His initial mission in the zone is to find out what happened to the valuable STINGRAY helicopters, and to identify the cause of Operation Fairway's failure while remaining undercover from the rest of the stalkers. The player plays as Degtyarev for the entirety of the game. The Major is an agent for the Ukraine Security Service, prior to this, however, he was supposedly an experienced stalker, explaining his above average knowledge of the Zone. Excerpt: Major Alexander Degtyarev is the protagonist of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat. Chapters: Alexander Degtyarev, Awl, Barge, Beard, Black, Bonesetter, Bunchuk, Cardan, Chepurny, Crab, Crest, Danila, Dwarf, Flint, Furtes, Gaiduk, Garmata, Garry, Gavrilenko, Gazda, Gonta, Grizzly, Grouse, Guide, Hatchet, Hawaiian, Hermann, Hook, Iskra Scientific Research and Investigation Team, Jack, Jackal, Joker, Kirillov, Knuckles, Kosmach, Kovalsky, Kremen, List of characters in Call of Pripyat, Loki, Mace, Mirone, Mitay, Monolith Master, Morgan, Morozov, Nimble, Nitro, Novikov, Ostrovsky, Owl, Ozersky, Petruha, Pilot, Podorogniy, Poplar, Rogovets, Scaley, Senka, Serbin, Shishak, Shlichin, Shulga, Shveik, Skull, Sledgehammer, Sliver, Snag, Snake, Sokolov, Spartacus, Spirit, Strelok, Strider, Sultan, Tachenko, Tarasov, Technician, Technicians in Call of Pripyat, Topol, Torba, Trader, Trapper, Tremor, Tuna, Vano, Yar, Zakharchuk, Zulu.