Cultural Center

Cultural Center
Front entrance to the building.
Type	Disused cinema building
Location	Dead City
Factions	Mercenaries Military
Leader	Dushman (briefly) Col. Sergej D. Dobrosnyan
Doctor	None
Technicians	None
Trader	None
Other characters	Doc
Related quests	Get the scientists package
Notes	Storyline location Blowout shelter

The Cultural Center is a minor but significant location in Dead City, appearing in the S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Lost Alpha standalone Mod.

“

Halt, stalker! What's your business here? - Front desk guard to Marked One on arrival.

”

Overview

• A large, disused cinema building of vaguely classical design, located just to the south of the town square.
• The building is used as a HQ for the Mercenaries faction, but is later purged by the Military who may then occupy it for the rest of the game.

Storyline

• The player arrives from Yantar, meets the reception guard and then meets the Informer, at which point the player is slugged and wakes in the Prison Cell without most of his/her inventory, at which point Doc introduces himself.
• As part of the sequence, the Military storm the Cultural Center and liberate the captives.
• The player is tasked with recovering his inventory (which now includes the Scientists' package) and assisting Doc in his escape by helping the Military mop up any remaining Mercenaries.
• The player then returns to Sakharov with the package.

Side Missions

• None.

Notable Loot

Prison Cell:

• x2 Bandages
• x1 Mineral water
• x1 Bread

Basement Kitchen:

• x1 Pripyat beer
• x1 Mineral water
• x1 Beef stew with Olives
• x1 Peanut Snack
• x1 Canned Corn

Second Floor Bedroom:

• x1 Viper 5 (perfect condition) found behind the sofa.

Second Floor PC room:

• First Desk:
  • x2 Canned Corn

• Second Desk:
  • x3 Mineral water
  • x1 Peanut Snack
  • x1 Scientific medkit

• Third Desk:
  • x1 Pripyat beer
  • x5 Cossacks vodka (behind the desk in a drink's crate)

• Fourth Desk:
  • x2 Tinned Sardines
  • x1 Pripyat beer
  • x1 Army medkit

• Fifth Desk:
  • x2 Permanent Meal
  • x1 Pripyat beer

Notes

• As mentioned in the Dead City notes section, a great deal of loot may be appropriated if the player has the time and motivation.
• If the player takes this path the possibilities of a Blowout occurring increase. Should this happen while the local Merc sniper is still active, he will seek safety in the nearest shelter which in this case will be the Cultural Center.

Trivia

• The PC room and "Contact" room both have pictures of the developers hanging on the walls (seen around the desks)

Gallery

Mercs on patrol out in front of the building

Right hand side of building

A well guarded building

Reception area

Mercs tell tales round a campfire

Assembly hall

PC room

"Contact" room

Bedroom

"Prey you don't end up here (again), stalker... "

Dushman's office during Military purge

Kitchen during military purge

"Safe stash" (players items can be found here)

Staircase back up to the first floor

Map view/location of the "Cultural Center"