Call Of The Zone - #204: Behind Enemy Lines
1The Emission starts again, and I am scrambling to go from room to room, getting symbols of needing to keep moving and then I'm okay but the location is so narrow and impossible to get all my men into. Time runs out and they are zombified but somehow I'm not dead and they start shooting me. Nope. Another reload and this time I go into the bathroom, get in the toilet stall and the Exoskeleton Loner follows me but I have to use the green laser pointer to direct the rest of MY Companions into the safety of the small bathroom.
This time it works but after the Emission is over, the Exoskeleton Loner has me pinned in. I try to go around him and over him to no avail and even when I'm able to direct the rest of my men to another room, he ignores that direction and stands transfixed on me. I have no choice but to reload the save yet again but this time I point my green dot inside the toilet where they all go while I stand in the main chamber of the bathroom. The Emission passes and we are finally able to depart with me in the lead.
I don't want to go north by the Prometheus Theater or have to squeeze by the X-18 building which is usually the highest concentration of Monolith and Zombies in the level. However, the reality is I have never been to Pripyat in Call of the Zone and I'm basing my actions on both Call of Pripyat and the Call of Chernobyl Mod. I simply don't know what's out there in any direction. Our goal is to see Owl in Zaton. I've got to pass through the Pripyat Outskirts, Pripyat and Jupiter to get there. Dare I take the Pripyat Underground in reverse? Dare I pass through the heart of Monolith's main base in Pripyat? Yanov Station is most likely the Freedom stronghold it is in Call of Chernobyl and my enemies right now.
We are behind enemy lines and have a very difficult, unknown and deadly path ahead of us no matter which variable direction I choose to get there. If it was just me, it would be easier to use stealth and sneak my way through these levels, but I am not alone. I've got a large crew of seven men I want to keep alive. Some have been my Companions for three weeks or more. I care about all of them and do not find any of them expendable. For now, the best thing to do is head directly south to the safety hopefully of the Laundromat. If there are any friendly Factions in the entire level, they might be there but if we find it empty, at least we can catch our breath and decide what to do next.