trivia

• Lukash's name is a reference to Viktor Marchevsky, one of the concept artists who worked on the Oblivion Lost concept, whose nickname was "Lukash".
• Killing Lukash will automatically destroy the Freedom base's western wall if it hasn't been already.