UNISG

It's perhaps a well-known fact that the UN once deployed observers to the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone for better control of the area's stability alongside with the Ukrainian government, from preventing scavengers entering the secured perimeter to aiding in research about the Zone's local fauna and flora after the '86 incident. However, in 2011, a strange sighting was reported by a couple stalkers and mercenaries concerning a group of highly equipped and presumably experienced soldiers, donning foreign gears, venturing to the Zone's uncharted territories... While it might have been yet another merc group... it could also have been... **the UNISG - United Nations International Scientific Group**.

## International Scientifc Group

"The most secretive group in the Zone known to man. We don't know what the hell are they doing here or who are they going after. The best thing you could do when they are around, is to fucking hide from 'em."

## Overview

A highly secretive group, operating for the United Nations, their goals are as murky as the water in the Agroprom Swamps. Consisting of multiple groups specialized for a variety of tasks like assassination, espionage, intelligence gathering and many more, they operate in a manner similar to the mercenaries.

## Background

It's somewhat a known fact that the UN has long been interested with the Zone's nature and secrets. The deployment of observers was approved by the Ukrainian government somewhere around the early 2000s to aid the State Security Service in securing the perimeter. In 2011, during the midst of the Factions Wars, the UN seemingly established and sent in a group known as the "International Scientific Group" to fulfill their own agendas. By international law, this is an act of violating one's sovereignty, but since this is the UN's doings... *eh*. UN observers continue to make a minor presence in the Zone, being the locals' "friendly blue boys" unlike the mercenaries, while the ISG operates in a more "classified" manner, only talk when necessary, preferably... *with NATO lead*.

> 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 addressing to Scar, Army Warehouses, 2011.
> In S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky

## Infrastructure

### Chain of command

Selected senior officer -> all operatives.

### Subgroups:

* Delta-3: Infiltration and Disruption Squad. Their task was to recover the briefcase before the situation turned for the worse.
* Violet Network: Also known as "VINET", this network is composed of selected operatives whose skills are considered as "master of all" in a specific category. Their tasks vary from carrying out high profile assassinations or gathering sensitive information.

### Ranks:

#### Enlisted and non-commissioned officers:

* Private
* Private first class
* Specialist
* Corporal
* Sergeant
* Staff sergeant
* Sergeant first class
* Master sergeant
* First sergeant
* Sergeant major

#### Commissioned officers:

* Second lieutenant
* First lieutenant
* Captain
* Major
* Lieutenant colonel
* Colonel
* Brigadier general
* Major general
* Lieutenant general
* General

### Notable characters:

* Command-in-chief: Major Hermandez
* Most decorated officer:
	+ Captain Reynolds B. Cooper
	+ Colonel Annette C. Muller
* Other personnel:
	1. "Owl": Former forced-to-join member of the Violet Network. Sniping specialist.
	2. "Adler": Forced-to-join member of the Violet Network. Communication jamming and "deception" specialist.
	3. "Magpie" - the very first member of the network, a "natural in combat".
	4. Corporal Jessica Merryweather: Callsign Kolibri - member of Delta-3.
	5. Casper "Claymore" Skotarczak: Callsign Patient Zero - Leader of Brigade Anomalous Subfaction.
	6. "Ironcross": Described as a really cold person.

### Base's location:

* Unknown. Possibly at the very outskirts of the Zone.

### Area of operations:

Most of the time, the ISG have their men deployed in the Northern regions. It's rare to encounter a group in the South, albeit perhaps a few specific squads.

## Politics and Manpower

See: *Zone Politics and Factions' Infrastructure*

## Equipment

### Overview

The ISG make use of what seemed to be mercenaries' gear... with a lot of twists, as well as some of their own designs based on the Monolith faction. It's a known fact that they also employ strictly Western arms only, never have one been encountered with an AK or Grach.

### Protective gear:

#### Helmets and gas masks:

* Helmets:
	1. ACH-7EX: Extensively modified and is one of the two primary service helmets of the ISG.
	2. Other modified Western designs
	3. Apocalypse helmet: Rarely used, mostly by senior officers. Usually with a gas mask.
	4. Exohelm
* Gas masks:
	1. M40
	2. S12
	3. Avon C-50
	4. Avon FM53

#### Body armor:

* Light:
	+ Operator Service Suit: Also known as **OSS**, this suit is essentially a mercenary suit with darker colored sleeves and armor, the patch is also replaced with the UNISG's one. The armor is said to be of higher quality than the LCS, providing even more protection against ballistic threats.
* Heavy:
	+ Operator Scientifc Heavy Armour: Also known as **OSHA**, this suit is essentially the ISG's mercenary SEVA but combines with even more physical protection (most importantly, the OSHA packs NIJ Level III plates) and durability. Due to the suit's abbreviation, operators using this are usually sarcastically referred to as "Zone Inspectors".
	+ Specialized Powered Personal Armour System: Also known as SPPAS or SPAS, this suit is essentially the ISG's exoskeleton. Considered to be one of the best exoskeletons the Zone has to offer, it dons... a strange camouflage pattern (it's fucking light white with grey for the PALS grid). It's extremely rare.
	+ SPPAS Mark II: Their nosorog, it comes with an Altyn helmet (what).

### Weapons:

#### Primary arms:

The ISG make uses of strictly Western designs as stated before, like the infamous Colt M4 series or the combat-proven Heckler & Koch 416. One trait that sets them apart from the mercenaries is that they also make intensive use of function mods like EOTech holographic sights or laser modules. Such example is the "ISG package for the Ak 5C", a kit comprised of rather expensive mods commonly utilized by ISG's operators for their Ak 5C rifles - a really robust Swedish design.

#### Secondaries:

Same thing as the above, but with less usage of mods.

### Vehicles:

The ISG make use of captured vehicles from the Military (such as the UAZ-469) and is in possession of a single helicopter unit - an armed Huey that is currently hidden away from sight. While that, the UN observatory groups utilize a variety of vehicles such as the M1153 Security Vehicle or the older M151 jeep in white coloring with UN markings.