Whichever way we go, we always end up at the same exact spot. I still can't get used to this fog... It's weird that Chepurny disappeared without a trace. Maybe he found a way out?... Day six... We have run out of water... The Colonel flipped his lid, shot two people at point blank range and then himself... Now I'm on my own in this damn anomaly... If I hadn't fixed for our communications with HQ to go down, they could have rescued us... and Duty wouldn't have existed. I wonder how things would have turned out... Ah, screw it. That Captain Tachenko died a long time ago... And this General Tachenko of Duty will follow him... that's justice, I suppose....
― Tachenko's last words recorded on his PDA
General Tachenko was the legendary founding father of Duty, who appears only S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat.
Background[]
Tachenko was one of the original Military officers sent into the Zone (alongside Krylov) on a mission to obliterate the center of it with nuclear weapons. However, once they arrived in the Zone, oblivious to all of its dangers, they were hit by an emission. Tachenko was tired of his military life and had a desire to live in the Zone, at the head of a faction. Because of these feelings, Tachenko arranged a communication breakdown to allow them to dissolve into the ranks of the Loners, but neither he nor his close-knit circle were able to predict the level of pandemonium the breakdown caused.
In order to prevent the obliteration of himself, his friends, and fellow comrades, he managed to unify the survivors into a faction that became known as Duty.
In a karmic twist of fate, Tachenko and his inner-circle (Chepurny, Kosmach, Zakharchuk and Bunchuk) vanished on a routine artifact hunting trip. The faction quickly formed a cover story, rumoring he traveled to Pripyat in search of artifacts, but most treated it with an aura of uncertainty, and rumors continued to circulate of his fate.
Appearances[]
Call of Pripyat[]
Tachenko's team apparently fell into a Space Anomaly at the Cooling Tower in Yanov. Effectively locating this anomaly requires one have the Svarog detector, and upon approaching it with the detector active, the detector evidently causes enough interference to cause the anomaly to implode. After the implosion, the bodies of General Tachenko and his men fall out of the anomaly.
When near the Cooling Tower, the player can hear General Tachenko's transmission. Tachenko says they've been without water for two days, and he requests assistance from Duty. It is impossible to bring General Tachenko out of the anomaly alive.
The player can jump down and loot the bodies, eventually finding Tachenko's. He carries a PDA detailing his final moments; after realizing they were trapped, the second-in-command eventually went insane, and shot and killed two of the others before killing himself. The last two survivors, Tachenko and his attendant named Chepurny, split up - Tachenko never saw the attendant again, he believed that Chepurny may have escaped the anomaly. However Chepurny's body can be found amongst the dead that fall out of the anomaly. Tachenko on the other hand uses his PDA to record his confession, and his final moments.
The player can give Tachenko's PDA to Owl, Loki, or Shulga. Freedom uses it to expose Duty as a bunch of frauds, while Duty promptly buries it and sticks to their cover story.
Related missions[]
- Duty History: The player must find a potential acquirer for Tachenko's PDA.
Trivia[]
- All of the weapons belong to Tachenko's team seem to be in perfect condition despite the fall from the anomaly to the ground.
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