STALKER Lore: UNISG

The old ISG camo allways made me certain they´d have been involved with the monolith in one way or another. I mean, there´s multiple mentions of monolith being supplied with modern weaponry some of the logs allude to military involvement, but wouidn´t it make sense for the isg to be supplying monolith in exchange for data or artifacts or whatever else the c con can supply them? Maybe through the belarusian zone border, who knows. Only the devs know what they intended in the first place

How about russian government involvement. realistically they would really want to be involved too.

realistically, the Zone would be a proxy war between NATO and Russian Backed mercenaries fighting for research/ documents and artifacts

Based on the story in Anomaly/COC, to me, it seems that UNISG is actually CIA SAD/SOG operating under the guise of the UN in the event they get caught. The UN doesn't actually perform operations like what is presented nor does the UN operate undercover special operation groups. It's a bit more logical however if you take their operation and mission tasks and think of other actors who would want the information that UNISG was seeking out and that would be NATO/US. I can easily see the US sending in CIA SAD teams (or other SF groups) into the zone under the cover of the UN to obtain information on the zone. It also matches up with their all kill, no capture, no witnesses rules of engagement along with their need of operating undercover.

great video brother!

The UNISG even though their are mentioned from many other STALKERS I think they are in the Zone working in the shadows without any trace with them but I have a feeling the UN already aware about the zone since of the Mutants wandering outside the zone, People leaving the zone and telling stories. But if they’re in the Zone and some of their people went to the brain scorcher and went monolith or turned to a zombie, Or The UNISG are the Mercenaries just in different uniforms so Ukraines Government wouldn’t know the world knew what was going on in Chernobyl

But maybe the UNISG were originally going to be really neutral to most factions except Bandits, Monolith, Military, and Ecologist but maybe in STALKER 2 we will see

One time in Anomaly in a random PDA message a guy talked about killing a very old zombie that had "ISG" on it's uniform. I never saw this message in any of my playthroughs again. Who knows. Maybe we get something of a spriritual successor of that basic idea in STALKER 2.

i love isg

damn, Strelok has a channel and you got to work with the legendary stalker himself

This would be a great explanation for the giant surplus of German weaponry in the zone

The idea that the worlds most elite special forces coming to the zone is awesome.

Stalker is a prelude to Metro change my mind.

just watch out for those whirligigs. if you're nimble you can make it out of them. vet like you knew that already, though.

Despite the weirdness of Anomaly making the ISG faction a hostile faction to all, I kinda like it. It makes them seem like CIA Black Ops agents who want to leave no trace of their presence in The Zone and conduct all kinds of nefarious operations.

With the Oblivion Lost generator area from this cut cutscene coming back in art for Stalker 2, what do you think the odds of us encountering this place in the new game are?

Also, I really like the seeds sown by these ideas, even if they aren't official anymore. The concept of the Monolith having originally been a large group of UNISG is really interesting.

UN in fiction always being Badass than actual UN, remind me with GOC

NATO's response with the KSK, British commandos and American SF represents France, the camouflage is indeed CCE and the Russian word means ''France''

True stalker mod has some great use of UNISG

The doctor that always used to hang out with Strelok is still yet to be seen

I'm hoping in S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2, the UNISG and other cut faction will be there.

In stalker anomaly I didn't even noticed that they exist until I got mauled by highly armored soliders in the great swamps

I didnt know Clear Sky started development befor SoC was released. It makes sense of coursde but I assumed it really did take 1.5 years to be made.
Id love a Development of Clear Sky video.

The Zone reminds me of Apocalypse Now in ways and I would love to see a group based on Colonel Kurtz making their home in The Zone. Only to have somebody sent in to put an end to him and cover up the fact that a special operations group went rogue and that getting out would be devastating to whatever government they came from.

Anyone know the name of the background song playing at 4 minutes? It's been stuck in my head ever since I played Oblivion lost 2.5

I’m hoping that UNSIG has been or will be added to Stalker 2 either in the base game or in one of the DLC

I really doubt that basic knowledge about zone isn't widespread.
Since games set in the 2010s there is no way that none of the stalker would have uploaded videos taken in the zone...

I came across these guys for the first time in Anomaly in the Pripyat outskirts and they opened fire on me. I assumed it was Monolith until I looted them and say their badges and it was like wtf why were they hostile?

UNISG is so lackluster and absent in Anomaly that I never even noticed their existence in the hundreds of hours I've put into it lol.

Wish the faction war scale would be focused in STALKER 2 more

But speaking from experience of a young consumer in this weird time where studios with huge budget can not produce an above average quality games, my expectations are low

"Have you heard about a new major expedition into the zone? Technically, they're environmental researchers from the UN, but that's just on paper. Sure, they've got a couple four-eyed scientists, but one look at all the others tells you they're seasoned fighters. Oh, and dig this; They're not using guides."
- Hog

I think the idea that UNISG is the boogeyman in the Zone is pretty cool. Mechanically, they're just reskinned mercenaries, but I think the cryptic lore behind them is what makes them cool. They aren't motivated by money like the mercs. The idea that even veteran Stalkers get spooked by them and are intimidated by how efficient they are adds more depth to the universe. It's also pretty believable that foreign governments would be greatly interested in the Zone. I hope the developers keep them in canon lore and expand on the faction.

Roadside Picnic taught me that all a stalker needs (at least an "Anglo-Saxi" stalker) is alcohol, determination, and borscht.

In strelok we trust.

UNiSG runs can be BRUTAL.

Although it probably wasn't thought of in development, maybe UNISG was supposed to be the a mixture of Ward and IPSF for Stalker 2 2011. Which we see in the current story, is divided, but probably for story reasons.

Bro, having the German Commandos, U.S Army Special Forces (Green Berets), NATO Troops, and the British SAS would be absolutely game changing (pun not intended) for the Zone.

The SAS could easily take on any faction (Monolith would be difficult tho) and the Army SF are basically ready to be STALKERs themselves as they are the definitive Guerrilla Warfare and survivalist troops in the U.S Military. Ready to do whatever it takes to survive, snag everything that makes their missions successful, and take out any threat to them. The Army SF would definitely be the best option in combating Monolith with Guerrilla Tactics

The Build 3120 UNISG gear being similar to Monolith gear makes me suspect that Monolith was supposed to be formed from the UNISG personnel caught in the emission or brain washed in some other way. That'd explain the high end kit Monolith uses.
But, that's just a gut feeling.

the UN was not added into the game not due to any copyright or time concerns, but because it would be too unrealistic. the UN is a famously worthless waste of money.

Knowing how "courageous" and "decisive" the UN is, it's completely improbable even for a fiction-based game 😂

I am running ISG on Gamma now, they are super sick and super well equipped, very stealthy, nobody knows they are there except for the mercs