Banzai. A tech. Those thugs attacked our group. Took all my freaking radio equipment then shoved me in here. Don't know why. They beat me and asked about the others, but I don't know where they are.

Banzai (Ua. Банзай), is a loner radio operator/technician in S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl. He gives the quest Dark as a Dungeon, which starts a quest line added to the game in patch 1.8 Stories Untold.

He belongs to a small party of stalkers called the NK-5 Research Group, including Medulin, Scoutmaster and Rascal. He can initially be found in the Old Mine, and once rescued lives in Kazkovyi Camp.

Background

Appearances

Stories Untold ARG

This is Banzai from Rostok. I trade in radios, dabble in electronics, and sometimes catch something interesting on the air. I write about what I see and do. Maybe someone will find it useful, or maybe just interesting. I can't promise anything special, but if you like wires, circuits, and all things radio, come back often.

Banzai's biography on his blog.

	For more information, see Stories Untold ARG.

A key found in Chystohalivka in the early stages of the ARG unlocked a room in Rostok, containing a draft letter to Malachite written by Banzai. He writes about a recently discovered signal that negatively impacts the listener's brain, making stalkers act bizarre and giving him nosebleeds when listened to. Banzai, through a mutual acquaintance, is put in contact with Medulin, an anomalous psychophysiologist working at STC Malachite.

Heart of Chornobyl

After Skif leaves Zalissya, Banzai will call for help over the radio, explaining that he's being held hostage by Bandits in the Red Forest. Finding him in the Old Mine starts the optional quest Dark as a Dungeon where he asks Skif to retrieve his tools and a flash drive. During this quest, Skif uncovers only the flash drive, as the bandits took Banzai's tools to the flooded barge close to the Chemical Plant. Skif also finds a recording on the bandit leader's Pickaxe's PDA, indicating that the bandits who kidnapped Banzai are actually attempting to hunt down his entire group - including Medulin, Scoutmaster and Rascal.

Upon being freed from captivity, Banzai contacts his previous group and is told to wait for rescue.

Related missions

• Dark as a Dungeon
• Banzai's tools
• Once Upon a Time at Kazkovyi
• NK-5 Group
• Radio silence
• The rat catcher
• White noise

Trivia

• Post 52 on Banzai's blog reveals that he was responsible for transmitting the БМСР72 signal from the 2021 ARG.
• Banzai is a Japanese word (万歳) meaning literally "Ten Thousand Years" but more often being used as the word "Hooray!" in celebratory cheer.

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